Its been little over 2 and half years since I have posted here. To be honest its been that long since I visited this blog.

Have I thought about writing? Yes.
Did I miss writing? Yes, a lot.

What has kept me from posting was time, I haven’t given myself time to sit down and write. For the last 2.5 years I have been a little busy with the kids. Madison is in 3rd grade and has started playing travel softball and cheerleading. Beth started kindergarten and is playing soccer, t-ball and cheerleading as well. James is in his 2nd year of preschool and wants to do whatever activity we are at for the girls.

I figured this would be a good time to start writing again since we are all home for who knows how long and writing has always been a way for me to deal with stress. With all the uncertainly in the world I am finding myself more stressed then normal. I am teaching from home, Madison and Beth are in the midst of e-learning and they require lots of help, and James is 3, that one should be self explanatory.

So, the plan is to get here and write as much as I can!!

Madison has moved to the other side of her school.. no more kindergarten hall, on to the back playground and PE 3 times a week! We started a tradition last year of asking her a few questions on the first day of school so here are this years answers!
How old are you?: 5
What grade are you in?: 1st Grade
What do you want to be when you grow up?: A veterinarian,
Favorite color: Red & Green
Favorite thing to do: Cartwheels
Favorite food: Cinnamon buns
Favorite song: The new Taylor Swift Song – Look What You Made Me Do
What are you looking forward to this year?: Seeing my new teacher.

Summer got a little busy around here and I forgot to post James’ 7 & 8 month updates so here is a combined post!

Crazy to think that a year ago we were getting ready to announce our pregnancy!

Weight: 12lb 4oz 

Length: 23in

Milestones: I decided to add this one since James is starting to hit some big milestones. He cut 2 teeth this month!!! James also started eating pureed foods!

Sleep: Sleeps has become a struggle for us! James was sleeping in his crib 6-8 hours and now he is only comfortable in his rock n play and will only sleep 2-4 hrs in his crib.

Diapers: Size 2

Clothes: James has moved into the 6 month clothing!

Mood: James is usually in a good mood. Everyone always comments on how happy and smiley he is! He only gets fussy when he’s super tired or hungry!

 Loves:

• Sitting in his bumbo
• When people sing
• Eating!!!
• Walks around the park
• The swing

 Hates:

• Waiting for food
• Sleeping

I am about a week late with James’ 2 month update, I wanted to wait until his check up so I could record his measurements! 

Eating:  James loves food! He is eating about 24oz of formula day! He is having some reflux issues so we are switching formulas to a heavier formula with added rice in hopes it will help keep the formula down, if not he will be prescribed zantac. We are zantac pros at this point.. both girls were on it!

 Diapers: Size 1’s seem to be working well so at this point no need to change!

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I thought I would share why we LOVE Essential Oils!

When I was pregnant with James I was struggling a lot with sleeping, headaches and anxiety over having 3 children. I followed a few other moms on instagram that all used oils  so I knew of oils but didn’t know much about them. I started researching safe ways to help sleeping and headaches and Essential Oils kept showing up in the research. During this time I also saw how useful the oils can be around our house, and that made me see how many chemicals we use in our everyday lives!

I decided to order my starter kit from Young Living Essential Oils (10 of the most commonly used oils + a diffuser) and I started working the oils into my daily life. With the help of the book Gentle Babies, I was able to safely use & continue to use oils around my young children & newborn. Now I can’t feel like I can’t live without them! We have rollers for everything from immunity support to helping with hair growth!.. the girls even have a bedtime roller they ask for every night! I can’t say that we are totally chemical free and we still believe in modern medicine but using the oils makes me feel like we are taking a step in the right direction with my families health and wellbeing.

These two blend are probably the most used in our house! The girls struggled with sleep, they both had a hard time calming down at the end of the day and bed time turned into something we dreaded. Beth would get out of her room at least 6 times a night, while Madison would complain about Beth keeping her up. One little swipe of “slumber party” on their necks and big toes and its lights out! Mermaid hair is probably my favorite spray I have made so far, I use it on the girls and myself. Madison has very course and wavy hair (she takes after me) but her hair doesn’t grow! She is 5 and has had her hair trimmed 3 times and it is still only at the shoulders! I started spraying her hair morning and night (dry or wet) and in 3 weeks noticed 3/4in of growth!

3 week difference

This week on Tuesday, I will be doing an “instastory” about how we use oils everyday! So follow me on instagram to get a peek into our world!

If you don’t already use oils and are interested in using them let me know, I can help you get started!