I need to give my immune system a turbo boost, because lets be honest I get sick way too often! I'll return tomorrow kids!
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Linking up over at The Paper Mama today!
A few snapshots from our 8 month/Christmas impromptu shoot in our living room yesterday. Seriously ladies, watch out for this boy in later years!
With Love,
I don't really have much of a Christmas List this year. We're going on a cruise and I'd much rather spend the $$ on doing things on the cruise, but for the purposes of doing a link up I came up with a few things for my list!
That lovely coffee table, at a price tag of $2700 it's not THAT one I want, I'd just like to find something similar at a thrift store. That bag, I'm already getting thanks to my Momma! It's in the prettiest yellow I've ever seen and can't wait for it to be mine! The Keurig...never thought I'd want one, but we've given in and want one...bad! A name ring that has my little mans name one it. And of course to finish off the list is something that is ALWAYS on my list, Canon Mark II 5D DSLR.
Really though, this year has been a year of blessings already, this really is just a wish list of things that I don't need and am completely happy without. I have an amazing husband, a healthy baby boy, and a cute little roof over our heads..and we're finishing the year off with a cruise with some of our family.
With Love,
Linking up with Lindsay again this week over at Hello Hue!
Kurt (and me unofficially) received a promotion from the parent company of our small business that we have. Woohoo for little victories! We've been blessed to be come a part of this company who rewards it's associates for their success. We received a little package from them a leather box, pins, and personalized business card holder.
An impromptu dinner date with my little guy. I was craving it, had no one to go with me...or so I thought! I had my little man! We went to a local yummy mexican restaurant and had our fill on the cheap.
And really this week it is about the little things, like our baby boy. He's the best little thing of all! He turned 8 months old this week, and the time sure is flying by. He's the BEST little thing of the week overall!
With Love,
We all have dreams right? I'm not talking about the sleepy time dreams here, but the kind of dreams that we have about our life. Dreams that we're actually kind of OK with never happening because they're so far out there dreams. Well, here are some of those far out dreams of mine!
- I want to live on some land, or at least own some. I don't want to live in the middle of nowhere, but I'd love to not have people live 10 feet away from me one day.
- On that land, I'd love to have a semi mini farm. Our own large garden, chickens for farm fresh eggs, maybe a horse or a goat even!
- I'd love to be a real live full time stay at home momma.
- Even though I want to be a SAHM, I'd love to actually have my own photography business. Having a legit small business, better camera and all...I swoon.
The thing is, I have a pretty darn great life! I pretty much live versions of my dreams now.
- OK, we don't live on land at all. We in fact live in a twin with a small fenced in yard, on a stinkin' adorable street. Our house is great, we have three bedrooms a finished third floor, a dishwasher, great front porch and again a fenced in yard for our giant fur babies.
- We do grow our own raspberries, blackberries, basil, potatoes, and either twin on each side has a raised garden in their back yard. They share the wealth and it's great!
- I'm a semi SAHM. I'm home with Josh the majority of the time. I'm a nurse and have the luxury of having alternatives to working the typical 9-5 job. I work 2-3 evenings a week at a local hospital on a med/surg/trauma unit. Hopefully I'll eventually be night shift and be home with my boy and hubs most of the time. This is a great compromise until we are financially able to do the whole real live SAHM thing.
- I do have my own photography business, that is VERY small, but it's still mine. Mostly things for just family, friends, and a few referrals. I do work maybe once a month, and it's fun for me. I do have a great camera that I've had for four years that still works great!
I'm so thankful for my real life dreams and the life that I live now. It's no cake walk, but it's ours!
With Love,
Linking up with Chelsey and other ladies for Wordless{ish} Wednesday!
One stinkin' cute teething baby boy!
With Love,
Linking up with Women Connect '12
Sometimes I fail...
It's so true! Sometimes I downright fail. At blogging, at work, and some days as a person I think lol! This isn't a "woe is me" kind of post, it's a true and laughable post. This past week I haven't blogged once. Not really because I was too busy or anything, I just didn't. Sometimes this past week I was in a really bad mood, I mean foul, and my poor husband usually gets the brunt of this. Did I have a reason for being in a foul mood? Simply, no I didn't. To top it all off this past week of work, I feel like I left and could have done so much more...even though we're really busy. I looked back and really enjoyed Thanksgiving only to realize I didn't take one stinkin' picture to remember our son's first Thanksgiving by...total mom fail right there folks! My only reasoning for all of this is that sometimes I just fail...and it's OK!
It happens to all of us from time to time, or so I like to think at least! I figure the world definitely didn't stop turning by me not blogging for a week, I still have a job, my husband still loves me, and I hope that I will remember the little special moments from Thanksgiving, and that Josh will forgive us for not documenting it.
Failing and not wanting to fail is something that I've struggled with my whole life...maybe it's oldest child syndrome or something. I would get really down on myself for not succeeding or being "the best" at something. I've struggled with weight (still struggle) and will lose weight, gain it back, and get horribly down on myself, and start up a diet again rather than just changing my lifestyle to keep myself healthy and would beat myself up about it.
This is all changing in my life and changing for the better! It's a new journey that was sparked by becoming a mother. I want to be the best example for our son as possible, I'll never be perfect, and that's OK too. I just want to set the example for him that momma doesn't expect perfection, she just wants you to do your best, and be happy, and how could I be that example for him when I'm not walking that walk myself? So, here's to moving forward! We're not starting another diet, we're changing our lifestyle. We'll eat better, and be more active as a family. If weight loss comes with it, then bonus! My goal is to grow my blog and post at least five times a week. If I don't gain any more followers and I only post once a week, but enjoy it, then I'm OK! I'll continue to try my best at work to be the kind of nurse I want to be, and recognize that It's a a process, I'm always learning, and no one can do it all!
So, yes, sometimes I fail!
With Love,
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