Valentine’s Day and all things mushy

So it seems fitting for today of all days to do a recap on my marriage. My husband and I met at a local youth group when we were 14 and 16 years old. We had dated for a few months then decided to just be friends. We did actually stay friends and went on several double dates together with other bf\gf’s. Then as time went by and a few “dates” by ourselves but nothing serious ever came about just many awkward first date scenarios. In 2013 I was 17 and graduating high school and he was 19 and joined the army we were still close friends. While he was at basic training we wrote letters, songs and shared a few short phone calls while he was gone but the future for when he got home was still up in the air. The day he got home he called me so excited to be back and asked me to meet up for breakfast and to catch up while running a few errands together. I met him that next day and just knew, I think he did too. He told me that same day that one day he would “wife me” and sure enough he was right. We went on several other dates most of which ended in me running up the stairs to be home before curfew.  We spent every single day together and everyday was like a new adventure  with my best friend by my side. He was funny, supportive, cute and I always just felt like he understood me. We clicked in a way that it feel like he was the home my heart had been searching for. Well dates turned into months and months turned into a proposal, we got married that June. I was 18 and newly pregnant when we got married so our start was unplanned, rough and fast paced. But I never felt like our son was the reason we got married just the reason we did it sooner than originally planned. Our date nights and fun adventures quickly turned into a party of three and it was the biggest blessing a surprise could have ever become. Since then we have gone through 2 more births, 2 moves, 1 year long deployment and many more lows and highs that don’t need to be mentioned. But we did it and have almost 5 years of marriage down. I know, I know, that’s not a very long amount of time compared to some others. But we’ve gone through a lot in our first years of marriage and I think it now gives us the certainty that we know how to bend without breaking. We have hard our fair share of hardships some where we both pushed through together and some when one person does a majority of the work while the other heals...... Its not always been a easy ride but it’s always been worth it and made us stronger along the way.  Is our marriage perfect now because of that? heckkkkkk nooooo sometimes that man drives me so crazy I can’t wait for him to go to work. He can be loud, sloppy, rude, dramatic, too into his phone, selfish and many more things. But if you only focus on the bad in someone that’s all you’ll ever see. But looking on the positive of it, he’s a great dad to our three babies and is so good about doing specific things for each specific child and their needs. He is always very calm, the peace and reassurance to my ever anxious and running mind. He has a very good sense of reading me and it’s comforting to have someone who can sense when your struggling without you having to bring it up. I have really bad anxiety so having someone that can talk me down and keep me anchored is literally the biggest blessing in a husband I could ask for. It’s a daily chore for him sometimes so honestly and I’m thankful for it everyday. He also loves me in my many forms, painting, dancing, blogging, raising kids, chickens, thin or heavier. No matter what I do I feel like I always have someone cheering me on and is shockingly always impressed by me. His personality is silly in the way that he can be very serious yet make me laugh all day long over simple every day things. My point is I could go on and on about what drives me nuts about him and if I dwelled on that daily I’m sure I could grow unhappy in my marriage very quickly. But when you read the kindness and the love and focus on that, everything changes. Cause the truth is you don’t need the perfect husband, you need a husband that loves you and is trying. Someone that’s always ready to learn more about you as you grow and change together. In my husband I have found many of the opposites to my qualities and quirks but it evens me out perfectly. My heart yearned for a place to be loved and feel at home. Somewhere I could be myself, without judgment or explanation. A place filled with support and friendship that would build me up. Somewhere cozy and comfortable like exhausting a deep breath. That’s what I found in my husband, my forever valentine for today and all my days. I love you to the moon and back 

B signing out to cover my valentine in kisses.
Thanks for reading

The Antique Window

So this is a post little different from the normal parenting struggles and more about my project of the day. Our house is very rustic farm house themed and my favorite pass time while my husband is at work is to slip in new decor pieces and see how long it takes him to notice. So today I took a break from my incredibly crazy week and craft a project. So let me just say I wanted an antique window for our house basically ever since we moved in. But I wanted one that the holes were small enough to hold pictures of the kids. Ive searched for months and months at yard sales, antique stores and many craft sales. I have never found what I was picturing in my head... I decided to start asking family to see if they could start keeping an eye out for me. None of them found anything while out and about but luckily my Granny very kindly found a beautiful antique window in her she shed. It was so beautiful and perfect and exactly what I had been searching for. She gave it to me and I was so overjoyed I thought I would finish it immediately but once I finally had what I had been searching for I was so lost as to what should go on it or in it. It took me months to find the perfect pictures a paper to match my vision. But I finally decided on these pictures we had gotten done professionally of the kids but switched them all to black and white to give it a more rustic vibe.

Then went on to find the perfect paper and found this beautiful wood patterned paper with flowers or lace on it. So I measured all the paper I wanted to fit in the window frames and laid everything out in the design I liked best.

After that my cheap butt started taping each little piece of paper and picture in its spot. it took foreverrrrrrr.

But it was so worth it! It came out better than I ever imagined and fits over our couch perfectly. I keep walking in our living room just to stare at it like a crazy person. I know to many people out there this is not an exciting thing but to me it was the highlight of my stressful week. so hope you guys love it as much as I do but here's my finished project!!

This is B signing out to go stare at my window again.

Toddler hair style

So my daughter is 2 years old (almost 3) and has beautiful long blonde hair. Its kinda wavy and curly so I decided to try and style it over night with pillow curlers. For anyone who doesn't know what those are they are basically like regular curlers but a lot thinner and soft and squishy instead of hard metal or plaster. They have a tiny little wire down the middle to twist and hold everything together while sleeping. These are the type we had bought and used

I had originally bought these for myself but after my short hair turned into an Annie looking style I decided they weren't for me. haha My daughter had kept grabbing them out of my drawer and asking what they were and if I would put them in her hair so last night I did. I took her straight from the bath sprayed in some leave in conditioner for kids and got to rolling. I parted her hair in largish triangle sections and actually ended up using all 14 curlers on her. She loved every single minute of it and kept going on and on about how "fabulous" she looked. When all was finished I sprayed on some hair spray and let her play a few minutes before bed. As you can see it turned out soooo cute wrapped.

Luckily when she woke up most of her hair was in one piece and only one curler had fallen out while she was sleeping. Its the little things that feel like large accomplishments. We went to the bathroom and started unrolling the curlers it was surprisingly a very quick experience. I kept asking her if it was hurting cause I was worried I was tugging on her hair but she kept saying it didn't hurt. After all was unrolled it looked like a GIANT Annie afro my daughter started crying going "Mommy this is not right! This is not fabulous" I was trying so hard not to laugh.

So I took my water mister and gently wet they curls so they would loosen little and they turned out perfect! I pinned up the top part added some hairspary and her favorite unicorn bow and we were in business. She was so over joyed and loved it! she told everyone was saw all day how curly and fabulous her hair was. The end product turned out beautiful and was super fast to do. Probably 10 minutes of curling before bed and 5 minutes to unroll and style. It gave her a very cute and pretty look that was soooo easy! Here is her "fabulous" finished hairstyle and honestly the picture still doesn't do it justice of how pretty the curls were.

This is B signing out thanks for reading.