Remember when?

I just found this video I made a few years ago...

and it made me want to cry!

Do you Remember when your baby did this?

Do you remember when they started babbling?

Do you remember their first steps?

Do you remember the exact moment they said their first word?

We'll I cant, and I know why...

I was too busy saying "I cant wait for you to WALK"

"I cant wait for you to TALK"

"I cant wait for you to ENTERTAIN YOUR SELF"

"I cant wait for you to SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT"

and NOW I regret doing it the way I did

I regret not watching him sleep for hours on end, I should have laid there and watched him instead of cleaning the house

I should of held him longer instead of putting him in his bouncy because now he is "too busy" to let me hold him.

It wasnt until he was older I realized I should have held on tight to the moment.

I wish that I would have known that this will go by SO FAST and I cant get any of it back.

My new goal:

Cherish the new MOMENTS we have 

let him play and be a BOY without worrying how dirty he gets

Hold him longer (when he lets me)

Play toys on the floor with him for as long as he needs

read him book after book after book without worrying about the dishes

stop staying "I cant wait"

is anyone with me?

Giveaway oops!

Attention everyone who has entered the giveaway, during the blogger "outage" we may have lost a few comments, please go back and make sure your comments are still there. I would hate for anyone to not win who have though they entered!!

Giveaway Continued!!

Yep, I am extending the Floradornments giveaway because as you all know blogger was down,

You all now have until Sunday night 5/15/11 at 10pm MST!!!

Go Enter here

Good luck!

Spring time FUN!

Its Finally getting Warm...

So, I made Noah some side walk chalk PAINT!

All you need is:

1Tbl Corn Starch

1/2 cup water 

and food coloring (go easy on the coloring,so it doesn't satin your sidewalks!)

and PAINT away!

 

 

Okay, I totally had to paint too!!

and guess what? It washes right away!!

Happy Warm Weather everyone!

Me? an Award? Really?!?!

Today I received an award and I am stoked!

I am extremely honored!

The rules of accepting the award are as follows:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to them.

Thank you, Whitney Ulrich. This totally made my day, week, month and year! I just love you!!
I found Ty and Whit's blog a while back after Whit became my follower, she has been an awesome support and has offered kind words on multiple occasions when I thought I would just give up the whole blogging thing. I am grateful that she and I have crossed paths, I want to so hang out with her and be her BFF!!!
Her blog is so cute, so is her little man and not to mention she is SUPER cute also!!
go check her out HERE

 

2. Tell 7 things about yourself.

This is always difficult for me, I hate talking about myself!

1.  I love being a stay at home mom, when I first had Noah I wasn't sure if staying home would be the thing for me, but as I have grown through motherhood, I have realized there is no more important work than being with your children and I am extraordinarily grateful that I have the opportunity to stay home with him and teach him, there is nothing better!

2. I hate doing dishes and laundry, I think every mom/woman feels this way. But, I think I despise it the most! ;-)

3. I recently discovered my love for crafting/creating. Growing up my mom was always sewing and quilting and I SWORE I would never be anything like that! I couldnt even sew a straight line! But one day I worked on a quite book and realized how much I love it, That little old me can create something all by myself, I was hooked from there!!!

4. I had 10 children in my family, YEP, I said 10! Thats 6 brothers and 3 sisters and that makes 10 including me!!

5. Noah is my little 2 year old boy and I got his name from none other than, THE NOTEBOOK! I watched The Notebook when I was about 17 and swore my first boy would be a Noah!!!

6.  If I could stay in my pajamas all day I so would!!!

7.  I knew that my husband and I were going to be together forever, the night we met. It sounds stupid and cliche but I was comfortable with him and had never felt that way about anyone. It kind of was love at first sight!

3.  Pay it forward and award the Versatile Blogger to 15 recently discovered new bloggers.

Here are some awesome blogs that I have found recently...some a few days ago and some a few months ago

                                                       Ash and Roz @ Trulie Scrumptious
These girls are the cutest, They found me actually from the UBP and I am grateful cause they are sooo cute!!


                                                              Ashley@ The Shine Project

She is SO cute, VERY inspirational, and has an amazing cause. Please go check her out!!

Jackie@ A Hen and Her Chicks

This is a real life friend of mine and she has a great blog with her mom and sisters and they have amazing ideas!! Check them out for sure!!


Kellie @ Another Day Stronger

This momma lost her sweet baby girl to SIDS, I Cant imagine that type of loss. But she is very strong,and is an inspiration to many. 

Abby @ My Yellow Sandbox
I absolutely love this girl! She is doing a 30 day hair challenge and I love to follow along!!

Laura & others @ Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
Love it! Great ideas!


Michell@ Girl in Air

Oh my gosh! This lady is pure genius! She has amazing ideas, and Its plain and simple, I LOVE HER


Elise@ Elise's pieces

This girl is to darn cute and I love just sitting here reading her blog, she makes me happy!

Lauren@ Busy Bee Lauren

Oh dear, this girlie is soooo fun, She shows off her outfits and most of them are vintage and thrifted and they rock! I wish I could have such cute outfits!


Ashley @ Divorced at 20
She is very inspiring, very tough story but its good she shares that life isnt all apple pie and birds chirping all the time

Dawn @Just Married with Coupons

I am absolutley in love with coupons lately and this blog helps me find great deals, I Love all the help I can get!

Kristan@ Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

This is one of my FAV cooking blogs,I LOVE LOVE LOVE her recipes, they make me happy!

Delia @ Delia Creates

This amazing lady has tutorials, projects, recipes, EVERYTHING. She is perfection in my eyes!

Heather@ Floradornments

Yes, I am on her blog because I am hosting a giveaway for her. HERE And Yes, I think she is amazing and does amazing work! She is just plain amazing. Check her out for sure!!

Michelle @ Delicate Construction

I love this blog because I get some great Ideas and projects for Noah to do!

Thanks everyone for checking out my favorite new blogs, please go over and see each of these ladies. SHOW SOME SUPPORT!!!!

And a BIG Thanks to Whitney! You rock!!!

NEW SPONSOR and a GIVEAWAY!!!

Today I am pleased to introduce to you my NEWEST SPONSOR:

Floradornments is an etsy shop that totally and completely rocks!

I am in so much love with all her super cute items!!!

Take a look at her stuff:

I want it all, especially that necklace!

So, I contacted Heather over at Floradornments and she made me my own custom made Floradornment for my hair, 

and I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!

Take a look:

(you can see it in the back of my hair HERE)

and look how she sends them:

  SO CUTE, right!

She sends it in a floral box!!!

This lady is so darn creative and makes the best high quality stuff Ive seen around!!

And guess what?!??!!

 Heather over at Floradornments is graciously giving away a FREE floradorment!!

You can pick anything from her shop up to 35 dollars!! 

OR you can even have one custom made for you!!!

Giveaway entries: Leave a comment for each entry please!

1. MANDATORY: must be a follower of my blog!

2.MANDATORY: Must be a follower of floradornments!

3. head on over to Floradornment's esty shop and tell me what you would pick if you won!

4. Like Chasing Noah and floradornments on FB

5. FB, Blog or tweet this giveaway!

YOU ALL HAVE LOTS OF WAYS TO ENTER!!!

Giveaway ends Friday May 13th at 10pm MST

GOOD LUCK!

Just one of them days...

Today has been just one of them days,

you know where your house is a mess

your toddler is sick and VERY cranky

you don't feel like cooking

laundry is everywhere

and all you can find that will make it better is this....

That's right, cherry chocolate Schwan's ice cream with my mom's homemade hot fudge sauce!

This stuff will fix any bad day!

now if only it were to do my laundry!!!!