The Cover Family Chaos

Trust in Gd....

2011-01-15T10:54:00.000-05:00

Wow...Happy 2011! So I keep saying I am going to blog more but just haven't found the motivation to do so.....There has been so much happening in m family life that has been consuming me for the past 2 months!! I have alot of inner soul searching to do, I need to be happy again. I miss being happy...There is a song on a cd that I have by Britt Nicole that pretty much describes everything. Here are the lyrics, and if you get a chance to check her out you won't be disappointed! She is AWESOME!!!

Feels like i`ve been here forever,

Why can`t you just intervene?
Do you see the tears keep falling?
And i`m falling apart at the seams.
But you never said the road would be easy,
But you said that you would never leave.
And you never promised that this life wasn`t hard,
But you promised you`d take care of me.
So I`ll stop searching for the answers,
I`ll stop praying for an escape,
And I`ll trust you,God, with where i am,
And believe that you will have your way.
Just have your way.
Just have your way.
When my friends and my family have left me,
And I feel so ashamed and so cold.
Remind me that you take broken things
And turn them into beautiful.
So I`ll stop searching for the answers,
I`ll stop praying for an escape,
And i`ll trust you, God, with where i am,
And believe that you`ll have your way.
Just have your way.
Just have your way.
Even if my dreams have died,
And even if i don`t survive,
I`ll still worship you with all my life.
My life.
Whoa-oh..
And I`ll stop searching for the answers,
I`ll stop praying for an escape,
And i`ll trust you, God, with where i am,
And believe that you will have your way.
Just have your way.
Just have your way.
I know you will.
I won`t forget.
Whoa-oh
You love me.
Have your way.
Yeah

kristan

Keep and Attitude of Gratitude!

2010-10-25T10:34:00.000-04:00

I saw this saying today and am making it my motto!! I haven't posted in 6 months! Maybe I will be finding some more time to do just that!

Kristan

Monday Cutie-pie-ness

2010-04-19T10:47:00.002-04:00

This pic makes me smile!! Just thought I'd share!!

Been awhile...

2010-04-16T08:18:00.006-04:00

Wow...it's been awhile since I've done this that I almost forget how:)

We recently went on vacation to the state of Washington! It was awesome and beautiful and I am so happy we went!! I got to visit with my sister and my nephews for a whole week. Kayli cried so much when we had to leave..she actually asked me to give her away to my sister so she could live with them....it totally broke my heart for a second. But then I realized that she just really loves her cousins and wants to see them more. I want to see them more too! My sister is one of my bestest friends! I miss her and them all so much!

Here is all the cousins together while seeing Mt. Saint Helen's! It was insanely gorgeous!! God was definitely showing off here!!

We also celebrated Easter in Washington too! Easter is a personal favorite for me. I love the feeling I get when I think about what Jesus did for me. I am happy to report that my girls know the reason we celebrate Easter too! We do not sit on the Easter bunny's lap...yes we do give baskets of candy...but I won't lie about where it came from. Not that I'm saying if you do these things I am better than you...just personal choices...it takes all kinds to make the world go round! I can't get the pic of us at Easter to come down here..so it's stuck up there:)

That's really all that's been going on here.....some up coming things are that Logan is going to have surgery on the 27th on her right leg. She is having a hamstring release done...she will spend 4-6 weeks in a cast...I am very hopeful at the outcome of the surgery, but we will wait and see!! Also the girls are playing tball. Lou will only be able to play up til her surgery but she loves it more than K does!! She is amazing...I don't know how she does it!! She has to balance herself on her walker while holding the bat and swinging at the ball! She even almost hit it when they pitched it to her!! That girl has a determined heart!! Hmm...whatelse..Oh...The National Spina Bifida Conference is coming to Cincy in June, and I am very excited about it!! Cory and I are volunteers for 2/3 days...

My shoe line is finally coming along. After months of waiting for samples to be made we had to switch factory's.... I will be getting an online store here soon! I am loving that I will be doing this from home!! It still allows me to raise my girls, and make life a little easier for parents/kids with braces to have cute, affordable shoes to wear! This is my goal! I just want something for Logan...I don't care if I make one cent....As long as Logan and kids like her can take their shoes on and off by themselves, and have shoes like other kids their age..then I will have succeeded! It's not to fun that Lou lou is 5 and can't put her shoes on or take them off by herself! And it's not her fault!!

On another note I think I will be writing a post about being a SAHM soon...I have so many feelings on this...and recently I have come across some full time working moms who say "that they could NEVER expect someone like me to understand someone working full time then coming home and doing all the duties a wife/mom has.." all I have to say is "please...get over yourself"!

Also some updated pics coming soon of Liam who is out of the NICU and home now!! He came home at 10 weeks and a whopping 5lbs!! (which is more than Kayli weighed when she came home) I am so happy he is home and doing marvelously BTW!!!!

Anywho....Cory and I are buying a house in the next week...so I am very excited about this!!

What's going on in your life?? I would for you to share!! I feel so out of the loop!! Come on Susan, Lori, Cortney, Trish??? Anyone??? What have ya'll been up to? (I guess I can just read you're blogs to find out too!! ) :) :) :)

Soon to be...

2010-03-11T11:16:00.002-05:00

Yep! Starting in the fall we will have 2 Kindergarteners!!! I am so excited for them!! They are very excited and a little scared(well Bug is at least) I told them it will be alot like PreK. Wow, still can't believe my babies are 5! Too crazy!

Winner!

2010-02-27T10:35:00.002-05:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to announce the Circus winner!!

Congrats Julie! You are the winner!! And thanks to MomCentral for the prize pack! Stay tuned because I will soon be giving away a family 4 pack to the opening night in Dayton as well!!

Thanks to all who entered!! Remember if you want to order online at www.ticketmaster.com you can se the coupon code "MOM" and get either a 4 pack of tickets for $44 for a week night, or get $4 off each tickets for the weekend show!!

xoxo
kristan

Zing Zang Zoom...

2010-02-13T01:06:00.007-05:00

I remember once when I was a little girl, my parents took us to the Ringling Bros. Circus! I remember it was something amazing. As a parent now of 3 little girls I am always excited to take them on new adventures. Well on March 10th(unbeknowenst to them) we are taking them to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Circus!! And you can too!

I was contacted by MomCentral to giveaway a Family 4 pack of tickets to the opening night of the circus in Cincy(March 10th) and opening night in Dayton(April 29th)! That my friends is an amazing gift! They are sending my family to the circus just for helping them! What a generous company!

This year's tour is called Zing Zang Zoom! It already sounds fun to me! Here is some info about the circus: Through the mystery of magic and the mastery of skill, audiences will be spellbound as Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey presents ZING ZANG ZOOM!

Magical Zingmaster Alex and his assistant, the alluring Levitytia, lead audiences through a kaleidoscope of color and imagery revealing extraordinary worlds of fantasy, flight, and phenomena that celebrates the uplifting spirit of the circus and wards off a cynical Mr. Gravity and his team of "heavies" who try to bring everyone down.

Fun-filled magic merges with traditional circus arts to create a world of infinite possibilities where apprentice illusionists levitate their parents with a wave of a wand and audience spirits keep rising as the high flying circus is (literally) turned upside down. BONUS: All Access Pre show is free for all ticket holders and begins an hour before showtime.

So this first giveaway will be for opening night of the Cincinnati show March 10th at 7:00p.m! The show will go from March 10-March 14. All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me something...anything!! The winner will be chose by random.org on Sunday the 21st! This giveaway will end the 20th at midnight!! Good luck! Oh, don't forget to leave a valid email addy so I know how to get in touch with you!

In case you don't win the tickets given away here you have a couple more options...you can visit my friend Cortney's blog, she is giving some away also! Or there is also a special coupon code MomCentral is offering. If you buy your tickets online at Ticketmaster you can enter the code"MOM" to get 4 tickets for $44(Monday-Thursday& Friday matinee) or use the code to get $4 off weekend tickets!!

Stay tuned for the Dayton area giveaway!!

The Meaning Of Life...

2010-02-03T22:48:00.003-05:00

What is the meaning of Life?

~to reflect the image of God
~to seek to please HIM and not me
~to do HIS will and not mine
~to complete the work he gave me to do....

this is becoming my meaning of Life. This is how I hope to live my life.
I am learning to "be content"....that is a hard one for me. They say the grass is always greener...but I say "I am content". It doesn't mean that I am settling. Being content has more to do with loving the Lord with all your heart than, just being okay with your situation. I am loving life more these days than all of last year combined. I am happier this very minute than I can remember being in a long time. I have been ridding my body of toxic things...and filling it with more Holy things.
I am "content".

What is the meaning of your life?? Are you content?

2010-02-02T21:36:00.005-05:00

Wow..it has been a week already since my tiny miracle nephew was born. He came into this world when he shouldn't have. The doctors said he had a 30-40% chance of making it 48 hours. He.is.a.week.old. The power of God is amazing!

He is doing well. He is 1lb 14oz, regulating his own body temp, no vent, having bowel movements, among other things. On the not so good he is having regular apnea spells and has a heart murmur. They will do a head CT tomorrow to check out his brain. I love him so much already. When I touched his tiny hand for the first time I cried. My sister is so strong. She is pumping every 2 hours just so he can have what's best for him(and every other baby) breastmilk. I am so proud of her, she has been pumping like crazy when other women wouldn't have even tried. She is a true mama!! I can't wait to hold him.

I am trying my best to support her and visit with her, and do anything and everything that I can for her. We(my husband and I) know what it's like to be in this situation. Logie was in the NICU for 10 days after birth and then the PICU for a month when she was 3 months old. It was a VERY hard time for us and we found out the hard way about people supporting you. So I don't care if I smother her with my love, she will know that I am here for her for whatever she needs! I often joke that if I am your friend/family I will smother you with love! I don't think that's a bad thing!

So I guess I am praying for different things than other folks. I am praying for her mental/emotional strength cause she needs it to get through all of this. It is going to be a long road for them. Of course I pray everynight that God will wrap his loving protecting arms around Liam and make him stronger everyday!! His name means Warrior and that's just what he is!! Feel free to add them to your prayers!! I will post some pics of Liam on here so you can see just how adorable he is too!!!!!! Thanks for letting me ramble!! Of course who am I thanking? This is my blog and I can ramble if I want!!

xoxo

kristan

messed up...

2010-02-02T21:21:00.002-05:00

Hey,
I totally messed up by posting my girls birthday blog on my shoe blog...if you want to check it out head on over to BlueBug Shoes . I am too busy with real life junk to fix it!!!

Enjoy!
xoxo
Kristan

"Where I Belong"

2010-01-10T22:16:00.002-05:00

My husband and I are huge fans of Jaci Velasquez, and we were listening to her CD "Unspoken" today in the car and this song came on. First of all, I love every song on this CD, if you haven't heard it, it's awesome!! I just thought I would share the lyrics to this song "Where I Belong" cause it's so true to my life!!! And I love it! I am a fan of Worshiping God through music, so songs and their lyrics have such an impact on me. Let's just say that today in the car I didn't have dry eyes:) Conviction is a hard thing, but such a wonderful thing. Nothing better than being convicted by the Holy Spirit when you need it the most!! Hope your week is blessed, and you enjoy these lyrics!

Sometimes I am saddened by the choices I've made
So many tears I have cried
Got what I wanted but the dream seemed to fade
Still feeling unsatisfied...

But you saved me, forgave me
How you've shown
You'd never leave me all alone...Oh Lord

Everytime I lose my place
The beauty of your grace
Shines a light so I can see
Everytime I lose my way
You make it all okay
I feel your love surrounding me
You are here, calming my fears, you lead me back with your sweet song....
You're where I belong

You're always there to guide me
through my mistakes, you've never once left my side
The way you pick me up each time my heart breaks..
The way you always stood by

I'd feel you
You'd move right through my heart
We never really were apart, Oh Lord,

I will always put my faith in you, Cause I know you understand
I will try my best to follow you, cause I know you've got a plan
Just to have you in my life, Is far more than enough
You are everywhere around me now, I can feel your precious love....

xoxoxo
kristan

The many faces of Naomi:)

2010-01-04T12:38:00.003-05:00

These were just too cute not to post!! I love my sweet Naomi! She has always been and will continue to be my little ray of sunshine! (And yes, that is a horrible bruise on her head! She got that while trying to climb on something and didn't quite make it! poor thing!)

Picture excitement!!

2009-12-20T21:31:00.005-05:00

I had my girls pics taken recently, and I will be ordering them soon!! I am very excited about how they turned out!! A friend from church has her own photography business. If you want to check her out her site is http://www.hezlepphotography.com/ Maybe if you tell her I sent ya you might just get a discount!! :)

So if you live in around the nearish Cincy area check her out!! Aren't they just gorgeous!!!!

Musings around our home....

2009-12-19T10:17:00.003-05:00

Since I'm not much into blogging anymore here are a couple of pics from what's been going on around our home!

I put my kids to work cleaning(so I can blog.....lol...) joking of course!

The girls love their hair-nets!!

I had more cute pics, but blogger is messing up on me....Hope you have as much fun at home as we do!! :)

Change...

2009-12-17T00:07:00.002-05:00

I
have done
nothing
but
cry
for the last 3 days...

My life is changing, and I don't deal well with this much change...
So much has been thrown at us this week with Logan...
Plus...
My friend is dying...
I.am.sad....
I am tired of wearing my heart on my sleeve...I wish (sometimes) that I could be more like other people I know, who only think about themselves...
I wish I could just be numb and not feel ANYTHING...
But alas, I would not be me if I didn't feel EVERYTHING, for everyone...

Sometimes, it sucks to be me(pardon my language...I am trying to stop saying that horrid word)

The cake that takes all cakes!

2009-12-07T11:31:00.004-05:00

So my hubby's birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year. It was his big 3-0! I can't believe we are 30, well not me yet, but soon...too soon....

I wanted to do something very special for him since we is such a wonderful husband and the best father I have ever seen(on earth that is:) Cory loves, and I mean LOVES Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies...So I decided to try and make him a huge Oatmeal Cream Pie cake! I scoured the internet for a recipe, found one and decided to make a go at it....

Well my hard work really paid off cause my hubby loved it! And the best part was the taste!! It was AWESOME! I have to say that I rocked that pie, and I would do it again in a heartbeat!!

I had another surprise too for Cory. I surprised him with a "guys day" of skiing/snowboarding! I mean really what guy really wants a party? He loves snowboarding and doesn't get to do it often so I thought this was an awesome idea. I invited a lot of guys in Cory's life and I hope they can all come out to celebrate in January!! I love ya hun!!

tough

2009-11-17T23:48:00.003-05:00

I am just complaining....

sometimes life is hard....real hard, and I have had a tough night! Nothing big, just that my hubby is out of town and sometimes being a special needs mom is HARD!!! I try not to complain very much about this life that was handed to me by God, after all it is Logan that really lives in that life. But it affects us, her family, because we too live in this life.

There is so many things to do every single day that other families don't have to do and I won't lie, I wish we were like other families sometimes....But this life is a journey. And Logan will make a difference in this world, she is already doing it. I am so honored that God entrusted us with his special child. I love all 3 of my girls so much. I hope one day they know that I am doing the best that I can, the only way I know how. I hope they know just how much I love them....

Wordless Wednesday-I love Cupcakes!!

2009-11-04T09:50:00.003-05:00

I think Omi really enjoyed this ice cream cone cupcake from her Aunt's Birthday dinner!! What do you think????

Halloween Part 2!

2009-11-03T13:18:00.005-05:00

So on Saturday we got invited to my hubby's boss' house to hang out. His boss is also his friend, so it was a no pressure type of situation. Just hanging out with him and his wife Monica who I just adore. They live about 45 minutes from us, and the girls were excited about helping pass out candy there. Earlier in the day the girls talked about switching costumes, which I thought was a fun idea, and glad they came up with it on their own! So Lo was Sleeping Beauty, and Bug wanted to use her Mulan dress up and go as that! They had fun switching!!

So we got there and decided to take the girls TorT down 1 street. They walked through a little blowup haunted house, and had a ball looking at all the costumes. The folks in this town really did it up! Each house in the subdivision had a fire pit and food. It is great to see neighbors being so neighborly!!

When we came back the girls helped pass out candy which was a good experience for them. It's nice to teach our children that while it's great fun to "get" candy, it's also great fun to "give" it as well!! They loved it!!! We hung out at the fire pit and talked til 2 of our girls were snoring! It was a really nice evening spent with friends!!

Halloween 2009 part 1...

2009-11-02T15:23:00.001-05:00

This year Halloween was a bit different for us! We were in a town where the girls had never gone TorT*(trick or treating) before. My girls started talking about what they wanted to be a while ago. Bug wanted to be either Bat Girl or SuperGirl, and Lo followed suit and said she wanted to be SpiderGirl! I was excited cause my thinking was "hey, these might be easy to put together"! See I see all these blogs talking about money saving tips, and I have one to share....Don't spend money on Halloween costumes!!! It's 1 day, and we don't even "celebrate it"...it's just a fun night to dress up and get candy. We even have a little rule that the girls can't be anything "demonish" meaning, the devil, a witch, or something like that. Other than that I let them decide on what they want and I try and put it together. Last year was difficult for me being that Lo wanted to be toodee from Yo Gabba Gabba, but I think I did okay! Well the closer it came, the more their minds changed this year. Finally I said okay, that's it...decide NOW...and Lo said Cinderella, and so then Bug chose Sleeping Beauty. If you know my kids they love princess's. They play dress up all the time and are a little obsessed....So I didn't care, and was glad cause we already had the costumes!! (Um hello....FREE) Plus they are 4, if they want to be something that they play all the time, it doesn't bother me. So for their costume's I bought them some cheap wigs that were really cute!! I also found a 5.00 snow white costume for baby girl so that was AWESOME!! This is Lo doing her Cinderella smile! Bug LOVED her Wig!

We took a wagon cause we live in a small town and it was easier for Lo not to get too tired using her walker. Baby girl pretty much walked the whole hour and a half of TorT*!! She is a trooper! And she loved it! She wanted to carry her little pumpin bucket the whole time!!

This little princess was simply adorable!! The cutest!!

I think the highlight of the evening was when we went to the school for trunk or treat! The girls enjoyed a hot dog, and always love "going to their school" They got plenty of candy that we are all enjoying!! Oh, and another thing, it was like summer in Ohio on Friday night, and winter on Saturday!

Check out my next post(Halloween part 2) to hear what we did on Saturday!!!

Scripture Sunday

2009-11-01T20:24:00.002-05:00

I haven't done a scripture Sunday for a while, but I thought I would try to bring it back(we'll see how long this lasts..lol) Since it is Sunday I wanted to focus on God....he is the creator, the prince of peace, my savior, my EVERYTHING! Here is an excellent couple of verses that really define a Christian....I hope they mean something to you too!!

1 Corinthians 1:18-31

18For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19For it is written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."
20Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe. 22Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, 24but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.
26Brothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, 29so that no one may boast before him. 30It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. 31Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

I hope you have had a blessed Lord's day! I know I have!!

xoxo
Kristan

Because I finally found my camera cord...

2009-10-30T09:13:00.007-04:00

Yep, just like my title I finally found my lost camera cord so I uploaded a ton of pics off my camera! Tonight is my little towns' trick or treat night, and tomorrow we are going to another town to hang out with friends and go trick or treating there also!! So I will be posting some costume pics in a couple of days!! My girls are very excited to wear theirs!! I always let them choose and they have changed their minds a million times!! The finally decided to be Cinderella, Sleeping beauty, and Omi is Snow White! Which is awesome because I REFUSE to pay money for costumes!! I mean seriously it's 1 night, and to me it's ridiculous!!! When at the store I see them selling costumes for 29.95, I about flip!!! I am proud to say that total for all 3 of my girls stuff it was 15.00...The girls already had the dress up clothes so that was AWESOME!!! Pics to come of my beauties....

So here are some pics to show what we have been doing lately!!

We went to an OSU game....

We had a tea party when we were sick...

We watched movies on the computer...

We tried to enjoy Indian summer even though we had the flu...

I think only 1 of my children felt good during these nice days..I'm glad they are finally over it!

Long.Day.

2009-10-20T21:53:00.003-04:00

Today was a long day

Woke at 8
Out of the house at 8:50
Drove 2 hrs to Cbus Children's
10:50-CT for Logan
11:20-Sign in at Neurosurgeon's office for follow up
12:20-Starting to get hungry, and my fever is back
1:00-Kids getting stir crazy
1:20-Get a beeper(like at a restaurant) so we can finally go get lunch!
1:45-Got our tray with our food, sat down, opened my diet cherry coke(that I was drooling over), and our buzzer lit up:(
1:55-I took 2 of our kids, Omi stayed with daddy so she could eat, upstairs to the office where we waited
2:00-why did they beep us? We are still waiting...
2:10-finally back in the room!
2:30-still waiting to see the Doc!!
2:31- Dr.K comes and says all is great! See ya in a couple months!
2:32-We head back down to FINALLY eat lunch!!
3:00-left for home
5:00 after a couple of stops..i.e Target...we stop to eat(we are TOTAL drive thru folks!!!)
7:30-home!!! Give kids meds(Logan is running a temp AGAIN!!) Give me meds, jammies, skype with my sis
8:45-kiddies in bed! Time to sit and rest, otherwise I am not getting over this flu thing!! It STINKS!!

It.was.a.long.day.

Weddings and Marriage....

2009-10-19T11:46:00.004-04:00

*Disclaimer...this post is not me bragging...Just some random thoughts brought up recently....
A pic from that "other" wedding..

We recently were invited to attend a wedding that will take place near my husband's hometown. It is this coming weekend. I can freely admit that I love weddings! I love watching 2 people in love sharing their special union with the ones they love. I love the food, the dancing, the cake!! Now I don't know the people getting married that well. I know the groom cause my hubby used to work with him, and he is the brother of a gal/couple that we are friends with. But recently we went to another wedding....Neither one of us wanted to go to it,(it was far away, and it came at a time when there were other things we wanted to do)....but we did cause Cory was an Usher...that was in August...well now we are hearing that they are already getting divorced because she cheated on him....it's just sad. I don't think people take marriage seriously anymore. I don't know about you, but when I made my vows before God and my husband, I promised both of them that I was in it for life! Obviously I believe that there are reasons for divorce. Like abuse...physical, mental, emotional, unfaithfulness(even though some strong folks can work through this if they really work hard.

I honestly believe that my husband and I have the best marriage out of all the married people I know. It is hard work everyday! But anyone can have that..if they WORK at it. My husband would give up anything to be with his family. But I also know that he needs time to be a guy, and hang with other men. I do not want to be the wife that keeps their husband locked up with her ALL the time! I do admit that I have been that person in the past, but am working to NOT be that wife anymore!! Also us wives have to know that our husbands, not us, are the leaders in our homes. We need to trust THEIR judgement when it comes to knowing what is good for the family. I have always said that I would move anywhere with Cory, if he truly thought that it was best for us.(In fact we have moved 5 times in our 7 years of marriage)! I didn't want to move a couple of those times, but it ended up best for us! It says in the Bible "But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. " 1 Cor 11:3.

I am the mushy wife who calls her hubby lots everyday! I just want him to know that I love him. And believe me, I know how lucky I am. We have been through so much together, and I often say that Cory "saved me" when we met. I could go on and on about this, but I think we need to listen to our husbands needs more often as wives. I am trying to think of new ways everyday to be a "submissive wife", and give more to my husband. We are doing a Bible study together, and Financial Peace University. Those 2 things alone give us more time together learning more about what God wants for us, and about the Godly relationship we need to strive to have. I also love the Internet..if you really know me, you already know that, but I recently heard from a friend that some people are online for like 8 hours a day!! Can you imagine? When I heard that I instantly cut back on my online time. Yes I do work online for my business Blue Bug Shoes, but now I have more time for my husband and children. I am feeling quite guilty doing this post right now cause I am not using this time for my children.(But in my defense I do have the flu..lol)

that "other" wedding was beautiful!!

~ Is their something you do with your husband that could also help me?..(totally looking for non sexual answers here...lolololol)

~ Is their a recent couples devotional that you love?

~ You can totally use this time to brag on your hubby(significant other, wife) if you so choose!!

Ok, so that was just a random rant that has been going through my mind!......

Tough Love....

2009-10-15T09:15:00.000-04:00

It has been tough love here at our house. Little Naomi is 16 months now(whew it's going by quick) and she is into EVERYTHING!!!!! She still is such a sweety, just a little ornry too! Lately it has been 1 thing....the dirt in the plant. She loves taking handfuls of dirt from this huge plant that my mom just brought inside since it's getting cooler. I send her to the corner, and she comes back and does it again! Now some of you may say "well move the plant!" Well I am just not that mama! I don't take obsticles out of my children's way...they need to learn to not touch certain things!! But this little girl is stubborn just like her big sis Bug! I know she will get it, I just hope it's sooner rather than later(or I might be buying a bag of potting soil...)

Here is a pic of her(being a sweety) with her Gigi(great grandma)! She can be so cuddly and cute!

I am trying my best to raise my daughters to be most importantly, Godly women, and in turn when that happens then I have no worries! I do not worry about being a "good mommy", my kids do not get everything they want, nor do we take them lots of places...I think that by letting them just play and be creative and get to be "kids" everything will work out well. We have had a lot of issues with Bug. She doesn't want to go to church(even though she loves it) but I take her in there kicking and screaming(literally). It is very hard for me, but I can't let her think that she runs the show.

Ok, so I rambled a lot there just a minute ago....Do you have tough love at your house? Is there a great parenting tip you would to share? Are you have a rough time with one of your kiddies? Maybe we can help each other!!