The Weather Outside Is Not So Delightful

Really it's not!!!! My kids were out last Monday for Presidents Day with the week following with Snow Days. They were out today and tomorrow as well.  We had to reschedules Brayden's birthday party. At the rate it's going he may not have the rescheduled one but when is the maddening going to end.  

Brayden's birthday was Last Friday and we had a very eventful day.  I got my Erin Conden life planner which I will post about later. My baby boy turned six, insert sad face. However we were still stuck inside. Talk about cabin fever. Finally this weekend it got rainy, didn't melt the snow but slushed it up and a friend came and plowed the slush. But the one thing on Brayden's birthday I couldn't quit thinking about is how it is one more month until spring.  I have been counting down the days. 

Now tho, I am off to bed. Good Night 

Y'all. 

 Come back soon to read about my Erin Condren life planner. 

Insomnia Take 1

It seems on mornings that I need to be up moving around at the butt crack of dawn that my mind doesn't shut off for me to go to sleep. Yes there has been a lot of excitement today going on. As previously post a close friend of the family's grandfather passed away. In which he might as well be our family. That's why the next statement may make it seem that way. My little sister as I call her is up for her grandpas funeral tomorrow. I gotta get me two kids ready in time to run to walmart and the florist and be to funeral visitation by 11 am. Needless to say my house is where everyone mingles because I have kids and that's just easier. Therefor Julie and Linley have crashed on my couch which has made it exciting for Ry bc she loves and misses her Julie. But with all and all today has Ben good. Now it's time to shove brayden on top of Ken daddy and this momma to get some sleep. 

The World Lost A Great Man

Today has been overcome with sadness. My neighbor Mark, whom is 6 months older than me and we grew up together, lost his grandpa. Whom he had been taking care of for the last 6 years. Mark took care of him to avoid putting him in a nursing facility. He had Alzheimer's and his mid was deterioating. Mark left this morning to run and get lunch and came back and his grandpa had passed. Mark is ok right now but is heartbroken. Vernon took care of mark. Vernon raised Mark. Those that believe in prayer please pray for this family as he was a great man. Pray for Mark even tho you don't know him to help ease his pain and understanding to help him make it thru the funeral. 

Now it's time to head to bed. 

Night y'all !!!!

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Get them while they last.....

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Endless Xpressions

Endless expressions is a company I started selling for to make extra cash while I am in school. 

Let me tell ya they have some really cute stuff from leggings (clothing) to wallets for men and woman. 

Check the pic out below ....

Check out this wallet that I will be getting soon....

Want to place an order please do go to 

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Snow Days

That's right we are under a snow storm right now.  Technically the snow has stopped for the most part. But we have accumulated a lot of snow. UGH! Who else hates snow? I know this girl does. I keep thinking as of tomorrow we will be exactly one month away from St. Patricks Day.  Meaning we are three days from the first day of spring. I absolutely can not wait to be able to sweat my butt off during the summer months.  I absolutely love summer not only because of warmth but the days last so long. Meaning I will get out of school at 4 and still have almost 5 hours of light!

So what have we done today for our snow day. NOTHING!  Well unless you consider studying anatomy, trying to clean as much as possible, on top of laundry, let Ryleigh outside for a few so she could play.  Needless to say that didn't last long, the wind got up and I made her come in. We got a text that they already let school out for tomorrow! Well, my kids school. We still haven't been updated to whether or not we are out of hair school tomorrow! I'm sure hoping so.  Considering my boyfriend whom is from Chicago and is use to weather like this, made it about 15 minutes from home and decided to turn around and come home because the interstate of all places was horrible. The interstate actually up by his work was shut down for a while because they had a 15 car pile up.  That's the other reason why this weather sucks!

As of right now, going to get off the computer finish up the laundry try to anyways. I actually took trash out and checked on our cat. I thought I would be smooth and step onto our door rug that was a ways away. Well I ended up slipping on the metal door frame and believe I tore a muscle in my lower back. Its' throbbing right now!

Once my phone charges, I will upload photos of all the snow! :)

That's how deep it is.. 

Fact #5

Tonight I will end the pregnancy facts because I am running out of things I remember. Sad right? I had pregnancy brain bad with Brayden. 

But....

The one thing I'll never forget, during pregnancy lost 72 lbs and lost 28 lbs after and during my 6 weeks of recovery. 

That's right you read that correctly. Instead of gaining Weight I lost it. A lot of weight lost for a pregnant woman but over all I was happy. A lot of it was stress but the main reason is my thyroid became more active when pregnant and it caused me to lose weight. 

Do you have any weird pregnancy facts you have gone threw? 

Just a FYI

Not sure if I mentioned it already but Ken's mom, dad, sister Crystal, and niece Aliya came down to visit. I've been up a lot earlier than wanted to be . Mainly to go get Girl Scout cookie. Fun? Well of course we have had fun today. But due to plum exhaustion I will continue the pregnancy updates. 

Y'all come back ya hear!! 

Valentine's Day!!!

What better time than after one in the morning on Valentine's Day make a post about my Valentine. 

•The handsome fella with me in this picture will be the one and only Ken, my Valentine. We've only been together for 3 years and 3 months but we have celebrated 4 Valentine's Day together. 

In those 4 Valentine's to be quite honest we've never been the mushy gushy send me roses and candy type people. Mainly because our whole relationship I've been a stay at home mom and money has been tight.  The first year he worked and I forgave him, the second year he bought me a rose and gave me one of the kids valentine cards. (Yes he's one of those guys hates spending money on any type of cards.) Last year he took me out to eat because we got a sitter. This year we planned on doing something but out of no where, kind of last minute thing his sister Crystal, niece Aliya, mom Carol, and dad George decided again last minute, Out of a whim, let me do this before I change my mind type thing, decided to come and visit. Which is absolutely great because usually we go up there and it's usually except this year once a year. 

But back to Valentine's, we got our income tax return a few weeks ago. We had done stated at Christmas we'd wait until then to get our Christmas and we did. My Christmas was my Miss Me Jeans. However, for Valentine's he spoiled me. No roses which is fine. I won't be at school so why send them.  

But here is my list to include my Valentine's presents:

•CHI flat iron

• Camo Purse

•Nike Shoes ( only because bub needed new shoes doe school and they had a bit one get one half off clearance. Got two pairs of Nikes for $64 which is good becaue my original price was $98 and Braydens was $59.) 

•my nails done

• New Shirt

Out of all of it I loved them all but my next gift I love the most. 

At WalMart tonight, Ken and I bought each other a card. Remember above he hates buying cards. But he did it because he knew it would make me happy.  We turn them around so we couldn't see each others. When we got home I filled mine out shortly after filling it out I gave it to Ken. I thought, OK maybe he is going to wait until tomorrow. Was I wrong? Yep I was wrong, because when I was getting the kids to bed he filled his card to me out and had it on my pillow. This is the reason why I love this man. The simplicity of the words means a lot because that's how he feels. 

•my pretty nails set and my card. 

• he even wrote more. 

I love you Kenneth Robert. 

Happy Valentine's Everyone. 

Y'all come back ya hear???!!!

Now off to bed, 8 comes early when ya have to get up and go get Girl Scout cookies.   

My Decision to Stay...

In cosmetology school that is. Don't worry Ken and I are still happily in love. Go check out how he done Valentine's this year. 

Back to Cosmetology: 

I had it made in my mind I was quitting, even wrote the termination letter.  Last Friday, Ryleigh woke up sick. I was exhausted from the crazy week of BasketBall Practice on Tuesday, Dance for two hours on Wednesday, Girl Scouts on Thursday and BasketBall practice again. I was extremely overwhelmed with that and some health issues going on. I seriously this past weekend had a nervous breakdown. However,   I went into the school today to get my stuff. Needless to say the man that owns the plans said that once I terminated that I couldn't take my kit that I believe has been paid for, but since it's done in increments of payments through fafsa. I was told that I may end up owing the school money.  I decided to just stay. I will return Tuesday but thought to see if they would just let me take my leave so it doesn't mess with my attendance. Then again decided not to hopefully due to the fact later on I may need a leave. I think in the long wrong that this was a way of God saying Diedra stick it out. Don't give up. Let go and let me take control. That something I need to learn to do more often. 

Anyways I know and feel deep down in my heart this is a career I have always wanted to do therefor Im gonna tough it up and finish. Let's hope there is extra hours available to bring these days and hours back up. Mainly because I was determined I was terminating. 

All I can say is Lord be by my side and guide me through this schooling. So I can focus on it and my kids are easy to get ready in the mornings. 

As the year progresses I will keep you updated. 

Y'all come back ya hear! 

Any topics you'd like to ready about?  

Fact # 4

Pregnancy:

During my pregnancy I changed his name six hundred thousand times. Maybe over exaggerating but it seemed like it. I loved the name Brayden. His whatever you call him wanted him named after him. That was a no go. I wanted to name him Brayden William (William being after my dad). However, my dad has a grandson that is named after him and his other grandpa. My dad only had one brother who passed when Ry was barely two years old. My dad asked if I'd give him the name Charles and I did Charles Brayden Ellis (he has two middle names). 

Age 3-4:

this is a tough age to remember even though wasn't long ago. We moved in with Ken the July after he turned 3. We had no cable but had Internet. This is when Brayden really got into Power Rangers, which is again what his third birthday party was. Netflix is all we had at the time being. Therefor somehow my son got really into YO GABBA GABBA. That is what his fourth birthday was.  This was the year Brayden started showing a lot more of his personality.  He's extremely rambunctious and laid back at the same time. He starts showing signs of a certain type of Autism but has never been diagnosed. He showed signs of OCD with his "men-men"*. This is where he really got intrigued with having lots of men-men.  

Pretty much over the years Brayden hasn't changed all touch besides growing like a weed. stay tuned for more updates. It's beginning to get hard on pregnancy updates because I had such an easy pregnancy. Come back because I do have a surprise about the pregnancy with Brayden that seems to blow a lot of folks mind. 

*men-men: this is a definition that has been made up by none other than my son himself. It simple means action figures. Any kind? It can also mean spider man. Iron man, batman. Or a simple cheap dollar tree toy. 

Fact # 3

Pregnancy: 

• I craved salads with Hidden Valley Ranch dressing in the beginning. Toward the end of pregnancy craved McDonalds chicken nuggets. The day that I had him all I wanted was a plain double cheeseburger from McDonalds. 

Age 2-3:

During this time he got really into toys story. Needless to say for Christmas he got Woody, Jessie, and Buzz. When he was 2 years and 7 months is when Ken came into the picture. The day he met the kids was a day that Ken and brayden grew a special bond. Because he was a positive male role model. His third birthday was a when he started getting into power rangers. :) 

Facts # 2

I guess in case you are just jumping on board, I should update you so ya aren't lost. My son turns six in just 9 days therefor I am hoping to take a trip down memory lane and remember facts about my pregnancy. Along with Brayden's first 5 years of life. 

I have actually gotten sick again. This time hoping it's not strep throat because my throat had hurt so bad today it felt as if a knife was cutting through it. 

Now on down memory lane. 

Pregnancy Fact # 2: 

• Brayden was a planned c-section. My first pregnancy resulted in an emergency c-section. Therefor my OB felt it was best that Brayden be a planned birth. My due was Feb 28th, 2009. He was born Feb 20th, 2009. 

1st Year-2years of life:

•He was 14 months old when started walking. 

• He didn't like the binki but he finally was fully broke from the bottle at 15 months. 

• Very rambunctious boy. 

• my dad nicknamed him "titty baby"! He was and still is a momma's boy

Stay tuned this week and next to find out more things about my baby boy turning 6. 

Sleeping With Your Partner

First off I am on a role tonight. I have had the privledge of having some awesome topics tonight. 

Second off reroute your mind out of the gutter. I know what the title sounds like but it isn't what you dirty little minds think. 

Now on to the topic of Sleeping With Your Partner. 

The list of frustrations when sleeping with my partner. 

(Come on you fell back into the gutter.)

Frustration # 1.  

• There is an absolute reason why we have a queen size bed. Not only because  he had it before we moved in together. But it's a decent size bed. We have our own sides. My side and his side. However after living together since 6 months in to our relationship. You'd think by now he would stay on his side. Don't get me wrong we all love to sprawl out. But every night, geez I might as well go for the couch. 

Frustration # 2. 

•I love my man with a burning deep down in my soul fiery passion. But if I have to remove his knee out of my ass one more time. He may need knee replacement. 

Frustration # 3

• Although to be wintery months we've had awkwardly awesome weather. Except again it's winter so we have some really cold nights.  Yes we share a cover. Yes it's clear to me that it's freezing cold most nights during the winter months.  Just because your like a lot of men I know and strip down to boxer briefs. Doesn't mean on them extremely blistering cold nights where not even the heater is keeping up does it give you the right to burrito roll your ass up with let me say this right OUR cover. I have a tshirt and pants on. Im still cold being clothed, I can only imagine how you must feel. But give me my cover back and get some clothes on boy before ya get pneumonia. 

Well that's all of the frustrations of Sleeping With Your Partner.

Y'all come back ya hear. Im sure that three frustrations of Sleeping With Your Partner will get bigger over the months and years. 

Goodnight y'all. 

My Countdown Begin Facts

Remember my previous blog that for ten days I will let ya know interesting facts about my pregnancy with the soon to be six year old momma's boy. 

Pregnancy Facts: 

1. My pregnancy with Brayden was nonetheless a breeze. I never had morning sickness but maybe a few times and that was more so toward the end of my pregnancy.  Nothing like My pregnancy with Ryleigh, even tho for the most part with her I had an easy pregnancy until my last three weeks. 

Brayden ( 1 week- 1 year):

 A little background with Ryleigh's first year to help explain and compare Brayden's.  I had post Partum after Ryleigh that eventually turned into post partum Blues. I was miserable. But I also had a lot of help and support from my parents. Being sick and a new mom, during the day my mother worked and I took care of Ryleigh and then my mom got up with Ryleigh at night. All I wanted to do was sleep. 

Now on to Brayden, when I had Brayden. Bless my Mommas  heart she said to me, "Diedra, I am to old for this and you are on your own with this one!!" 

 Granted for the most part at night I was by myself but I did still have help. Remember with boys they have penis' and when changing you must push them down. I learned that just slapping a diaper on a boy that his private goes every which way leaving more room for him to pee out the side of the diaper.  Brayden, though he paid me back for not getting up with Ryleigh in the middle of the night. This child was up every hour on the hour wanting to eat. It got so bad that when my mom got home from work in the afternoon, she tell me to lay down for an hour or so depending on when she got home. Then around six or so I would get up and feed both kids. Get both kids bathed and ready for bed. The blessing there though was after Ryleigh got bathed. She would come lay down with me so I could get her to sleep. But my mom would get Brayden asleep and watch him until she went to bed. Usually I got to sleep from 8 pm to 10 or 11 pm. Some nights longer because she would lay Brayden in his bassinet and he'd sleep until he got up. Finally after he was 4 weeks old the doctor suggested rice cereal because he was giving everyone a run for their money. ( He still does keep coming back to find out more!) pretty much after we got him good on feelings and sleeping, here came teeth. Good God Almighty he was a horrible teether. He teethed from 4 months until he cut his first tooth at 7 months. Finally after that first tooth and some insight from the doctor the rest of his teeth were a breeze. They came in left and right. 

Note for new mothers:  Never forget to move their private downward. That is something I always remind new mothers of boys. But with any sex child, meaning boy or girl, they all teeth. Brayden had a difficult time because I was always taught to use Orgel [spelling wrong I know] but finally after almost 3 months of hardcore teething. I mean long day and nights of pure baby hell because he was in pain. The doctor told me to stop using the topical (on the gum) orgel because it hardens the guns causing it to actually be more painful. Your like me wandering how? Because the tooth is trying to cut and although the orgel numbs the pain for a little while. It hardens the gum making it harder to come thru. Also invest in a vibrating teether. Within 2 days no orgel and the vibrating teether his tooth came thru. 

Asking yourself, what did she use for numbing? 

1. Teething tablets. Yes, I know they now are suppose to be linked to kids having seizures and what not. But seriously if it was that bad do you think they'd still be on the shelves. We mainly used them at night after his night time bottle to help him fall asleep. 

2. On very rough nights where nothing was helping. Go way back in the day where orgel and teething tablets were unheard of. Back in the day mothers and fathers put whiskey on their finger tip and rub the gums. I promise you won't get your child drunk. 

3. Of course Tylenol or Ibuprofen. 

Ending the first year of life: 

Overall Brayden first year wasn't to bad. He crawled at eight months, sat up at six months by himself, he wasn't a binky baby. He liked his bottle tho. Come back later to see how long it took to break him from the bottle. 

Probably wandering......

Most kids walk by age one. How old was Brayden when he walked? 

Come back tomorrow to find out. :)

Goodnight my loves. 

Countdown begins....

In exactly ten days my little boy shown in the collage above whom weighed 6lbs 11oz at birth  and barely a week old in the above pictures, will be turning six years old.  Something fun today each day I will write a short to long blog on facts about my pregnancy and him Brayden transitioning from a baby to a little boy. 

Stay alert on upcoming blog post to see what kind of little boy I am raising. 

 

Life Happens

Excuse the fact that I haven't posted anything lately. A lot has been going on, which all in all life happens.  Don't get me wrong I LOVE DOING HAIR! It's a passion and a dream of mine to be a hair dresser.  With that being said as of right now, I will be with drawing myself out of cosmetology school.  I have been extremely overwhelmed lately with everything that goes on in my life. That honestly not sure my body can take much more. My heart can't either. The stress of every day life on top of my kids life, on top of going to school full time Got to me.  I finally realized that in my life I need to learn Time Management.  Along with budgeting.  I can't say that I won't ever go back to school. Because it's my plans to go back to school. However, just not right now.  To take steps in regaining life before kids meaning time management. I have ordered me an Erin Condren life planner, along with a budgeting book.  I hope in doing this that it will get me on the right track to maintain some organization in my life.  I even paid the extra $10 dollars to get the planner in 3 to 5 days.

I hope when I decide to go back that I will be more prepared with my future. Making sure that I have a stable babysitter. Hoping this also helps me realize that I can't always say yes and I have to say no. reminding myself that I am ONE person. That I can't keep piling stuff on my plate.

With that being said, lord willing my withdrawing will come at an ease and not a feeling of scaredy cat.

It's gone...

Thank The Lord Above that for the most part the flu is gone.  Pain like I've never felt before. The pain in my eye socket was intense.  Yes you read that right. My flu symptoms started out with pain in my eye socket. I was down for 3 days. Didn't wanna move my body ached so badly. Then on top of it Ryleigh was sick last Thursday with the Stomach bug on top of me having the flu. Then Ken has been sick all weekend. On a brighter note tho, Ryleigh starts basketball tomorrow. Practices at least. I keep asking myself what on earth am I doing. She does dance, Girl Scouts, and basketball. Luckily basketball doesn't last that long.

My last week/weekend has been packed full of a lot of germs.  Needless to say it will take me a month to recover. 

To bed I go now to get rest before school tomorrow.