no make-up momma, say what?!

There is a point in time in your life as a parent that pretty hair and makeup become a past time. I love my children and would not trade them for the world but I do miss looking like a human. I have rosacea and without makeup it is, well lets just say I look a hot mess. I cut my hair a few weeks ago and I have come to the decision I HATE it. It is to short and because of that I wash it, put it up and call it a day. Oh and lets not even talk about shaving my legs. I am so glad I have a hubby that looks past all the messiness, or at least I think he does...j/k! haha

How to find time to make myself look human, is the question today. Well, I could be doing it instead of blogging while Lucas naps but then I miss out are all the awesome blog post out there and believe me sometime I have to go back pages just to catch up on what is happening out in blogger world.

True story right here!

 So my fellow bloggers and mommy's, how do you do it or do you?!

Sunday Confessions ~ v12

Time for some confessions...

Confession #1
I have the most amazing hubby ever! No, really I do...did you see these beautiful flowers he got me for our 10 year anniversary. Roses were our wedding flower and every year he gets me the amount of roses for how many years we are celebrating. I snagged a good one that's for sure!

Confession #2
The flu can kiss my ASS!! I mean really, my poor Lucas Parker has been sick for a week now and I feel like the flu bug is in him laughing at us because nothing we do will make it go away any faster. I just picture the Mucinex commercial with the gross looking "people" and see it just kicked back enjoying life inside my sweet boy. UGH!

Confession #3
I am beyond excited for the VA blogger meet up next weekend. Can't wait to meet and hang out with some awesome ladies. If you are in VA and want to come let me know and I will get you the info. Thanks to Mia and Erica for putting it together!

That's all I've got today...I have to get back to my sweet boy! Have a great week everyone!

Friday Letters ~ v5...Happy Anniversary!

I only have one letter today...

Dear my wonderful, amazing, and loving husband of 10 yrs,

Today marks 10 years that we have been married. I cannot imagine my life without you. You are without a doubt the rock in our marriage and family. Thank you for everything you do to give the kids and I everything we have. You are truly one of a kinda and even though we joke about it, I do honestly believe they broke the mold when they made you. I love you so very much and can't wait to celebrate many more years with you!

Social Media Pet Peeves

Doing my first link up with Paige at A Dose of Paige for a little vent on social media.

I only a have a few pet peeves but they drive me nuts...

• people who get all political on FB. I mean I understand you have the right to your opinion but day after day gets a bit old.
• those friends that always give you advice even though your post was not asking for it. 
• when Bloggers with a lot of followers treat us newbies feel like we are not on the same wave link. Come on now guys, you started out here too!
• when someone follows your blog just to enter a giveaway then unfollows after the giveaway is over and they didn't win. Totally uncool!

I am sure if I sat here all day I could come up with more but those are the ones that are on my mind so they must be the most important ones, right?! 

I leave you to have a great week with this picture of my three sweeties! :)

Help Heal a Smile

Are you in college or know some who is then you have to check out CampusBookRentals. Not only do you get 40-90% off of bookstore prices, free shipping both ways, flexible renting periods and much more but you also will be helping give a child their smile back. Campus Book Rentals donates to Operation Smile, an international children's medical charity that heals children's smiles, with every textbook rental.

They also offer RentBack. It is a new initiative that allows students to rent the textbook they own to other students, which is awesome because it makes then 2-4x more money compared to waht they'd make through buyback options! Isn't that awesome?!

Go check it out!

Working on my NYR list!

One of my New Year's resolutions was to make a new recipe at least once a week. Well, yesterday I made Chicken Pot Pie Soup from Skinnytaste. I am back on weight watchers and all the recipes on that site have the point values and serving size for every recipe. It is an awesome site even if you are just counting calories because it list those too!

The soup was so good and definitley a recipe we will be having again! Here are a few pictures I took of my prep and the finished product!

Check out the website for lots of yummy recipes. I have made quite a few and they have all been delicious!

Sunday Confessions ~ v11

It's time to confess and link up with Alyx at Every Day is a New Adventure!


Confession #1
I am in LOVE with our new Keurig! Best Christmas present ever...Thanks mom and dad!

Confession #2
I decided that parenting school aged children is not for me. I need an EASY button to just skip over this part of parenting!

Confession #3
I am too cheap to pay someone to make me a new blog design so looks like this one will be sticking around a while so I am glad you all said you liked it last week! haha

Confession #4
I don't do laundry...I have an amazing hubby that does it and I couldn't be more grateful to him. Our laundry room is in the basement and as lazy as it sounds I HATE going down there. Thanks love, your the best!

Confession #5
My parents are taking the kids to Disney over spring break and I am already starting to panic about them being gone that long. The longest they have been away from me is when we had Lucas and I still saw them everyday so it was not too bad. They will be gone Monday-Friday (coming home Saturday). That is five days of just talking to them on the phone. I know they are going to have a blast but it is going to be hard for this mommy! Oh and did I mention they are flying...for the first time ever?!?! oh.my.gosh.heart.palpitations

OK I need to go calm myself down now...Happy Sunday everyone!

Triplets!!

I am fully aware at how much my kids look alike but it was not until I actually found a picture of Abby at 5 months that I realized that they could have been triplets as babies. I could never deny these kids either. I see some of Matt in them but they all have so much of mommy in them it is crazy. I think they should look more like me since I did all the work...I kid I kid! hahaha

Here are pictures of them each at 5 months old...

Lucas Parker 5 month update!

 Compare 4 months here!

Oh boy am I a little late with this post. Lucas is now 5 month and 1 week old. Things were so busy over the holiday. He is in size 3 diapers now and will be moving to 9m clothes soon. I don't have a weight update from the 4 month post but I know he has gained. I feel like he grows so much each day and it kinda make me sad. He is such a sweet boy. I can't get enough of his chunky cheeks, rollie pollie legs and his little laugh. He is grabbing at things and always has his hands in his mouth which I believe is because he is teething but no teeth yet. He is a major drool factory these days too. I purchased a baltic amber necklace to try and I think it has help cut back on the drooling. He still loves jumping in his jumper. Here is a video of him going to town while watching TV!

He is eating solids like a champ. I am making his food and let me tell you, it is so easy. He has had butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and bananas. We tried peas but he was not a fan. We is drinking 5-6oz of breast milk 5-6 times a day and sleeps for about 10-12 hrs at night. He goes down around 9 or 10pm but becomes restless starting around 3-4am until 6am then usually falls back to sleep until 8 or 9am. We just have to give him his binky back during that time. He takes one good long nap in the morning and a few little cat naps after that. I have been feeding him on demand but am trying to get a schedule started now that he is on solids.

I am down to only pumping twice a day and let me tell you it is so wonderful! I pump at 8-9am and not again until 8-9pm. I am a little nervous my supply is going to tank but right now I am still getting 35-40 ounce per day. Since he is eating 28-30oz a day I am not able to freeze as much as before. I believe last time I added it up I had just over 3000 oz in my freezers so I am not stressed about it. My goal has always been to pump until 6 months and I am 3 1/2 weeks away! YAY! Anything after that is a bonus.  

I am not sure how we got 3 of the cutest little people but we sure are lucky! I love watching him interact with his brother and sister. They both adore him and it just melts my heart seeing them three together!

Sunday Confessions ~ v10

First 2013 confessions...let get this underway!


Confession #1
I have to admit this out loud...I HATE DIETING!!!!! Ok, I am sure that is no shock because really who likes to diet. I am back on WW and it is slow going but I signed up so that is the first step! I want to lose 20 lbs by summer. I got this!

Confession #2
There is a part of my that wants football to be over because it stresses me out every week but of course I am so excited about today's Skins playoff game! HAIL!

Confession #3
I got my iPhone 5, YAY! I love it and I know they will probably put another one out in a few months so mine will be "old" but I don't care. I'm still glad I finally upgraded.

Confession #4
My blog design SUCKS! I did it all myself, it totally blows and I am fully aware of it. I have been looking at different ones online and I can't pick on...decisions, decisions!

Confession #5
I want a one big snow storm this winter...just one! Is that to much to ask mother nature?!

Confession #6
I am totally slacking on Lucas' 5 month update blog post. I will get it up this week, promise!


Here are our family picture from Christmas 2012!

Happy Sunday everyone!

2013 Resolutions!

 I decided to come up with some reasonable things for my list that I know I can do. Nothing crazy or so far fetched I know I will never do. A few are from the bucket list I made. Some I have started already but are more there so I continue to do them (like making Lucas' baby food). I am going to mark them off as I do them so check out the page at the top from time to time.

Happy New Year's everyone! Hope this year is good to you!