tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22785903038331029372024-02-20T22:30:55.302-07:00Rue as MomA stay at home mom with one crazy preschooler, an adorable baby, and an amazing husband to top it all off! This is my attempt at staying sane. Some posts are about the kids, some about my husband, some about me, some no one knows.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-55481717096780377042015-07-16T13:02:00.000-06:002015-07-16T13:02:36.989-06:00Road Blocks<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
I feel like I've got a huge road block in my life. I'm at a complete stand still. I thought I could just cruise through postpartum depression and make it through to the other side but things are crumbling.</div>
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The past few months have been insanely difficult. My girls are missing out on a happy mama and I'm missing out of happy times with them. Every day is a battle to be happy. On Monday Gibbie actually asked me when she would have her happy mama back. That was the most completely heartbreaking moment of all of this.</div>
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The Hubs has been so amazing through this. He's kind and patient with me when I feel like the worst human being around.</div>
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I finally saw my doctor yesterday and was given a prescription, told to look at the blue sky whenever I can, and to workout whenever possible.</div>
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I'm eager to get back to normal. I miss feeling good. I miss wanting to be around people. I really miss feeling like a good mama.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-69123656471516946412015-06-25T10:34:00.002-06:002015-06-25T10:34:32.484-06:00Almost ThereHello Darlings.<br />
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I feel a breakthrough coming on. I think I'm getting close to seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I feel a little bit better every day but only just a tiny bit. I'm inching my way through postpartum depression.<br />
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When I get depressed I can't bring myself to write. I tend to feel really bad about it because it is a great outlet and a lot of fun for me. I don't care if anyone reads this but I love to share my life. You would think that it would help me through the depression to share but I just can't now.<br />
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I'm hoping that by the end of July I will be back to blogging regularly. The girls are great, The Hubs is great, my progress is great. I've been working out a lot and trying my best to eat healthy and get plenty of sleep. I am determined to make it through to the other side and I hope you will be there waiting for me.<br />
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Until then, be happy, be blessed, and be yourself.<br />
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As per usual we escaped to the mountains for The Hubs' birthday weekend. We usually stay in Ruidoso, NM but this time decided to go to Cloudcroft, NM for a change. It's about a two and a half hour drive from where we live.</div>
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I absolutely love going to the mountains. It rejuvenates me and makes me so happy.</div>
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We didn't realize it when we booked the trip but it turned out to be the exact same cabin group we stayed with last time we stayed in Cloudcroft which was almost exactly 4 years ago. I couldn't resist taking a picture with Gibbie in the same spot we took one when she was almost 8 months old:</div>
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(Side note: Squish is only 5 months old and that same sweater Gibbie is wearing above at 8 months old is super tight on her. Big baby!)</div>
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I hiked for the first time and absolutely fell in love with it. I can't wait to go again.</div>
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We're actually planning on going up again just for the day next month (maybe) just to go hiking again since it isn't too far away. Squish loved being carried on my back in my Ergo carrier for the first time:</div>
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The Hubs and I never get good pictures together but we decided to give Gibbie a shot at taking a picture of us. I think it turned out great!</div>
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Poor Squish is such a home body so she wasn't thrilled with vacationing. This was her second trip and she did much better the first time when she was about 3 months old. We forgot to bring the pack and play so she had to sleep in the king size bed with me (I'm not a cosleeper so I was nervous the entire time about rolling onto her). She screamed for over an hour each night before finally falling asleep. (We don't do cry it out so it was super hard to hold her and hear her screaming.)</div>
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The drive home wasn't as bad as the last time for Squish. Last time she cried for an hour, this time was only about 30 minutes! Progress!</div>
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Definitely not proud of this but to be completely honest I am not letting me bother me one bit. When I obsess about the numbers I get really down and then give up for a while. This time I'm not going there. I had a kick ass awesome weekend and I loved every bite of delicious food I took. It was food that I don't normally eat (and I am not feeling as well because of it haha).<br />
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Today I actually took a 3 mile week first thing this morning and hardcore stuck to the plan. I'm not sweating the weekend and I'm not sweating my Friday weigh in this week!<br />
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How was your weekend?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-79517014305095154952015-06-05T08:28:00.001-06:002015-06-05T08:28:40.161-06:00Friday Weigh InWhen I changed from meetings to online only with Weight Watchers I also changed my weigh in day to Friday. I'm super excited about today!<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSmDj9oSP2S4dEHmg9MQCv0AdsUMmAWq_nr4DDNBuJjWvzqcJnb_KKG0QJB81y91k-mbURF9MUxrEI7Y4g4SqP8nJH-eWZ1yqDVWddt2JjhT7LRiTYDdmbpqloznwzf7R8NzXEDZmBIs/s640/blogger-image-1922626016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrSmDj9oSP2S4dEHmg9MQCv0AdsUMmAWq_nr4DDNBuJjWvzqcJnb_KKG0QJB81y91k-mbURF9MUxrEI7Y4g4SqP8nJH-eWZ1yqDVWddt2JjhT7LRiTYDdmbpqloznwzf7R8NzXEDZmBIs/s640/blogger-image-1922626016.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l1jTSvluENSX6kOWqwwa5HlM4kaYKVHZL2DFrrZGCxEWCIdU_f7KQ4iK0A4PJ8KE0TzcMez8lHu7TdVZipxaujkViHg-WU2qjMdOZ-N7V90_VqjykGPtJPLBmkBZkW22e-bpRL7eYuw/s640/blogger-image-697205913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0l1jTSvluENSX6kOWqwwa5HlM4kaYKVHZL2DFrrZGCxEWCIdU_f7KQ4iK0A4PJ8KE0TzcMez8lHu7TdVZipxaujkViHg-WU2qjMdOZ-N7V90_VqjykGPtJPLBmkBZkW22e-bpRL7eYuw/s640/blogger-image-697205913.jpg"></a></div><br></div>I'm finally at a 10 pound loss! This is the first week I've been super tracking and I got in a 15 minute cardio workout on Monday and a 25 minute workout yesterday. I know that's not much but between never knowing when the baby is going to wake up and dealing with postpartum depression it's been hard to get out of bed in the mornings.</div><div><br></div><div>The Hubs' birthday is Saturday and we're going to celebrate all weekend. <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">After posting this I'm signing off for the weekend to spend some quality time with my family. I'll have a lot of fun pictures to share on Monday.</span></div><div><br></div><div>What are your plans for the weekend?</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-23275919186613753542015-06-02T14:15:00.000-06:002015-06-02T14:15:51.269-06:00June Goals<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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I'm going to completely ignore the goals I didn't reach for May. If you didn't read my post about May you can find it <a href="http://rueasmom.blogspot.com/2015/06/may-recap.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Here are my goals for June:</div>
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1. Talk to my OB/GYN about postpartum depression ASAP!</div>
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4. Finish 1 book I've been reading for over a year.</div>
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5. Fit into favorite jeans.</div>
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I am still doing Weight Watchers however I just started tracking again last Monday after ditching the entire idea for about a month. I am only doing online now though. I started dreading the meetings so I'm thinking I'll do much better if that's something I don't have to worry about.</div>
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May was an extremely rough month for me. I still haven't quite recovered from it yet but I'm working on it. Occasionally I get little bouts of depression and I just take St. John's Wort for a week and I'm all better. The week turned into over a month this time and in the middle there was a lot of anxiety on top of it. I'm sharing this because I find it very important for every person who has children... it turns out I have postpartum depression. It looks like having a c-section rather than vaginal, taking hormonal birth control, and not being able to breast feed has just hit me very hard. Especially the not being able to breast feed. No matter how many times I've told myself it doesn't bother me it really does. I'm in the process of grieving over it now and I'm already starting to feel better. Allowing myself to grieve instead of just pushing the feelings down has made me very emotional but is helping the process of overcoming depression tremendously.</div>
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Squish was baptized in early May. Here we are with her Godparents/aunt and uncle. As you can see Gibbie is absolutely thrilled to have to wait even longer for some cake:</div>
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Squish decided to start rolling from front to back and we all missed it. I did take this picture before flipping her back over:</div>
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Mother's Day happened. For the most part it was pretty good. I had a much better day the day before Mother's Day so I consider that the official day for me. I feel like kids work very hard to make Mother's Day not so great for some reason. This is the one decent picture I took on the actual Mother's Day:</div>
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Gibbie had her preschool graduation. Kinda. We're putting her back in prekindergarten one more year before heading to kindergarten so she'll have another preschool graduation next year:</div>
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I cried through the entire thing even though I know she'll be there again next year. I think she could have been fine going to kindergarten next year but since her birthday is the day before the cut off date we chose to give her another year before having to get down to the hardcore learning stuff. It's crazy to me that if she was born 1 hour and 47 minutes later she wouldn't have even been able to go to prekindergarten yet!</div>
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I can't believe how much she's grown and changed!</div>
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We celebrated out 6th anniversary on the 24th! Squish doesn't like being away from mama so we only had a short date but it was fun. Here's one of my favorites from our wedding:</div>
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Gibbie was promoted to a white belt with yellow stripe a few days ago:</div>
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Finally, at only 5 months old, Squish can sit on her own. She's good for about 30 seconds before losing her balance:</div>
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April 2015 Goals:</div>
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1. Lose five pounds. <span style="color: #351c75;">**I failed at this one. Actually, I succeeded but then gained some back.**</span></div>
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<strike>3. Finish one book that I'm in the middle of.</strike> <span style="color: #351c75;">**Finished reading <a href="http://www.thriftbooks.com/w/red-letter-revolution-what-if-jesus-really-meant-what-he-said_tony-campolo_shane-claiborne/1145570/?isbn=1400275075" target="_blank">Red Letter Revolution</a>.**</span></div>
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4. Start using Gibbie's chore and consequence chart regularly again. <span style="color: #351c75;">**Half fail. I'm using the consequence chart but tend to forget about the chore chart by the end of he day.**</span></div>
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5. Do one thing just for me once a week. <span style="color: #351c75;">**Fail.**</span></div>
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Today was the busy day. I'm eager for summer break so that I won't be so darn busy on Tuesdays! Gibbie is still loving Taekwondo:</div>
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Today she got her name written on her uniform in Korean:</div>
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After Taekwondo I finally achieved a successful car to crib transfer with Squish:</div>
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That has never happened with her. I was always able to do it when Gibbie was a baby but Squish really likes to be swaddled still so she usually wakes up the second she hits the bed.<br />
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I've been checking for news updates on the Supreme Court hearings for marriage equality all day. I'm so eager to see how this goes. I'm really hoping they make the sensible choice for equal rights.<br />
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We had a much lower key weekend than last week but it was fun just the same. Gibbie picked out The Lego Movie for Friday night movie night. She actually sat still and watched the entire thing. Squish fell asleep 15 minutes into it.</div>
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Saturday night was date night! We started with the absolute <a href="http://www.dragonflyelpaso.com/" target="_blank">most amazing sushi</a> I've ever had this city! This is the closest we've gotten in town to the good stuff we had in San Francisco eight years ago. We then went to Sprout's grocery store because going without kids is a fun grown up activity for a date night. We bought super adult stuff like face cleanser, muffins, and Sriracha beef jerky. To finish our night we wanted to go to a new bar that has old school arcade games. The parking situation was so bad we ended up going to a different bar. Bad idea due to a bad cover band. Luckily, half pints were on sale so we each had one and headed home.</div>
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Sunday was the highlight of the weekend. After church and a Whataburger lunch we headed to the plant nursery for tomato, basil, and flowers. We ended up with a stowaway! Gibbie named our big snail, Wormy:</div>
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Happy Friday! I'm really excited about this weekend. Tomorrow is date night! Above is a (not so great self taken) picture from our last date night which was on my birthday. I'm super excited to be trying a new-ish sushi place that opened when I was pregnant and a new bar that has old school arcade games. What are you plans for the weekend?</div>
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Here are some links to hold you over. I've thrown in a few to Mother's Day gift ideas since it's just a few weeks away:</div>
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I love Etsy. I especially love all of the cute and quirky cards you can find on there. Here's some <a href="https://www.etsy.com/browse/mothers-day-gifts/cards-wrap/cards?campaign_label=etsy_finds_4nar&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=etsy_finds_4nar_042015_23386703110_0_1&utm_medium=email&utm_content=&email_sent=1429535901&euid=LJZA73vDKk68LxLzKw7tLo_BeKV2&eaid=6422635029&x_eaid=7c5a948109" target="_blank">Mother's Day cards</a> to check out!</div>
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If you're crafty and you're looking to make your mom (or your kids' mom) something special try these awesome <a href="http://sundaesins.blogspot.com/2012/05/so-youve-got-no-idea-what-to-do-on.html" target="_blank">DIY photo magnets</a>!<br />
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I found this on a list of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/UniquExceptional-JB4233-Hair-Dryer-Stand/dp/B0002VQ0WO/?tag=22words-20" target="_blank">things lazy people need</a> and I definitely think it's something that I would use.<br />
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Does the mom in your life seem to already have everything? I just know you can find something for her at <a href="http://www.uncommongoods.com/for-her/gifts-for-mom/gifts-for-mom?sv_cid=1160_03576&sv_emopen=true&sv_svem=rueasmom@gmail.com&cm_source=20150420&cyEmail=rueasmom@gmail.com&utm_campaign=body&utm_medium=email&utm_source=20150420&utm_term=body_gifts_for_mom&spMailingID=11811957&spUserID=NTc1NDEyNDAyMTAS1&spJobID=483795546&spReportId=NDgzNzk1NTQ2S0" target="_blank">Uncommon Goods</a>.<br />
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I've seen many <a href="http://www.pixartheory.com/" target="_blank">Pixar Theories</a> but this one blows the rest away!<br />
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Words are awesome. Words are my favorite. <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/classic-one-liners-that-never-get-old/" target="_blank">These words</a> had me rolling and The Hubs rolling his eyes!<br />
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I love using Pinterest! This was <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/home_is_where_my_husband_is_mug-168620254219748964" target="_blank">my most popular pin</a> from last week!<br />
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Have a great weekend!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-54844317086896317602015-04-21T19:53:00.000-06:002015-04-21T19:53:08.589-06:00Weigh In and Craziness<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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First up was Weight Watchers. I knew I wasn't going to have a loss going in but I was totally ok with it. On Saturday I wore some work out capris that I hadn't been able to wear for a while so I was just happy about that!</div>
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This is how I ended my week:</div>
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Not great. Not terrible. I need to work on not going into my weekly points but it's so hard for me!</div>
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Here's what my weight looks like this week:</div>
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I'm not too upset over a 1.4lb gain. I'm shaking it off and looking ahead.</div>
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Squish played in her walker/activity table thing for the first time today. She was totally digging it:</div>
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That was really the only free time we had together today. From play time we went to Weight Watchers, to grocery shopping, putting away groceries, feeding her, picking up Gibbie, coming home to change clothes and have a snack, then to Taekwondo and finally home to make dinner! What a whirl wind day!</div>
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I have to share something that made my day so great yesterday. I was at Target with Gibbie and Squish and we were cutting through a craft isle to get to the kid clothes. I'm usually in such a hurry to get through the trip and I don't end up having much fun. I'm constantly telling Gibbie to stick with me and catch up and don't be so slow. This time was slightly different. In the middle of the craft isle Gibbie yelled, "MOM! Look at this! What is it?" I turned to see her holding up a bottle of red glitter glue. Telling her it was sparkly glue put a smile on my face as I remembered using that stuff when I was a kid. Then when I turned around a lady just happened to pass by and say, "You are so blessed." It took me aback and almost made me tear up. I am so blessed. Sometimes I have selfish moments and wish I could have a day all to myself and forget how blessed I am. I am so blessed. I have these two beautiful girls who drive me absolutely insane but I wouldn't trade my life for anything in the world. I am so blessed because I am Gibbie and Squish's mom. I am so blessed.</div>
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To make up for last weekend's lack of photos I decided to take a whole lot this weekend! It started with movie night on Friday night. The Hubs teaches a class that night leaving me with my girls to watch movies and eat popcorn. Gibbie decided she is totally into Star Wars. In actuality she totally wants it to be on in the background while she plays and every now and then exclaim how much she loves Darth Vader. So this Friday we did our nails while watching it:</div>
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Check out her Spider-Man pajamas. I love how eclectic she is!</div>
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Later that night Squish decided she didn't feel good so we hung out after Gibbie went to bed:</div>
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Our Saturday was mostly spend in a different city. I love living so close to the city north of us. It's a smaller city but there's so many more things for us to do there. First stop was the farmer's market. Squish is such a homebody so she wouldn't eat for us but I think she was happy to be outside:</div>
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Gibbie had her face painted for the very first time ever! She got to pick what she wanted and then she held perfectly still for the guy and it came out super awesome:</div>
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Along with some awesome shopping we were also entertained by dancers from Nepal:</div>
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Our final stop at the farmer's market was to check out the dog adoptions. I don't know why we do that to ourselves. We are in no way ready for a dog in our house but it doesn't stop us from really wanting one. We picked one, named it, and walked away. Now I'm sitting here wishing that Sadie, my made up dog, was here.</div>
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So to cheer me up we went to a little pizza and wine restaurant. I was better in no time:</div>
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So yesterday I added a button you all can click on to follow me on Pinterest. Today I added a button you can push if you want to pin something from my page! It's over there on the right! Give it a try some time! I plan on doing some fun crafts with Gibbie (and eventually Squish) in the next few months and I'll share everything I do so that you can pin what you like!<br />
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Have you heard of <a href="https://www.ipsy.com/r/2tzo7" target="_blank">Ipsy</a>? It's a monthly makeup subscription service ans it's a lot of fun! For only $10 a month you get a cute makeup bag and 5 products.<br />
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I've never actually watched a full episode of <a href="http://cheezburger.com/5732720896" target="_blank">How I Met Your Mother</a> but I am obsessed with Friends.<br />
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Someday I will go to Germany. I will definitely have to keep <a href="http://matadornetwork.com/life/9-american-habits-i-lost-when-i-moved-to-germany/" target="_blank">these tips</a> in mind when I finally get there.<br />
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This is too cute. I want to go with <a href="http://www.didyouseethis.net/article-178-this-dog-kept-wandering-into-her-yard-one-day-she-found-this-note-attached-.html" target="_blank">this dog</a> tomorrow too!<br />
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I accidentally wasted an hour <a href="http://gameaboutsquares.com/" target="_blank">playing this game</a>. Ooops!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-33164197661766409612015-04-16T12:17:00.000-06:002015-04-16T12:17:39.803-06:00Excitement and ThankfulnessI'm super excited because I've added a Pinterest button to my page! Look over to the right, just above that add, and click on the link to go check out my Pinterst page! I update it regularly and I'm always looking for other pages to follow. If you'd like me to check out your page as well leave a comment with the link and I definitely will!<br />
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I'm always thankful for my girls. They keep me up at night, they drive me crazy, they test my patience on an hourly basis but I never knew I could love so deeply until they came into my life.<br />
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I'm also extremely thankful for <a href="https://www.chuys.com/" target="_blank">Chuy's Tex Mex</a>! Two days ago I found out we were getting one in town and I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry a little at the news. I first went there about 10 years ago in Austin and I ate Campfire Enchiladas (which isn't a regular menu item but a special at the time). It's my all time favorite restaurant! I go anytime I'm in a city with one which usually means that my best friend has no choice but to take me there when I visit San Antonio! Now, we're getting one, and I can't believe how lucky we are as a city!!! I know, I'm being very dramatic about food, but I love this place so much!<br />
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Finally, I'm thankful for crochet. I don't get to do it as much as I used to and I'm definitely not very good at it but it's such a relaxing thing to do. I'm currently in the middle of a blanket and I'm about to restart a rug made from t-shirt material. I've started and restarted the rug twice already and I'm determined to get it right!<br />
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Also known as "Too Much Tuesday" because I always end up doing way too much on Tuesdays. Thank God The Hubs takes Gibbie to school, I'm not sure if I could handle one more thing to do today.</div>
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After just a few minutes of playing with Squish it was time to pick up Gibbie from school. We only had time to get home and change clothes before heading to Taekwondo. Today she got her white belt:</div>
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Pour Squish is teething. No really, she is teething! I didn't believe it could happen so early, she's not even four months old, but there is the tip of a tiny tooth shooting out of her gums. I'm in shock and I feel so bad for her. This explains why she went from sleeping through the night for an entire month to waking up once or twice to eat in the past week.</div>
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Low point of the weekend was Squish deciding that sleeping through the night is for losers and she wants to be a cool baby. For a little over a month she was sleeping from about 7:30pm to about 7am. Last night she went to sleep at about 8:30pm (after fighting it for 30 minutes), woke up and wanted to eat at 11pm, then woke up again and wanted to eat at 3am, then finally woke up again at about 7:15am. This makes for an exhausted Rue.</div>
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For over a year now we have walked by a taekwondo place on our way to our favorite sushi place. Gibbie would longingly gaze into the window watching the kids and adults jump around. She had talked about dance class once or twice so we decided to give her a choice. Martial arts or dance but not both. Today was her first taekwondo class.</div>
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Squish was a bit annoyed that she doesn't have the mobility to help out. I think her face says it all:</div>
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Sunday morning was wild! I managed to get two kids, a husband, and myself looking good to get to church by 9am! I wanted to be super cheesy and have the girls in matching dresses. I couldn't find exact matches but these dresses were definitely close enough:</div>
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After church we had a little time to relax before heading to the family gathering at my brother-in-law's house. Gibbie had a solo Easter egg hunt in their backyard and then I got kisses:</div>
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Over all it was a good day. Both girls were completely worn out and passed out before we even got out of my brother-in-law's neighborhood.</div>
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Oh and here's my not so subtle change I made to my hair:</div>
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I'm also back on social media as of yesterday morning. It's funny how I found it hard to give up at first but now that I'm back I'm already bored with it.</div>
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Ok, I hope it's obvious that this isn't a normal breakfast for me but I can't resist a good carrot cake with some coffee. It's a seriously amazing combination and it only happens on the rare occasion that we have cake. I have promised that this will be my last slice of my birthday cake. The rest will be disposed of today... maybe.<br />
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Amazing photos from the 19th century by Charles Marville. Sort of a <a href="http://parismarville.blogspot.fr/p/map.html" target="_blank">before and after</a> of some awesome spots across Paris.<br />
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I love books, I love libraries, and now <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/librarians-anonymously-confess-their-benign-transgressions-20-pictures/" target="_blank">I love librarians</a>. Naughty, naughty, librarians.<br />
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I've never really thought about how other languages would interpret <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/what-8-common-animals-sound-like-according-to-a-bunch-of-different-languages/" target="_blank">animal sounds</a>. Bark, bzz, meow, quack.<br />
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<a href="http://www.highexistence.com/30-challenges-for-30-days/" target="_blank">Some of these</a> seem insanely hard to do but I think I'll give a few a try. Which would you want to try?<br />
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I was allergic to avocados and now I'm magically not. I'm dying to try <a href="http://vegnews.com/articles/page.do?pageId=6257&catId=2" target="_blank">all of these recipes</a> now!<br />
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Part depressing, part inspiring, <a href="http://zenpencils.com/comic/130-sylvia-plath-the-fig-tree/" target="_blank">fully beautiful</a>.<br />
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Surely they love <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/this-smart-ass-dad-answered-his-11-month-olds-daycare-survey-with-complete-honesty/" target="_blank">honesty</a> from the parents.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-10593765255028235552015-04-02T14:51:00.001-06:002015-04-02T14:51:32.433-06:00Thankful Thursday<div><br></div>*For Gibbie's school. She absolutely loves it there and has grown so much. Her speech has gotten so much better and she can now write her name. We've decided to keep her in pre-k one more year so she'll get to go to the same school next year as well. Her birthday is the day before the cut off date for kindergarten so we'd rather she be the oldest in her class instead of the youngest.<div><br></div><div>*Squish sleeping through the night! Every now and then we'll have an odd night of her wanting to eat at 3am but for the most part she sleeps from about 7:30pm to about 7am. I'm not sure how we total lucky but it's amazing and I love it. </div><div><br></div><div>*Crochet. I've fallen in love with crochet in the past few months. 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Lose five pounds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">2. Work out three days a week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">3. Finish one book that I'm in the middle of. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">4. Start using Gibbie's chore and consequence chart regularly again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">5. Do one thing just for me once a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is my first time posting using the blogger app so we'll see how it goes! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07853257882871687459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2278590303833102937.post-16310369172697207522015-03-31T15:37:00.000-06:002015-03-31T15:37:16.519-06:00What I've Been Up ToAs I mentioned <a href="http://rueasmom.blogspot.com/2015/03/40-days-of-lent.html" target="_blank">yesterday</a>, I've been MIA for a few months. 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Squish is actually over three months old now and I've just been slacking on sharing these photos with the six people who read my blog. She was born just before Christmas which lead to the best Christmas of my life. Gibbie looks a lot like the hubs. Squish is a mystery. Sometimes she looks like me and other times she's just her own person. Some people say she looks like Gibbie did when she was a baby but I don't see it.</div>
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Gibbie is the best big sister. She helps calm Squish down when she cries (which is a lot) and will run and grab bibs and shake bottles when needed. She even asked to change a diaper a few days ago. Now that Squish is on the right formula things are awesome. It was a rough first few weeks because she cried all the time. It turned out she was having some reflux issues but life is good now. She does still like the sound of her own voice but it's nowhere near as bad as it was in the beginning.</div>
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One last thing. I went to Weight Watchers today and as terrified as I was to step up on the scale I did it and I'm at least glad I'm not back to my original weight!</div>
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I joined Weight Watchers the day after my 30th birthday. Tomorrow I will turn 32 and I'm nowhere near where I want to be. Of course, having a baby does give me a tiny excuse but now it's time to work.I hate work but I am much happier when I'm working out and eating right. I just need to remind my brain of that when it wants me to binge on Girl Scout cookies (freaking devils) and fried awesomeness.</div>
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