About Me

Jared and I have been married two years now. In November we will have been together 9 years. Crazy to think. We definitely grew up together and I think that's what makes us work so well. We had a daughter in June and we're not sure why we didn't do so sooner. We love her with our life. She is the best thing that's ever happened to us. I love having my own family. We live in Fayetteville and LOVE IT. We are always back and forth on whether or not we'll move back to Alma. I see us back down there one day but I see our life always being in NWA. If only we could pack our families up and move them up here!

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Late to Rise!

Well, the entire house slept in today. Mommy is in charge of waking everyone up and she turned off the alarm. OOPS!

So Daddy got to dress Ruby....

And I did not fix her hair!

Have a good, rainy day!



Monday, August 12, 2013

We are PREGNANT!

What exciting news! Among other changes going on at the Inman household, we will be adding a new little munchkin to the brood.

Jared and I decided at the beginning of June it was time for
#2. We found out on June 30th that we are pregnant. We are so very blessed to say the least.

I don't know if I held out on telling everyone because I was so shocked that I didn't believe it or if I just wanted to make sure all was ok. Either way, we got a sweet little ultrasound and that made it very real.

It hasn't been easy for sure. I was always a little frightened of getting pregnant with a toddler but never imagined how tough it would be. I've been SICK. AND. TIRED. Very sick. Every single day. It's getting a little easier though. Or maybe I just figured out how to manage.

I most definitely, I am 100% positive, I couldn't do it without Jared. He is amazing. I didn't throw up all weekend and I think it's because he let me "sleep it off" as I was told to do by a good friend. I slept until 10 on Saturday and 9:30 on Sunday. I didn't get sick. If only I could do that every day.

I have no desire to eat, but I have to. I eat a lot of pickles. I'm pretty sure I could eat a jar a day if I didn't feel guilty about it. I'm also obsessed with fried potatoes covered in cheese and jalapeƱos with ranch on the side. YUM. Butterfinger candy bars too. I have to stop. At this point though, I am just happy to get and keep anything down so I don't care what it is.

Ruby doesn't really understand. I tell her there's a baby in my belly, she says "I want a boy" or "baby brother". I hope she is not disappointed if its a girl. I think she's going to be a really sweet big sister. I've been getting a lot of very helpful advice from other mom's about how to handle toddler/newborn that I am storing in the back of my mind.

I cannot wait for this baby to join us. I am only 10 weeks but I honestly feel like it is just flying by. The unconditional love I receive from Ruby and that I have for her, I just can't wait to multiply that by 2.

We are unbelievably blessed. Thank you God!







Monday, August 5, 2013

Here We Are!

Ok I know, it's been too long. It's been so long and I'm so ashamed that I have thought about just deleting to save myself the embarrassment of how neglectful I've been. But I didn't. I'm not a quitter!

Where to start... Ruby is TWO! She is actually 25 1/2 months old. She is so big and so smart. She remembers everything. Even the things I don't think she's listening to or watching, she repeats and does. Sometimes it's mind blowing.

She eats GREAT. We couldn't ask for a better eater. She might be picky but if its what she likes she eats a lot of it.

She's calling me "mom" and Jared "dad". It cracks me up. I'm thinking she hears us call our parents that. I still hear mommy and mama but a lot of times it's "here mom", "no mom", "ok mom". I don't know why that makes me laugh.

We converse with her and we all fully understand each other.

She loves to sit on the counter and help us cook in the kitchen. It makes me a nervous wreck but we never go far.

She got a giant trampoline for her birthday and LOOOOVES IT! She does tricks on it already. She calls them "flips" but she just lands on her bottom. It really gets her energy out and she comes out of there sweating.

She yells at us "hey hey hey" when she doesn't want something to happen---change of diaper, lotion after bath (yes she still hates that), coming inside, anything she doesn't want to do. That's something I just want to remember so I'm documenting it.

She calls spoons "sooms"... I think that's cute too. I know you're supposed to correct them but I can't help but think she's just cute. She'll correct it when she's ready.

She still sucks her thumb and I still don't plan on trying to prevent it. That is just one more thing she'll grow out of.

She is not potty trained. I'm 99% positive she is ready and I'm not doing my part . It makes me very sad. All I know to do is keep reading and praying that God will lead me in the right teaching direction. If any of you working mom's have any advice let me know. I am ALL EARS!

She is sleeping great. She still sleeps in her bed. We've been going to Alma a lot lately so on the weekends I let her sleep with me. I love it. She used to not sleep very good with us but now she does. If it was up to me she'd be in bed with us every single night. She's napping 2-3 hours a day lately. Usually 3, yesterday it was a 4 hour nap. She sleeps 11-12 hours at night. If it wasn't for late summer nights she'd go to bed at 8:30 every night.

I think she's absolutely perfect. We are so blessed. Thank God for her!!!!!!!