Cleaning Cleaning Cleaning

Today my parents came and took Haley for a couple of hours. They like to get her once a week to spend time with her. I really didn’t like it at first, but now the older she gets the more It works for us. It gives me time to do some cleaning that’s harder to do when she is here. Example scrubs the toilets and tubs and things like that. I don’t use bleach for a lot of things but I like to clean my bathroom with it and I don’t like to do that when she is crawling all around.

I have a cleaning schedule that I try to keep to. I found it on Pintrest and I just made my own version of it ( I’ll post it below if I can figure out how). I found when Haley was first born that I couldn’t keep up with anything in house and I was getting to the point where I was overwhelmed and would break down. With Lonnie’s job he is gone a lot so it’s mostly me and Haley here by ourselves. He gets a day to a day and a half off every week but that’s about it than the rest of the time he is gone. Anyways I found it and changed it to fit my needs and it has stuff for you to do every morning, night and day then one day out of the week is your “swing day” which is where you would do something that is considered to be “deep clearing” I guess such as shampoo the carpet, clean out fridge, stove, and microwave, things like that. It works great for me. I printed it out, put it in a sheet protector and keep in on the fridge so I can mark it off throughout the day makes me feel like I am accomplishing something.

So today with Haley being gone for a couple of hours I got a ton of stuff done. When my parents do get her I try to go ahead and get as much on the list done that way the next day I don’t have to do the “Chore of the day” and things like that. That way I get more time with Haley and when she is down for a nap more time more me! Tomorrow I will have to do the morning and night stuff ( it’s things you do every day and to be honest it things that you would do anyway or I would anyways.) My list of accomplishments today were I got both bathrooms cleaned top form bottom, all of the floors vacuumed, all of the floors swept and mopped, I cleaned(bleached) Haley’s bath toys ( I just fill my tube ½ with hot water add just a little bleach and let them soak. It gets all the nasty soap stuff off of them. Then you just rinse them and put them up.) All of the dishes washed and put up, counters wiped off, sink cleaned. Plus I put up a YouTube video. I went and took a very long shower (which is soooooo nice) and filmed a couple of more vlogs. I have one load of clothes that needs to be done and then my house is clean! I did a bunch of the heavy cleaning last week when they got her for a couple of hours. Such as cleaning out the fridge, stove, microwave, dusted, cleaned all the windows and fans. Things like that.

Anyways, I think I am rambled enough about cleaning. It’s almost time for me to get Haley so I think I am going to kick back and watch some tv before I got get her.

 

 

TTC Baby Number 2!!

I really didn't want to wait anymore to put this video up so here it is.. the video should explain everything we are/aren't doing Ttc. Although I did leave some stuff out that I wanted to say. We aren't using any ovulation meds anytime soon. As of right now we are just going to try the natural way. I'm most likely going to buy some OPK's (ovulation test) to see if in fact I am O'ing and track that for a little while. If we still aren't pregnant in 6 months and I'm not O'ing then we will go from there and decided  if  we want to go back to the fertility dr. I have said though that if we aren't pregnant  ( or don't have any more kids) by the time Haley is 5 then I'm done. By the time she is 5 that would put us ttc for 4 more years. I think at that point I would be done. I know things can change and who knows I might change my mind but as of right now thats what I'm thinking. I also don't want us to get so wrapped up in ttc that it takes away from Haley and her time. TTC was stressful to me and for us and I don't what her to have to go through any of that with us. Video is below.

No Sleep For This Momma

Before we went out of town last week Haley slept thought the night every night. She would go to bed anywhere from 8-9pm and sleep till 7-8am and would not wake up at all.. I don’t know what has happen or what has changed but that is no longer happening. She wakes up every 30mins to 1hr crying and yelling momma. Sometimes I will give her a min or two and see if she will put herself back to sleep but if not I go get her, sway back and forth in front of the crib for about a min or so give her a kiss and put her back down. She will roll over and go right to sleep every time. Then at about 5am she is wanting to breastfeed and goes right back to sleep and does the same thing till about 7. This has been going on for almost a week now and the no sleep is starting to get to me. Maybe she is just teething or something?! I don’t know. I don’t see anything or feel anything as far as teething goes.

Besides from the no sleep I have been in full party planning mode. Haley’s 1^st Birthday is in 39 days!  I can’t believe my beautiful baby girl is going to be 1 in 39 days!! We are having a birthday party for her on her Birthday since it falls on a Saturday. We are doing a ladybug theme which is so cute and fits perfect because we call her Haley Bug all the time! I’ll post pictures of things I’m doing later. That way you can get a idea of what we are doing and what we are going to have!! It’s so exciting!

 

 

XOXO-Jessica

Part 2

Here is the second part of my reintroduction video.

Mondays Blog/Vlog

I know it Tuesday and I swear I did these videos yesterday but YouTube took forever to process them. When I went to bed last night at almost 1 am( due to my child not wanting to sleep)it was still uploading. So here is my reintroduction video.

 

 

Be sure to keep and eye out for part 2. It is uploading as I type and it says it should only take a hour. As soon as it is live I will post the video on here.

 

Sunday...

Well it’s Sunday again.. I think I have come to dread Sundays! Lonnie normally leaves for work on Sundays and it just means 4-5 days without him! I miss him so much when he isn’t here and I know Haley misses him too. Plus she is at this age where every time he leaves she will cry for a little while and crawl around saying “daddy. It breaks my heart because I know she doesn’t understand what’s going on.

When Lonnie does leave I plan on sitting down and doing some YouTube videos. Hopefully Haley will be willing to play for a little while. She hasn’t been in the best of moods today. It took us forever to get her down for nap. Which isn’t like her at all, normally I can put her down she will roll over on her stomach and go to sleep. There are so many videos I want to do. I want to do a reintroduction video for all my new subscribers. I need to do an update on Haley and what she can do now. I also need to do an update on ttc baby number two! I love saying that..TTC baby number 2!!

Anyways this is going to have to be a short blog post. It’s a little after 2:00pm and I have to cook some lunch (we had a late breakfast) and get ready for Lonnie to leave. He has to leave at 4:30L.

Maybe I will be back later..

 

XOXO- Jessica

Where Have I been?

The video that is posted below tells you why I haven't been around on here and on my YouTube. After I posted this I went out of town and didn't get back till late Tuesday night. So I'm hoping to get things going again this Monday. My plan is to put YouTube videos up on Mon and Fri. and try to post of here everyday. So we will see how it all goes.

Other then that right now I'm an busy planning Haley's birthday party! I am in full party planning mode! I can not believe my baby girl will be ONE is just 43 days!! It makes me so sad in some ways but I am so exited to see her grow and learn. I miss her being a little tiny baby though. I feel like in the blink of and eye it passed and I barley remember any of it! Which is another reason why I want to start doing more yt videos and post on here so I can always look back and see what was going on. Maybe I should post a pic of Haley everyday too..

I hope everyone has a great weekend I will talk to everyone soon!!


xoxo-Jess

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Is it Jan 10th Yet?!

The past couple of days have been rough.  Lonnie was off work from the 21 of December till January 1. He left at 4pm on Jan 1 to head back out of town for work ( and will not be home till January 10^th L) and since then Haley has had some major separation anxiety. About 10 minutes after he left I think she realized that he wasn’t coming right back she started screaming and crawling to the door calling for him and its been like that since he left. For the past 2 days she will not let me put her down. If she does let me put her down if I start to walk away no matter where it is she starts screaming all over again. I feel bad for her because I know she doesn’t really understand what is going on and I’m trying super hard not to stress or get annoyed but man it’s really starting to get to me.

It doesn’t help that on top of him being gone she has a cold or it's either teething one. She has a snotty nose and cough. She has had a fever off and on since 2 days before the first.  And she has had diarrhea. Well I don’t really think you can count it as diarrhea, but Haley is normally a every other day girl and for the past weeks it’s been as many as 4-6 times a day. She is still eating and drinking and breastfeeding as normal so I’m not worried about her getting dehydrated or anything but it’s just taking its toll on me.

At least she did sleep through the night for the most part. She woke up at 4am breastfeed and then went back to sleep till 7am. Which is great considering that past 4 night she been up about ever hour or so do to her snotty nose and dirty diapers and just not feeling well. She has also gone down for a nap so far this morning. It was only a hour but better than nothing. I have to say though I love when she wakes up whether it be morning time or from her naps. Reasoning being is because she will lay her head down on my shoulder and give me a hug and look at me and give me a huge smile and kiss me which makes the worst day immediately  better.

My hope is that in the next couple of days things start to calm down and we can get back on our make shift schedule that we had going before Thanksgiving and Christmas and all of that. We have been on the go so much since Thanksgiving that it has messed her napping schedule all up. Hopefully the separation anxiety will calm down too. She has never had it before so I’m hoping it does not stick around for long. I hope everyone has a great day. I’m off to take care of Haley is at this very moment is pulling up on my pants leg crying wanting in my lap!

 

Xoxo- Jessica

Hello 2013

Hello 2013! I can’t believe that it is already January! This past year has been one of the best years of my life, but I feel that it has gone by in the blink of an eye.  I’ve wanted to start this blog back up for a while but decided to wait till January. My hope is to be able to get on here a couple of times a week and update better and what we are doing and how Haley is growing because as you may have noticed I’m not all that good on updating YouTube.  To be honest I don’t get up everyday and put makeup on and I don’t like to do a YouTube video unless I put makeup on and look  a little “put together”. Typically I just put my hair up and go about my day and I’m not going to lie sometimes I stay in my pjs all day! Lol  With that being said here is to a new year I hope to be better at not only updating YT but also updating this.  I will also post my YT videos on here when I do them.  A “Reintroduction video” should be up in the next day or so on my YT and I will post it on here for anyone that is just coming across this blog so that you will know more about me, but I will give you this short version now.

My Name is Jessica and I am 26 years old. My husband’s name is Lonnie and he is 31 and we have been married for going on 7 years. We tried for our miracle baby for 5 ½ years and on March 09, 2012 we welcomed Gods greatest gift to us Haley! The past year and a half has been great, but went by so fast. I can’t believe that my little baby is almost 10months old and that I’m starting to plan her 1 year birthday! I miss her being a little tiny baby that did nothing but sleep and I could cuddle with all day. Now I feel like  its Haley’s world and I’m just living in it and trying to keep up with her and keep her out of stuff lol.

Anyways I guess that’s about it for this post. Its late and I need to get off of here and go to bed. My luck Haley will be up at the crack of dawn if I stay up much later.