Goodbye best friends.

Our best friends Leslie and Jasmine moved to Washington last week. We are sooo very sad that they had to leave. We were lucky enough to see them before they left! The girls had such a great time together. We love them oh so much and wish them the very best!! Hopefully, we'll see them soon!

 

 We had a couple lay days since I haven't been feeling tip top.

  

We also met up with our other friends, Molly and Violet at the Bellagio Conservatory..

 and to the Springs Preserve!

We've had a great couple weeks of outings! :) These next few weekends are super busy too! Not only do we have to get ready for our 2 weeks vacation but we have birthday parties, baby showers, Easter parties, garage sales, all kinds of stuff!!

In better more exciting news..I have reached 12 weeks, pregnant! :)

Here's proof of my baby belly! 

 

 I've only gained 2 lbs so far, thank goodness! I go to the doctor next week and am SO excited to see baby#2! :)

i know i know..im a slacker..

Ok so i know i have been slacking on this blog..but i've been busy!!!
Not only have i been babysitting another almost 2 year old, but i have been super sick...ugh and so has butterbean. but i have a few pictures to tell of my past few weeks so here goes!!

watched Will and Jackson :)

have been watching miss Avery for about 2 weeks and still have one more to go..woo..

Butterbean fell asleep in her highchair for the first ime :P

helping daddy build our new entertainment center

played at Kinderland

 Oh and we also found out..

positive pregnancy test!!!

I am due October 19, 2011 with baby number 2!! 

As of today, I am 9 weeks and 4 days!

I am super nervous about telling everyone because of my previous miscarriage but I have a good feeling about this one. Watching it wiggle around in there gives me comfort to know that it's doing well right now. I am sooo in love. It's crazy to feel soo much love for 2 little beings, one of whom I have never seen, out of the womb that is. 

We told my mom and dad earlier this week

Thats the shirt she wore :)

My mom didn't get it at first, but after she looked at me and I gave her the look of "duh" she was like "omg!!" 

And today we told my in-laws..with the same shirt. 

My fil had no idea what it meant, lol. My mil started jumping up and down in shock! lol she was a lot happier this time around. lol. 

So now it is posted on facebook!

Everyone knows!

Yay! I can finally talk about it, which I will be journaling here! :) 

(feel free to follow!) 

So that has been my past few weeks..missing a few bits and pieces but really what can you expect from this brain...which is not only fried from a 18 month old sucking the life out of me (literally) but also this little bean! :)

Anyways..good night. I promise to try and keep up with this blog..just may be a few days since I am super busy this week and lacking on lots of sleep!

<3 

Week in our lives!

So this week had been interesting to say the least!

Sunday I took Butterbean to the movies to see "Gnomeo and Juliet"

 She did ok for the first hour or so..then it got crazy! She was just really really tired..so we left before the movie ended. She was so tired that she fell asleep before we even left the parking garage!

Then Monday, we went to the Roos'N"More zoo with our friends Leslie and Jasmine! So much fun!

 If  you haven't been there you should definitely go! You can touch or hold every single animal there! EVERY animal! There are camels, otters, lemurs, kangaroos, turtles, monkeys (you can see one on my head top left), all kinds of stuff. From Vegas, it takes about 45 minutes to get there. So worth it!! Exit 90 :)

Tuesday Butterbean had tumbling. Then we came home and had a picnic on the living room floor.
Wednesday Butterbean had a doctors appointment. And then we went to a playdate at the park to celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday. She fell asleep holding a Trix Rice crispy ball :P

 Thursday we went to another playdate, at one of the mommy's houses. Then we went to STEAK'N'SHAKE!!! Oh I was soooo excited!! They're back home..and they are delicious!!

 And today we didn't really do anything..we went to lunch with daddy and then to Borders because they were going out of business. I finally cleaned for the first time in 2 weeks...being sick sucked.

We also found out some INSANE news this week but I am going to keep it to myself for a little while.
Well I'm off to bed. super tired. byee

Craft Hope::Project 11::Konbit Sante

Craft Hope is a fantastic project that helps make the world a better "home-ier" place. Every project is about homemade items, baby blankets, hats, dolls, pillowcases, all kinds of stuff! :)
This project was to make Birthing kits to send to Haiti. I have a special little place in my heart for things like this, that helps soon to be moms. I love that I can help to make their birthing experience a little better than it would have been without these extra supplies! 

 

So when I found out this new project I immediately sent my former birthing instructor a message asking if Well Rounded Momma could help me collect donations to get these kits made! She said yes and from there we sent out a news letter! The AMAZING clients, doulas, midwives, lactation consultants, and many more donated every single thing we needed!

The list of things we needed were:

1 small bar of soap
1 piece of clean plastic sheeting (3 feet wide by 4 feet long)
1 piece of clean string, 24 inches long
1 packet alcohol wipe
1 set of sterile latex gloves
1 packet (or travel container) Purelle
1 handmade tote bag

Optional:
receiving blanket–36 inches square
small “stuffy” toy

Someone donated cord clamps for the babies instead of string, can you say amazing?? we also had lubricants, nipple cream, and other random things donated to make the birthing and postpartum process a bit easier.

In all we made 78 birthing kits, 35 of which were in tote bags!!!! Seriously?!?! How awesome is that?! I was speechless by all of the generosity and truly in awh. Not only did we get all the supplies we needed to make those kits, but we had extra, AND received $185 in cash donations!!! I used $150 of that money to actually ship the boxes! (Outrageous price) and the rest bought the Purelle and bars of soap that we still needed to add to the rest of the kits.

These are all of the kits. In the box are kits that didn't have totes. I tried to sew as many totes as I could with all of the material donated but fell extremely ill after making these kits. So the rest didnt get made :(

left over supplies that were also sent!

 In the end, I had 3 large boxes filled to send to Maine, to then be sent to Haiti. I am so amazed by everyones' generosity. Thank you so much for all who helped me to accomplish this goal!!
Thank you to Naomi and Stacey for helping me assemble the kits!!

Week of news :)

So this week has been extremely busy! I have been working nonstop with Well Rounded Momma (Naomi mostly) trying to get donations for the birthing kits for Craft Hope..but I'll talk more about that in my next post!

On Tuesday, Butterbean had her regular tumbling class then Steven and I celebrated our "Valentine's Day"..we dropped Butterbean off at her Nana's and just hung out together all day. We went to lunch and went to the mall to walk around. We went and saw a movie [the Mechanic, ABSOLUTELY BADASS!]..a great day! At the mall we got Butterbean 2 huge gummy bears and a container of cotton candy [great parents right :P]!

Waiting for tumbling to start with her bff :)

her huge gummy bears and cotton candy!!

She carried them around everywhere! Still hasn't eaten them tho..I'm waiting for the right moment :P

 Wednesday was a pretty busy day for us! We went to the doc for another vaccine at 830. I saw a friend I haven't seen since Elementary School!! So crazy! Strange coincidence lol. Butterbean has gained no weight in 4 weeks...but she did grow almost 1/2 inch! No wonder her pants "shrank". After that we drove allllll the way across town to Well Rounded Momma to pick up donations. Afterwards, I decided we were close enough to where Slidertruck was going to be so we went over there for lunch and went to the park!

 The second picture is of her sleeping obviously but she fell asleep while eating chips haha one hand is in the bag and the other is holding a handful of chips haha

I also made dinner! I made Loaded Bake Potato soup in the crock pot! Sooo yummy!!

mmmmmmmmm!

and lime pie..but that was NOT so yummy lol

Thursday I spend the whole day sewing Tote bags for Craft Hope's project..more on that in the next post..

Friday I did the same as Thursday..

And then there was today! [Saturday] So far all we've done today is go pick up our basket and go drop a basket off at Nana's. Butterbean is currently NAPPING!! in her toddler bed :) yeah I FINALLY  got her to nap! 

This morning when I left it was raining and FREEZING!

So cold in fact that there is now snow on the mountains!

Here's our Bountiful Basket!

Fruits: Strawberries, Naval Oranges, Mangoes, Apples, Bananas, Cantaloupe, and mini pears!

Veggies: Sunchokes, Squash, MORE Potatoes, Cabbage, and Spinach!

And here's the pretty girl in her carseat with her baby in her "carseat"

haha

Anyways I'm off to make a dinner sched for this week! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Wonderful Weekend!!

This weekend was pretty good! We transformed Butterbean's crib to a toddler bed (because of the climbing out issue), got her a safety rail so she doesn't roll out, started her transition!, colored, made Valentine gifts for the grandmas, aunts and great grandmas, and then today went to a Mommy Wine tasting..Fun!

First Night..Fought like crazy to go to sleep..after 1.5 hours she finally fell asleep.

Sunday morning..Slept like a pro! <3

coloring! <3 it's hanging on the fridge haha

 These are some pictures from our art today for Valentine's Day..I just had her color. Tomorrow morning we are going to finger paint :)

Serious artist at work. Do not disturb.

 

Being this talented is exhausting! :P

*kisses* <3

snack break :)

Today we went to "Cabs and Kisses", you buy a cabernet for under $10 and they cover it up, you try all the wines and decided which you liked best and then they are revealed! Very fun! I found out I truly do hate red wine. It's absolutely disgusting. But it was fun! Everyone kept asking why I was doing it if I didn't like red wine..I did it because I didn't know for sure if I liked it or not, I have never really drank it. Either way lots of fun with the mommys and babies and dads! I love a lot of these moms and babes, glad I found them!! :)
Fun weekend. Oh forgot to add! we got our Bountiful Basket yesterday!!!

We got the organic basket this week which came with: bananas, blueberries, limes, butternut squash, onions, zucchini, broccoli, potatoes, and green beans. We also ordered bread. I was very disappointed with the basket. I could have gone to the store and got the exact same things for less than what I paid. I won't be doing that again! Oh well, lesson learned.
I haven't come up with a menu yet..if at all. I know for a fact I am making potato soup at least once! and butternut squash fries for Butterbean..but that's all I have so far..what to do with 7 limes?!?!
Anyways. Good night! :)

Tantrum Thursday

Today was just that..filled with tantrums. I'm thinking this grumpiness is from her 2 teeth coming in. But because there was sooo much anger inside of her I decided we needed a day of fun and running around to get it alll out! So we went to Child's Play with our friends Leslie and Jasmine. Butterbean had a lot of fun! So did Jasmine! I liked it there but am not willing to pay $12 every time..for 2 hours.

This wall was soo cool! Your shadow made things move on it..loved it! I want one for our living room!! hahah

Jasmine and Butterbean's creation out of oversized legos!

looking through the wrong side haha

Then on the way home, the little booger finally fell asleep! She was sooo tired that she didn't even wake up when I took her out of the carseat, opened the front door, or layed her down! :)

Soo peaceful! :)

 Later after she woke up we played for a little bit and had lunch. She still seemed tired so I layed her down for another nap. I closed the door walked down the hall to my door and then heard knocking..I had no idea where it was coming from. I walk back to her room and it was her. She had climbed out of her crib and got to the door in the 5 seconds it took me to get to my room.

So I had her show me how she did it..sooo easy for her. Like she had been doing it her whole life. Not good!

Now we need to figure out what to do about this..she refuses to stay in her crib. hmm..
Anyways! Night!