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When anyone asks if I enjoyed my pregnancies, my answer is always a resounding yes! I enjoyed being pregnant a lot. Maybe too much. There was something about carrying life that just seemed so beyond me. Plus...who faults a woman for eating for two or taking a nap in the middle of the morning? We are done having children and the last time I went to the doctor for them to check my Essure procedure

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Happy New Year! Here we are a week into the new year and I'm finally getting around to updating things around here. I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas season and rang in the new year with style and surrounded by those they love. With the new year of course come the resolutions. I was never one to make any, mainly be because anything I hoped to do I never seemed to actually be able to

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See, I've come over here several times this month to get back on the blogging bandwagon and each time I was either interrupted or unmotivated. I want to be sure that when I am with my kids that I am giving them my attention. They require it for a full 13 hours a day! I know, I don't have to be in their face the entire day...but my reality is, I do. In a normal day, when the husband is at work

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I'm not worried about GFC shutting down cause I've never moved to Wordpress. But when I saw that people were starting to uuse BlogLovin to get followers and keep followers...I figured what the heck! So go ahead and Follow my blog with Bloglovin And for the record...in just the few minutes I was over there I found a handful of cool new blogs to check out. Don't you love how that works??

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So it seems that I haven't updated this blog for over a month. I kept meaning to come and update and then I realized how unstressed I was about it all and just let it go. A week turned into two and so on... I wish that I could say that I was busy giving all my writing energy to NaNoWriMo, but I wasn't. I wish I could say that I caught up on TV and movies. But I didn't. I did manage to read a

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***It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules… Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only. Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw. Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible. Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge

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To celebrate the weekend I have teamed up with Eversave Atlanta to bring you a chance to win $15.00 in Save Rewards. If you win you your Save Rewards are redeemable for deals online or in any city! When you sign up for daily emails from Eversave you get the chance to score some great local and online deals, saving at least 50%! Eversave is in multiple cities and can be a great way to try

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After visiting Veronica at Crunchy VT Mommy I saw that she was doing a great link up hosted by Faith at Simplicity. Each week Faith posts a photography challenge and I figured I need all the help I can get to keep taking more pictures. And to make sure Teagan doesn't think we skimped out on her photos...you know being the second child and all. Faith's challenge was labeled LOL...as in take a

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It's been a while since I have participated in Fadra's Sunday linkup but I figured today was as good as any day...because it's my birthday. You know the drill...5 minutes, no editing, writing in the raw. ********************************************Today I enter my late 30's and turn 37. I have never been one to get bent out of shape about my age. It happens, we can't change it, so why fret? I

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I posted this one on Facebook earlier this week...or maybe it was late last week. Each photo was taken on Daytona Beach, a year apart. Cool, right?

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I haven't decided what I want to call these Tuesday post...as they are usually about whatever struck me from the week before. As I don't have any rhyme or reason on my blog, I'll go with both...for now. All subject to change, at any given time. Ha! This week I want to talk about a new show that came out this fall. It's called Revenge and it's on ABC. This one intrigued me from the promos and

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Last week we went on vacation and spent on of our days at Sea World. Spencer is amazed by all things animals and this was the perfect foray into the world of theme parks. His absolutely favorite part? Yep, the stingrays. He loved the way the practically jumped out of the water and how flapped their "wings." I love watching his fascination with animals big and small. I know he will be great at

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I have always watched a significant amount of TV. Even as a kid I remember getting dressed up and ready to watch Wonder Woman and then as I grew from child to tween/preteen Silver Spoons and Growing Pains. I remember watching shows and then having them cancelled and how for weeks after I wondered what happened to the characters. I didn't know about seasons or arcs or any of that (until my beloved

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I am...behind in blogging. But not really. I've had wonderful, witty blog posts in my head for the last two weeks. And then I come to get them out of my head and onto a post and suddenly they don't sound so witty. Or wonderful. And so I post nothing. I've also been trying to decide what I want this blog to be and where I would like it go. After blog conference season it seems Twitter is full of

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I took this picture at the park over the weekend. We haven't let Spencer hold Teagan since we brought her home from the hospital. There are two reasons for that...one is that he hasn't really asked. And the second? He has a tendency to be to rough with her. He has let us know that he is jealous of the time we give her, that use to be his. I need to get better about giving Spencer more of my time

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I haven't linked up with Fadra in a few weeks and as we see I've also been in a bit of a posting slump. Truth be told I need to organize my me time...which only comes after the kids are in bed. Anyway...here we go... I love Autumn. Or Fall, if you will. My birthday is in October and true to Libra form it is my favorite month of the whole year. The weather is just right, the colors are glorious

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So I'm going to go ahead and just be honest with myself. I think joining the gym was the wrong move for me. I haven't even been a handful of times and yet I can't make myself want to go. I feel fat and out of place. I feel like I needed to do something before starting the gym. Which sounds silly, right? I am thankful that the husband hasn't said a word but I'm sure n his mind he is wondering

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And so after a brief hiatus so that this mommy could wrap her head around the patience required for potty training, we have success! I can say with pride that my son is officially potty trained. He does wear a diaper at night but hasn't woken up with it wet in over a week...heck, I think now it's been almost 2 weeks. The hardest part was getting him to recognize the sensation of having to go

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This week Natalie over at Mommy of a Monster is having a great link up. She wants everyone to post their favorite wedding photo(s). Way back in 2004, digital was just beginning to pop up...so all our pictures were done the old fashion way. Luckily one evening I decided to scan all of the photos so I could look at them via the computer instead of in a hardbound photo album. I remember wanting to

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I'm still here. Hard to believe a week has passed since my last post, but it has. I tried several times to come and post and every time I sat down and looked at the screen, I realized I just did not want to be on the computer. It happens. Thank goodness I'm not trying to make a business of this blogging stuff. This past week has had me feeling out of sorts. One moment I am happy-go-lucky and

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I'm trying to keep up with my posting but not killing myself to do so. I will take the easy way if it presents itself, so we have another Friday Five list!  1. After finding out his parents (or families) names, you tell him you have the perfect name for the kids you will have together...after only a month or two of dating. 2. Talking about how big you expect your engagement ring to be and

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Because this is what I want to look like. And currently when I look in the mirror my ab area looks like a deflated beach ball. Actually a deflated kick ball because of my stretch marks and kick balls are usually that red ball with lines all over it. It's not a pretty sight and definitely not a sexy one.  And so I've joined the gym. But I'm realistic. After two kids, all the gym time in the world

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 *************************** 31 days ago I decided to challenge myself to post every day. I wanted to see if I could really do it. It was NaBloPoMo but I didn't sign up. I wanted to do this on my terms and be accountable to myself. And I succeeded. My blog has had 31 different post and I feel accomplished. I actually took the time each day to post. Same days were easier than others and

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I wish I had not taken the days before kids for granted. I wish I had traveled a bit more, by planes, trains and automobile. I wish my house would clean itself. I wish I could get one good nights sleep, at least once a week. I wish I wasn't terrified of going out with two kids, alone. I wish people that call you their friend, would act like it. I wish I would get a few more comments

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So here I am again, a nice, comfy, quiet hotel, but alas it's not home. The other day before work I made Spencer one of these nifty, easy to make, and ultra cheap sprinklers to play in. A little PVC, a little glue, drill a few holes, wait 15 minutes and we have lots of smiles! Best $5.00 spent recently. As I went out for dinner this evening, it was 101 degrees...seriously. My mind kept

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The night flys on by, And yet the days linger on, I think of much sleep. ******* Not hard to see where I'm coming from is it? For the longest time I was free of migraines and then the last few days they have returned. Usually I can knock them out with caffeine but even that didn't help this week. I fear my head is aching because of lack of sleep. I mean real, good, undisturbed rest. And yet I

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Playing in the summer with a sprinkler...always fun.

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I have a job. I'm on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I am responsible for dirty diapers, spit up, snotty noses, tantrums, playing games, making meals, teaching abc's and 123's. I take care of bath time, bed time and in between time. I make up silly songs. I make funny noises. I get up early and go to bed late. I get up in the middle of the night. Sometimes more than once. I hear my

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I'm going to let you in on a little secret...I hate to cook. Which is funny because I really like to eat. Especially good food and if I don't have to prepare it myself? Well that's a perfect meal in my eyes. I think my dislike for cooking evolved because of the amount of time it seemed my mother spent in the kitchen. She enjoys cooking and does it very well. But I felt like she was always in

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You know the Sunday drill.... I have been sitting here for almost an hour, knowing I need to post but not sure of what I want to say. I actually got up this morning with several ideas that I wanted to give a go at and now they have all disappeared from my mind. It's been a long day. The kids have been waking before 7 and I am looking forward to the end of day light savings time. I don't know if

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First registering for preschool and now potty training. I've been putting it off for weeks now because let's be honest...diapers are easy. Even when they are full of poop and stink to the high heavens. You clean up the mess, put a new one on and go on your way. Yesterday I told Spencer today we there would be no more diapers except for when he goes to sleep. He seemed to understand and this

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Today I did it. I sent in the registration form and money for Spencer to attend "preschool" twice a week for a few hours. I didn't think about it too much, just did it. I needed to do it last year and could not cut the strings from him just yet. I was pregnant and hormonal and just wasn't ready. But now? Now I am ready. He is ready. He enjoys seeing other kids and trying to interact with them

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To tired for a post today. So much in my head that I need to put into words and post. Maybe tomorrow! At least we are almost to the weekend. TGIF a day early!

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This past weekend we went to North Carolina to visit my husband's family. We actually stayed pretty visit and went to a pool and also to the aquarium. These were my two favorite pictures from the weekend: When I look at my kids...it is then I realize how blessed I truly am. Even when they drive me crazy.

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Where? To the end of the month. I'm sort of ready to not be posting every day. I do find that I am finding my time and getting something in every night but I would also like to not have to worry about it. I remember when I first started blogging, every little thing I did I tried to look at as a blog post. Now I sometimes do the same but then I forget. Or I second guess whether the topic will be

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One trip. One "fight" on Twitter. One post.. One idea! That's all it took for someone to know they could do more. And so this where we are, a small way to get involved and let kids know they are not alone in this world even if when the look out into the world it would seem they are. And so Heart for Art was created. It's a simple way to do one thing and make a difference to one child. Head

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It's Sunday which means it's time for my regular thang... 5 minutes, no editing, just flow and go... When I look at my kids I wonder...what will they remember about this time, right now? Anything, everything, nothing. I know Teagan is still to young and won't remember anything. But Spencer...he's 2 and talks so much and can tell us everything he did during the day. What will he remember as he

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                                                               Another great linkup with Shell over at Things I Can't Say. After her last linkup she got baby fever...and there is nothing more a mommy likes to do than show off her kids. So without further ado...some pics of my favorite little people:   A few a Spencer, a few of Teagan. It is amazing how fast they grow and right before my eyes.

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I'm linking to a post I did back in November about "Other Mothers." I thought it was a good one and why not re-post and see if anyone agrees. Here it is Fashionable Fridays: Other Mothers Enjoy!

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If you've been reading my blog for any amount of time you know I have two kids that are two years apart. It's been quite the lesson in patience for me. But today...today proved that after all is said and done, I am still in the learning process of handling two kids. Let me set the scene...both children were kind enough to wake up after 7...7:15to be exact. Both little faces seemed to be in

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O.K., so I will go ahead and put it out there....I am not a writer. There...that's done, just so no one has their expectations too high. However, the blog needs a post, and Mommy is at home with an upset little girl who got shots today. And Daddy is not there to help, so here it goes. Speaking for/to the dads out there, how do you know you are doing a good job? And what exactly constitutes a

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This is the day that I ran out of ideas. This is the day that I want nothing more than to sleep and so my blog will suffer. This is the day I post something and it qualifies as crap. This is the day...but tomorrow is another and I can hope and do better.

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Here I am at day 11 of blogging every day. I must admit, it's hard. I find I am using my Blackberry a lot more to write when an idea hits. This is both good and bad. Good because hey, I'm doing it. Bad because it looks like I am stuck to my phone. But if I didn't use my phone? I definitely don't think I would be at day 10 without a miss. I thought the hardest part would be finding the time to

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Time for the infamous Stream of Consciousness Sunday. 5 minutes of your day to dump the mind. No shirt, no shoes? No problem! I don't write these post with a topic in mind. I usually just go with the flow about what I am feeling and let the writer in me take over. I know a lot of times I write about how my SAH life is making me feel and I appreciate the comments. More than some of you can ever

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Sometimes it feels like I don't know enough. I feel as my children get older, I know less and less. There was a time I felt brilliant, like I could take on the world. Now I can only take on my tiny portion of the world but these are the things I know for sure: 1.) Nobody can make you happy until you make yourself happy. But if you step on some ones heart or feelings to do it...it's almost a

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A few bloggers use this format for a quick Friday post, so I decided why not try it myself? Here we go: 1.) You don't get use to the humidity in Florida. Ever. I believe you can set a record for how fast you start sweating in under 2 minutes. It's that bad and when you move out of the state? You never miss it. 2.) The state is pretty big. You can drive for 5 or 6 hours straight and still be

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When we have children, we as parents are responsible for their behavior. We reward good behavior and punish the bad. It's logical, right? Then why is it as a society we have turned this concept on its head? I admit it, I watched bits and pieces of the Casey Anthony trial. I was saddened by the death of a child as old as my own son. I wanted someone to pay and who better than the mother of that

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Here are my children at about the same age. I see some similarities but not much...they are each their own little person and I love it!

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I consider myself Latina. If you must know I am Puerto Rican. And while I don't speak Spanish fluently, I understand it and can read it pretty well. Even if I don't always know what I am reading. And though my mother says differently, I was never forced to speak Spanish. Even though my grandparents didn't speak much English. I wish I had been forced to learn the language, because learning it in

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Our nation's birthday. It's a wonderful thing to be celebrating, even if we are a young country. We take a moment to remember what makes us a great nation, as we watch the fireworks light up the sky. Unless you're a parent with young kids. That's right, I never minded the 4th and the celebrations that go along with it until I became a mom. For the past two years I've had a child that could

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It's that time again. Time for me to dump my mind and do it all in 5 minutes.******************* I use to pride myself on being able to tell someone exactly what I thought. Of them, of their opinions, of my opinions. And I don't mean in a way that would be hurtful, but I just was never at a loss for words. I always had something to say. Sometimes too much. But lately? Lately it seems I don't have

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So yesterday I finally got a chance to take Spencer to the movies for the first time. I didn't know how he would react and so we decided if we were going to do this, Cars 2 was the movie to see. I had read reviews over at Common Sense and was a bit worried. I want to be a good parent and not expose my child to things he isn't ready for...so the husband went to see the movie a few days before.

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I have thought about pushing myself to post every day this month. I'm not sure why....maybe to feel like I am getting at least 5 minutes to write?

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Do you know the muffin man? I was never really a big muffin person. If I was going to have something that small I preferred a slice of cake or a cupcake. Sadly after having two kids? The muffin man has paid me a visit and left a muffin top. Or two. I never had issues with my body prior to college. I was always skinny. Or boney. People asked if I actually ate and if I did where it went.

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Haven't done this one in a while...mostly because when I do have 5 minutes I don't want to spend it sitting in front of the computer. I'm sitting here thinking about how fast 5 minutes will go and what I could be or should be doing instead of just sitting here. I've had a ot on my mind lately but it all comes back to the motherhood rut I seem to be in. I want to shake the rut, snap out of it

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I'm getting this post in at the last moment on the last day. Shell over at Things I Can't Say and her linkup for baby bumps. I adored my baby bumps and really felt when I had them...I looked my very best. I was glowing (sweating) and never worrying about whether I looked fat, because I didn't have to suck my gut in.  This was my belly bump at 38 weeks. Spencer was born at 39 weeks. Here I am at

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This is my current Facebook profile picture...I absolutely love it!

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It's almost summer and with the weather being the way it is and getting a reminder from Children's Healthcare of Atlanta I thought I would put out a reminder for all parents about cars and safety when it comes to our kids. On the news this week there was a story about a 5 month old left in a car. I don't know about you, but the weather here in Georgia has been sweltering! It doesn't cool off at

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Today I am linking up at Mama Kat's and participating in her writing prompt. It's a good one...a 6 word memoir. Can you sum up a moment in your life in just six words? To join in and read all the prompts, click the button below:

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We spent last week in Florida and as summer is approaching we hit the beach. Spencer hadn't been to the beach since our vacation in September and took to the water like a pro. He looks scared in the picture but I assure you he was not scared. Not even when water splashed in his face!

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Today I officially made our family the fantastic four. After Teagan was born we began our discussion about our kid population and both of us agreed that we were happy with two. I never thought I would have one and feel blessed and thankful with two beautiful children. No need to push the envelope and so, we are done. Permanently. Today I had a procedure called Essure which if goes the way it

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I have always been that person who kept up with ages, birthdays, anniversaries, changing of the season. If it was on a calendar somewhere, I knew it and kept it in my mind. And then I had my first child. That first year I didn't keep up with anything. Actually I kept up with one thing...getting my Christmas cards out just after Thanksgiving. As I got the hang of being responsible for someone

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She wakes up crying for her love, But he is watching from the heavens above. She let's out a sigh and begins her day, Never thinking it would be this way. The house is different with him gone, Even the birds seem to sing a different song. She is trying to be as strong as she can, But of living alone, she was never a fan. Her children all promise of her they will care, But with lives of their

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Teagan has lost her newborn look and is easing into her infant look. It's amazing that it has only been 2 almost 3 months. She is cooing and kicking her arms and feet like a champ. She does have a genius big brother to keep up with...

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You may or may not have noticed the link in my sidebar from a canvas print company. It's something I have wanted to try for a while now and when I was approached by Easy Canvas Prints I jumped at the chance. The process for ordering was easy. You pick your your canvas size and thickness, upload your image, pick a border and your are on your way to making a piece of art for your home. I had

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As I look at my blog and see my last entry was on a Sunday 2 weeks ago...I can't believe it. I could blame my lack of updating on the recent Blogger outage but it wasn't that, that would be a welcome reason for not updating. My reason is much more somber. On May 4th my FIL lost his battle with cancer. After just being officially diagnosed just a week prior. April 27 to be exact. I remember my

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This has been a long week. And a hard one. I don't know if I should even be talking about this on a blog, but I figure it will be therapeutic in one way or another. It's on my mind and I need to dump it.   Back when our little girl was born, my in-laws came to help with her brother. It was at that time that my FIL began not feeling well. Upon returning back to North Carolina he went to see a

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I attempted to take Easter pictures of myself with the kids on Sunday. It didn't work out the way I envisioned it. I did get some pictures and found that this one was among my favorites:

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I was born in the north, New York to be exact. I take pride in being a northerner, even if I have now been in the south for more years than I was ever in the north. I'd like to think the time I spent there molded me into the person I am. Of course southerners will always tell you people from up north are rude. And sometimes they're right. This is one such time. Last weekend we were in

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I have to be honest, this picture while taken by me, was actually taken first via phone by my sister-in-law. She has a good eye...as the comparison speaks volumes and makes for an awesome picture!

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Wednesday night TLC brought back a showed called Extreme Couponing. After hearing people talk about it all week I decided to tune in. I didn't think I would make it through both 30 minute episodes but did all the while amazed and a bit disappointed in what the show could be. I tweeted the other day that I thought those that took couponing to the extreme did not eat healthy. I use coupons when

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Back in October, I wrote this post. In said post I talked about how what was done for me was a sign about how I was living certain aspects of my life. Since that moment I really started doing things differently. I have started focusing less on the almighty dollar and more on if what I have to give, can indeed help someone out. You know what? I'd say my karma is slowly correcting itself. You're

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I like to think that I am computer savvy and depending on who you ask..they will tell you it is so. I can Google like nobody's business. I can fogure things out by trial and error and most of the time I am not afraid.  But the reality is that I'm pretty much a newbie when it comes to computers, the internet and websites. I don't speak their language. For me, it's all about tutorials and

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 Five minutes of your time. Want to try it? Here are the rules…Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only. Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw. Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible. Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post. Link up

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This week the challenge was finding something we love about our home. I actually had to think long and hard about this one...I love our home but there isn't some cool piece of architecture or built-in nooks or gleaming wooden floors that sold me on our home. So after pondering what I loved..it hit me as I looked out the backdoor. That's right...I love our yard. I love how big it is and how there

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A few years back I was listening to some relationship expert talking about, well, relationships. There is one thing they said that has stuck with me since the day I heard it. When we get into relationships, we teach the other person how to treat us. I mulled over this advice for a while and then I saw what they meant and it all clicked. I had a few bad relationships in college but I never had

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  I admit, I have always loved sleep. I could sleep anywhere and at anytime. My favorite sleep? It occurred as a kid when we would be driving home from the beach. My mom would always have a snack we could eat on the way home and we would eat and then fall fast asleep. There was something about playing all day at the beach that resulted in the best sleep on the way home. When I got pregnant

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This weeks assignment was to capture a picture of something I like to snack on. Seeing as how I am a total snack person, this presented a few problems. Mostly that I try not to have too many snacks around and the ones that we do have around? They don't last long! What we have at home this week...almonds. I am a total nut person and can pretty much eat any type of nut. Peanuts, almonds,

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Does it get any sweeter than this?

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Time for my Sunday posting ritual, linking up with All Things Fadra and her Stream of Conciousness Sunday meme. 5 minutes, unedited and hit publish.  I'm a Libra and by nature that means I enjoy things to be fair and balalnced. I like a yin to my yang. I can see both sides to a problem and usually stand firmly in the middle. Only now, in this moment? I can't. I can't seem to see how to balance

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A quick post about five things:I am finally feeling better about having two children under 3 at home. I have to say a lot of this is due to my husband. He's been wonderful and helpful and hands on. He's always this way, but it really has meant a lot to me these last 10 days. Spencer has been absolutely phenomenal as a big brother. I expected a lot of resistance and jealousy, especially since the

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Trying to stay on top of blogging and this is a nice and easy way to do so...participating in Adventuroo's Capture the Day challenge. Last week she asked us to show what was on our nightstand, this week she has challenged us to capture our kid's toys. So here we go: There are many of you that know this happy little steam engine...it's Thomas! I purchased Thomas for Spencer's first birthday and

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Adjustment. This is what the last few days have been since leaving the hospital and bringing home baby. We are in an adjustment preiod and some nights I am okay and some nights I am crying. I knew it would be hard, but I didn't think it would be this hard. I am torn as to what I am doing and what I should be doing. Am I giving my son enough time? Am I giving my husband enough time? Am I giving

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This week there is no bump update or letter to baby girl, as she is now in my arms. So instead I am participating in Adventuroo's weekly meme. The assignment this week asked "What's on Your Nightstand?" I had plans to take a picture of my nightstand at home but forgot I would be in the hospital this week...so the nightstand here will have to do! This is the nightstand on one side of my hospital

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Yesterday was March 1st. Yesterday our family went from being 3 members to becoming 4. Yesterday my heart managed to grow bigger. Yesterday we celebrated the birth of Teagan Elisa. Today we continue to stare at her in awe and love.

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We took this picture last night, our last photo of just the three of us and a big belly. While I know I am pregnant and know that the end result would be an additional person to our household, really thinking about it blows my mind. We will never again be three, always 4. Hubby said that adding children to a family is a different feeling than us getting married. He said it was because with a

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Okay, so this isn't really about Handy Manny, the Disney character. At least I think it's Disney, I could be way wrong. Maybe he's a Nickelodeon character? All we watch is PBS at our house...and with that I've totally gotten off track. Geez... A while back when we Hubby decided baby girl needed her own room I started looking to spruce up Spencer's room. I had really dropped the ball after he was

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"Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken." Over at andnobodytoldme.com we've had quite a few post about how we are judged as parents. How we give birth, how we discipline, to vaccinate pr not, to circumsize or not, to breastfeed or bottle feed, the list seems endless. Even something as simple as whether to ear pierce a child gets you judged. Don't get me wrong, I judge. I make

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This week I am linking up with Mandy over at Harpers Happenings. She does a nice Saturday post and link up where we can talk about what we wore and where it was from. I've wanted to link up before but rarely get dressed up on Saturday. But this Saturday was different, as I had an appointment to a new salon for a much needed haircut. A haircut I needed to get before baby girl arrives next week.

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Dear Baby Girl, We had our last OB visit this week and now the paperwork is filed and we are officially ready to have you come on March 1. I've opted for a c-section just because of issues when laboring with Spencer and it just makes sense with the schedule Daddy has and us not having family so close by. But of course you can decide to come in the next few days and throw us for a loop...but

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Hard to imagine that Spencer was this tiny, especially when being held by his Daddy! And soon we get to do it all again with a little girl. Amazing.

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As the due date for baby girl draws closer and I put off packing for the hospital I also wonder what things will be like. I've wondered about this since I found out we were pregnant and been afraid. Very afraid. But now I look at how I currently spend my days...and I can't even imagine it. Most weeks Hubby is away at least 3 nights, sometimes not getting home until late on the 4th night. When

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Come join the fun...  ************************* It's funny how the mind works. Most days I am thinking about 100 million things and the same things are in my mind when I head off to bed, some important, others no so much.  Last night was one of those nights. I was putting Spencer to bed and happebed to scratch an area by my shoulder which houses a dimple. it's the only place I have a dimple

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Dear Baby Girl, We are so close now, just 12 days. I can't decide if the time has really gone by that fast or not. I feel ready to see you but I am still nervous about how our home will change and how I will handle it. It seems Spencer is finally getting into a good groove and we are suddenly going to change all that for him and us. As you can see, you are way bigger than Spencer was at

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I was doing some picture clean up and came across this photo from December of 09. It's one of my faves! My husband was so excited to get Spencer into the cockpit. He looks so tiny compared to how big he is now. *sigh* They really do grow up fast, don't they?

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Got a post over at And Nobody Told Me today and it's all about friends. Or lack of friends. And how hard it is to make friends. Especially after having a child. Come over and show me some support!

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Time to breathe in and release and dump my brain for 5 minutes. That's right it's Sunday which means Stream of Consciousness Sunday with our host Fadra! What is it about Valentine's that cause people to either really love it or really hate it? I know plnety of people that refer to it as Singles Awareness Day. I never did and there were plenty of years tha I was single. I didn't let it bother me

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This week I'm linking up with the folks over at The Red Dress Club and their Red Writing Hood prompt. This week's prompt asked you to begin your piece with the words, "I could never have imagined" and end it with "Then the whole world shifted." 600 word limit. I could never have imagined. That I would be that girl that would never have a real boyfriend until I was in college. I spent most of

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This week over at And Nobody Told Me I'm writing about in-laws and how no one really tells you how it will be. Curious? Come on over and take a look and join in the conversation!And now for my weekly belly shot update. Here I am in all my preggo glory, no touch ups or edits. Dear Baby Girl,Here we are only 3 weeks away. 3 Mondays left before we go from a family of 3 to a family of 4. When we are

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I love capturing moments like these:

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