I've been a slacker...

Well I have... I won't lie about it. I honestly forgot how hard it is having a newborn. Who is 3 months old now! I don't make enough time for myself. Some say I give too much and maybe I do. It's who I am.

While I haven't been doing a lot for myself I did do a little shopping. I don't have my pre-baby body back and I think I am just grateful to fit in to my old jeans... which I really need to replace soon. Anyway I bought a few things that felt springy to me.

 Take a look:

All 3 are apt. 9 from kohls, I love the way the caftans look belted. I wear them over white tanks. and the shrug is just nice to have when the sun sets here in the desert. It gets a little chilly.  :) I promise to start blogging more! It's my goal to write a blog at least 3 times a week.

Crowd Tap- Old Navy's BOTTOMS BONANZA

As a Crowdtap member I was selected for a chance to participate in Old Navy’s BOTTOMS BONANZA event.

They sent me these amazing coupons for free shoes and a bottom of our choice for myself and some friends.

So off we went to old Navy... we ran all around and tried on piles of clothes. Had lots of laughs and spent way to much time rushing. We are all busy moms but we made time for ourselves this day!

Here are some photos of our trip and goodies.


A few things about Old Navy:

~it was hard to find sizes , hangers size didn't match actual size.
~ as my friend says "they aren't fat friendly." I thought she was being crazy but after watching her try on things she is totally right. 
~while all employees were very nice they weren't extreamly helpful in finding sizes also I didn't see any one on the sales floor.
~We waited a long time in the check out line and I am not sure if they were short staffed but it was time consuming.
~ We LOVED all the new patterns and colors for fall... although the blue skinny jeans were not working with anything for me.

What are your thoughts on Old Navy? I love their stuff, it's youthful and fun but not too young for us moms. :)

Our baby is here!

Our baby boy arrived after a long day of pitocin but he is here and well. Well, mostly. Here is the announcement I made on shutterfly!It was so hard to pick only one design so I let Doug pick.

But it was incredibly easy to make and they arrived faster then projected! Shutterfly makes sharing our photos easy! Which is important since almost all of our family is on the east coast.

 Welcome Kiernan Ignatius Kane Stanley. 6 lbs and 17inches!
Blue eyes and sandy brown hair.
Long fingers and big feet!

Stationery card

View the entire collection of cards.

Our little one...and me.

So I can tell you a few things that really aren't attractive, hospital gowns for pregnant ladies, IV bags, and being so tired that you fall asleep in any position and drool on yourself.  I mean I suppose some people might not mind these things I on the other hand  don't care for them at all.

Last night I was feeling really off and called my Dr. and he had me go to the hospital to get checked out, I am 35 weeks now and having some odd problems. Looks like pre-eclampsia but isn't. Well last night it sure wasn't PRE-E. I had blood work done and my potassium was way too low, which was entirely unexpected.  The dr. was confused and very worried about my heart.( I am a very heathly young woman.) I am not on any meds that should cause it and I hadn't been vommiting at all. So there is no logical medical reason they could find.

They gave me an entire bag of IV potassium, which took forever... not kidding we started at maybe 11:30 pm and by 11 am I was almost done. Boy it sure burned a bit.

But now I am home safe blood tests came back fine at mid-day so, I am on a banana with every meal diet, on strict bed rest and  trying to listen as best I can.

So I will be resting but will be back to posting after baby  arrives.

Happy New Year!!!

Hello, I am back... with Big news..

Ok so Hello! I missed everyone. Things got very crazy here for a while and my computer died on me and lets face it running out to buy a new computer isn't something you just get up and do.

But I have a new laptop now and will be back to normalish blogging shortly.

I say normalish because I got really sick in May and it took the drs. a while to figure out what was wrong. It turns out it was just a parasite and I should be cured at the end of January. The other name for this parasite is umm a BABY.

No joke I got sick and it took over a month before a doctor could tell me with confidence that I was in fact pregnant.

I am now 15 weeks and so far things are going well. I am starting to not feel sick every single day which is very good. I still don't eat a whole lot but I am making progress.


Kelton my 4 yr old soon to be 5 yr old son, is Overjoyed. He talks to my belly every night and give my belly kisses.

Doug (the daddy) is also thrilled. This is his 1st baby. This is also the 1st grand baby for his family so they are very excited.


We are supposed to find out gender here on the 20th... and will be having a gender reveal party the next night. The theme is pink and blue. OK maybe that's not a theme but it'll be super cute.

If any of you have done a gender reveal party please feel free to share your ideas.

Here is a few pictures, Kelton with the new stroller, the crib and of
course one of the baby

Pretty please vote?

Operation Showers of appreciation... A non-profit that I used to volunteer full time for is having a father's day photo contest.

PLEASE PLEASE go vote for my baby and his well missed Papa.
First like OSOA on facebook and then Like this picture!


THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

It's been a while ... but I'm still here....

I know it has been forever since I posted much of anything. I want to be honest. I have been pretty stressed out.

May 25th marked the one year anniversary of the day I lost my best friend and husband. Now I am doing REALLY well, I am moving forward with my life. I am NOT moving on... just forward. I think about him everyday. There are good things coming up in my life but the sadness lingers.

To add to that my son is spending the summer with his dad in Oregon. Oh god I miss my little guy. He really is the light of my day. He says he misses me too. Which makes me smile and want to cry. He too has problems with my husbands passing.

My son Kelton and I , we are a team. We added a great guy to our team. He makes me feel normal again. He was one of Jackson's really good friends. He has been my pillar of support and strength. I know that these are the steps to beginning to live again.

For a while I forgot.. I forgot how to be normal and how to live. I still haven't really gone back to work. Don't get me wrong, I tried, but it broke my heart. One day I will explain what happened and why I can't do my job in my field of training. For now Just know it's better that I not.

Until then I'm still here just... coping and taking each day for what it is.