No sleep until...never.

It is now 2 am and my twincesses have decided its time to get up and play. While they're rolling and crawling and walking across the living room giggling at each other, I'm sitting on the couch, exhausted, running on the fumes of last nights 4 hours of sleep. For the past 5 years I haven't gotten a real good nights sleep. I have nights where I get overwhelmed and wonder if and when I will ever get a full night of sleep. Then it hits me.....

For the rest of my life if they're not waking me up for a bottle, to pee, because they lost their homework, because they want a glass of water, because they need a ride home from a party, or whatever reason..... Then I'll be awake worrying about them. I'm never going to get a full night of sleep. Ever. I gave up that when I gave birth to my first child. Would I trade lives with someone who sleeps whenever and however long? No way. I love my life. I have four amazing little loves that make my every day wonderful. Not a day goes by that something doesn't happen, good or bad... There's never a boring moment. Ever. 

I do have nights I'm thankful my mother in law lives so close. She stays and helps the kiddos in bed and helps me out a ton. She helps when I need to take a nap or fall asleep on the couch. But I honestly don't remember the last time I had a nap. A real nap. I think it was when I was pregnant with the girls. 

One day, my kids will all be on their own in their own houses and apartments and with their family, and I doubt I will ever sleep well. I'll think about how they're doing, if they're having a problem, if they need me... I'm a stresser and a worrier. I tend to over think things a lot. But that's what makes me a good mom. I'm paranoid. And love my kids

So now, I'm going to try to get these girls back to sleep and get at least a few hours of sleep myself.

See 'n Store

Baby-BeeHaven sells a variety of items for parents and babies. One of their items is the See 'n Store. This is a cloth organizer and storage unit for a stroller. It fits a variety of different strollers.
The See 'n Store has different compartments to hold different things, and even a place to display an iPad! The display can be down so baby can see and be entertained, or can go up facing towards the parents.
While we did not get to use it on our stroller, as we have a twin side by side stroller and it was too small to fit around the bars, we did use it on a friend's stroller for a few trips out. It held both our cell phones, wallets, bottles and the iPad so they were easy to get to, not in the way and not being tossed off the stroller when bumped into. It's definitely very convenient and helps keep everything within hands reach and kept our kiddos entertained.
I was definitely impressed with the See 'n Store and would suggest it for moms who are always on the go and trying to keep their kiddos entertained without letting them have the iPad to drop on the floor.


You can see more information about the See 'n Store here.
Check out Baby-BeeHaven here.

Baby-BeeHaven sent me a See 'n Store to review. I am not compensated for my reviews, so I do not make money on them. My review is in no way influenced by anything other than my personal opinion.

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Repurposing Changing Tables

I'm always looking for ways to repurpose things we already have. My mother in law gave us this really nice wooden changing table. It's real wood and a great storage shelf. But it was just sitting there taking up space. So instead of leaving it bare and stuffed with clothes the kids can't wear, I found a better use!

It is now a book shelf! It fits a ton of different sized books and the shelf on top is great for my personal books for school and homework. I've also got a few stuffed Raggedy Ann and Hello Kitty dolls on top. 

My grand mother in law retired as a teacher a few years back and her collection of books came home with her. My kiddos acquired quite a few from her and love them. 

Healthier Me, Healthier You

I'm on a health kick lately. I realized how big I was after I had Elijah. Then I started losing the weight... my job was kicking my bum and making me workout - lifting 90+lb bags above my head and throwing them into containers and bending over and walking a ton. As soon as I started to feel better about my self, I found out I was pregnant again, this time with two!

Now it's been almost a  year since the twincesses were born, and I'm motivated to get myself back in gear. I've been walking 2+ miles whenever I can, doing yoga (children's yoga is much more of a workout than adult yoga... they change positions and do crazy things so fast!), eating better, counting calories and being more active (lots more house work!) I'm basically being a mother and losing weight! I've lost 4 lbs already, and gone down 2 inches! Yay for me!

My next goal is to cut out all pop. I was at the point where I was living on caffeine. It was a constant thing for me. 5+ Pepsis a day cannot be good for anyone. While I cannot give up my morning coffee, I can definitely save money and have a healthier me by eliminating the amount of pop I drink. So today is my day 1 of no pop.

What am I drinking to help my journey? Well water... water.. and more water! But water is boring. Very boring. Especially when you drink a ton of it all day every day. And most juices have a ton of sugar and nasty added things. My mother in law introduced my to infused water. It's the greatest thing ever! Not even kidding.. this is my serious face... All it is is plain water with fruit or veggies or herbs added. So far my favorite is watermelon with mint and lemon, lime, cucumber! It's so easy! I just take my water bottle, fill it up at night before bed, add my goodies and leave it in the fridge all night. The next day I have yummy water!



While hanging out on Facespace one day, I happened upon a challenge.. one that I knew I could take and complete (I'm terrible about giving up on things.) The F Word challenged me (along with the rest of their fans) to drink more F Water! What's F Water? It was a challenge to get in at least 64 ounces of water a day. I didn't do so well ont he challenge, but I did up my intake a ton! And my kiddos joined me in the water intake challenge and are doing amazing! I always find them grabbing water bottles from the fridge rather than asking for juice and milk! Yay! I'm still doing amazing on my water intake! I'm also drinking FAVE juices (Review coming soon!) because they're yummy and only 60 calories!

My next challenge is to try flexitarianism (Check out my friend Steph's blog post on flexitarianism). This SHOULD be easy for me! I won't be eliminating meat, just reducing the amount of meat I eat. I'll add more veggie and fruit meals rather than meat. It'll be a nice change, and help in my process to get slim!








I've picked up gardening thanks to my mother in law and we're growing our own veggies! Some are in pots, but a lot are in the ground. She does herbs year round in pots. She brings them in when it's cold and we still have fresh!

Who's up for the challenge of more water, less meat, and a healthier you??!!