Moments...

I love where my life is right now. Sure babies are hard, time consuming and tiring but I've never felt more wanted, needed and important then I do as a Mother. It is the most rewarding job in the world. 

One of my goals for this year was to live in the moment. Enjoy where my life is right now and enjoy these sweet babies before they get old enough to know how much more "cool" they are then me. I love how they think I'm funny, I love how I can get them to smile and laugh at me. I love how the simplest things like playing in the backyard makes them completely happy. I don't want to forget how much Preston enjoyed me taking pictures of him jumping off his bike. As soon as he was done and he'd run over and look at the picture and laugh, then say " another one mom! " and run back to his bike. I don't want to forget that Lylah finally rolled over from her tummy to her back again ( it's been a few months haha ) and as soon as she did it she looked at me and smiled SO big. 

Ever since I read this little quote by Anna Quindlen, in "A Mothers Book of Secrets" a few years ago, it's been on my mind everyday. It makes me tear up and fearful of it being me. I do not want to forget these moments.

"The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make....I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three of (my children) sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less."

I love babies. I love their sweet spirits and how much they enjoy life. I'm so not ready to not have babies in my house. Who knows how many babies I'll end up having, I like them WAY too much. And I may be a little bias but I make the cutest little kids :)

Give Away Winner #2!

It's now time to announce who is going to look flirty and fabulous while they are cookin in their kitchen!

I used Random.org again and couldn't get the widget, but it was from 1-8 and the winner is...

#8- JENNY! who says:

I am a new follower and I love that pink apron.

Congrats Jenny! Please email me your address and I will get it mailed out to you ASAP! 

Thanks for entering and thank you again to all my new followers!

Versatile Blogger Award

I was lucky enough to receive a blogger award this weekend from the Lovely Allie from A Girl Named (Allie)! She has such a fun blog and I love reading about all her and her hubbys fun adventures! They are so cute and I check her blog regularly. She is actually one of my sponsors so you can also click on her button on the right side of my blog :). Thank You Allie!!! XOXO!

Here's the way it works :
No obligation of course, but feel free to play along!

There are three rules for this award if you have been nominated and want to play: 

1. Thank the person that nominated you, and give a shout out on your blog to them with a link to theirs.

2. Share 7 random facts about yourself.

3. Send the blog award to 15 other bloggers who's blog you love and appreciate, and let them know they won the award. 

My 7 Random Facts...

1. I'm a hunters daughter. When I was in junior high my dad took me hunting and i shot my first ( and only ) white tailed deer. I've never gone again BUT it is one of my fondest memories of me and my dad.
2. I taught and am still teaching myself to sew.
3. I went to dental assistant school and was hoping to go into dental hygiene but had kids instead. 
4.  I love reality tv shows.
5. I'm voting for Romney for President! Go Romney!
6. I'm the oldest child in my family.
7. I'm a beauty school drop out.

Okay so here are the Blogs I choose to pass this award along to! These blogs are ones I check on a daily basis and LOVE!

 

Shalyn @ Laugh until your Cheeks Hurt 

Brandi @ You and Me Plus 3 

Jessica @ Lovely Little Things 

Ashley and Amy @ Sisterly Charms 

Kendra @ The Things I Love 

Helen @ Eat.Enjoy.Live 

Rachel @ Just Peachy 

Brittany @ Swirls of Happy 

Ashley @ Mommy by Day Crafter by Night 

 

 

I'm Winning! Give Away Winner

Do you guys watch the Bachelor? If not then your totally not gonna get why the post is labeled "I'm Winning! " but golly that girl drives me CRAZY! But shes totally fun to make fun of and laugh at, right!? I don't know why I love stupid reality shows but i do. Can't wait for home town dates tonight!

ANYWAYS

Who's winning, winning, winning...

I used random generator and I could not for the life of me upload the widget but I swear on my life that I wouldn't cheat. So it was from 1 - 28. And the winner was...drum roll please...

#14 - KENDRA! who says...

I follow both Blogs!

Congratulations Kendra! Please email me your address and I will get your book mailed to you ASAP!

A BIG Thank You to all who entered and all my new Followers! Love you all! ( And I really wish I could have given you all a book! ) 

Don't forget about entering for a Flirty Apron!!! Give away ends tonight @ 9!

Last Chance!

 The " A Mothers Book of Secrets " give away is ending tonight at 9 pm! Hurry up and enter! This is the perfect book for yourself, for a friend or even your own mom! I guarantee you will love it! 

Our Flirty Aprons give away ends Monday night at 9 pm :)

Good Luck Everyone! And Enter if you haven't! I insist!

Crib Skirt Tutorial

I am finally getting close to finishing Lylah's room! This is how her crib skirt turned out...

This was SO easy. I'm sure there are harder ways to make these but I wanted it simple and I like things to be easy as well! I'm still in the process of teaching myself to sew so when things can go from start to finish in about 2 hours (including stopping to care for little ones) I'm a happy girl!

If you wanna make a super easy (and cute!) crib skirt then your at the right place! 

Here is what you'll need:

• About 2 yards of fabric
• another yard of coordinating fabric
• 1 1/2 yards plain white or off white cheap fabric for under the mattress
• basic sewing supplies

Instructions: 

My method involves only making enough sides to cover the crib that is visible. In my case, thats 3. I didn't make the back because my crib is against a wall and its not seen. So why waste the fabric, money or time, right? 

But these instructions are for a skirt all the way around the crib

A typical bed skirt measures 28" x 52" with a 10" drop.

1. Cut and piece fabric first.  Cut out 2 long pieces of 10"x52" and 2 short pieces of 10"x28". With the coordinating fabric cut 2, 4"x52" and 2, 4"x28" and have your sheet cut out at 28"x52". Pin together your fabrics, folding your coordinating fabric in 1/2 and pining it to the end of your skirt. 

2.  Sew the 2 fabrics together. Then fold your ends and sew them down.

3.  Iron all your pieces and make sure seams lay nice and flat.

4.  Pin to your sheet. Because you folded and sewed your ends, your pieces will be shorter then the sheet. This is good. Sew your pieces in the middle, leaving your corners free from fabric.

5.  Sew all pieces together and iron anything else you see that got wrinkled in the process. 

That's it and your done! 

I'm working on the bumper right now, its a bit more complicated! I'm hoping to have it done this week and I'll have a tutorial for that as well! 

Hope you all are having a Fabulous Weekend! I'm having a nephew born...Sooo excited to finally meet him, so my weekend is gonna be great!

And don't forget about the give aways! Enter before its too late! 2 more days for "A Mothers Book of Secrets" give away to end!

8 Week Challenge!

My baby turned 5 months old yesterday!

That means I've had a whole 5 months to get my butt back into shape and guess what? I haven't! Depressing I tell ya!

So did any of you guys try the 5 day plan? I did :). It wasn't too bad and I'm gonna stick to it this week along with my pal Jillian. Especially since we had Valentines this week and you know my diet took a little downfall. :( But really I don't have any holidays/ parties until Easter so I'm gonna challenge myself to loosing 20 lbs by then! 

And to help me out I'm going to start an 8 week challenge that I found on the blog

Six Sisters' Stuff

I found this a little late ( They started at the beginning of the year ) but I loved the idea and there is no better time to start then NOW! So I'm going to see if any of my family and friends would want to do it with me. Sounds fun, right? So if you want to join in then head over there and print yourself a copy of the guide! Good Luck!!

Don't forget to enter into the give aways for this week! Perfect for yourself or for a gift!