It's a Dangerous Addiction!!

I try to be a "healthy mom" I am by no means obssesed like some moms (and for those moms out there who are.... More Power To YOU!!) And by healthy I mean I put ..... Baby Food Carrots in Cohen's Spagettios...... I put some white powdery stuff in his Milk which is going to help build up his immune system...... I mix water in his apple juice so there is not as much sugar...... I put flax seed in his pancakes..... and try to give hims grapes and strawberries as much as possible....... Not exactly going to win Healthiest Mother Of The Year....... But sadly I learned after a very long, and LOUD screaming session in the car on the wa y to church this morning, that we go to DUNKIN DONUTS WAY TOO MUCH...... I LOVE their coffee.... it's soooo GOOD, and I'm sorry but it is way better then Starbucks.... (don't hate) and it is WAY CHEAPER!!!

This 100% innocent addiction started because they had a special on their large coffee for .99 cents, and since I couldn't pass up that deal.... I started going.... and my first time there I thought I would treat Cohen to a donut.... He picked a "pink donut" otherwise known as Strawberry Frosted. It was a great day, I learned about the DD coffee and Cohen learned what a Pink Donut was........ that was when the addiction started to creep in....

( It also doesn't help that DD is right by Once Upon a Child, and everytime we go..... Guess who Rememers this new love..the boy NEVER forgets anything)

But now it has become a 2-3x a week outing :)

When I was little my parents would take Adam and I to Rosslyn Bakery before church on Sundays... It was such a fun tradition! And we would look forward to it each and every week. So I thought I would pass the tradition along....... plus I could get coffee for myself.... so I started this tradition, which sadly has turned into a umm.... every other day obssession, and not so much a Sunday Special Treat!!! But this sunday was a little different. We were running late, and not our normal "late" we were really late. So we had to skip DD and head straight to church, and that's when it happened. The Meltdown quickly occured once my precious angel of a boy realized that we had driven past DD and he was minus a Pink Donut--- That's when the wailing, snot flying, tears streaming, legs kicking tantrum begun.... needless to say it was a Long and Loud drive to church..... and that's when I realized He Is Addicted

So now I am putting my foot down..... and am going to work on being a HEALTHY MOM-- and limiting myself and my son to Sunday Special Dunkin Donuts.... stay tuned to see what really happens

Maybe, Just Maybe

I've had this awful feeling in the pit of my stomach for awhile.... that feeling is the feeling that I should start blogging again... I know it sounds silly, but it's seriously been bothering me because I know I stopped for all the wrong reasons.

I stopped blogging because I was comparing my "blogging style" to all the GREATS! (see below for an incredible list)

I always thought that mine wasn't good enough ... and maybe that is true... but it doesn't really matter, these are my thoughts, my moments in life, and why do I care who does or doesn't read it, because I am doing this for me right!

It's my journal, out in the open, and that's all it needs to be..... not a comparison of what kind of mother I am.... or how much I can beautifully describe my love for my husband, or how my tragic story has changed my life... or how I can create 50 meals with 5 ingredients or less and have my family begging for seconds....... Don't get me wrong here ... because these are ALL the things that I LOVE from the GREATS!

Their blogs do inspire me in so many ways and God has blessed these women with these Amazing gifts. But maybe my gift is something different..... Maybe it's to write a pretty plain blog, that God can use somehow, someway speak to someone....... Or....Maybe it will only be me that it speaks to.... and I think that is pretty okay.

Without this blog world, I would have never been so engrossed into the lives of the GREATS! Like.....KATIE MAYES, Audrey Caroline, MckMama, Nie Nie......just to name a few of my FAVORITES!!! (So please please do yourself a favor and get involved with these Awesome Women!)

They will never know that they have spoken VOLUMES to my life... and maybe, just maybe I can do the same to someone.....

I have like 40 bazillion diaries/journals that I started throughout my life and NEVER finished... I would always find a new pretty journal and think.... Ohhh this one is sooo pretty I will want to write in it Forever... and then months later I would look back at the 5 entries.

Soooo maybe I should keep this one going and NOT give up, NOT compare..... and although I will probably never be one of the GREATS, maybe to one person I will be

On a side note... I have the worlds most precious baby girl, who LOVES to take a bath, and I just had to share... Because it makes me SMILE ... how bout you??

Just Had To Post It!!!

Three in the morning
And I'm still awake
So I picked up a pen and a page
And I started writing
Just what I'd say if we were face to face,
I'd tell you just what you mean to me, I'd tell you these simple truths,
Be strong in the Lord and
Never give up hope
You're going to do great things, I already know
Gods got his hand on you so don't live life in fear
Forgive and forget
But don't forget why your here
Take your time and pray
These are the words I would say
Last time we spoke
You said you were hurting
And I felt your pain in my heart
I want to tell you that I keep on praying
Love will find you where you are, I know cause I've already been there
So please hear these simple truths
From one simple life to another
I will say, come find peace in the father
Be strong in the lord and
Never give up hope
You're going to do great things, I already know
Gods got his hand on you so
Don't live life in fear
Forgive and forget, but don't forget why your here
Take your time and pray
Thank God for each day
His love will find a way
These are the words I would say

--The Words I Would Say-- Sidewalk Prophets

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A Sad Sad Thought

Sooo this might be one of the last posts that I do.... I have been such a slacker in the blogger world :( I am barely online anymore and when I am I am working on real estate and that blog.
Or I am on facebook ( I know sad but true) I have Loved doing my blog, and looking back through all my posts is so much fun to see how things have changed for our not so little family. It's not official yet, but a change may be coming....... but until then check out what I have been doing HERE

A New Addition To The Family

So most of you at least know of the "small love" of Basketball that Cohen has but what you might not know is the umm.... large access we have to "Hoop Ball" as Cohen affectionately named it. So I thought I would post some pictures just to give you an idea!!

this is the hoop that started the whole thing.... Thanks Mom:)

this one above it the latest addition-- isn't she a beauty-- David thought we "needed" it because we didn't have a double hoop..... so of course this was perfect... does anyone think we have a few to many hoops?!?

The sad thing is this is just our hoops, I didn't feel like spending an hour taking pictures of our Soccer goal, baseball bats, ping pong table, kiddie pool table, our golf ball set(s), bowling, hockey, Basically this poor angel doesn't stand a chance!!

YES!!!

We are still alive and kicking.... just a little slow with the blogging world :) But I promise to try and do better--

Enjoy this beautiful photo of my precious Nephew!!