Hi, my name is Britney and I want to keep my kid healthy.

If I could, I'm pretty sure I would put Carson, my husband, myself, & even miss Daisy the pup in a plastic bubble to avoid the sharp corners, choking hazards, and yuckies lurking around every corner. Wouldn't it be a sight to see a whole bubble family out for stroll in the park? bahahaha. But of course I can't do that, or can I?

Being a new mom you will undoubtedly get mommy advice & It seems that every mom, young, old, having one or twenty children, believes they know the best and only way to raise a child. 

"Advice" I have been given...

Waiting till he's six months to transition to the crib in his room? "You'll regret it, he'll be sleeping with you till he's 12"

Don't pawn him off every chance you get, so you can go out? "You'll never be able to go anywhere because he won't want to stay with anyone else but you."

Need to run to the store & don't want to drag him out in the cold just for a quick trip? "Wherever I went my babies went."

Not giving him a four month old mashed potatoes, gravy, or deviled egg? "Well you had those things when you were a baby and you're alive aren't you?"

Having to vacuum everyday because the snow, dirt, and muck get tracked in from the porch? "You can't protect him from all dirt!"

Think having friends and relatives wash/sanitize their hands before holding him will help to keep him from getting sick? NOPE, you're terribly mistaken. 

 

I am totally aware that Carse will probably get sick this winter, it's gonna be a long one. we live in ohio, winter could last until May. But I do believe as his mom it is my job to keep him healthy as long as possible. I know there will be sick people wherever we go & they may sneeze & blow their noses in the vicinity of my baby, maybe not even washing their hands afterwards, gross. I've even heard that a little exposure to germs is beneficial for a little one's immune system. Which is fine, but it's not like I am scrubbing every inch of my house with straight up bleach...I'm vacuuming the floor for Heaven's sake!

I know that everyone is just trying to help. Their opinions about how I am doing things however are just that to me, opinions. I may take their advice & use it or I may not. I truly appreciate every piece of it too...until I am suddenly the "most over-protective parent" they've ever seen when I know I am not.

Long story, short...if I want to wrap my kid in bubble wrap to keep him healthy for one more day.

I WILL. Because he is my kid.  =)

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 disclaimer: if you are anyone you know has ever given me parenting advice this post is NOT directed towards you. It is merely me writing a post about what I have experienced since becoming a mom. I really do appreciate ALL advice, whether I take it or not

too tired to hang...

Our friends Bob & Amber came over yesterday so the boys men could play video games and they could see how big Carson has gotten since they saw him last. We all played on the floor with little man, sang with his moo cow which Paul has now named "Cow Ripkin", & caught up on life chat.

 It seems that Mr. Carson was tired of the grown up jib-jabbing 'cause we soon found this....

Bahahaha...our little mister was too tired to hang & fell asleep sitting in daddy's lap.

So presh, i love my baby!



Steppin' Out Saturday

hey ya'll...I've been wanting to do a Steppin' Out post for awhile & today is the day! Oh yea, we did it, we got out of the house & managed to capture it on the ol' picture taker =)

Momma's Outfit Deets

Top: Motherhood Maternity (yes, a maternity shirt)

Tank: New York & Co.

Jeggings: Walmart

Boots: Marshall's (not shown)

Headband: Walmart

Necklace: push gift from hubby

Carson's Outfit Deets

Hat: Walmart

Onesie w/ mock thermal undershirt: Tartget

Jeans: Old Navy

We stepped out to Target yesterday to pick up an Xbox Kinect as a Christmas gift to ourselves, & some other random things. It was a cold, wet, nasty day but we made the best out of it & I must say it we had a blasty blast!

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It's The Holiday Season

Whew! These past couple weeks have been insane jam-packed. Leading up to Thanksgiving thoughts of all the trips we had to take, the many germy, gross eager loving relatives that couldn't wait to touch my healthy little baby, and all the goodies I had to bake bombarded my head & made me crazy nervous. Everything was going to be so different this year with little one here. And of course I was freaking out for no reason. We had a wonderful holiday with all of our family, there weren't any baby or mommy meltdowns & I didn't even follow everyone around dousing them in purell, bahaha. 

My sister & I couldn't miss out on all the black friday deali-o's so we were out at 3:30am with all the other crazies. Kohl's opened at three, we thought the inital rush would be in lines by the time we got there at 4ish, WRONG! Tash & I grabbed some things, tried to find the end of the line which just so happened to wrap around the entire friggin store & was 2 1/2 hours long! Needless to say we weren't waiting in that thing so we hid our bag of goodies in the kidlet section behind a rack of clothes, went to the mall, then came back later to a much much shorter 20 minute line =) We met up with our parents & my grandma for some OhMiGosh yummo breakfast at Cracker Barrel, even better...they paid, thanks mom & dad! We finished up at Menard's & Wally World and all in all I'd say we scored some great stuff.

Finally, this weekend after buying yet another, yes I said another new tree <~~~long story... we put up Carson's first Christmas tree, which despite not being able to find our topper, turned out pretty well.

Carson's 1st personalized ornament

I seriously can't wait until Christmas now!

Domestication at it's finest

Okay ya'll, last week I was obviously bored because in my cloudy mommy brain I decided that I should be more domesticated. So, I jumped in my Delorean & sped back to the 1950's to snatch an awesome homemade bread recipe, made a Sunday breakfast date with my kitchen, The Beatles & got my June Cleaver on....

My recipes

I also made Bananas Foster Cheesecake which I found on Mrs. Muffins blog. It was DELICIOUS!

What you'll need:

• 2 3/4 cup tepid water (Should be the same temp as you'd use for your baby's bottle. Just warm enough that you can't feel when it is dripped onto your wrist.)
• 2 Tablespoons Yeast
• 3 Tablespoons Sugar
• 2 Tablespoons Oil
• 1 Tablespoon Salt
• 6 1/4 Bread Flour
• Grease like Butter or Crisco (I used butter)
• Bowl large enough for dough to double in size
• Measuring spoons
• Cloth
• 2 loaf pans
• Large spoon to stir with
• 2-3 hours

Pour water into your bowl.

Sprinkle yeast over the water

Sprinkle sugar over the yeast.

 (Make sure the sugar pushes the yeast into the water.)

Let set until yeast starts to work. About 5 minutes.

It will look foamy and you csan smell the yeast.

Add salt, oil, and bread flour.

Mix until dough becomes thick.

Then, grease your hands and mix until dough is soft and elastic.

Re-grease your hands if you need to. If you dough is still really sticky add two heaping tablespoons of flour at a time until the dough will pull away from he bowl.Knead an additional 5-10 times.

Pour enough oil around the sides of the bowl, pushing it around with your hand to have a smooth surface on the sides & bottom of the bowl.

Form dough into a ball.

Oil the ball of doughcompletely and set in the bottom of the bowl.

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Cover with a clean cloth.

Place in a warm place to rise.

It should take about an hour to rise.

Could take longer or shorter depending on temp of room and quality of yeast. Mine took about 45-50 minutes.

When it is double its size, grease your loaf pans and hands.

I used butter to grease instead of oil because it releases the bread from the pan better.

Divide dough into halves...form into loaves

Make into a flat round the tuck edges under to have a smooth top.

Put into loaf pans, cover with cloth and let rise a second time.

Yes, another 45-50 minutes, to double in size.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.

Tip out onto cloth to cool.

Butter the top, if you choose

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Slice & get your eat on...



Flashback Friday: Saying Goodbye To A Puppy Friend =(



top left & bottom right: Christmas '98, Brina is the puppy in the middle
bottom left: Sabrina
top right: Sabastian, our other dog & older sibling to Sabrina
p.s. I'm the unfortunate looking child on the bottom right



My mom & aunt drove down to Tennessee to get Sabrina in '98. She was the cutest puppy, born with her left eye circled in pink. I remember when they brought her home she was so tiny, we didn't have any puppy food so my mom had us make her scrambled eggs & she loved them! I will always hold fond memories of her in my heart. I'll miss you Brina Weena Bo Beena Banana Fanna Fo Feena Fee Fi Mo Meena, Brina.


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Wordless Wednesday turned into Super Peeved Wednesday!

As you all know from the last post my computer has decided to go on strike when it comes to reading my SD card, everything else works but not the feature I need. I mean literally the light comes on saying hey there is something in this slot but the dang thing decides not to do anything from that point, UGH! And, I'm getting a little anxious to upload these pictures so I can keep everyone up-to-date with little mister.
So, this morning I went in search for the USB cable to my camera in "closet of horror" in our office. Said closet has everything a man would want in it ( therefore it has many things crammed into a tiny space), considering the office used to be Paul's "Man Room", i know, gag, right? Now he is limited him to the garage which by right of passage is every man's "Man Room" & it shall stay that way. However, there are still many of his man things in the closet of horror. Everything from computer stuff, random anonymous cords & cables, a couple of his guitars, guns, ammo,filing cabinet, ancient video game systems, old Star Wars toys still in the box ( he insists will be worth good money someday, haha), basically anything testosterone related.
Okay back to being super duper peeved. So as I am digging through all this crap in the closet trying to locate said USB cable when I spot a box on the top shelf where I think he might have stored all the cables & such. I reach up on my tippy-toes to get the box, tilt it forward to pull it down & BAAAAAM! I get bashed in the face with a CD drive from an old laptop! OH EM GEE, are you frickin kidding me? First of all, why in the hell is that thing there? Second, doesn't it have a rightful place among all other old laptop CD drives, like in a landfill? And Lastly, I'm even more mad that Paul is in Columbus at a detective conference & I can't call the B!@#$ at him!
I'm really not "that" wife that calls her husband to nag him about the closet being in disarray & blame him for something he had no control over. I just wanted to give him a hard time, tell him I got hurt, him to "baby" me with sweet words over the phone & then laugh at my misfortune.
I am however the kind of person that is still ticked at that dang thing for assaulting this gorgeous face of mine, haha, I kid, I kid. =)