Get Your Bowl On!

Last Saturday we decided to take my mom for an American night out, maybe it's more like Texan idk.
  Can you believe she's never had wings before, or bowled!!!   My daddy bowled all the time when we were little, something she should have tried cause it would have been fun to do that as a family.

Before we left I was spraying some stuff on my shirt to get the wrinkles out.  Of course Breille wanted to help and she asked me if the "baby" was wrinkly lol!


Buffalo wild wings, not a place that Landon and I ever crave but we like it here and there.  My mom was sure she wouldn't like it but ended up falling in love with that place.  She's gonna be like my brother in law Colt and want to eat there every chance she gets ha.

We had to wait FOREVER to bowl since it was bowling league night.  We played games in the mean time.
My moms face after the ball bounced back and almost knocked her in the face ha.

 

 

 

If you concentrate really hard and stick your tongue out you can accomplish anything.........

We sat next to the biggest, loudest idiot in the whole wide world.
  I can't begin to tell you how irritating he was and the goof thought he was sooo cool ugh!  Every time someone on his team knocked down even 2 pins he would HOLLAR "YEEEEESSS" in the loudest deepest voice as if they had gotten a turkey!  Looked like he was there with his brother in law, sister and 6 year old niece, sooo there was no need for him to act a fool, it was family night.  Definitely on something!

Go Constance!  She was sooo anti-bowling and didn't want to go at all, we literally forced her.
By the second game she had caught on and did really well, she didn't want to quit but um it was almost 11, 3 hours past B's bedtime!!

 

 

 

 

This kid was hyper nuts by the end of the night.  Apparently she doesn't get grumpy when her bed time passes she just goes crazy.

 

Mom bowled a 20 the first game...see how much she improved,
I always do my best bowling the first game and get worse as the game goes on blah
We had a super fun night showing her what it was all about.

 

Good Clean Cleaning

The people that lived here before us really took care of their stuff and this house.....NOT!
This is their fridge they left us...how nice.  It still works but look at the plastic chipping away and the rust!
Landon put it on craigslist hoping to get some money from it and luckily we did sell it to someone whos needed a working fridge for a rent house they were getting, so they didn't' care what it looked like.


Landon scrubbed and scrubbed but couldn't get off the rust, I mean it's been there for months!

I started using Shaklee products a while ago because they are safe for you, your home and environment (and it's not tested on animals)  Best of all they WORK and they are CHEAP!
I got out my scour off that is used on really tough stuff.

It's pink and smells like berries!

TAADAA!  Amazing huh.  I didn't want to get to close to the plastic in case more accidentally chipped off.

Then it was on to my oven...it's the original that was in the house and they never gave it a good cleaning.....who knows how long this has been here........

 

 

Looks 10,000 times better!

I saw where someone's kids wrote on their carpet in permanent marker and they used a shaklee cleaner to get it off.  Well since we are getting new carpet I thought I'd give it a try.....I left it for about 3 or 4 minutes and then went back and cleaned it.

 

Basic H...It's they main cleaner I use for everything!  It doesn't have any scent and is so safe Brielle can help me clean when using it.  You could probably add some natural oils to make it smell pretty if you like a scent, I do so I'm gonna have to test that out.
This can be used on anything from windows, to getting lipstick off cloth napkins, to crayons off walls.

One of these bottles will make 48 gallons of cleaner because it only takes a couple drops mixed with water!!! So not only does it work but it's cheap!  This bottle runs about $11!  For the permanent marker on the carpet however I used it straight on without mixing with water.

This is the disinfectant I use for the bathrooms and toilets and on counter tops after I cook with meats.

 

My friend Bonnie has all sorts of info and ways to clean on her blog.....you should check it out.  She is such a refreshing person, she's not like anyone else...her house is always super clean, she's extremely organized even with 4 kids and she is very safe/clean when it comes to what she feeds her family and how she takes care of her household!  She has sooo many great tips on almost anything! She didn't ask me to write this, I'm just glad I stumble across her blog!
http://creatingahouseofgrace.blogspot.com/

Cars!

I believe the last time I posted an obsession of Brielle's was last summer when she was in love with the Wonder Pets.  Oh I'm sad those days are over, I loved them too! 

Now we have moved on the bigger and more boyish things lol. 

This child of mine loves herself some cars.

Her train station has been turned into a car station.

I would be a little concerned but she did ask to put bows on all the girl cars the other day.

She also has a small red car that resembles Lightning Mcqueen and she calls it the baby car and says it needs its momma all the time.  So she adds her own girly flare to the mix.

Did you know cars could be put on a conveyor belt.....

and purchased at the grocery store?

We were in the bathroom the other day and she insisted and begged "mom get down that red one" when I pulled the loofa down I understood completely why she wanted to see it so bad. 

I thought Landon had bought this for her and he thought I did.  

Apparently it belonged to my cousin who was visiting.

I just died at the giddiness that filled this little girl at the sight of a Lightning Mcqueen Loofa!

It was knee slapping

Arm flailing AWESOME.  I just love the innocent things that excite these little ones don't you?!

So we went to Walmart to pick up a loofa of her own and a couple other things too. 

I asked her and showed her the princess stuff too....but she insisted on these.......

First Timester

To my surprise my Dr does a sono the first, second and third trimester.  My last one did a 20 week one and that's it!  I was a little leery because I just don't like stuff like this, if it's not necessary whats the point of exposing the baby that many times(even though they say it's "safe")  I read up more on why they might do a early one and I did like the idea of checking the nasal bone and the fluid behind the neck to make sure everything looked ok early on.  Also we got a sneak peak at what it might be!!!

  I was 14weeks and 4 days. It's so fun the second time cause you know exactly what your looking at. As soon as I saw it the Sono Tech and I were like YEP! that's a _____.  She even began to type it out......until she started looking a bit more and then we were both like "well heck now we don't know"  She said she wasn't going to call it.  Well by the end of the sono her and I both pretty much decided it was opposite of what we thought the first time lol....she did write out it's a _____.  In conclusion we are not 100%, she told us to not go out and buy anything just yet.We will see in about 4 weeks!  I was however measuring a week ahead, not sure what that means or if it changes my due date but I'm sure Dr. Cummings will decide for sure after my next sono at 20 weeks.
The heart rate averaged about 158.  Brielle's was 166 at my 13 week appointment.  I enjoy listening to that little heartbeat so much, so so much! One of the best sounds ever!

I still can't believe we are doing this again, I just feel so blessed that God decided we were worthy of another child!

I just can't stop starring at the pictures...such a miracle!!!  Beautiful baby!
Love that you can see it's fingers down by the bottom of it's belly. So CUTE!

I'm 16 weeks now and it's time to start taking baby bump pictures.  I started at 16weeks with Brielle and did them every 4 weeks till D day.
 I posted them all on my Myspace as I took them. (lol Myspace, what's that?)
I'm just gonna post them on my blog now except for the 20 week cause I want to see what everyone guesses Ill have!  I never posted my final 20 week pic cause it was my bare belly and nobody wants to see those, but since I have a blog now I will put it on here in the end......so beware : )
Definitely bigger this time around.
 

I think I look sooo young in that first picture, I was just a baby .......ugh it's sad to get old!!!

I've gained 5lbs so far, not bad...hoping when this is all said and done I don't gain 46lbs like last time! YIKES!

This first trimester has flown by! I'm super glad though cause I don't feel that you need 9 months the second time around, 5 would be good enough for me!

With that said I really love being pregnant, pregnancy is good to me and I am trying to enjoy and soak up every moment since this will be my last.

I'm going to be going back and referencing a lot of stuff from when I was preggo with Brielle.  I didn't start blogging till after she was born so I want to have those memories from my pregnancy with her saved as well.

With B I was really sick and nauseous (never threw up!) from week 7 to 10.  After that everything was smooth sailing. Until the last month of course where nothing is comfortable and it's hard to sleep.
This time around I only had a total of like 4 or 5 really sick nauseous days, awesome!!! I bought preggo pops to relieve the morning sickness but only ended up using one!  With B I would suck on ginger candy to make myself feel better.  By twelve weeks with B my energy was back again, I'm lagging with this one.

 I've had to take quite a few naps but more than that it's just my body being tired, not sleepy, I just have to sit and rest.  I'm totally doing that too.  My first pregnancy I feel that I tried to do to much cause I felt I was being lazy and that the laziness would last forever.  Well now I know better and don't care if I'm being lazy, I have an excuse and if my body says rest, by golly I'm gonna rest (and watch some real housewives while I'm at it!)
I couldn't ask for a better daughter.  I'll tell Brielle that I need a nap so we will head upstairs, I'll put a movie on for her and then I'll snooze in the guest bed which is right next to her playroom.  She is sooo incredibly good.  She doesn't even talk or make noise when she's playing with her toys because shes trying to be so quiet for me, isn't that the sweetest.  I never even asked her to do that. Bless her heart, she's such a joy to have around!

With this pregnancy my blood sugar will drop super fast and I'd have to eat every 3 hours.  I used to feel like that all the time in high school and college, thank goodness not anymore except with pregnancy.  It's gotten better the past couple weeks (I'm 16 week now) but I still have to carry a granola bar around with me just in case I crash.

I haven't had any ongoing cravings except for oranges...that's good right! I eat at least 2 a night but could eat 3 or 4. Landon was awfully proud of himself when he showed up with these the other night lol!


If I do crave stuff but only if I see it, I can't come up with any of my own cravings...
I just steal everyone elses lol!
Saw an Olive Garden commercial the other day....
yup just had to have it!


I've been trying to eat well and finding alternatives to the same ol boring super foods for pregnancy.
If you've never tired this...it's so good and better than soy or rice milk cause it has the added nutrients!

you've heard of pickle pops or pickle flavor sno cones right?

Well how about pickled okra pops!!! Oh it was sooo good!

Most mornings Brielle will wake up around 8:30 now when my mom leaves for work so my mom will bring her downstairs.  Brielle will get herself a spoon, and a yogurt cup, come to my room...open the cabinet door, turn the tv on  and get in bed with me and eat her snack.  Then she'll go get some string cheese, yes string cheese lol.  She just watches her shows happily till I decide to get up.  She will watch two Dora's and an Umizoomi and be done with tv by then, she will turn the tv off herself and tell me to get up cause she wants to do something else. Good girl, she knows she doesn't need that much tv!  Good gosh I sound lazy!  I have such a good baby to let her mom rest.

Since we all opted to not the get flu shot I'm trying to keep it at bay with some home remedies
 and eating well.
On top of all the other food she's already had for breakfast,
 this is what Brielle and I have for breakfast most mornings.

 Hot cereal mixed with honey, cinnamon and half a banana.
(I've read that a teaspoon of raw honey and a 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon twice a day can knock out a cold in just a couple of days!  They are both antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal)
 

Since I like to be in control but not put myself in harms way I found this nifty mask so I could begin painting, our whole stinking house that is!  We are getting new carpet and it would be stupid to paint after we get it right!   So happy to get rid of that ugly mustard mud color!

I didn't think about the lines it would leave on my face and we had to rush off to gymnastics lol!

While I was trying on maternity clothes, I thought it would be fun to let B try the belly lol!

Isn't that just the sweetest thing, her daddy didn't like it much ha!