Fun weekend planned april 2013

So today is full of adventure!
Im at the salon getting my hair re coloured and my hubby is reading jesus the Christ to raine in Portuguese.
(she loves it)
So we got shopping planned and a few other things as well.
In the pictures, we had just gotten done changing her and caleb decided to put her pants on her head. I thought it to be pretty hilarious and ended up playing with them for a while. (that was yesterday)
This morning, raine was in another playful mood so we played with her again for some time before leaving for my appt. We were late but it was well worth it because these moments are hard to come by when he's busy working.

Feeling humble...

Today I want to talk about something that happens sometimes to many women......It's a very sensitive subject and with what I write, I by NO MEANS am aiming to rub it in your face or make you feel worse about it.....
I am writing this because I want to thank you for being brave enough to post or even share those precious experiences you have.
I thank you again in advance, for teaching me to be humble and grateful for what I have.

So here I am.  Sitting in my room, killing time, as my daughter is crying in her crib.  Sometimes I have to let her sit in her crib and cry a little because she is so wound up that rocking isn't enough.  So I do what parent's do and let her cry for 10 minutes and when I return she either is asleep or has calmed down to were I can help.  So it's so she doesn't get sick of me or me of her.  It works out beautifully and what works for us.
I mention this because it's important to know the scene.......
I was looking at one of my families blogs and catching up on how they were doing.  After scanning through the information on how they were doing and seeing the pictures, a blog my aunt was following caught my attention.  I love to read other's blogs and this one seemed to be about another family.  So I went ahead and clicked on it and decided to check it out.
As the screen loaded the blog, a picture of the family was the first thing I noticed.  It was the couple together on there wedding day and then a picture of 2 young children.  One was a newborn and the other looked to be a year or so.
It took me a moment to realize that there was something odd about how the newborn looked.  As I stared and studied the picture, it dawned on me that there WAS something wrong with the baby.  As my eyes dropped down the screen, I saw another picture of said newborn and a timeline that said roughly how long the baby had left this earth and returned to our heavenly father.

My heart sank.
Emotions ran over me completely.  Sadness and remorse for this mother consumed me.   I scrolled to the bottom of her posts so that I could see what had happened to her little family.
Her son had been stillborn.......lost in the last trimester of her pregnancy....
That's all I can write about the situation itself because if I write more, I won't be able to see my screen.

That is what I would like to talk about.

I didn't look up statistics or anything but I know that I read a few articles and stories lately about this happening to mothers recently or like the one I read, in the past.

Now I personally don't have any experience with this but I can say that I'm very grateful to have my daughter here with me.  I know that I'm selfish and think sometimes what it would be like to not have her here and what I could be doing.
Heavenly father has a funny way of giving me a slap in the face when I need it.  This is one of those times when I needed it.

I was again, selfishly thinking about my anniversary  next month and contemplating what it would be like if Raine was older if this, or if that.
It's normal to feel this way but I still have guilt for thinking this way.

It's very heart renching for me to read stories like the one I just did but I'm glad that those brave, courageous mothers, are willing to share there stories of there babies with me.  It's a way for me to feel like I'm socializing in a way because I'm reading what they feel.

After reading said blog, I composed myself and checked on my baby girl.  She was sleeping in the funniest of  poses with her rump stuck straight up in the air and her mouth hanging wide open.  I giggled to myself as I stared at my little girl.  I thought to myself in that small moment....."I made her. She's here with me and look at how precious she is."
Being a mother is hard work.  I'm a stay at home mom but I understand how hard it can be to leave your little one even for an hour.  I applaud working moms because I don't know if I'm the type of person who could do that.
I'm proud to be a mom.  It's been a long time for me to say that but reading this story just let it click in my head that I am one and how happy the joy is to have that little one in my arms.
Playing with me, Laughing with me.....I'm so humble to have those experiences when i know others don't.  Again I by no means am trying to make you feel worse if you aren't able to have children.  I just want to express how I feel about my daughter because I know that her life is so precious to me.

She is growing up so fast and I know that it's really cliche to say that but it's really true.  March has just FLOWN by and April is right around the corner.  She'll be a year old before I know it and I hope that I can capture those moments with her the best way I can.

Tendinitis...??????? And yummy fudge. :0

Soooooo for those that may not know me, I am OBSESSED with yarn.  Or in other words crocheting.  I love to make things with my hands and be creative and artistic.  The possibilities are endless with yarn!!!
Sadly that has lead to my wrist on my left hand getting injured....
It's been bugging me for some time now but it's gotten worse over the past month and the past WEEK it's gotten so bad I had to buy a splint from Wallgreens to keep it from moving because the pain was increasing each day.
I saw the Doc about it and she informed me that I had to get a prescribed splint to limit mobility and get X-rays.  She said that it might be tendinitis or something with my joint because it is popping like C-RAZY and it  hurts quite a bit.  I have to wear the guard all day or else I can't pick up my baby without having to drop her and shifting her to my other hand.
Ironically, it's my non-dominant hand that is giving me all the trouble so I have no clue why it's being so stubborn and acting up so much.

So if you don't know what tendinitis is, I looked it up on the mayoclinic.com website and this is what they describe it as:

Tendinitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon — any one of the thick fibrous cords that attaches muscle to bone. The condition causes pain and tenderness just outside a joint. While tendinitis can occur in any of your body's tendons, it's most common around your shoulders, elbows, wrists and heels.

So I won't know for a month what the world it is because my doc hasn't called me about the results yet.  All I know is that my right hand is getting it too and I'm looking forward to another wrist guard on my other hand :p


Now in other news,
Today is a special day for me and I got raine all dolled up for cuteness just in case I plan on going somewhere later.  

(This picture below was taken yesterday)

 Baby Raine is a joyful, young spirit that is experimenting with crawling.  It's pretty entertaining to watch her til she falls and smacks her head on the ground. But that's how babies learn is through trial and error.

I had my amazing sister in law make me some cake batter fudge and it is AMAZING.  She found it on her pinterest and I LOVE it.  It's so good that I will hog it to myself and not share it.  LOL Besides, my in laws and hubby don't like sweets like I do.
It's cake and it's alllll mine :3

A boring day....

So today is pretty uneventful and I'm bored out of my mind.
Even when baby raine is up I have nothing to do and I don't want to plaster myself in front of the TV just to entertain myself when she's occupying her time with toys.  I do my best to play with her when I can because I know she needs interaction time with me.  But that can be hard to maintain when she's still so little and I have myself have a VERY short attention span.

I've done all that I can to keep myself busy.  From laundry to doing kitchen cleaning and doing the daily ritual of Raine's feeding and things.  For the past 2 hours I've had time to relax but due to the fact that I have to keep my hands busy because I lack the ability to stay still, it can be challenging.

I would crochet but I have to put a halt to that due to the reason being that I have a problem with my wrist and it popping out of place for some reason.

Hopefully something will happen today because I'm tired of watching youtube :p

Past weekend....St Patricks and family visit!

So this past weekend has been pretty good I'd have to say :D

My husbands dad came home from Argentina to spend about roughly 10 days or so with us.  It's going by pretty quickly to and he has a lot to get down while he's here so we have to work as a team to help get those things done.  Mostly trying to kick in more cooking and cleaning since there's another guy in the house.

So on Friday we went on our usual date and enjoyed going to Pickle Barrel and Cafe/sports bar.

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  They have the BEST fries in Georgia I've ever eaten. (sorry you haven't beaten out my ultra favorite Utah fry the Sweet Potato cajun fries)
They dip them in a beer batter and then deep fry the already fried french fry!  It's pretty amazing.

Raine was in high spirits and enjoyed the lively surroundings of the people and of course the TV's that covered every wall.  Some with channels featuring gold to others about fishing.
Our waitress was sweet to our baby and entertained her while we were waiting for our food when she could spare a moment.
I always leave a note on my receipts because I want to let the one's serving us how much I do appreciate there time and energy.  Especially on a busy friday night.
I got WAY to much fried food for myself and I've never been able to eat it in abudance like my husband can.  So I got a to go box and a greek salad to go.  Which is my absolute favorite.  If I was pregnant I couldn't eat it due to the feta cheese but thankfully i'm not this year!

Saturday we traveled about roughly 45 minutes to an 1 hour up to Eatonton, Georgia to visit my sister in law and her family.  Now let me tell you, seeing all those "creeks" as my husband calls it, got me hyperventilating because i"m DEATHLY afraid of water.
That's another story for another time because there were many things that lead to me having such a great fear of water.
We arrived and got things together so we could go to Crooked Pine Farms to do a variety of events.  From an egg launch to hay rides.

Doing the egg launch was AWESOME because I shot it the farthest...which wasn't the goal but I felt pretty good about it anyway.  My brother in law was the only one out of all of us that managed to hit the target.  Either way it was still loads of fun.
It was also pretty comical because my amazing husband was also trying to shoot his eggs pretty far.  He dropped the same egg 3 times before he was finally able to see it soar through the blue skies of the south and almost hit the target. Reminded me of our wedding day when he was trying to shoot the garter he got off my leg.  It also took him 3 times to shoot it.  Twice in the face actually.  Oh the memories....
Moving on,
We stayed for I believe an hour because the 4 children we had with us were beginning to tire.  So we loaded up and headed back to there home.
We ended up staying at there gorgeous home until the late evening.  We were watching the Bond movies which I had never seen and also spending time with them.

Sunday or yesterday, was St. Patricks Day. My husband and I had been practicing to sing in the choir for ward conference for the past couple weeks so my spouse was very excited for sunday.
I however was not looking forward to it. I DREAD being in front of people because I have become something of a introvert and don't like being in front of people or talking to anyone much anymore.  So I wasn't looking forward to being in front of people. To tell you the truth I actually love singing but I'm self concious of the way I sound due to negative critiscm and my own awareness of how badly I sound.  I go to choir to try and support my husband while also secretly trying to improve.

We got there as early as we could and sat up on the stands practicing with everyone else. We were able to sing the opening song and the prelude as the session began.  I made my exit off the stage as I went outside the chapel because Raine was not going to last in the sacrament room.
I stayed outside the entire session and wasn't able to make it back inside due to her being extremely fussy and refusing to let me sit down.
Caleb even got stuck out there with me because I asked for him to help me with her because I hadn't eaten anything and was loosing energy standing and rocking.  Sadly, he didn't get to sing in the choir and I felt AWFUL knowing it was my fault for making him leave the stand so he could come and help me.  Seeing the disappoitment on his face was hard to see because I knew how much he had been looking forward to singing  for today.

After the first meeting, church DRAGGED out and for me in a already sour mood from little sleep the night before, to not eating I could say I didn't want to talk to anyone.
The meetings went by though and thankfully Caleb held baby Raine so that I could get a break since she slept for a half hour during church.
After the meeting, the southerners like do a pot luck after there ward conferences so we enjoyed eating together.
My mother in law had come and taken the baby from me so I could eat because I knew my husband hadn't eaten that morning either because he was SO excited to get to church.  That was nice of her to do that for not just me but my husband since we needed that small break.

After the gathering and my husband fulfilling his calling, we returned home and enjoyed the company of Caleb's parents.  His mom had just gotten back from the airport earlier and brought her husband home.
Soon his sister and her family along with his brother and new wife arrived at his parents home so we could enjoy each other's company.
As we were all eating dinner, my brother in law and new sister in law announced that they had a mini weathers on the way and I am so happy for them!  I love making things for my friends having babies so I hope that they don't mind me making them a bib or two for the new little one.

The rest of the day was nice with catching up and going on walks with the family.  We all played games with the kids and made plans for the following week together.
My father in law got soccer jerseys for the youngest kids that are the opposing teams and they fit perfectly. Raine is looked so stinking cute!!!!!!!!
My daughter was so exhausted from the events of the day that she went to bed at seven which is unheard and didn't wake up til 3:30 am the following morning.

Which leads me to today.
My day began at 3:30 this morning due to my daughter getting a full 8 hours of sleep and not in any mood to go back to bed.
I was to tired to try and stay in there and keep her company so I put her back in her crib with a pacifier and hopped back in bed.  Around 5 am my daughter (still awake since 3:30) began screaming frantically.  I threw on a robe and dashed into her room and found her legs stuck in the bars of the crib.  Now I have a bumper that goes in and out of the bars but she managed to push it down and get caught.  She tried getting herself out but only made the problem worse by twisting herself to the point that if I left her like that for much longer she would have popped her legs out of place.
The crib is pretty old so things like that are bound to happen.

Sadly since I had been up for almost 2 hours, my poor husband was woken up by all the ruckus from my daughter.  Upon coming back from my daughters room, there was a small roach on the carpet and I HATE bugs.  Roaches are new to me and I don't like hearing the crunching sound when they get squished.  Plus I didn't want bug juice on the carpet.  I put a glass over it and since my husband was coming back from the kitchen after getting a glass of water, I asked him to dispose of it.
He didn't want to but being the person he is, he helped this "damsel in distress" and got rid of it for me.  That little adventure ended up waking up my mother in law because when he went to put it in the toilet, he thought the bug had gotten out of the jar and onto his hand.  Thus leading into him trying to get rid of it and the glass jar bouncing and hitting a few things in the bathroom.  It even startled me because I thought he had tripped.
When coming to learn that the "roach" he thought had escaped was just a string attached to the jar.
Poor caleb...
I didn't end up really sleeping til almost 8 am.  I slept in til 10:30 am and Raine I'm guessing had woken up at some point before 9 am but I was to tired to get her so she went back to sleep on her own and didn't wake up again til 11 am.

So my day half gone, I started on my chores and the daily routine with Raine.
It is now almost 6 pm and I just finished with everything I needed to do.  My hubby will be home shortly and I can't wait to see him since he leaves at 7 am every morning.

6 months time.....

My beautiful, sweet, playful, adorable, giggly, daughter turned 6 months today!!!!!!! The poor dear is teething something fierce so here eyes are all swollen, her gums are puffy, a slight fever and a runny nose to boot! But that doesn't keep her from smiling and still having a good time.  The one were she is in her hair chair reminds me of my husband.  He makes that face all the time when he's trying to be coy haha.

Time is flying by for my little family and I'm happy but also bummed because I can't seem to catch up some days.

Honestly I can't remember being pregnant thanks to the wonders of a mommy brain I have :p
But can you believe that????

I'm sure for many moms out there that you know exactly what I'm talking about.
For those who don't you will someday.

Here are 25 items I've learned over the course of Raine's life........

1. TEN MINUTES is the best rule that you will ever have with a baby. (Why? Because it can take that long for them to finish a diaper to whining.)
2. Changing a baby can result in never wanting to eat certain foods again.
3.  Banisters are there for a reason.
4. Don't assume something won't fit them just because the tag says it might not
5. TV and other forms of technology can take away the time with baby
6. Burp cloth? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Try towels!
7. Baby books will be another bible for you
8. You can never have to many blankets
9. There will won't be enough pictures of your little one!!
10. Sleeping will be missed
11. Peek a boo is my favorite game
12. You never know how much stress can affect them
13. Being paranoid is a good thing...even when other's don't think so
14. Having a mental list of things to check off in your head are always a good thing to remember
15. Routines are good for babies sanity
16. Cuddle time will disappear
17. Baby can miss you...even when they can't say it in words
18. Planning 3 hours ahead is better for your sanity
19. Keep extra dish cloths and pajamas by the bed
20. Pacifiers-bottles can be helpful if used correctly
21. Having toys in your purse are better then nothing
22. A spare change of clothes for both of you is always a good idea
23. Nursing has NO cons- especially when the baby is hungry
24. Dad's CAN play with baby too
25. Piano music is a good "soothing" tool

Well that's all I can think of right of the top of my head for now.  Of course there is more but these are one's that got me the most. :3

My daughter is trying solids foods!

Raine my adorable daughter is growing up so fast it's insane!
I remember being pregnant this time last year and I'm thankful I'm not this year.
She is turning 6 months old next week and I can't get over just how fast time has flown by for my little family.
Within a year we have:

• Moved twice, once to a new apartment for 3 months and then cross country and been living in our new residence for 3 months
• Found out we were having a baby and then had said baby
•  we are getting ready for school once again.
• And I changed my hair color from blonde to expresso to chocolate brown!

So I decided that it was time for her to start having something new for food because for all those moms out there and for those preparing in the future, (this might seem T.M.I but you'll find out anyway)
Your nipples get SUPER sore after a while.  Now after a some time they do get numb but you still have problems with them every so often.  

Now the other issue we have is that we our have our 2 year anniversary coming up and Raine needs a different feeding schedule and way to sleep because I need to get out every so often.  I got 2 months to do that so wish me luck :P

Here we decided to after talking with my sister in law that we were going to give her Green beans first.  Now I DETEST green beans thanks to my parents along with a lot of other vegetables but this is the one thing I REFUSE to eat no matter how it's dressed up.

But Raine LOVED it.  Just like her daddy.

Now today I gave her peas and she enjoyed that too to my surprise.  She starting coughing to get my attention and then was reaching for the bowl because she was so excited.  I can't tell you how happy that made me because i"m nervous she won't be ready for me to leave in 2 months for a 2 day trip.  

But seeing this made me hopeful that she will.

She was so happy with me feeding her that she couldn't get enough of it!

Now here is a tip on when feeding solid foods to baby:

• When you give them something new for the first time, put some on your finger.  Your finger is the perfect temperature already and baby's used to you.  So it'll be something familiar with something  new.  (Dad's can do this too.)
• Most importatly warm up the food a bit.  A few seconds in the microwave won't hurt. Tjhen stir to spread the heat evenly.  Babies HATE cold food. (trust me)
• Don't feed them directly from the container.  The saliva will break down the food and when you go to use it, it's already began being "digested" so to speak.
• Start with a little.  That way you aren't wasting so much the first time, and can see if there is progress too as you feed them.

In other news, my birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I am clueless on what i"m going to do about that.  Birthdays are just another thing that come along now but I still like to celebrate it with my husband.

I haven't made any friends out here yet so it makes it a little easier to go and make sure I do something just with the hubby.  It can be sad sometimes though because I don't have a "girlfriend outlet" but I'm okay with being humble and playing with baby girl for now anyway. Because she needs my full attention since she's still pretty young.

People of facebook.....Here are some rules you need to know

You're probably wondering about the title of my post today.  I have a little bit of venting to do.

So as you all know, facebook and other wonderful social networks have allowed us to display and post about yourself.  It can be a good tool for those who are far away and a way to stay in touch. However....Some of you are abusing the system.
When you are posting a status on facebook, it usually will have the question: "what's on your mind?"
Now that question is NOT I repeat, NOT to be taken VERY literally.

Things that I have seen before or recently on facebook:

• I don't need to know how crappy of a relationship you have.  I"m sorry I had to say it.  

FOR HEAVEN SAKE!!! Do us ALL a favor and do a few of the following if you are SERIOUSLY working on your relationship, IN THE ORDER LISTED BELOW:

1. Communicate with each other first. TRUST  IS KEY. 
2.  if #1 doesn't work SEE A COUNSELOR! FACEBOOK is NOT your therapist!
3. Try working it out with your spouse, compromise and refer to the numbers listed above.
4. Don't post every bit of your relationship woes on any social network. It just shows your partner you don't care about them enough to talk to them about it. Again refer to #1.
5. Don't ask the said social networks for advice either.  It's just embarrassing to read your situation because your partner is reading it too. Then when your married friends give advice to help since you asked and you get all mad at them for it and don't listen. And then when you have more troubles, you complain to said social network asking for the same advice that others had tried to help you with. again refer to numbers above.
6.  If all else fails after actually trying to do these things, break up.  I'm tired of seeing how your life sucks.  Fix it. Don't complain to a social network. That will do nothing for you besides drive your friends nuts.

The other things I will list I have seen on facebook.....

• I don't really care to see posts of when you are hammered as hell and then have to see pictures because you just happen to feel artistic that night.
  NOTE: I don't care to see your cleavage or any other body part AT ALL. You may not have any pride with that and are vain about the way you look, but you post something like that and I will report your for inappropriate content.  I'm tired of seeing that stuff and I'm friends with you for other reasons. Not your drinking

• When you find that special someone, I think it's fine to tell them how you feel like " I love you" and other things. But for the love of gravy, I don't need to know what sex positions you like with that person! Along with that-that ties in the one listed above, I REALLY don't want to know that you went to a swingers club.  I don't personally care if that's what you do but I don't want to know THAT much about you. That's something you should keep to yourself.
• Also when you find said person, finding memes about sex positions you like or other pictures or memes that have a lot of cursing in it, I will NOT put up with.

Alright I think I have vented enough. -_-
Seriously though, I have nothing against what you do in your personal life but there are just SOME things that you should NOT post.