It's a...

I just noticed that I never shared what the sex of the new baby is.  As much as I would like to have had both a boy & a girl, it appears that I am going to have another BOY!  I am excited and have started to really get down & dirty on getting ready for him.

The biggest challenge at this point is the name.   I have always had the girl name picked out, but never thought I would have to pick another boy name.  It is hard to come up with something, it seemed so easy, well kinda, with Jase.  He is named after my father who passed away in 2007, so my thought was to go with a name that is from my husbands side of the family.  Finally decided it would be cool if we named both sons after our fathers, because his passed away also.

We have a couple of them that we are looking at.  I have one that I really like, but my husband is not convinced yet.  I hope we figure it out soon, because I have some monogramming that I need to get done.

Harder than I thought...

This staying at home thing is a little harder than I ever expected.  I thought of how much I could get done & how I could do this & that whenever I wanted.  Well not so much, my house is in more of a mess than I have ever kept it in, there is no true schedule & the world that I live in revolves around Jase.

Don't get me wrong, being here with him has changed me & him in so many ways.  I just thought it would be so easy to get things done.  What I have noticed is a huge change is Jase, he is more alert, he repeats a lot of what I do & say.  He just seems to be progressing so much more, it could just be that I am at home more so I get to see it more, but I like to make myself feel as if I am helping.

I have tried to set out times to do "learning" so to speak, I have been trying the ABC's as well as words that relate to the certain letter of the day.  I did this first week but Jase just didn't seem interested, so I guess I kinds gave up.  I see pins on Pintrest all the time & try to read them & take them into consideration, I think I just need to stick to it just like I have tried to make myself stuck to this blog.

That's all I have for now, hopefully I shall be back with more...

Coming Back & Going to try this again...

Well I am back, a lot has changed since my last post.  I am now a stay at home mom, not by choice, but that is not important.  What is important is that I am going to take full advantage of the time I am going to have with my little man. 

A couple of months ago we found out that we are having another baby, in fact we just learned that it is another boy!  We are so excited & I know Jase is going to be the best big brother ever.

So, since I am going to be home I am going to do my best to stick with this blog & take full advantage of this time to make this blog work for me & my boys, all of them.  I am very excited for what the future holds & hope that you guys enjoy it also!

Surprise, I did it!

Although it never appears that my husband is ever listening to me, he always seems to surprise me at just the right moments.  I was expressing over & over again how I would like to try to make our little one's baby food.  Jason always said "oh that takes to much time & money", all while I'm thinking of how much money we could save.  So I open a gift at Christmas and what is it you ask.... A baby bullet!!!  I was so happy, nervous because I have never even really used a blender, but so happy.

                                      

I did a little research & found some great websites with wonderful little recipes that I just made my own. I thought about what I was already feeding him & started to just recreate those.  I started with sweet potato & apple, simply cutting into cubes & then roasting in the oven for about 30 to 45min.  I am still trying to get the time just right because the sweet potato takes longer to cook than the apples.  I just made it this week for the second time & think that I out did myself, it was very yummy!

By far my favorite has been the roasted banana & pear, I never knew that bananas warmed would be so yummy!!!  I think I may like them more than little man.

Point to my story here, while nervous & happy, I put my mind to it & did it, proving that hope can be achieved!!

New Year 2012

I heard on the news the other day people talking about what they plan to do for the new year & instead of saying that is was there resolution, they said it was their hope.  I loved hearing it put that way, because it is your hope for a new year to be better.  Hope also makes it feel not so stressful or that there may be failure involved.  So it is with great hope that for 2012 I become happy in all aspects of my life, whatever that may be.

So please look forward to more post & a happier, healthier me!