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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!

A Scary Moment

I am just copying & pasting what I wrote in a note on my personal FB page, no reason to re-type everything out.

I posted a status today talking about how my appointment went and some of you are asking what happened. I would have posted about this anyway, but it’s nice to know that friends care & want to know how things are going. So here is how today went. (I am 15 weeks 6 days today)

I didn’t have an ultrasound scheduled for today, so I figured that I would be in and out of the drs office with no issue and be out of there in no time. That all changed soon after the dr came in the room. My vitals were all fine when the nurse checked them. My dr came in and wanted to use the heart doppler to listen to the baby. This is where things got scary. My dr tried for what seemed like forever (more like 15 minutes) to try and find Baby L’s heartbeat. He spent time and effort looking and listening. Mark was not with me at this appointment. I felt very alone and scared at this point. He doubled checked with me how far along I was and if I had bleeding\spotting. I confirmed my weeks and no spotting. After trying longer he determined that he wanted me to have an ultrasound done. After waiting about 10 more minutes a nurse came in and told me to be back at the office in an hour. It was enough time for me to drive to Mark’s work, tell him what was going on, and see if he could come with me. At this point, Mark went inside to talk to his boss. One of Mark’s co-workers started walking in my direction and asked why I was standing outside. I began to tell him and started crying again. He asked what was wrong and as soon as I told him, he hugged me and told me to follow him & that we would find Mark. He didn’t hear me say that Mark already knew and was talking to their boss. This co-worker was very sweet. Him and I haven’t really said much to each other before this because we don’t really know each other. Anyway, so Mark was able to leave work and come with me to my ultrasound. We waited for about 30 minutes and was finally called back. As soon as the tech but the wand on my belly, she found a nice, healthy, strong heartbeat! Come to find out, I am carrying higher than what is normal for being how many weeks I am. So in turn Baby L was higher than where my dr was checking. Thank God!!! I would say that this was the scariest moment of my life. I wouldn’t wish those thoughts & fears on my worst enemy. I pray to God that we never have to go through that again. What a relief to hear Baby L’s heartbeat and know that he\she is growing just fine. I have another appointment next month.

Elf on a shelf

Can someone please explain to me what this is!?

I think this is the 2nd year I have heard about this thing & still have no idea what this guy is all about. I see people posting pictures & videos about him. He apparently gets into things but I don’t know why or the purpose.

Someone please help me!!!!!!!

Goodbye my friend

This is not my choice in saying goodbye to this friend. I noticed awhile back that we weren’t friends on FB anymore. We were close friends even though we had never met & lived in different states. I felt that I had been by her side through anything that she needed me to be there for her. I wasn’t always able to drop what I was doing to answer her messages or talk with her, but when I could clear my head & write from my heart I did. I didn’t always post on her wall because I thought we were at a point in our friendship that I didn’t need to do that sort of thing.

We had a falling out a few months ago but it was over a miscommunication\misunderstanding. It was worked out and we went on our merry way. I did feel differently toward her after this but still wanted that friendship with her. Figured that it would just work it’s way out and things would be normal between us again. Apparently it wasn’t meant to be. I went to write on her wall & say that I was thinking about her and that’s how I found out we weren’t friends anymore. I was saddened by this because I really did value our friendship and love her. I have sent her a message on FB asking what happened & haven’t heard back from her. I am pretty sure she was read it, but I am not going to push it & let her come to me when she is ready.

I do miss her & only know what’s going with her & family through her blog. If there was something going on, I would have liked if she would have come to me about it. That way we could work it out or whatever the case may be. I don’t know why she chose to not be friends with me but it’s something that I have to accept. I honestly think about her on a daily basis & keep her and family in my prayers. I have no idea if she will read this. I am sorry for anything that I did to hurt her. But I want to say something to the people that do read this:

If you have a friend that you are close with & something happens or you are starting to feel a certain way….please talk with them about it instead of just leaving the friendship & having the friend wonder what happened and what they did wrong. Don’t just close doors to the people that love you & then not explain to them what happened. I am sure that you wouldn’t want someone to do that to you – so please don’t do that to other people.

Homemade

There have been recipes & crafts that I have been wanting to try\do for awhile now but haven’t had the energy or time or ________ (fill in the blank). But with the extra set of hands that have arrived at our house, I have been able to do a few of these things!

*My MIL wanted to use soap nuts in place of bar soap, so I am not sure how those recipes will turn out…haven’t used them yet, but I will update once I have used them a few times to see how they work\clean. *

The first one that I made was the liquid laundry soap that I got off of the Duggar Family website. This recipe is perfect for our household because of the amount of soap this recipe makes! This is the only recipe of soaps that I made last night mentions that I could add oils for scents if I wanted to…..so I am just waiting for the soap to cool completely to add that.
This is what my laundry soap looks like so far. I think it would look different if we actually used a bar of soap instead of soap nuts.

The next homemade soap that I made was liquid hand soap. Again, we didn’t use the bar of soap that the recipe calls for but used soap nuts. I found this recipe on Pinterest. (Oh how I love Pinterest!) I just clicked on the picture and it took me to the blogger that originally posted this recipe. I haven’t used this soap yet…waiting to use up what we have first. This is what our soap looks like:

And the final homemade soap that I made was the dishwasher soap. This by far was the easiest & quickest! I also found this recipe on Pinterest! This is also the only one that is a powder. This recipe makes a lot of soap & uses very little for each cycle. Which is, again, perfect for us considering how many loads of dishes we can go through! I put it in a smaller container & put the left over in my old diaper bin. (Don’t worry….it was washed out!!!) Here is what our soap looks like:

This is the container that I am using to keep on the counter.

And this is the left over.

Potty Training Adventure #4

My youngest (as of right now) is 2 1\2, will be 3 in March, has been coming to us for awhile now telling us that he is poopy or just wants a diaper change. A big sign to me that he might be ready for potty training. My original plan was to start potty training boot camp during my 2 oldest Thanksgiving break but my morning sickness wouldn’t allow me to do much let alone potty train him. But in the last week or so I have been feeling much better & with a second pair of hands around the house, I thought now would be a great time to see if he was really ready. And here is our adventure:

I started Monday the 5th of December. I packed all his cloth diapers away and made sure that there were no disposables around. Put him in underwear & pants…learned that the underwear was too much to start out with, so I just put him in pants. I made him a sticker chart (which he picked out) and told him that everytime he peed he got 1 sticker & when he pooped he got 2 stickers. Wasn’t sure how he would react to this or if he was even going to ‘get it’. But I started asking him through out the day if he needed to go potty. I didn’t put him on a timer (example: every 30 minutes taking him to the bathroom), I wanted him to learn the feeling of needing to go rather than a time to go. We had more stickers the first day then accidents which was way better than I expected! I also didn’t put him in diapers\trainers at night. Again, I wanted him to know the feeling of going and didn’t want to confuse him with wearing diapers at night & not during the day. Last night (the 8th) was the first night he woke up dry. He was also waking up dry from his naps (2-3 hour naps) almost right off the bat.

He has by far been the easiest one out of my 4 children to potty train. My oldest was pretty easy too but not this easy! I have always had at least one child in diapers when a new baby arrived, so this will be a nice change! I am happy to have a break between now and dealing with diapers again. I am so proud of my little man! We are still using the stickers even though I don’t have to ask him (he is recognizing the feelings) and no accidents. I will continue the stickers until he is no longer interested in them.

If you have nothing nice to say, then don’t say anything at all.

It’s an old saying but it’s completely true!

I just read an article that Michelle Duggar had a miscarriage with her 20th child while in her 2nd trimester. My heart broke for her when I read this news. But what I think broke my heart even more were the comments that people where leaving about her miscarriage.

I have never experienced a miscarriage & I pray that I never have to. I have had many friends and family members suffer from them though & it breaks my heart to hear what they have had to go through. No one should have to go through something like that. I know that God has a plan for everyone and everything, but I wouldn’t think that it would be my mind at ease knowing that. Well, it would to a point but we are human and have human emotions. And I really don’t think this is something that a parent would ‘get over’.

Anyway, back to what the people where saying. I couldn’t believe some of the things that people were saying about her miscarriage. I don’t care if it’s your first baby or 40th child……it’s not easy & it’s never the “best possible outcome” that could happen to the parents, family, and\or baby. How unsympathetic and heartless can you be? I understand that the Duggar family & their way of living isn’t for everyone & that just their name alone can bring hours of debate\conversation. But I am not talking about that….I am talking about a set of parents who just lost their child. There is nothing that is right about that! And if you have something of the opposite to say about that, then I really think that you need to take a step back & put yourself in their shoes.

My heart goes out to the Duggar family and my prayers are definitely with them. I pray that God will bless them with as many children as He sees fit…..not society! Shame on anyone who thinks that this is better than her having another child. (Which, by the way, doesn’t affect you in any way, shape, or form!)

1 down – 3 to go!

Woohoo! I am finally in the 2nd trimester of this pregnancy! The 1st trimester was rough! I was sick, couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep…no fun! All I have to say is that this baby better be glad that I love him\her

As of today I am 14 weeks and 2 days along…..and many weeks left.

I love my drs office! I don’t think that I have ever liked another office as much as I do this one. I have also never gone to the dr as early as I did with this one and haven’t gone as often as I do with this office. I am not sure why I go as often as I do because I am not high risk. It must be the way they do things in order to make sure that baby & mommie are healthy. Which is absolutely fine with me!!! I go back to the dr again on the 19th of this month. I am not getting another ultrasound this time around….the next one I will be getting is at 20 weeks which will be on exactly my birthday

We are not finding out the gender of this baby until her\she makes their debut! We have never had a pregnancy where the gender was a complete surprise and we would like this to happen this pregnancy. I am excited to wait but on the other hand I am a not so patient person, haha! I am hoping\praying that the techs will not say anything when they find out!

Speaking of gender….I do, however, think it’s a girl. This pregnancy resembles my pregnancy that I had with my daughter. My daughters was rougher (is that a word!?) but it has too many similarities!

I am not sure if we will be revealing what names we have chosen for each gender to the world during the pregnancy or wait until after Baby L is born. A handful of people know and they are family members & have been sworn to secrecy!!!

*Baby L is the name we have given this baby as of right now. We have a boy & girl name picked out already, and whichever gender this baby is, the name will start with an L.*

Would you like me to do weekly updates on Baby L & I or just update after drs appointments? Let me know! I love sharing my pregnancy stories & reading others! Let me know in the comments below

Sorry for being MIA

Hello fans & readers

I have not been a very good blogger lately and I am sorry. Ever since we have moved to TX things have been crazy & it never seems to stop. Between settling in, finding we are expecting again, two kids in school, husband working all the time, a family member coming to live with us, extra activities with our two oldest…..the list is never ending! I know that a lot of you know how this goes & can relate to me on this.

I have had tons that I have wanted to talk about & post about. I have wanted to share things with you all. I am seriously going to try to get better and get back in the swing of things.

I still have reviews\giveaways to host, along with sending out prizes to the winners from the last giveaway. I know that I am very behind on things and I am sorry for that.

I am so thankful that I have fans & readers that are understanding and willing to work with me and wait on my slow butt

I am still alive and just wanted to update and say that I am sorry for the things that I haven’t done. I in no way expected to slack on the blog at all. I really enjoy writing & hearing you all have to say in response.

Love you all

Exciting News!

Hello all!
I know that I have been away much longer than I thought I would be. But life happens sometimes & it goes so quickly and you get so busy, that you forget about the little things. I miss posting and talk with you all about daily things! I am going to try & make a better effort. Anyway, on to the exciting news!

I will have plenty to talk about now.
The Mommieventures family is growing & I don’t mean we are adding another sister site.
We are expecting our 5th child in June of 2012!!!!!

I have made a Facebook friend page to talk solely about my pregnancy. Please feel free to add me! I also have a Youtube channel where I do weekly pregnancy updates….although I haven’t done one this week, but I will explain in next weeks vlog why.

I hope that you all will join my family & I during these next months and following us after our baby is born!

Thanks & I will update soon! <3

Baby L ~ Due June 5, 2012

October 15th

If you would like to share our story about pregnancy and\or infant loss that you have had, please email me at mommieventures@gmail.com.

All babies should be remembered no matter how long they lived. Please tell your story, share a picture, or just want to say a message to your baby—I will post whatever it is that you would like!

But we shouldn’t just remember all this on one day…remember it everyday. The moms and dads that have had to go through this don’t just morn & remember their baby (babies) just one day a year……their child(ren) are with them every day of the year.

My heart goes out to all those parents who have lost a child….either inside the womb or out. It’s not fair! I would love to help be apart of remembering your child on this day!