So Big!

So princess # 2 is already 3 months old! Well she seems like she has been with us for always. I think back to when I had her in the hospital, when she had to be under the lights here at home :(  and all this time has gone but has only been 3 months. crazy.

Leighton is such a sweet and special girl. Learning to be so tough as she has severe food allergies like sister did. :(  eggs are bad but milk is the worst. milk is in everything, and sadly she does get so sick. But we have been through this before and know what we need to do to keep her healthy. mommy just has to watch what she eats!! 

I am so grateful Lei has such a caring, sweet, loving older sister. Ireland goes nuts over her!! Always wants to be by her and making sure she is ok. Giving sister blankies, and socks and binkies, a diaper, whatever! The other day Daniel and I took Ireland somewhere and left Leighton home with auntie. Ireland started bawling crying out "sissy! sissy! oh no!"  she was so truly upset that her sister was not beside her. cutest slash saddest thing ever! 

Sorry for the blurry pic. I gave Ireland some cereal and set Leighton down by her, Ireland says "oh thank you mommy!" then kissed Lei's head

Leighton we sure do love you! Mommy will have more to say about you when you get bigger and can do more! 

best morning so far

had THE BEST workout ever! I blasted music and Ireland  & I danced our hearts out!! We were laughing SO hard and I honestly don't know how long we went. My legs were burning and we were being so silly! best free/fun workout EVER!!  dancing crazy tomorrow too!

Every time I tried to stop even for a drink, she would say dance mommy dance!! who needs a gym?? ha ha

smarty pants

This a cute video of Ireland. The first half of it I accidently had my hand on the speaker so it is very quiet. You will need your volume up pretty loud to hear it, but warning, I end up moving my hand then it gets very loud about halfway through.

She is just so cute and so smart and I just love her. The video is kinda long (4 mins) but I can't wait to show her when she gets bigger.

here is ireland at 23 months:

Announcement!!

So my bow blog is updated and ready to rock!! I have a killer sale going on and am really excited about getting back into things after having Leighton. Please check it out here 

Feel free to look it over and at the bottom of it all hit older posts to see even more bows I have done. any feedback is welcome. just send me an email: mandi@babyirelandbows.com

I was thinking....

that I am a worrier (is that a word?). I get stressed easy and I am very stressed right now. I am worrying right now and none of that is helping anyone. Well years ago I made something. I was trying to get in shape and be positive and happy and healthy. So I went through magazines and cut out words, phrases and things  ( I made up a few of my own) and pasted on some card stock or I wrote them down and titled it:

  RULES TO LIVE BY

~trust God

~Respect yourself

~ Always do your best

~ no one is perfect

~stop skipping meals

~listen to your body

~don't take anything personally

~Pray

~don't make assumptions

~live for the moments

~it takes sweat to shine

~eat what you want

~smile

anyway I was looking over that and they are all things I still need to remember and live by. I know it may seem corny or silly but come on... we all enjoy being silly and corny sometimes right?

well that's all. Maybe I will make a new one. Or add new things. maybe add pics of my girls. 

have a wonderful evening

ha ha

some of the most hilarious/true things you'll ever read

1. There is a great need for sarcasm font.

2. I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

3. Bad decisions make good stories.

4. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

5. I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

6. The only time I look forward to a red light is when I'm trying to finish a text.

7. The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again

8. A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

9. Was learning cursive really necessary?

10. I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

11. Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

12. Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

13. I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a putz from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

14. Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

15. What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

16. While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

17. MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

18. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

19. I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

20. Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

21. If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

22. Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

23. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

24. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

25. There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

26. I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

27. "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

28. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

29. I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

30. Why is a school zone 15 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

31. As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

32. Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

33. It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

34. I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

I hope this made you laugh as much as it made me laugh!