Tuesday Tidbits

1. As of today daddy will be home in 4 days! YAY. Were in the home stretch. He'll have been gone a total of 17 days, the longest he's ever been away. I will be so glad when he gets home and I know the girls will too. The girls have talked with daddy everyday since he's been gone. Sometimes through out the day both girls will say they miss daddy and they want him home.


2. On Sunday morning we left grandmas to head home for the day until she sent me a text saying they were having septic problems and it would probably be better to stay home (they had no water or toilets). So I decided yesterday that we would just spend the rest of the week at home. I'm hoping to get the girls back into their routine and hope that by doing so their behavior will improve. I am so glad to be back in my own bed again! After Kaylee got out of school yesterday I dropped them off for their usual Monday visit with grandma and collected the rest of our stuff. We've been doing good at home and I do see improvement in the way there acting. I really approximate all the help I got from Jason's mom the past week in a half. It helped me a lot!


3. This past week I've been a crafting machine. Doing a bunch of DIY crafts for the girls room. So while the girls were at grandmas yesterday I got to work putting all their new decor in its place. If you follow me on instagram you got to see a sneak peek but I plan to take better pictures with my good camera and do a whole post on their room. I have some more things to do before it's fully finished. I have to get 2 20x30 frames and pick the pictures I want to use. I also want to print out a few more printables for both the girls and the baby's side. I also need to get more frames for the baby's side for her newborn pictures.


4. I have my 26 week dr appt on Thursday. Hopefully they'll tell me when I get to take the dreaded glucose test and I have to get my Rh shot by 28 weeks (I'm Rh negative). We're getting closer to the 3rd trimester and I feel like we have so much stuff that we need to get. I've slowly been getting smaller size clothes 0-9 months. (I know your probably asking shouldn't you have all those sizes already since I have 2 young toddlers? My answer is when I thought we were done have babies I actually sold almost all of the girls clothes...so now I have to start over. I also sold a lot of their blankets, which is why I'm making some). It's time to bust out my pen and paper and start making a list of things I need to get.


5. Sunday night was the finale of The Bachelorette and I was so happy that she picked Jef. They make a cute couple. I though her and Arie had more of a physical connection then anything else. But I'm excited to see who they pick as the next bachelor, maybe Sean. Monday night I watched the first episode of Bachelor Pad. I've never watched it before but it seems like it'll be good entertainment.


6. I really need to start thinking about Keira's 2nd birthday. On the 29th of this month she'll be 20 months old which leaves me 4 months tiller birthday but I have to remember ill have a newborn right before her birthday so I need to figure out a theme and start slowly working on the decor so that I have it all done and taken care of before new baby K comes. There are so many cute ideas out there that I've pinned on pinterest but I just don't know. Any ideas???


7. I've been a pinning machine on pinterest pinning newborn poses and sibling poses that I can't wait to try with the girls. For their sibling pictures I want them all to be wearing lace petit rompers. Kaylee already has a brown one so I need to pick two more colors for Keira and the baby... Ideas on what colors I should for them that match brown??


Coming up on the blog:
• Wednesday 7/25 - wordless Wednesday
• Thursday 7/26 - flower wall madallion tutorial
• Friday 7/27 - 26 week bumpdate
• Monday 7/30 - welcoming daddy home & uncle Josh's birthday
• Tuesday 7/31 - Keira is 20 months old


Here are some random pictures from the past few days

Mommy breakdown

On Thursday I had my first mommy breakdown since daddy's been gone. I will admit that it's been hard on me and the girls with daddy being gone. He's never been gone this long from them.

Thursday morning started out at 6:45am and the girls woke up in a pretty good mood, we ate breakfast and got ready. We left grandmas house and made a stop by Michael's on the way home to get a few more things for the girls room and also get them a "be good" gift from daddy. Kaylee had found some toy so she was distracted while I picked a Brave book and coloring book out for her. We then headed to the dollar section and I got Keira a coloring book with some crayons. When we got back the girls were there usual selves "where hungry", "we want this", "Keira stop" but yesterday was different they were acting different and I knew it was going to be a long day. From 10am till almost nap time all they did was fight and not listen to a word I said. I was starting to get really frustrated with them. I was frustrated with them not listening, Kaylee's back talking and just being a plain meany to Keira.


Before the girls went down for a nap my aunt stopped by to drop off Kaylee's birthday present. She got her a 125 piece pretend food set. She was all excited about it. So I told her that if her and Keira took a good nap that we'd open it when they got up and check the mail to see if daddy's gift was there (the gift I got for them at michaels was from daddy). They went down for their nap great. I even got a nap in. Kaylee woke up around 2:30 and asked if we could open her food. I told her as soon as Keira woke up we could and that we'd check the mail. She was pretty good and sat on the couch and arched cartoons while she waited for Keira. Keira woke up about 45 minutes later. I got her up and as I promised I opens d the pretend food, they played nicely for about 15 minutes before the fighting begun with hitting and pushing and throwing toys. So here I was again raising my voice over theirs to get them to calm down and reprimand them for throwing and not playing nice. (I should mention that I had the worst headache ever). So after getting them semi calmed down, trying to distract then I asked if I should go check to see if there was anything in the mail for them. They screamed YES with excitement. So I brought back in their gifts and told them that these were from daddy and that daddy wanted them to be good girls until he got home and if they were they would get another present. So they ripped into their bags to find their gifts. They started coloring right away and literally 30 seconds after they started arguing and fighting because Keria wanted to color in Kaylee's coloring book and Kaylee was screaming cause she didn't want her too. So Keira got mad and started screaming at Kaylee and then throwing her crayons. That was my first breakdown, I screamed at them and just lost it ( I hate getting like that and I tried to stay calm but I just couldn't take it anymore). I took their stuff away and loaded them up to head to grandmas house. I pleated with them to be good and listen when we got to grandmas. Which lasted all of 15 minutes, before the back taking and not listening began from Kaylee. She then jumped off the couch saying she had to go potty. So I told her to go and hurry, she took her sweet ass time and then ended up peeing all over the bathroom floor cause she took to long. I took a deep breathe in and cleaned her and the pee mess up. I told her to go sit on the couch and not to get up until grandma got home (which was 30 minutes). So she sat there while I tried to take deep breathes and stay calm. Grandma then walked in the door, I was relieved but still stressed beyond belief. She told the girls to get there shoes on and they were going to do some stuff out in the garden. While I was getting Keira ready called came out of grandmas room in a t-shirt, undies and her shoes. I told her that her shorts were on the couch and to put them on. She then proceeded to jump around saying she had to pee. I told her to go run to the bathroom and go, again she took her sweet time and ended up peeing on the bathroom floor again. It had only been about 20 minutes before where I had just cleaned her pee up. I lost it. I just couldn't take it anymore. Grandma heard me and came to my rescue. She cleaned up Kaylee while I cleaned up the bathroom floor again. She then took them outside so that I could have a much needed break. I got about an hour of alone time. Which I very much needed. I was texting with Jason during all of this and he was trying to tell me they I needed to stay calm cause itz not good for me or the baby to get that worked up and I tried really hard bot to but I just couldn't take it.


Grandma brought the girls back in from outside and I gave them a bath while grandma made dinner. We ate and after dinner the girls got ready for bed. I relaxed on the couch with Jason's parents for a little bit before heading to bed because I was overly exhausted. I was hoping by going to bed that Friday would be a better day!

25 week bumpdate

How far along? 25 weeks

Weight Gain/Loss: according to Jason's moms scale I weigh 128lbs, so that's a total weight gain so far of 12lbs. With Kaylee I gained 25lbs total and with Keira I gained 18lbs, so we'll see what I gain with this little one

Maternity clothes? nope still my yoga pants and tank tops

Stretch marks? no new ones!

Sleep: sleep has been going not the greatest. I've been sleeping on a trundle bed while we stay at Jason's moms while he's been gone. I share that room with the girls and they have been waking up at 6-6:30 each morning...to early for this mama. Still only getting up once a night. Although baby k has decided that it's time for a party when I lay down to go to sleep. She kicks for almost an hour each night.

Best moment this week: watching the girls have so much fun at grandmas house and being able to see daddy when we do facetime.
Miss Anything? DADDY! And not being able to sleep past 7am

Movement: lots and lots of movement and kicks.  They are starting to get stronger
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really.
Gender: GIRL

Labor Signs: None.
Symptoms: just exhausted without daddy here to help but I am so happy to have the help of Jason's mom.
 Belly Button in or out? In the middle (its not really in but its not out)
Wedding rings on or off? On

Mood: Drained

Looking forward to: daddy coming home, only 8 more days.  Finalizing baby girls name and being able to start monorgramming things and getting her name sign decorated. I'm working on cute stuff for the girls room that I can't wait to share.
How the siblings are doing: the girls are still doing awesome.  nothing to complain about.  They cant wait to meet baby sissy!

A picnic in the backyard & other randomness

On Monday when we returned back to grandmas house after spending the day at home. Grandma got home 20 minutes after we got there. When she walked in she asked if we wanted to get stuff together to go outside and have a picnic. The screamed YES with excitement. So grandma got the food ready while the girls & I grabbed a blanket and headed outside to set it up. She brought out crackers, cheese, salami and plums. We sat outside enjoying the cooler weather and our picnic snack before dinner. After our picnic the girls decided they wanted to play baseball. I think a tee ball set for Christmas is in order for the girls. After baseball, grandpa would have been proud to see the girls running around the cones like they do in football (grandpa is a football coach in town).
After running around the cones, grandma wanted to go check on the chickens. We picked up the trey of food so the dog wouldn't get it and headed out to the chicken pen. The girls love checking for eggs and feeding them. It was Kaylee's turn to feed the chicks and she shakes the bucket of food and all the chicks come running. After feeding the chicks we came inside for the girls to take a bath and then get ready for bed.


I will say these past 9 days not having to cook dinner has been awesome! Chasing these girls and trying to find stuff to do to keep us busy has been so tiring so not having to cook has been nice. So for the next 9 days I am going to thoroughly enjoy not having to cook or think of dinners that need to be made.


We are down to the single digits in the countdown till daddy's home. As of today Thursday July 19th we only have 9 days. We have been keeping track at home on Kaylee's easel. I can't wait for Jason to be home. 17 days without him sucks. It makes me really appreciate everything he does for our family.


This week during nap time I've been working on baby blankets for baby k and lots of projects for decorating the girls room. I can't wait to get everything all decorated in there. If I can recreate the vision I have in my head their room will be too cute. I will be giving no speak peeks on the blog until its fully done. But if you follow me on onstage am then you've seen a little sneak peek. I am glad that this week is flying by. I'm almost 25 weeks along and this kid has been giving me some big kicks and has found her new favorite spot up in my ribs, which doesn't feel awesome at all. I have my 26 week check up next Friday where we'll figure out when I'm gonna take my glucose test and get my Rh shot (which I need by 28 weeks). I'm really really hoping that this time around I pass my one hour glucose test and not have to do the 3 hour one. I had to do the 3 hour one with both Kaylee and Keira cause my numbers were off by a few points, not fair. We will be enjoying grandmas birthday this Friday (the 20th). While we were at Michael's getting supplies for the girls room, I was trying to figure out a cute gift to get for Jason's mom. Kaylee wanted to go down the unfinished bird house isle. So the girls agreed upon a cute birdhouse, I got this cute white picket fence, got some green piping to use as grass and then got some small flowers to use as like a garden. It turned out so cute. (grandma doesn't check the blog that often so I can show you a picture)


Ok I'm done rambling enjoy some pictures now (all out of order of course)

Wordless Wednesday

My little pianist!

I uploaded this picture on instagram and used the hashtag #enjoyingthesmallthings. That hash tag goes to one of Kelle Hamptons IG pages and on Fridays she picks 9 pictures she show cases on her blog. She contacted me asking if she could use this picture of Keira. How cool is that!!! I of course said yes

Blogger 411 - all you need to know about me!

I am linking up with Becky at From Mrs to Mama for her blogger 411. So sit back & get to know me just a little better.





1. How long have you been blogging? And what got you started blogging? Has your blog changed? Ive been blogging for almost 2 years. I started blogging so my family could follow along with my pregnancy with Kaylee and then her growing up. I would say my blog is kinda the same as I still blog about my kids but I also blog about DiY stuff and our day to day life


2. Did you go to college? If so where, and what did you study? Yes I attended college at a local community college. I took all my classes online cause I was pregnant with Kaylee and found it a lot easier that way. I studied and graduated with a degree in Early Childhood Development


3. Where have you traveled? I have been to Hawaii, Montana and Vegas


4. If you won the lottery, what would be the first thing you would buy? Hmm I would definitely buy a house and buy everything that my girls would need and help a charity.


5. What are your 3 biggest pet peeves? Rude customer service, people who can't drive and nail bitters


6. What is your favorite movie? I love Dirty Dancing. I could watch that movie a lot.


7. What is your drink of choice? Well whilst pregnant water and lemonade. Not pregnant I very rarely drink but if I do it's Malibu and pineapple.


8. What is something you enjoy to do when you have ME time? What is me time. Haha there aren't a lot of times that I get just me time but when I do I like to read, do crafts, sew, go window shopping and giving myself mani's and pedi's.


9. If you could have a $10,000 shopping spree to one store, which store would it be? I would have to say TARGET. I love that store and could have a lot of fun with 10k in there!


10. Share an embarrassing moment past or present? I can't really think of anything to embarrassing that's happened to me


11. What day would you love to relive again? I would love to relive that day that Jason and I shared our first kiss. It was like one of those first kisses out of a movie. It was raining and we were saying good bye and he kissed me for the first time. It was like magic.


12. If your life was turned into a movie, what actor would play you? Hmm I love Guilianna Rancic. I don't know if you'd consider her an actor but I love her


13. What are the jobs you had in high school? I worked at Papa Murphy's Take and Bake Pizza, Safeway & New York & Co (a clothing store)


14. Show us a picture of you in high school. Since I'm on my new iPad I don't have old pictures


15. If you could travel anywhere in the world all expenses paid, where would you go? I would love to go to Bora Bora


16. Show us a current picture of you or
you and your family


17. Where do you see yourself in 5 years from now? In 5 years I hope to be married to the man I've been with for the last 10 years. Once my kids are in school to actually be able to go back to work to use my degree. For my whole family to be happy and healthy.

One sassy little girl

She may come off as a sweet girl but looks can be deceiving. Since daddy has left Kaylee has turned into a super sassy little girl who talks back way to much and isn't listening at all. She has spent a lot of time in time out and she is slowly wearing me down. I am trying to stay as calm as possible but it does get hard when she knows she's testing your patience and she pushes it to the edge. I don't know if she's acting like this cause daddy is gone or if its a phase she's going through but it's driving me nuts!


So yesterday mid morning I loaded the girls up in the car and we headed home for a change of scenery in hopes that might change her attitude. Being home must have been what she needed cause I was able to clean up the whole kitchen & bathroom while the girls played nicely with no fighting, with lots of listening and no sassy talking back. It was a nice change and I'm glad she changed her attitude once we got home.


When the girls woke up from their nap we headed back to grandmas. When we got there the girls wanted to swim. I was all for it in hopes that it would wear them out and they would sleep in later than 6am. Nope no such luck.


This time away from daddy is making me realize how much he helps me with the girls and I really appreciate everything he does for us. On the girls chalkboard easel I've made a daddy will be home countdown. As of today only 12 days to go. Enjoy some pictures from our weekend. Saturday we went to the farmers market and swam. Sunday we spent most of our day relaxing at home