Nursery #3

I was excited to have baby number three from the moment that I got the positive test. I can even tell you the moment that I know I was pregnant (about 5 days before the test). It is amazing that pregnancy takes 9 months and while that seems like a long time (especially the last  months) it really does go by fast. 

I knew how I wanted to decorate the nursery for my first baby even before I found out he was a boy. It was Monkeys all the way! Then when we got our surprise second baby they would be sharing a room so we pinked out the monkeys and mane it a pretty goo gender neutral room (wish I had pics!) then when we finally finished rooms in the basement. our little Fire cracker L got her own special room (for another post). 

This last time around I had no idea! But as I got to the 34 weeks mark I decided it was time to make a choice! 

I decided to do a light grey and a lavender for Girlie #2. You can see the two colors here (just after we tore out the carpet). I am in love with how much the grey lightened up the room. I was so happy to say good bye to the nasty tan walls! here is a better picture of the color with the ugly "before" carpet. Here room is very simple. I finished it with "O's" name on the walls and some cute little vinyl animals in a picture frame. I really do lover her room and feel like it fits her perfectly. It has been fun to learn each of their personalities and how they change as the grow up! I can't wait to get to know this little one and see how she grows into her personality.

Frumpy Mom pants to SKINNY purple pants

I had this pair of jeans. I have no idea why I bought them but when I did I apparently though they were cute. As it turns out I never wore them cause I hated the way that they fitted around the bottom of my legs. I called them my "Frumpy Mom Jeans" and really the one reason that I kept them was because the Hubs always complemented my tush in them. One day I had a grand idea and I only wish I would have taken a before pic!!

I have always wanted a pair of colored jeans and have never been able to find any that fit over my large behind (that don't look terrible) Why not take advantage of the jeans I hate that accent my butt nicely and create something new. One day I decided to turn them into skinny jeans.

This was SO easy! I tried the jeans on and pined them how I wanted them to go down my calves and then took them off and turned them inside out, I then repinned them so i could pull the pins out as I sewed them. I began at the knee and sewed them down towards the ankle tapering it in along the pin line as I went. I then cut off the excess. I did this with both legs and then I tried them on again. Here is the image of the result.

Once I tried them on they were WAY to long for my liking so I did a quick hem on the bottom (probably would have been easier to do first but oh well).

This was not the end of my idea, as I mentioned earlier, I always wanted colored jeans, the last time I went to the store I had picked up a bottle of purple fabric die. After I had my pants the fit that I wanted I filled the kitchen sink with water and poured the bottle of purple die in. In when the pants and I made sure that they were completely covered. I did went the pants before I put them on the die and this help even out the color on the jeans. Also make sure that you rotate the jeans around a time or two during the process. Over all I left them in for about an hour. Here is the end result and I LOVE THEM! can't wait to get this post baby body back into them!

Working Mom

My family mostly will know that I am not a morning person at all. I hate waking up early and it my opinion waking up before 8 am should be a crime. But the fact that I get up at 6am everyday in order to squeeze in an hour of work before the kids wake up gives me energy for the day (don't get me wrong I still don't love it) I can get up and work for - hours, Get breakfast done and out of the way and have everyone dressed and ready for the day by 9:30 AM, and even though I still want to be in bed asleep this makes me feel so accomplished. 

I have always dreamed of being this inspirational writer. A person that can write an article and inspire thousands. When it comes down to it I just cannot get my words out in a way that sounds good. So after conversing through text with my BFF (since 5th grade thank you very much) she has inspired me to get this thing going again and hopefully stick with it.

I am struggling on where to even start as a blogger. There are so many ideas and so little time. 

To begin I just started working again today. My baby is a little of 6 weeks old...so little. I have an amazing job that 4/5 days (if not more than that) I love and I can do it from home in the comfort of my PJ's....I keep waiting for someone to tell me ha ha it was just a joke you don't really get to do this job any more. Still even though I work from home at a job I love it is so hard to return to work. I have to carve out hours of my day to devote to work, time away from my three littles to punch the clock and it is rough. 

I have a routine down that I think works very well for our family. As my husband works in retail and is currently working 60+ hours  week right now due to the sales going on it makes it even harder to return to work. 

Working makes me a better Mom. when I have said this to my friends (be that they work or stay at home) they look at me with a puzzled look..."How does it make you a better Mom?". don't get me wrong I love my kids and I love that I am at home with them all day and I am so grateful that I can do both, work and be at home. My job provides me an outlet to challenge my mind as an adult and solve problems. I have to have a challenge or something to stimulate my brain or else I feel like mush. 

Being a working Mom makes me more organized. I have designated times where I sit at my desk and work, and yes sometimes my kids are watching TV while I do it. The times I am not working are designated for My kids and MY house. Working makes me WAY more focused on my time with my kids and my husband. It makes me excited when the kids are all asleep by 8:30pm (still waiting for it to happen with the new baby) so that I can have time with my husband. It makes me excited to cook dinner and to play play doh with my kids and go for a walk. I even get excited when I clean the bathroom. IT does this because I feel so accomplish in my self and in the fact that I have organized my day in so much that I have done what needs to be done and what I want to do and that I got to be Mom. 

I am not going to lie. I do envy those women that get to stay at home and do not have to work and there are definitely days that I wish that was me. But the bottom line is that it is not and I feel that because of this it has made me a better person .