Wordless Wednesday

I’m so behind on blogging on our cattle blog that I fear I’ll never catch up! But if I do….here’s a sneak peek at what’s to come! :)

Ten on Tuesday

I’ve seen these around, mainly my favorite Photo Blogs, but I thought it would be fun for me to share my 10 random thoughts for today! :)

1. I really should be sleeping right now. It’s 6:19am and I’ve been up since around 4am. You see we (I) picked up a local paper route to help bring in some extra $$ so we could do more fun things every month. But it kicks my butt. If I don’t stay awake, I can’t get up when I need to. If I stay awake, I’m exhausted at the end of the day. Oh well I guess I’ll live! ;-D

2. I was in a car accident on Thursday. The girls were with me, and we were in the big city. I never go to the big city. EVER. Except to go to the Airport to pick up friends/family. Why was I in the big city? I’ll explain that in a bit. But long story short, I’d been lost for 2 hours, and was just trying to get home. I was distracted by my cell phone and trying to get a hold of Joel when I didn’t see a red light until it was too late. I tried to stop, but couldn’t quite get stopped in time. Thankfully everyone is okay, and there was only minimal damage to both vehicles. I ended up with a ticket, which I fully deserved, but we’re okay! The only thing that stinks, this is my first ticket ever! :(

3. Recently we got Kaitlynn a new car seat. She was just getting too tall for her other seat and I was afraid that if we ever got in an accident it wouldn’t be good for her to be too tall. After much research we decided to go with the Graco Nautilus 3-in-1 Car Seat . And of course I decided I’d let her pick which color she wanted. I figured she’s going to be in this car seat for YEARS to come, so why not let her choose. She choose the Miley print, and I was able to order it online at an awesome price, with FREE shipping!!

4. After my sister’s accident two weeks ago, I got thinking that it really wasn’t safe to have MacKenzie in a booster seat anymore. She’s such a PIA when it comes to staying buckled and sitting up correctly in the car. When the Nautilus first came out I’d contemplated buying one for her and putting her back in a 5 point harness. But we didn’t exactly have the $180 to spend on a car seat when she already had one that worked. Fast forward a year, Lindsey’s accident, and seeing her sleep in her booster seat all slumped over I decided she needed a 5 pt harness.

5. Babies R Us was having this HUGE trade in event, where you could take in your old baby gear and get a 25% off coupon for like baby gear. I figured this would be the best way to get MacKenzie a 5 pt harness without spending TONS of extra money. So off I went to our local Toys R Us in the small big city. Of course they don’t have the one car seat I wanted to buy. After checking to see if they had any in the ware house and finding out they weren’t getting any in, I was told they had 9 of them in the BIG city. If I wanted to be able to use my coupon I had to go get it from Omaha. So off we went. Got lost. Found Babies R Us. Installed her car seat right there in their parking lot. Headed home. Got lost. Was distracted. Got in an accident. Detained an hour. Got home in the dark.

6. Going to end up spending more $$ than what I saved by going to get that stupid car seat. But the car seat did it’s job, and both my girls were safe.

7. After the accident….we now have to buy them new car seats! :(

8. Today I’m going to the dentist to have a root canal done, and tomorrow I get to go have my wisdom teeth pulled. Fun fun. I’m not looking forward to the rest of the week! Today can go as slow as it wants until 3:30, then it better speed up!

9. I really should go wake Dahrran up. It’s now 6:42am and he needs to get dressed, eat and on the bus in about an hour. We’ve got time right??

10. My alarm just went off….you know in case I decided I wanted to go back to sleep.

Empty Feeling

Have you ever had an empty feeling inside. You can’t quite explain it, but it’s there. Your life is perfect in every way possible. There is a roof over your head, shoes on your feet, food on your table, and a warm bed to crawl into. If you’re lucky there is the pitter patter of little feet and someone who loves you unconditionally.

I’ve got all those things. Things aren’t always perfect, but compared to some peoples lives I’m a millionaire. Who knows, maybe it’s just the events of the past couple months and wanting another baby. Joel and I have talked, and decided that if Kaitlynn was our last that’s okay with us. We saw ourselves having a big family, but right now it’s obviously not in god’s plan. I’m okay with that decision. But at the same time, I’ve got this empty feeling eating me away.

Please just pray that I can find something constructive to fill it with!

Kaitlynn’s first haircut

When Dahrran was little his first hair cut came shortly after his 1st birthday. With MacKenzie we didn’t have much of a choice, hers came when she was around 3 because we had to fix her cut job! I’ve been holding out with Kaitlynn’s hoping her hair would just magically grow.

That wasn’t the case. Unfortunately it didn’t grow and it was starting to look scraggly. You couldn’t do much with her hair except put it up in a hair pony. It was getting to the point where we would have to fight her to get anything done with her hair. One day I just decided I was going to take her in.

Here are the before shots. You can see how it was just a pain to do anything with.

My cousin is our beautician, and the girls just LOVE going to see Nicki. I love going too, because it means we get to catch up.

She sat so still, and did really well. She climbed right up in the chair.

I wish I could’ve got one of her face. She had the biggest grin!

The quality of these isn’t the greatest but you can get the idea of how short it is now. It’s so much easier to manage, and best of all she lets me do whatever I want with it. Which usually just consists of a side pony or clippie.

Favorite Fluff Friday – Londonware Review & Giveaway

Do you love to buy homemade goods from your local markets and stores? Then you’ll love Etsy. Etsy is a place for makers of handmade goods to sell their creations. You can pretty much find whatever you’re looking for on Etsy.

Londonware is an Etsy shopped owned by the lovely Wendy. Wendy is a Stay-at-home-mom with a passion for sewing. She’s been sewing since she was 5 when her grandmother started teaching her how. Wendy has a love for all things she sews, and you will see it in her work.

“ I love taking fabric and making something cute and usable out of it. My grandmother always said when you make something with love it turns out great. So you will find each one of my items made with love and care.”

Londonware is the place you can find all things fleece as well as pheasant dresses, boo boo packs, and reusable snack bags. Wendy even added something new JUST YESTERDAY!!!! A Fleece Skirtie Diaper Cover! These are too adorable!

Fleece is a great option to a cover to your fitted diapers because it is SUPER cute and you won’t feel so bad about covering up those cute prints. You may think well but won’t it leak? Fleece make a great diaper cover because they’re durable, soft and most of all breathable. Flees pulls moisture away from your baby keeping their skin nice and dry. Best of all they’re machine washable you can toss them in with your diapers and they don’t need any prepping or monthly treatments.

I was super excited when Wendy agreed to send us a fleece diaper cover. I couldn’t wait to get it in the mail. We didn’t have to wait long because just a couple days after Wendy telling me she was going to send us one, it was here!!!

We’ve never tried Fleece Covers before but have had wonderful success with Fleece Longies so I was excited to try it out. The Fleece Longies we have are easy for Kaitlynn to get off, and as a 2 1/2 year old she is always taking her clothes off! I was so glad this was such a great fit for Kaitlynn, she can get it off but not as easily as her pants!

Wendy’s Fleece Diaper Covers are great because not only are they cute, but they’re absorbent as well. They’ve got a sewn in soaker that helps aid in absorption. Soon we will be in the potty training stage of our Cloth Diaper experience and I can’t wait to use it then as well. They’ll work as the perfect “plastic" cover. You see we won’t need those yucky plastic covers!!!!

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Thankful

I’m sorry I’ve been such a slacker! Seems I’ve been that way all my life! My house is never perfect, my clothes aren’t always clean and the ones that are surely aren’t folded. My kids don’t get regular baths, and well sometimes I don’t either. Guess what I’m trying to say is, I’m sorry I tried to be better! But my house is getting cleaner, and I am getting better there. A mom can only do so much before she feels overwhelmed.

I have TONS of pictures to post and plenty of blog posts to write, so I figured this past weekend would’ve been the perfect time. Until I got a call from my dad. It was a call I’ll never forget. He proceeded to tell me that my baby sister was in a car accident. He didn’t know many of the details he just knew she was really shook up and from the sounds of it they’d collided head on.

As him and I headed into Lincoln I was able to get more details of where she was at, and where her car was at. She had been transported to the hospital, and the other driver hadn’t. When I called the hospital they informed us they’d taken her in for some scans but that was all they could tell us until we go there.

When we arrived at the hospital we were informed that she was in a room and so we headed to see her. That was the longest hall ever! When someone you love is at the end of it, and you have no idea what type of condition they are in is scary! Thankfully she was laying in the hospital bed in a gown and was okay as far as we could tell.

It shook her up pretty bad. She was on her lunch break and headed back to work when she went to turn on the main road. She had a green light, and the other driver said he also had a green light (couldn’t be possible). The other driver then hit her passenger side front. She was hit pretty hard. From the looks of the scene the other driver didn’t even slow down at all. Her spare tire that was in her trunk ended on the floor board behind the driver side seat.

Thankfully she only ended up with bumps and bruises out of the ordeal. A sprained ankle, bruises and large bump on her knee. But she wasn’t in much shape to get around by herself. Thankfully we didn’t have much going on and so I offered to let her stay with us and then bring her home tomorrow.

So that’s part of the reason I haven’t been blogging much. Actually I’d just posted the Favorite Fluff Friday post when I got the call!

To top it all off, my other sister and step sister got in a car accident last night with a couple friends. Thankfully theirs wasn’t too serious but they still ended up with whiplash & mild concussions. At that rate I’m not really wanting to drive anywhere anytime soon…..too bad Lindsey and I both have Dentist appointments tomorrow!! :(