WOW!!!!

I knew today's opening would go good, but not as good as it went. All of my dipes sold out within 4 minutes!!!!! Not everyone that wanted one got one either so many are awaiting my restocking. Back to the sewing table for me! There are 2 auctions still up in my store, one of which benefits the March of Dimes walk for babies. I am so excited to raise money for my friends son's team Jaxson! Roo-bugs are a hit, and soon I will be stocking other things as well. I am having a blast!

He did it!

He was able to actually surprise me, and proposed yesterday morning! I had NO idea, and was completely caught off guard. Literally in my chonies with a towel on my head caught off guard! lol He always told me it would be at a time when I least expected it. Saturday night he headed to run some errands and took FOREVER, but I thought nothing of it because he always takes forever when shopping. Sunday morning I woke up early because my store opens today and I had some last minute things I had to take care of. Usually I sleep in for an hour or so and Trav hangs with Bailey. He did not expect me to get up, so he told me he was making breakfast and to just hang out upstairs until it was done. I thought nothing of it because he cooks sometimes although not often. I watched a little tv, and he came in the door with a breakfast in bed tray with yummy waffles in roses. At that point I just though how sweet he was to do something like this. Turns out he bought me a new waffle maker too, and that is what took so long at Target. I was eating my breakfast, when he comes back this time with Bailey in a dress. He looked nervous and at that point I knew something was up. He asked me if I noticed anything different about Bailey and brought her closer. She had a necklace on and around it was my engagement ring!!!!!! I thought I might throw up! I had waited for this moment for so long, and I could tell he was nervous so I told him not to be nervous, and that I loved him. He then went on to say that he feels so lucky to be able to wake up every day next to someone as special as me. He said he has known for a very long time that I am the only woman for him. He said there are no words to describe how he feels, and would I make him the happiest man in the world and marry him? I of course by this time was crying, and said Yes, Yes, Yes!!!! I was in shock, and then Bailey pooped and I had to change her! lol It was beautiful, and he was so happy to be able to pull it off. He had gotten my moms blessing on Tuesday and told her his whole plan. I had wondered why she did not call all weekend. Turns out she was afraid she would spill the beans. My mom is sooo happy for us, and I am on top of the world. Wedding wise it is all up in the air. I kinda want baby #2 first, but we will see. A winter wedding is also something we have talked about. I have my dress already, and plan on having B as my flower girl. I have waited for this for so long, and living my dream is awesome!!!!!!! My ring is gorgeous, but I already knew that since I picked it out! lol Trav wanted to make sure that it was something I wanted, since I have to wear it forever. I originally wanted something simple, but Trav said he wanted everyone to know how much he loves me and boy will they know from the rock that is on my finger! I am still a little in shock and have to get used to wearing a ring since I never wear jewelry. I am getting my nails done sometime this week, because I have some serious sewing hands. Bailey was so happy and after Trav and I kissed, she wanted kisses to. I am super happy he included Bailey in the proposal as I would never want it any other way. What a great start to the week!

I need more sleep!

You would think with Bailey sleeping through the night I get plenty of sleep! NOT! Between birthday planning and trying to get inventory done for my first stocking while taking care of everything else I do on the daily is cutting into my sweet sleep I used to enjoy so much! lol At night I am often drinking coffee and sewing until midnight some nights. It is worth it though and after B's bday I think things will slow down a bit, although by then I will have a wedding to plan! It never ends. Eloping is looking even better now, although that would not make my mom happy. Bailey is napping and I am taking a break from my busy day. I am still roasting chiles today. Who knew 40 pounds would be sooo much! Trav came home from work yesterday and was eating the roasted chiles plain! He was like "I love these things so much"! I had planned to serve leftovers last night but instead made chicken tacos so he could enjoy more of the roasted hatch chiles. I forgot to share in my last post that Thurs and Fri of last week Trav did his yearly career days fair with his work where he goes and shows HS kids how to do his job. He has fun doing it but by the end of the day he is pooped mentally because he never has to interact like that on his normal job. It was kinda funny to hear him talk about having to socialize all day was difficult. Anyway while he was there a lady that works in HR was there with him and he took a few of my diapers to show her because he is so proud which is too funny, but he also told her all about our natural lifestyle and the Co-op and such. Never in a million years did I ever think he would be excited about these choices and want to share the info with others. I think it is sweet and the lady thought it was great and took down my store info and the co-op also. The bad thing about him hanging out all day with an HR lady is she confirmed every rumor he heard about the crapshoot of a company he works for. They put absolutely no value in their employees and some day soon he believes they will all be let go. They are subbing out his work that he does to other companies that will do it cheaper to make a profit. It sucks but what can you do. This really bothered him, and I just tried to let him know that we have so much to be thankful for and he can find something else. He is really good at what he does, and I have told him its time to break away now for awhile. Although he does not plan to quit before they for sure let his crew go, he did find another job working for a friends dad doing something a little different. I am so proud of him, and the fact that he is not listening to the smoke they blow at him daily saying they are going to have work after June. It makes me happy that if they do say "see ya" he has another job to go to the next day. It will all work out, but I am sad that a company that he has worked several years for cares so little for their employees. Whatever, he is better off elsewhere in my opinion. Alright enough about that. I have had several people coming to me recently regarding Organics and such and wanting to know if it is worth it to switch and mostly in the economy where money is tight for alot of people. Where I try very hard to be as close to 100% organic. I found a list that comes in very handy when figuring out which foods to choose organically over others. They call it the dirty dozen and here is the info.
12 Most Contaminated
Peaches
Apples
Sweet Bell Peppers
Celery
Nectarines
Strawberries
Cherries
Pears
Grapes (Imported)
Spinach
Lettuce
Potatoes
12 Least Contaminated
Onions
Avocado
Sweet Corn (Frozen)
Pineapples
Mango
Asparagus
Sweet Peas (Frozen)
Kiwi Fruit
Bananas
Cabbage
Broccoli
Papaya

Also people have wanted to know what cleaning products I use. While I make my own detergent and all purpose cleaners. I do buy stain remover, fabric softener, and also soy toilet cleaner that is made from natural plant enzymes and not chemicals. Biokleen is the name of the company, and I buy my products in bulk off of Amazon.com because that is the cheapest way to go. Lately too as if I do not have tons of stuff going on. I have certain friends calling me for advice. One friend recently wanted to know how you go about choosing in your will who your child should go to if something was ever to happen to both of us. I know for Trav and I months ago we talked about this and the decision was super easy. Of course you have to make sure for one the person or persons you name are willing to take on the resposibility, so you should talk with them first. Secondly and to me it SOOO important.........is that their is no doubt in your mind that they will raise your child according to your wishes. It was as simple as that for us, and I hope I was able to help her with that. Of course nobody wants to think of something like that, but you totally have to. I know that last thing I want if something was to happen to us, is for people fighting over who gets our daughter. I do not see this ever happening though since one of us is always with her! lol Something to think about though for those who have kids and have not done so. On a lighter note yesterday I finally ordered the tin backsplash for the kitchen. I was having a hard time deciding between copper and silver and Trav left it up to me. I went with copper because it really ties in with the colors I have chose! I am going to take before pictures tonight because we are starting the major work this weekend! Yay!!!!

Busy as a bee!

That is what I have been lately, but when have I not been! lol Today I am roasting 40 pounds of hatch chiles, sewing diapers, doing laundry, working on invites, and being a mommy! I thought I would hop on while Bailey is napping to give a quick update on some exciting things going on in our home. The weekend was beautiful! I had Co-op and got 40 pounds of hatch chiles for roasting plus tons of great veggies. I made some delish chicken eggrolls from a new recipe and chicken lo mein last night with some of the ingredients I got over the weekend and boy was it yummy. We were able to do some shopping this weekend at Home Depot and Lowes for stuff we need to redecorate the kitchen. We had lunch at an indian fry bread place down the street that we love. Sunday I went to a party that one of the girls was throwing no babies or hubbies allowed. I actually had a great time, and Bailey and Trav had fun back at home. I have been working hard at getting all my inventory done for my first stocking on the 16th. Some of my items are up for previewing in the store already. Here is the link http://hyenacart.com/CWCB/, I will have a ton more to come, and will be doing more stocking as I sew. After my first opening I will be stocking my wipe solution cubes also, and maybe cloth diaper friendly detergent. I got my sewing table finally a few days ago and Trav got it all set up for me. I have SOOOOO much fabric now I could seriously open my own store. I also got my new sewing machine, but my old one still works so I plan on using both :) I am more than excited about my products, and my testers love them more than I ever thought possible. Well updates on Bailey.......she is 25 pounds 11 ounces now! My little big girl :) She is really saying alot of stuff now, and loves to walk with help behind her walking toys. She is also really into showing off now and LOVES to crack us up! The other night we got her on video showing off and it was the funniest thing ever. My mom says she is very advanced, but then again I spend ALOT of time talking to her and trying to teach her new things. We got her pictures back from the photog and they came out great. I can not share them here because they will be on the invites for her bday. Okay one huge reason I sat down to blog today is I am so excited I could do a back flip! For awhile now Trav has known that my mom really wanted to chat with him prior to his proposing, and I thought it would NEVER happen. Trav is super shy and tends to stay away from uncomfortable situations. I knew it was super important to my mom, but did not expect him too. Turns out yesterday he took the chance when he saw my mom by his work to stop and talk to her and in so many words ask for her blessing!!!!!!! I about died when he told me after he got home. My mom adores Trav and I knew she would make him feel comfortable. He did not go into detail on all they talked about however he said he agreed 100% with everything she had to say to him. I have an idea of what she had to say. They are now going to meet for lunch to talk more :) My mom is a HUGE part of my life so it is so great to see her adore our family and see Trav feel the same way about her. He says she is just so "real" and just genuinely kind. He said he knows that she loves me very much and wants what is best for our family. I am still in shock that he did it! I love him so much and have for a really long time. I look forward to sharing the same last name and continuing to build on what we already have. He was happy to hear her say so many flattering things about him, and you could tell it was not uncomfortable at all. I have known for awhile that he has a very special something up his sleeve when asking to marry me, but now since this happened I know it will be soon!!! AHHHHHH! I am on top of the world :) I am so blessed!

If I only had one more arm!

I could get so much stuff done! lol I feel like superwoman around here lately with all that I have going on my plate. The weekend was so packed with stuff it flew by as usual. Friday I was stuck home because we had directv come to install our dish and they were here FOREVER. The guys were just lazy and taking their time, but so far we really like having directv. It is much cheaper than Cox and we have everything we had with them. We switched everyting to Qwest which offers directv now because they dropped their digi cable service so I have Qwest internet and phone now with a new number. Our family email has changed to wemustbedreaming@gmail.com, so Travs angryt stuff is gone thank god! Our phone number is most likely going to change again because it is unlisted however we are being called ALL day by dumb telemarketers :) Needless to say Friday was just cleaning while trying to keep an eye on the Directv guys. First thing Sat I headed to pick up my Co-op goods and am soooo happy that they are offering Organic baskets now in my subdivision every other weekend. I got some great fruits and veggies for Bailey and I to munch on all week. Saturday we also had Bailey's photoshoot at 12:00 and we though leaving an hour before would be perfect. NOPE, it was not and we were 20 minuted late for our appt. I HATE being late, and we had called ahead to make sure we could still come because traffic was SOOOO bad. The photog said many people that day had the same issue and said we were find so I was super excited. Bailey only smiled really twice, but was her usual happy silly sticking tongue out girl. We got some great shots for her invites, and I hope to get the CD later on in the week. Her bday is coming together and we got her chair delivered the other day. We bought her a recliner that says "Always our Princess" on it to sit and open her gifts in on her bday. Trav really liked the chair its kinda funny. The work we are doing on the house is coming along. I was able to score some darkening shades finally for our room and Baileys room and they look great. We also did some shopping at Dillards on Saturday at PV mall. We bought more great deals, and went to lunch. After that we headed home because it was my brothers graduation and I was off to celebrate with my brothers. Trav was home with Bailey of course and he let her stay up until 9 pm! It was nice to go out and let loose a little since I have had so much going on lately. It was also fun to celebrate my company opening March 16th!!!! Sunday was a lazy day and although we had planned on gettting alot done, it so did not happen. Bailey finally started to really crawl last night! She has been so lazy up until now and just rolled everywhere and crawled backwards. Turns out she was just waiting for us to buy her an oriental rug for upstairs that was soft for her knees! lol Seriously within minutes of laying the rug down she was scooting around! Of course I have been shopping around for a rug in the loft for a long time and yesterday I was out shopping with B and found a 600.00 rug on sale for 100.00 that would go perfect in the loft, so when Trav got home we headed and picked it up. It looks great in the loft and I am excited to have a place in the loft for B to play. I am working hard this week on getting inventory done for my store, and getting party bags and such done for B's bday. I still have tons to do. The demand for my dipes is incredible and I have SO many people sitting and waiting for my opening to snatch my diapers up. I am amazed and so thankful for the networking I have been able to do among friends. My sewing table and new machine should be here hopefully this week so I can get everything organized :) For now my work is done on the kitchen table. Trav is so proud and excited for my new endeavour and is so supportive. He is the best. Bailey is talking ALOT lately and now says "Who is that" and also "What is that", she loves to play the Uh Oh! game and we played it all through frys yesterday with her monkey. We are doing great, just super busy. My sister has worked out childcare so that I can focus on my company until June which is when she will be moving right down the street. I am so excited to have the kids close and the summer should be fun :) Well it is breakfast time :) I posted a few pics of 3 more dipes that will be at my opening. A VERY sought after Harajuku lovers print by Gwen Stefani :) I will post my store link when I have it all put together! Happy Wedn!

live well, laugh often, love much!

This is my new motto to live by! Trav and I had talked about doing some redecorating in the kitchen and such and I came across this piece to remodel my kitchen around (I always find one piece and design around it) and it has those words on it. Lately we have been blessed with alot, and it seems like great things just keep on coming. Things are really coming together now for my cloth diaper company! I am shocked and completely stoked to see the feedback on the diapers people are testing currently. They compare them to the biggest name cloth diapers out there right now that go for 35.00 a piece. My website/store should be up and running in the middle of March. I plan on stocking whenever I can, and do not plan on doing custom orders. This keeps the work going on my terms and does not put me in a rush to make dipes since I am a mommy first. I have settled on a name after chatting with a few friends on my ideas. They are Roo-bugs! This name is 2 nicknames that we have for B combined. I call her my chunkaroo, and Trav calls her his bug. I am getting custom tags made and business cards. I cannot even say how excited I am to have found something I am super good at, besides cooking. We have alot of exciting things going on this weekend. We are really redoing our kitchen. There is NO way we can sell this stupid house right now so might as well make it what I want. We may buy again and rent this one, but it will still be ours so remodeling isnt a bad thing. Trav and I were talking the other night, and with our expanding family if push came to shove we could turn this house into 4 bedrooms if needed. So in my kitchen we are refinishing the cabinets, and putting a stone backsplash on the wall among other things. Trav really wants to repaint the entire downstairs with new colors, but I HATE painting so its all him if he wants to do it! lol We got a great sewing table that is being delivered for my business and I will set up shop for now in the loft. Tomorrow morning we are taking Bailey to have her pictures taken for her 1st bday invites. I was able to score a photoshoot with an AWESOME photog for a great deal. This will be her first real photoshoot besides what we have had done at portrait innovations. My brother is also graduating from his nursing program tomorrow! I am SOOOO proud of him. Sunday we are headed to do some shopping around at Lowes and Home Depot for remodel stuff. Gosh our weekends are always so busy! Yesterday Bailey and I went to do some shopping at Dillards because they are having an awesome sale right now, and Trav wanted me to go look at home decor stuff and clothes, etc. I came away with some AWESOME deals. I hate paying full price for anything and recently started getting low on the makeup that I use. Turns out Sephora is the only store that sells it and it never goes on sale. When we were at the mall over the weekend I passed on buying it ($38) to find a better deal. Really it is not soo bad because I do not always wear makeup and the last time I bought it was before Bailey was born. Well yesterday at Dillards I found a new brand that is the same price however it was on a UBER sale. I got Foundation, concealer, a whole smokey eye shadow kit, and a blemish stick for 20.00! Less than that one makeup would have cost. The great deals did not stop there. Last weekend we had looked a a kegerator for Trav, but he passed because it was 200.00 and not something he NEEDED. Well at dillards I see one, and it is the floor model, but at 65.00 plus 40% off that was a steal. I got up to pay for it, and the lady said......"I have a new one in a box in the back let me get it for you"!!!!! What? I seriously got a kegerator for Trav for 33.00 total!!! He was SOOO excited and sent me to pick him up a keg as soon as he got home from work! lol I also got for the 2 of us some clothes. I ended up with 4 pairs of jeans and 1 shirt, and 1 pair of jeans, 2 shirts, and 2 hoodies for Trav and spent 100.00! These are all name brand stuff too like Volcom, Quicksilver, and Buffalo jeans for me. I tell ya that was my kind of sale! I plan on hitting another location over the weekend by myself to really take the time to shop. It was funny because the kegerator box was huge and I parked far so I had to hold Bailey and put the kegerator in the stroller! lol I got alot of funny looks! Well I have alot going on today, so I better get started. Bailey is perfect, and is such a sweet girl! Today is a beautiful day to head out and get some more shopping done :) Oh and my sister is coming today to look at a house right down the street from us. I would love to have her close by, and it is the only way I can watch her kids until June. Of course she will pay me, but right now the daycare is costing her 500 a week, and that is crazy. If I do take them on again......all that money will go towards paying cash for our wedding/eloping? lol Who wants to finance a wedding? Not us that is for sure! We shall see! Hope everyone has an amazing weekend!

Short weekend, and a busy week ahead!

I will be super busy for the next couple of months with Baileys bday coming. I have so much planning to do, and the frugal part of me would rather do most of it myself than pay for someone elses services! lol I have been working on a video montage for her bday also that will only include pics of our little family to avoid anyone else feeling left out. The weekend was a great one. Trav had to work on Saturday all day so he really only had Sunday with us. His dad hurt his back and had to go to the hospital but ended up getting sent home which was great news. Trav said he is back at work today so it is great to hear he is on the mend. Our weekends tend to be very busy since Trav obviously works all week long. Sunday we took Bailey to the mall to do some much needed shopping. We had sooo much fun, and she LOVED looking at the puppies in the store. It won't be long before she is asking for one. That night was the first night we went out to eat and ordered her a meal! lol It was fun to sit as a family and enjoy our meal. We went to Toys r Us to pick up a few toys for her bday. Bailey is growing so fast and learning so much daily. Trav reads these books "If you give a mouse a cookie" etc that her cousin Carson gives her on holidays and she loves them. She can point out where the mouse is, and also the boy. We think she is super smart, but I think every parent is the same way. Trav also sings to her alot and one is just a melody where he sings Baby, Baby, Baby, Baaaaaaby! She now will sing it right back to you. We are LOVING her so much and really feel blessed. I hope to TTC at the beginning of April which is only a month and a half away, but we are ready. A few of my friends tease me about getting into shape to only get preggo again, but I want to start from the same weight I started with B. I am busy with alot of different things. I am going to be doing some work with the March of Dimes with my cloth diapers to raise some money. I am in the middle of having some people test out my products to give me feedback before I go full speed ahead. Some things have come up with my sister needing childcare again, so I may be having my niece and nephews again until June or so. I miss them and would love to have them here, but its alot to add to my plate. Trav would prefer I just stay home with B, but I also know when my sis really needs help and now is the time. We will see how it all pans out. I gotta run and make some breakfast. Hope everyones week is off to a great start. Bailey and I are shopping today for house stuff and bday stuff~