I don't know how I posted that last post without talking about my entire birthday weekend! How crazy. I was in a hurry.
So Jared and I had decided to spend the entire weekend in Alma at his parents. He wanted to help his dad with some stuff during the day.
Friday night my mom had a birthday party for me with burgers and hot dogs. DELICIOUS! So much fun to spend with my family.
Saturday you know we went to Doe's. My mom kept Ruby. It was weird being without her. We just don't get away from her very often at all.
Sunday morning, my actual birthday, we had breakfast with my dad and stepmom at Cracker Barrel then went back to their house to let Ruby play and spend some time with them.
Then that afternoon Angie (my mil) grilled steaks along with a ton of other delicious food. Two delicious steaks in one weekend? Yes please! She also made me brownies with strawberry icing.
Needless to say it was time to get back on the diet train. But OH SO WORTH IT!!!!
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Decisions, praying, and Important Dates
This is going to be a random, what's been going on with us blog.
I kind of dealt my own hand back in January of becoming a SAHM/WIFE. I haven't shared because it's been a struggle. Assume what you will, I'm not real worried about it. But it is what it is.
I have shared with you I'm sure more than once that I can't stand how we as a society of women bring each other down rather than lift each other up. Ruby is still going to Kathy's most days, because we pay full time, while we figure out what is next for me. Starting March 1st she will be staying home with me full time if the next card is not me getting a job.
I constantly struggle with her going to Kathy's because unfortunately there are many women out there who do look down on the fact that I'm not "raising my child". I see it from a different view. I was not raised with a SAHM and neither was Jared. I just have to get past the constant judgement. I'm the first to say "I don't care what others think" but we all know everyone does at one point or another. When it comes to the way I AM RAISING MY CHILD, I do care, more than I want to.
So I have been praying so hard about what to do next. Some women just aren't capable of sitting at home 24/7 with their child. I'm one of them. So during my healing process I've just been really praying about what He wants me to do. Yesterday morning I woke up and said "ok God, I need a sign, I need your help, I need a SIGN". Boy, does He ever come to you when you need him most. Within a couple of hours I had sign after sign. So I ask for your prayers for us as well. I'm sorry I won't go into every single detail. And thank you for your prayers in advance.
Now, onto more fun subjects. MY 30TH BIRTHDAY HELLLLURRRR!!!! About 13 of the best friends joined us for dinner at Doe's Saturday night. Then we carried on to a couple of other places. So much fun!
I have to say, being 30 years old is not bad at all. I'm still in a little shock but I can't think of anything else I'd want or need at this point in my life. I feel amazing. I have an amazing life. I have an amazing family. So how do I explain in one word what being 30 feels like???----AMAZING!
I just started my second round of g-fit this morning. I'm excited to see my results the second month.
Ruby is just as happy and healthy as ever. She will be 20 months old tomorrow. So crazy. 2 years old in 4 months. I don't understand why it goes so fast. I just love that crazy little booger!
I'm going to post some random iPhone pics. Everyone have a great week!
Love,
Sarah
I kind of dealt my own hand back in January of becoming a SAHM/WIFE. I haven't shared because it's been a struggle. Assume what you will, I'm not real worried about it. But it is what it is.
I have shared with you I'm sure more than once that I can't stand how we as a society of women bring each other down rather than lift each other up. Ruby is still going to Kathy's most days, because we pay full time, while we figure out what is next for me. Starting March 1st she will be staying home with me full time if the next card is not me getting a job.
I constantly struggle with her going to Kathy's because unfortunately there are many women out there who do look down on the fact that I'm not "raising my child". I see it from a different view. I was not raised with a SAHM and neither was Jared. I just have to get past the constant judgement. I'm the first to say "I don't care what others think" but we all know everyone does at one point or another. When it comes to the way I AM RAISING MY CHILD, I do care, more than I want to.
So I have been praying so hard about what to do next. Some women just aren't capable of sitting at home 24/7 with their child. I'm one of them. So during my healing process I've just been really praying about what He wants me to do. Yesterday morning I woke up and said "ok God, I need a sign, I need your help, I need a SIGN". Boy, does He ever come to you when you need him most. Within a couple of hours I had sign after sign. So I ask for your prayers for us as well. I'm sorry I won't go into every single detail. And thank you for your prayers in advance.
Now, onto more fun subjects. MY 30TH BIRTHDAY HELLLLURRRR!!!! About 13 of the best friends joined us for dinner at Doe's Saturday night. Then we carried on to a couple of other places. So much fun!
I have to say, being 30 years old is not bad at all. I'm still in a little shock but I can't think of anything else I'd want or need at this point in my life. I feel amazing. I have an amazing life. I have an amazing family. So how do I explain in one word what being 30 feels like???----AMAZING!
I just started my second round of g-fit this morning. I'm excited to see my results the second month.
Ruby is just as happy and healthy as ever. She will be 20 months old tomorrow. So crazy. 2 years old in 4 months. I don't understand why it goes so fast. I just love that crazy little booger!
I'm going to post some random iPhone pics. Everyone have a great week!
Love,
Sarah
Monday, February 11, 2013
**Our Ray of Sunshine**
I know I'm WAY behind on a Ruby post. I was going to go look at exactly how far behind I am but then I knew I'd be embarrassed. There is just SO MUCH to tell about our sweet growing girl I don't even know where to start.
First of all, we say over and over about how blessed we are to have such a healthy child. Not only is she healthy but she's so happy.
Measurements: not sure on exact numbers. I got on the scale with her and she was 25 lbs.. She's still wearing 18 month clothes but also some 24m/2T. I think she's ready for size 5 diapers but we still have quite a few size 4's so we'll continue those for a while. She's tall for sure.
What she loves: well there's a lot so I'm sure I'll forget some stuff. Me :), her daddy, the park, all of her cousins (specifically Madi and Tucker for some reason), all of her grandparents. Tea, yes, sweet tea. She asks for it every night for dinner. She runs to the refrigerator and says "tea tea??". If I have some made I always have a glass with her too. She also loves milk and water and juice but she mainly drinks milk and water and tea. She loves yogurt, strolls in her wagon, playing "get the ball before Mommy", dancing while Daddy plays the guitar, helping me with laundry and unloading the dishwasher, OUTSIDE-every chance we get, Ms. Kathy, face timing, Sophia Grace and Rosie (look them up, she's obsessed), READING-she could sit with her books all day every day, her babies, my make up, bath time, picking out her jammies and getting her wash cloth out of the linen closet for bath time, "swimming" in her bath, her Aunt Tippy, Beth and Aunt B, puppies, CATS, Jared calls her the "the crazy cat lady" because she completely freaks out when she sees a cat, and going places. She loves to be in public.
Eating: well it's hit or miss. If its something she loves she will eat a lot of it. Her favorites are anything that has pasta, fruit, tons of fruit, marshmallows, raisins, yogurt as I said before, chips when I let her have them (I worry about choking, she mainly eats Pringles), bologna, cheese, black olives, onions, tomatoes, corn, green beans, avocado and pickles. I love trying new things too because she's so open to it. I think she gets that from her dad. It's taken him 10 years to get me to eat half the stuff I just named off that she eats. I constantly worry when she doesn't eat a lot but I think that's pretty normal. One day she'll eat two plates of dinner/lunch and the next she will barely eat two bites. Last night I had to bribe her "3 more bites of spaghetti" because she was yelling for a "nana" (banana). She understands it too. Not the "3" part but she'll take another bite then yell for her nana. I just tell myself if she's hungry she'll eat.
Talking: she's forming complete sentences so I'd say she's talking! Yesterday she asked me "where's my ball?". Clear as day. She says a lot of words. I don't remember if I blogged about this but the last time we were at the doctor she asked how many words she is saying and I told Dr. Averitts about 50ish words. She acted stunned so I second guessed myself, came home and told Jared who thought I was crazy too. So we started writing them down. That was back in December. We exceeded 50 words and I know for sure she says way more than that now. So I won't type them all out. All I know is it is unbelievable to hear her speak words. We love her voice so much. We say it all the time. So sweet.
She doesn't like: bed time. She runs from me when I tell her it's time to brush her teeth every night. Or she'll run to Jared and cuddle up to him like he's going to save her. Bows. Her hair is getting so long and crazy but she refuses to let me fix it. I have decided to choose my battles with her and fixing her hair (or not) will not be one of them. So when you see pictures of her with wild hair you know why. :) She doesn't like for me to open or really do anything for her. She wants to do it all. Open her yogurt, her cheese, clean up her mess, ETC.. Miss Independent.
Potty Training: if she's not ready she's very close to it. She likes to take her diaper off every chance she gets. She tells me when it needs changed and she says "YUCK!". I've been trying to sit her on the potty for about 10 minutes a day. Nothing has happened. She goes into my closet anytime she has to #2. Like a dead sprint into our closet. And if I peek in there at her she gets mad at me. It's so funny. So we just don't bother her.
Randoms: she's sleeping great. She has actually been sleeping in later. Sometimes I wake up when she's up around 5ish whining. I change her diaper and that makes her sleep a few more hours. She goes right back down. It makes me think she's ready for potty training even more. She naps anywhere from 1-4. She goes to sleep at around 7:30. Sometimes 8:00 if I let her. Biting. I know it's not good and I'd never tell on her and post this negativity in public if this wasn't a way for me to document it and remember. I hate it. We don't really know what to do because she doesn't do it here. She bit the little girl Shelby at school last week, and left marks. Kathy thinks she took a toy from Ruby. She put her in time out. When Jared took her back to school that next time he told her "no biting today Ruby you be nice". And she went straight to Shelby and hugged her. Poor babies. All of them.
I think that is it. We've been venturing out to new things and she's loving it. Last week it was to the library for baby bookworms and some playing on a computer she's allowed on. The week before it was Boingo Bounce.
She is our ray of sunshine. She's our best little friend. I don't know what we'd do without her. THANK GOD for her.
Here are some picture's to enjoy. Have a great week!
First of all, we say over and over about how blessed we are to have such a healthy child. Not only is she healthy but she's so happy.
Measurements: not sure on exact numbers. I got on the scale with her and she was 25 lbs.. She's still wearing 18 month clothes but also some 24m/2T. I think she's ready for size 5 diapers but we still have quite a few size 4's so we'll continue those for a while. She's tall for sure.
What she loves: well there's a lot so I'm sure I'll forget some stuff. Me :), her daddy, the park, all of her cousins (specifically Madi and Tucker for some reason), all of her grandparents. Tea, yes, sweet tea. She asks for it every night for dinner. She runs to the refrigerator and says "tea tea??". If I have some made I always have a glass with her too. She also loves milk and water and juice but she mainly drinks milk and water and tea. She loves yogurt, strolls in her wagon, playing "get the ball before Mommy", dancing while Daddy plays the guitar, helping me with laundry and unloading the dishwasher, OUTSIDE-every chance we get, Ms. Kathy, face timing, Sophia Grace and Rosie (look them up, she's obsessed), READING-she could sit with her books all day every day, her babies, my make up, bath time, picking out her jammies and getting her wash cloth out of the linen closet for bath time, "swimming" in her bath, her Aunt Tippy, Beth and Aunt B, puppies, CATS, Jared calls her the "the crazy cat lady" because she completely freaks out when she sees a cat, and going places. She loves to be in public.
Eating: well it's hit or miss. If its something she loves she will eat a lot of it. Her favorites are anything that has pasta, fruit, tons of fruit, marshmallows, raisins, yogurt as I said before, chips when I let her have them (I worry about choking, she mainly eats Pringles), bologna, cheese, black olives, onions, tomatoes, corn, green beans, avocado and pickles. I love trying new things too because she's so open to it. I think she gets that from her dad. It's taken him 10 years to get me to eat half the stuff I just named off that she eats. I constantly worry when she doesn't eat a lot but I think that's pretty normal. One day she'll eat two plates of dinner/lunch and the next she will barely eat two bites. Last night I had to bribe her "3 more bites of spaghetti" because she was yelling for a "nana" (banana). She understands it too. Not the "3" part but she'll take another bite then yell for her nana. I just tell myself if she's hungry she'll eat.
Talking: she's forming complete sentences so I'd say she's talking! Yesterday she asked me "where's my ball?". Clear as day. She says a lot of words. I don't remember if I blogged about this but the last time we were at the doctor she asked how many words she is saying and I told Dr. Averitts about 50ish words. She acted stunned so I second guessed myself, came home and told Jared who thought I was crazy too. So we started writing them down. That was back in December. We exceeded 50 words and I know for sure she says way more than that now. So I won't type them all out. All I know is it is unbelievable to hear her speak words. We love her voice so much. We say it all the time. So sweet.
She doesn't like: bed time. She runs from me when I tell her it's time to brush her teeth every night. Or she'll run to Jared and cuddle up to him like he's going to save her. Bows. Her hair is getting so long and crazy but she refuses to let me fix it. I have decided to choose my battles with her and fixing her hair (or not) will not be one of them. So when you see pictures of her with wild hair you know why. :) She doesn't like for me to open or really do anything for her. She wants to do it all. Open her yogurt, her cheese, clean up her mess, ETC.. Miss Independent.
Potty Training: if she's not ready she's very close to it. She likes to take her diaper off every chance she gets. She tells me when it needs changed and she says "YUCK!". I've been trying to sit her on the potty for about 10 minutes a day. Nothing has happened. She goes into my closet anytime she has to #2. Like a dead sprint into our closet. And if I peek in there at her she gets mad at me. It's so funny. So we just don't bother her.
Randoms: she's sleeping great. She has actually been sleeping in later. Sometimes I wake up when she's up around 5ish whining. I change her diaper and that makes her sleep a few more hours. She goes right back down. It makes me think she's ready for potty training even more. She naps anywhere from 1-4. She goes to sleep at around 7:30. Sometimes 8:00 if I let her. Biting. I know it's not good and I'd never tell on her and post this negativity in public if this wasn't a way for me to document it and remember. I hate it. We don't really know what to do because she doesn't do it here. She bit the little girl Shelby at school last week, and left marks. Kathy thinks she took a toy from Ruby. She put her in time out. When Jared took her back to school that next time he told her "no biting today Ruby you be nice". And she went straight to Shelby and hugged her. Poor babies. All of them.
I think that is it. We've been venturing out to new things and she's loving it. Last week it was to the library for baby bookworms and some playing on a computer she's allowed on. The week before it was Boingo Bounce.
She is our ray of sunshine. She's our best little friend. I don't know what we'd do without her. THANK GOD for her.
Here are some picture's to enjoy. Have a great week!
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