Daddy leaving

So drake will be leaving to basic on June 4th it came way too quickly. I don't know how to feel about not being able to talk to him all the much and not seeing him. I know this is the lifestyle we chose its just going to take some getting use to.

My 19 month old has been going back to baby like tendencies and I am 6 and a 1/2 months pregnant any advice?

We are getting closer and closer to the day drake leaves to basic training. I always thought that I would be okay saying goodbye for a few months. However as it comes closer I am realizing how much time I actually spend with him. He is my best friend. It will be sad to not have him walk through the door and have Ryan run into his arms screaming daddy! I cannot wait to pick him up from the airport to be reunited with him.

Had to share this

For mothers of boys you will appreciate this.

Oriental chicken salad

Recipe to follow!

Potty training

Well our 1 & 1/2 year old has decided to potty train himself since we took his bottle away last week and we couldn't be prouder!

We are having a...

Another precious little BOY! We are naming him Noah. I am thrilled don't get me wrong, I am having this hard time coming to terms that it will no linger just be my precious little Ryan. All moms I have talked to have said that once you see your new little one that all those feelings go away, so I just have to trust that God would only give me what I could handle :)

We are expecting!

Baby number 2 on August 18th!

leettle hands and feetcloth diapers

after only one day of using these diapers i fell in love with them they hold so much with the 2 insert stuff system they are good for any cloth diapering parents!

babylegs!

cloth diapering!

if someone had asked me a year ago if i would have ever considered cloth diapering i would have said heck no! but it really is not all that bad and i favor them over disposables. i really hate having to drive all the way to the store just for a box of diapers i feel like i wasted gas and it is always an adventure going anywhere on time with my little man. and with cloth diapering i am never worried about not having diapers. at first i ordered some best bottom cloth diapers and they worked fine i just found myself doing laundry a lot and it became really hard to keep up with only having two shells and six inserts. so i began researching some cheaper options that weren't cheap material but wouldn't break the bank. at first i thought i scored a deal with comfy rumps cloth diapering which they really are still an amazing deal, but then i stumbled across Leettle Hands and Feet cloth diapers. for $6-7 you get a shell and TWO inerts with shipping only being about 1.25 per diaper. i ordered 17 this past weekend and it came out to be about $133 sounds like an investment but for what i am getting out this i was happy to spend the money. i would encourage anyone to try them out! i will post photos of them along with my sons babylegs i recently got him which i have been lacking to show lol :-) enjoy!

link to the store below!

http://www.leettlehandsandfeet.com/

Discount BabyLegs

so i recently saw apicture form a blog i follow of babylegs. i thought they were adorable and would help me change my wiggle worm of a son. so i started looking at websites and i did not really feel like spending $12 dollars on a pair so i kept researching and founf this website where they are all discounted some starting even at $2.95 so we ordered our son 9 pairs for a little over $40 and i love them! they do the job great and don't worry oh i have a boy can he wear leggings? yes, they make some for boys and they look just fine. so don't worry. i must say though i cannot wait until i have a daughter because oh man they are sooooo adorable :) the link the website is below enjoy! :)

http://babysnazz.com/

photos coming soon :)

kickin the sweet tooth

i typically am a really healthy eater, but lately i have taken a serious downward spiral. and i am not diggin the side affects to it. so i am trying to go back to my old ways, so i am going cold turkey, i have before and did okay. so no sweets and no soda just all natural foods that my body needs.

so happy!

so this week i once again have been shown how amazing God is. as many of you know i have been fundraising for invisible children and i was relentless about it. and i kept checking my funraising page anf it always said that there was zero dollars raised i began to get discouraged. and i began to pray that God guide me on as what to do and that if i am meant to be doing something else to show me so i began to lay off the fundraising for a little. and yesterday i get a call from invisible children saying thatt i have raised 500 dollars over night and that they set my counter back to zero to begin raising again and that they were wanting to get some campaign ideas from me. HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!

God is great :) 

i have learned to rely all on him and not to rely on my own abilities that if it is to be done it will be his will.

i love you

i still find myself amazed that when my son smiles at me after an exhausting and draining day i can't help but smile back. the Lord has blessed me with the greatest little boy a mommy could ask for. i thank Him daily for blessing me with my little Ryan :)

Invisible Children

"Once one has been to these challenging, terrible places they are strangely drawn back; because there is nothing that can compare to seeing the raw reality of the basic human need for survival; it disgusts and inspires" 

-Dan Eldon

Invisible Children

hey everyone i started a fundraiser page to help benefit the Invisible Children campaign anything helps and you will be helping me make my $50 goal for the month you will be helping save a childs life that so desperately needs it the link is below :)

http://www.stayclassy.org/fundraise/ic?fcid=152524#

check out this youtube video as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XQEysQJPQ

I love being a mom

Ryan's personality has been coming out sooo much lately he talks sooo much more and does all these silly things I love it! It makes all those meltdowns worth it (well most of the time) I cannot wait for more of this :) however it is a little bittersweet because it's just another reminder that he's growing up and I want to keep him little forever. You just have to enjoy each day with what it brings.

Girls Day

spending a nice relaxing day with my sister has been so nice. i miss hanging out with her and with me moving soon i won't get many more of these days and i want to enjoy them as much as possible :-)

Amazing Photographer

Wedding photos done by Becca Hamilton! Check her out on Facebook at Becca Hamilton Photography :-) she is amazing!