Babies on the Mind

Sometimes I just can't seam to get my mind off the fact that in only about 13 short weeks we will, Lord willing, be meeting our sweet little one! I seam to be at a lost as to what to write on my blog lately because it seems like the only thing consuming my mind is BABIES!

To top it off, yesterday my goat had her sweet little baby! She looked so pleased when she finally got to lick and clean up her little goat. And she hasn't let that baby out of her sight since then. It is so precious!

Plus I just can't help but remember that almost a year ago I finally got to meet my little Emmaline for the first time. What a precious time it was to first hold her in my arms. What a beautiful, precious time in my life! I can't even express the excitement I feel for wanting to hold this new little one in my arms for the first time!

This pregnancy I have felt a joy that I don't remember feeling in my last two pregnancies. Every little kick, every little movement, every little hick-up reminds me that this is a precious little one nestled safely in my womb, being perfectly knitted together by my Awesome God! What a miracle! I don't think I treasured these moments in my heart enough through my last two pregnancies. After this baby is born I will never again get to feel this baby move, kick, or hick-up inside me.

Treasuring each moment with our little ones is so important. For they grow up so fast... the newborn stage is but for a season, the pregnancy stage is but for a season, as is the 2 year old stage. Each stage is beautiful and precious in their own way!! What a blessing to be the mama to our sweet children! To be the one the Lord has put in charge of the way they are raised! WOW! He has created this little life inside me, He has a plan for this little person, and He has chosen us to fulfill His plan in this sweet little life! Thank you, Lord, for this blessing!

Super Skivvies review

Super Skivvies  provides adorable and affordable cloth training pants, making it easier and cheaper for you to potty train your toddler! I simply love all of the cute designs and colors to choose from!

From Super Skivvies website:

What ARE Super SKivvies Cloth Training Pants ?

• Super Skivvies cloth training pants are convertible training underwear that aid in potty training and bed wetting.
• Super Skivvies feature a removable insert which allows them to convert to regular underwear after potty training is complete. This saves you money! Not to mention they can be used with multiple children which saves you even more! 
• Super Skivvies unique design and choice of materials allows a child to feel  the wetness from their accident (which is of greatest importance) but keeps clothes, floors, and furniture dry.
• Super Skivvies are made with sustainable materials which reduces waste in our landfills helping to save our environment and create a sustainable future.
• Super Skivvies contain no chemicals! Disposable training pants (like Pull-Ups and Goodnights) contain toxic chemicals to absorb liquid that can harm your child and lengthen the time it takes to potty train.
• Super Skivvies are not waterproof because PUL (Polyurethane Laminate - a man-made petroleum based plastic) that is used for waterproofing is not eco-friendly or biodegradable and damages our precious home, Earth.

My review: Super Skivvies graciously sent me a pair of their cloth training pants to try out on my little, in the mist of being potty trained, Susie! I love how adorable and affordable these cloth training pants are! I like how they allow the child to realize when they are wetting as opposed to after they already wet. They act like underwear, but allow for a little mistake to happen so that you can run the child off to the potty chair before their legs and everything gets wet. And the great part about these is when the child is fully potty trained you can use them as underwear by just removing the insert! How great is that!!!?

Going with cloth training pants can save you a tremendous amount of money!! And who doesn't love to save money?? ;-) I love how much I have saved just by using the one Super Skivvies I have! Apart from using my Super Skivvies, I have gone with going with just underwear... which works, but the Super Skivvies REALLY helps when a bit of an accident happens. They are still absorbent enough that not EVERYTHING gets wet! Which saves money on laundry! ;-)

Buy them: Head on over to Super Skivvies now to check out what they have in stock for your little one in the mist of getting potty trained! Psst ... they're having a sell right now so now is a great time to buy!! ;-)

Sharing a Glimpse of my heart

I guess I just couldn't really feel like leaving until I shared a glimpse of my heart...

I was talking to my husband the other day about how so many people just don't know how to be real and be themselves anymore... even me. Its an everyday struggle to try and keep up with how we 'think' other people view us. When in all reality we just need to be ourselves and quit trying to be how you 'think' everyone else wants you to be. Being ourselves isn't easy. Other people may see that we don't believe the same way as them. They may see our faults or the points we are weak in. People from now on... I just want to be me! :-) Who am I you might ask... Well I'm just me! I'm a simple little wife and mama here, who loves God with all her heart, adores her husband and babies, loves learning about health and fitness, and enjoys the quiet country life! I long to encourage other ladies in their walks of life... however ladies I'm walking it along with you! I don't have everything figured out... far from it actually. But God gives us the wisdom to be the women He wants us to be as long as we simply ask for it! So today I want to challenge you ladies... read a chapter in Proverbs everyday and PRAY PRAY PRAY that the Lord will give you the wisdom to be the wife and mama that HE wants you to be! Don't be someone else, be who He wants you to be!

"A wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands." Proverbs 14:1

"By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established;" Proverbs 24:3

"A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power." Proverbs 24:5

Crunchy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Pancakes

I also wanted to share a new favorite recipe that I found last month!


Crunchy Peanut Butter Oatmeal Pancakes
1 cup flour
1/2 cup rolled oats
1 Tbsp sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
dash of salt
1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 1/2 cup buttermilk, milk, or water

Preheat pan to medium heat.

In a large bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. Cut in the peanut butter till all mixed up. Then add the vegetable oil and milk/water and mix till smooth.

Cook 1/3 cup of batter in pan with butter.

Makes 6-8 pancakes... basically enough for 2 people.

Book reading list

Who out there loves books??? Can I say 'I do' enough? Books lately have become a big part of my life. I haven't always enjoyed reading. In fact when I was younger you could say I hated reading. But since I've been married and got pregnant with our first baby I have loved to read and learn! I can't say I enjoy fiction all that much yet... I like reading more non-fiction.

My friend at A Restful Place has inspired me to blog about the books I am going to try and read this month (February)! :-) I just bought 4 books that I thought looked good at a new bookstore in town so I am excited to be reading again!

I have currently been reading "Mommy Diagnostics"! I'm looking forward to continue to reading this one and hopefully sharing a review with you on it!

I have also just started reading "for women only". This book is a total eye opener. I think any wife should read this book!

This book I found at a local bookstore and thought I would give it a try! Sounds really good! 

This is another that I found at a local bookstore and decided to buy! :-)

Mommy Diagnostic's is so good I need to read The Naturally Healthy Pregnancy as well! :-)


As you may have been able to tell I have been into health and family lately! ;-) What good books have you read lately? :-)

Second Trimester Bliss

The Lord works in such wonderful ways!! Just when I was doubting the most that I wouldn't be able to get through this pregnancy the Lord showed me how wrong I was and that I further more needed to trust in Him. Oh how blessed I feel to be able to know that He truly will only give me what I can handle! I feel a renewed energy! Even tho I'm still tired a lot I have more strength and my morning sickness is mostly all eased up! I pray that the rest of the pregnancy goes well and that I will trust Him in all things! And that He will help me be the woman He wants me to be!

Memories

I've been thinking a lot about my little firstborn baby... er toddler. I'm still trying to remember when she switched from being a baby to being a toddler. I guess when she was a baby I thought it was so far away before she became a toddler. Oh how time passes all to fast. How life has changed. Oh how she has changed our lives. She is such a blessing in our lives.

Lately she has been taking to giving more hugs and kisses!!! Much to my delight! As she has always been more of a quality time little girl. But now she is a total snuggler! I love it!

She has got so much energy I don't think she even knows what to do with it all. It's precious watching her run around the house singing! She adores music so much! She loves to sing and dance around the living room! It is just darling!

She has such big beautiful blue eyes! And right now she has tons of little curls. They are getting so long they are starting to get into her eyes more. I try and put her 'bangs' up in a little pony tail, but she loves to pull anything out of her hair and off of her feet. I can't keep hair clips, socks, or shoes on this little girl.

She loves being a little farm girl. I think tho out of all our animals her favorite is the kitten. Sometimes the kitten gets in while I'm out getting wood. I come back in and it's in her arms. She's talking to it like a long lost friend and then exclaims to me "I LIKE! AWW"

She absolutely adores her little sister! When she's crying she comes to me looking all serious "Umline (her way of saying Emmaline), sad." She runs and tries to give her a toy or cover her up saying "I know, Umline" or "I know, baby". Sometimes she calls her baby. The other day Susie was coloring a picture and Emmaline was watching her. She then held up her picture to show Emmaline and said "See!"

She loves to show people things! When someone comes over she has to show them all her toys and she loves to share them with them! She loves to give people things! When I'm making dinner sometimes I'll give her something to snack on... she always asks "Dada?" And she runs to take it to him. I then have to cut her up a piece as well!

She thinks that brushing her teeth is a hobby! Whenever I go into our bathroom to brush my hair or something she runs in as fast as she can and says "teeth!!!?" And proceeds to get out her toothbrush!

Needless to say she is such a blessing! She loves to help me do things! She loves to pick up her toys, run dirty clothes to the laundry room, sweep, and put the silverware away. And most of those things she does without being asked. She just loves doing them! Bless her heart! <3 I LOVE HER!!!