Dear Baby

Dear Baby: 

As I lay here trying to go to sleep you're the only thing I can think of! I love being your mommy already and you've only been hanging out in my belly for 11 weeks! Your daddy & I are so very much in love with you! We can't wait until February to hold you in our arms. You're going to LOVE your Big Brother! He is amazing! He already loves kissing Mommy's belly although he doesn't quite understand who you are. Just know that you're loved... And we can't wait to meet you <3 

Love: 

Mommy :) 

Summer Bucket List

Since I am taking the Summer off from college, I wanted to make sure our family has lots of fun things packed into this three month time period. I'm so excited because this Summer FAR is turning 2 and there are so many fun things to do with him! So here is our Summer family Bucket List :) 

- Go to Stone Mountain and not play in the snow :) 

- Have a huge party for a pretty special 2 year old. 

- Travel to the best friends house to celebrate 4th of July in her front yard! 

- Travel to the other best friends house (who doesn't blog-loser) to spend lots of time at the lake that her neighborhood is off of. 

- Weekly play dates with FAR's cousins!  

- Lots of cookouts, with watermelon! 

- Go Strawberry picking 

- Take FAR to see Monsters University in 3D 

- Take FAR back to Noah's Ark. 

Look how little he was!!! 

What NOT to do with a Toddler

So just in case this is your first time here on my side of the internet (Welcome!) I am a stay at home first time mom and a full time student, but that's a different story for a different day. 

RB and I are constantly looking for fun stuff to do with our big guy FAR who is about to be 2! My mother-in-law wanted to treat us to the Aquarium and I just knew Fletcher would LOVE it. In my head I pictured a sweet little boy who looked at the fish all day long and we had the most wonderful family day. 

Umm yeah. That DID NOT happen. He was impressed for the first oh let's say 5 minutes. and then he screamed. He cried. He pitched the biggest fit his two year old body could pitch. FAR wanted to RUN. and running in an crowded Aquarium full of schools on field trips and home school groups and whatever you could imagine just was not a possibility. 

^^How I felt. ^^

So I did what any typical Momma would do. I let him scream and pitch a fit while I enjoyed the fish with my hubby :) 

True story. But what was I supposed to do with a screaming toddler after we were gifted with these awesome expensive tickets. I got looks, I got stares, and honestly, I didn't care. So what finally calmed him down? A 4D movie. 

Fletcher, Mommy loves you so much, but we're not going back to the Aquarium until you are 12

has anyone else had an experience similar to ours? Let me know! I'll host a link-up so we can all learn from each other's mistakes ;) 

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It's OK

.. That I have all intentions to blog everyday but it doesn't happen. I just don't have the energy.

.. That I went blonde!

.. That I'm blogging on my iPad in my bed and not in front of a computer (So all photos are at the bottom... sorry :)

.. That I'm so sick of hearing about Reader going away.

.. That if I hear the words blog and lovin' again I may scream.

.. That I want you all to follow me via bloglovin (look for the heart in my social media links) #doublestandard

.. That I'm behind in school because FAR has been crazy sick with double ear infections.

.. That Im exhausted because I've been driving FAR back and forth to the Doctor everyday for antibiotic shots.

.. That we gave FAR his birthday present 3 months early #trampolinefun

.. That I am so proud of the fact I bought FAR 10 outfits and 2 shirts at an awesome Consignment sale #thriftynotcheep

.. That FAR has 2 BFFs like his momma #babyj #KP

Finding Family

Happy Monday!

Welcome to the Finding Family Weekly Link up. We are so glad you stopped by. While you're here, please follow the blogs of the host and co-host:

 Tales of Beauty for Ashes (host)

Tales from a Far (cohost)

 

Each week, I will be choosing a featured blogger from the previous link up. Last week's featured blogger is Encourage 101. I love the practical advice for encouragement!

• Stop by and see what other families are doing. Leave a comment, let them know you were there. 
• Grab a button to put on your blog.

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•  Don't forget to enter the giveaway below!

If you would like to co-host send Becky an email at talesofbeautyforashes@gmail.com.

Oh Baby Baby....

Everywhere I have seen people announcing they are pregnant. All of the people I was preggo with when I had FAR are announcing all over Facebook and Twitter that "they are expecting" "baby #2 is on the way" so with that being said.... 

I'm not pregnant. 

But I want to be, so very badly. Is it fertility issues? Nope. (Praise Jesus)I'm pretty sure everything is working fine. and the funny thing is, when I think about raising a newborn and a toddler my whole body cringes. I tense up. I want to vomit thinking about all the lack of sleep, Trying to teach FAR to behave around the baby, getting big as a house again, and just being overall miserable. 

But when I think about baby snuggles, nursing, cute baby girl stuff I get all warm and fuzzy inside. I want another baby. My arms ache when I think about holding another sweet gift of God in my arms. If you would of asked me a year ago if FAR would ever be a big brother you would of gotten a really fast "NO!" but now... I don't know if it's because i'm getting older, or what but I have extreme baby fever. 

Two main things have to change before we can even dream about having another baby. I have to finish school & We have to have a house of our own. We cannot raise another baby where we live, it is just not feasible for many reasons, the main one being space. So until these two things come I will continue poppin my pill, and prayin for God's will :) 

Speaking of babies... How's FAR you ask? 

Big. 

Sassy.

Loving. 

Hilarious. 

Amazing. 

PS- Linking up with Finding Family, I can't get the button to work! 

Zoo Atlanta

I loved taking our now 18 month old FAR to do all kinds of exciting things this Christmas season. We took him to ZOO Atlanta a few days before Christmas and we had a BALL :) Michelle gave us some free tickets and that was amazing because it would of been $80.00 just for us to get into the Zoo and that is CRAZY!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He would not look at the camera for one photo our entire trip! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

His favorite animals were the flimingos. We also rode the train and the entire time he rode his mouth was in an O shape saying OOO. He was so so excited!! :)

Silence