So WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• I felt so bad and I wanted to link up with the fabulous Laura for her Say Hello link up on Monday, that I wrote the post and still posted it! I'm sure nobody cared, but hey, it made me feel better!
• We have skipped a few days of working out. Including yesterday and last Friday....and the weekend. Oh well. At least we get right back into it. 
• Chloe didn't get to sleep Monday night until WELL after 9:00 due to Momma getting her hair done.
• I'm addicted to a new game......Damn Candy Crush!
• It's taking us going to FL at the end of March to finally get our asses into gear and eat right and work out.
• We only do laundry on the weekends, and it usually sits in baskets until the following laundry day.
• I'm looking forward to getting a new computer at work this week.....can you say 2 22" monitors?!
• Unfortunately, I really don't have anything else to say SO WHAT! to this week.....Boring, I know!

Head over to Shannon's blog and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Up In Heere

Sorry I haven’t been very active on this here blog. I have just been living life! Andy is back in school now. He’s working on his very last semester! He’s so super excited, but at the same time, he’s very stressed out. He just wants to finish….and just be done with it! So, after March 18^th, he will finally be done and we will have our lives back! We will be able to start some house reno’s, do fun things with Chloe on the weekends, and just plain live a normal life, which has been hard for us to do the past 2 years. So, to celebrate him graduating, as you all know, we’re going to Florida at the end of March. We are both really looking forward to this! It’s going to be a great time, and our first family vacation in over a year!

On another note, I did finally get my hair done! I am in love with it!!! I got blonde highlights, and short cut! So super cute, and it’s so easy to take care of and style now! Just how I like it!

And, last but not least, I cannot believe that I missed Laura’s link up yesterday!!!!!!! I seriously almost cried. I was so busy last night, with getting my hair done, and then Chloe wouldn’t go to sleep. So, yea, it was a big fat fail as far as blogging goes. But I do hope that everyone that had the chance to link up had a fantastic time meeting new bloggers and saying Hello to Laura! Hopefully there will be another one soon that I will be able to link up to! Gah, makes me sad L Anyways, I still wanted to do the questions….even though I can’t link up. So, here it goes…if anybody cares. LOL!

1.What blogs do you visit daily? Please list 1-3 of your favorites.

Shannon @ Life After I “Dew”

Katie @ Loves Of Life

And of course Laura @ The Everyday Joys!

3 of my favorites are:

Shannon @ Life After I "Dew"

Katie @ Loves Of Life

2. Are you on Instagram? If so, what is your user name?

Yep! Crystalseed Come find me and see all the cute pics of my daughter J

3. Can we find you on Pinterest? What's your Pinterest address, and what can we expect to see you pinning most? (recipes, DIY projects, home decor, etc.)

Of course I’m on Pinterest! Crystal_seed come find me and see all the awesome amazing recipes and home décor that I have yet to do….bahah!

4. What are your favorite blog link-ups to participate in? (weekly link-ups other bloggers have...any number will do...please link us to them!)

I would really like some ideas as far as new ones…..The only one I do religiously is So What Wednesday. But I do do Fab Friday sometimes as well!

5. Why do you blog?

I blog for me….to keep track of all the little things in life that tend to just pass in the blink of an eye. I blog to make friends and I blog for entertainment!

6. Tell us one random fact about yourself.

I have a bad bad habit of twirling my hair….I can’t stop. It’s pretty childish, and when I catch myself doing it in public, I get rather embarrassed about it.

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• I said before that Andy and I were going to start working out....and we haven't yet. Well, that all changed TODAY! We woke up at 5am, did P90X, and it was....well.....tiring, but I feel great!
• I'm still reading the 50 Shades books....I know, I know, that's so 2012, but give me a break. I'm on the last book, AND I've been too busy to read. LOL!
• I might have some exciting news to share....but no details yet, until I know for sure. *NO, I'm not pregnant*
• I'm chopping my hair and going blonde tomorrow! Eeeeeeek!!!!! This is what I'm doing...and I cannot wait! I'm so overdue for a new do, and it's going to be awesome!

• It took a new big girl bed for Chloe to completely forget about her fear of going to bed. She now falls asleep in bed with no issue! We're working on the whole leaving her awake to fall asleep now. We're taking baby steps.
• I really don't have anything else to say SO WHAT! to....

Head over to Life After I "Dew" and tell everyone what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Florida 2013

It's pretty much official. We have the dates, we just need to book the condo! March 28th - April 5th! So Super excited!!! We're starting our 2 day drive on March 28th. We will arrive on March 30th. We will have March 30th - April 4th to relax and enjoy the wonderful Florida sun and warmth, and then we start the 2 day drive back to Michigan on April 5th. I'm so exited you don't even know!

This is what I looked like the last time we went to Florida. This was March 2009....see that tan skin and that tight stomach! Oh lord....this time will be just a LITTLE bit different, but still so much fun, and this time we will have our girl with us, and I just KNOW she's going to have a blast! A whole week with Gamma?! Come on, how much better could that be?! We're all so excited, and this Momma is going to REALLY get on the good eating and working out track so I can get my body somewhat back to look like THAT!

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SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• Chloe is on a breathing treatment for her lingering cough...my poor girl. But she actually loves it! She has an elephant mask and a fishy mask! 
• I said that I was going to wake up early and work out now that my schedule has changed....BUT.....I haven't. So, Kill me.
• I still have my fall bucket list in a frame on my mantle.....fail!
• I really don't have anything to say SO WHAT! to this week....
• When I write my SWW posts, I always try to make the list of SW's go past the SWW button......once I reach that point, I don't feel like I haven't done enough. Weird, I know.
• I really am trying to wish time by....just to March. It will be my 27th birthday, and also, Andy is graduating from school! Ugh, Thank Goodness!
• We're going on our first date since October this weekend. I can't wait!
• I have an addiction to Kiki La Rue....in a bad bad way. I have gotten 3 tops in a matter of about a month.

Head on over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Best things about being a Mommy

It was December 4th 2009 when our world turned upside down. In a good way. That was the day we found out that we were pregnant. We had been trying for 3 months, and at that point I thought it would never happen for us. I know that 3 months isn't a long time AT ALL, and I know that a lot of people never get that and sometimes it could take year. But, 3 months seemed like an eternity for us. So, on that faithful day, when I finally got those 2 pink lines, I was sooooooo happy! It was the best day of my life. And then August 20th 2009 we welcomed our little bundle of joy into this world. It was seriously the best, most memorable day of our life. She immediately became the love of our life and we couldn't imagine life without her.
Being a Mom is the most rewarding jobs anybody could ever have. It's not a job that you have to interview for, it isn't a job that you can prepare yourself for. It just happens, and you just do it. You learn as you go, you learn from your mistakes and you grow from them. When we got pregnant, we had no idea what to expect. And then the Dr's told us that we could take this little human home with us?! What were they thinking?! Did they know what they were doing? Did WE know what we were doing?! Well...I guess we did something right, because now, almost 2.5 years later, here we are! We have the best girl anybody could ask for! She's so smart and so sassy and she is a girl who knows JUST what she wants. She's independent, but at the same time, she is such a Daddy's girl.
Some of the things that I love best about being a mom:

• When I wake her up in the morning and pick her up out of bed, she wraps her arms around my neck and just holds me and snuggles her head right under my chin....just precious!
• When she wants you to pick her up she stands right under my feet, puts her hands up and said "I hold you!"
• When you ask her what she wants to eat, no matter what meal it is, she wants pancakes.....
• For breakfast during the week, she always wants "cereal, WITH milk!"
• Every night, we do bath and jammies, and go downstairs for some milk and 1 episode of "bickey" (MMCH) and when they start the hot dog dance, she turns to me and said "utstairs, Mama" she knows it's time for bed, and she's ready!
• She is so independent, and she has to pick her shoes every morning! And she puts them on by herself, most of the time! She loves it!
• She loves our cat. Her and Shadow have becomes pretty good buddies. She likes her to sit on her lap and pet her.
• She's so stinkin smart, I just can't take it. She can count to 20, she knows her ABC's pretty well and she just blows my mind every single day.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to add another baby to our life, some day. But, not right now. We are so content with Chloe. We love watching her grow and learn and become a little lady! She's just amazing in every single way, and we couldn't be more in love with her.

Chloe and her Big Girl Bed

We got the mattress delivered on Thursday and we weren't sure as to when we wanted to get the whole thing set up. We weren't sure if we were just going to put the mattress on the ground so that she could get up and down on her own, because we knew that it would be way too high for her. So, yesterday, we just went with it and set it up. Bed frame and all!

She was so excited to get her new bed. She kept running and jumping around saying "So Excited!" "Big Bed!" She loved helping Daddy take her old bed down. 

Once we had it all set up with the sheets on it, she didn't waste any time jumping in and laying down telling us to leave and close the door. She wanted to go nuh nite!

So, here is the view looking in from the hallway.

View from the corner with all the stuffed animals.

I'm absolutely in love with her new room set up, and I know she is too! Looking forward to getting it painted so everything matches.

Fab Friday

Linking up with Laura over at The Everyday Joys for Fab Friday! 

• First Fab thing on my list is that Chloe is back to falling asleep in her bed!! It's been about 2 weeks now! I love it! One night when her nightly MMCH was over, she looked at me and said "uptairs, Mama". So I took her upstairs and she laid down on her pillow, cuddled her lovey and went to sleep. And now that happens every night!
• Second thing is that Chloe's Full Size, big girl bed arrived yesterday. So now we just need to figure out how we're going to set up her room and get it put together. Might not be this weekend, but in the VERY near future!
• New clothes....I love them. And since Andy bought me a couple new things for Christmas....I've kind of gone a little crazy. I've gotten quite a few new things including a Maddie Top and a Piko Top from KiKi La Rue! I love them sooooo much!
• And, the best, most fabulous thing about this week, is today! Today is Friday! And this week has been one hellofa week.....so I want to Thank the Lord for today!

Now, go link up with Laura and tell us what is Fab in your life this week!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• I worry about my cat when she does weird stuff. Lets face it. She's my first "born".
• I've become addicted to Kiki La Rue....in a bad bad way.
• Catfish might be my favorite show right now.....until Vampire Diaries comes back on....
• I just ordered a Piko top from Kiki La Rue....Ahhhh!!!!!
• I almost didn't have anything to write about for SWW
• We bought Chloe a Full size bed and it's being delivered tomorrow!
• I bought an $18 Tervis Tumbler to help me drink more water....and by Golly, it WORKED! Best $18 I've ever spent!
• I'm looking forward to getting back to my skinny 120 lb body! I know right now I'm only about 4 lbs above that, but I really can feel a difference.
• I'm going to wake up at 5am every morning even after my work sched changes to 8-4:30 just so that I can work out! And Hubs is going to do it with me!

Go over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

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M*I*A

Yes, I'm aware I've been a little bit MIA lately....and I apologize. I just haven't had the time (or the thought process) to sit down and blog. I just don't have anything for you guys. I feel horribly about it. But today, I'm here to give you something. It's short, and probably not worth a damn, but I'm going to write it (ha...type it) here anyways.
I bought a scale this weekend. I paid $39 (with a Bed bath and beyond 20% off coupon it was only like $33...) but anyways, I bought a scale, and at first I was scared to get on it. Only because I knew what it was going to tell me. To many, it's probably no big deal, but to me, it is. I've gained almost 5 lbs in the past 2-2.5 months. I don't like that...
I knew this happened on Friday when I wore my red skinny jeans to work and I could barely get them buttoned. So that's when I went out and made the purchase.
I'm not proud. As a matter of fact, I hate myself for it. And I know some of you are probably like, 5 lbs, REALLY?! Go sit your ass on the toilet, and you will lose that. But for me, it's harder then that. I'm only 5'1" and at my smallest, pre Chloe, I was 115 lbs....and at that, I still had a little bit of a belly roll...skinny, but my stomach was never TIGHT. So, here I am after I lost EVERYTHING baby weight related, back to saying that I need to lose 5 lbs. Damnit!
Well, this is me asking you to keep me motivated. I will start tracking my food on MFP and I will start getting back on the treadmill. Andy and I cleaned out all our old clothes to donate, and went through the shoe closet, and I put my treadmill shoes RIGHT NEXT TO the treadmill downstairs. So now I just need to get my ass down there and use them!
I bought a new Tervis Tumbler to keep my water intake up a bit more then it has been. And for the most part, it's been working. My goal is to try and fill it 3 times a day, but I've only made it to 2 this past weekend. So wish me luck today.
Here's to new years resolutions.....and losing this damn 5 lbs :-/

What's new in January for Scentsy

January Warmer of the Month is Be Mine

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Perfect time to host a party is the month of January! We are offering Double Host Reward Specials! That means double half priced items for being the host! How awesome is that? It's super easy and really fun to host a party. If you are not local, we can do an online party. Super easy to do. If you are local and not to far of a drive, I am willing to come to you and have a house party. Those are super fun and you can smell and touch everything!

And last but not least, Scentsy brought back 20 discontinued scentsy bars! Only available in the month of January, so don't let this one slip by! They are $5 each. My favorites are Maple Butter, Falling Leaves, Twilight, Just Peachy-Ginger and Sage and Sweet Grass.

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Let me know if you are interested in any of these awesome deals!! Leave a comment and I'll be sure to get back to you.

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! if:

• We went to our friends house for NYE and stayed out until about 10:00 and Andy stayed in the backseat with Chloe to keep her awake on the 4 minute drive home....lol! She was up watching MMCH until about 11pm!
• I feel like I need a vacation from my 11 day home-cation....but isn't that how it always goes?
• New Year to me means that I'm going to start major coupon clipping, trying to save more and plan grocery trips better.
• I let myself go over this holiday season. I'm not sure how much weight I've gained, and I don't really want to know. But starting today, I'm getting back on the MFP wagon, and I'm hoping that by next week, I'll weight in around what I was before the holidays.
• Chloe had a meltdown over her friends having Harmonica's and she couldn't use them, so we bought her one....oh lord help us!
• I'm so glad Football season is over.....SOOOOO glad!
• Chloe conked out before 8 last night! Going to bed at 11 the night before, and no nap yesterday....she was DONE!
• My New Years Resolution is simple.....but oh so hard for me to do....drink more WATER!

Now, hop on over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to!