Set Free

Ellie has something she wants to tell you.... She's pretty excited and knows Mommy is sick because a baby is growing in my tummy.  The same day Ellie's hair clip made it's way out we got a positive test!  It was quite the day!! And my morning sickness started earlier and stronger than any other pregnancy I've had.  That has definitely been the hardest on me.  I just wish I could enjoy being pregnant.  I wake up in the night feeling like I have the stomach flu and the next day it starts all over again. Last week we had our 8 week appointment and our little baby measured just fine and had a good heartbeat of 167 bpm! Right now I take it a day at a time -- moment by moment-- and just pray this baby stays healthy and is doing just fine.  The sickness hasn't given me any breaks so so far I don't think there's going to be a problem.  I'm almost to the mark of when we found out Alex didn't have a heartbeat (and I'm more sick with ...

....I just don't like it. This week I posted an article about hating Matt Walsh .  With the post I said "truth" which let me clarify with what I meant. I wasn't saying the title of the article was truth.  I don't hate a blogger.  What I was referring to was hating how he goes about his blog .  Christians share his blog posts cheering for his beliefs.  And I shared that article because I strongly disagree with which he goes about doing so. I'm not someone who likes backlash on Facebook.  I don't enjoy strong disagreements on Facebook.  So I apologize for bringing that into focus.  That was not my intentions.  My desire was to share that I'm not a Matt Walsh fan in what he says and does on his blog . And that's why I don't comment when someone isn't willing to read the entire article.  Please don't read just a few lines and strongly disagree and start putting it out on me.  Ask my intentions and don't be quick to judg...

Ellie turned 2 1/2 years old a couple months ago, and things have certainly changed since her two year old birthday! Here's some of the awards Ellie could be given: 1. She is the best at going to the bathroom anywhere but the toilet. 2. You always know what cup is hers, it was placed in ketchup. 3. She can get Daddy to dance. 4. Her ability at hiding things that belongs to someone else. 5. So affectionate. Grandma getting kisses 6. In-tuned to other's feelings. 7. The loudest screamer. 8. The talent of knowing how things SHOULD go, where things SHOULD be placed, etc. 9. Knowing where everything belongs. 10. The best at introductions. 11. What the temperature of water needs to be. 12. Sounding like a lion. She definitely keeps us on our toes!  Well, literally her toes.  She still walks on her toes.  Everyone knows where our Ellie is....we're either calling her name out to come back to us, she's a lion, screaming in frustration, or hopefull...

After a busy week house sitting at my parent's house I had hoped to return home all ready and pumped to get my house back in order.  It needed a lot of cleaning done (I skipped cleaning the week prior.)  The day we were going to return home I woke up with awful allergies.  Today is the first day I actually feel more like myself.  This week I was pretty bummed.  Ellie was getting over a sickness and I was miserable. Movies, puzzles, reading books, baths, and grocery shopping filled our week.  I felt so down about the fact I couldn't get our house back in order with the normal weekly cleaning.  I just did what I had enough energy to do (sinus' made it hard to breathe). When a thought comes into my mind 50% of the time it happens within minutes of receiving that idea.  25% of the time it ends up happening within a couple days.  The other 25% it doesn't happen until that idea pops back into my mind. Today I had the idea "I want to shower an...

When Jon and I were first married I was a nanny for a two year old.  She was sweet and shy, but also full of things to say.  She loved to read books and loved arts and crafts.  She also liked to go on walks and swing.  I watched her for just over a year because Jon and I moved away. To be honest my least favorite age is 2-3 years old.  It's a hard age.  I like doing more advanced puzzles, games, and activities.  My favorite ages are 4-6 years.  For some of you that might seem like not much of an age gap, while others know exactly what I mean. But when I was a nanny I didn't mind her age at all.  Her personality was more like a four year old.  She was well behaved and mined her manners.  She was also fully potty trained.  Her and I had a lot of fun together.  She is such a sweetheart. Now what? "Must get this phone off!" I have a two year old.  In about a month my daughter will be the age of the girl I wa...

Hello stranger.  Sorry we've been away for so long.  Wifi is needed, because smartphones are not a fun way to write a blog post.  Then our laptop needed fixed.  Life has been really crazy lately... Especially when you realize the last post was October. Update posts must be made, here's a few: --Christmas (4 celebrations) --Bathroom Finished Product --Ellie updates & --Toddler Life Let's start with the bathroom! When we moved into our house March 10, 2014 it looked like this: We had to use the bathroom in our basement.  It stretched me for sure.   Read about that stuff here.   It was hard because Ellie wasn't walking yet and the mess of renovations really ended up everywhere.  She was crawling around in the living room or kitchen and getting the dust on her pants!  I had to get creative when I had to use the bathroom or for normal bathroom use.  We used the kitchen sink more often. And then I wrote in detail update...

When my daughter grows up I want her to feel like her parent's loved her equally.  I hope she doesn't remember that time I became angry because I was too tired.  Or that time I was so sick she thought I was ignoring her.  Or that time I gave her a banana and she cried because she wanted a banana.  (Yeah, you read that last part correctly.) life is rough Recently I've noticed my daughter's STRONG need to do everything her way.  And her Mom to follow along.  The typical toddler stage in life.  (This mom is tired.)  There have been too many tears and fits. Daddy's in the shower. Apparently that's not okay. So this mom has started a new strategy .  When that sweet toddler lets all her feelings out uncontrollably I am staying calm.  I pick her up and swing her around.  I sit her in my lap.  I cuddle her... And in the sweetest voice I hear a soft voice say, "I love you Mommy." It melts this Momma's heart. ...