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Hello!

This is my first blog about me being a mommie and my MommieVentures! I am excited to have started this and excited to see what comes from it! I hope that I can keep up with this and, most of all, have fun with this!

Throwback Thursday 05/23/13

This picture was taken exactly 1 year ago today. How much things change in such a short amount of time.

Wordless Wednesday 05/22/13

Thankful Tuesday – 05/21/13

(Typed this out Tuesday night but it’s not being published until Wednesday morning)

On this night, I am so very thankful that the house that I am currently living in is in once piece & that my little family is all tucked into their beds and sleeping.

I know that with the recent OK events, that not everyone is able to say that. It’s times like these that make you stop & look around at what you have instead of what you don’t. It saddens me that these moments (not the tragedy) don’t happen more often. It shouldn’t take something like a nasty tornado for us to remember this.

As cliché as this might sound, here goes. Hug your loved ones. There’s no such thing as saying “I love you” too much. Smile more often. And thank the good Lord above for what you have around you right at this moment. Things can always be worse than your moment right now.

Love you all & pray that you are safe and sound tonight. <3

Weigh in #12

I was supposed to get this up Monday but there was just a lot going on & I wasn’t able to.

I weigh myself on Tuesday morning and it said 217.2. Not happy about that. But again I am not doing anything in the exercise department to have that number change.
Mister thinks it’s stress related but I have no idea. This weekend and late last week were pretty stressful for me. Some things have been taken care of, so maybe that number will be less next week!

I am still trying to stop myself from over eating & doing a good job. Doing much better at making my choices too. And drinking more water.

I notice that when I don’t drink as much water that I put on a few pounds. Does that happen with anyone else too!?

Anyway, not much to report this week. Hopefully next week will be better!

See ya Monday

Throwback Thursday 05-16-13

Since this school year is coming to an end (in about 2 weeks) I thought I would post a picture of our oldest at the end of his kindergarten year!
He is about to finish 3rd grade!!!!

Enjoy

Wanna play a game!?

She has asked me to help manage her page during the day, which I feel so honored that she asked me, and I want to help her out with sales as much as I can.
So I asked her & ran an idea by her last night about what I had in mind. She said she thought it was a good idea, so now we just have to start the details.

I wanted to help spread the word about the game & share with you all too so if you were interested or know someone who might be you could tell them about it.

We do know that we will be giving away discounts, bogo, and gift certificates as prizes!
We will do trivia questions. With each question there will be an equal prize.

Easy answers get smaller prizes & harder questions get bigger prizes.
I am hoping that maybe we can do this monthly to keep fans coming back & sales up on her end.
Plus this is going to be fun!!!!

So if you want to play, please follow this link to join in! Spread the word too

Weigh in #11

This is late.
I am eating some Cheetos Mix-ups while I write this up :/

Anyway, on to the update!

I forgot to weigh myself Monday morning. Then Tuesday. Remembered Wednesday. Forgot to type it up Wednesday.
So here it is Thursday & I remembered!

I wish that I had some exciting news for you but I do not.
I gained about a pound which brings me to 215. Which I can’t complain about considering that I have been at 214 for weeks.
I can’t get too upset at that number. I mean I haven’t been exercising (maybe 1 walk a week) and I haven’t really been watching what I am eating.

Trying to fit exercising into my schedule is becoming harder than I thought. I am hoping that with summer break starting in just a few weeks that I can fit it in.
Not to mention that it’s just plain hot here in Texas and it doesn’t help with my motivation at all!

So that’s it for right now. I will posting again on Monday. I like that day & don’t want to change it.

See ya next Monday

Someone always has it worse than you

This statement is true.
This statement will always be true.

A friend of mine on fb posted a status the other day talking about how the next time you want to whine/complain about something, think about those who are going through something serious.

Welp I am officially tired of Dr. offices! And with the scare I am dealing with I am amazed at people on facebook that complain over the tiniest little things! “I have a headache”, “I cant sleep”, “I’m tired of the cold.” I’m not calling myself perfect but I am DEFANTLY not going to complain about anything that is small just to get pity ever again! This seriously saddens me, especially when most o…f the things you complain about YOU CAN FIX!! It’s time for you to LIVE not complain. Live for yourself, your babies, your family, your friends, and your future! Sometimes people have life altering experiences and life changing experiences and those people don’t give a DAMN about your headache they are just happy to see the next day when they wake up! Next time you complain think about someone who has it way way worse then you! *END OF RANT*

I absolutely agree with her. No matter what you are going through someone is always going through something worse. Some people would gladly take your situation over the one they are in, in a heart beat!

With that being said, it’s not always easy to remember this in those moments. I think we all want a pity party about what we are going through. I think it’s almost normal. I think that we need to take time to have a pity party…it’s part of the process.

What I don’t think we need to do is always air it for the world to see/hear. Sometimes it does some good, but you know what I am talking when people cross that line.

I know that for myself I need to have a pity party, feel sorry for myself, and then deal with whatever is going on. When I don’t do this I sometimes end up stuffing inside and then every little thing makes me 100x madder than it normally would.

I also know that we all live in our own bubbles. We feel for people and have empathy for others going through things/hard times. But I think it’s hard to put ourselves in their shoes especially if it’s not something that they have been through before. We don’t always think about others & their problems during our day to day shuffle. We don’t always think of others problems until we are actually sitting and not doing anything or when they bring it back up to you. It’s not that we don’t care about what’s going on in your bubble, it’s just that our bubble is crazy too….just with different crazy things.

We also shouldn’t compare our bubble with other peoples’ bubble. They will never be the same & it’s a waste of time to compare. Not that we shouldn’t have empathy towards others, but it’s absolutely pointless to compare.

Someone will always have it worse than you.

Someone will always have it better than you.

Someone will always have a pity party.

Someone will always step over that line.

Be thankful for what you have.

Be thankful for the problems that you are going through. They make you stronger. They teach you things you wouldn’t have learned without going through this problem.

Be thankful for people in your life that allow you to complain to them.

Be thankful in knowing that you are never alone.

Be thankful that you have 1st world problems.

Be thankful you are alive so that you can complain about what is going on in your bubble.

Believe your kiddos!!!!

*This is about serious things, not silly things like if they tell you the sky is orange or there is a monster coming out of the drain*

If your child(ren), step child, neighbor child, or a child you don’t know comes to you & tells you something then you better believe them.
I know it’s hard sometimes to determine what is the truth and what is made up. Their imagination is running wild & they may say off the wall things.

When your child says someone did this to me or someone said something to me, you believe them!
I don’t care who the person is that did/said something to them. You have to take action!
If you don’t stand up for your kiddos, then who will?!

I would much rather be wrong about something that my child said than to not report it in the first place.

Be your childs voice. Be a childs voice.

Don’t you dare ever give up on those kiddos just because you get one closed door. You have earned that childs trust for them to have told you in the first place. Don’t waste that trust!

Do what you know is right. You cannot just let it be or ignore it.

Be the responsible adult and do what you have to do to protect that child.

How do you not know you are pregnant!?

Back in March I made a quick post about our #4 child’s 4th birthday. I mentioned that his pregnancy story was interesting & had a few people ask me to share his story.
So here goes

I have watched that TLC show called “I didn’t know I was pregnant” (or something along those lines) before and always wondered how a woman didn’t know they were pregnant…especially if they already had a pregnancy before. This certainly couldn’t be true and these women must be in denial about their pregnancy.

That’s what I thought until….

It was the winter of 2008. Our daughter (3rd child) was born in March of this year. We were happy with our 5 person family. Mister wanted more but we were content with not having another one for a few years.
We spent Thanksgiving with family. And then more family for Christmas.
I was gaining some weight but not at an alarming rate or anything….just figured I was eating too much (that wouldn’t have shocked me).

(These next events happened after Christmas passed)

Then one afternoon after I had put all 3 kiddos down for a nap that I felt something.
I was laying on our bed, eating my lunch, and watching some TV.
All of the sudden I felt a kick. But it couldn’t be a kick because I knew I wasn’t pregnant. I know what I feel like when I am pregnant & I hadn’t felt any of that.
Figured it was just gas.
Then I had that feeling again.
So I pushed back where I felt this kick.
I got a response back.
Gas doesn’t respond back.
Called Mister at his work, told him that I thought I was pregnant, he told me that he would buy a test on the way home, and I explained why I didn’t think that test was needed.

We were in the process of moving and the new year had just passed, so we were a tad busy. We figured I wasn’t very far along since I wasn’t showing at all. We decided that after we moved into our new place is when I would call the doctor.
Got an appointment and went in. Figured she would say I was 4 months along.
Nope. That’s not what I was told.

2 weeks away from my due date!

What!? Wait. Back up!

How in the world can I be that close to delivering when I just found out within the month that I was pregnant to begin with!?

They said that he must have been really far back for me not to show at all until the last month or so. They also said that since my periods were (and still are to this day) irregular that it would have been hard to notice unless I was looking for it.

This baby was due 03/18/09.
He was born on 03/21/09.

8lbs 15 1/2oz

They had trouble clearing his airways after he was born. So because of this he was admitted to the NICU.
By the time they wheeled him down to NICU, the bumpiness had cleared his airways.
He had to stay though because he was already admitted. We had to go through a certain checklist in order to get his discharged.
This was the first time I had a baby in NICU & first time that I had to leave my baby at the hospital while I got to go home.
He was only there for a few days.

It completely broke my heart to see all the other babies have a serious reason to be in there. I was so thankful that my baby wasn’t there for anything serious. I felt awful being in there just for red tape reasons. I wish that no parent had to leave their babies in there but I know that just isn’t ever going to happen.

This is Coleman’s pregnancy/birth story.
You can be pregnant & not know it.

If you have an questions, comments, or a story of your own – please feel free to share it!

Thanks