Back to Square 1!

So lot of mothers will tell you that CIO (cry it out) works but is heartbreaking at first. So once we do it and our babies are going to bed without that fight and are sleeping through the night we don't ever want to do it again. Well we got to do it again last night.

In the hopes of selling our baby swings because they take up so much room and the twins really have outgrown them I put them in the Rabbit Run consignment sale. So last night we decided to cut out the bedtime bottle. Wyatt was ok with it. Willa Grace, not so much.

We put them to bed, (well Shayne put them to bed I was off trying to help my sister who had lost her keys somewhere on Abbywood Dr.)

After about 5 minutes Wyatt was sleeping but Willa Grace started yelling. This went on for 45 minutes. Got her up, considered bottle free night an EPIC FAIL and gave her a bottle. Well just to prove that she OWNS US she took about 2 oz of milk, tossed the bottle away, climbed out of Daddy's lap, walked over to the shelf and started taking all her toys out. Yep thats right, she OWNS US!

Daddy picked her back up let her know it was bedtime which was followed by her crying and trying to yell without spitting out her binky.

She screamed and yelled in her bed for another 40 minutes or so before finally giving in.

So what have we learned from this

1. They may not be ready to give up those bedtime bottles
2. Willa Grace is strong willed
3. SHE OWNS US!

In over my head?????

I am starting to think this whole super mom thing is WAY over rated. Between staying home with the twins, PTA, Girl Scouts, all of Bella's clubs, keeping up with the house, menus etc, its starting to get overwhelming.

This morning started with Bella's nose bleeding. Got that stopped and got her off to school.
Wyatt woke up with a cold but happy.

Todays TO DO List
Clean up kitchen
4 + loads of laundrey
Vaccume the house so I can clean the carpets in the morning
Run get baggies to get the rest of my small items ready for the consignment sale
Finish tagging and start loading the car
Run open the Girl Scout bank account
Head out to the girl scout office to register our troop
and make it to Story Time guess not with the cold well I guess its a blessing LOL


I was thinking about it and the one thing I don't do enough of is drink. Yep I think maybe I need to find a time to schedule that into my life. Maybe that could keep me sane LOL. Well I guess I better get to it.... Yep this is my CRAZY LIFE... and I love it!

YES PLEASE

Well... Isn't that crafty

So Sunday night while watching Sisterwives I started my first Pinterest inspired craft project. As you know by now I have twins. Well with a twin pregnancy comes maternity clothes almost the moment the stick turns blue. Now if you are me you have a sweet sweet friend who paved the way before with a TRIPLET pregnancy and gives you a TON of great clothes to wear. 89% of these clothes survived, the other 11% should never see the light of day again. There are spots where the bottom of my belly was and they are stretched farther than I am sure the makers of the clothing ever thought possible so... these shirts became my crafting medium.

Now, remember that little book I mentioned before entitled "People I want to Punch in the Face"? Well you may also remember my husband earned his spot in it. He did so by laughing at my creation. No its not perfect, its a first attempt to recreate but twist the design of something found on pinterest and I think its cute. So HA.

Then last night after my 9 year old tells me she is IN LOVE WITH THAT NECKLACE MOMMA, I sit down to watch more mindless TV or as Style Network calls it Giuliana & Bill I made Isabella a headband. I think it turned out really cute as well.

So crafty right? So my next try will be to make several flowers of different sizes to go down the front of a tshirt. But that will have to wait. I do believe I hear rumblings coming from down the hall.

Ohhh BLOGGING?!?!?!

So you know the old saying, "BUT MOM.... All my friends are doing it!" Well that's me! Welcome to my crazy world. I have all these thoughts swimming around in my head and for a large chunk of my day only my 15 month old twins to tell them to. So that's where you come in because quite frankly as cute as they are I don't think they "get" me. So who am I? Well, I am the following....

1. A daughter of Christ. That is my number 1.
2. A wife of 14 years to the love of my life. The man I prayed for, the man I kissed far to many frogs to find, my best friend, and the one person who can make me laugh when its all coming down around me, Shayne Belden.
3. A MOM! I am the mom of 3 amazing blessings. Isabella who is 9 and Willa Grace and Wyatt who are 15 months old and we also have 2 sweet angels in Heaven cradled in the Fathers arms waiting for the day I will hold them.

So that's who I am. Oh I guess I can add 4. A BLOGGER LoL but I think that would indicate I take this in some way shape or form seriously. To be honest my #1 reason for starting this blog was so I could post my creations to Pinterest, or as my husband calls it "my new obsession". A friend of mine (SARA CORMAN) lead me over to the dark side lol and I have been lost ever sense. I have however taken it a step further and instead of just pinning every cute or funny thing that I see (did that for about 4 days) I start CRAFTING!

Well lets be honest idle hands are the devils workshop right. And I figure if I am going to watch crap on tv like Sister Wives , Giuliana and Bill, Tia and Tamara and Real Housewives of EVERYWHERE I need to be doing something other than eat! So I started crafting.

Now none of this is to say that all I will talk about is my crafts, I will ramble about my children, my husband, my desire to buy strange but wonderful things like a book entitled "People I want to punch in the face" who by the way my husband earn entry into last night and just the wackiness that follows me where ever I go.  So hold on to the seat of your pants, and WELCOME TO  MY CRAZY LIFE!