5 Favorite Finds of The Month

So I have some new things that I am just obsessed with & love & wanted to share with all of you! I also thought it would be something fun to do each month.. share my great finds.. I am sure there are other blogs out there that do the same thing.. but I thought I would start my own :-)

1. Smuckers Uncrustables.. LOVE these.. super easy for when I am out running errands & we are not home in time for lunch or just to have at home on days I don't feel like putting a lot of work into making lunch, but I have found that I must still put a bib on my child while eating them because she loves to suck the jelly & peanut butter out of them before eating the bread. I purchase these at Walmart.

2. Boogie Wipes.. we have been sick this week & Shiloh has had a very runny nose so these have come in handy quite a bit.. & the other thing I love about them aside from not drying out her nose is they smell so good. I know silly but I have a strong sense of smell LOL. I bought these at Target.

3. So I am a clean freak.. some say its OCD I say its just clean.. but whatever.. so I love new cleaning product finds.. I think I am more OCD about cleaning products then actually cleaning if you ask me. But one that I am currently obsessing about & have used so much in the last 3 weeks tha I actually ran out is Pledge Multi Surface Cleaner.. it actually works & very well in my opinion & it also smells yummy too.. well as yummy as a cleaner can hehe. I purchase this at Walmart.

4. So we recently moved as you may have read & well I have done some exploring of our very cute small town & I just love every thing about it. I also found this cute little boutique call Sugar Babies with the hippest new items out there & they even have the cutest maternity clothes as well.

click here for their blog

 here for the website
or here for the Facebook

5. The last great find of the last few weeks was this beautiful dress. Every year Stephen's fabulous company {Discount Tire Co.} has a company party & its pretty much a grown up prom. So I found this dress at Group USA for only $22 after it  was marked down & then had an additional 70% off.. yes I was so excited & still am :-)

What great finds have you had this month.. do share :-)

Not Me Monday

 

So on Friday I went grocery shopping alone.. yes you heard me correctly ALONE.. no Shiloh or Stephen. I think this is probably only the second time I have ever done this since getting married or having Shiloh.. crazy right! Anyways.. on the way home I was stuck in traffic & behind an unmarked brown creepy van. It was beautiful day out so I had my sunroof open & windows down jamming to my music when I noticed the guy in the creep van staring at me.. I looked away really fast & when I looked back he had rolled his window up just so I could only see his eyes {creepy}. So it of course was NOT ME who starting having anxiety of the creeping van following me home & kidnapping me as I unload my car.. no I would never think that this creepy unmarked van had a driver that kidnaps people.. especially not mom's who have no make up on & her hair a mess.. I mean why would I ever think something so crazy.. I guess its because our country has turned into such a scary place & its NOT ME that now has a constant fear that lives within her on a daily basis.

So we have all been pretty sick in our house.. so sick that on Saturday I woke up with a fever of 102.. so it was NOT ME who in a panic call my mommy {yes I refer to her as mommy when something is wrong & I am not ashamed} asking her what could possibly wrong with me. I mean what 20 something still calls her mom when she is sick? I then did not almost start crying when she told me she thought I had strep.. no I would never be so afraid of a cold. So after hanging up with my mommy I get Shiloh & myself dressed & head to the urgent care. Once I arrived the front desk asked my symptoms.. & it was NOT ME who then replied in a whisper afraid others would hear me & freak out when I said "I think I have strep". Then it was NOT ME who then had to wear a mask while she waited to be seen either :-(

So my loving caring husband allowed me to sleep in on Sunday since for the last week Shiloh has been up every night due to her cough.. crying & having a hard time falling back a sleep & its been me getting her since Stephen has to work. So it was NOT ME who took full advantage of this & slept till almost noon.. no way what mom sleeps till noon unless she works a night shift.. not this mama! Thanks hubby I love you!

Well that is this weeks not me mama for ya! If you enjoy mine then you should head over to MckMama's & read some of the ones posted on her page as well!  

Have a wonderful week!

Sleeping Beauty

Shiloh was having a hard time sleeping today because of her cough so I ended up bringing her down to the living room for nap time & cuddling with her until her body heat became too much for me with my high fever & I had to just let her nap alone. I just sat there staring at her & her beauty.. I have to admit I have one sleeping beauty who I am so proud to call my daughter. She is stunning. Here are the pictures I captured during her nap time on the couch today with the sun gazing in through our living room window onto her sweet face.

Man do I love this child.. she is such a blessing in my life & I am so lucky to be her mommy♥

Potty Training

So Shiloh is now 17 months old.. for months now {since she turned 1} she has started to give signs of being ready to potty train. She is embarrassed to pooh in front of other people.. well except for me ..she sits on her toy that is similar to a toilet & poohs in her diaper while sitting on it & she very interested in the toilet. So the other night before her bath I asked her if she wanted to sit on the toilet & in her cute little Shi Shi voice said "Yeah" so I plopped her up there. She smiled away looking down like she knew something was suppose to happen but unsure of what. After a few minutes I took her down & praised her & she clapped & said "YAY". Well then today I noticed her hiding while pushing so I said want to go on the potty & she said "yeah" & she ran to the bathroom.. I took the diaper off to find she had already done her deed but still plopped her up there & told her to push & made the face & noise as though I was pushing & she copied me.. nothing came out of course because she was done but she smiled at me as she continued to push.. after a few minutes of this I then took her down showed her how to flush the toilet {of course after whipping her} & praised her again saying "YAY Big Girl" & she loved it.

So my question is.. at what age should potty training start for girls? I have been told so many different things that I am not sure if I am starting her too soon or if its OK to introduce her now. I am not pushing it on her by any means just getting her familiar with the potty so they can be friends. Also what are some helpful hints to get them to actually go in the potty??

Photo Editing Site

So I have found a really neat photo editing site Picnik {& no I am not being told to advertise for them} Its a service you can use for free or pay monthly for to have the premium service. My most recent.. well most of my most recent pictures were edited from this site. I haven't decided yet if I am going to sign up for the premium service yet, I am still playing around with the free stuff but I thought I would share with all of you because its nice to customize your pictures if you don't have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. I have elements but its so confusing to me.. maybe its because its on my Macbook or maybe I just need to mess with it more but this site does what I am looking for & its easier for now so I hope you find it useful like I have :-)

Pretty in Pink Shiloh Before:

Pretty in Pink Shiloh After:

Stephen & I Before:

Stephen & I After:

My Bridesmaids, Flower Girl & I Before:

My Bridesmaids, Flower Girl & I After:

Find Me On Facebook

So I now have a Facebook page for my blog friends & fans. I have had a few people ask to add me to there Facebook so I have created a Facebook page for you to request me & for me to add new blog friends to. I hope this is a success. 

Click here to add me!

Sicky

So we are all sick. Shiloh came down with it first. The coughing, sneezing & watery eyes.. then Stephen & now today I woke feeling under the weather. I hope this passes soon for us for I don't like feeling ill. I can handle the cold but its not fun seeing your baby sick. All night I worry about her.. when she sleeps she coughs & cries most of the night & all I can do is comfort her & have a humidifier on for her since she is still too young for any cold medicine. Tylenol doesn't help or anything along those lines. Of course the cough is worse at night too. Last night though was the first night that she sleep through the night.. of course I was up constantly checking her because she was still coughing super bad in her sleep. I tried to keep her elevated but she kept turning onto her stomach so that does no good. So I guess its just a waiting game now on us all recovering. The plus side is she has had no fever & most days has tons of energy.. but today as I write this she is just laying on me watching her toons. {its still morning} I did bring her outside yesterday to enjoy the sunshine because that seems to help & she loved it. I think its the first time she has played in our not so much of a back yard since we have moved her {its been cold, wet & too rainy other days} & it was so cute. She loves the grass & how it feels on her feet.. it was like she was in heaven.. but after a while she tired out & came back in to relax. Of course all the days she has been under the weather its been just beautiful outside.. I just hope the nice weather continues so that when she is well I can take her to the wonderful park I found down the street so she can run & play. I guess its time to get the cleaning supplies & lysol out & free the house of all our sicky germs. Well that is it for now.. life isn't too exciting at the moment just a lot of runny noses  & nasty coughs that we don't want to spread so its back to resting I go. 

Hope Everyone is  having a wonderful day!

Sippy Cup Dilemma

So I am tired today.. beyond tired. Shiloh was up on & off all night due to being sick {so I think that is why} so I finally just brought her in our room early this morning. I then woke up to her kicking me in the face babbling who knows what with the cutest smile ever. So I bring her downstairs half awake but knowing this is the start of the day at a quarter to eight. So I decided to be a nice mommy {especially since I am tired} & give her dry cereal & her milk to have in the living room. So I am sitting here glancing over at her on the other end of the couch & notice she spills her cereal so I ask her to pick it up.. & surprisingly she does. I then see her trying to get the milk out of her sipping cup into her bowl of dry cereal & I tell her no. I then see her dump ALL the cereal onto the couch so I go over there to pick it up & find that she has poured her milk all over two of the couch cushions. So I take the milk away tell her that was very bad & I am now washing the two couch covers. I just don't get how a 17 month old knows or why she even wants to spill her milk purposely on things. This isn't the first time she has done this & I am sure it is not the last but I just don't get it. I try to find sippy cups that she won't figure it out on how to get the milk out but I have been so unsuccessful. I don't think there is a sippy cup out there that does not spill or leak. If you know of or have ones that don't leak or spill please do share.

My couch now as I am washing the covers

This is Shiloh & the "I AM A MONSTER" look

This "I love making mommy work early in the morning" look

Our Wish List

So I have a few wish list items that I wanted to share & get feed back on so here they are:

↓This is for Shiloh & Myself↓
{Phi and Ted's Sport Double Jogger Stroller in Apple}

↓This is For Shiloh↓

{Britax Marathon Emma Carseat} 

 

 ↓This for Me↓
{iphone 3GS White} 

↓For Stephen↓
{ipad} 

↓For All of Us↓
{Another Sweet Baby}

We aren't asking for much are we?? LOL  
Well some can be achieved but others in our dreams..

Not Me Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Well I don't have much this week but here goes:

On Thursday it was Not Me who decided to take the freeway to B Boys house instead of the back roads knowing there would be morning traffic. It was also Not Me who then got off  the freeway only to go the wrong way & miss my turn because I was too impatient to wait for two dump trucks to turn. No I would never leave at 8:10 AM knowing that I had to be there by 8:30 AM, take the freeway, then exit, loose patients miss my turn & then show up 5 minutes late all because I didn't do what I should have in the first place.

I decided to make the Tire Boys some Valentines Day cookies something super easy. But it was Not Me me who decided to put them on a baking sheet with holes in it to have them baking but dripping to the bottom of the stove & burning. No I would never be so silly to think that would not happen. I would also never ask my Stephen to scrap it out while the cookies where still baking.. no Not Me. Oh & we cooked a pizza last night & of course the kitchen filled with smoke because it was Not Me who still has not cleaned the oven from the last baking experience so it is still burning the cookies that are still on the bottom of the stove.

So for some reason lately I have had a sweet tooth. I am not a big candy eater or one to snack so this is not normal for me. So it most definitely was Not Me who on Saturday night after watching Valentines Day the movie was craving Rolos like it was going out of style & then on our way home stop to buy two packs of Rolos. It also was Not Me who refused to share, not even when Shiloh sat there looking at me like "mama I know you have something I would like so why aren't you sharing?" I would never not share with my sweet baby & hide the evidence. I also would never sit there eating each one like it was the first bit of food I had in days or like they were heaven on earth.. nope I would never consume that much sugar in one sitting no Not Me.