My wonderful husband turned 29 this last sunday and to celebrate we went out with a bunch of friends on Saturday night. We ended up going to the comedy club in MOA. It was so fun and we had 20 wonderful friends to share it with. The comedians were really funny, the food and drinks were decent and we all had a great time. Katie, Bryan and Ben all share birthdays within about a week of eachother so it was nice to get out and share some birthday fun together. No pictures because I left my phone in the car but I had to write about how happy I am to share one more birthday with Ben.
In the last 5 or 6 years of sharing birthdays with my husband here are just a few things that I've learned:
-It's not him, it's me. He gets his presents early every year because I can't wait for him to open them. This year I'm pretty sure he opened both his gifts a week early because I just couldnt take it anymore.
-He, like me, will take full advantage of 'birthday week' when given the opportunity. Be weary of giving him full reign!
-That being said, he is more than willing to give me my own birthday week as well : )
-Ben (totally unlike me) isnt really comfortable asking for things. This year I did pretty well with his gifts but he's picky and getting him to tell you something that he wants is a little like pulling teeth.
Happy birthday (late) to my amazing husband. I love you and can't wait to spend lots more birthdays with you.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Today when I looked at my blog
One of the first things I do in the morning when I get to work is take a quick peak at my blog to see what the other bloggers that I follow have been up to. This is what I saw today:
-Two sweet little boys (one just a few months old, the other 3) in a collage of cuteness
-Marley's future husband celebrating his second birthday
-The cutest twins I have ever seen sharing a crib and a mom in dad in hopes of bringing them home from the hospital.
-The photographer from our wedding posing at the site of their new home (in a few months)
And
-One cute sweet little girl learning to ski with her daddy
These blogs remind me every day that life is crazy, beautiful, exciting, sometimes sad but always wonderful.
-Two sweet little boys (one just a few months old, the other 3) in a collage of cuteness
-Marley's future husband celebrating his second birthday
-The cutest twins I have ever seen sharing a crib and a mom in dad in hopes of bringing them home from the hospital.
-The photographer from our wedding posing at the site of their new home (in a few months)
And
-One cute sweet little girl learning to ski with her daddy
These blogs remind me every day that life is crazy, beautiful, exciting, sometimes sad but always wonderful.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The results of the botox
Well I did it. I got my first shots of botox ever. Ok I actually don't even think it was botox it was a different something that started with a D. Pretty painless actually. And she did a LOT more than I actually thought she'd do. (30 units) Roughly 10 injections in my forhead (2 units each) and then 2 injections by each eye. So hopefully in the next few days I'll see a more relaxed and wrinkle free forhead. The lady said that now was the perfect time to get in and do some maintenance because it's so much easier to prevent than correct. It should be noted that I'm a total junkie when it comes to skin care. If it's new and supposed to be amazing I want to try it. MOST of my skincare routine stays the same though, I've found Dr Perricone and his products are amazing so I don't really stray too far from his line. Right now I'm using the following:
Perricone cleanser (with my clarisonic)
Perricone advanced face firming activator (in the moring)
Perricone Blue Plasma (at night)
Perricone moisturizer
Pretty standard and simple but his products are amazing and now paired with the botox I feel very confidant that my skin will be staying nice and youthful looking :)
Perricone cleanser (with my clarisonic)
Perricone advanced face firming activator (in the moring)
Perricone Blue Plasma (at night)
Perricone moisturizer
Pretty standard and simple but his products are amazing and now paired with the botox I feel very confidant that my skin will be staying nice and youthful looking :)
Monday, January 7, 2013
It's a very botox Christmas
Botox - it's what every girls wants for Christmas right? Ok ... well it's what this girl wanted for Christmas. My mom finally complied and got me a gift card for my very first round of botox. For those of you who know us it will not come as any kind of surprise that this is what I asked for or received for Christmas. If only she didn't have to work tonight so that she could be there with me :) There is a slight chance that I'll meet with the esthetician and she'll tell me that I don't need it and suggest some other treatment. (probably a peel). BUT nonetheless I'm so excited I can barley wait to leave work. Working on keeping my skin young and in good condition has been something I've been working on for awhile now. I'll be turning 30 this year and I've almost got my husband convinced that all the work (and sometimes money) is actually for him. Who wants a 30 year old wife who looks 40? haha.
More to come on my botox adventures.
More to come on my botox adventures.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
cloth diaper reviews
I've been pretty vocal about our decision to cloth diaper. I love it and am so happy that we decided to do it. Our choice was mainly for two reasons. 1 - cost effectiveness. The average family will spend 2500 per child to use disposable diapers. Cloth diapers cost somewhere around 500 and will last through several children. 2. The fact that they are so much more eco friendly. The average diaper takes over 500 years to decompose and something crazy like billions of pounds of diapers are being thrown in landfills each year. Gross.
If you decide to cloth diaper or are thinking about cloth diapering be prepared to hear the following comments over and over and over and over again.
Gross!
You are Crrrrraaaaaazy
Thats so much work
You mean like with diaper pins?
He/She will get rashes all the time
No way no how would I EVER do that
The fact of the matter is that cloth diapers are no more 'gross' than disposables. In fact now when marley is in a disposable I'm grossed out by how filled out and gel like the diaper gets. You will at some point have to shake your babies poop out into the toilet from the cloth diapers and or spray it off but this doesnt really gross me out that much. They are NOT that much work but there is some extra work that you are going to have to do. Cloth diapers have come so far in just a few years. They are very similar to disposables now depending on which ones you decide to buy. AND because of all the chemicals (ie bleach) in disposable diapers babies are actually less likely to get a rash when wearing cloth.
One thing I'm really glad we did at first was buy inexpensive or used cloth diapers to try them out and see which ones we really liked, which ones worked for us and which ones were no good for us. There are a LOT of options out there and it can get daunting but dont worry, once you get the hang of which diapers mean what (pockets, AIO etc) it's really not too bad. The following is what we pretty much use right now and what we've found that works for us.
Grovia AIO - These diapers are really slim fitting and we've never had a leak. They are super cute, have great prints and dry quickly. I've had to make some adjustments around the legs so that our baby doesnt get marks on her thighs but other than that they are easy and very effective.
Bum Genius 4.0 - The only diaper that Marley can wear overnight without leaking. These are a pocket diaper that come with an infant and toddler inset. We use two inserts for over night. These are maybe a little bulkier but work great and are my favorite pocket diaper.
*I also have one Bum Genius Elemental and one Bun Genius Freetime tha I life to use as well (also great for overnights) but for ever day use the 4.0's are my fav.
Fuzzibunz elite - Really trim diaper (probably the most trim that I've found) so far they fit the babes but I'm wondering if they will still work as she gets bigger. These seem to be the slimest but also smallest One Size diaper that we have. They are kind of a pain to adjust and kind of a pain to stuff so beware. But overall they work well and would fit a smaller child the best.
*We used Fuzzibunz perfect fit smalls for the first couple months and I did like those too.
All in all if I was going to pick a pocket diaper to use I'd pick Bum Genius 4.0 and if I was going to pick an all in one I'd choose Grovia. We've used BestBottom (or tried) but Marley is 9 months and they are still HUGE on her and leak everywhere. I'm hoping as she grows we can use those. We've also used cheaper ones like Baby City (found on Ebay) but they just dont work for us and are already packed away.
I'm very happy to say that I've heard about a lot of people moving back to cloth and I think it's awesome. We are not fanactical about it (we use disposables every now and then.) And have used disposables at night a lot because we just couldnt find anything that held up but with a little playing around I think I've figured it out and will continue to put marley in cloth overnight.
If you decide to cloth diaper or are thinking about cloth diapering be prepared to hear the following comments over and over and over and over again.
Gross!
You are Crrrrraaaaaazy
Thats so much work
You mean like with diaper pins?
He/She will get rashes all the time
No way no how would I EVER do that
The fact of the matter is that cloth diapers are no more 'gross' than disposables. In fact now when marley is in a disposable I'm grossed out by how filled out and gel like the diaper gets. You will at some point have to shake your babies poop out into the toilet from the cloth diapers and or spray it off but this doesnt really gross me out that much. They are NOT that much work but there is some extra work that you are going to have to do. Cloth diapers have come so far in just a few years. They are very similar to disposables now depending on which ones you decide to buy. AND because of all the chemicals (ie bleach) in disposable diapers babies are actually less likely to get a rash when wearing cloth.
One thing I'm really glad we did at first was buy inexpensive or used cloth diapers to try them out and see which ones we really liked, which ones worked for us and which ones were no good for us. There are a LOT of options out there and it can get daunting but dont worry, once you get the hang of which diapers mean what (pockets, AIO etc) it's really not too bad. The following is what we pretty much use right now and what we've found that works for us.
Grovia AIO - These diapers are really slim fitting and we've never had a leak. They are super cute, have great prints and dry quickly. I've had to make some adjustments around the legs so that our baby doesnt get marks on her thighs but other than that they are easy and very effective.
Bum Genius 4.0 - The only diaper that Marley can wear overnight without leaking. These are a pocket diaper that come with an infant and toddler inset. We use two inserts for over night. These are maybe a little bulkier but work great and are my favorite pocket diaper.
*I also have one Bum Genius Elemental and one Bun Genius Freetime tha I life to use as well (also great for overnights) but for ever day use the 4.0's are my fav.
Fuzzibunz elite - Really trim diaper (probably the most trim that I've found) so far they fit the babes but I'm wondering if they will still work as she gets bigger. These seem to be the slimest but also smallest One Size diaper that we have. They are kind of a pain to adjust and kind of a pain to stuff so beware. But overall they work well and would fit a smaller child the best.
*We used Fuzzibunz perfect fit smalls for the first couple months and I did like those too.
All in all if I was going to pick a pocket diaper to use I'd pick Bum Genius 4.0 and if I was going to pick an all in one I'd choose Grovia. We've used BestBottom (or tried) but Marley is 9 months and they are still HUGE on her and leak everywhere. I'm hoping as she grows we can use those. We've also used cheaper ones like Baby City (found on Ebay) but they just dont work for us and are already packed away.
I'm very happy to say that I've heard about a lot of people moving back to cloth and I think it's awesome. We are not fanactical about it (we use disposables every now and then.) And have used disposables at night a lot because we just couldnt find anything that held up but with a little playing around I think I've figured it out and will continue to put marley in cloth overnight.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Our year in review
New Years 2011 was rang in at home, with my very pregnant and probably in bed early :)
The beginning of the year was fairly uneventful as we prepared for our first babies entrance into the world. Her room was prepared, showers were had hospital visits were made.
At last Marley Lou arrived
No one, and I mean no one could have prepared me for how much our life would change. Right now our baby is almost ten months old and since this moment just a few minutes after she was born our whole life has pretty much been about her. Thank goodness for our amazing family because without them I think I would have lost my mind. Mom - I'm talking about you here. Without me being able to call you crying, give the baby to you for a few hours to nap or just talk to you about random things that I had no idea babies would do I dont know where I would be! (probably crying still hahaha).
I'll admit that the middle of 2012 is a little bit of a blur for me. I ran on very little sleep for several months! BUT as the year wound down we've really settled into a nice routine. Marley is the most amazing baby in the whole world and I can barely remember life without her. Summer came and went and suddenly so did fall! Christmas was a whirl wind of activity with 4 christmas celebrations in 4 days with a 5th just a few days later. We were at Bens moms, Bens dads, my grandmas, my moms and then again last saturday to my moms. And again New Years came and went and I was in bed WELL before midnight :)
I'll call 2012 the year of Marley.
So excited to see what 2013 will bring.
The beginning of the year was fairly uneventful as we prepared for our first babies entrance into the world. Her room was prepared, showers were had hospital visits were made.
I'll admit that the middle of 2012 is a little bit of a blur for me. I ran on very little sleep for several months! BUT as the year wound down we've really settled into a nice routine. Marley is the most amazing baby in the whole world and I can barely remember life without her. Summer came and went and suddenly so did fall! Christmas was a whirl wind of activity with 4 christmas celebrations in 4 days with a 5th just a few days later. We were at Bens moms, Bens dads, my grandmas, my moms and then again last saturday to my moms. And again New Years came and went and I was in bed WELL before midnight :)
I'll call 2012 the year of Marley.
So excited to see what 2013 will bring.
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