Jacy

 Beautiful little details. i have that inspirational card on my dash board

as beautiful reminder:

"I love them that love me;

and those that seek me early shall find me"

-Proverbs 8:17

Blogging has truly opened my eyes to “:what’s out there” its something so neat and special to be able to follow these lives and feel as though you get to share a glimpse of their world.a great reminder that there is a bigger world outside your bubble! May they be in Alaska or in maybe Connecticut. you cant help but connect with these lives  A few weeks back I was browsing my normal morning routine and stumbled across this link up.  (which by the way is one of my favorite blogs to browse take some time to meet Casey and her BEAUTIFUL family) Well I thought it would be so much fun to get “paired” up with someone and get to know them and the gift exchange well that was a perk. I was paired off with Jacy. In my life I have made a few changes and to be paired off with her seems to have been sort of another one of my “signs” I have been seeking. Jacy and I share similar beliefs and we share our faith. We shared some details of our lives and you can’t help but be pulled in to her world in which she expresses her self through art. Jacy truly is a talented being. Goes to show you that GOD indeed is great, he gives us these talents and gives us the motivation to put our self’s out there. Hence Jacy and her BEAUTIFUL art. I shared some of her art with my husband and he was impressed. This lady is talented I tell you take a moment to see for your self.

Jacy also shared with me that her husband and herself are expecting their first child, a boy!!!! How thrilling! I am mushy gushy when I get the opportunity to speak with first time mommies because its such a beautiful feeling and beautiful journey. Jacy is wonderful she sent me cute little items she created. I cant wait to find the opportunity to pass these on as gifts share some of her talents. This whole experience has been so wonderful.

Jacy you have a follower and a friend in me if ever you need to chat or vent you have my email ;)  THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing your life with me!

Daily Routine

• Wake up at 6:00 am (what am I kidding) I wake up at 7:00-7:15 (i like to shower the morning before for this reason) Have to be at work by 8 am!!! Ekkkk cuddling seems more important sometimes.PLUS i am a speedy get ready-er! 

i need to start jogging in the morning again! i mean i need just start! lol! start my "order"

• Work: 8:00 AM-12:00 pm

Lunch: 12-1:00 pm every day I go home for lunch where I get to play with my little make her lunch, feed her, and dress her for the day. 

 I really need to get to work on time a little more, i usually am late coming back to work. but my little darling makes it so hard for mommy to leave! can you blame me?!?!?!

• 1-5:00 pm WORK

 in between my day i talk to Isla a few times a day! If daddy is with her he is so awesome about calling me and getting me through my work day! We are in constant communication

• 5:15 Pm I arrive home to the best feeling in this world I walk in through the door to be received by my little love with smiles and holds. 

MY FAVORITE TIME OF THE DAY!

• We usually play and roll around until about 6-6:30 Pm and I make and feed Isla her din din.

• Play some more. Usually until about 7:30 we then on get cleaned up and get in to jammies. If it’s a bath day we usually do that. If it’s not a bath day I will usually wash her face, hand. Lotion her whole body and fresh diaper. Then pajamas.

 I will usually offer her a little bed time snack between this time to make sure has a happy tummy to carry her through the night.

• We read a bed time story 8:00 pm and usually she is asleep no later than 8:30 BUT she has been a little rebel lately and stays up until 9:30 even after all my attempts of keeping order with her. But to be honest with you I enjoy this extra awake time I get with her. I love playing with my daughter and make the most of any time I get with her.

• I will usually end up falling asleep with her. We put her to sleep in our bed and once she is asleep we transfer her to her crib. This works for us. And has been pretty good method so we stick to it. Lately though I like her sleeping with us. It’s been really cold and we run the heater for a little and shut it off because I am scared to sleep with it on. I enjoy this time I have with her because even though she is asleep I feel it’s our time to bond and stay “connected” so CO sleeping works for me!

• If I don’t fall asleep the husband and I will usually watch some shows, I will clean up and prep for the next day. We cuddle; shower and we go lay our heads.

Some days we are out and about though, we will either go visit grammas’ or go out to dinner. Run some errands what have you but we still try to stay close to her schedule.

This is really our Monday- Friday routine. My favorite time is obviously the weekends!

I love my Fridays

because it means no wakie for work 

the following day!

Childhood dreaming...

I posted this on my FB yesterday:

I will never get enough of the way she receives me! My heart skips a beat each time I walk through the door ♥

Often… more like EVERY day I am at work, and I am about to get in to my car to drive home. In my mind I am fantasizing about unlocking our front door walking in to seeing Isla playing, and how quickly she stops what she is doing with THE BIGGEST toothy smile she can give me literally running towards me with her little arms extended to greet me. SHE HOLDS ME! Like really holds me and with her little voice says mmmmaaaama! I can die. Right then. Right there in the arms of my daughter. Isla has no idea what she does to me but that little girl has made me feel emotions I never would have thought. I see her little face and all my troubles and mishaps from that day fade away to nothing. I can cry right now just visualizing her greet. This feeling my daughter gives I wish upon EVERYONE! I hope one day you all could feel this love, if you haven’t already. On my way in today I was thinking to my self how lucky I am to have my little family. My husband, who is my best friend. My daughter who needs no explanations. And I thought to my self (more like talking OUT LOUD to my self, yes I am that weirdo you peep in to the car and see talking to no one SOMETIMES) I am truly fulfilled. MY CHILDHOOD dream has ALREADY come TRUE When I was a little girl I would play with either my self or my little neighborhood friends. We would play get “married”, “play house”, and “play having a baby” I always knew I wanted to be a mother.

Well I have all that. Thanks to the lord above I have a husband, I have a baby, I play house. It’s my favorite role I have ever played. With that being said I am not completely fulfilled to say the least i know i know i sounds like i am contradicting my self, but NOW that i know the joy it is to have my dreams come true I want to see my daughter’s babies. I want her to experience the love my partner and I share, and i want to watch our own child fulfill her childhood dream with LOVE and GUIDANCE  we shall. When some may have dreamt of being doctors, teachers and firemen, I wanted to be a mother and a wife. And THAT I AM! I was made from him for him. I found the one I was made for. With the help of the lord and my husband I have been gifted with the most priceless gift imaginable. my DAUGHTER

So tell me have you fulfilled your childhood dream? 

Join the fun!

Thought this would be fun!!! its my first one EVER! i am on the late train but i still cant resist.... so here i go..... 

i will be doing this and at the end of the month i intend on joining this linky party hosted by Jessica   i recently came across her blog and thought it would be so much fun to do! SO if your up to join me! :)

you can fing my Instagram tag on my blog over...... on the top left side..... right there

Boobie fed/ formula fed

I wanted to breastfeed my baby so bad! I even took a class before her arrival in preparation. I read everything you can think of! I was determined to give my daughter the good stuff to start her little life off healthy. Well my daughter was born 3 weeks early, and when she was born she had low blood sugar I tried to breast feed her when I was in the hospital but the nurse had me supplement with formula to get her sugar level up. This to me was torture guys! They kept having to poke her little ankle to check her sugar broke my heart when they kept pocking at her. Imagine coming in to this world taken away from their comfort (my tummy) to be pocked. Well by doing this she seemed to reject me!  This made me so sad! I worked so hard at it and even sought help from a lactating nurse and nothing. i tried those plastic nipples you put over your own and NADA! SO instead I had to pump to make sure she got my stuff! It was so painful and I credit my now mommy boobie to Medela lol!  Well I pumped for three months. It was hard to keep up with as her appetite grew and my boobies seemed to be giving out on me. I still continued to TRY everything to get her to latch and stay on, nada my daughter was stubborn and wouldn’t do it! I would frustrate her as much as I tried. So we made the sad transition to formula and I just knew I had to do what I had to do to take care of my baby. So I cleaned and put away Madela and moved on. SO (sorry I say so a lot) I decided I was going to make my daughter’s baby food so that I did! I bought all WHOLE food and organic veggies and fruits. Trader Joe’s is my best friend. I purred them and was very active on making sure Isla got NOTHING BUT THE GOOD STUFF! 

I made my daughters food with The Baby Brezza which was an awesome must have for me. It steams and blends it all for you. all i had to do was wash,peel,dice,let the machine do the rest. 

i then bought some neat containers from babies r us and stored the baby food i made up to 3 days worth. it was so easy for me. a little time consuming but it was great experience. I also added Formula to some recipes to make it a creamier blend rather than grainine and to make sure she got the most nutritional value.I really enjoyed this. I had a binder filled with great first stages foods, combinations recipes and even had them organized by months. for example 4-6 months recipes, 6-8 months and so on. I listed on the front tab what fruits and vegetables i had introduced and what she was not allowed to have yet. it was serious business buddy! SO this is the machine

 it was AWESOME! i made like i said 3 days worth in fridge and stored some in freezer. I was very much involved! i was  even approached to be have  a little feature in the Baby Brezza cook book. They arranged a photographer who came to my home to take pictures of my me making it for my little baby and my little family and took my favorite recipes  i did with baby and included it in their book. its still in the works and i cant wait to see it! Sometime this February last i was told.  Cant wait for that! and if you are a new mom reasearching to make you rown baby food i suggest using this system. They have great customer service and get back to you RIGHT AWAY! i loved it! i enjoyed making all these for her. 

(i was not paid or sponsor to write any of that reviews for them this was not meant to be a review on a product simply sharing what i alone researched and used)

I kept this up until we transitioned to more table food. Even still I offer her organic everything. I will steam her veggies for two days so it is easy to just warm up and serve. She loves her peas and she loves bananas. I always make sure to have in stock. I give her options that are healthy with very little real people junk food. Isla knows her cupboard very well… she knows where to go to get her yummies. So on the bottom self I usually will have her little snack dishes already pre made with her puffs, little graduate crunchies, yogurt melts, cheerios and such well with in her reach because now in days she usually helps her self. My daughter quickly learned how to pop off the lids off these suckers since she got teeth!!! So to say the least she can literally help her self so what I do is  I have snack size portion in the little tins where the baby food comes in the plastic ones like those. I wash them out and throw them out weekly so we just re use them, and man does she just goes to town. My husband and I feel if we allow her to help her self with her snacks it will encourage healthy snacking habits later in life. It wont be something that was off limits and when she got it she over does it. Like this it’s always around and she wont have that habit. We use moderation and always offer good choices.  We make it accessible and its always there for her. I make sure to refill for her daily.  My daughter doesn’t really drink juice at all. Isla doesn’t really like it to be honest. A lot of water and moooo milk! So with the New Year in tow I had decided on structure so with that comes organizations I am hoping to keep planning out her meals. I truly enjoy making meals for my daughter and being able to offer her the healthy choices. I want to give her the best start at life. I love being able to know what she gets in her tummy. Although at times I don’t always knows because other people like grandparents feel like they can offer them “sugar” treats and such because they are Grama and grandpa and its their fun with spoiling Isla i dont really mind becuase well poor kid if she never gets to taste real sugar, and real junk right?!?!  so that’s okay as long as I am setting the standard and the husband and I are both on board with that plan. I try and get inspired and look up great recipes to feed her and change up her menu to keep this lifestyle going. With that said this part of my life is going accordingly.

I used this to help me make the purees's

and now its getting fun! i get to do things like this ^

Our second day in 2012 my park experience!

I had the best opening weekend of 2012!

Best of both worlds! December 31^st I got to spend the day and tuck my little lady in to bed before daddy and I took off in our New Years Eve plan. Grama stayed with Isla. Once she was asleep daddy and I kissed our baby and wished her a Happy New year and we headed to our friends home. Our friends were hosting a New years gathering. It was awesome friends, laughter, booze the works. New years kiss. It was PERFECT!

Got a little too drunkie! I haven’t drank or felt that way since WAY before I was pregnant with my daughter. I am not a huge drinker! So it doesn’t take much! SO you know how the next day went. Gatorade for me! I couldn’t hold anything down! Yuck! NEVER again! I still got up and played mommy! Fed my daughter breakfast and after that daddy took over and let me sleep! Much needed! So this day was really a relaxed, slow day! 

Yesterday! The 2^nd I was off work so I enjoyed my little family! I had so much fun. We took Isla to the park. She loved it! Isla and I usually would go for walks with Isla and sit at a bench and watch the other kids play. My little was not walking yet and since the weather has been cold we had not been since she started walking back in September. This time it was on! She was up and down those steps walking all around in the sand and on the outer part! Interacting with the kids and saying hi to puppies! It was awesome! To see her little face and watch her strength was amazing to me! We took a break for a snack, and she ate and observed. ADORABLE! Then we played some more. We were there probably an hour and half. It was so neat to see her roam around. We took her to the park in her radio flyer and we brought along teddy, a blankie, snacks and her water cup. Well after a while our little mama comes over to her wagon and grabs teddy stands by us and just observed. I think she was ready to go. And that she was daddy grabbed her and strapped her in and she was ready, no fuss nothing she took her blankie around her lap and hugged on to teddy and said byeeee . It was so cute!!! It was perfect!

We had lunch took a nap and when she woke up I decided to try a new project. We painted. It was short lived but fun! She ended getting grossed out by the paint. It was hilarious, the way she scrunched her little face and made the stinky face! I loved each minute!

We had a wonderful weekend and its hard to get up and leave for work this morning.

BUT it’s a short week and a short day for me. We have to take  baby to get her remaining shots not looking forward to it.  I like to spread it out! SO wish us luck!!! Ugh I hate doing this to her. Not happy! 

Hope your weekend was Wonderful!

Well Heeeello 2012

 2011! A few sweet words,the kiss,the tears and laughter,the flash (check out her face)THE NEW YEARS KISS!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

WOW OH WOW!  another year! Last year we sat on our couch watching the ball drop with my 3 ½ month old daughters asleep in my arms. The clock struck 12 and I kissed my husband looked down at this angel I have the privilege to be holding and started Crying! Mostly the hormones I think... Were still in full effect! Oh HECK what am I saying?!?! I am a mushy gushy soul! I couldn’t believe I had a new baby ringing in the New Year as a married woman, and someone’s mommy! So daddy and mommy HAD to wake up Isla by kissing her and of course snapping a photo to welcomed the new year as it was intended! Have you ever cried and laughed at the same time?!? this night i DID!  I was overwhelmed with so much emotion, the good kind my heart was racing and my tears of joy were flowing! I was THANKFUL! We got through this GORGEOUS, WONDERFUL, PERFECT, year! 2011 you will FOREVER be my FAVORITE year! I relived and experience moments that I have done before but in a whole different light now! My daughter made my world vibrant!  She taught me what really matters. i definitely stopped and smelled the roses more this year than i have ever.I enjoyed the noise rather than the silent, and calm becuase it was my daughter chatting away using her words i am sure are flowing in her head. i enjoyed the my world the way i have NEVER done before. We celebrated her first steps, her first birthday, and her first real holidays as a family. i am thankful i didn't miss a milestone becuase i was at work! So much this last month has given us, we saw it come and now we seen it go! its amazing the way  My heart out pours with love. I feel like I can literally burst at my seams when I see her face. life Is a blessing and I treat it like so. Thanking the good lord for her daily. I thank the lord for my husband for this life I am fortunate to have been given.

SO another year of bliss is in our forecast, I am sure things may happen which will make us wonder but its life and together nothing will conquer us. I am ready to take on anything this New Year brings us.

New Year’s resolution?!? Hmmmm. I make them every year and end up forgetting it by the end of the month! So this year my new years resolution is sort of category per say and anything that falls in between will be a bonus. I w-a-n-t STRUCTURE I want to be able to wake up early get things done, AND be on time to work and other things. I feel like having structure helps us with our schedules and our home organization. Helps us stay motivated in living a healthy life style. So I strive for Structure, health, and fitness. Lets see how well we keep up. I am in bed until the last minute possible i am sure i am not alone. i take my sleep when i can, and i hate to say i am always late for work SO I am setting my alarm at 5:00 am (plan on going to bed earlier than normal too make this work)  i know having a child is a huge adjustment and i have an employer who is nothing but forgiving and i am FORTUNATE!  so 5 am:Going to go for a run, shower, tidy up, set out Isla’s clothes for the day and a meal plan, and get fully ready and  be at work by 8:00AM! Fingers crossed!

SO 2012 PLEASE be good to us! We have many goals to try to take on this year and with god
on our side we are sure to be able to accomplish them. That's another thing i want make sure to get my little family to Mass every Sunday we have fallen off and will make sure to make it a priority!  so GOD willing we can get through this New Year with health and love!
wish us luck!

And may YOU friends and family
HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR filled with blessings.