TV Time

Do you let your kids watch tv?

Let me tell you in the beginning of this pregnancy, TV saved me!!

I’ve always tried to be very careful what my son watches. He loves PBS kids and Disney, in fact his newest fav is Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue. (of course the hubs wasn’t thrilled… haha)

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In the afternoons he enjoys his Sid the Science Kid, Sesame Street, Ni Hao Kai Lan and Word Girl.

He does get to watch the occasional Phineas & Ferb although I see no educational point to the show whatsoever.

I sometimes feel guilty about putting my son in front of the tv while I do something else but how else am I gonna get the dishes put away the kitchen cleaned and dinner cooked.

When I was struggling through morning sickness I would get home in the afternoons and turn on a movie and throw myself on the couch and let the TV watch my son until my husband came home. I felt guilty but it was the only way I could survive! Not even my zofran could help!

I saw this article on Baby Center today on What to Watch. Yay for most of my son’s favorite shows being on the list!!

I still do believe in going outside and playing instead of being glued to the tv but when I need a quick, easy and cheap baby sitter PBS kids has been there for me! haha

And yup, I know I owe ya’ll an update on the pregnancy, it’s coming.

Nothing fancy but its coming.

Our weekend in photos…

Daddy left us home alone… again… to go fishing.

Here’s a quick recap of our weekend… bowling, barbies, bikes and rest…

We went to a bowling party for his cousin’s 3rd birthday and he had a blast!

The boy’s played with the birthday girl’s barbies.

Then we went across the street to Aunty’s house for a cookout since it was just the women home alone with the kids. The boy’s played on their motorbikes.

Who needs fun factory when they can just hang out in the back of a trailer on bikes!

Here he is being ‘superman’

Guess all that playing on Saturday tired him out. This was him on Sunday, being lazy.

And here’s an update on my lime tree… did you see my post on instagram?

I thought it would take about 6 months before we got any limes, I think it just might be sooner!!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

So, about that big news I had....

Remember we went on vacation?

Well, apparently what happens in Cabo, doesn't stay in Cabo!

I guess, I kinda have had an excuse for my major absence I've been having... I've kinda been, uh well, busy not feeling so well...

How far along? 16 Weeks

Baby’s Size: 4 1/2" long (acording to babycenter.com)

Heartbeat: we got to hear the heartbeat at the last dr apt a few weeks ago and it was at 140 bpm. We also brought our son with us and he was THRILLED to hear his baby's heartbeat and see the baby on the ultrasound.

Weight Gain:  at my last appointment 1.5 lbs since going on my scale about 3 lbs (but feels like 20!)

Bellybutton: in

Maternity Clothes: not yet

Mood: terrible! I've been so short tempered I feel so sorry for my husband and son!

I'll be sure to make it up to them as soon as I feel better!

I cannot stand heat at all! I have not even flat ironed my hair in months!

And to add misery to pain, my ac in my car went out and we had MAJOR problems getting the correct parts in to fix it! Let's just say I've been miserable!

Names: We can't agree on anything yet, but we have agreed to wait to seriously talk about it until next Tuesday

Gender: We'll find out next Tuesday!

Movement: not yet but I feel a lot of stretching going on

Sleep: Not that great and I could use a lot more! Some nights I get up to pee, a few time I woke up with leg cramps, but I started stretching before bed and so far it's made a big difference. I toss and turn a lot, seems like I just can't get comfortable and it's been so hot!!

Symptoms: Oh gosh! I have been so sick! It's slowly getting better but I still get sick and I'm really tired.

Food Adversions: for a while I could not eat roast chicken, I still cannot eat Rasin Bran, anything too oily or with lots of tomato sauce give me really bad heart burn

Food Cravings: pastries, pies, sweet dessert kind of cereal like cinnamon toast crunch, this past weekend it was sweet pickles.

This is all new to me since with my son all I craved was pastele and pinacbet.

What I am Looking forward to: having our level 2 ultra sound, finding out everything is ok and finding out the sex!!

So there it is!

I am slowly feeling better so getting back to kinda normal life.

I am starting to feel stressed out to get a bunch of our home projects checked off the list before the baby comes.

Number one being, getting my son's big boy room ready so we can move him over and use his room as the baby's room since it's across the hall from us.

Oh and one last thing... my mother in law has banned us from going on any more family vacations. My brother in law and his girl friend are due 4 days before us!



Loco Moco

It's lazy man Loco Moco's for dinner tonight!

 

 

Lazy because instead of making hamburger patties, I just cooked the hamburger and added the gravy to the mix.

Daddy got his eggs scrambled, Talon got his plain and had two servings and mommy had eggs over easy with melted cheese on top and some hot sauce!

 

 

 

DELISH!

I'm done... good night ya'll



Shower Caddy

Have you ever given much thought to your shower caddy? It’s always been a must in my shower and it’s always bothered me. Not to the point where it nags at my brain and I obsess over it, but the design just never seemed right to me.

Here are my thoughts:

First of all, I enjoy one of those shower heads, you know the handheld ones and I like mine extra long too so you can bathe a baby in the tub as well. But the tube thingie (very technical word there) that attaches to he head and the wall, always gets in the way when you have a shower caddy!

Secondly that little bit of post-drip (another really technical term) that happens when you turn the shower off always gets my soap all wet and mushy over time and it drips soap residue down the side of my shower wall. Makes me nuts!

What is a girl to do?!

Im not into the floor to ceiling type of caddy like this one for some reason, it doesn’t seem sturdy enough and I’d be the first to stub my toe on it and make it come crashing down.

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Then of course the fab Allison over at the House of Hepworths pinned this…

{House of Hepworths Pinterst}

You guys have to click it to see!! I’m not giving it away!

I saw it and was like, DUH!

Why wouldn’t it work?

Genius!

So, following her advise, now I have this….

I don’t bang my arms against my shower caddy when I shampoo my hair, my soap doesn’t get all mushy, I don’t have soapy runny stains down the shower and on my shower faucet and I can finally look at getting one of those shower heads.

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We totally used that tip and look, here is our shower caddy, still close and convenient, just across the shower on the other wall!

You wouldn’t believe how hard it was to find a darn hook!

Kmart, none… Walmart… none, Home Depot… not the right size either!

Finally found just the right one at Ace Hardware.

I can’t believe what an easy fix it was. And it was rejuvenating for me since its been a while since I did any kind of project.

Its been about a week since we moved the caddy to the opposite wall of the shower and I really do like it, sometimes it’s the easiest fix that makes the biggest difference.

Thanks guys for sticking around… things are changing around here and I’ve got a few posts getting ready to go…. Big Announcement coming up as well!

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Dessert Alert! ~ Rum Balls ~

 

Here is a quick and super easy dessert recipe that is sure to please the adults!

It’s called Rum balls, and yes they contain alcohol so keep away from the kids.

Here’s the line up only 4 ingredients I promise.

Vanilla Wafers, Butter, Rum and powdered sugar.

Crush up your vanilla wafers in a blender, food processer or chopper whatever you have. If you don’t have any of those and you’re desperate banging the heck out of them in the bag works too… trust me I know. *wink*

When you’re cookies are crushed till they are pretty uniform but not into cookie dust add in a tablespoon of butter and 1/4 cup of rum and mix with the cookies.

Keep adding butter and rum little by little until you get a chunky sort of sticky batter like it looks below.

It’s not an exact science, add more rum if you want them stronger and more butter if you would rather then not so strong, but why would you not want them strong with a kick?

As long as the texture is moist enough to roll up in a ball with your hands like below.

After that I usually roll it around in some powdered sugar to keep the outside from being too sticky and what doesn’t taste good with powdered sugar on top of it, you just can’t go wrong.

After they are all done, I like them up and dust a little more powdered sugar on top right before I serve them.

Enjoy and don’t forget to have a designated driver!!

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Not just a Housewife

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House of Hepworths

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Fireflies & Jellybeans

Somewhat simple

a glimpse inside

Michelle's Tasty Creations

 

Coming to the realization he’s not a baby anymore

(Yes, I know I’ve been absent, I wont make excuses… so on with my post….)

It is happening to me right now and I don’t know how to feel about it.

I swear I feel like this was just last week

And before I knew it I was going back to work and this was the last day mommy and her lil guy had together.

Then the big boy was going out to dinner.

And eating in his own highchair.

In a blink of an eye it was his first birthday.

And yup, blink again it was his 2nd birthday.

Three weeks ago, I find out that he got accepted into Pre School.

We had been waiting for it for a while and we weren’t sure if he would get in.

Now that its real and my baby is going to preschool, I feel so emotional. How did he grow up so fast, how is it that my baby is old enough to go to school?!?!

All these crazy emotions are going through me right now.

The other morning I picked him up out of bed and just wanted to carry him like a baby. I hugged and squeezed him just a little tighter and longer than I normally would have that day and it brought a tear to my eye. (mind you he is more than half my size) It reminded me to make sure to tell my son I love you about a hundred times a day.

He’s been in school for over a week now and he loves it. I see my little boy maturing right in front of my eyes! I have anxiety about will he be a good boy, will he listen, I hope he doesn’t make trouble. Then I have anxiety over will he be the kid that gets picked on? Will he be a follower or a leader? I really do make myself crazy…. he’s a great kid and I love him. His teachers say hes doing great in school and loves problem solving and outdoor play.

Getting him to eat whatever they give him… now that’s a different story.

 

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