Ramblings of a Stay-at-Home Mom

Reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Yes, I’m slowly making my way through the entire series. Playing Farm Heroes Saga on the iPhone. Watching documentaries on Netflix. Trying to be patient with 5 kids in the house, and they are driving me insane with all the loud noise. Cooking nothing today. Eating whatever I can get my hands on Drinking  way too much Dr. Pepper Doing my best to keep my head level Going out of my mind some days Loving how willing Violet has hugs and kisses ready for me. Hating how much I've raised my voice at her in the past week and have resolved to her to make it better and keep a level head more often. Discovering that once in a while, a nice walk outside after the kids are in bed is enough to clear my head. Enjoying nice hot bubble baths after the kids are asleep. Thinking of how to get us outside in the cooler months. Probably more park time. Feeling a slight chill in the air. Fall is on the way here. Hoping (for) Dominique to go

 Dear Dominique: Has it really been four months already? My oh my dear little girl, you have grown tremendously, in every way possible. You’ve really found your voice this month and it brings smiles to Mommy & Daddy’s faces while we lay in bed in the morning, just listening to you talk to yourself. We love hearing you coo and babble your way through any noise that you can make and it is totally heart warming to hear that coming from you. Someday my girl, you’ll be talking in full sentences and telling me what your life is like and asking me a gazillion questions. Right now though, I’ll settle for the baby babble.   You’re also trying very hard to catch up to Violet as fast as you can. You figured out how to roll over early in the month with little to no issues. And when I praised you, you just looked at me with “meh” on your face and went back to chewing on your fists, acting like it was no big deal. We thought it was a fluke, but when you continued to keep rolling over, we knew

Reading Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (for me); Green Eggs and Ham (for Violet at naptime). Playing catch-up on the girls’ journals. How did I fall behind again? Watching nothing this week. Weird. Trying to get my house back under control. Cooking lots, especially with the slow cooker. It’s too hot to do anything in the oven. Eating healthier (trying to) Drinking iced tea and water. Doing loads of laundry Going out of my mind some days. Loving the quiet time that I get with Keith, even if it is only a couple minutes here and there. Hating that Violet has decided to boycott her afternoon naps. Drives me crazy. Discovering that Dominique wants to be awake more often during the day and loving it. Enjoying my quiet time when I get it. Thinking of how to get rid of more “stuff” in the house. Celebrating that Dom is officially rolling over, at 3 months! Eeek!

I think I'm finally getting used to our new routines with 2 kids in the house now. Finally. It’s taken a while to figure out, and sometimes it still doesn't work. But for the most part, we've got it down pat. It’s only been just over 3 months….. I've been very lucky that I have relatively easy kids for the most part. Yes, Violet has her temper tantrum days (and those are going down in number) and days where she is just awesome. Yes, there are days where Dominique makes me go absolutely batty and days where she is the most happiest baby on the planet. And everything in between. Would I trade in any of the bad days for more awesome days? Yes and no. Yes in that the awesome days are easier to deal with, but No because the bad days are learning days for all of us. Maybe it’s a bad day because of the weather, or too much running around, not enough stimulation, too much stimulation, etc. It’s all stuff that I can learn from and the kids grow from. Right now though? I feel ex

I'm afraid it's true. Dominique, at 3 months, is officially rolling over. And it's not a fluke. Seriously. She rolled over a couple times on Saturday, and then again on Sunday and has been enjoying every minute of trying to figure out how to get mobile. Can someone please tell her that she's only a 3-month old baby? Please!

So I'm changing some things up here. Instead of trying to blog every week my Project Life layouts (which is failing miserably), I've decided to just blog once a month about them instead. Makes it way easier on me, especially if I'm falling behind. And only one post a month! Onto the remainder of June's layouts! Week 24 (June 8-14, 2014) What we did this week: Not much really. Lots of walks, visiting with family. Documented Dominique's sleep schedule and what Violet is up to lately.  Supplies Used: Messy Weekly Lines ; journal cards from Midnight and Baby Girl , Hello Awesome is cut on my Silhouette Cameo .   Week 25 (June 15-21, 2014) What we did this week: Celebrated Father's Day, lots of cuddles with Dom, taking the girls to see How To Train Your Dragon 2 (Violet LOVED it!! Dom slept through it) and the usual stuff. Supplies used: Messy Weekly Lines ; journal cards from Cinnamon ; filler card from Baby Girl ; Week 26 (June 22-28, 2014) What we did this week:

Reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Playing hide ‘n’ seek with Dom. Watching 7th season of House M.D. Trying to find more baking options instead of always cookies. But cookies always win in the end. Baking loads more cookies. Eating chicken fajitas for supper tonight. Drinking Cherry Dr. Pepper. Scrapping my wedding from 2008, Project Life style. Going to the local beach and splash park on a weekly basis. Loving that Violet loves the water at the beach and splash park. Discovering my love of knitting again. I'm attempting to make a blanket for each girl. Enjoying time with my girls before they grow up too fast. And as much time with Keith as we can. Thinking of possibly moving, depending if the new job goes through. Feeling very tired as of late. Hoping (for) Keith’s new job to go through. He had an interview this week, so now we’re just waiting. Listening (to) Dom’s constant noises. Love it! Thanking God for every blessing these days. Finishing my p