Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Dear Dominique: Happy 3 months Gobber! Yes, you know have joined the ranks of having a nickname in this household. Originally it was Gobbler as you eat so much, but it turned into Gobber from Mommy & Violet watching How to Train Your Dragon on repeat lately. Never mind that you’re 14 lbs already, so Gobber it is. I'm so amazed at how fast you are growing these days. You are completely out of your 0-3 month clothes and already trying to stretch out some of the new 3-6 month sleepers! Your grins and smiles come way more these days, you’re starting to make more noises and you’re a pretty happy baby overall. And you’re still an awesome sleeper, as we put you to bed between 8-9pm and you don’t wake up until 4-5am, unless it’s been a bad night. I think one of the favourite parts of your day is when Violet comes into your room in the morning to see if you’re awake and the huge smile you give to her. You are so adored by her and she tries to help you whenever possible, whether it’s ...

I've been itching to do a random Day in the Life lately, but never really got around to it. Thursday evening, I decided that Friday would be a Day in the Life day. And it worked! I haven't done one since before Dom was born (sometime in 2013 was the last one I did), so it was nice to be able to include Dom this time. Photos: Words: 4am  - Dom wakes me up for a full feeding and diaper changes. Best part of it? The smiles I get. Love them. 5:30am  - Keith’s alarm goes off, I keep on sleeping. 6:30am  - Violet wake me up because she peed her bed. Get her cleaned up and changed, sprinkle baking soda on the wet spot on the floor (yes, she still sleeps on the floor, and has since before Christmas) and put her back to sleep. Decide to stay up, so I start a load of laundry, change my clothes, grab my tea and water and start on next weeks grocery list. 8am - Hear Dominique starting to wake up. Quickly switch the laundry around and go tend to Dom. She’s not too happy for some odd ...

Reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Playing Ingress with Keith on the iPhone. Watching 7th season of House M.D. I can only watch during nap time or in the evening, and then it’s only 1-2 episodes at a time. Trying No-Bake Energy Bites . Yummy! Cooking more new recipes Eating/Snacking all the time. It takes a lot to breastfeed around the clock! Drinking whatever I can get my hands on, but trying to make it more water. Scrapping last week’s PL layout Doing lots of catch-up journaling Going to a couple parties this weekend (bridal shower, birthday party) Loving that Dominique is getting more aware of everything. Hating the tantrums from Violet. 2-year-olds I tell you. Enjoying the quiet time I get with Keith when we can get it. Thinking of doing some serious de-cluttering/purging Hoping (for) Keith to get a new job soon. It’s much need for both our sanities and stress levels. Listening (to) Elise Blaha Cripe’s pod casts “Elise Gets Crafty” Smelling the flowers...

I'm really loving my remaining grandparents that I have these days. I only have my Meme & Pepe left (my French grandparents on my Mom's side), after my Grandma died in 2012 and I never met my paternal grandfather as he died when my Dad was 11. So every time we go down there, I'm very grateful that I still have them, even when my Meme's gossiping drives me up the walls. What's even more special about this is that Violet has been asking to go see Meme & Pepe now. It's usually when my Mom stops by the house, and Violet comes up to me asking "Pepe?" And when we're there, she's constantly following Pepe around and just being her joyful self. My grandparents are in their 80's, so I'm very grateful that Violet and Dominique get this time with their great-grandparents.  When we went down there this morning, we ended up being outside about 95% of the time that we were there. Violet had a blast running around, especially when I brought ou...

Welcome to Project Life 2014: Week 22 (May 25-31)! A lot of good family time and snuggles this week. And it was nice. I've been keeping my layouts really simple lately, although I'm hoping to do some more embellishing with upcoming layouts. I have to plan when I'm going to be working on Project Life, which is mainly during the girls' afternoon nap. But then my bed calls for me and I end up sleeping as well. Thankfully, once the girls' are in bed in the evening, I can usually have 2-3 hours of quiet, but then I try to spend it with Keith. Balancing priorities. Again, I've been using the Messy Weekly Lines to mark the week, which I like a lot. It's nice because I can use a scenic photo or one that doesn't have a lot of "stuff" on there instead of using a Title Card. And it looks good too! And still using all the journal cards from the Project Life Midnight Kit . Love them. Why yes! I did catch Dominique smiling. And she's so full of them the...

Welcome to Project Life 2014, Week 20 (May 11-17)! Sorry about the lack of regular posting lately. Time got away from me and I didn't realize how long it's been. I'm going to try to do catch-up posts over the next week to get up to speed. Week 20 of 2014. Not a whole lot going on, except for Violet taking 10 years off my life in one week , visiting with my grandparents and family time. "Week Twenty" is from Messy Weekly Lines and the date is font Sunday Comics. Yellow journal card is from PL Baby Girl Kit . Black and White journal card is from the PL Midnight Kit . "Love It" flair is from Two Peas in a Bucket (who, sadly, are closed now). The "# Heart Happy . I was creative enough to spread it across two 3x4's and have it positioned perfectly for cutting it. Yeah! I used my Pink Sharpie Paint Pen for the upper left photo. And it worked out pretty good! Geo tag is from Studio Calico, journal card is from PL Midnight and the digital stamp is fro...