It’s amazing how fast the time has went by since I found out I was pregnant with baby #2…. I’m so grateful to God that I have made it through more than half of this pregnancy with no complications. The only thing that I’ve actually been through was the usual: Morning sickness, mood swings, an enormous appetite, etc. so I really have no complaints here oh except for the whole “being pregnant during the summer…..hehehe”…. I realize that alot of women have trouble conceiving so I’ve been trying my best not to complain because it could be alot worse. Everyone is excited to meet her and so is her Little sister Madison. Every day she ask if I’m going to the hospital to push her out.. So Cute right? I’m glad she’s understanding what is going on and I pray to God she doesn’t get too jealous but that she loves her and will help mommy with her. We have also decided on a name as of last night and her name will be drumroll…………………………………….
MERCY NOELLE!!!!!!!!!!!! I picked out Madison’s name which is Madison Wanita so my husband wanted to pick out the new baby’s name. He really loved the name Mercy and I didn’t but as the months went by it kind of grew on me so I told him to pick between Mercy Noelle or Mercy Sophia and I think we both new that it would be Mercy Noelle. I’m praying that the next 10 weeks will go as smoothly as its been going and that she will be as healthy as ever.

~tootles~

Yes, I called her lazy because she is….. If people saw how Madison acted on a daily basis you would think that she would be using the potty by now. But no she likes making messes in her clothes for me to change. If I sound pissed, well, it’s because I am! I’m SO frustrated to the point that I just want to put her on panties and let her sit in it until she got so disgusted with it that she would want to use the potty. Obviously, I won’t do it because I don’t want to have to clean up the mess. This little girl tells me when she’s hungry, thirsty, what movie she wants to watch etc. but can’t say the words I really want to hear… “Mom I need to use the potty”…………. I’ve tried everything I know how to do and its not working. I’ve been consistent with it, I’ve put her in timeout, and all that stuff but nothing is working and I’m at the end of my rope trying to make Ms. Lazy use it on her own or at least tell me that she has to. She’s even gotten to the point if she pees in her bed she makes it up and change her diaper and act like nothing ever happened. Another thing she does that really, really, urkes me is that if she pees on the floor she’ll get something and cover it up and wont say a word. Like really Maddie, If you can do all of that, are you telling me you can’t use the potty???? I’ve disciplined her and I’ve tried to talk to her so she could understand why she needs to go but nothing is working. However, I guess she is set on making my life miserable!!!! Today, I took her Disney Princesses a way (because she loves them and that’s pretty much all she plays with during the day) and I’m hoping that does something if not I will gradually take all the toys out of her room until she makes up in her mind that she’s going to be a big girl.

 

was pretty good:-) As soon as my husband came home he took a short nap while me and Madison started getting dressed because he wanted to take us to the Falcons scrimmage game. The ride to the game was good and we parked in a church parking lot where the shuttles picked everyone up. We got to the stadium and there were literally no seats so me being 7 months pregnant, I began to get irritated because it was already 100 degrees outside but I decided that I wouldn’t let myself get all worked up on our family outing. So, they gave out fans, rosters, and different falcon’s keepsake’s and we bought a pepperoni pizza from papa john’s from one of the vendors and then we had to stand for over an hour to see the game (not happy about that) good thing was it started to thunder so lots of people started to leave and so did we. Hubby met a couple of football players and he was very excited about that. It was really good to do something for a change instead of the same old thing. Sometimes we try to switch things up a bit to keep our marriage exciting and Madison happy.

 Well, the following day we slept in for a while and I had a big bowl of fruit loops and we started to straighten up the house a little bit and around 5 we headed out to take Madison to her Great Grandmothers house for a few hours while we went to a stage play that the marriage ministry at our church was hosting.

I am comfortable with who I am and what I do right now in my life.

Most people think I should be doing whatever they have in mind but what I’m doing is taking care of my family and I’m Happy with that. I’ve had a few emotional moments b/c there have been a few setbacks but overall I’m Happy. I enjoy waking up to my 3 year old Madison every morning (except for the whole potty thing…hehehe) seeing her grow into a beautiful girl. I can proudly say that I taught her ABC’s, how to count to 20, her colors, her name, how old she, her b-day, etc. All of these great things were done by me and she’s known all of these things since age 2 or younger. Being a S.A.H.M I am glad I was able to see all of this first hand and I was able to see her grow up into the beautiful girl she is now. I am expecting another Girl at the end of October 2011 and I plan on doing the same thing with her as well and I’m Happy with that decision.

When I was working I had pretty good jobs… Legal Assistant at a Law Firm and I even went back to school and I got hired on my externship and started working as a Administrative Assistant for the Billing Dept at a Podiatry Office. BUT I gave up up those jobs to focus on my family and I have no regrets. We had some financial setbacks but God has provided and I’m grateful.

I believe there are some women who wish they could stay home with their children but can’t and there are some women who want to be out there working and guess what there is nothing wrong with either one.

It would really aggravate me when people would ask well what are you doing these days and I say “I”m a S.A.H.M”(stay at home mom) people sometimes give good responses and some have something negative to say but guess what it doesn’t bother me either way because I’m Happy being me and where I am in life.

Ladies and Gentlemen, there comes a time in life where we need to just be Happy with where we are, whether its working at a fast food joint, staying home with the family, going to school, not in school, etc. for so long people have always tried to put us in a certain category and they always try to decide what we should be doing and sometimes we do it just to please everyone else. I stopped that a long time ago…. Let’s be Happy with where we are and where God is going to take us. If you’re not in a good place right now and want God to change your situation just pray and ask for guidance and instruction on what he wants you to do. This life isn’t easy and sometimes we get upset because we don’t know what God wants us to do or what we even want to do but all I’m saying is until you find out what that something is…. Live Life Happy and just enjoy it to the fullest!

Everything doesn’t go the way I want it to all the time… Sometimes I even cry, get upset, complain etc. I’m human and those things happen but I brush it off and keep moving and I try my best to please God in whatever I’m doing.

Let’s live a life pleasing to God. Let’s be Happy. Let’s live according to his word. and let’s not let the world dictate what we should do but do what you do and be Happy doing it:-)

I just joined twitter today!