My Mother's Day Post

I'm spending Mother's Day with my little girl, as I have every single day since she was born, and I wouldn't have it any other way. 

I am so lucky that this little girl is the little one that made me a mother. For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a mom. I had that experience come to me in a unexpected way and time, but I wouldn't change it at all. That little 8 pound 21 inches long baby girl changed my life the moment I found out I was pregnant with her. I have changed so much because of my little girl. She has changed the way I think about everything and I never knew that my mind would be obsessed with children's products for the rest of my life. I spend all my time thinking of what I can do for Hadley, what I can buy her, what will keep her the safest, what foods to put in her body, and so on. I took my responsibility so seriously her first year of life that I think my family and friends thought I was crazy. As a mother I took everything to the best level to be the best mother than I could be. 

I pride myself in being a good mother and I have to thank my own mother for being the mother that I am today. I would be nothing without  my mother. She has been my best friend and support through everything that I have been through and I literally couldn't have made it through some hard times in my life if it weren't for her. She has tried her best to be near me over the past 3 years and I love that she misses Hadley and I just as much as I miss her. If I had it my way I would see my mom everyday. I miss her so much!

So Hadley, I want to take this time to thank you for making me a mother and for loving me and letting me love you. I  hope to spend countless more Mother's Days with you. I love you so much little girl. 

I was wondering if I had some new pictures to upload since I don't take that many, but it turns out that I do so that must mean I have posted in awhile. Oops. 

We have been doing the same ol same ol. Playing at the park, Monkey Joe's, story time, and spending time outside. The weather lately has been really crappy so we spent all weekend inside. It was pretty boring. I spent a lot of time hitting my books and studying hard. The weather isn't looking too great this week either. Ugh.

We rescheduled our beach trip for June 14th, so we are going home for 4 days May 23rd. I am excited about going home, but 4 days isn't hardly enough time to fit in family and friends. I wish we could spend more time there. We are also only getting to spend 4 days at the beach, so I know that time will go by so fast too. 

April 30th was my 3 year anniversary! Woot woot!

And another update that I'm not too happy about it that we found out our choices for our next duty station. It is pretty much between Fort Bliss, Texas or Fort Lewis, Washington. Adam doesn't really care either way, because he deals with being away from family and traveling well, but I am really going to be upset if we have to go to one of those places. We will not be able to afford to go home being that far away. It's a real bummer. There is a 5% chance we can stay here, but I'm not even getting excited about that because I doubt it's going to happen. Keep your fingers crossed for us though. 

Here are some pictures I have taken over the past 2 weeks. 

Falling asleep naked right after a bath

Her favorite part of the park

The most fun she's had grocery shopping

Tickle time with daddy

Duplo time at the library

She has to pick flowers every time we are at the park

Birds!

I have been watching these 2 little blue eggs for about 2 weeks now and Hadley and I finally saw something special this morning.

Baby birds! So cute, yet so ugly at the same time.

My "garden"

My little windowsill garden started with a trip to Target. If you know me then you know I am a huge fan of the dollar aisle and always buy something from there every time I go. I stumbled upon these little mini pots to grow flowers, herbs, and vegetables. These little pots are only $1!

They are called Buzzy Seeds and they have a pretty wide variety of awesome little products. I currently have sunflowers, tomatoes, strawberries, and poppies growing at my house. 

My sunflowers

My poppy, strawberries, and tomatoes.

They say guarenteed to grow, and so far they have not failed me. I have never grown anything in my life and I would LOVE to have a real garden if we owned this house. Soon I am going to have to transfer the sunflowers to my yard as I am told they get very tall. I'm so excited! I can't wait to eat something I have grown!

Since finding these at Target for $1 I found them at Walmart for .97 and they have more of a variety and carry other fun little greenhouse projects for the kids!

Wordless Wednesday

Accidents happen

Yesterday on our way to post we were in the middle of a 6-car pile up. It wasn't anything serious and we are all fine, but it was scary none the less. This was the first wreck that Hadley has been in and my immediate thought was her. She is fine and didn't even really know anything happened. We stopped in time not to hit the car in front of us, but we were hit in the rear end pretty good. Our car is in the shop and probably will be for a couple of weeks. 

I am just so glad that none of us were hurt because I just couldn't imagine. 

Enjoying Spring!

We are really enjoying this beautiful weather and getting to spend more time outside. I have added daily walks pushing Hadley in the stroller to our routine. It helps me get in a little bit of cardio. I tried to jog today and it was not easy. My foot is getting there, but it's not 100% yet.

We spend a lot of time playing with chalk, bubbles and playing in puddles. Hadley's new favorite game is jumping in puddles..and it is a very messy game. 

We have also made friends finally! A friend I have known on the internet for awhile moved here recently and we have been spending some time with her and her little girl. I am so happy to have Hadley around another kid her age and hopefully work out some of her shyness.

How adorable are they? Very!

And let's not forget that we have been visiting our favorite place a little bit more. 

The park!

Oh, and in case you were wondering about our little hamsters...they are still alive! It seems hamsters are much easier to keep alive than fish. Thank God.