It's a Golden Life

I've never really been a decorator. I enjoy art and love creating, but wasn't very bothered by the fact that I've lived in this home for 2 years, come September, and have hardly even a picture on the wall. Well, thanks to all the influence around me, that has changed! In my free time, I love to look at blogs and websites that are designed to help with decorating. I am developing a style and realizing how much clutter and unnecessary "things" we have. Now that I have my head on straight :) I have decided to begin giving our home some girly style. I did buy a mirror to go above our dresser and was pretty excited. Not only did I get it on sale, but it was a step in the right direction! Starting with the kids rooms. Depending on the sex of this little one due in November, we are going to revamp the kids rooms. Malachi has had a "cars" theme since he got a big boy bed and mommy is ready to give his room a little change. I found an adorable rocket ship themed ...

Pregnancy Highlights How far along: 22 weeks. Size of Baby Pax: About the size of a spaghetti squash. Weighs about 1 lb and measures about 11 inches. Maternity clothes: All maternity shorts, dresses and long shirts :) Gender: Didn't find out! Names: Girl- Paxley Anna Elizabeth Golden Boy- Paxton John Calvin Golden Movement: Lots of movement! Sleeping: Figured out how to sleep comfortably. One pillow under my head, on my side with a pillow between my knees. What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach! Cravings: I've gotten to a point where I'm hungry, but I am not sure what for! Very irritating :) Symptoms: Was having extreme lower back pain. My chiropractor friend adjusted my neck and back and I'm already feeling MUCH better. Weight Gained/Lossed: Gained 18 pounds....so far. Due Date: November 27, 2011 Next Dr. Appt.: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 @2:45 for the Glucose Test.

Pregnancy Highlights How far along: 21 Weeks Size of Baby Pax: About the size of a banana. Measures 10.5 inches long and about 12.7 ounces. Maternity Clothes: Wearing all maternity capris/shorts. I also love my comfortable work out clothes. Even though I'm not working out anytime soon :) Gender: I have a hunch-girl. Donovan is convinced it's a boy-that God wouldn't give him another girl. Haly is quite 2 right now. Names: Girl- Paxley Anna Elizabeth Golden Boy- Paxton John Calvin Golden Movement: Baby is very low and I can often feel when he/she shifts positions. Pretty uncomfortable! Sleeping: I'm trying to sleep as best as I can. I am often woken up by my lower back hurting :( What I miss: Sleeping on my belly and my back! Cravings: Nothing crazy. Just NO Mexican food! Symptoms: Terrible lower back pain. More frequent now. Dr. gave me some exercises to do that should lengthen the space between my vertebra to give me relief. Due Date: November 27, 2011 Next Dr. ...

We had Halynd's birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese. 2 is such a busy age! We also had Chi's 2nd birthday there and he loved it and could go wild. Lots of fun friends showed up to celebrate. They all had a great time. The only one melting down was Halynd. She was extremely tired by present and cake time! Her princess cupcakes Chi and Haly actually liked Chuck E. this time! Some sweet friends who came to the party. Present time! The presents : ) After a much needed nap, I took the kiddos to the promenade. We love going when it is closed so we can walk around and enjoy the different fountains without having to worry about people walking around everywhere. It was still extremely hot outside at 8 o'clock, so we chilled out with some Yum Yo's. Malachi chose Rootbeer and Vanilla yogurt with gummy sharks and watermelon candy. Halynd got Rootbeer a'la mode and gummies. Strange combos, but whatever floats their boat :) This is my favorite pic of these two!

I can't believe my baby girl is 2. I went into the hospital on July 9, 2009 because I was having weird, irregular contractions. I was already dialated to a 4/5 and 90% effaced, so I thought this was it. My water hadn't broken, but my back was very sore and I was having inconsistent contractions. At the time, Donovan's brother and sister were in town visiting, so we asked a couple friends to let them stay at their house-along with Malachi. We waited in the room watching the monitors and everything seemed to look fine. I was indeed having contractions, but they said I wasn't in active labor yet. They decided to monitor me for another hour before we could head home. It's a good thing they did. The monitors hooked to my stomach started to beep loudly and this prompted nurses to run into the room. Donovan and I were falling asleep, as it was already 9:30 at night and we were exhausted. The nurses told me to switch positions and to get off my back. So. I rolled over to my...

I am officially to the halfway point with this pregnancy. At times, it has seemed to take forever to get here (waiting for the ultrasound appointment) and at other times, the weeks just keep passing by. Before I know it, it's been another week and my belly gets bigger and wider :) Pregnancy Highlights How far along: 20 Weeks Size of Baby Pax: About the size of a cantaloupe. Measures 6.5 inches long and about 10.6 ounces. Maternity Clothes: Tried a pair of maternity capris on this weekend, but they are still baggy. Either I was bigger with the other two...or will fill out. Hopefully not because it's too big in the thigh area! Gender: We had our ultrasound Thursday, but we didn't find out. It was extremely hard. I keep trying to convince Donovan to let me ask the Ultrasound tech, but he won't let me :) Movement: Lots of quickening movement. It feels almost like a twitch. Other times it's just lots of light popping. Sleeping: I think I've begun preparing for t...

Baby Pax 19 weeks 4 days *Disclaimer: I keep out (for the benefit of readers) any stories of puke, pee and poop. But, I can assure you-there are many interesting stories throughout the day. Especially with a handful of kids between the ages of 2 and 4! The much anticipated date of 7/7/11 finally came! I woke up super excited because it was ultrasound day! My alarm went off at 7 and I got up to get ready for the day. This is what i woke up to....We need a King size bed! Halynd was fast awake at 7:15. The first thing she says to me is not, "Good morning, Mama!" No, it's "I wanna p-butter samich and milk." I fixed her a 'samich' just in time for the daycare kiddos to arrive at 7:30. My kids could live off of peanut butter, ranch and milk. Chi woke up at 8. He slept 11 glorious hours, so he woke up very happy. He always goes to the bathroom and then goes into his room to get dressed when he wakes up. I made eggs, toast & hashbrowns for breakfast. Chi act...