My first garage sale buy!!!

This weekend I Found an AWESOME deal at a garage sale. Ok, I am NOT one to buy other people's junk, but while I was driving by I couldn't help but see this UGLY picture frame that had the potential to be really cute. In fact it was JUST what I was wanting for Madison's new room. I'm doing her new room in a shabby chic kinda theme and wanted some cute chunky picture frames for her room. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO............................................................

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the ugly picture frame I found.

 It was this super ugly gold frame. BUT I got it for $1!!!!! That's right, ONE dollar. I painted it an ivory color and then antiqued it so it looked old still.

I am seriously IN LOVE with this frame :) I haven't decided if I want to put a picture in it or make into a cork board, whatever it becomes, its going to look so cute in her room! NOW I'm almost half way tempted to drive around searching for garage sales to find another!

Its FINALLY Fall!!!

YAY!!! It's already October!! *sigh*......Hard to believe huh? I feel like this year has flown by so fast. This time last year I was 6 months pregnant! Holy cow!! Now Madison is 8 months old TODAY!!!! It doesn't feel like I had her 8 months ago :( The second kid grows faster then the first. Madison is now walking along everything and she eats just about anything we give her now! She's also got both of her bottom teeth! Her little smile looks so cute with little teeth in her mouth! Brandon still loves her like crazy, but as she gets older he gets more playful with her. Sometimes he forgets that she's just a baby and plays a little too hard with her. The other day he was trying to ride her like a horse while she crawled around. ohhhh boy.....that little boy! yesterday and today have really felt like Fall. The weather is nice and gloomy and cool. I got in the mood.....got a Cinnamon Dolce Latte from Starbucks, went shopping and decorated our house for fall! :)

       This last weekend was such a fun weekend! On Saturday we went to BJ'S for dinner and then shot some hand guns. OMG when we got into the shooting range I ALMOST backed out and just let Michael shoot, BUT I put my big girl panties and did it! Getting myself to pull the trigger for the very first time took me a minute or two, but I did and HOLY COW.... it was A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!!! There's soooo much power out of a little piece of metal.

(Here's my target!! Not to bad for my very first time huh?!  P.s. the holes are by all those pink arrows!)

After that we went to the PBR in Stockton. AHHH sooo many cute cowboy's riding bull's! :) We had such a fun time together I didn't want the night to end. Sunday we walked down to the Lodi Street Fair with my parents and then met up with Michael's parents after a few hours. I found an AMAZING photographer that hopefully has an opening for fall family pictures!! Go check out her website. She specializes in newborns and OMG she is good! Jesica Allen Photography 

Brandon rode a pony two times, and he loved every minute of it! Future cowboy in the making! :) We had such a fun time this weekend, we were all sad when it was over and back to the usual daily work week!  :(

Date night!

The hubby planned our date night for tonight(yup I left everything to him to decide!).... Guess where we're going?!? We're going shooting in Elk Grove and then to the Pro Bull Riding in Stockton!!! Hahaha TOTAL man night right there! But to be honest, I'm actually really excited! Maybe because it's something I've never done before and TOTALLY out of my element, OR maybe because Michael is SO excited for it. Either way it will be fun :)

I can't believe summer is over and fall is already here. I LOVE fall! I'm sooo excited for the leaves to start changing and falling, and most of all to take BOTH kids to the pumpkin patch this year! This time last year I was almost 6 months pregnant!!! WHAAAATTTTTT??! That's crazy to think about. It feels like time has flown by sooooo flippen fast, its unbelievable. Brandon is almost 2.5 and Maddie will be 8 months old on Tuesday! I have my fall wreath that my wonderful momma gave me up on my door and its making me even more in the mood for Fall! I hope everyone has a great weekend! Wish me luck today haha because I'm nervous! :)

Getting out...

Of my funk! Undone hair, no make-up and sweats and t- shirts are OK...... every once in a while. I wake up, feed the kids, clean, shower, and play with the kids. I rarely did my make up or my hair :( I was stuck. Stuck in a funk. A frumpy funk. EWWWW! My style has changed SOOO much since becoming a mom. ( don't get me wrong, I enjoy the frumpy days as long as I have more put together days than the frumpy!)  All I own is t-shirts and jeans....Comfy, but not too cute!

SOOOO, I'm getting my self out of this rut I was stuck in. I feel soo much better and more happy when I take the time to get ready or put some thought into an outfit. I am re-vamping my closet with new clothes and putting the time into my hair and makeup. I'm almost 23 and I feel soo much older because I don't put any time into myself! I have anxiety with mild Postpartum Depression.... 

UGHHH just saying that makes me sad!!! I NEVER thought I would ever have this. In fact, I couldn't figure out how people could ever feel "depressed." It just never made sense to me. It's a feeling that just sucks. I'm sooooo thankful for my husband and my mother who have been there for me and encouraged me to go see my doctor. I really feel like a whole new person. A person I haven't felt like in a long time! I think not putting any time into myself was part of my problem. I wasn't happy with the way I looked or felt. I never bought anything for me, just clothes for the kids. It really really feels good to be happy about myself again. it sucks that it took me a while to let anyone know how I was feeling or excepting the fact that something just wasn't right. BUT I'm sooooooo glad I got the help I needed. Everyday is a better day than before. I wake up alive and get to spend one more day with my kids, husband, family and friends! Life really is good. So, here's to a NEW me. A refreshed happier me! :)

Hold your head up

Take an unplanned trip

Be thankful

Try everything once

Color outside the lines

Fall in love

Embrace change

Trust in yourself

Do what you love

 Dance when everyone is looking

Eat dessert first

be nice to everyone

Play in the rain

break the rules once in a while

Do random acts of kindness

Forgive EVEN when its hard

Make time for family

Don't count the minutes count the laughs

Life is good...

I love laying in bed with my husband and just talking. Talking about our feelings, emotions, thoughts, dreams, goals....everything. Sometimes I think life is hard, than I re-connect with my husband and realize how great life is. I'm so lucky to have a husband how loves me and supports everything I do. I cant say it enough but he really is my rock! Yesterday as I was making lunch for Brandon, I heard two little voices giggling. Madison was supposed to be sleeping in her swing, but instead Brandon was on top of her rocking her and smothering her with kisses. She of course thought this was funny. I couldn't help but get teary eyed standing there watching them. This is EVERYTHING I could have hoped for. My children adore each other. They are best friends. You can see all the love in their eyes that they have for each other. Wherever one goes the other follows. I always thought adding another child to a family would be more of a transition or harder than it has been. Some people look at me like I'm crazy when I say they are only 19 months apart. I sometimes think I'm crazy for having kids 19 months apart, BUT moments like those are EXACTLY why we chose to have them this close.

Today is a new day. Michael is starting a diet today. This means no more baking yummy stuff. I am determined to help my husband. I need to find a happy medium that works in our house. I can NOT diet with him. I'm actually on a different diet to gain weight. Technically I'm really underweight and with breast feeding I just cant and DON"T need to diet. So this will be a challenge to figure out what works for both of us, but I'm sure we will figure it out. If anyone has any links to some good blogs with healthy recipes then send them my way :)

Hospital visit numero tres

Isn't it just when I say Brandon has been staying out of trouble is when something happens... again?!

Ughh this boy!

Well, yesterday Maddie went down for her morning nap so I took Brandon out to Michael's truck with me to make sure Madison's new car seat was installed properly. He was in the front seat playing and "driving," when he turns around with bright orange stuff coming out of his mouth. I asked him what that was and his answer: "Brandon ate that orange thing. It's nasty. I don't like that." Ok kid I see you ate it, BUT WHAT IS IT!???!?! So I'm searching to see what this mysterious nasty orange thing was and I look down the crack between the seat and the center console and find some pieces of a chewed up PILL. Go ahead and guess what color this chewed up pill was. ORANGE@?#!@# AHHHH kid REALLY?!?! The first things that came out of my mouth were "NOOOOOOOO oh my god you don't pills!!!" Poor kid didn't know, and probably thought it was candy. So he looks at me and says, "you don't eat those pills mommy." Even when I'm in a moment of panic he can still make me laugh.

So I wake Maddie up, get them both in the truck and off to the Lodi Memorial Emergency room we go. We get there and I tell them what has happened, so they are admitting him and she asks, " Has he been admitted here before?" before I can answer she chuckles and says, "never mind...he has!" HA! yes, my child is only two and this is his 3rd adventure here! I'm starting to believe he likes this place! I wonder how many times we will sit in an emergency room by the time he's 18? At the rate we're going probably A LOT! They basically just monitored him for a while. Since he was acting like his normal loud self they decided to not draw blood and let me take him home and monitor him. A couple hours in the hospital with just me and both kids was REEEEEAALLLLL fun! Can you read the sarcasm in that?! I'm glad he was ok. That's all that matters :) 

Maddie-bug just cut her 2nd tooth!!!!! She's growing SOOO fast. She is almost 8 months old!!! She holds onto the couch and walks across it! I cant say it enough.... I'M NOT READY FOR HER TO DO THIS! 

Well, that's all the excitement in this house the past couple days!!