Rough baby week

So look at me, I haven't posted in a while, lol. It's hard maintaining a blog, lets be real! This week especially... Baby has been having awful sleeping patterns throughout the night and waking up sometimes hourly!! This sucks especially since for nearly 2 weeks we were at the point of sleeping till at least 5 or 6 which is great with me!!! I thought I could officially say she sleeps through the night! 😥 But alas, no.  Last night alone she was up already twice before 10pm!  Unacceptable!  This is worse than the newborn days!  Since she is a little over 3 months at this point I can only assume this is the 4 month sleep regression I keep hearing about! A little early but has all the signs.  If that then I can only grin and care it as long as it lasts.  <sigh>

Anyone have any solutions to get back on track?  I might even turn to the rice cereal theory at this point!! 😳

Breakfast!

So since I just had breakfast I thought it would be good to talk about some of my favorite breakfast meals! Lately since I've been trying to be "healthy" I've been eating oatmeal every morning.  I always make it with milk... I guess water would be healthier but who wants a tasteless meal! Anyway I add cinnamon and always add some sort of fruit (usually strawberry.) it's actually a quite yummy breakfast. And oatmeal also helps in producing breast milk so that's always a plus!!!  This morning I made a breakfast burrito with eggs, pepper strips and sausage!  It was real good.  I'm trying to veer away from my usual waffle and pancake breakfasts I love! :(. I guess those will be a once a week treat.  <sigh>

Anyway in terms of a fattier breakfast, I make an amazing stuffed French toast with cream cheese and strawberries!!!  But yeah that is not an everyday thing.  

So that's it in terms of breakfast talk.  In other news my baby and I are just hanging watching the ol' boob tube.  She's sucking her hand.  She'll suck her hand but not a pacifier.  :(((. 

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SJ😩

Tips and Tricks

So in starting this blog, I wanted to include helpful tips, tricks, recipes, crafts, house ideas and anything else helpful I come across in life.  Since I'm a new mother, I don't have too many tricks up my sleeve in that department (but I'm building on that!) but I do have some in other housewife departments!  Case in point:
~a great way to clean the microwave is to put a bowl of water with a bit of vinegar in it and microwave for about 4 minutes.  Wipe clean and voila!!!  That may be an oldie but a goodie in terms of tips and tricks but it works!

Another aspect of my life I'd like to share is bargain shopping.  A lot of people like to pride themselves in bargain shopping but I think I achieve it way better than most people.  People think buying a top for $20 is a good deal.  WTF that's like buying the top full price.  Not a good deal, guys.  I never buy things full price and I would never pay $20 for a shirt.  I usually don't pay $20 for anything I wear!!  Oddly enough, I do get compliments (a lot from the students I used to teach, I admit) on my outfits.  People ask "wow, where did you get that? etc." My response would never be the same.  Why?  I shop anywhere and everywhere.  I'm not above buying clothes anywhere.  Wal-mart, Kmart, Target, local Goodwill, local consignment store, Forever 21, Burlington Coat Factory, Kohls, etc. etc... you get the picture.  There can be amazingly fashionable things everywhere you look!  I also love using coupons.   I actually need to get into coupons more since the main store I use them in is Kohls.   Holla if you have coupon tips!

Anyway in shopping news, I went to the mall near me today to exchange something my husband got me for Mother's Day.  He had gotten me this cute messenger bag from the store Fossil which I sort've like but sort've didn't.  I didn't really like the messenger style of it so I went to exchange it.  I had about $54 store credit so I opted for a bag that was (what I thought) $79.99.  When I went to exchange it, I ended up only paying a $5 difference!!! So it was cheaper than I thought and got a way prettier bag! I'm thinking of actually making it into a diaper bag. I mean, that is all I carry so why not.    Here's a pic of the bag:

cute huh??????????

Well that's it for now.  I unfortunately have to do a little thing called ~pumping.  You know...pumping my breast milk.  UGH I hate pumping!

- SJ

~First Post~

Howdy.  I am a new stay at home mom to a beautiful little girl born in February.  I decided to write a blog to capture my special moments and experiences watching my daughter grow and also since I have some spare time here and there (when the baby is sleeping of course!)  So where do I start?  I have been married for nearly 2 years to my wonderful cop husband and I used to be a Spanish teacher at a Catholic school.  I love teaching but it is such an intense job.  There is so much outside of the job work with teaching that it would be impossible for me to feel like I could be a devoted mother.  Some people can do it, I am one that could not. I am lucky my husband can support us and work overtime when needed.  Thank the good Lord above!!!

So that's me in nutshell.  I am loving being a stay at home mom and even though I know it cannot last forever, I am enjoying every minute of it!  My girl gives me so many smiles throughout the day!!!

So now to end the post with a picture.  I will start writing juicier posts in the coming days!

 my 2 loves

love,

SJ