Happy Birthday little man!
Mama can hardly believe you are already one. This year has gone by so fast and you have grown so much.
You are such a loving and friendly boy; hardly ever shy with anyone, and always flirting with strangers when we are out. You seem to make friends where ever we go. It melts Mamas heart when you try to give hugs and kisses to your cousins and your friends. It is not just people, you love animals too. Our cat Kona is one of your best friends, sometimes you love her a little too much, being gentle is something you are still learning.
You still do not sleep well, so Mama and daddy are very tired. I hope this changes soon. We think you might be having some issues with your tummy so we are treating you for reflux since we know you had that when you were younger. Aside from that you are a very healthy boy. You enjoy eating, a few of your favourites are watermelon and pasta. Anytime Mama or Daddy eat or drink something you always want to try it. You are actually getting quite good at using the big cups and your fork and spoon. You want to do everything we do. Sometimes I have to remind myself that this is a good thing, and let you try things so that you can learn. You are so smart already, like a little sponge you seem to be absorbing everything around you. You catch on very quickly how things work and are very determined when you are trying to do things. At times like those you want to be so independent, never wanting help from anyone. but as independent as you can be you never really want to be alone. You prefer to play with someone than by yourself. One of these days we hope you will have a sibling to play with but for just a little while longer Mama and Daddy want it to just be the three of us.
We love you so much. More than anything else in the whole world. And we are very proud of the person you are becoming. Here's to another year filled with new experiences and lots of love and laughter.
xoxo
Mama
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Busy busy busy!
Holy moly! Seriously the last few weeks are pretty much a blurr. I feel like we have been crazy busy. I've been searching for a new job, trying to find daycare, preping for MV's first birthday (tomorrow!!) and a million other things.
And apparently my pre written blog post that I thought would automatically post did not... So I failed at that one... I am trying to pre write some posts so that if I am having a crazy week I will at least still have things to post. Apparently I need to play around with things a little because I was sure I could do that..
I hope everyone has been good :) I obviously am putting together MV's birthday post and will try to so some reading as well.
I can not believe MV will be a year old tomorrow.. My baby is growing up.
*sigh ...
And apparently my pre written blog post that I thought would automatically post did not... So I failed at that one... I am trying to pre write some posts so that if I am having a crazy week I will at least still have things to post. Apparently I need to play around with things a little because I was sure I could do that..
I hope everyone has been good :) I obviously am putting together MV's birthday post and will try to so some reading as well.
I can not believe MV will be a year old tomorrow.. My baby is growing up.
*sigh ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Friday, February 8, 2013
Organzing My Life
Becoming a mother has created this urgency in me to have things organized.
Give me a plan, a list, a couple pens and some highlighters and I will be happy as a clam (I never really understood that saying).
The problem with all of this is my lack of motivation. I am a HUGE procrastinator. Always have been, my mother used to give me crap for this all the time, and now I drive my husband crazy with it as well.
Another problem we have is my husband does not like change. Most of my ideas for organizing our house involve change... its a slow and long process between the two of us!
2013 is the year I am going to do this. It has been one of my "resolutions"; to get this house in order, to get my life in order. Gone are the carefree timeless days, I have not even returned to work yet and I already have trouble coordinating the few things we do.
So. How am I going to do this... ? Well I have already taken on a few small projects;
I went and bought plastic shoebox sized bins and have organized under the bathroom sink. Its not the cutest set up but everything has its place and it is in a sealed container.. these days that is a must. I have no pictures of this apparently.
I tackled the front closet. That was one mess that was driving us both crazy! Hubby had pretty much taken it over for himself, he had 8 different types of jackets in there plus all his other work clothes (including his smelly work boots) and there was no order to any of the shoes or misc items on the top shelf. I went upstairs and found one of those hanging closet cubby shelves and made that the home for all mits, hats, and scarves. On the opposite side is a shoe hanger holding my flip flops and the shoe rack has been moved up to the top shelf. The pet food is still hanging out in there we don't seem to have anywhere else to put it.
I have a few other rooms that are started (of course), I have been working away until I am stumped and waiting for inspiration. The kitchen, spare room, basement storage and bedrooms are all waiting for some brilliant solution.
One major area I need to get organized is our schedules, bills and random paperwork. I have been saving free printables for quite some time now on my pinterest, if you use it I'm sure you've seen all the posts about creating a "Home Management" binder, or "Family Binder" or whatever other names there are out there for them. Once again procrastination as well as my ocd tendencies have made this a project that never quite gets finished. Until now that is. It is still not perfect, but it is started and completed to a point that I can use it. I am not sure if the style of the pages is something that will work for me, and it does drive me a little crazy that my print outs are not all from the same source and do not match. But for now it will serve its purpose and I can adjust and create my own pages as I need to. February will be my first month of actually trying to use it so fingers crossed this works out.
If you are like me and need to get things in order you should check out some of these blogs. I also will include links to some of the print sheets I have used in my binder. If you have any links to share please do :) I am always looking for new organization and other creative ideas!
Inspiration and Printables
Home School Creations has a really cute blog planner
Erin Rippy of Inktreepress.com designed these super cute fully customizable pages found here
Clean Mama has tons of great ideas and free printables
Org Junkie has tons of great resources
IHeart Organzing has a few printables plus great ideas
Ginny at Organizing Homelife is frequently offering new printables
There that's not even all the blogs I get inspiration from but they are the ones I frequent the most. Again send me any suggestions to check out :)
Give me a plan, a list, a couple pens and some highlighters and I will be happy as a clam (I never really understood that saying).
The problem with all of this is my lack of motivation. I am a HUGE procrastinator. Always have been, my mother used to give me crap for this all the time, and now I drive my husband crazy with it as well.
Another problem we have is my husband does not like change. Most of my ideas for organizing our house involve change... its a slow and long process between the two of us!
2013 is the year I am going to do this. It has been one of my "resolutions"; to get this house in order, to get my life in order. Gone are the carefree timeless days, I have not even returned to work yet and I already have trouble coordinating the few things we do.
So. How am I going to do this... ? Well I have already taken on a few small projects;
I went and bought plastic shoebox sized bins and have organized under the bathroom sink. Its not the cutest set up but everything has its place and it is in a sealed container.. these days that is a must. I have no pictures of this apparently.
I tackled the front closet. That was one mess that was driving us both crazy! Hubby had pretty much taken it over for himself, he had 8 different types of jackets in there plus all his other work clothes (including his smelly work boots) and there was no order to any of the shoes or misc items on the top shelf. I went upstairs and found one of those hanging closet cubby shelves and made that the home for all mits, hats, and scarves. On the opposite side is a shoe hanger holding my flip flops and the shoe rack has been moved up to the top shelf. The pet food is still hanging out in there we don't seem to have anywhere else to put it.
I have a few other rooms that are started (of course), I have been working away until I am stumped and waiting for inspiration. The kitchen, spare room, basement storage and bedrooms are all waiting for some brilliant solution.
One major area I need to get organized is our schedules, bills and random paperwork. I have been saving free printables for quite some time now on my pinterest, if you use it I'm sure you've seen all the posts about creating a "Home Management" binder, or "Family Binder" or whatever other names there are out there for them. Once again procrastination as well as my ocd tendencies have made this a project that never quite gets finished. Until now that is. It is still not perfect, but it is started and completed to a point that I can use it. I am not sure if the style of the pages is something that will work for me, and it does drive me a little crazy that my print outs are not all from the same source and do not match. But for now it will serve its purpose and I can adjust and create my own pages as I need to. February will be my first month of actually trying to use it so fingers crossed this works out.
If you are like me and need to get things in order you should check out some of these blogs. I also will include links to some of the print sheets I have used in my binder. If you have any links to share please do :) I am always looking for new organization and other creative ideas!
Inspiration and Printables
Home School Creations has a really cute blog planner
Erin Rippy of Inktreepress.com designed these super cute fully customizable pages found here
Clean Mama has tons of great ideas and free printables
Org Junkie has tons of great resources
IHeart Organzing has a few printables plus great ideas
Ginny at Organizing Homelife is frequently offering new printables
There that's not even all the blogs I get inspiration from but they are the ones I frequent the most. Again send me any suggestions to check out :)
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
If not now, when?
Have I told you about my love for Incubus?
Right now I am alternating between listening to them and watching and listening to informative clips about a potential employer opportunity. During the last interview clip the answer to one of the questions was "if not now, when?" Not only is this the title of an Incubus song but its also a phrase that made perfect sense to things I've been thinking about for a while now. Confused yet? Ya me too that's why I'm trying to think things thru.
An obvious choice for me is to returning to nursing at the end of the month. My last maternity cheque is on MV's birthday and after that I will need a source of income... But I have had some ideas for a while now.. And I'm not so sure I want to do that anymore, or at least not full time. I'm nervous and scared of change and taking the chance on a new "adventure" ... But "if not now, when?" Right?
More on all this later...
Thanks for "listening" to me ramble ;)
Right now I am alternating between listening to them and watching and listening to informative clips about a potential employer opportunity. During the last interview clip the answer to one of the questions was "if not now, when?" Not only is this the title of an Incubus song but its also a phrase that made perfect sense to things I've been thinking about for a while now. Confused yet? Ya me too that's why I'm trying to think things thru.
An obvious choice for me is to returning to nursing at the end of the month. My last maternity cheque is on MV's birthday and after that I will need a source of income... But I have had some ideas for a while now.. And I'm not so sure I want to do that anymore, or at least not full time. I'm nervous and scared of change and taking the chance on a new "adventure" ... But "if not now, when?" Right?
More on all this later...
Thanks for "listening" to me ramble ;)
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Don't Judge
I am furious. Not as pissed as I was 20 minutes ago but still pretty ticked.
I ran out quickly to grab a few things from the grocery store, it's cold out (of course) so I bundled up MV and away we went.
Now MV hates wearing hats, occasionally he will keep it on long enough to get to and from the car... Well today was not one of those days. As we were walking out of the store he ripped it off his head 3 times in less than a minute and I could tell his mood was about to change to full on tantrum so to save us the embarrassment I gave up (picking my battles) We were parked in the second spot from the door, maybe 30 feet at most. It's not snowing, or raining or even windy.
Well just as I was reaching the car I could hear some woman speaking in a very loud and rude tone. As I looked up I realized she was talking about us and before I could even think words came out of my mouth. Probably not the best words to say around an impressionable 11 month of learning to speak but I could not help myself. This woman was loudly questioning my parenting skills in front of a good handful of other shoppers all because my child was not wearing a hat.
I have never seen this happen to anyone before let alone happen to me. I probably didn't handle it well either but I was pissed. Pissed and hurt. I drove away practically hyperventilating and on the verge of tears I was so mad. She did not witness him tearing off his hat, or the tantrum he was about to throw in the store. She just looked at me, saw what she assumed was a young mother (I'm not that young I'm almost 30) and assumed I was some degenerate piece of trash, or at least that's the way her words made me feel.
Why would anyone do that? There are much nicer ways to point out a hat would be good, it was after all clearly in my hand... There is no need to openly insult me in public like that. Even better idea would be to keep your mouth shut.
Ok I'm getting mad again so I'm ending this. My point is don't judge people's parenting when all you has was a two minute glimpse if them. I know plenty of people who would not have spoke up and just burst into tears from her words.
I ran out quickly to grab a few things from the grocery store, it's cold out (of course) so I bundled up MV and away we went.
Now MV hates wearing hats, occasionally he will keep it on long enough to get to and from the car... Well today was not one of those days. As we were walking out of the store he ripped it off his head 3 times in less than a minute and I could tell his mood was about to change to full on tantrum so to save us the embarrassment I gave up (picking my battles) We were parked in the second spot from the door, maybe 30 feet at most. It's not snowing, or raining or even windy.
Well just as I was reaching the car I could hear some woman speaking in a very loud and rude tone. As I looked up I realized she was talking about us and before I could even think words came out of my mouth. Probably not the best words to say around an impressionable 11 month of learning to speak but I could not help myself. This woman was loudly questioning my parenting skills in front of a good handful of other shoppers all because my child was not wearing a hat.
I have never seen this happen to anyone before let alone happen to me. I probably didn't handle it well either but I was pissed. Pissed and hurt. I drove away practically hyperventilating and on the verge of tears I was so mad. She did not witness him tearing off his hat, or the tantrum he was about to throw in the store. She just looked at me, saw what she assumed was a young mother (I'm not that young I'm almost 30) and assumed I was some degenerate piece of trash, or at least that's the way her words made me feel.
Why would anyone do that? There are much nicer ways to point out a hat would be good, it was after all clearly in my hand... There is no need to openly insult me in public like that. Even better idea would be to keep your mouth shut.
Ok I'm getting mad again so I'm ending this. My point is don't judge people's parenting when all you has was a two minute glimpse if them. I know plenty of people who would not have spoke up and just burst into tears from her words.
Monday, February 4, 2013
January Recap
I know I didn't post much in January, I feel like the month just flew by. So I thought I would recap a little Instagram style :)
My dad and sisters came by for a quick visit which was nice.
We bought some new shelves to get things organized (more on that later).
Hubby bought a new truck
I finally made a Pinterest project and attached MVs soother to his bunny
We bought a video monitor... And aside from that the rest was all day to day stuff :)
My dad and sisters came by for a quick visit which was nice.
We bought some new shelves to get things organized (more on that later).
Hubby bought a new truck
I finally made a Pinterest project and attached MVs soother to his bunny
We bought a video monitor... And aside from that the rest was all day to day stuff :)
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