Staying Home

Being a stay at home Mom is the best! I really love my job, I get to stay home with my precious daughter, keep my home clean and pretty and have a nice dinner ready when my Hubby gets home. This is the life I always wanted and we are very blessed that we are able to do this and live off of one salary. It isn’t easy. We have a strict budget and savings plan. We follow the Dave Ramsey program. If you haven’t read the book “The Total Money Makeover” by Dave Ramsey I would highly suggest it (I am not getting paid to endorse this book. We just really love it, and it has helped us so much with our financial planning.) It takes a lot of sacrifice and we aren’t able to go out and blow money like a lot of our friends. It is worth it to stay home though and be able to make sure our children are being raised the way we want. I always want them to know that they are our number one priority.

As much as I love staying home, it can be hard. Especially when you don’t have a second car like us right now (Ben’s car is being repaired so he has been using mine this past month). I can go days without going outside or talking to another human in person besides Belle who doesn’t do much talking ha ha and Ben for the few short hours between work and bed. Most days I don’t even get dressed or do my hair, and that is just pathetic. I try to spruce up before Ben gets home but still…I need to set a better example for my children or they’ll grow up thinking all Mom’s do they’re chores in their underwear! So I have decided to make a goal of getting ready within the first three hours after waking up. I have seen a lot of cute hairstyles on Pinterest I want to try. If I like them I will post pictures of the results!!

I am officially in the third trimester!! I can’t believe it’s gone by so quick. Gracelyn now weighs almost two pounds and she is going to start packing on the pounds for the remainder of my pregnancy. She kicks really hard now.  I can see my whole belly moving when she is really active. I have to go in for an ultrasound soon. With Belle’s issues they like to watch me more carefully and do more ultrasounds. I don’t really see the point since the top neurologist and geneticist in the state have Belle outside the womb and can’t seem to figure out what is going on… but hey, at least I get to see my sweet baby. We should be able to tell what she will look like when she is born in this next ultrasound. So exciting!

Isabelle is doing well. She can stand while holding on to things and seems to be making a bit better eye contact and interaction. I just wish all these specialists could figure out what was going on. The geneticist says she is a “tough cookie”. The not knowing is just so hard to bear sometimes. She is still the sweetest and happiest baby I’ve ever known, so that makes it easier to bear. I am just so grateful to have her and want to be able to give her all the help possible.

I hope you are all having a wonderful week. If anyone is interested, I will be watching this http://www.lds.org/church/events/april-2013-general-conference?lang=eng and being inspired by the words of the Prophet, Apostles, and other wonderful speakers all weekend long!!! Here are some recent pictures. Enjoy!!!

 

I found these hats on clearence for 10 cents each!! You can't beat that. So I got them and added some fun stuff!!



26 weeks!!

My happy Easter baby!

Grandpa time!!!

Cousin Luci... They love each other!

Posing :)

Look at that smile!! You can see all four of her teeth... don't mind the toes ha ha she is obsessed.

Fishtail braid. It takes a bit longer but I love how it looked. I wish my shorter layers stayed in better though.