WEEK 2 - GUILTY PLEASURES

From a beautiful mess-This week, challenge yourself to snap a guilty pleasure of yours and your family members too! I define a guilty pleasure as something that you enjoy, but that you're maybe not exactly proud of."

                                  

So I have a little obsession with makeup! This is my guilty pleasure. Unfortunately I haven't been able to wear eyeshadow in about 3 Months. I have psoriasis on my eye lid. It's brutal & eyeshadow makes it way worse. Anyways I can't wait until I can wear it again. 

                     

Our family guilty pleasure is Peanut Butter. YUMMY! we seriously go through so much of it. I like crunchy, but will take either. Mike like creamy so we usually get that!  Now I'm going to go eat a spoonful. 

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WEEK 1 - GOOD MORNING, GOOD NIGHT

This weeks challenge was to help you start and end your day off right! This week, I was challenged  to photograph my mornings and evenings. I mostly did mornings, evenings can get a little chaotic with the little dude. Plus lighting in my house is terrible!

Well Asher is my mornings. Cuddly morning nursing sessions & coffee. Good coffee! Favorite part of my mornings. (Some of these are my camera, some iPhone) 

Asher is 17 months old here's some fun info I want to remember.  

-Climbs anything & everything-obsessed with babies & balls.

-He signs more, eat, all done.(says them too) refuses to do milk. His sign for that is tugging on my shirt.

-He likes to look art you all sneaky out of the corner of his eye & give you a big cheezer. 

-He calls me Dada. He knows how to say mama, but for some reason calls me dada.

-He always hides toys in daddies work boots

-He teases Mystro constantly & they are best buddies.

-My favorite thing he says  Ought Oh Spegehetti Oh. said like "Ought Oh petti oh"

-Oh so many more fun things, but now that I'm trying... I can't think of them.

Capture Real Life in 52 Weeks

Well I decided to do a fun new project. Before the babe came along I was always crafting/letting the creative juices flow. Now, not so much...
I am starting a fun 52 week project from A Beautiful Mess. "Capture Real Life in 52 Weeks"

Here's the explaination.

"In Capture Real Life in 52 Weeks you will be given specific photography challenges and tips you can use throughout the year to document life as it happens around you. Each month you will also be challenged to create a mini album featuring some of your favorite photos and memories. Each session contains examples and tips from the instructors to give you plenty of inspiration to create your own beautiful photos and mini albums. The entire course contains 52 sessions, so you'll be challenged to capture your real life throughout an entire year if you complete one session each week. However this course is self paced, so you are welcome to set your own schedule as needed."

I thought this would be a super fun way for me to get creative, do something I enjoy & ick up my camera more often .  So I will be posting a photo a week here. If this sounds fun to you please join in. You can follow the link above to visit their site & join in on the fun. 

Our Family Session

This is our family session with The Stork And The Beanstalk Photography. Ashley lives in California, but if you are interested in booking a session she is coming to Utah at the end of August. You can visit her blog and book a session via email. Thanks so much Ashley! We will cherish them always.

9 months

Holy crow! My little chicken nug is 9 months. 

This little man is bursting with personality!  He is very outspoken for not being able to properly form words. He is still refusing to crawl though he does scoot around to what he wants. He wants to stand constantly and has been trying to get up on his own. He still loves being worn by mom & sometimes it's the only way I get anything done. Unfortunately I had a mom of the year moment this week while wearing him. I was cooking & his little hand got away & touched the pan. I felt so so horrible. It's not a super terrible burn, but I still feel like crap. Luckily he is tough & only cried for a moment. 

On nursing! 

We are still nursing & going strong. He still nurses every 2 hours. Thank goodness that is not the case at night. Thank goodness we can nurse still!! With him not being able to digest anything besides breast milk. I tried to start feeding him some baby food a couple times a day & nope... He can't digest it. So I stopped and he is just going to nurse & try small bites of moms food. So again I am so thankful we can nurse. It would be a nightmare for this little guy if I wasn't able to nurse him. So I will & screw the food for now after all food before 1 is just for fun. On another note I  have been surprised at how uncomfortable nursing this old of a baby  makes people...

I think somehow the world has gotten it in their heads that 6 months is the cut off. Well think what you want people. If ash & I are happy nursing then don't worry about it. I can't wait to see people reactions when I'm nursing after 1. Sometimes it is a pain though. This boy will not use a cover & will not nurse in public. If anyone is around or talking he pulls off constantly. He doesn't want to miss a beat. Him being distracted equals him getting frustrated & biting. No thanks, so we nurse in the car. Poo. This leads to me not wanting to go anywhere. So yep, I like to stay home. Sorry peeps! 

He now does the milk sign back! Yay

He says da da 

His version of dog more like daw

He imitates the cat meowing sounds like maaaaa, he waves bye & says ba ba ba ba (bye bye) 

He loves trucks & cars. 

He has a dozer that he loves. 

He pushes them around & makes sounds like a car. I love it, it's so cute!!

He still loves music & does his own singing by making a long sound example daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa & he makes sure it's loud. 

He is obsessed with my coffee & gets mad every morning that I won't let him have it. 

He has started throwing little fits or screaming at us when he doesn't want that. I'm not a huge fan of this, but hopefully learning more signs will help. 

He is a huge mommas boy & I wear him a lot. Some people don't think I should or don't agree with it. They say I spoil him, by not making him cry. It's okay tho. Everyone can/or did raise their own kids how they want. He is a much much happier baby when I wear him. Happy baby equals happy mom. He is a very curious boy, I think he will be much happier when he can get around. He is going to be in everything. Anyways...

This boy is so so fun. He is such a blessing! He is growing & learning so quickly! It's so fun to watch & makes you feel so accomplished when they learn even the smallest tasks. I am so thankful & love you do much Ash! 

To add

We are so thankful for Mike, he is such a great daddy & husband.  I am so blessed that he works so hard so I can be home with our boy! 

As a note for everyone... 

I write all this kind of as a journal. I want to remember these things & I print my blog so that I can. I am glad to share it & I know family enjoys it. So If it bores you don't read it. Ha ha. Have a great day. Xoxo

A week of firsts

well this last week has been a week of many firsts!

my first week as a SAHM
I honestly thought that the day might drag on a bit after being home a couple days in a row. sooooo not the case. if anything I could use a few more hours in the day. i am loving being home with my baby, and i like to think he enjoys it as well.

asher got his first two teeth.
i never realized how teething could transform your child into a crazy up & down mess. what a doozy!!
i am so glad i was home with him while he got his first teeth. not a happy man, we took many ,any a walks about the neighborhood. it somehow makes him forget that he feels like crap. poor dude, we have both come to the conclusion that teething is an ass, a real big jerk.

while he was teething we also conquered another obstacle.  THE SWADDLE
yep he no longer has to be swaddled to sleep. yahoo!!! let me just tell you how much sleep i got the last two weeks between teething & him getting used to the free arms. it wasn't fun, & i was so thankful i didn't have to work.

on another note...  he has to nurse to sleep, probably a bad habit. i just didn't see how to avoid it because he falls asleep when nursing before napping and before bed. should i wake him (seems counter productive) or not worry about it? i'm not really into the CIO method. any suggestions?

he wants to crawl so bad, but still hates being on his tummy. i put him on all fours & he lowers down & rolls over. when i hold him on the couch or floor he is constantly slinking out of my arms, but when he gets out of my arms and off my legs he cries because he can't go anywhere. lol

another couple of firsts though small i want to remember...
he has a toy phone i always pretend to talk into, and when i hold it up to his ear he grabs it and talks.
he has a small toy plane & yesterday i caught him laying on his back while zooming it through the air and making sounds.
we have also been learning to clap & wave bye.

i am so so glad i decided to stay home with him & i didn't realize how important schedule was to me.
it's so much better to have him on a consistent (most of the time unless i have errands) nap schedule. it makes for a way happier babe.

 ^^although he is now actually closer to 8 months, above was 7 months. 

his hair is getting so long & uncontrollable.

i LOVE it