Weekend Wrap Up!

Well first off, I am still PREGO! I am so ready to have this baby and start this new chapter of my life! I am in full nesting mood right now and couldn't go to sleep until the baby's room was all decorating, hopefully tomorrow I will have pictures of what it looks like! I used the same theme as I did with Aubrey, I kept all her bedding and stuff so it just seemed logically to reuse, like it was really used the first time! The theme is ladybugs, I really liked it cause it wasn't all pink and different. Yesterday I made Matt go get new blinds for the windows and shelves to hang up so if she does come early everything will be ready for her when she gets her! So Sunday was pretty much me decorating the baby's room and doing laundry, good times! The big event for the weekend was my shower. It was a freakin awesome shower! I have the best friends and family anyone could ask for! The girls over at http://www.jellybeansandjuniper.blogspot.com/ made me a ladybug themed diaper cake and cake and they both looked gorgeous! Go over to their site to see pictures, they turned out really good. My best friend from high school surprised me and flew in from Dallas to be here for the shower, it was so nice. I hardily get to see her and it made for a great surprise! I got a lot of diapers and really cute clothes. All things a new mommy needs and of course a few specialty items! Jessica also made Bailey a lady bug night light which looks great and had some ladybug burp rags made which were cute too! Of course between my mom, Matt's mom and step mom made sure Bailey will be just as spoiled as Aubrey is! On a side note Aubrey had just as many gifts to open as I did! Being the big sister is a important job and she is excited about the new baby but I am glad she was able to participate in the shower too, even if it made her a little more spoiled. Of course my batteries died in my camera so I will have to wait and steal photos from my friends that took pictures to show you guys! That was pretty much my weekend, all baby stuff! Next weekend should be fun too, SUPERBOWL BABY! Matt and I are huge steeler fans so we couldn't be more excited about the big this year and will be having a party on Sunday to watch the game, lets just hope I don't go into labor on Sunday!!! We shall see. Love you guys and God Bless!

Let's Go Mom!!!!

One of my favorite things about being a mom is taking Aubrey to all her activities watching her. My mom did such an awesome job toting me and brother around town and supporting every activity we did, I hope I can be just as supportive as she was. I danced for about 12 years and was so excited to get Aubrey into dance when she was old enough. She had a winter recital this December and it was so fun getting her costume ready, doing her hair and watching her up on the stage. I think she liked it and I guess time will tell if she wants to continue with it. I don’t want to be one of those parents that make their kids do sports or whatever. As long as Aubrey is involved in something I will be happy whether it is dance, sports, music or even skateboarding; I will be there cheering her on! As Aubrey gets older I want her to try different things. I definitely want to see if she likes sports. This past summer we did wee soccer and while it was fun watching her run around with a bunch of kids I think we will wait till she is in school to do more sports. I also want to see if she would like to do some sort of music lessons or art lessons or even get her into acting at the Amarillo Little Theater. It sounds like a lot, but now a days there are so many options for kids that there is no reason that any child should be sitting at home doing nothing! I am also a firm believer that when a child is involved in some kind of positive active activity they are less likely to get in trouble.  I just want her to know that whatever she does I am 100% behind her and will do my best to help her along!

With her leg warmers on!

Afer her winter recital!

Movies and TV keep me sane!

I am going to try at least once a week talk about what is on TV and Movies coming out for the weekend and new movies I watched. I love movies and so does Matt. We canceled the satellite almost a year ago for budgeting concerns so it was all movies all the time at the Baker house! Redbox is awesome, by the way! I do love to watch TV too. You can ask any of my friends, when I watch TV I become a total zombie especially if it is something I like.

The shows I am currently watching right now on a regular basis as in I don’t like to miss a episode are Bad Girls Club, Pretty Little Liars, Glee, NCIS, Modern Family, and Jersey Shore. I also love crime dramas so if I catch it on I will watch CSI, Law and Order, Criminal Minds, Castle, and The Mentalist. Matt and I both love to watch game shows too like Wipe Out (which is hilarious every time!), Minute to Win It and Million Dollar Money Drop. Quite the assortment, huh! I like to keep my options open. I know what you’re thinking Bad Girls Club? Jersey Shore??? Yes I do love reality television and the more drunken antics the better! Life kind of sucks sometimes and being able to sit back and watch other people act totally ridiculous on national television makes me feel a little better about myself! As time goes on I will elaborate more and more on what I like about each show and makes me want to watch it week after week!

Movies, gotta love movies. I enjoy watching most any type of movies except for maybe westerns, or war epics, but I have been known to watch movies from each of those genres. My 2 favorite genres are scary and romantic comedies. I am also a big comic book movie geek too. I am excited for the summer, some really awesome movies are coming out; Thor, Pirates of the Caribbean, and the new Scream. I really like watching trailers, maybe even more than watching the actual movie. Now becoming a mom has made appreciate a good kid-family friendly movie. Aubrey can finally go to a movie and sit through the whole thing without me wanting to pull my hair out. Her nana and I recently took her to go see Tangled, and she loved it, and you know what so did I! I love Disney princess movies and so glad that Aubrey does too! I have read a few articles that Disney won’t be doing any more princess movies any time soon so the classics will have to tide us over until then but Tangled was great. Periodically I will give my movie reviews on what is coming soon and what I have seen recently so stay tuned for that!

I am still really new to this blogging thing and just kind of winging it, so if it seems like I am all over the place I probably am! I am hoping the structure of this blog will just happen automatically! If you have any questions just ask! Love you guys and God Bless!

My Very First Blog!

So my good friends have started up a craft and cooking blog which inspired me to start a blog of my own. Their blog is www.jellybeansandjuniper.blogspot.com, you should check it out! I have always wanted to do this but never had the time, but since I am soon to become a stay at home mom, as in only 7 work days left for me, what a better time. Basically this blog will be about me and my family and everything in between. I am a pretty random person so you never know what I will be writing about. I am not a very good writer or speller so bear with me!

First off here is some info about me and the fam. Matt and I have been married for almost 5 years, which is crazy to me. We have a crazy/beautiful relationship. Marriage to me is almost if not harder than raising my kids. Like any other marriage we have our ups and downs but for the most part marriage has been a seriously great experience and can’t wait for what the future will bring us! We have a 4 year daughter named Aubrey Grace-Anne. She is such a hand-full but I wouldn’t have it any other way! She is in constant motion, always keeping me on my toes. I could go on and on about the funny crazy things she does but I don’t think there is enough room. I am expecting my second child any day now. We are having another girl and her name will be Bailey Elizabeth. Aubrey is very excited to have a sister, we will see if she is still excited after she gets here. Having a second child is what prompted me to be a stay home mom; I am scared and excited all at the same time. Hopefully this blog will help me keep my sanity!

I love to cook, take pictures and attempt to make crafts. I have a lot of ideas in my head of things I could do and lots of creative friends to help me. I wanted to use this blog as a tool to show my progress in all of these areas, along with documenting marriage life, my kids and my soon to be road to weight loss and getting into shape. I also love to read about gossip, not just celebrity but news, weather and movies and more. I wanted to use this blog to put my 2 cents on what is going on in the world as well.

So as you can see this blog will be about a lot of things! Can’t wait to get started and hopefully I will keep up with this! Love you all and God Bless!