Change.....

I'm not really sure why, but I feel that there will be some huge changes in my life. I am not sure if it will be good or bad, but I just feel it will be inevitable. 

I have to remember....

To Take It All In

Be Present

Breathe

This Is Your Life, Make The Most Of It

Go Through The Motions, And Laugh At The Craziness

Enjoy

Simplify

Do What You Can, And Don't Beat Yourself Up Over The Things You Can't

Tough Questions....

I Googled "Questions to ask yourself before you have children". I have been so obsessed with this topic for awhile now, and more often than not, I get caught up in the daydream of having one. A few of my close friends have already had babies and they are absolutely gorgeous and wonderful. They're lucky though- their babies sleep through the night, hardly fuss, social, I hate to say "good" babies, but they are! So I'm trying to get out of the whole fantasy world of it and come back to reality.

So if you are in a similar situation as I am, this might be helpful!

~ Are you ready to be selfless? What about your partner?

~ Are we financially ready?

~ Are we ready for life to get a little more complicated?

~ Are you ready to surrender control over your body?

~ Have we experienced everything we wanted to or are we okay without experiencing it for the next 18 years?

~ Considered multiples, disabilities? etc.

~ Career- Are we secure? Will there need to be changes?

~ Do we both agree on how to raise the child and respect each other as parents?

~ Have you ever considered the reasons for having a child?

~ If we found out we were pregnant next month, what would we think?  :) or AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

Favorite Things Wednesday!

This Summer I have been having a serious case of the baby fever! I try really hard to ignore it, but sometimes it takes over me. I have been constantly watching baby shows, reading baby blogs, and purchasing baby books/magazines (I know some of you probably think I am crazy, but I love reading about it!).

I wanted to share a few of thing my favorite things that have been feeding my extreme case of baby fever...

1. The Art Of Making A Baby Blog

I absolutely LOVE this blog! It has become a guilty pleasure and I check it everyday! (Kind of like Facebook!)

2. YouTube Surprise Pregnancy announcements. Some of these are so touching, others are absolutely hilarious!

I was laughing so hard- I had tears in my eyes! It was priceless!

3. Fit Pregnancy Magazine- Just started reading this magazine and really like it!

4.  The Lazy Girl's Guide to a Blissful Pregnancy. Found this gem at Shopper's Drug Mart. It's awesome!

I'm BACK!!!! Did you miss me???

It has almost been a month since my last post. I'm pretty disappointed in myself. It has been a crazy Summer (to say the least) and lots of personal things I needed to deal with. But I'm seeing light at the end of the tunnel and decided it was time to return to my blog! I have missed it!

Two Years.....

Two years of happiness and laughter,
Of arguments and forgiveness,
Of accomplishments and failures,
Of smiles and tears,
Of disagreements and compromises,
Of learning and growth.

Two years of love and commitment.

Two years of being married to my best friend.

I wouldn't change a single thing!

It Will All Be Okay In The End.....

"People who have only good experiences aren’t very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren’t very deep. It may seem a misfortune now, and it makes things difficult, but well—it’s easy to feel all the happy, simple stuff. Not that happiness is necessarily simple. But I don’t think you’re going to have a life like that, and I think you’ll be the better for it. The difficult thing is to not be overwhelmed by the bad patches. You must not let them defeat you. You must see them as a gift—a cruel gift, but a gift nonetheless.”- Peter Cameron

I am so thankful I found this quote when I did. Life hasn't been too easy lately and have been completely overwhelmed by it. And sometimes I feel like a bitter bitch whenever I hear about other people's good fortune's. I absolutely hate being that person but there are times when I can't help it. I start my own "pity me" parade and constantly ask the question "why me??". This quote has made me put things into perspective. Everything happens for a reason and I  need to take it in stride. The rough patches and the harsh lessons are what life is all about. It may sometimes feel like it is tearing you apart- but you will come out of it a better and stronger person because of it.

Newest Addition To The Family....Grace Kelly!!!

Aaron and I always knew we wanted to have one more dog. We decided awhile back that we would get it before we decide to have a baby. And we kind of just left it at that.

Mom called me on Monday and said that my aunt Cheryll was on a yard sale site on Facebook and saw these adorable Puggle puppies!!!!! (Puggle= half Pug, half Beagle). I immediately looked the puppies up and fell in love!!

I called Aaron and told him to look it up as well..... He fell in love too!

We can be very impulsive people.... so we purchased one today!!!

Introducing.... Grace Kelly!!!

We named her after Grace Kelly because Aaron is absolutely in love with her! Ever since Rear Window. She was beautiful.

First family picture. I look terrible! Hardly any make up and put a brush to my hair very quickly. We were just excited to get her!

Grace and my friend's Dave and Brandi's beautiful baby Lainey!


She is adapting well to our family. Her and our Pug Benny are getting along, just one of our cats (Dresden) is not a fan of her yet. With time, he will be!

:)