Ben & A Winner

WOW! What a whirlwind the last few days have been!

We are finally home and doing GREAT! Ben was able to come home with us and I am so glad. I couldn't imagine having to leave him at the hospital. He is the best gift I have ever been given.

I am working on all the pictures we took and will do a Welcome Ben post tomorrow with all the details. In the meantime, follow me on Twitter or Instagram to see pictures.

Now for a winner... (Remember you had to follow my blog through GFC to win)

Congrats to Tabitha  @ My Cliffnotes (Also one of my fav blogs. She just got engaged. Check her out!)



Watch for an email Tab so I can send your bag of my favorites.

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

Urban Decay All Nighter Makeup Setting Spray

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I have problems with my makeup looking fresh all day. I attribute this to my skin being oily.

I finally began using this on a regular basis and love it.

You apply all your makeup like normal and then when you are completely finished you hold the bottle 8-10 inches away and spritz your face about 4 times. I usually try to spray the 4 quadrants of my face. I was worried this would smear my makeup or make it splotchy from the drops, but the mist is so fine you can't even tell and my makeup looks PERFECT all day and night. When it says 16 hours you get 16 hours of perfect makeup.

Urban Decay also has an oil control version and a dewy version that I haven't tried, but I am sure work just as great.

Have a Terrific Thursday!!



It's Time

February 23, 2012

That is going to be Ben's birthday.

That is right. I went in today for a check up and my cervix has thinned below 2.8 cm and I am beginning to dilate. Since we are leaving the cerclage in hopes of another pregnancy in the future, my contractions are consistent, and the meds from Monday are not helping it is time for Ben to arrive. Even removing the cerclage and allowing labor to happen naturally would only buy us until Friday, if we are lucky.

So, with all that said...

1. I may be MIA for a day or so, but not to worry I will post as soon as I can. Twitter will probably be the first place you can see pictures of Ben.

2. My 50 Followers Giveaway still ends tomorrow and I will post Friday who won. I am not sure what time I will post, but be watching.

3. I promise to get to any emails ASAP.

4. March Sponsor Spotlights will begin March 4th.

YAY! Greg and I are so excited and nervous. We never thought we would make it to 35 weeks and are so blessed to have a new addition to our family tomorrow. We greatly appreciate all prayers for Ben! We know God has big plans for this little guy!

Almost Here

Well yesterday afternoon I began having very regular contractions and we went to Labor and Delivery. My contractions were 2 minutes apart and becoming strong. Since we are only at 35 weeks Greg and I decided to try and stop them. After 2 shots my heart rate went too high to continue but with time the contractions slowed. Further tests showed I was severely dehydrated. After a few bags of iv fluids my tests were better and the contractions were weaker and further apart. We opted to go home and just wait. I will now go every other day to test my ketone levels and liver/kidney enzymes. They will most likely have to deliver earlier than our anticipated March date since my body can't keep up with both of us.

So today has been spent in bed trying to recover from last night. I had actually planned on posting over Ben's room, but that will wait til I feel better.

Hope each of you had a great day.

Closet Makeover

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My parents came down this weekend and one BIG task we wanted to accomplish while they were here was my closet make over. Greg and I moved into our house in May of 2011. I was living in an apartment and Greg had moved in when we married. Living in a 750 sq ft apartment as a marriend couple with 2 dogs is not advised! I still don't know how we made it 2 months.

Needless to say, we moved fast. The house was ready before we anticipated and my apartment sublet quickly. We literally had 2 weeks to do what we wanted to the house and move. It was a whirlwind. Now we are slowly organizing and rearranging, along with all the other home improvements projects we want to complete.

Our house was built in 1982, but was pretty much redone on the inside. Greg I have done just small minor changes so far. The house has a ton of character and there are few outdated features about it. One of them is the master closets. You will see what I mean in a minute. Our house is full of closets and they are no where close to being full. Our master has two large closets and our master bath has 2 walk in closets. When we moved my clothes were pretty much just thrown in the closets and it has been on the bottom of my "To Do" list even though it drives me crazy not having my clothes organized. I used to hate trying to find something to wear because clothes were everywhere between the two closets and my dresser.

So here we go! NO JUDGING!!

Here is the before picture. (I had just woken up from a nap and we got started before I snapped all my before pictures.)

 Here is the closet in the bedroom. It has two sliding mirrored doors. (plans to replace these do exist)That is hubby in the bottom of the closet installing my shoe racks.

 All my shoes were just thrown in the bottom of my closet. See them in this pile here? That is what it looked like inside.



This is my closet in the master bath. I never really utilized this closet, it was just overflow and all my purses, which I rarely used due to the lack of organization.

Then came the time to got through all my clothes. I have 3 shelves on the inside of the closet in the bedroom that were packed full of clothes not hung up or organized, as well as 6 drawers. Here is what it looked like while we were going through everything.

I realized I have a lot of clothes, shoes, and purses. I also realized I have a lot of clothes that still have tags on them! I was good and gave away 4 bags of clothes, 1 bag of shoes, and 1 bag of purses. Thanks to Momma for letting me sit back and just say "keep" or "get rid of"!!

Then came time to put everything back in the closets. I like my clothes ordered light to dark, sleeveless to long sleeve. I put all my tops in the bedroom closet.

Greg installed racks at the bottom for my shoes.

Wedges on top, flats in the middle, and heels on he floor.

Boots on the side.

In the bathroom closet went jackets and dresses on top and skirts, dress pants, and jeans on the bottom. Greg installed hooks for my purses and accessories.

I can actually walk in to the closet and find exactly what I am looking for.

In my drawers went tshirts, tanks, shorts, swimsuits. On the shelves in the bedroom closet went all my lounge wear and sweatshirts.

I feel like I went shopping and have all these new clothes!! Now to be able to button my pants again!

Have a Marvelous Monday!