Today is my birthday! I am twenty four years old! Wow! Where did time go? I remember my childhood so vividly, I remember wanting to be older, wanting to be married with children, wanting to make my own rules! AHHH! What was I thinking!? Do not get me wrong I love my husband and love my kids, but man what I would do to be a kid again with no worries of anything but playing with my brothers and sisters and my dogs.
I remember my birthdays growing up I was so excited about them! Now that I am an adult it seems my birthdays have come and gone without my consent! Seems since my sweet sixteen they have all come and gone faster than normal. It must be the milestones...
Sweet Sixteen: You get a car or at minimum your drivers license! So cool super excited about that!
Eighteenth: I am an adult I can do what I want, you do not control me! Haha I laugh now as a mother! That was the most ridiculous birthday yet!
Twentieth Birthday was a giant joke! haha I;m not young enough to be a teenager but I am not old enough to drink! I am a big fat NOTHING!! lol
Twenty First: This Birthday is the one everyone waits for, well if you drink that is! Well, I do and I had a blast even tho I missed my husband who was overseas with the Army and I missed my son who was only a few months old and at home with his grandmother. But this seems to be the last birthday that I remember! haha
Now I am turning twenty four and you want to know what I am excited about? Stuff that I would never in my life expect to be excited about! I am excited that my car insurance is going to drop, I am excited I can rent a car from most any car rental place without flashing my USAA card, although I will anyway because I get a great deal for doing so!
It's a sad day! It's my birthday and I do not even care! haha
Happy Birthday to me!
Nikki
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
trying to be grateful for the time we had!
As a military spouse you meet new people everyday, and you have to say bye to many of those people a lot sooner than you want too. I have this year had to say bye to several people in my military life. Two people in particular this year either have or are moving. Both have become dear friends who I am eternally grateful to have met. These women have changed my life dramatically and I could not have been more blessed to have met them.
The first was Katie. She and I became friends in a very short time, but that friendship I believe will last a lifetime. Katie and her family got out of the military and were able to go home to be with family. I am so happy for them and at the same time I am so sad for myself. Everyday Katie or her daughter pop into my head and I think.. "man, I wish they could be here for this!" We miss you guys and we can not wait to see y'all again soon! Your one of a kind and one of the best! I will be eternally grateful to the military for bringing us together!
The second is Kim! Kim, has brought so much into my life. When I met her she reminded me so much of myself after I lost Jacey. She has gone through so much and it brought our friendship closer than I believe it would have ever been. We have bonded over our miracle babies and I am so grateful and blessed to have been apart of her little miracle! Alyssa came into her life at just the right time and I can see it in her eyes! Every horrible day before she made her appearance into this world was made a little easier to live with when she held that little girl.
In the last eight months since she has had her baby girl she has learned so many things that affect children she has taught me more than I ever could have realized and possibly saved my children from more than I believe she will ever know. Kim you are an amazing mother and do not ever let anyone tell you differently! You always do what your heart tells you too, more than likely it will be the right thing!
Thank you both for being a part of my life and being there when I needed you! I know that had my husband not joined the military we would have never met and I would not have ever been blessed with you two as some of my closest friends. You both, even tho you are younger, have taught me so much and I will be eternally grateful for the short time that we had together here at Ft. Bliss!
Kim, maybe one day we will be stationed together again! We can only hope!! Katie, you and your little family will just have to come see us and we will definitely be coming to see you!
Sincerely,
A very blessed friend!
The first was Katie. She and I became friends in a very short time, but that friendship I believe will last a lifetime. Katie and her family got out of the military and were able to go home to be with family. I am so happy for them and at the same time I am so sad for myself. Everyday Katie or her daughter pop into my head and I think.. "man, I wish they could be here for this!" We miss you guys and we can not wait to see y'all again soon! Your one of a kind and one of the best! I will be eternally grateful to the military for bringing us together!
The second is Kim! Kim, has brought so much into my life. When I met her she reminded me so much of myself after I lost Jacey. She has gone through so much and it brought our friendship closer than I believe it would have ever been. We have bonded over our miracle babies and I am so grateful and blessed to have been apart of her little miracle! Alyssa came into her life at just the right time and I can see it in her eyes! Every horrible day before she made her appearance into this world was made a little easier to live with when she held that little girl.
In the last eight months since she has had her baby girl she has learned so many things that affect children she has taught me more than I ever could have realized and possibly saved my children from more than I believe she will ever know. Kim you are an amazing mother and do not ever let anyone tell you differently! You always do what your heart tells you too, more than likely it will be the right thing!
Thank you both for being a part of my life and being there when I needed you! I know that had my husband not joined the military we would have never met and I would not have ever been blessed with you two as some of my closest friends. You both, even tho you are younger, have taught me so much and I will be eternally grateful for the short time that we had together here at Ft. Bliss!
Kim, maybe one day we will be stationed together again! We can only hope!! Katie, you and your little family will just have to come see us and we will definitely be coming to see you!
Sincerely,
A very blessed friend!
If I am ill and possibly contagious, should I go to someones house? Good question!!
Okay, so this is going to be a rant blog! On Saturday night I threw a going away party for one of my good friends. That night someone came to the party that either was sick or their child was sick! We are unsure of which it was for sure. Now pretty much everyone that attended said party is sick, to include myself and my two young children. Therefore, I am going to do this blog on what not to do if you or your child is sick!
1. DO NOT go to a party where other people and their children will be and expose them to your illness!
2. DO stay home or leave your sick child at home with their other parent!
3. DO NOT lie to everyone about being ill if you did not realize it! We need to know what we have come down with!
Okay, for now that's what I have! I needed to rant a little because whoever brought this plague to my home should pray I never find out who they are because they are in for a world of hurt! Myself and my two young children are sick, vomiting, diarrhea, dizzy, light headed, and fevers because you did not have the courtesy to let everyone know you were sick or to just stay home!Thanks a lot, because this is how I wanted to spend my birthday! Sick in bed!! Yippee!
Sincerely,
Pissed off MOM!!
1. DO NOT go to a party where other people and their children will be and expose them to your illness!
2. DO stay home or leave your sick child at home with their other parent!
3. DO NOT lie to everyone about being ill if you did not realize it! We need to know what we have come down with!
Okay, for now that's what I have! I needed to rant a little because whoever brought this plague to my home should pray I never find out who they are because they are in for a world of hurt! Myself and my two young children are sick, vomiting, diarrhea, dizzy, light headed, and fevers because you did not have the courtesy to let everyone know you were sick or to just stay home!Thanks a lot, because this is how I wanted to spend my birthday! Sick in bed!! Yippee!
Sincerely,
Pissed off MOM!!
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Contraversial Parenting Tag! What is my Opinion/Belief?
There
are blogs going around called controversial parenting tag going around,
so I thought I would chime in since I am very opinionated :) I don't
know how to tag people, so if you read this then I am tagging you to do
one as well :)
The Topics:
Pro-life Vs. Pro-choice
Baby Wearing
Circumcision
Adoption
Baby Piercing
Breast Milk Vs. Formula
Spanking
Co-sleeping
Home Vs. Public Vs. Private Vs. Charter Schooling
Vaccinations
Medicating Children
Cloth Vs. Disposable diapers
CIO Method
Everyone has their own views -here are mine.
Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice: I am Pro-Life and find absolutely no reason to KILL can unborn child just because you do not have the self control to keep your leggs closed or can't keep from blaming a baby for your problems! And in the case of Rape I still could not do it! If God put that baby in your belly it was meant to be there no matter the circumstances surrounding its conception! It is not the babies fault its sperm donor took advantage of you do not take it out on him/her!
Baby Wearing: I am pro- Baby Wearing! Mostly because it is a whole lot easier than lugging around a freaking stroller all the time! haha But its also very helpful in keeping a close knit bond between baby and parent or whoever is wearing him/her.
Circumcision: I am going to state this in the simplest terms possible! Barbaric, Archaic, and absurd!! His body his choice stop taking it from him! For more reasons go to www.wholenetwork.org
Adoption: Hello!! There are people out in the world who would gladly take that baby you were going to abort! So yes!! I am pro Adoption to say the least!
Baby Piercing: I am still unsure about this, but I am leaning toward not doing it! Mostly because if I refuse to cut my son why would I stick a needle and a piece of steel through my daughters ear without her consent!
Breast Milk Vs. Formula: I am all about Breast Milk! Breast is Best! I however failed with my son to breastfeed him any longer than a month. I lacked the knowledge or the help to be able to succeed! With my daughter I Breastfed for 3 months exclusively!! Then my body betrayed me and dried up! At this point she was put on donor milk for two months and now she is on formula because of lack of donors in the area for me to get donor milk from.
Spanking: Okay, so I am from the south! Where if you do something bad your get a whippin'! Well, since befriending a few people here in El Paso I have learned that I personally do not prefer this method of discipline! Therfore, as of now I am ANTI-SPANKING!
Co-Sleeping/Bed sharing: I bed shared with my son for most of his first year of life and loved it and I do not care what you say to me I know that I did what was best for him! I also bed shared with my daughter for three months, now she doesn't want to! :( However we still do Co-Sleep with both of our children! They and my husband and I feel much better doing this with our kids then putting them alone in a room upstairs!
Schooling: I personally wanted to home school, however recently Micha has been asking me if he can go to school! So... my baby wants to go to a school with other kids, wants to ride the bus, Its a sad day for mommy when he does go! So to me it is each child is different and I will do what I believe is best for that child!
Vaccinations: Okay, so I am not ANTI or PRO Vaccine. I am just going to do what I believe is best for my child! Micha is fully vaccinated, I never did research I just knew he needed them. However, with Sophia I have a horrible feeling that if I vaccinate her something bad will happen. Therefore, she is not being vaccinated!
Medicating Children: Okay, some may think I am a bad mom but I give gas drops and homeopathic meds whenever I feel the need to do so. I also give my son tylenol when he complains of pains because I want the pain to go away! So yeah I medicate!
Cloth Vs. Disposable Diapers: I am a cloth diapering mama and would never want to go back to disposables again! They are adorable and much better for my kids! So yeah I am all about cloth diapering!
CIO(Cry it out): I am against cry it out! The reason being is I want my child/children to know that no matter what is wrong or may not be wrong I will ALWAYS BE THERE!! No matter how tired, sick, or crappy I feel! They are my babies and I will always do what is best for them and in this case it just may be holding them tight while they sleep!
Okay, well that's my opinion and your welcome to have yours! I do not care what it is I may or may not agree with you but I promise you can not change mine!
The Topics:
Pro-life Vs. Pro-choice
Baby Wearing
Circumcision
Adoption
Baby Piercing
Breast Milk Vs. Formula
Spanking
Co-sleeping
Home Vs. Public Vs. Private Vs. Charter Schooling
Vaccinations
Medicating Children
Cloth Vs. Disposable diapers
CIO Method
Everyone has their own views -here are mine.
Pro-Life Vs. Pro-Choice: I am Pro-Life and find absolutely no reason to KILL can unborn child just because you do not have the self control to keep your leggs closed or can't keep from blaming a baby for your problems! And in the case of Rape I still could not do it! If God put that baby in your belly it was meant to be there no matter the circumstances surrounding its conception! It is not the babies fault its sperm donor took advantage of you do not take it out on him/her!
Baby Wearing: I am pro- Baby Wearing! Mostly because it is a whole lot easier than lugging around a freaking stroller all the time! haha But its also very helpful in keeping a close knit bond between baby and parent or whoever is wearing him/her.
Circumcision: I am going to state this in the simplest terms possible! Barbaric, Archaic, and absurd!! His body his choice stop taking it from him! For more reasons go to www.wholenetwork.org
Adoption: Hello!! There are people out in the world who would gladly take that baby you were going to abort! So yes!! I am pro Adoption to say the least!
Baby Piercing: I am still unsure about this, but I am leaning toward not doing it! Mostly because if I refuse to cut my son why would I stick a needle and a piece of steel through my daughters ear without her consent!
Breast Milk Vs. Formula: I am all about Breast Milk! Breast is Best! I however failed with my son to breastfeed him any longer than a month. I lacked the knowledge or the help to be able to succeed! With my daughter I Breastfed for 3 months exclusively!! Then my body betrayed me and dried up! At this point she was put on donor milk for two months and now she is on formula because of lack of donors in the area for me to get donor milk from.
Spanking: Okay, so I am from the south! Where if you do something bad your get a whippin'! Well, since befriending a few people here in El Paso I have learned that I personally do not prefer this method of discipline! Therfore, as of now I am ANTI-SPANKING!
Co-Sleeping/Bed sharing: I bed shared with my son for most of his first year of life and loved it and I do not care what you say to me I know that I did what was best for him! I also bed shared with my daughter for three months, now she doesn't want to! :( However we still do Co-Sleep with both of our children! They and my husband and I feel much better doing this with our kids then putting them alone in a room upstairs!
Schooling: I personally wanted to home school, however recently Micha has been asking me if he can go to school! So... my baby wants to go to a school with other kids, wants to ride the bus, Its a sad day for mommy when he does go! So to me it is each child is different and I will do what I believe is best for that child!
Vaccinations: Okay, so I am not ANTI or PRO Vaccine. I am just going to do what I believe is best for my child! Micha is fully vaccinated, I never did research I just knew he needed them. However, with Sophia I have a horrible feeling that if I vaccinate her something bad will happen. Therefore, she is not being vaccinated!
Medicating Children: Okay, some may think I am a bad mom but I give gas drops and homeopathic meds whenever I feel the need to do so. I also give my son tylenol when he complains of pains because I want the pain to go away! So yeah I medicate!
Cloth Vs. Disposable Diapers: I am a cloth diapering mama and would never want to go back to disposables again! They are adorable and much better for my kids! So yeah I am all about cloth diapering!
CIO(Cry it out): I am against cry it out! The reason being is I want my child/children to know that no matter what is wrong or may not be wrong I will ALWAYS BE THERE!! No matter how tired, sick, or crappy I feel! They are my babies and I will always do what is best for them and in this case it just may be holding them tight while they sleep!
Okay, well that's my opinion and your welcome to have yours! I do not care what it is I may or may not agree with you but I promise you can not change mine!
what has 2012 looked like for us?
Why Hello!! It has been forever since I blogged last. I honestly forgot that I had one. So I guess I now have a whole year to catch everyone up on! I'll tell you there is a ton of information.
I'll start with January 1st, 2012.
On this day Craig, Micha and I were driving home from California with my father in the back of our car! This if you did not know is a miracle in of itself! My father who has been a drug addict my entire life was moving to Texas with us to straighten his life out! I was one of the proudest people in the world! Now, almost 11 full months later my dad has moved back to California and is still clean!! Daddy I am so proud of you!!
This however was just the beginning of a full and crazy year for us! In February Craig and I decided to start looking into buying a house. By mid February we had found the house that we were in love with!! We were at the time close to seven and a half months pregnant with our little princess Sophia! So we got the house! We moved in on March 1st and were so very excited to do so!! Were homeowners!! It's an awesome feeling to be able to say that.
Next big thing! Sophia Rosalie decided to come into our lives!! She is an angel and is just perfect!! She chose to start her grand entrance into the world on April 21st at about 09:30am. I woke up with severe pain in my abdomen and groin area. I was not sure if I was in labor or not so I got into the bathtub and when the contractions kept coming instead of sowing down I decided to go to the hospital. By the time we got to the hospital my contractions were so close together and so strong I was having a hard time breathing. Suffice it to say they admitted me and we were one step closer to adding a new bundle of perfect joy to our lives! Less than 4 hours later Sophia made her grand entrance into the world with the doctor still putting on her gown! Yup she quite literally POPPED out of me! haha She was an amazing little girl and I was extremely in love with her as was her father!
Also, in our lives of course is our Miracle Baby who is now three years old!! Micha is growing so fast! He is an amazing child and is so incredibly intelligent to the point that he scares me! One of his biggest accomplishments this year is he potty trained himself when Sophia was just two months old! Amazing! He just woke up one morning and was ready to start using the bathroom goodbye pull ups and diapers hello underwear! His second achievement and by far the cutest one is that he is an AMAZING big brother! His sister is his world! I could not ask for a better reaction to his sister than he gives! She is his Sophia and I am so glad that he loves her so much!
Now that brings us to Craig! Well, the Army is an interesting life that is for sure! Three times his unit has changed their minds on if he was deploying or not! Well, as of now he is not deploying! Thank God! I am so blessed with this and I know that! I have many friends who's husbands are leaving this year or have already and here I am blessed that it is reenlistment time for Craig and he still has not deployed! I know I am blessed and I will continue to be grateful for that!
As for myself, I have just been filled with blessings this year from my husband and children and I am still right where I was at the beginning of the year! Just so terribly proud of my family! I am blessed beyond measure and I am eternally grateful for my husband, children, father and and my life!
Sincerely,
Nikki
I'll start with January 1st, 2012.
On this day Craig, Micha and I were driving home from California with my father in the back of our car! This if you did not know is a miracle in of itself! My father who has been a drug addict my entire life was moving to Texas with us to straighten his life out! I was one of the proudest people in the world! Now, almost 11 full months later my dad has moved back to California and is still clean!! Daddy I am so proud of you!!
Also, in our lives of course is our Miracle Baby who is now three years old!! Micha is growing so fast! He is an amazing child and is so incredibly intelligent to the point that he scares me! One of his biggest accomplishments this year is he potty trained himself when Sophia was just two months old! Amazing! He just woke up one morning and was ready to start using the bathroom goodbye pull ups and diapers hello underwear! His second achievement and by far the cutest one is that he is an AMAZING big brother! His sister is his world! I could not ask for a better reaction to his sister than he gives! She is his Sophia and I am so glad that he loves her so much!
Now that brings us to Craig! Well, the Army is an interesting life that is for sure! Three times his unit has changed their minds on if he was deploying or not! Well, as of now he is not deploying! Thank God! I am so blessed with this and I know that! I have many friends who's husbands are leaving this year or have already and here I am blessed that it is reenlistment time for Craig and he still has not deployed! I know I am blessed and I will continue to be grateful for that!
As for myself, I have just been filled with blessings this year from my husband and children and I am still right where I was at the beginning of the year! Just so terribly proud of my family! I am blessed beyond measure and I am eternally grateful for my husband, children, father and and my life!
Sincerely,
Nikki
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