What To Put In Your Toddlers Easter Basket

I am all for Easter -- it is by far one of my favorite holidays. Not only because of what it stands for, but because after having children of my own it is just fun! A great way to get outdoors and enjoy the spring weather. We celebrate it every year at my parents house. My parents live out in the country and it just so beautiful to sit out in the big yard and grill whatever our heart desires. Spring is my favorite season, especially whenever Texas gets it right. Which has yet to happen in the last couple years, but this time it seems to be kicking in correctly. The thunderstorms, the warm weather, the birds singing, the trees blooming so beautifully and of course the grass being freshly cut to where it smells like onions -- I love it.

Have you been thinking about what put in those Easter baskets for your little ones? I have some great ideas that I thought I would share. My son is lucky enough to get three this year, one from both
of his nana's and one from me! Of course depending on the age it will vary what you put in them! But I will share what to put in a toddlers Easter basket this year. Because babies are a little easier -- binkies, teething toys, baby snacks, etc. Which I would be making one for Zooey but who knows when she will pop out and plus she will be a tad bit young if she was to come this minute to have one.

Anyway, Here are a few ideas for your little ones Easter basket;

1. Coloring books and crayons -- Easter edition!

If your toddler is anything like mine, then some good ol' crayons and a book will keep them entertained for awhile. Which around this time of year you can find Easter edition ones in your local markets. They are filled with cute bunnies and chicks, I just love them. 

2. Play-Doh

Are they not the cutest little things ever? My son LOVES play-doh which actually made a good stocking stuffer for Christmas also. It inspires creativity and opens their minds to do whatever. It isn't messy and easy clean up. Plus the presentation of the little things are adorable! 

3. A little fur friend critter! 

I am sure if you have been to target or wherever then you have seen these little guys! They act as though they are a real chick and peep whenever you pet their backs! Skip on buying your toddler a real chick or bunny, because that is a lot of responsibilities and this is for a toddler. Buy these little things that your toddler will love just as much! They are adorable and plus you don't have to clean up after them!

4. Your toddlers favorite snacks

My son loves animal crackers, cheetos, apples, yoohoos, and all that junk food. So get a few of their favorites to pack on there and watch their eyes light up. 

5. Stuffed animals

I swear my son has every animal you can think of in stuffed version. But he sleeps with a stuffed animal every night so it all is worth it. Get a stuffed animal for them to put in there. Especially the Easter inspired ones because it is good to keep for memories later down the road. Whether or not this is not their first Easter so you skip on the ones that say "My first Easter" but just a plain bunny. It is cute and I am all for those little memory lane ideas.

Here is just a little list of things to fill your toddlers Easter basket, I am just if you go and search the aisles at our local Walmart and Target you will find lots of little things. Target has a special one dollar aisle that always has Easter gadgets. Just have fun with it all and if you creative you can even make their Easter basket by hand! So many ideas on pinterest that I have followed but my being 38 weeks pregnant I just do not have the energy this year. Have fun with these little holidays because they won't be little for so long, you know? Enjoy it will you can. Get outdoors with your littles and hunt those eggs!

I also found a cute idea I wanted to share that I am wanting to do. 

Go all out and try this! I am not a baker nor even a cake decorator. But I am going to give it a try and it will be a fun activity with your babies! 

Have fun guys! Lets hope that soon I will be making a post of Zooey's arrival. Fingers crossed!

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Raisingme Back Up and Running!

Welcome back Heather, for maybe the 5th time? Make up your mind on whether you are staying or not, because I am starting to get a whip lash.

I am back once again.. I know I have not posted anything in so long due to several reasons. But the main one being my lack of motivation. I have been blogging for almost two years and it just seems that my blog is not getting anywhere so I took a little break. Just so that I can conjure some ideas on what I need to do to inspire myself and more readers to my blog. I don't want this to me another blog mom blog, I want to bring something to the table that attracts you guys. While I am still thinking of ideas, we will see how this next round goes.

Updates: Well, as I have posted before I am expecting a daughter here in about a week and four days! Although I am jumping with excitement inside and out, I am also jumping in bed because this mama is tired! My doctor gave me the option of being induced this Wednesday, I have decided not to for many reasons. But the main one being all of the research I have been reading. But I will not be going too far off of my due date. If she is yet to be here on her due date (April 7th) then I am going to be induced that Wednesday after. So I am REALLY hoping to go in naturally but knowing my luck I more than likely will not. I am 3 cm dilated and 50% effaced though if that helps my chances any! Dorrian is growing like a weed, of course. He is two years and a few months old and still trying to teach him to talk and potty train but the kid does not want to learn. He wants to be a baby, and it is driving me crazy!

Well, I hope you guys have missed me. I am just ready to get this blog up and going again and this time get it going good!

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We Need Sick Days Too (Ya Know!)

For the past five days, I have been suffering with the flu. Now if you have ever been pregnant with the flu, then you know why I use the term suffering. What makes it even more worse is the fact that I am 29 weeks pregnant, so third trimester with the FLU. I was bed ridden, lazy, tired, sick, bored and just about every negative feeling you can feel... I FELT. I woke up with a runny nose, three hours later it turned into body aches then 2 hours later turned into hot/cold waves. Then it occurred to me.. Oh great, I am sick.

But when you are a stay at home mother, you don't have the luxury of calling your boss coughing in your phone and asking for the day off. You have to suck it up; wake up at 7 in the morning, make your kids breakfast, change his diaper, wait on him hand and foot etc. I can't ask, "Hey Dorrian, Mommy does not feel good today. So can you like.. take care of yourself today. Thanks!"

I have literally had no energy what so ever. No energy to clean, get dressed, or even knit... KNIT. I had no energy to move two needles around a ball of yarn and count. So that gives you a glimpse of how sick I was. Did Dorrian understand this? No. He still yelled "Mama" from his room and made me come to his room to repeatedly ask what he wanted. Oh but those struggles, you just have to love. Because it tests your strength. And by my strength I must say I make Hulk look like Steve Urkel.

Now that I am feeling a little better, I have the energy to create a snarky post to let everyone know where I have been. I still have no way of breathing through my nose and I lack the ability to taste anything. But I am feeling better all in all. Which is worth something right?

I have 11 more weeks until Zoee is here, and we have the nursery done to about 2%. Which has me stressed out because we still barely have anything for her. Money has been so tight waiting on my husband to find out something about his job. Which today should be the day we find out, so I can only hope it is good news. But luckily my parents and parent in laws are going to go crazy for her and buy her everything because they can't help themselves. I swear my children are so so so spoiled. But I love it, because it is not something I ever had. So once we get her nursery ready I will share pictures.. Which reminds me I still need to upload pictures of our new house. I swear I am so laggy these days. I could blame it on age, but I am 21 so age has nothing to do with it.

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I Watched You Grow..

It is hard to grasp the last two years of your life. I remember being pregnant with you, feeling your kicks every day and night, telling you how much I already loved you before I even met you and singing to you the best way I knew how. Then when you were in my arms it was like a dream because I just did not believe I was capable of creating something so beautiful. The first few nights in the hospital, I would just hold you and stare like the world was spinning around me. Then when I brought you home to rock you to sleep, I would sing "You Are My Sunshine" and ball like a baby because I just did not want you to grow up. Now here we are, two years later. 

I remember thinking how the heck I was going to do it. How was I going to raise a child when I, myself, was so young and just a child myself. I had no idea what I was doing, I would cry because I thought you ate too little then too much and I did not understand why you slept so much. No one warned me what it was going to be like, you did not come with a instruction booklet. But I figured it out, each day you taught me. You taught me how to be a mother. How to be a woman. 

The truth is.. There is literally no greater love than the love a mother has for her child. I never understood that until having you. My love for you is so strong that I lie awake at night tempted to come and wake you up from your slumber just to hold you and look at you. Because being away from you causes me to withdraw from your sweet face. I love you.

 All I ask is for you to stop growing. Stop getting so much older. Because I don't know if my heart can handle it. I just want to hold you in my arms forever. So remember then when you are 30 and married with your own children, I will come over and hold you no matter what. Kiss you in public when I drop you off at high school. I might embarrass you from time to time, but I love you.

A created a time line of Dorrian's last two years of how fast he grew. For memories and for something that I will show him when he gets older. I have had such a hard time keeping up with his pictures, I have lost so many due to formatting my laptop and technology just repelling from me. But I use my blog to track the memories and photos so I will never lose them.

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Hello Monday -- It Is Monday Right?

Sadly for the past three days, I have been staring at the big orange button with the pencil to start a new post, wondering what the heck I was going to write about. I would write something delete it, write something then delete it and so fourth. I just have no clever things to share right at this moment, so I decided I will wait until Monday and just write something for Monday. I mean everyone hates Mondays, I know I do at least.

So I will start this post off with an update -- Because the last post I wrote about an update, yeah well all that has changed in the matter of a week. For starters, Dorrian is sick. He has severe type A flu, Strep throat and an ear infection. So I have been on my feet and restless for the past few days with him. He gets better then he gets worse, better - worse..... But today he is going and seeing his doctor for a check up to see if all of this medicine I have to force down his throat is helping him any.

Secondly, I had to quit my job Saturday night. As most of you know, I worked the day care at the Nautilus gym. My first paying job, I say "paying job" because we all know being a mother and wife is a job in of itself. Probably the hardest job there is. I had to quit because of Dorrian getting sick. He got sick from being in the day care with me, and us owning only one car forced us to have to get him out at 6 in the morning in 12 degree weather. It just was not worth the 25 dollars I was making a day to do it. We figured our best option was for me to stay at home and raise our kids. I missed it, I did. But it was good to have that time away from everything, go to work and get out of the house away from my husband and Dorrian. Sounds bad -- but we all need it, whether you admit it or not. But now it is make to the old grime, like they always say. But I enjoy it.

Thirdly but lastly, My husbands job has made a huge jump. He has an interview soon for the General Manager position for his hotel. If he gets this, financially we would be so better off. After me quitting my job, we are just kind of tight money wise. So I ask you all for your prayers on him rocking this interview and getting it. He is pretty confident he will, so I am confident also. But you just never know, right?

I am 28 weeks tomorrow, blah. Third trimester, more doctor appointments, restlessness, tired, using my bladder as a punching bag, you know the good stuff. But we need to start getting her nursery ready. We literally have yet to start, we only have a few things. The basics -- bottles, a couple clothes, wash cloths, and socks. That is pretty much yet. So I need to get on the ball, like pronto. Because honestly I don't feel as though I will carry her all 40 weeks, because my body is SO tired. By the time that clock hits 9 pm I am knocked out. I snore, I have never snored in my entire life! Which causes my husband to have to sleep somewhere else. My back hurts constantly. What else? Everything. But I just can't wait to see her. I hope she has red hair, I so hope.

Well, How is everyone's Monday going? I hope it is all good. My next post will be much more interesting I promise. Just let me take a gander at the ol' brain and see.

                             I miss this happy face. This was a day before he got sick, we went to a local creamery.

                                          He loved the whip cream off of my brownie cake I got. 

                                     This was from his "good" moment yesterday. He conjured up enough energy to draw on his chalk board. 



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Coping With A Toddler

We all know whenever your kid starts walking and talking, it is almost impossible to relax for even a few minutes. I mean that can't be just me... --- can it? Well I am going to share a few tips on how I get those moments to relax while my son stays distracted and learning.

1. I know there are plenty of mothers out there that believe television and other electronic devices bad for children this young. But I don't believe that, I believe it is helpful as long as it is for a limited time of course. Before my son goes down for a nap he has a little "relax time" where I turn on netflix and he watches a movie or his favorite shows. It works like a charm, especially whenever I give him a snack.

2. Investing in a nabi or some sort of tablet. We bought him a nabi not too long ago and it is great whenever you go out and do something where your kid can't really run around in. We just give him his nabi while we are waiting and it keeps him entertained. It can even work at home, when you are cleaning or doing something that you can't be distracted with.

3. Make them feel like they are helping you with something. I will tell my son "Go and help mommy read a book." Or something along those lines. He will go in his room and read a book or play with his toys for the longest. I mean you will walk in with a room full of toys, but hey that is also a great time to teach them to help you pick it all up.

4. Coloring, reading and whatever else that gives them those artistic skills. My son LOVES to color. We invested in a table and chairs for him and I will sit him next to me and he will color for the longest time while I blog or cleaning dishes. Be sure to keep an eye on them of course because they like to color on everyone but the coloring page sometimes.

These are a few tips that always seemed to help me. I mean I know they are pretty much common sense, but I have had mom ask me in public how I get him to stay distracted and behaved. This is pretty much how. I mean God blessed me with a good kid though too. He is not the one that screams in stores and cries out loud, thank God. But I think my tips helped him.

Good luck ladies with your toddlers, I know it is hard but one day they won't be a toddler and you will miss it haha.

Have fun! Happy Monday!

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Hi 2015, How are ya?

I gave up on this whole blogging thing for awhile, simply because it just was not growing fast enough. I have the tendency to quit things that don't go my way. But this year I decided to bring it back and this time stick with it, hard. Instead of doing the whole "new year, new me" cliche, I decided to just pick up on old hobbies and learn them better than I did last year. I have learned that things take time and patience in order to succeed. I don't want this to be just another mom blog, I want to offer something limited and unique. Which will take some tweaking of my dusty brain to figure out. But 2015, I plan to make this year better than last. So work with me, yeah?

I guess I will start this blog by updating you guys about everything that has changed. We moved into our own home, rental but our first home. Last time we chatted we were living with my parents, but now were are on our own. I have a job, my first real job. I work for Nautilus gym, in the Kids Klub. I deal with screaming kids and tantrums other than my own tantrum throwing toddler. But the awesome thing about this job is that I can bring Dorrian for FREE. I am 26 weeks pregnant with our baby girl, which we have decided to name her Zoee Bronwen. Bronwen is my middle name, and it is a welsh name that has stuck around in my family. I am all for carrying middle names through out family. Dorrian is two years old, yes the big two. We have reached this point! My husbands job has been escalating pretty big. A raise and a close promotion to General Manager soon. We own a new car now too, traded our old junk of a grand am for a 2013 silver Kia Soul. I am in love with this vehicle, I recommend it to just about everyone. On a darker side though, some other things had to change. You know that ladder, where so many good things happen that some bad things had to happen with it. Found out my mother has breast cancer about a month ago. Luckily it is stage one on the cusp of being stage two invasive lobular carcinoma breast cancer.  She will be going through chemo therapy and a mastectomy soon. So please keep her in your prayers. But she is such a strong woman, I know God will get us all through this.

Lets make 2015 a good one, yes? Get my blog growing and out there, giving birth to a healthy baby girl, healthy year for my family, job growing potential, getting back into school after Zoee, and whatever else positive that can happen. Also when life throws me stones, keep my head up and remain strong. Here we come 2015!

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My Genuine Sincere Apologies

I haven't posted anything since early September, I know. I have been tired, sick, stressed and just about everything under the sun that could happen, has happened. Something about this pregnancy this time has really taken a toll on me. Makes me tired, and my back is killing me constantly. I mean I already look like I am about 20 weeks pregnant, which is odd.

 Without me realizing though, my blog was down and screwed up for who knows how long. So I am sorry about that as well. I am going to be doing a little bit of editing on my blog for the next few days (or weeks.) Because like I have said in the past, I am very manic when it comes to wanting to change things on a constant basis. So be patient with me for the next few days.

 I need to post some pictures of my big ol' belly along with an update, I know. I seem to just be so busy these days, which isn't the case. "Busy" isn't the correct word, Lazy? Eh, maybe. Tired? BINGO. I mean lets face it blogging can be a lot of work. Typing and thinking, yuck.

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11 Week Pregnancy Update

As far as I know (according to my handy dandy app, Ovia) I am 11 weeks pregnant. I will not know for sure until my first ultrasound this Wednesday. Which I must say I am pretty eager for. For the last year, I have been telling myself how badly I wanted twins.

 Now that I am pregnant, if I am having twins I think I am going to sh&! myself. Because twins and a crazy, mean, hyper and totally weird two year old boy? No, Thank you. Anyways, I am excited to get it all sorted out and figure out what is going on inside me. I remember my last pregnancy I did not know what to expect with my ultrasound, it was kind of a last minute thing. Went in for a check up and they were all like, "Oh yeah hey, you are having an ultrasound today." But this time I am going in knowing what is going to happen and it is making me more eager.

This week, meaning the last couple weeks now I have been so tired! I mean falling asleep every time I lay down, tired. I don't remember my pregnancy with Dorrian making me so fatigue. But then again, I wasn't taking care of a hyper two year old at the time either. It was just me and my lonesome self in an apartment while the husband worked non-stop. Although I was so bored last pregnancy, I do wish I could relax like I could back then. I can never sit down with this kid. LITERALLY. I am either getting him out of something, making him a "ba ba" or trying to keep him entertained. It is just crazy. But I love him, more than anything.

Anyways, once again I am so sorry about being SO busy lately. School, toddler, cleaning, laundry, errands, toddler, toddler, sleep, oh and did I say toddler? Yeah pretty hectic. By the time he goes to bed, I am in bed. Drained from head to toe, where the smallest movement in my body is horrible. This is my life though. Which it is somewhat awesome.

Hopefully things will settle down soon and I can blog way more. Especially with fall coming up and Summer ending, finally! Who is loving this weather? I know I am. It is nice and cool and cloudy. Looooving it!

God Bless!

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Weekly Wednesday -- 9 Weeks Pregnant Update

I have not done one of these in a while. Mainly because I suck at taking pictures and whenever I log into instagram and see all of the mothers taking these beautiful photos, I get de-motivated. But also because I am busy dealing with my son who thinks punching, kicking and screaming is the way to communicate these days. I am a very tired mama.

 On top of dealing with him though, I am also pregnant. With this pregnancy though is tough. My nausea is in over drive, although I do not puke I still wake up wanting to. I am also tired ALL THE TIME. I remember my last pregnancy I complained about being so bored because all I had to do was lay around and watch t.v. Now I would give anything to be able to just sit down in silence. Funny how things change like that so fast. But as far as I know I am 9 weeks pregnant, that is according to my app that I downloaded. Nausea, fatigue, being able to smell EVERYTHING and bloating are my top symptoms right now. I will be visiting my doctor for the first time tomorrow and a little nervous. My app keeps telling me to book my second appointment and I am like yelling at it saying, "I am just going to my first!"

Anywho, we will see how it all goes. Wish me luck! Because I hate getting the "check-ups."

 Here is my week in pictures.

We bought Dorrian this Nabi Jr. He LOVES it! Mommy loves it too! Allows me a little me time.

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How To Cope With Toddler Tantrums -- You Are NOT Welcome Terrible Two's!

Lately Dorrian has been driving me NUTS. I mean literally, crazy. To where my head feels all foggy and I lose my train of thought daily because I am listening to his screaming constantly. I mean, I caused this. I caused this constant screaming whenever I tell him "NO digging in the fridge! No sitting on the puppy! NO punching!" I never pulled my finger out and told him before whenever it started. So now he just thinks he can get by with everything and anything. So I must deal with my consequences.

Funny thing though, EVERYONE told me, "Heather you have to put him in time out and spank his little butt!" But I was like No, I will not so no such thing. But truth be told, your child will love you more if they respect you. Like the bible says, "spare the rod and spoil the child." I live by that now. I understand it. Endure it. Live it. When he gets into things, I try to take the approach of getting up and telling him, "Dorrian if I get over there and you haven't stopped, mama will spank." Usually when he hears me walking towards him, he will stop doing whatever it is. But if not I spank his butt and put him in a chair. He cries for a wee bit but then stops and doesn't do it again until an hour later that is.

 Everyone warned me for this, but I always thought it was a little over dramatic. Now here we are trying to cope and trying not to pull my hair out.

Discipline is the best thing you can do for your child though. My husband can just snap his fingers and Dorrian will stop. I want that. That sounds so bad to say, but it is so true. I read that kids can actually sense that their mother is pregnant and have the tendency to act more aggressive because of it. I guess out of jealousy and change. But I remember that whenever he pull his trigger. It helps.

So how do you get there? Spanks and more spanks. Time out and more time out. Until he leans he can not get by with anyone. He HAS to listen to me, no other option. If you have any advice please share.

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R.I.P Robin Williams

I want to take this time to remember Robin Williams, the amazing actor that could make just about anyone laugh. Two days ago whenever I was visiting my parents just about to go and pick up pizza, my mother was flipping through the channels because there was just nothing on T.V. what so ever. She suddenly stopped and gasped and on the HLN news channel in big bold red font it said, "Robin Williams DEAD OF SUSPECTED SUICIDE." At first my reaction was just silence first one of my favorite actors was dead and secondly it was a suicide. He suffered with depression and addiction, which everyone believes is the reason he decided to end his life. My heart shattered, and I was barely able to think of anything else since then. This touched my heart more than when Michael Jackson's death, mainly because I grew up with Robin Williams movies. Mrs. Doughtfire, Jack, Jumanjie, and The Dead Poets Society. All four of them were probably on my favorite movie's list. I remember watching The Dead Poets Society in school and being so addicted to the movie that I wanted to watch it over and over. So addicted that every time it came on T.V. I would stop whatever I was doing just so I can watch it. Robin Williams touched the lives of so many over his career and was hands down one of the best actors there is.

Yesterday I sat on my parents couch with my covers, flipping though each news channel listening to the news anchors interviewing each of the people that were so lucky to be apart of Robin Williams life. I would cry when they would tell the wonderful stories of what he would do for others. Like when he visited a dying little girl who's wish was to meet Mrs. Doughtfire, he spent four hours by her side. Or when he befriended a gorilla that was heartbroken over the loss of her friend. It is hard to find human beings that touched people the way Robin Williams did, because face is humanity is not what it used to be. So I take this time to write the sorrow of losing Mr. Williams.

I loved your movies, you were an amazing actor. R.I.P Robin Williams.

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Moving Back In With The Parents -- Again

Well as you all know as of right now we live on the lake. Not literally on the lake, but we are renting a duplex five minutes from the lake. I guess we got a little in over our heads with this move. But we were just so desperate to get out of our apartment that we would do anything. We fell in love with this house and how beautiful and calm it was. But money does not grow on trees, as most people may think. With me being a stay at home mother and my husband being the only one bringing in income it makes thing tight. Especially with another one on the way, money is tight living quite far away from my husbands job. Gas is what is getting us, money for gas is just crazy. So once again we are moving back in with my parents. Well, why don't you guys find a house in town close to your husbands job to rent, you may ask. Well we are wanting to save money. Save as much money as possible so that we can afford a nice house in town. Plus, we need a savings and to pay off all of our credit cards so that we can build our credit. So when the time comes that we need a mortgage our credit won't be what is stopping us. The responsible decision is to move back in with my parents, as much as I do not want to. We have to if we want a savings and find the perfect house. Writing this makes me realize how much I do not want to move in with my parents, haha. But you have to do what you have to do, right?

Anyways, America you suck. Since we live in such a small town and my husbands job is located in a small town, he does not make nearly as much as he should. He is a MANAGER of a hotel in Sherman and we struggle, I just do not get it. But I know if we lived in Sherman everything would be awesome. The only reason why I do not have a job because we both believe it is for the best for ME to raise my son instead of day care and so that I can go to school. But I thought I would update you all and let you know what was going on. Enjoy this crazy ride, because I know I will need you all once I move back in with my mother. Oh dear. Here we go.

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I Have Some News -- Pretty Exciting News

Well I found out about a week ago, but just haven't had the energy nor time to post anything. But now I am here to let you guys know the news and hope you are all as excited as I am. I was going to have some sentimental pictures to go with it, but I am just not one of those sorts of people. By that I mean, my husband does not take pictures of or with me. But if I could or if he was, I would jump on it and it probably would make this news a little more exciting.

 Anyways, the news is... I am pregnant! Wow, two kids at 21.. is probably what you are thinking. But I wanted it to happen. I remember whenever I was pregnant with Dorrian whenever I had to go and get my first check up at the health department. They looked at my chart and noticed I was 18 and asked me, "Did you plan this? Or want this to happen?" I wanted to slap them. I believe that if you are too immature or unfit to be a parent then you should not be having sex. I hate abortion, I hate people that think it is okay no matter the excuse. That is just me. But yes I am pregnant and can not way to bring him/her into the world. Hopefully it is a her, because I want a girl SO bad. I want her to have red hair and blue eyes. That is my one wish for this pregnancy, besides being healthy pregnancy of course. So we shall wait and see. I am about 5 weeks pregnant I believe.

I am waiting on my health care to kick before I can set up an appointment with a gyn yet. But I am so impatient and excited. Since I have been through this before, I am impatient because I know what is going to happen. Just have to wait I guess. Well, I just wanted to let you guys know the news and sorry for being so lazy lately. My hormones are going NUTS. I will be happy one minute and the next just wanting to bang my head into a brick wall. Stress is probably the number one thing on my list lately too. Which isn't the healthiest thing ever, but I can not seem to help it. So bare with me.

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30 Facts About Myself

I feel like I haven't said anything about myself, personally. I feel like you don't know who I am, you just read my posts and don't understand the person writing them. So I will do a little game that I have seen around called "30 facts about myself." Originally it is supposed to be 50 facts, but I don't think I have that many facts nor do I want to type them. My mother got my nails done for my birthday. Never had them, and I am starting to see why that is. They make everything so much more difficult, one of those being typing. I have already managed to rip one off by opening a drawer and breaking one in half by god knows what on my birthday. Anyways here we go:

1. I am a natural red head, and hate it (sometimes)
2. I am pretty insecure with myself, just can be good at hiding it
3. I am horrible at everything, literally.
4. I love animals, but hate pets.
5. I am pretty sure I am bipolar, pretty sure.
6. I love Chinese food, like love.
7. I wish sometimes I could live in a hole away from humanity.
8. I am terribly shy, so bad that I sweat if I have to talk to a stranger.
9. I sometimes want to strangle my husband.
10. I had flowers and now they are dead, look what that says about me.
11. I am a christian, and believe in the bible.
12. The fact that I am still doing this and have yet to give up says a lot.
13. I am pretty blonde, I mean by being brainless (figure of speech)
14. I am manic with just about everything.
15. I used to smack bad and chew with my mouth opened until I met my husband.
16. I hate what America has become.
17. I am not 420 friendly, I want to smack every pot smoker I come in contact with. Idiots.
18. I have never done drugs.
19. I used to have severe depression, been on anti depressants and almost locked up in a loony bin for it.
20. I have no friends, what so ever.
21. I have no idea how to swim nor skate.
22. I am scared of just about everything: Water, bugs, heights and darkness.
23. I hate roller coasters, every time I have ever been on one I screamed my ass off.
24. I am wanting to have another baby, a little red head girl.
25. I wear about 4 outfits, even though I have a closet FULL of clothes.
26. I am a kid at heart.
27. I used to run track, I can run.
28. I almost joined the military three times, still regret not doing so.
29. I have no tonsils or adenoids, had a tonsillitis whenever I was in 4th grade and tubes in my ears.
30. I am having a hard time trying to think of a 30th fact about myself.

Reading those, I hope you feel just a wee bit closer to me then before you read them. I know I do, really. I always loved reading facts about people, so I figured I would give it a shot.

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My 21st Birthday + Join Moms Affiliate!

As some of you may know my 21st birthday just passed. Yep, I am now officially 21. I know most people are excited about their 21st because they are able to legally drink. That wasn't the case with me, First because I could already legally drink because I am married to someone over 21. Secondly, I just do not care about drinking. That was until my brother came along and wanted to take my husband and I to a bar. Not going to lie, I wanted to go and was excited. My husband and I had visited it a couple times before and enjoyed ourselves. But I knew this time bringing my brother and it being my birthday it was going to be a whole different ballgame. I was ready though and excited. My parents watched Dorrian and wanted us to go out for my birthday so we did.

I can't remember most of the night while at the bar that is. Just some pool, little bit of puking over a toilet, being hit on and my husband being jealous and some shots. Lots and lots of them. But hey it was birthday, a big one at that. After leaving the bar around 3 in the morning we decided to come back to my parents house. My parents living on 2 acres of country land was pretty easy to take advantage of. Our landlord and his girlfriend came with us through it all because they are just a whole bowl of fun. I remember not getting any sleep that night, we stayed up literally all night. Although I stopped drinking after the bar because I did not want to spend the next day sleeping and my head over a toilet. But the fun kind of stopped for me after the bar because I was busy trying to take care of everyone, which was hard. Ever tried to take care of three drunk grown ups? Yeah not sure pretty, but I managed.

Did not get to sleep until 9 in the morning, thanks to my mom. Slept until 4 that afternoon. Boy did I need it! But that was pretty much my birthday for about as much as I can remember. Ha!

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Zoo Fun -- Pictures of Recently Enjoyed Things: Zoo Edition

About a week ago, my parents, Brother, Dorrian and I decided to take a trip to the zoo. I am pretty sure I was the one who was most excited about going. What can I say, I am a kid at heart and proud of it. Although it was quite disappointing, because most of the animals either were sleeping or just did not look right. I am not one who rants about "mother nature" or "free the animals" but I do I did not seeing the animals locked up in such small places and the condition they were in. But I did take some pictures. So consider this "Pictures of Recent Enjoyed Things: Zoo Edition."

My favorite was probably the gorillas. Watching the way they interact with each other and their surrounding is so human like. They are so humorous and intelligent it is almost scary. I had a great day and I am pretty sure Dorrian did too!

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