More Than A Young Wife & Mom

Did you know that seventy-three percent of car seats are not used or installed correctly?!*

September is Child Passenger Safety Month and in honor, Graco has teamed up with Target to host free Car Seat Check events, as well as Ask the Expert events in cities across Texas. I was so excited when Graco sent us their new Extend2Fit™  3-in-1 Car Seat to review and invited us to our local event to get it properly installed.

Me and Prince C have been loving our Tot Mom group from church. Last week, we went to a local splash pad and did some finger painting. He enjoyed it much more than I had originally thought (after-all, he cried when his sister splashed him in the face the first time.)

This weekend was a special one for Princess A. Her art was featured at the school district's art festival. Back in February it was featured in the County Rodeo, but we never made it downtown to see it. 

Good morning all. I hope that you had a restful night of sleep (unlike me these days.)

This weekend included a mommy and kids day. Princess A cannot wait to see Disney's "Zootopia" which opens up this Friday. I received an email from Disney Debit that included a special event for members. On Saturday, cardholders were invited to an exclusive "Zootopia" event at the Disney Store before it opened as well as 15% off purchases after. Needless to say, a FREE event and it's Disney...I signed up fast.

Has six months really gone by already?! I still cannot believe it - Prince C is SIX MONTHS OLD!

It seems like he is growing so much faster than Princess A did, but then again, he is trying to keep up with her and all her craziness. 

The past three weeks has brought me two sick kids along with a few sick days myself. I can deal with being sick, but it is something about the kids being sick that makes me feel so helpless.

About a week before school let out for Christmas break, I could Princess A was getting sick. She caught RSV about a month old which caused her to have bronchiolitis. She never "grew out of it" and now has asthma that tends to flare up as the weather changes drastically. It just so happened that a cold front came through and I could hear her wheezing. By mid-week she was a mess and we kept her home and started our round-the-clock schedule of nebulizer treatments and fever reducer. 

"J And Tiffany sitting in a tree, 

K-I-S-S-I-N-G,

Our story did not exactly follow that order. We had been engaged twice and called them off because we were so young and could not afford a wedding - or so we thought. We found out that we were expecting in December 2008. I was working full time while being a full time college student that I did not notice my period never came. 

I became a mother at the age of 21 (Princess A), right after graduating from college. We welcomed a second child this summer (Prince C). There have been many highs, lows and in-betweens along this road of motherhood, but I would not want it any different. My children have both built me up and humbled me many times and changed my life forever. Please join me weekly as I get personal about my journal so far, hopes for the future plus other goodies I have to share with you.

In the comments, let me know what stage of parenting are you in - infants, toddlers, preschoolers, preteen, etc!

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