Mommy Musings

It's hard to admit, but I no longer have babies in the house anymore.  My tiny sweet girls have grown from squishy newborns to a toddler and preschooler.   With every day that passes, we grow further away from the days of bottles, swaddling, and midnight feedings.  And I'll admit it, some days I get sad that all the baby days are over, really sad .  I mean who doesn't love tiny wrinkly baby feet?!?!  It's weird to know that chapter in our lives is over. Veteran moms are always telling new moms to savor  every single moment, even the bad ones , because they are all too fleeting.  And I stand behind this statement 1000% .  I could talk for days about all the precious moments, all the sweet little things I miss about having a snuggly little newborn.  How I do mourn those days a little.   But if we can honest here, there are a few things I won't miss about the baby stage.  I loved  every single thing about my sweet babes, but there were a few things I just didn'

Today marks six months since our sweet boy left us.  Six months since I started to question the value of prayer. Six months since my whole world was rocked. Six months since I felt like a complete failure as a dog mom. Six months since I felt like our complete happily ever after is gone forever. Six months since I learned the death of an animal can hurt as much as the death of a person. Six months of wondering if I can ever handle getting another dog again. Six months of always feeling like there's something missing in our lives. Six months of it still hurting worse than I thought it would.  Six months of missing my boy every single day.   Not a great picture, but it's the last one I ever took of him before he left for the doctor:( Mr. B, we were so lucky to be able to love you for four years.  You were the best boy ever.

Yesterday was my four year blog-iversary.   Wow .  I started blogging after the insistence of my big sister.  She thought I should blog all things football, since I'm always spouting facts and opinions on the subject.  But I wasn't sure I could talk exclusively about football.  What would happen in the off-season? But I kept thinking about blogging.  And one day the title "Mommy Musings" came to me.  I took it as a sign, and from that moment on, my blog was born.   I thought blogging would be a fun way for me to connect with some other moms, and share my story as a brand-new mom myself.  I never once fathomed the amount that I would immerse myself into the blog world.  Four years ago I didn't have a Facebook fan page and I hadn't joined twitter.  I wondered if someone other than my family and friends would ever read what I wrote.  I had no idea I could review products or ever make a little money off my blog.   I am so  happy I decided to start my blog fou

I'm excited to be linking up with some of these fabulous ladies for their Dog Days of Winter today! Today's challenge is Make It!  So this week I decided to make some recipes I found on Pinterest.  I've been trying to expand my recipes lately and Pinterest is a great place to do it. The other night I decided to tackle these two recipes, Olive Garden Alfredo sauce and Mini garlic monkey bread. Source: momscrazycooking.blogspot.com via Mommy on Pinterest Source: eatcakefordinner.blogspot.com via Mommy on Pinterest I changed the recipe up a little, and this is what I did. Alfredo Sauce 1 pkg Pasta {I used gluten free penne because that's what I had on hand} 1 stick of butter 2 tablespoons of chopped garlic 1 pint of heavy cream 1 cup of fresh Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp cream cheese 1/4 tsp salt 1/2 tsp black pepper Cook pasta according to directions.  Melt butter over high heat.  Add in garlic and cook for two minutes or so.  Add in cr

2012 was not the best for our family. So as we approached the new year, I knew 2013 had to be better. Let someone else bear the burden for a while.  Skip and I kept repeating “this is our year, this is our year”.   We weren’t hoping for anything grand to happen, we just didn’t want anything terrible to happen either.  We would simply be happy coasting along.  Of course we all started the year off sick { not a good sign} .   But maybe, just maybe , this was the worst that would happen to us this year….get it all out of the way now.   Ha. I put my back out next, which still isn’t 100%.   I had to go for an abdominal ultrasound for this nausea that will.not.go.away.   It all came back fine, which is great , but I’m still nauseous. Umm, I would have just had more babies if I wanted to feel sick for months on end {and no I’m not pregnant}. We finally find someone to take away our death trap glass dining table, so we wrap it all up, get in the garage, and order a new table.   Excep

I wanted to share a little guest post I wrote for the fabulous Pam a few weeks ago.  I took a look back at my 2012 resolutions and how I faired with them.  Pretty well if I do say so myself!  Looking back always motivates me to keep working on my current resolutions! 2012 Resolutions 1. Get back into pre-baby shape. Done!  Now I'm not totally happy with my body and it's always a work in progress.  But I lost the rest of my baby weight in February of 2012 and have been working on toning it! 2. Organize and de-clutter the house. This is definitely something I worked on and got much better at this year.  Skip and I still want to tackle the attic but a lot of things were donated this year! 3. Take more pictures and videos. Still bad with the videos...hangs head in shame:(  I haven't been taking more pictures with my good camera but there have been more than enough I Phone pics taken! 4. Take more time with Skip. I don't think married people with two kids ever get enoug

It snowed around here last week.  Enough to cover the ground and stick around for a few days.  So one day after lunch, I bundled the girls and myself up {which is an Olympic sport in and of itself...have you ever tried to put gloves on an 18 month old hands?!?!} and headed out.  I also remembered to snag my good camera on the way, since I have been seriously lacking in nice pictures of the girls recently. When we got out in the fresh air, snow crunching between our boots, I realized this was Charlie's first time out in the snow.  Last year she'd been too little, and we'd really only had one other decent snow this year, which she'd had the sniffles for.  I was so excited to see how she'd take it! Emmy took off to do her own things... ...and Charlie took her first cautious steps. After that the girl was golden .  She   loved stomping  around and exploring.  But she quickly realized her most favorite thing about snow?   Eating it .  So my Charlie.  There'

Happy Wednesday readers!  First off I'd like to announce the winner of the Valentine's Day card giveaway! a Rafflecopter giveaway Congratulations Jackie!  Jackie is also a real life friend of mine and new mom to the cutest little girl ever.  I'm so excited she won!!  {I'll be emailing you later Jackie!} And for those that didn't win, remember you can click on this link here and get 15 free cards of your own!!! I saw this post over at The Pink Growl and decided to fill one out myself {do these remind anyone else of the surveys we used to email around to each other in high school?!}  I've had a lot of new followers recently, HI! , and thought this would be a quick way for you all to find out a little more about me! A. Age: I'm officially in my 30's now.  It's as miserable as I thought it would be B. Bed size: Queen...I like to snuggle C. Chore you hate: Folding laundry.  I would love  to pay someone to come do it for me.  D. Dogs: Shiba, our Shiba

With the lack of Christmas decorations up now, our house is looking a little bare .  I don’t mine the cleanliness look at all, but the girls really love when we decorate for the holidays.  So I've decided to start putting up a few Valentine’s decorations around the house. I've seen some really cute things online I could buy, but I decided to break out my crafting skills a little instead.  I headed to the craft store where I picked up some red and white Valentine’s Day ribbon, a large blank wooden sign, and four blank wooden hearts. Once I got home I painted the sign and four hearts with white trim paint I had lying around the house.  I used a black {though I really should have used red} Sharpie marker to write Skip’s, mine, Emmy’s, and Charlie’s names on each of the hearts.  Then I found a nice quote to write on the sign.  I chose “Our family is filled with hope and faith, held together by love and grace.” Once it was all dry, I used some all-purpose glue to adhere the woode