Mommy to a little girl now, no more baby!

I found myself Wedn night before Bailey's bday rocking her to sleep and thinking about it being the last time before she turns on. That is when the tears started to fall, and did not stop until yesterday! lol I held it together pretty good on her bday and only cried once during her video montage that I made. The day before though I was struggling so hard with keeping it together. My little girl is my world and I find it soooo unfair that time is going by so fast. I do my best to cherish each moment with her, but wish it would all last longer. We had such a beautiful weekend celebrating Bailey's bday. On her actual bday we took her to her favorite BBQ joint where she decided it wasnt her favorite anymore and just wanted to eat bread! lol We headed to Toys R Us afterwards because we had to buy more gifts since I let her talk me into opening all the ones we already had the week prior! lol She had fun and we picked up some really cute things for her including a motorized Barbie ATV. Trav took the day off Friday to help finish things up for the party which was awesome. The party was great! Bailey was her funny self as always, and really enjoyed having everyone over. The bounce house and sno cone machine were a HUGE hit with the kids, and kept them outside all day! lol She made out like a bandit with gifts, but could care less really, and just wanted to know why I was taking them away after she opened them! lol She wanted nothing to do with her cake, which I expected because she does not like to get dirty and is not into sweets. Everyone else enjoyed themselves which was awesome. I only cried once during the party, although I must have broke down 6 times shopping the day before! lol We had a grown up party that night playing poker and watching the UFC fights and getting a little tipsy! lol The next day we had to be up bright and early for the cancer triathalon his sister was competing in........UGH! This morning I am sick with a fever and feeling like the poop truck ran me over :) I still cannot believe I am a mommy to a 1 year old already! She is amazing, and so special to us. I can't wait to continue to watch her grown :) My second store stocking after Easter was just as good as the first, and all my diapers sold out in just a few minutes. I am excited to stock again with my tags! Work is going great for Trav and the just found out that they have a ton more work to last a few years, so that is comforting. Well I am not feeling so hot and need to rest while Bailey is!

Easter & More!

We had such a beautiful weekend spent with family, but boy did it go by fast! We had Bailey's cousin's party to attend on Saturday and I whipped up a dress for her to wear that morning and it came out soo cute. Saturday was rainy but the party was fun, and Bailey was such a joy as always. She really is just sooo well behaved. (Except for the 2 meltdowns we have had the last 2 days) LOL Sunday we had Easter and Bailey's first egg hunt. I made another dress for her to wear that morning and it also came out so cute. I will be adding a clothing line to my store also shortly. After an eventful weekend, I had my second stocking on Monday. Once again my dipe sold out within minutes and I am sooo excited about that! I started receiving a ton of emails again requesting custom orders for those that missed out at my stocking. I decided to do a few and finished those up already and mailed them out. Now I am concentrating on finishing up the rest of the house for Bailey's party. I cannot believe my little girl is going to be one tomorrow :( I am quite emotional about it, but hope I can hold it together on her bday. It is truly unfair how fast our babies grow up. Well TTC this month was no bueno so we are on to next month! lol This time I am using an OP (ovulation predictor) so there will be no guessing involved. I was a little bummed, and Trav felt bad because he knows how excited I was to start trying. We will be blessed again I know it! Tomorrow night we take Bailey to her fav BBQ joint, and to Toys R Us afterwards. It will be a ton of fun. Well just wanted to update quickly. Bailey is napping and I need to do diaper laundry :) Hope everyone had an amazing Easter!

Roo-Bug Launch #2, TTC & More

It has been wayyy too long since I last blogged, and so much has happened since! I will start with Roo-Bug's! My second stocking is the 13th of this month at noon, and I added newborn dipes "bitty bug's", Cloth Wipees, and Bug-Leg's which are like babylegs that I make. I have had a blast preparing for this stocking and have a ton up. Last time sold out in 4 minutes and I hope to do the same again. I bought my domain http://www.roobugs.com/ the other day and will work on my web design this week and hope to stock my store on the 1st of May. I will also be selling cloth wipe solution called Roo-Bug Rear Rinse at that time. I should get my custom tag's for my products this week and am sooo happy about them. This will make me super official!!!! I plan to add a line of clothing in the near future also. To me it is go big or go home, and I found somethings that I am really good at besides cooking, and being a mommy! lol Ok enough on that, Bailey is doing great! Crawling everywhere, getting into everything and although not walking loves to pull up onto stuff. She is down to nursing only 3 times a day now, and I give her Organic Rice Milk. She is such a good little girl and LOVES to talk up a storm. We are so excited about her bday next week and plan to take her to her favorite bbq joint on her real bday and then her party on Saturday. I put a ton of work into her party so I hope it goes off without a hitch. The kitchen remodel is going great and Trav is almost done with it. I am looking into replacing our appliances with retro stuff soon. I will post pics when it is complete! Off to the crazy news. After the proposal alot of people wanted to know WHEN I was getting married. After much thought we have decided to have another baby first, that way I can start planning during my pregnancy my wedding, and have the one I want when I want without spacing our kids too far apart. It is important to me to keep them closer in age since I want a few more. It is AMAZING to me how many people have issues with TTC or how many kids we should have. Finances is something that I hear alot. We do fine, and I honestly do not worry about money at all nor does it factor into the size of my family. Recently a relative of Trav's made a comment about being able to pay for our childrens college and my answer to that is if we can then great and if not they will do what I did which is work to pay my way. Bailey can work in the family business. I am NOT about handing everything to a child, and believe alot is learned when you get something on your own. Trav agrees, so we are TTC. I am SOOOOOOO excited and believe I am preggo now, although I will wait a week or so to test. I FEEL completely preggo though, and kinda know already. Trav does not want me to get my hopes up though and get let down. We will keep trying though until it happens. OK that is all for now. I have a ton to do for Easter and a busy weekend ahead! Hope all is well with everyone! I added a few pics of my dipes for this stocking, wipes, and bug legs!

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!