Happy 2 Month Birthday Babygirl

As of 8:48 pm our little Hadley Willow will be 2 months. I can not believe it !! I'm not quite sure where these few months have gone but I can tell you they have been the best few months of my life. Being a mommy is the best thing in the world, I can't even express how much I love it. Life as I knew it has changed dramatically but I wouldn't go back for one second ! I can not imagine my life without her !! So much has changed in just a few short months. She is no longer my squishy little newborn, I swear that teeny tiny stage only last like 2 weeks. She is extremely strong, holding her head up like a champ. Not to mention she's almost doubled in size. Hadley was born at 7lbs she's now 12 1/2 !! She's also grown over 2 inches. I've already had to pack away some clothes because she's now wearing 3 month clothing!! It was sad but I love buying her clothes so that helped turn my frown upside down. Smiling & cooing happens all day now & it's soo adorable ! I could stare at that big gummy grin all day long. My absolute favorite thing is how she stares at me ! I'll be holding her & she will just gaze into my eyes with her little fist under her chin. It gets me everytime, I swear I melt into a puddle! She has found her hands and is always sucking on them. Ecspecially when she wants to eat in the middle of the night , I'll hear her slurping them up. Night time feedings are not as often as they were which is exciting. She wakes up twice about 3 to 3 1/2 hours apart. Then after that somedays she will sleep for another few hours!! Lastnight I was up at 1:30, then at 4:30 but then after that we went back to sleep til 9 !! I'll be looking forward to only waking up once or not at all but I don't mind this either. Let's face it even if she was sleeping through the night I would still be waking up the same amount to check on her! She's also recognizing voices now and follows the sound of your voice! I just can't believe how much has changed in 2 months, it's crazy ! She really is a wonderful baby. When she cries it's usually just because she's hungry or needs a diaper change & most of the time she doesn't cry over a dirty diaper. Occasionally she will have a witching hour but rarely ! It use to occur a lot more. For those of you who don't know what a witching hour is (I had no clue) it's a few hours out of the day where your little one will fuss for no reason. For most babies it's later in the day, Hadley's use to be anywhere around 5-8pm. Not that entire time just somewhere in that gap. She does great in the car & in the stroller which makes it easy to do errands! Thank goodness !! Drooling is also a new thing. Especially when she chomping on those hands or some days she's just blowing random bubbles. I just love watching her grow and change. Everyday I find out a little more about her. She's perfect & somedays I still can't believe she's mine. I feel so lucky & blessed. I also feel like I become more & more of a mother everyday & learn new things about myself. Happy 2 months to my daughter, my everything, my heart, my sunshine, my life, my Hadley Willow. 

 

Mommy life

Where do the weeks go?? Last time I posted was Saturday! It does not feel like that many days. Oh man , time slow down ! I use to think my weeks went by fast before but being a mommy they fly by. From morning to night it really feels non stop ! When night time rolls around I'm sitting here like "what did I do today"! All I know is that every day being a mommy is sooo amazing! Lately Hadley smiles & coos so much it seriously melts my heart. It's the best thing to wake up to in the morning. Today I decided to do another DIY project thanks to lurking shops on Instagram! I came across these fabulous handmade felt flower crowns that were sooo cute! The shopaholic in me was screaming "buy one" but the inner crafter said "get out your glue gun, you got this. I went to Joann's and bought the supples to make one & it only costed me $5 verses spending $25-30 !!! I was super proud of that. I'm very excited at the results !! I hand made each flower out of felt ! Thank you Pinterest for your help. Pinterest never fails, when in doubt there will be a pin to help you !! I'm going to post pictures below of miss Hadley rocking her crown !! If anyone is interested I will do a entire post on how to make them, just comment below ! The shopaholic in me didn't stay away for to long because after Joann's I went to Marshall's. Oops! But I must say I scored some awesome high waisted jeans for $20 which was great !! Oh & a super cute crop top! It feels so good to be able to be fashionable again & where whatever I want ! Highwaisted & crop tops were just not working pregnant. Shocking! But there are some people out there that will attempt it! No offense, power to you but I stayed away. Today was also the first time I took a shower while being home alone since having Hadley! Isn't that ridiculous ? I don't know why I thought it was going to be so difficult !! I'm such a stress case haha! She just chilled out in her little bouncy chair in the bathroom, it was perfect ! That bouncy chair is seriously amazing !! I have been using it so much lately because she loves being where her mama is !! She watches my while I do my hair and makeup, it's adorable. Today she hung out in it on the table watching me make her flower crown! I just love hanging out with my little bestie. She seriously is perfect. Well sorry I didn't write for a few days , hope you enjoy ! Below I posted some pictures from through out the week !!! 

Have a fabulous day !!

XO Torie 

Flower crown // it was so much fun making this!! Hand made each flower out of regular sheets of felt ! Such an adorable accessory , can't wait to make more !

Oh & can we talk about her little black denim leggings !! Obsessed !!! Got them on sale at macys for $7 !! 

This bow is my obsession right now !! I purchased it from Ruby Blue Inc! She sells such amazing bows !! Can't wait to get her more!!! I'm thinking leopard next!! 

My Marshall's purchase! It was worth it though !!! Love it! You can't beat an entire outfit for $32 !! I spy little Hadley snoozing away in the carriage !! All you can see is her big gold bow !! Haha

Told you this chair is wonderful. Bouncing Hadley with my foot while folding laundry! Motherhood definitely brings out your inner multitasker! It's pretty amazing the things you learn to do all at the same time or with one hand !

Hadley watching me get ready & our first baby Sierra is always near by ! Love her

 

This turned me into a pile of mush! She was SO excited to see her daddy when he got home from work! AWWW

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Hadleys 2 Month appointment !! OH MY!!

Yesterday was miss Hadley's 2 month appointment ! How did that happen??? I have been dreading that appointment since her last one ! Unlike when I was pregnant and couldn't wait to get to the doctors and be checked out ( the hypocondriac that I am ). This appointment was the start of her vaccines ! Sooo scary !! I literally could not sleep at all the night before thinking about it. I was so paranoid ! What if she gets a fever ? What if she's in pain ? What if she has a bad reaction ? It took everything in my power to stay away from that damn Dr. Google or Dr. Web Md. At her appointment I couldn't believe how much she had grown ! She's now 12 1/2 lbs and about 22 1/2 inches long! My little porkie! I told you previously her bestfriends were left & right boob, I wasn't kidding !! She's in the 84th percentile for her weight !! I feel so blessed we have a healthy, happy growing girl !! As for the shots , I hated watching !! It made me so sad ! No joke , I pretty much cried more than her. I hate feeling so helpless in a situation, I could not wait to just pick her up and hold her close! My hubby and I spent the night cuddled with our little babe and watching over her extra close of course!! Thankfully she wasn't crazy fussy like I was anticipating ! She was pretty much her usual self & slept well ! She still had her same appetite and was up a couple times to feed during the night ! Surprisgly I was able to sleep through my anxiety as well with the occasional glance at her chest to make sure she was breathing ! But that's pretty much a nightly thing for me ! Like I said I'm one paranoid mama! Oh and I also had to keep touching her head to make sure she wasn't getting a fever! I wish I was one of those calm, cool, collective people. I don't know how they do it! Although they probably would say " I don't know how they do it" about a spaz like me! Still the next day I am watching her like a hawk! Oh motherhood :) ! Any who today is July 19th my husbands 26th Birthday ! Happy Birthday love, I hope your first birthday as a daddy is fabulous !! This is our 10th birthday together!! First one was when he was turning just 17 , I made him a personalized picture frame with our first picture we ever took. The picture was taken from a disposable camera & developed at walmart, I don't miss doing that !! We still have that frame & picture. He actually still has every little craft I ever made him & every note I wrote him through high school. I love that he saved it all !! Hopefully one day we can show them to Hadley & she can see how mommy & daddys love story began ! I hope everyone has a wonderful fun filled weekend.

XO
-Torie

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Happy 26th Birthday 

Snuggling with the babe after her shots lastnight!

She loves laying on her boppy pillow! This thing is amazing ! 

This morning being a happy baby! I have no idea how I captured this picture

but I think it's hilarious ! Thumbs up! 

Also if you have any ideas on blog posts you would like to see feel free to comment & let me know !! I have a few recommendations I will be writing about next week !! I would love to keep the posts coming at least every other day! I hope your all enjoying reading as much as I am writing !

Did someone hit fast forward?

As I lay in bed on this rainy day with my little one swinging in her swing next to me all I can think of is time. Where does it go ? How does it go by so fast? Everything seems like it comes and goes in the blink of an eye. Everyone always use to tell me " as you get older time goes by even faster." Ugh I wish they were lying when they told me that ! I'm pretty sure I was just in 8th grade, the year I fell for my husband. He was in 9th & we talked on the phone for hours daily . We would watch tv shows over the phone & laugh for hours! Oh the sweet innocence , no cares in the world. Little did we know the next 13 years were going to flash before our eyes & we were going to be married with a beautiful babygirl ! At that point we didn't even know that by the time we were 16 we would be "boyfriend & girlfriend". I feel like it was yesterday we starting dating, thinking we were soo grown. I worked at an ice cream stand & he would come visit me on his motorcycle. Oh man I thought he was so cool. Let's just hope Hadley is never into a boy on a motorcycle, I know her daddy won't stand for that! We had our break ups here and there and people would say "your young there's other people out there" , "it's just puppy love". Well this was something people were wrong about , no one ever compared to him, it was not puppy love, he is my true love. My soul mate, you can think I'm a cheese ball all you want but we both truly believe there is that one special person in the world for you! We were lucky to find our soulmates so young. So many memories of things that feel like they were yesterday! Highschool, prom, those friends that sadly become strangers, the friends that become closer, vacations, parties, good days, bad days, birthdays, where did it go? Who hit the fast forward button while I wasn't looking? My pregnancy, did it even happen? I look back at pictures from just 7 1/2 weeks ago and feel like it was gone in a flash! My Hadley is 7 1/2 weeks already!!! Almost 2 months ! How? I'm pretty sure it was just yesterday I peed on a stick and got those two fabulous pink lines my husband and I were waiting for! She's growing so quickly! The days just roll into eachother, I want to bottle up the time! As close as I can get to that is taking pictures of all her precious moments ! Hey even the not so precious ! I could remanice all day & sit here shocked about how fast time goes by. But as fast as it goes I am thankful for every single moment. Time is precious, good & bad. Make every moment count, even the ones that don't feel important, they all are.

XO " Hello Hadley "

- Torie   

A little blast from the past,

a glimpse of my husband & I's life

2005
So thankful for one of our child hood friends Kayla for still having this picture.
This was on a double date with her and her now husband Kevin.
Still years later they are two of our bestfriends. So thankful for them.

 

2006

 

2008

 

 

 Summer 2012

 

 

September 29, 2012

 

 

 April 2013

 

 July 5th, 2014

 

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DIY Head Wraps for Mama & Baby

 

Ok so I am super into DIY projects.  I swear now a days you can find out how to do everything on the internet ! Pinterest is amazing, I think many of you will agree with me there. I also figure out how to do a lot on youtube. My latest DIY project has been head wraps for miss Hadley & I. They are definatly my new obsession and my go to hairstyle! I am so excited about them being such a hot trend right now! They are a perfect statement piece or just a quick fix for a bad hair day! I love wearing them with just a simple top knot! It makes me look a little more put together than I actually am while looking fashionable! The days I take more time to get ready, l love wearing them with my hair down & some beachy waves! They are surprisingly super easy!! The last few I made were even easier but my latest ones I decided to make look more professional and use a sewing machine. I have never ever used a sewing machine in my life. Well maybe a few times and that was in my 6th grade home economics class. That basically doesn't even count, I don't remember what I ate for breakfast nevermind remember how to use a sewing machine after 15 or so years! After a trip to Jo Anns fabric with my coupons in hand, I found a fabric that I loved & 50% off! Oh it was also the first time Hadley full blown cried in a store, that was rough. My mom broke out her ancient looking sewing machine & talked me through it ! Luckily I only needed to learn how to do a straight line & I cant even guarantee it came out that straight. But it is a start, right? It was really fun & I felt all domestic propped at a sewing machine. I think I found a new hobby ! Below I listed step by step how to make a head wrap along with some pictures to help explain more ! Feel free to ask any questions !

You will need: 

Stretchy fabric

Scissors

Measuring tape

Sewing machine

Pen

Pins

1. Measure the circumference of your head, times it by 2 & add another 1/2 inch to and inch for sewing! You don't want the exact length or it will be to small once you sew it. ( I know this first hand because the first one I made for Hadley was too little , oops) 

2. Decide what width you would like, I personally like thick head wraps but you can do as thick or thin as you would like ! I did mine 8 1/2 inches. The wrap in the picture below was Hadley's & hers is 4 1/2 inches.

3. Fold the fabric in half, inside out and measure out and mark your length and width. Cut along your measurements. 

4. Now pin along the entire length where you will be sewing. Once all your pins are in place bring it over to the sewing machine and sew a straight line all the way down to the bottom! Now your left with a long tube of fabric , flip right side out! 

5. Fold the the fabric in half with the seam on the outside in the middle, line up your open ends and pin in place. Now sew a line straight down. What your left with is a big circle.

6. Flip the circle so all the seams are on the inside. Twist the middle of the circle once.

7. Twist one more time

8. Tuck the back pieces inside eachother & tada ready to wear !

 

This was another style I made for little miss Hadley.

It started off as a mistake, and turned out to be adorable :)

Nothing like a little improvising!

 

 

The perfect accessory for a casual bad hair day, Oh & I am obsessed with these new shorts from forever 21 ! The ones I ordered at 3am one night when I was feeding Hadley ! I am going to do a post of some of my favorite trends for me & new purchases soon!

 

 

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Sleep Deprived Mama ...

 

 

Sleep deprived mama. A term that has become very familiar to me. Oh what time is it you ask? 1:30 am, yup. Sleep has a whole new meaning to me now a days. It is the holy grail of all things! Since I've had Hadley the total amount of sleep I acquire at a time is about 2-3 hours & then she is ready to feed! By the time I feed her, change her, burp her & put her back down about 30min goes by. Not tonight though, this tiny human wants to show off her lung strength & let me tell you its strong! I slept for an hour & a half & now I've been up for 2, yikes! ...Well luckily the night got better after that and I was able to get a few 2 hour stretches of sleep out of her. Phew! Funny how getting to sleep 2-3 hours at a time becomes a good thing! My doctor asked me at my appointment this past week how often she wanted to eat at night, I pleasantly said every 2-3 hrs sometimes a little more! She replied with " wow atleast your positive about it ". What else am I going to do? It sure beats the waking up every 1/2 hour to 45 min the first few weeks! That you would not hear me say in positive tone! Yes I'm absolutely still sleep deprived but not like that ! That was zombie status ! Those were the nights I was crying with her on the boob cause I was so exhausted ! Or it could of been that my nipples didnt really love feeding a baby right away & felt like they were going to fall off. Who knows.Those were the nights I looked at my husband sleeping like a baby & wanted to throw everything in the bedroom at him. After all he could sleep because he didn't carry the magical potion in his pecks. Don't get me wrong he is wonderful & will help out with anything else he can! Can I just go back a few sentences, who came up with "sleeping like a baby"??? I'm sorry but NO I do not want to sleep like a baby, I am sleeping like a baby right now! I want to sleep like a full blown tired adult. You have to love when people say to new moms "sleep when they sleep" oh sure because my day doesn't go by fast enough that I want to sleep it away. I already feel like my morning to night is only a 4 hour spand! There is not enough time in the day as it is! Even though I am adjusting to this sleep pattern I will be looking forward to the post I write in the future that starts off " oh my goodness she slept through the night "! I can dream right ? Fingers crossed to a better night sleep tonight! 

Have a fabulous day! 

-Torie 

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Pregnancy, A beautiful yet not so beautiful thing..

Pregnancy, a beautiful yet not so beautiful thing. I always had in my head that I would have this super glamorous pregnancy. Dressed to the nines everyday with the perfect baby bump. Well luckily I had a nice bump but I was far from dressed to the nines. I was not that pregnant lady you would be pinning on your "pregnancy fashion" pinterest board. Oh well. There were a few times I made it seem like I was that girl. Snapping pictures of my "outfit of the day" but those outfit pictures were pretty much the only times I looked liked that. Fashion was not my strong point during my pregnancy, actually I am not sure what was. I started out feeling blah & then I got hit with the dreaded morning sickness which was actually all day sickness from 11-16weeks! Whoever came up with the term "morning sickness" and made woman think they would only be sick at the beginning of the day & then prance around like a sparkling unicorn the rest of the day SUCKS. At this point in my pregnancy I made the hard decision to give up my career as a hairstylist. It was my dream, I had a big clientele, was this the right choice? This question drove me nuts, people thought I was nuts for leaving my success behind. I had some clients completely support me while other clients did the opposite. Some were quit rude, you would think I asked them to give me their first born child and all their other valuable possessions. As my pregnancy continued I turned into that crazy pregnant lady, I literally would scan google and think I had every horrific thing that could happen during pregnancy! At this point I could probably be an OBGYN with all the stuff I know. I need both of my hands to count how many ER trips I took, a couple nurses even recognized me, how embarrassing! I am lucky to have an amazing husband & mother who put up with me. One afternoon I was having my daily meeting with the porcelain throne getting sick and having the worst nose bleed of my life. Actually my first nose bleed ever! As I yelled for my husband my inner hypochondriac told me I was going to bleed out and die on my bathroom floor. Picture that scene, nothing but a hot mess, I told you I was far from a glamorous pregnant woman.  But my entire pregnancy was not full of barf & anxiety. There were many beautiful moments. The first time I felt her move, the first time my hubby and I felt her kick, the first time we heard her heartbeat, finding out we were having a girl, seeing her at the ultrasounds. It was all surreal, as blah as I felt it was all still perfect. She was always very active, I would sit for hours and watch her wiggle beneath my skin. I looked forward to taking my weekly bump picture & sending it to my husband while he was at work, super sexy huh. I would do it all again in a heart beat, ok not a heart beat but I will do it again ! Did I make the right decision leaving my dream job, absolutely. Being a hairstylist is my second dream job now & sooner or later I will make my comeback. Right now I am doing my dream job, staying home & being the best mommy I can be to Hadley.

This was one of those times I looked like a put together pregnant woman. Our maternity shoot with our photographer Tara Renaud Photography. She has captured all of our amazing moments, engagement shoot, wedding, maternity & Hadleys newborn session. Enjoy!

Happy Sunday,
Xo

 

I loved what she did with this, top was our engagement session 2 years ago.

Such a beautiful idea. I shed some tears when I saw this one.