Tornado and Devastation

You can still see the glass jars and toaster that once was the cozy kitchen to a family....
So many heart breaking disasters have been going on around the world...
and now in the southern states of the US...
a massive Tornado has killed over 200 people and made parts of Alabama look like a bomb hit it...

Alabama reported 180 people killed
Mississippi 32
Tennessee 33 (which is where I am from)
Georgia at least 10
and Virginia has lost eight...there are even more states with more being reported missing and killed.

People's entire homes are missing, hospitals are filled to capacity, power has been out for days in some areas and the death tolls keep rising...
It doesn't matter what country we're from or what nationality we are...we all have a heart that beats and a desire to be loved and have a safe place to call home.
Please pray for the people who are now dealing with this in their day...

The poor Red Cross is trying to help out with all the disasters all over the world...and though we can't be there with our hands, we can help donate money to give the hands that can, some help

You can go to the American Red Cross website here: www.redcross.org
or you can TEXT: REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10

and

Feed the Children is providing bottled water, canned and ready to eat meals, cleaning supplies, hygiene products and other disaster relief supplies. They are shipping supplies straight from their TN distribution center!

To make a gift by check, please mail to:

Feed The Children

Attn: Tornado Disaster Relief

PO Box 272186

Oklahoma City, OK 73137

If you would like to make a gift via credit card, simply call toll free: 1-866-851-9271

please pray for those in the southern states, as well as all the other disaster areas and the broken hearts and homes all around the world...
let's be a message of hope and helping hearts in a sad world...

ShoeDazzle!

So some of you may have already heard of this site, but for those of you who haven't you should definitely check it out after ready this! ShoeDazzle is this really neat site where you create a login and do a short little survey and they will continue to send you shoes in your own personal showroom that fit your style! Plus you get 20% off of your first purchase!

These are the ones I just purchased!! They are the Khloe Kardashian look-alike ones....

They also do handbags and jewelry as well...this is one of the cute diaper bags they had featured that comes in lots of colors!!

Guys please keep in mind that I do not get paid by any of the companies or products I talk out...These are all just things that I enjoy!

My birthday!!

So today is my birthday and it's almost over! I must admit although I truly do appreciate all of the wonderful birthday wishes and happy birthdays, I was a little sad at first this morning, I truly miss my husband and wish he was home already! Then I got a great surprise and he sent me flowers...

I think they are beautiful...he sends me flowers all the time from this great website called www.FTD.com but this time they were a little different...a dozen red roses and lilies!! Thank you baby! I love you!! You made my day even though you couldn't be here! I had already gotten my birthday present from him (a gift card to MAC cosmetics) so that was sooo great :)! I got lots of great goodies thanks to my husband haha!

I didn't do anything today for my birthday today, but last night I went out to eat with my sister and her husband who has just returned from Afghanistan (welcome home Tristan)! I didn't get to take any pics from that but I do have pics from his homecoming so maybe I will do a blog about the ceremony and post the pics later!

Well it has been storming here lots and lots the last few days with tornado and flood warnings! So I am off to feed the baby and get us in the bed, hopefully the lights won't go out ahh!

Our lil cupcake, Elizabeth Grace is here!!!

Hello world!!

Elizabeth Grace... born 4-2-11 at 4:27 p.m. 6lb 6oz and 19in long!!!

So my last post I had said that I had been having contractions...and what do ya know? She decided to come almost 15 hours later. Even though I didn't actually go into labor until around 6am... I couldn't believe it though, she decided she wanted to come almost 2 weeks early!! :)

Elizabeth with her big brother Michael!

Coming home!!!

She never keeps her eyes open for pictures lol...so hopefully she will soon! :)

-proud mommy!!

Contractions...woo hoo!!

So I know that I posted again last night that the how-to blog would be up tonight! Again I am so incredibly sorry. I had an appointment with my midwife today(no I am not having a home birth), well it's definitely getting closer to time for my lil cupcake to be here! So please forgive me if it takes me a lil while longer to get the blog up. I have been having lots and lots of contractions and there is no telling now when she will come!

Pregnancy!

So I know that I told you guys that there would be a how-to blog and I am so incredibly sorry that I just haven't gotten around to it. As I had mentioned before I am pregnant and I was up most of the night with contractions and have been kinda all day! So today when I would've been doing my how-to I was sleeping lol! When I finally woke up I had to rush to go get my son from school because I had to go renew my tags today...especially since they expired after today lol! That was an adventure since I had no clue where the place was at. I just couldn't remember haha! Well the tags are renewed finally lol and afterwards I was starving so my mom, me , Michael, my sister, and Zoie went to eat Olive Garden! And with all the contractions I have been having today I have just been frantically trying to get more things ready for lil Miss Elizabeth to come! So I promise that the blog will be up really soon, unless of course I go into labor soon haha!

Oh! Funny thing my lil munchkin said today to my mom in Olive Garden... He had to go potty and told my mom he couldn't hold it any longer. Well my mom asked him ,"Is it 1 or 2?" and he replied, "it's more like a 6" lol haha!

Busy busy busy...

So I realize that it's been several days since I have been on here...I have been really busy getting things ready for the baby to come and taking care of my 6year old also. From loads of laundry that has to be done before lil Miss Elizabeth arrives, to driving my munchkin to school! And of course, I am nesting also haha! I have been up until after 4a.m. the last two mornings either because I couldn't sleep, or simply because I have been cleaning lol. Last night was because I was cleaning and sanitizing things that have to be done before she comes. I have definitely had a lot to do here lately! But it will all be worth it! :)

Also, I do plan on posting a "how to" video for you guys tomorrow so check back to see what that's all about! I have just been way to sleepy and busy here the past couple days so I'm sorry that I have been slacking a bit lol!

On the upside my sister and niece came to stay a couple of nights so that was a lot of fun. I love waking up to her lil baby. She is the happiest baby you could ever imagine. Always smiling and laughing...just too cute!

Oh! So my friend Melody told a funny story about things her son use to say when he was younger and couldn't pronounce things correctly and it got me thinking of a lil short story that happened the other night while my sister was visiting... We had went to the store and on the way back my niece had started whinning a lil bit. Let me add that my sis was driving since I am so far into my pregnancy and I'm trying to cut back on driving just in case something was to happen...Well we were on the way back from the store and it was dark out. When Zoie(my niece) started whinning my sister asked me to give her her pacifier. Well I finally found it and since it was so dark out I couldnt see... I asked my son, "where's her mouth at I can't see it?" and his reply was, "right below her nose"!!! haha it was sooo funny we couldnt stop laughing.. He is definitely his father's son lol!! Well that was just a lil funny story that I wanted to share.... Hope you guys have a great night and remember to check back tomorrow for the "how to"!!