fresh produce {a review}

May 31, 2012 in stuff i love with 0 Comments

 

I recently had the privilege of getting to know a company called Fresh Produce! I had never heard of this company and after checking out their website, I was thrilled to try out something from their line! I’m no fashionista. It’s rare for me to get all dressed up, and honestly I feel like a goof when I do. So comfort is key for me. I mean come on, I’m mom to two tiny humans and that’s what’s important.

Um, obviously not me. But that’s the shirt I got. Kinda. Different color. Sweet.

I chose the Classic Stripe Buttonside Henley top. I. Love. It. It’s so fitting of my personality and what I live in every day. It so comfortable and fits me so great. They offer a great selection of causal tops which I love! Perfect for my every day “uniform”, and a great step up from my hubby’s tshirts. Also, go check out the longsleeve tshirts and fun spring clothes!

Ready for some lame pictures of me pretending to be cool?

I love how the sleeves can button up or wear them down. This is one of those wear year ’round type of shirts which is just fabulous! I’m very aware that I had one up and one down in these pictures. Totally on purpose but now I’m realizing that it looks silly. OOPS.

This shirt is Mom Tested…BABY APPROVED :)

There are a few Fresh Produce stores across the US, but they ship to over 200 countries! Yay! But why not shop on their web site? Because duh. I loved digging through their website and looking at all the fun clothes! There is something for everyone and a wide variety of style! Please go check out what they have to offer!!!

Disclaimer: Fresh Produce was so kind to send me the shirt for this review, but the opinions are totally my own!!

“mama, i try ok??”

May 29, 2012 in joys of motherhood with 8 Comments

We are in the 2′s. Experiencing new things, learning new things and trying new things. Every day is an adventure. I can’t count how many times a day I hear “I DO IT MYSELF!!!!”. My favorite new phrase is “Mama, I try…OK?”

She just wants to do it all herself.

This leaves me at a cross roads. Do I allow her to make a giant mess and try something that is most likely out of her element, or do I just fight her and do it for her?

The obsessive compulsive, type a part of me just wants to take over. I know I can do it better for her. It will get done quickly and I won’t have a mess to clean up. But? That leaves her frustrated and with zero sense of pride or accomplishment.

So she may walk around all day with her panties on backward. My car is only clean 2 feet up and there are a pile of animal crackers on my floor. But she is happier for it. Because she did it herself.

She teaches me so much everyday and I’m learning to let go of the little things. My house isn’t in the perfect order that I may like, and you won’t see it on pinterest. (Unless it’s pinned on a what not to do board) At the end of the day my children go to bed with smiles on their faces because I poured every ounce of my energy and love into them.

Hopefully daddy will come home and sweep up those animal crackers.

What are you learning from your tiny ones?

oh, the places she will go {a potty training update}

May 28, 2012 in jessi girl, parenting rocks with 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I’ve given a potty training update, so I wanted to fill you in on where we are after 3 months of potty training! Well, I’m pleased to say it was a breeze. She did absolutely fabulous and I’m really impressed with how well she rocked that potty.

Yes, the first week was ROUGH. But that’s totally expected. Jessi was 23 months old when we started full on potty training, and she was completely ready. Check out more on the first week: Day One, Day Two & Day Three.

Accidents happened a lot over that first month. A lot. And they would be in the strangest places. TWICE she peed straight into the floor air vents. TWICE. I was dreading the day we had to turn on the a/c, afraid the house would be filled with a lovely scent (thankfully that didn’t happen). She figured out that if she would pee while in timeout, it would rescue her from timeout. Or so she thought. Little did she know it meant she had to sit in her own pee until it was time to get up :) And I can’t even count the number of times she went in her high chair. One day she sat on one of my favorite pillows and made that the potty. Needless to say that went straight into the trash.

Unfortunately she still hasn’t learned that the potty is yucky and it’s not a place to play. I caught her here just a few days ago. Just playing in the water. Y-U-C-K.

Once we got over the hump of random accidents, it was pretty smooth sailing! She rarely has accidents any more, and her naptime diapers are typically dry. We’ve been staying in diapers while in bed because we aren’t quite ready to worry about nighttime training.

Overall, potty training was pretty easy and fun with Jessi! I’m so proud of her and how well she’s done! Potty trained before she turned two was my goal and she did it!!!

he comes home TODAY!!!!!!

May 25, 2012 in my family is cooler than your family with 1 Comment

MY HUBBY GETS HOME TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After 3 weeks without him, he flies in late tonight and I CAN.NOT.WAIT to have him back. I’m tired of sleeping by myself in that big bed. Who am I kidding, that was kinda fabulous ;) But it sure got cold over on his side (that tiny bit of space I allow him to have).

Being away from him just reminds me all he does for our family and how much he means to all of us.

He’s off work all weekend and it’s going to be incredible. I’ll see you guys on Monday…I’ll be busy not letting my sweetheart get a moment to himself while I remain attached to his side!

I heart him.

giving up on good

May 24, 2012 in blogging, extremely wise thoughts with 13 Comments

My heart has been growing and exploding lately. So much good coming in. Since I’ve jumped on board with The Influence Conference (have you guys heard?? yay, it’s going to be AWESOME! why don’t you come join us??) so many cool things have been happening. I’ve met some REALLY awesome people here in the interwebs that I hadn’t met before. I’m growing new relationships and that makes me oh-so-happy.

I shared my heart with you guys last week about how I had kinda stepped back a bit from my blog and online presence to really pray through what direction I was to go. Well, it’s been good for my soul. After reading a couple of posts from Haley and Jessi on their “Giving up on good” series, ya know about how Jessi doesn’t take showers (hehe…I heart you!), I was inspired.

So, what is it exactly that I’m giving up on?

I did a twitter clean out. I did a blog reader clean out.

I’m giving up on the good for the better.

I was allowing myself to become overwhelmed by hundreds of unread tweets and whoa the overflowing google reader that I didn’t have the time to keep up with. I’m not calling it junk, because it’s really a lot of good stuff. It’s a lot of good people, but I’m giving up the good for the better. Jesus has called me to be more. Instead of filling my mind with parenting advice that says I should “get through the day and go straight to the wine”, I need to fill my thoughts with parenting advice that reminds me to embrace every moment with my precious blessings.

Because wow, these moments are just amazing.

Since doing this and building new relationships? Wow. Blown away. I’ve joined a community of women who are digging into the Word together. We encourage and strengthen one another. It’s an army of awesomeness. Have you seen #SheReadsTruth floating around out there? How have you NOT? God is doing a huge thing and it’s super cool.

As hard as it was to delete some of those blogs that I like to read because it makes me feel like a better parent (yikes), it’s time to focus on the better. He has called me to encourage and be a light.

If I’m not taking in the BEST, how can I be more than just good?

oops, she turned 8 months old.

May 23, 2012 in zoey b with 2 Comments

Yeah, I’m a little behind. After hubby being gone this month and us being splattered all over the place, I kinda forgot about Zoey turning 8 months. This is a little behind (ahem, 3 weeks) and she’s actually changed A LOT this month! So, check back soon for the 9 month update :)

So here you have it. 8 months of bliss with Zoey!

My Sweet Zoey,

I said it once, and I’ll say it a million more times…you are the sweetest baby ever!
Your precious and perfect little personality are almost too much to handle!

You are really chunking up! You love to eat, and are doing so well at it. We’ve started you on some finger foods, and I’ve been really impressed with how well you do. Still no teeth! I’ve thought about 12 million times that you were teething, but still nothing has come through!

The best thing?? You’ve started sleeping through the night!!! Just for a week or so, but it’s been fabulous! I’m still adjusting to getting the extra sleep, but so thankful. I’m really hoping it sticks! We are all happier for it. I thought I was going to slowly start losing my mind :)

You still adore mama and always want to be close to me. You’ve started really struggling with seperation anxiety, and you’re having some trouble when you are at church or away from me at all. Hopefully that won’t last long!

Your contentment to just sit for hours is fading away. After 8 months of watching your sister run circles around you, you’ve decided you want to join her! You got a new walker, and you are all over the place in that thing. It only took you a few days to figure it out and now you can keep up with us all. You’re getting interested in crawling, so I know that will come very soon!

I love you precious girl! Watching you learn and grow is so much fun!

Love you to pieces,

Mama

chick-fil-a giveaway! chick-fil-a giveaway!

May 21, 2012 in stuff i love with 31 Comments

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!!!!!

Congrats to Annie, Danna & Holly for winning the Chick-fil-A dessert gift cards!! I hope you enjoy your yummy summer treats!

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I like how that kinda rhymes. Ok, I’m a nerd. As you may know, we are basically obsessed with Chick-fil-A. All of our family date nights happen there. And lets be honest, some date nights with hubby happen there as well. Hmmmm…I just can’t get enough! So when the lovely folks at Chick-fil-A contacted me to help promote their new desserts, um WHERE DO I SIGN?!?!?

The new dessert line up….

Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Fudge Brownie, Assorted Sundaes,
and back for limited time…the Banana Pudding Milkshake!

Don’t those look YUMMY???

I have SIX gift cards to give away to you guys. That’s a whole lot of winners!

Each gift card lets you try out one of their new desserts over the summer. So fun! So take it with your family and go enjoy a yummy dessert with your kids. Or…while your kiddos are playing on the awesome playground, you and your hubby split the dessert and don’t tell your kids about it! I would never dream of doing that because I’m an AWESOME mom.

GIVEAWAY TIME!

I’ll be giving away 3 gift cards here on my blog and 3 out in the social media communities
throughout the day! Feel free to enter to win any of them!
{Hint, Hint…follow me on twitter, facebook and instagram(momdiggity)}

To enter to win:  Just leave a comment and tell me something fun you love about Chick-fil-A!

Good luck!!! I’ll announce the winners on Wednesday so hurry up and enter!!

she’s on the move

May 17, 2012 in joys of motherhood, zoey b with 2 Comments

Zoey is officially on the move. Using her little half crawl/half scoot she is managing to find her way to where she wants to go. She starts out big – up on her hands and kness and goes, then realizes she can do it much faster by army crawling. There’s some sort of awkward weird hop in the middle of all that moveable mess.

I really wish I could blame her big sister for all of this,
but she played a BIG ROLE in terrorizing my living room.

You know how my hubby is out of town for three weeks? She started crawling THE DAY HE LEFT. How’s that for irony, Alanis Morrisette?

I’m quickly finding the hardest thing about a moblie baby and a busy two year old is having a mobile baby and a busy two year old. THEY JUST DON’T WORK TOGETHER. Jessi leaves her toys around, gets mad when Zoey starts playing with them. Things go in the mouth that don’t belong in the mouth and the OH-MY-GOODNESS-SHE-GOT-MY-MONKEY-AND-I-WILL-FREAK-OUT-UNTIL-I-GET-HIM-BACK moments happen quite often.

So now I’m in a whole new world (magic carpet ride not included) with chasing a toddler and a baby. It’s interesting. Hurry home hubby.

wordless{ish} wednesday: on the farm

May 16, 2012 in wordless wednesday with 5 Comments

We spent the last week on my parents farm. Good ol’ farm living.

This little cutie had a blast! Look at her planting corn. In her overalls. I die.

We are going on a nature walk!!

But look who is scared of nature??

Ok, she’s scared of butterflies.

We sat on tractors. We played with baby chicks. We had fun.

Shhhhhhh….Don’t tell her there is a butterfly on her cute little be-hind.

All that work…we deserve a little play!

Linking up with some Wordless Wednesday friends
The Paper Mama, And Then She {Snapped},
Jenni from the Blog & The Naptime Momtog

introducing summit church!

May 15, 2012 in stuff i love with 0 Comments

I’m so excited to tell you about Summit Church, a new church in Edmond, OK! When they emailed me to see if I would be interested in helping promote this new local church launch I was totally on board. Having been a part of a couple of smaller start up churches, and doing portable church twice…I’m very familiar with the routine! Even though this isn’t my church home, I’m all for supporting other ministries! The great thing about having a lot of local churches, means there is something for everyone!

Summit just launched a few months ago and meets in a elementary school in Edmond. The pastor, Allen attended a workshop about church plant and knew that’s what God was calling him to. God directed them to Edmond, and the rest is history! Their staff and people are so nice, and I was welcomed with open arms!

What stood out to me?

They preach grace. They show love.

That’s what church should be all about. Showing the love of Jesus. Their vision is to build a community that shares the love of Christ in big ways! They want to teach that church is not about a building but being the body of Christ.

Summit is very involved in the community. They do a tutoring program at the elementary school and a backpack program at a local school to send food home on the weekends for kids in need. The summer will be packed full of fun activities such as a Sports and Art Camp. Their goal is to be heavily involved in the community and that people can turn to them in times of need. Go check out their website for summer activities!!

I got to chat with the pastor’s wife a bit and hear her heart for the church and her family. As a mama to FOUR little ones, she is definitely busy! Her kiddos are Oliva (9), Sophi (6) and Gus & Xander (twins – 5 1/2). And you guys think I’M nuts! ;)   I asked her a couple of questions and here’s what she said:

Best advice for managing 4 small kids?
Relax. When you have that many kids that close together (I had 3 in 16 months), you can’t take anything too seriously.  I always have to remember to just enjoy and have fun.  AND, we have to leave extra early to be anywhere on time.

What are your favorite things to do with your kiddos and places to go in Edmond?
We love to go to the movies and every summer we go to the Harkins theater for the kids’ summer movies. Best deal in town. We love the zoo, Hafer Park, sports at the Y, and Bouncin’ Craze. We really love playing outside in the water hose, riding bikes, and sidewalk chalk.

A huge thank you to Allen & Erin Buck for welcoming me into your family and allowing me to help promote Summit Church! I’m so excited to see where God is leading them and the big ways He will use the church to reach the community!

If you are local and looking for a church, go visit Summit!


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