Detox Smoothie Recipe

Well, I woke up and smelled the roses this weekend. Actually l finally admitted to how strongly I feel about wanting another baby one day and realized that I need to get my act in gear. Before getting pregnant with Hudson, I focused on my health 100%. I worked out with a trainer for over a year, did tons of cardio and weightlifting throughout my entire pregnancy to be sure I was in optimal health for carrying and laboring my child. However, yoga pants, toddler food and starbucks have become my best friend and I've lost any sort of motivation to put on tennis shoes and a sports bra. I have lost and gained these last 10 pounds of baby weight several times but I think I'm finally ready to take the plunge. The good thing is that I know what I have to do; I've done it before... now I just have to have the discipline to do it. I started my Saturday by grocery shopping and I made tons of smoothie packets. I filled quart size bags with all the yummy ingredients of this detox smoothie and popped them in the freezer so that I can simply pull them out, add green tea, blend and go. Should be easy peasy. I haven't tried it yet but it's prepped and in the freezer prepared to start my week. I'm hoping in a few months that my physical health will catch up to my mental health on the baby fever. :-)

Detox Smoothie Recipe

Lucky Duck

Sweet Hudson,

It's 8:30am and after a breakfast of eggs and a banana, you are playing with a light saber, chasing the dogs around the house. Little do you know how lucky your mama feels on this Monday morning. Yesterday you got a random sinus infection where you had a green goopy eye, massive snotty nose and a brutal diaper rash that you have been suffering from for awhile now. A quick trip to the doctor has left you feeling like your normal self again. However, I'm not excited about sending you to daycare after only being on antibiotics for 24 hours... so here we are; playing with light sabers, chasing the dogs around the house. I feel like the luckiest mom in the world to have the ability to do this. Where I can check my email every few hours and smother you with kisses every chance I get. It's the best Monday I could ever hope for! And you my son... are the best thing I could have ever hoped for. I love you oh so much and I already can't wait to plan our impromptu Monday together.

Love you, sweet boy!

-Your lucky duck mama

Mom Brain: Forgot to post... Months ago!

This post was in my drafts that I never posted: It's clearly from a LONG time ago.... Time is so cruel. Look at that little face!

This past weekend we went down to our cabin in Broken Bow, OK. My normally angel child seemed to have flipped the switch for our relaxing getaway. He cried most of the way down there and then did not sleep through the night a single night we were there. I'm not sure if it was because it was a new environment and he was so interested in what there was to see, but let me tell you.... I am one tired mama and the relaxing weekend was not relaxing at all. Aside from my sleep deprivation, I  managed to snap some pics of the weekend!

PASSED OUT! (Eventually...when it was time to wake up!)



In between crying, He snuggled up to his water bottle

Adulting

Well it happened. I'm not sure exactly when or how; but it did. My husband and I realized what life is about. It's not about the car we drive, it's not about the clothes we wear or the social status we have; it's about creating a legacy for our family. It could have been the Dave Ramsey cd's that we listened to that helped us alleviate all our debt or it could be that look of innocence in our son's eyes... either way; it happened.

It doesn't mean that we easily drag ourselves out of bed at 5am when we hear a cry from the other side of the house. However, it does mean that we walk more graciously when we do see that baby monitor turn on when a sweet boy starts to toss and turn. We work a little harder, we save a little more and more importantly, we focus on the moments that really matter. After talking finances, cutting up credit cards and creating a financial standing that we can be proud of, my husband and I have began a journey that will create financial legacy instead of burden for our loved ones. And holy moly- let me tell you... the hope you feel and see is completely worth the lack of a Louis Vuitton that I have oh so badly wanted for many years. The gratitude that we have when we are able to successfully sell and close 13 homes in one month means so much more when we can close our eyes, recognize God our idol and literally see the results of hard work. (And to know that our hard work isn't being used to pay on credit cards for when we made purchases that we didn't have the cash for!)

I turned 28 this last week and for once in my life, my joy came from spending a day with a toddler eating grilled cheese and finger painting instead of being proud of something I purchased or something of monetary value. Adulting doesn't mean that you work your life away, it simply means that you work in order to fund not just your own life, but the life of those brave little people that overtake your home with toys and half-eaten graham crackers. I've never experienced such deep love as I have with my son; with every breathe that he takes, my love multiplies and it has allowed me to more deeply understand how great God's love is for us.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16