Snapshot Of A Mother

Since my sister in law Cami doesn't have a blog, she created this word cloud from random phrases from my blog. I think it reflects my life pretty well. Mucho thanks Cam!

Handmade By Little Ol' Me

I LOVE handmade things. It's a dying art. I thought it would be fun to do this post that I saw on my friend Melissa's blog. Here's how it works-the first 5 people to leave a comment on this post will receive, at some point during the year, a FANTASTICAL handmade gift from me. What it will be and when it will arrive is a total surprise! The catch is that you must participate as well-before you leave your comment here, write up a pay it forward post on your blog to keep the fun going. Then come back, let me know you're going to play, and sit back and anticipate the arrival of your gift! Remember that only the first 5 comments will receive a gift from me, so be quick!"This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.)

3. You will have no clue what it is going to be.

C'mon, you know you wanna play!

Inquiring Minds Want To Know...

Why do I feel obligated to do goody bags for guests at my kids' birthday parties? Is that a must at a birthday party? It seems like it is just a waste of time, effort and money. The toys seem cheap and never last long or you spend a fortune on toys that end up getting tossed or end up as junk in their rooms and the last thing kids need is a bunch of candy after binging on cake and ice cream. Do the kids even care if they get a goody bag or is it just a way to thank the parents for the gift? Isn't it enough that you get a few hours away from your kid while they go to a party and play games and eat cake and ice cream and run around crazy with their little friends? I admit that I am cheap and it is embarrassing to say that the only motivation I had for doing goody bags in the past is to impress the moms of the kids. I know that is lame but that is what it feels like to me, an unspoken competition of who gives out the best goody bags.

I am leaning on not doing goody bags this year. I hope I don't traumatize any little kids by my decision. What is correct birthday etiquette?

Octuplets...

I have been following the octuplet thing since their birth and at first I was so impressed and intrigued but as time has gone on and the more information I hear about the woman (I will not call her mother because mothers put the needs of their children before their own and the title of mother is one of respect and honor and I have neither for this woman.) that birthed them, the more I am angered and disgusted! I feel like I am pretty opened minded about people and how they choose to live their lives and how they raise their children, however, This woman has pushed me to my limits and I do not feel That she is fit to raise these eight babies let alone the six she already has. In the interviews I have watched, the woman claims to have no help from the government but when reporters find that she is on food stamps and her children are on disability she says that those are programs to assist needy people not government assistance. It wouldn't even bother me if she was on government assistance, that is what it is there for, just be honest about it. Her whole demeanor just made me cringe in these interviews!

Because of this woman's selfish obsession to be a mother because she was not loved as a child, so many people will suffer! Her children of course will suffer. If this is a woman that will work double shifts to earn money for invetro while she already has SIX children, then she definitely is not using that money for their benefit or daily care. She spent over a hundred THOUSAND dollars on these procedures!!!! Money that could have went to food, housing, and other needful things to provide for her family. She has no job. She is totally dependant on her mother, her church, and volunteers. How long are those resources going to last? People can only give so much before they feel used. Plus, she was informed of the many potential health risks to those babies and she chose to go through with invetro anyway! Those babies will have lifelong struggles and delays and she was ok with that because of her fixation to have children. Not only will her children and her community suffer but millions of people who legitimately can not have children will be affected. Laws will be stricter, their chances of using more than two of their fertilized eggs will be lessened all because of this selfish woman! Oh it just burns me up!!! I think it would be in the children's best interests if they were removed from her home and placed for adoption to families that are both financially, emotionally, and mentally stable. I also think that the doctor that proformed these procedures should have his license revoked for his lack of ethics. Oh I could go on and on about this subject... It's just a sad story all the way around!

HaPpY HaPpY BiRtHdAy HaLlIe!!!!!

My baby Girl is two!!!!

TWO!!! Seriously, where does the time go?!

My dad came by the night before Hallie's birthday with some birthday presents from my mom in tow! That was a great birthday suprise!!! We always love it when grandpa comes to visit!!!

Her favorite gift was the gum! She is ALWAYS sneaking into my purse and getting into my gum so I knew she would love her own pack! Two year olds are so easy to please!!!







Little miss Hallie also requested "chocowate" cake and pizza for her birthday dinner!

My Hallie is one special girl! Our family would just not be complete without her! She brings a sweet and tender spirit into our home and a LOT of spunk too!

I always think about Hallie's birth mom, Tiffany, on Hallie's birthday. It's like she has given me a gift that keep giving! I am always humbled by that selfless gift!

Hallie - Wallie Mac and Cheese, my most favorite things about you and what I will miss most when you grow older is your tenderness, the way you obey even when you don't want to, how you sound like Gollum when you sing and you know you are so funny while you are doing it, when you honk my nose expecting a sound to come out and thinking that if you squeeze harder the sound might get louder or change, your little gallop around the house, the way you out eat every one at the table and go around finishing up every one's plates, how you sneak underneath the table with loot that you know you are not supposed to get into, oh little one I could go on and on and on!

Thank you for choosing me to be your mommy! I love you more!

And just a little side note, I now have TWO two year olds!!!

It's like having twins for five months out of the year! This is going to be super fun!

Mmmm Fabric!

My fabric booty!

Unfinished projects here I come!