tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84268128210305485352024-03-14T00:50:22.253-05:00Thoughts from TiffaniThoughts from a Mommy, Wife, and Friend.
Thoughts about Crafting, Fashion, Diet and exercise.
And lots and lots of Random Thoughts in between!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.comBlogger442125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-24720307927468487432016-01-27T08:00:00.000-06:002016-01-27T08:00:24.895-06:00Wordless Wednesday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-31085624706585845892016-01-24T13:57:00.000-06:002016-01-24T13:58:01.858-06:00I'm BACK!!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Holy cow! How has it been almost 2 years since I posted on my blog? I think about it often, but I just haven't gotten around to doing it. I have really missed sitting down and writing out my thoughts and feelings.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We celebrated our third New Years Eve in Lubbock. This is HUGE! We have never stayed in one city this long, and we still love it! Lubbock has been so good to our family, that we are not sure when (if ever) we will leave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Maddison is now 11, Gabriella 9, Brayden 5, and Paisley 2!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Marco is about a week away from opening his new restaurant, Aspen Creek! It is crunch time and he's feeling the pressure, but I am so incredibly proud of him!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I love my job as a Parent's Day Out teacher, and couldn't be more blessed by the church I work for and the friendships I have made!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We found a church home, for all of us! Gabriella gave her life to Christ and was baptized last year, and Maddison gave her life to Christ this year and will be baptized soon!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Lubbock has really blessed us in many ways, a few we weren't ever expecting, and some are far better than we could have ever imagined!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">So what have you been up to?</span></div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-18621960579928029972014-03-12T14:19:00.000-05:002014-03-12T14:19:56.105-05:00Wordless Wednesday <div align="center">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-48062170824002130212014-03-07T10:26:00.001-06:002014-03-09T23:04:07.244-05:005 on Friday<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am linking up with Darci from <a href="http://www.the-good-life-blog.com/">The Good Life blog</a>, for 5 on Friday! I have been reading them for a few months, found a few great blogs to follow, and so now I am ready to take the plunge and link up myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">ONE </span></strong>My house right now is a crazy unorganized mess, and it stresses me out very much. But I have yet to do anything about it. I am letting it be for now, because I know that if I try to start organizing, the craziness will only get worse in the process. Cartoons for the boy, nap for the baby, and blogging for mommy wins over the mess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>TWO</strong></span> I seriously have gotten bad at sabotaging myself when it comes to eating better. I eat great all day, then at night I gorge myself on ice cream (like the whole pint of Blue Bell cookies and cream (it was SO good, I just could not stop)) or candy, really anything sweet. I am not sure how to control my actions. I will tell myself in the morning that I will do better than the day before and most days I find I do worse. I have put up notes for myself that I thought would help for </span><a href="http://instagram.com/p/jcOeqrIQwk/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">visual motivation</span></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">. But when I am brushing my teeth at night, I just feel so deflated and depressed with myself that I couldn't overcome my weakness. (More on this in another blog post).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>THREE</strong></span> The kids are counting down the days till Spring Break (only 7 left), because my mom and possibly my oldest brother are coming into town!! I seriously cannot wait!! I am hoping we have some great fun and that loads of memories will be made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>FIVE</strong></span> Paisley is growing up way too fast! She is almost 6 months, and I want time to slow down. She is my last and I have been savoring every moment, but I still feel like I am missing out. She is eating fruits and veggies, she is sitting, she is rolling, and she is jumping in her bouncer. Before I know it, she will be walking and talking. Please some one tell me how to make time stand still!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-34432226838852842562014-03-06T09:54:00.000-06:002014-03-06T09:54:48.077-06:00Naptime = Playtime 4 <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Recently, Brayden and I have just been playing a lot while Paisley is sleeping. He needs way more of my attention while she is sleeping, since he is getting less while she is awake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Yesterday, we pulled out his hot wheels and just played with his cars. We played, laughed, and had a great time. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-57633770140712892352014-02-24T15:58:00.000-06:002014-02-24T15:58:10.363-06:00Being sick + a water overflow + a broken oven<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last week was a crazy week in our house! If it wasn't one thing, it was another. Let me quickly (hopefully) recap for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Valentine's Night, I had 2 of my girl friends and their kids over since all of our hubby's had to work. Crappy right? Well being a restaurant wife, I am very used to it. This year, I decided to do something fun for me and the kids. It was perfect. We had wine, chocolate covered strawberries, the kids made a HUGE poster board card for the daddies, and they played. Two of the big girls decided to spend the night with my big girls. Saturday we went to make cookies, and our first batch burned and our second batch never really finished cooking. Crazy right? I wished I would have thought about that then.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sunday I woke up with a major headache. I toughed it out as long as I could before I decided to take a nap before the hubby went to work. I slept close to 3 hours before I had to finally get up, and by then not only was my head still pounding, my throat was starting to hurt. I made it through the night as best I could with all the kids, and I crawled in bed early.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Monday I got up to take the girls to school and I could hardly swallow. My hubby sent me to the doctor before he had to go back to work for the day. I ended up having strep. BOO!! The doctor gave me a shot and a prescription and sent me on my way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I made it through the day with my two little ones, and went to pick up my meds and dinner before getting the older girls from school. I figured pizza would be easy for me to make for the kids, and I got myself some tomato soup. The big girls and Brayden hung out watching tv most of the afternoon, while Paisley and I napped.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I got up to "fix" dinner by throwing the pizza in the oven, and Maddi helped me by starting some laundry. This is where things go majorly downhill for me. The oven was not working (wished I would have thought about the cookies) and in return, not cooking the pizza. I sent my hubby and text, and he offered to feed the kids BJ's pizza when he got off. Life saver!! I left the pizza in the oven to see how long it would take with the temperature reaching a staggering "warm" and it took well over 2 hrs! Ugh!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">In the mean time, Maddi went to go to my room, which is close to the laundry room and noticed water all over the floor. I squished my way to the laundry room, and was greeted by a waterfall of water coming out of the washer. The carpet was soaked and the laundry room was flooded with ice cold water. I told the big girls to get towels to soak up the water on the carpet while I scooped water in the laundry room. The girls took turns dumping out the water for me. The towels didn't really help since there was so much water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Luckily my hubby felt sorry for me being sick and all, and brought home the pizza for the kids, and went and picked up a shop vac from work and a carpet shampooer to help suck up the water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The next day, I started feeling better, and we had a guy here to fix the washer (a tube came loose), a guy here to put out fans to dry out the carpet, and a guy here to fix the oven (a wire burned). Our house was a mad house for a few days walking over fans, catching up on laundry, and having lots of workers come and go, but it all worked out, ya know $200 later. But that's life I guess.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-56469113017738397842014-02-10T06:00:00.000-06:002014-02-10T06:00:03.658-06:00Naptime=Playtime 4 Cloud Dough<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brayden and I are having so much fun with our naptime=playtime activities. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As I was searching pinterest for new ideas for my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/MamaVsqz/indoor-fun-and-games/">Indoor Fun and Games board</a>, I came across one of my new favorite blogs for fun ideas, <a href="http://www.karasclassroom.com/">Kara's Classroom</a>. I first found her post on <a href="http://www.karasclassroom.com/2013/12/cloud-dough-sensory-box.html#comment-form">cloud dough </a>and then searched through her blog and I cannot wait to try more of her ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Cloud dough was easy to make, and Brayden had lots of fun playing with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To make cloud dough all you need is 7 cups of flour, 1 cup of vegetable oil and a big container to put it in. *I wish we would have had a bigger container, but our little one worked just fine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To start, we gathered our flour, oil, container, and a towel to sit on. Brayden helped me count and measure out the cups of flour and then mix in the oil. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">He played for awhile with just the dough till we were interrupted by Paisley who wanted to join in the fun. She started off in her bouncer, but she did not want to stay there. I put her in the bumbo and gave her a cookie cutter to play with. Brayden loved trying to make the cookie cutter shapes in the dough. Next time, I want to come up with more things for him to play with in the dough, even though his hands and the cookie cutters worked just fine. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After the big girls got home from school, Brayden told them what he had played with and they wanted to play too. Even my girls liked it, and this is why I want a bigger container.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Overall, the cloud dough was a HUGE success and I cannot wait to get it out again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Any suggestions on what else to play with in the cloud dough?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-75090022637448661952014-02-09T06:00:00.000-06:002014-02-09T06:00:05.559-06:00Letter Obstacle Fun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It has been very cold here for a few days and the kids really haven't been able to go outside. Thursday it was snowy (and I kept the girls home from school) and I wanted to do an activity to keep their bodies and minds active but that was also fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I found<a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/learning-indoor-obstacle-course-kids/"> this post</a> from pinterest, and thought I could do something similar.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I used small and colorful sheets of paper and wrote a letter on one. Then I taped them all over the floor, chairs, bench, and table. Then I had the kids jump to each letter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For Brayden (3), we started with saying what each letter was. For Ella (7), I had her tell me a word that started with the letter. For Maddi (9), I had her tell me a word and spell the word for each letter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The next time through, I had Brayden count the letters, Ella made up an addition problem with each number, and Maddi made up multiplication problems with each number. Ella did lots of +1's and +0's, and I am ok with that. Maddi did some x1's and x0's, but for the 20's, she tried to figure out what two numbers multiplied together would make that number (ex:4x5=20).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The kids loved getting to climb on the table since it is something that is normally not allowed. We also changed it up and did different exercises over the letters. They did jumping jacks, high knees, bear crawl, crab walk, going backwards, and so on. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They laughed, worked their brains, and their bodies. I would say it was a successful indoor activity!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I started with one placemat to do a test, but I will be going back to get more and make one for all the kids to have at the table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This is a simple craft that I found <a href="http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2013/01/placemat-chalk-board/">here</a> at <a href="http://dollarstorecrafts.com/">dollarstorecrafts.com</a>. This website is dedicated to cute cheap crafts made from dollar store items!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It is best to use a sponge brush. Completely cover your placemat painting in one direction (left to right or up and down). Let the paint fully dry, then turn your placemat and paint in the opposite direction. Let the paint fully dry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">As the website suggests, after the paint is dry, fully chalk the placemat then wipe with a dry cloth. This will help with wiping off the chalk once the kids are ready to use it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">That's it! You are ready to chalk on your placemat. I used my placemat as decoration in my kitchen. I am thinking of adding chalk paint and making it my weekly menu planner. When I am ready to make more, I will make one for each child to have their own for table time fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What would you use your chalkboard place mat for? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-4929843319895312542014-02-07T12:02:00.000-06:002014-02-07T12:02:03.605-06:00I love you because...(Simple Valentines Craft for you Children)<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I wanted to let my kids know how much they mean to me since we have had some rough couple of months here and there. I thought I could make them something for each of the kids that would be tailored just to them. I came up with this simple craft because of all the Valentine décor floating around pinterest right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I took some construction paper and cut out a bunch of little hearts. Then I cut out 3 big hearts, one for each of my bigger children. On the big hearts I wrote their names, then wrote I love you because.</span><br />
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I hung each of them on their doors on a ribbon, and wrote on the little hearts things I loved about them. For example, on some of Brayden's I wrote that he loves to cuddle, he loves monster trucks, and he is a great big brother. I plan on adding one everyday till Valentine's day (and hopefully for a long time after). So far I have added 4 hearts. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brayden asked to get Super Why cereal one day at the store, and I knew that there would be fun projects we could do together. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The first thing we did is letter matching. I looked through the cereal to find all the letters of the alphabet. This was time consuming. It took about 30 minutes for me to find all the letters, but it was worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">On a piece of paper I wrote out all the letters so he could match the cereal with the letters. I put the letters in order in the little bowl, but I let him pick out the letters he wanted to match. He did a great job and only needed a little help from me on the letters that didn't quite match each other exactly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After we matched all the letters we practiced writing. I want him to get better at his writing so instead of doing a certain letter, I had him write out some of the letters with straight lines (A, E, I, H, K, M).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After writing we flipped the paper and traced his hands. We counted fingers and talked about left and right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It was a great learning day!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I lb. ground beef (I have used 93/7 and 85/15, so anything will work)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1 can ranch style beans</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">1 can diced tomatoes (I get no salt added)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Start by browning your ground beef and drain off grease. In a big stockpot combine the rest of the ingredients (with their juices from the can) and start simmering. Add your ground beef and simmer (stirring occasionally) for around 30 minutes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My girls and I like our tacos topped with cheese, so we sprinkle on a little cheese on the top of my soup, but that is up to you.</span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-1506918765143872272014-01-30T08:45:00.000-06:002014-02-07T10:36:05.030-06:00Naptime=Playtime 2 Foam Fun<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brayden and I are loving the fun things we are finding to do. Since he is 3 1/2, I am wanting to do a mix of academic things, fun messy (sensory) things, and arts and crafts. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Brayden loves bubbles, so I knew he would get a kick out of making his own foam. I got the idea for foam from the blog,<a href="http://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/08/rainbow-soap-foam-bubbles-sensory-play.html"> Fun at Home with Kids</a>, and I have it pinned on my <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/pin/44613852532680095/">Indoor Fun and Games</a> pinterest board. </span><br />
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I put down some towels and some fun kitchen gadgets (whisk, spatula, ect.), and I let Brayden play how ever he wanted. At first, he did not want to touch the foam, but he eventually opened up to the idea of messy, and had a ton of fun. One of the good things about the foam was how easy it was to remix it if it started to deflate.</div>
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We played for a long time and we were covered in foam, as well as my kitchen. Another good thing about the foam was easy clean up. I took a wet towel and ran it across my kitchen floor, and I ran a bath for Brayden. He loved having all the kitchen gadgets and foam in the bath. I loved that he played till his water went cold. All of the foamy bubbles disappeared, then it was easy to throw the kitchen gadgets in the dishwasher to get them clean.</div>
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This was a great playtime for both of us! It was cheap, quick, easy, and lots of fun! I can't wait till we do it again!</div>
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</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-54964009434567663762014-01-23T10:41:00.003-06:002014-02-07T10:35:48.491-06:00Naptime = Playtime 1 Painting and Letter Recognition<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Since most of my day is spent catering to baby Paisley, I am trying to make an effort to do things with just Brayden. This time comes in the morning when Pais takes her nap. I have been working with him on his letter recognition and writing and also fun things like painting, coloring, foam, and anything else fun we come up with. I think he has really enjoyed the time that is spent just me and him. I am going to do a series where I show you fun things Brayden and I are doing, how he likes it, where I found the idea, and how he is progressing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The first thing Brayden wanted to do was paint a Christmas picture. I used green washable paint and painted his hand 6 times and we made his handprints into a Christmas tree. I put lines on the bottom of the tree and let him use brown paint to paint in the trunk of the tree. Then I asked him if he wanted to add ornaments to the tree and of course he said yes, but he painted them around the tree. Silly boy! I let him paint how he wanted with out correcting him since it was his picture.<br />
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With Brayden being 3 1/2, I also want to work on his writing skills. I wrote his name on a piece of paper with yellow marker, and had him trace over it. The yellow is easy for him to see and easier to follow than hash marks. After we tried his name, we worked on the letter A. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I don't want to push Brayden to do more than he wants, so this was all we did on this day. His attention span isn't very long, so we moved onto something more playful. I do think he enjoyed his time with me. I know I enjoyed being able to focus on just him.</span></div>
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</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-26322664149197537622014-01-16T22:18:00.000-06:002014-01-16T22:18:06.310-06:00Ella's 7th Birthday Party<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This is a serious better late than never post!! Not only am I a terrible blogger, I am also a terrible mom! I just looked through my list of posts and realized I never posted on Ella's 7th birthday! It's still October right? Jeez I am awful!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">She is very close to being a Halloween baby, and I was very excited this year when she decided to do a Halloween themed party. I started pinning lots of ideas and tried to figure out how to make it fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Some of my favorite things were the sweet treats that I made.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They were cute and the kids loved them, but mine looked nothing like the pinterest pin.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Of course Ella wanted to play the Mummy Wrap game, which is just wrapping each other in toilet paper. This game has been a hit with my girls for a few years and they ask for it at every party. The party guests always seem to enjoy it as well. It gets lots of laughs, makes a HUGE mess, and since I use dollar store toilet paper, I don't feel bad when it ALL goes in the trash.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I made some easy cupcakes for her party. I wish I knew how to make an awesome looking cake, but it is just not in my repertoire. Even though they were not amazing cupcakes, they served their purpose.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Christmas morning was great! I love seeing the kids dig into their stockings. I had some bigger plans for the kids' stockings, but those were ruined by two girls peeking in my closet. Oh well, they loved everything in their stockings and it all worked out. Ella's big Santa present was a bow and arrow, Maddi's was a scooter for her American Girl, Brayden's was a Superman and football, and Paisley's was a giggly pig.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My dad and step mom headed for Christmas with her family, and we headed to my mom's house for Christmas with the McGregor side of the family. It was small, but very nice to catch up with my uncles, an Aunt, and a cousin and her little girl. We opened presents and had dinner there. My mom made all the kids pjs and Brayden put his on immediately. She also got each of them a game and we had fun trying them out. The night went too fast, and of course there wasn't enough time spent over there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Thursday morning was spent watching the kids play football in dad's backyard. Paisley napped in my arms, as Brayden, Ella, and Maddi tried to figure out how to catch, throw, kick, and tackle. Then came the task of packing up everything, getting some snacks together, and figuring out how to fit everything in the car.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It took forever to pack up and make sure we had everything we needed to bring home. Marco packed up the car (then I repacked it so everything would fit better). The car was packed full, and I don't think we could have fit anything else. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We headed to get the dogs and start our long drive home. Paisley did good on the first leg of the drive home, but not so much after we stopped for dinner. She threw a huge fit, so we ended up pulling over so I could feed her again in the car. It worked out though, because Brayden needed to go potty while we were stopped. Once I thought I had her calmed down, we started back on the road and she started throwing a mega fit. So much so, that I had to switch spots with Ella while we were driving. There was no where to pull over, and I wasn't about to have Marco pull off to the side to possibly be hit by a semi. So Ella and I switched spots. She loved sitting in the front for the few minutes it took me to get Paisley calmed down and asleep. Then, we switched back. It was an exciting drive home, needless to say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Unpacking the car when we got home was no fun, but we managed to get everything in the house. Then we opened up our gifts to each other. The kids did an amazing job of picking out gifts for each other. This year instead of dollar store gifts, Marco took them to use $5 for one thoughtful gift. Brayden got each of the girls a Ty animal from Cracker Barrel. Both Ella and Maddi found great gifts but they were over their $5 spending limit. Both girls said they would give their own money from their piggy banks to make up the difference. What amazing girls! Maddi got Brayden a superman shirt with a cape, Ella Hello Kitty slippers, and Paisley a little piano toy. Ella got Paisley a ball toy, Brayden a superman cape, and Maddi some silly stompers slippers. I really love that they enjoy buying and giving to each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We had an amazing Christmas and the only thing that would have made it better would have been getting more time with everyone. I am glad that the kids and I went in early with out Marco, it meant I was able to spend time with my two best friends. Even with all the stress, I am very happy we made the decision to go leave the house for Christmas. The kids had a blast, and it was more than worth it!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Catch up on Part 1 <a href="http://thoughtsfromtiffani.blogspot.com/2014/01/our-christmas-2013-part-1.html">HERE</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">When we left my brother's house Saturday night, we drove to my best friend, Roxy's house. She had no clue we were in town, and I couldn't wait to surprise her. I was talking to her earlier that day, and I almost gave myself away, but I had to make sure she would be home when I was going to head to her house. I tried to record her reaction on my phone but some how stopped the video instead of recording, but it was priceless!! I enjoyed an amazing night of catching up and only wish there had been more hours that night for us. The kids and I spent the night, and Roxy and I stayed up way too late chatting and listening to our kids' laughter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sunday was her annual cookie party (a tradition we missed last year), and I was so excited to have made it this year. The kids love rolling out their own cookies, making messes with flour and dough, and then decorating the cookies how ever they want. These cookies are always used for Santa cookies, since they are overly sprinkled and frosted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After the cookie party, the kids and I headed to my mom's for a big kid sleepover with Grani. The big girls love spending the night with my mom and Brayden was going to try it out for the first time. They had a blast! Pepe, our elf, made an appearance, they made chocolate mice and cupcakes, and just overall enjoyed some Grani time. Brayden did great staying with her, and I got a semi-kid free night. Paisley and I went back to my dad's Sunday night.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Monday afternoon, Paisley and I headed to my mom's house. I heard how Grani almost made Pepe lose his magic by accidently knocking him over. Maddi and Ella freaked out for a few minutes, but Pepe let my mom know (when she was by herself of course), that he was ok because grandparents can touch the elves. That was a close call though.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">To end Monday on a happier note, the kids and I went to see my other best friend Marsha. Her hubby, Cliff and I went to high school together, so I have known them forever. Marsha has an older son, Blake, that Brayden just absolutely adores, and a daughter that is 1 month younger than Ella. Cliff went to pick up Marco from the airport, which was perfect for me to get in some Marsha time. I just love her! Marco and I hung out way too late after he got there. We let the girls spend the night with Persy, and the rest of us headed back to my dad's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We were getting together for Christmas at my dad's Tuesday, so both of my brother's came there. The guys played pool, the kids ran around like crazy, Pepe left the kids some green milk (with magic dust to help them sleep), we ate, we opened presents, and we watched movies. To end the night, my dad drove us around his neighborhood to look at Christmas lights. When we got back, the kids put out their reindeer food and Santa cookies, and it was off to bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Our Christmas was amazing, to say the least. We decided to go to Dallas, which is HUGE for me. Since we have moved so much the past few years, I had decided for Christmas, we would always stay home. If the family wanted to see us, they could come to us because:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I didn't like figuring out how to squeeze in Christmas around Marco's work schedule.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I didn't like loading up the car with Santa goodies, the kids presents, and the family's presents, plus all the packing for all the kids.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I didn't like trying to pack the car after Christmas for the drive home.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">P.S. I made the rule when I only had the older girls. Gah, I thought it was work then! That would be a breeze now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But my family always understood, and they came to us. It was much easier when we lived closer, but last year was our first year being 6 hours away in Lubbock. We had an amazing Christmas just our little family, but that was it. It was just us. No one visited Christmas Eve, no one was here Christmas day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">When Marco and I first talked about going to Dallas for Christmas, I was really stressed. Actually I was really stressed till I was about 1/2 way home (home being Dallas), then I was just excited. The stress was money, the baby's first long car ride, do I leave a few days before Marco and get more time with friends and family or do we drive in together for just a few days, and packing. Packing for the big kids and I is easy at this point but I was very worried that I would forget something for the baby. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But money worked out, I left Friday when the kids got out of school and Marco flew in on Monday night, the baby did amazing on the ride down there when it was just me and the kids, and I made a list for packing (a very long and detailed list). I made sure I had everything of necessity for Paisley, but of course I could have packed more. I missed her boppy and baby tub, but they weren't overly necessary. I nursed with pillows and she bathed (unhappily) in the big tub.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I got the girls out of school early and drove in Friday to my dad's loaded down with all the kids, 3 small and 1 large suitcase, Santa's goodies in a very large bag, the presents for the family, the dogs and their kennel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We made great time, only stopping in Abeline (1/2 way) to stretch our legs, eat, and get Paisley out of her carseat and feed her. We drove straight to my mom's in Mesquite to drop off the dogs and chat for a few minutes and then we headed to my dad's house in Forney.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My dad has recently moved and his new house was perfect for the 3 big kids. They had plenty of room to watch a movie and run and be wild upstairs and get their "we just sat in the car for 6+ hours" crazies out before bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The next morning I was supposed to meet a friend from Sherman for lunch and let the kids play while we caught up, but the weather was terrible. She was having freezing rain and it was pouring at my dads. We both agreed that it was just too much trouble. I am still sad that we didn't get the chance to meet up and that she still hasn't met Paisley. Better safe than sorry. And hopefully she will be coming to Lubbock soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Not getting out Saturday morning, meant the kids and I were able to enjoy a rainy morning (which we don't get in Lubbock) and just watch cartoons and hang out with my step mom. Once the rain cleared up, we repacked smaller bags, and the kids and I headed to my brother and sister in law's house. We had an early dinner, watched movies, and the big kids wrestled with my brother while Melissa got in some Paisley snuggles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A fresh start.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A clean slate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A day for resolutions, and looking back on the past year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My year had some high points and some VERY low points.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2013 was a very hard year for me. </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I admitted to not wanting to be pregnant and to needing help mentally after giving birth, n</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">either of which were easy to write out and share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I had a hard time writing on my blog the past year due to repressing my true feelings for fear of what my readers would think. When I actually spoke about my issues, I lost 2 followers. Did I care? I tried not to, but I did. It is hurtful to think that how I felt affected them so much that they know longer wanted to read what I have to write. Am I better off with out them? I think so. I should be able to write out my true feelings and not have fear of backlash. This is my life, not anyone else's, and I just wanted to put it out there that life isn't always sunshine and roses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">2013 was also great to me. My kids are thriving in Lubbock and God blessed us with an addition to our family. With all my unhappiness about being pregnant and overly worrying about Brayden no longer being the baby, Paisley has truly added to our lives in ways I couldn't imagine. I will save that for another post though. She was definitely the HIGH for 2013.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">My resolutions for 2014 are going to be simple so hopefully I can accomplish them. I am not good at resolutions, so I will just call them goals for the upcoming year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Pay down some of our debt</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Build up our savings account</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Write more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Play and laugh more with my kids</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Find a church home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Did you keep last years?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Are you ready for a new year? I sure am!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Bring on 2014!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Wishing you all health, wealth, and happiness.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-20102967238922482492013-12-14T13:15:00.000-06:002013-12-14T13:15:32.176-06:00Gone are the baby blues<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What a difference two weeks has made in my life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am feeling like my old self again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am feeling more energetic.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am feeling calmer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am feeling more patient.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am feeling so much happier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am loving on my children much more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They are so much happier.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know in the past few months, maybe more, my children have suffered from my feeling down. They didn't get as many hugs or cuddles as they wanted. I pushed them away, especially my older girls. I was down and I didn't want them around. I was sad Brayden wasn't going to be my baby anymore instead of being happy that I was going to have a new baby. I was down on life, and my kids suffered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I know that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am not proud of that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now is my time to change it, now is my time to love being a mom again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We laugh more, we hug more, we cuddle more, we love more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am not saying pills will work for everyone or that taking something is the way to go for everyone, but taking an anti-depressant has changed my life. It is helping me so much more than I ever thought I needed. I can feel it and I know my kids can feel it. Our house has changed for the better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I only wish I would have spoken up sooner. I tried not to talk about my feelings, and when I did, what I was feeling, I felt, got pushed aside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">For now though, I am happy. Which feels amazing!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-45197875409733382732013-11-30T15:47:00.001-06:002013-11-30T15:47:36.822-06:00Baby Blues<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sorry I have been MIA from the blog the past few weeks, I haven't been in much of a writing mood. I have been dealing with some personal things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been very down, blah, and just not feeling like myself since Paisley was born. I have been constantly overwhelmed with all the kids by myself. I yell way to much at the big girls and strain our relationship greatly most days, and I let Brayden wither away in front of the tv for hours a day, all while feeling stuck on the couch with no energy or enthusiasm to get up and live life. A lot of days I feel lonely, I overeat, and I sleep horrible, I am just not myself. I feel trapped in some one else's body. My mood swings are out of control. I can go from happy and content to crazy angry and yelling to feeling like crying my eyes out all within a matter of minutes.</span><br />
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I know "baby blues" are always possible after you give birth, but I never thought I would have it. I am not sure if what I am experiencing is "baby blues" or just really bad hormonal changes due to getting my tubes tied. I did not feel like this with my other babies, at least not to the extent that I do now. Doctors are quick to tell you that there is no relation with getting your tubes tied and hormonal changes, but based on my mood, I feel otherwise. This past week, <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I finally talked to my doctor about how I have been feeling, and hopefully will be feeling better in a few weeks (praying for sooner). We agreed the best course of action, in my case, was to go on Lexapro. I hope it starts to kick in over the next few weeks. I never thought I would need to be put on something, h</span>owever, if the medication helps me turn this all around, then so be it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">It has been very hard with 4, much harder than I ever thought it would be. I never wanted to have 4 kids and I stressed and worried my entire pregnancy, but it was obviously in God's plan for our family and he is never wrong. I love Paisley and wouldn't change having her for anything in the world. She makes me smile and I know she will bring so much love and joy to our world that we would be greatly lacking with out her here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I was worried about how Brayden would be with her, but he has been amazing with her. He always wants to hold her and give her kisses; I think he is very proud to be her big brother. However, he has become increasingly insistent on getting my attention any way necessary, whether that is being overly sweet or throwing mega fits. Maddi and Ella also love and adore her and constantly want to hold her, and they also try to keep her from crying as much as they can, they are awesome big sisters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I hope that the medicine kicks in soon so I can get back to feeling like myself with my amazing family. They deserve so much more than I give to them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am sure postpartum isn't overly talked about or that if what I am feeling could be from my tubal, but I wanted to put it out there. If you are down, I don't think medication should be your first choice, but sometimes it may end up being the best choice. The main thing is that you keep yourself healthy for your family and talk to your doctor about your feelings sooner rather than later.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-54573671885530258402013-11-13T11:31:00.002-06:002013-11-13T11:31:30.799-06:00Slow Down Christmas<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It amazes me at how early Christmas has come this year. It seems no one really cares about Thanksgiving anymore. The stores are putting out Christmas decorations in August it feels like. What's the rush? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Black Friday ads have become 30+ pages long and stores are opening SO early, 6 am on Thanksgiving for Kmart! I loved shopping on black Friday; the getting up in the middle of the night, the thrill of hunting for great deals, but 6 am, what's wrong with people? The bad thing is, there will be people there shopping just to save a few dollars. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Christmas has just become so commercialized and so overdone, it is seriously stressing me out! The commercials make you think you have to buy everything for your kids or they won't be happy and you are a bad parent. Or at least that is how I see it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We have taken God out of everything in this country and it seems that he is slowly being pushed out of Christmas too. The whole reason for the season is the birth of Jesus! I think a lot of people are forgetting that. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I know it has even happened in our house. Santa has outweighed the true meaning of Christmas, a fact that I am not proud of. My kids know why we celebrate Christmas, but the "give me's" are crazy out of control. I hope that I can change that this year, but it will have to wait till after Thanksgiving. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I am very much looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. My dad and step mom are having Thanksgiving at their new house this year and we won't be able to leave town with Marco's work schedule, so they are coming here this weekend! My mom will be coming in for Thanksgiving like she did last year. Marco has also invited some of his coworkers over Thanksgiving lunch. It should result in some great times all around!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What do you think about Christmas becoming so commercialized?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09797096931050020799noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8426812821030548535.post-70263942181648464092013-11-12T13:38:00.000-06:002013-11-12T13:38:42.659-06:00Terrific Tuesday #3<ul>
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">After soccer, we went to Tech's last home game to tailgate. I am still amazed at how much fun can be had standing in a parking lot!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Saturday night, we had family movie night and watched Monsters University. I don't think Brayden moved the whole time it was on.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">We watched Monsters U twice on Sunday! Brayden is now convinced he is Sully :)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I found a super cute jacket for a steal from an online garage sale site! $1 for this baby, hells ya!</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brayden is an awesome big brother! He amazes me everyday with how much he loves her! Today he watched her like a hawk while the doctor checked her out at her two month checkup. It was so cute!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I really need to start writing things down during the week, when I sit in front of the computer my mind goes blank to the terrific things that happened early in the week. This weekly post has made me look at my week different and to find joy in the small things. I hope you are enjoying them as well.</span><br />
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