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18 Weeks Pregnant

June 9, 2016

I am officially 18 weeks pregnant with baby #3! This is an exciting week for us as we are going to the doctor tomorrow to find out the gender of our sweet little blessing and check up on him/her! Confession: I mayyy already have a pretty good idea what the baby is. 😉 However, I will feel a lot better about announcing it once it is confirmed again tomorrow. This pregnancy has been so weird. I have been more sick this time around than with my first two and I have craved salty things (like I did with Sophie) but it wasn’t until I really popped out a couple of weeks ago that I knew. I also found out that my uterus is tilted forward again like it was with Hamp, meaning I will look about 5 weeks ahead of what I actually am. Again. haha I’ve already heard “you’re only 18 weeks pregnant?” but, it is okay. As long as my little one is growing and healthy, I am happy!

18 Weeks Pregnant

What’s In My Toddler’s Diaper Bag

May 27, 2016

I have two toddlers (a two year old and one year old) and they are both still in diapers/pull-ups. I have tried to not carry a diaper bag around with me, but with two young-ins, it’s just not realistic yet. I have a hard time fitting my things – along with diapers, wipes, creams, medicines, toys, sippy cups, etc. into an oversized purse. My toddler’s diaper bag is also a backpack, so it is a lot easier to carry it around with me.

What's in My Toddler's Diaper Bag

Another Little Blessing

May 20, 2016

I am so excited to finally share our news that we have tried to hide for a while now, but it is getting increasingly more difficult to keep it a secret. A couple of months ago, I started feeling really sick. I thought it was probably stress related. I had lost a few pounds and wasn’t really sure what was going on. Then it hit me. I was a week late. I took a pregnancy test audit was negative. I once again chalked it up to stress and decided to move on. Two weeks later, I threw up before church. I felt awful and immediately my mind was racing. What on earth was going on with me? I took another test the next day…positive. Another little blessing along the way! To say this news knocked Ryan and I off our feet is a bit of an understatement.

Another Little Blessing

The shock of our new little angel has finally started wearing off and we are starting to get really excited. This was not our timing at all. We had planned to have more children, but wanted to wait another year or two so that we could focus on our house (moving, decorating, investing in furniture), but once again, God had another plan for us. He has bee teaching me a lot over the last couple of months. I have learned that life is constantly changing and it is easier sometimes to not always have a plan and instead go with the flow. That is what we are doing. We are trusting God and His timing. We are also going to have to invest in a larger SUV, so any suggestion, mommas?

Keep Baby

I feel so relieved to finally share this news with you all. I hope this helps explain one of my hiatus from blogland lately. I have been really sick this time around, but have started having more good days than bad as far as that goes. Now that I am feeling better and summer has arrived in Alabama, I am looking forward to getting back after it. I am just over 15 weeks along and we are due the first week of November! I am so excited to meet our little turkey baby!

Things That Change After Your Baby Turns One

May 16, 2016

My baby girl celebrated her first birthday 2 weeks ago. I still can’t believe she is a year old. It went by all too fast. What has been really weird, though is how much she has changed over the last couple of weeks. It’s like she knew she was no longer a “baby” and should start acting older.

Things That Change After Your Baby Turns One

Things That Happen Once Your Baby Turns One:

She started talking! She has been repeating things back to me like “thank you” and “okay.” It literally happened one day and she hasn’t stopped talking!

She is walking all over the place. She still stumbles a little but while she was taking steps before her birthday, she seemed to really take off a couple of days after.

She is totally content playing by herself.

She carries her baby doll with her every where.

She is eating so much more food. Maybe it’s all the walking, but she seems to be a bottomless pit lately.

Baby

Two things that haven’t changed?

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What changed after your baby turned one?

Pink Lemonade Birthday Party

May 5, 2016

This past weekend was my baby girl’s first birthday and we celebrated by throwing her a pink lemonade party! It was so much fun and turned out really cute! Read more about her birthday here.

Banner: c/o Liquid Stars

We kept her party very simple with fun added details like this banner from Liquid Stars on Etsy! It looked perfect paired with her name banner that we painted on a simple burlap garland that we found at a craft store. I bought most of her decor from Hobby Lobby last year when it was on sale, so that saved us a lot of money on decor.

Gift Pink Lemonade Pink Lemonade Party Lemonade Stand

Pink Lemonade Cupcakes

As far as food, we kept things really simple. We serve chips and salsa and cupcakes. I cut pink straws in half to stick in the cupcakes and cut up lemon slices to garnish them with. These details made the plain pink cupcakes look really adorable and perfect for our pink lemonade theme.

Pink Lemonade Party

Cake Garland: c/o A Fete Beckons

I used Pinkalicious and the Pink Drink as her sign in book because it was all about pink lemonade and she already owns another Pinkalicious book that she loves. We bought her a baby doll for her birthday and it was the perfect gift for her because she has toted it around all week. It is kind of adorable.

Pink Lemonade Birthday Party

All in all I think the party turned out great! It was very simple and we invited a smaller crowd this year which was nice. The older I get the more I like simple. Even thought everything was easy and stress free, it was still a lot of fun, but I think the company had a little something to do with that! 😉

Sophie’s First Birthday Party and TWINS

May 4, 2016

This past weekend was one filled with lots of joy and tons of emotions for this momma! My precious baby girl turned ONE. I still can’t believe it! That first year went by so fast. Even faster than Hampton’s first. I have definitely been feeling all the emotions as she has been taking more and more steps and seems to be really growing up quickly all of a sudden. We had so much fun celebrating her first birthday with family and close friends. We also welcomed my precious baby cousins into the world and I am so thankful and happy to announce that they are healthy and absolutely perfect. Zana, my cousin and best friend is doing well and I am so proud of the mother she is to these precious babies. I honestly can’t imagine having twins because having two, 18 months apart was very difficult, and I am so amazed at how well she is doing it. She is super mom!

Sophie's First Birthday Party

We Met Thomas the Train

April 18, 2016

Last year, we took Hamp to see Thomas the Train in Calera, Alabama and he loved it! Unfortunately it ended badly and we later found out he had hand foot and mouth and we really should not have had him out in the sun that day. #parentingfail This year was a million times better because we had no sick kids and with Hampton being a year older, I felt like he enjoyed it so much more!

Thomas the Train

Sophie is 11 Months

April 1, 2016

How can it be that my little bitty baby girl is 11 months old? We are ONE month away from her turning ONE! This is just insane. Time is the one thing I feel like I never have enough of and this last month has been a huge reminder of that. We have been running around working, going from one place to another and things have been really hectic. In the midst of the crazy, I took a moment to look at my baby girl. I stopped what I was doing (okay, maybe because I was sick for a week), and I really looked at her and thought, where has the time gone?

11 Months

You are getting so big. You don’t like to cuddle anymore. I watched you take your first step last week. I saw you experience your first Easter. You were tackled by your big brother for the first time (of many, I’m sure). You have been sick this week and haven’t been as happy, but you are normally grinning from ear to ear and always clapping – your favorite trick. You have become really loud and are quite the little talker. You are the most beautiful baby girl I have ever seen. Your personality is perfect and I have enjoyed these 11 months with you more than you will ever know.

First Easter

While I am sad to see your first year come to a close, I am excited to watch you continue to grow. Learn words. Play with your brother and make friends. I’m excited for you to walk so you can finally run outside with your brother and cousin. I’m excited to teach you how to do your first plie. I can’t wait to watch you play dress up and eat sugar for the first time at your party. I am excited to watch you turn into a beautiful lady. But first, please stay little. Don’t ever be in a hurry to grow up because I promise you, it is overrated. Play as much and as hard as you can and be my sweet baby girl forever. Be kind to everyone no matter what. Love the Lord with all of your heart and always put him first in everything. I love you, angel!

Sophie's First Easter

-Mommy

A Car Emergency Kit For Baby

March 25, 2016

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #SkinCareForBaby #CollectiveBias

We’ve all been in sticky situations where we were out running errands and our baby has a blowout and we realize we have no extra outfit with us or worse – we are out of diapers. I’ve been there more than once. In fact, on our way home from Jacksonville a few weeks ago, Sophie had been crying and crying and I thought she was just fighting sleep because I had JUST changed her diaper. It couldn’t be that. Right? Wrong. She had a blowout and it was all over her outfit and her car seat. I had nothing with me to clean it up with so we had to make a stop at the next exit and stop at a gas station to clean it up the best we could. I felt so bad that I had ignored her screaming and played it off on something else.

Emergency Car Kit for Baby LoganCan.com

Our Colic Story and Tips for Comforting a Fussy Baby

March 4, 2016

My son was born in October 2013. Around Christmastime, he developed colic symptoms. A.K.A crying for no obvious reason at the same time of day, every day. Every evening at 5p.m. he would start screaming. He wouldn’t stop until 2a.m. This lasted for 2 months. We were lucky in my opinion because I know others who have had to deal with it for several months longer than that. During that phase, we were grumpy due to lack of sleep and extremely frustrated. Our doctor told us he would grow out of it, and that is literally the last thing I wanted to hear. I wanted a quick fix. I wanted to know what was causing his discomfort so I could stop it. We tried a lot of things but nothing seemed to work. He even fussed as I nursed him during that period of time. It was miserable.

The good news is that we made it out alive and he was a wonderful baby after that. This experience also made our second baby seem like a breeze. So, see? There are positives! I really wish I had Gerber soothing products during that phase of our lives. They would have been very helpful in aiding my son and giving him relief.

Tips for Calming A Colic or Fussy Baby

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