sevenchicks

don't do's

 
by socialchick~ These are my never ever ever should you do's. If you don't like them, then it's ok to be wrong (that's what my dad says). If you have done them, then don't get your feelings hurt, just learn from them.

 

1. We are not dogs. We are all humans! So never ever ask a women who just spit out a baby (no matter if it's her 1st or 44th) if she got fixed. She is not a 4 legged hairy animal that goes around barking. Show more respect than that. If you are wondering if this has happened to me. YES 452 times!

2. This is a spin off from number 1. Don't assume that it is your business to know if someone is getting their tubes tide or a Vasectomy unless they want to share the information. This could be a private matter that they don't want to share.

3. Don't make up excuses just cause you don't want to do something. The excuse becomes a lie and now you have sinned. EIther tell the truth and say you don't feel like doing it or suck it up and do it.

4. Don't act like you know what someone is going through unless you have traveled a mile in their shoes. No matter if you think that your situation is the same, it's not. Everyone handles things differently. I can't tell you how many times I have heard I know what you are going through since I have had Tiny Bliss. Well unless you have three kids under the age of 3 1/2 (that's how old Miss Priss was when I had Tiny Bliss) and your third one screams all the time then you have no CLUE!

5. Stop acting like your problems are bigger than your neighbors.

6. Don't make me try to be someone I'm not. Have you ever been around someone that you feel like they don't like you for who you are and you can never be yourself around them. This frustrates me. I am who God made me to be and if you don't like it then take it up with him.

7. Don't talk to someone that is an adult like they are a child. I don't care if they are 10 years younger than you. Babychick is around 10 years younger than some of the other chicks but they don't talk to her like a child.

8. Stop putting half of the information on facebook. This pesters the snot out of me. You click on FB and see that someone has written this is the worst but best day of my life. Well to us this is saying that you are pregnant and didn't want to be. To you it may be a new start in life. How about the ones that say be praying. Well what in the crap am I praying about or do you want me to be praying in general. Stop doing it for attention or just cause you think it is fun! It's not!

9. Don't act like you know more than someone who has experienced it for several more years than you. I love when people try to give me marriage advice that have been married for 1 year when I have been married for 10. I think it is ok to share some things you do but don't think that we need to do it like you. I wouldn't try to tell a teacher who has been teaching for 30 years how to do something.

I'm sure I could think of some more but I will let you share yours. What are some don't do's in your life? Put a Holler by the numbers that you agree with of mine. I will put a Holler by the numbers I agree with of yours.

Fairytale Consignment Sale

 
Singer, Social, Planner and I are so excited about our fall sale this weekend! We are expecting this sale to be bigger than ever!!

Sell your kids clothes, cribs, bedding, toys, DVDs, games, costumes, carseats, strollers, the list goes on and on!!

Its not too late to get a consigner #, and it's easy to do. If your unsure how the whole consignment sale thing works then just go to our website www.fairytalesale.com to find out more. Or you can email us at [email protected] to get your consigner # and also to volunteer.

And if you refer 2 new consignors and they list you on their seller's agreement you will receive an extra 10% back on your sales!!

Cannot wait to see you all there!!

AUGUST 28, 2010

love your life

by socialchick~ It has been such an emotional week for me! I have learned so much through a tragedy that took place Sunday morning!

Sunday morning a good friend of my husband's wife got in a car accident and passed a way. She was only 30 and had a 4 year old son. Their story is so much like ours that it makes it hit home a little more. They were highschool sweet hearts, had been together for half of their lives, she was a stay at home mom, and he works with my husband. They got up like any other morning and instead of heading to church, which they did every Sunday, she decided to help her mom clean condos that morning. She kissed her husband and baby boy and out she went not knowing that they would never see her again.

Which brings me to the lessons that I have learned this week. Why do we make life so much about us. Shouldn't life be about God. We stress so much over the stuff that isn't going right, or that is going right, or the stuff that we did or didn't do. We make everything a fight or a battle that doesn't really matter.

I have cried and complained for 3 months now that I have a very fussy baby. I get upset and want to loose it when she screams but at the end of the day if she was to die tomorrow I would miss that screaming and want it back. Not saying that I won't get frustrated any more but I have a new outlook on my fussy britches. If that is how she expresses herself then just roll with it and do what you can to help her.

I have also started Zumba and during our class the instructer screams out many times "love your life!" This has made my lessons come in full circle this week. Love living the life that you have. Stop making everything a huge thing. Be thankful for what you've got. It doesn't matter that my husband just told me that we are gonna have to be tight for a little bit. I have everything I need! It doesn't matter that we don't get tons of time together every week. I'm thankful that at the end of the day I have him and I get to lay down with him every night. So he may not always give me the attention that I want (not need), but at least I have him! The kids may always be right up my butt, but so blessed to have them! I may have to cook supper every night and not get to eat out, but glad I have the ability! May have had a bad past, but greatful for my savior who died on the cross for my sins! May not always be in the best mood, but happy that I am loved and highly favored!

So I hope that this may have helped you examine your life. Love your life no matter where you are in it. Stop making everything a huge deal! We are only here for a certain amount of time! You are not promised tomorrow so enjoy today!

getting big

by socialchick~ Miss Priss turned 4 last month and is officialy a big girl (so she thinks)! She has been asking to get her ears peirced so we thought 4 was a good age. I prepared her and told her how they were going to do it and that it would hurt just a little bit. So off we went to the Pediatricians office, which I love that they do it because I trust that they are clean and know what they are doing.

The doctors came in, Miss Priss got in my lap and snap the job is done. Just like that! No screaming, no tears, no whinning. She did such a great job. I guess she really is a big girl now!

Here are some pictures of my big Miss Priss with her new earrings.

 
  

the joy of the lord

by socialchick~Let me first say that I so don't want to write this blog but feel I must. Here comes some more honesty that I don't really want to share with the world. So I hope someone can get something from it.

What comes to mind when you hear the joy of the lord? I immediately start singing the song that so many of us learned when we were young but never thought anything else about it until recently. To really get you to understand how this little scripture changed my life I must start with some deeply personal, embarrassing, and depressing moments.

Anyone who knows me can tell you that I'm not an emotional person. Barely ever do I let things bother me. I'm not one to wallow in self pity or even fight depression. It is even hard for me to share my heart at times. So please bare with me as I write this. Once again I so don't want to do this but here we go.

For about three weeks now I have been very depressed with my life. I have wondered many time if this is all there is for me? Wiping butts and snotty noses, feeding a baby every 3 hours, breaking up fights, fixing breakfast, lunch and dinner, and giving out as much love as I can to three little girls and my husband. Why can't I ever have me time? I was frustrated that every time I sit down to eat I hear a child scream or another one ask for a bite and mad that I never get any privacy. The list could go on and on. I have even felt embarrassed by my weight (which I have never done before).

See being a stay at home mom is a very demanding job and sometimes you never see the results. So I have kind of felt like I have lost my identity. Who am I besides a mother and a wife?

Because of how I was feeling about my life, I began to feel angry at friends, family, my husband, and even God. I know I can hear you gasp but I'm being honest. It is ok that I got angry at God, I told him about it. lol! I was angry that I had a screaming baby, that I was finding it very hard and overwhelming to have 3 kids. I became jealous of stupid things, and just felt left out in life in general.

My depression was not a constant thing and it was not very serious. Some of you probably could not even tell I was going through anything. There were times that I could be in a good mood and have fun but at the end of the day the best part of my day was going to bed and the worst was getting out of bed. Still I managed to move on.

Well Wednesday I was on the phone with my sister in tears doing nothing but complaining and wallowing in lies from satan. I layed down to take a nap but could not go to sleep. All I could hear was the word joy, joy, joy over and over in my head. I began to sing every song that I knew with the word joy in it and then finally the verse "the joy of the Lord is my strength", became revelation knowledge.

There is a difference in happiness and joy. Happiness relies only on external things. Like going on a date with my husband, or hanging with my awesome friends, or eating a bag of peanut butter m&m's with a glass of milk, or having money to go shopping with.

Joy is finding laughter when you are ready to pull your hair out because Miss Priss just tried to change Lil Sis's poopy diaper and smeared it all over her and the floor. Joy is loving the fact that I am a mom to a screaming baby. Joy is hugging someone you are mad at. Joy is praying for someone that you are jealous of. Joy is finding peace when the kids are screaming, the house is a mess, and the phone wont stop ringing.

The Joy of the Lord is my strength doesn't mean my physical strength but it is my mental and emotional strength. Nothing worldly is going to satisfy my happiness and joy. Only God! It's is only the joy of the Lord that is going to get me through my rough days. Not saying that I won't need a break or even get frustrated, but now I realize I can take a deep breath and find joy through my 3 healthy little girls that the Lord has given me.

The scripture in Nehemiah 8:10 helped me find myself again. With a joyful heart I can say I am a mother of 3 wonderful girls. I have been called and anointed to be a stay at home mom. I am a wife to an awesome husband who loves me with all of his heart. God has called me for such a time as this. I am the daughter to a Heavenly Father that loves me unconditionally!

So there you go. Now I can breath. I hope you can get something out of this. If anything please keep me in your prayers. Pray that God will continue to show me His true joy!

randomness

by soicalchick~

1. Coffee is my best friends in the morning.

2. Pretty sad when your favorite moment of the day is going to bed at night! Don't judge me! It is what it is! (shout out plannerchick)

3. If one more person tells me that my baby is colic or spoiled then we are going to have a come to Jesus meeting! Note to all of you readers. Don't try to diagnose someone elses baby unless you have spend as much time with it as the mom. You are not a doctor and that is not helping.

4. Been trying to look for a way to make some extra money and I can't come up with anything. Any suggestions. Remember I have 3 kids and a husband who works a lot of over time. I prefer not to go door to door and not get caught up in a scam!

5. So glad that I don't have one of those husbands that puts tons of pressure on me to have the house clean and supper cooked. I'm doing good to have clean clothes now days. I said clean not folded and put up.

6. My sister-in-law just got engaged and is getting married in October and I'm so excited for her. She is my sister-in-law but I have known her so long that she is like my sister. My sister, my two sister-in-laws, and myself are all very close!

7. I so would of not had made it through these past 2 1/2 months without my mom and sister. So blessed to have my family close by. They have helped me tremendously.

8. This one is for my friend Megan because she understands. Don't call me with your excuses on why you can't make it to church or any other functions because I have all 3 girls dressed, hair done, my make up on, my hair done and 2 different bags packed every where we go. Yes I choose to do that but it is difficult.

9. I am so over facebook. It gets on my nerves how people write all of there complaints and drama on there. It is so High School. You don't have war on facebook. Don't write about me and act like I don't know you are talking to me. Just come out and say it to the person. Just saying! (shout out Sassychick)

10. We have our womens retreat next weekend and I can not wait. It will be 2 nights and 2 1/2 days away from my girls. Don't judge me! I need a brake!!!!!!!!!

11. This is a bonus. We are gearing up for our Fairytale Consignment Sale. Make sure you get your consignor number and help us spread the word. You can check out our website by clicking on the button to the right.

i need xanax

by socialchick~ Let me warn you that this blog is for moms who can and have admitted the truth. Moms who are not ashamed of the truth. All else. See the alternative blog: living a lie!

 Everyone asks me how is it going with three kids? Well this is how it's going! Stop it! Don't touch her! Go to your room! Clean that up! NOOOOOOOO! WHAT! My name is not mommy! Jesus take the wheel!

Don't get me wrong, I am very blessed with three healthy kids but our quiver is completely full, overflowing, bursting, crammed, running over, packed, stuffed jammed, complete. I think you get the point. No I do not want any more and I don't know why anyone in their right mind would have three under the age of 3. I know what you are thinking "you did it!" Well I was not in my right mind and still not there! Why would you plan torture on yourself? Oops I was writing about how blessed I am. Well as you can tell I have to remind myself of this daily!

 

So far I have had 1 crying melt down and 452 screaming melt downs. Don't judge me, I'm just being real with you! See, I am one who usually keeps my patience and is very easy going unless I'm pregnant. Well this is a challenge for me right now! A 3 year old, a 2 year old, and a 6 week old can be overwhelming.

Little Sis (the 2 year old) needs about 6 parents to watch her. She is into everything and makes the most messes I have ever seen a 2 year old make. You can not leave her alone for a minute or she is shoving the paci into Tiny Bliss' mouth, eating wax, climbing on the counter, or drawing all over herself with a marker that she found. Just last Wednesday, I had her ready for church. Outfit on, hair done, and everything was going good. I went into my bathroom to blow dry my hair, which only took three minutes, and came out to find Little Sis covered with powder from head to toe. She looked like a ghost. I walked into Tiny Bliss' room and powder was all over her floor. UGH! To make matters worse Mr. Social has had to work over time all week long and I have been a single mom. This is when I cried "JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!"

Miss Priss and Little Sis fight all day long and lets just say that Tiny Bless isn't the easiest baby I have ever had. This is where I will add that God's gifts aren't always sweet, nice, and pleasant. lol! So if  you were to come to my house you would hear a lot of crying, one of the girls saying stop it, the other whining, see lots of hitting, pinching, and me on my knees praying.

If I hear one more person say, "Well God must of knew that you could handle it or he wouldn't of given you three." Well I think for the first time God messed up. He meant to drop one off at Sassy's house. I just got in the way!

After my crying spell I think my daddy started interceding for me. Just playing but he really thought that I was having post partum depression. When all it was, was a bad, horrible, horrific, terrible exhausting morning!

I must say that I have definitely learned how to ask for help. The small things in life are no longer small. Like taking a shower or using the bathroom, brushing my teeth, getting groceries, or just getting out of the house. My family has been great through this. They have come to my rescue many, many times.

I think I am finally learning how to handle three kids but it has taken 6 weeks and this doesn't mean I don't need help. This is how you handle it. Learn that crying is not bad for an infant. A 2 year can cry on her bed with the door shut just as good as she can cry in front of you. Learn to choose your battles and never expect anything. Don't expect to get a nap, because you won't. Don't expect that everyone is going to be good, because they will be horrible. Don't expect to get to write a blog, because it will take 3 days. Don't expect to eat at any time during the day, because then you will pass out when you realize you haven't eaten.

So how am I handling 3 kids? 1 minute or 1 second at a time.

I know this blog has been negatively honest so I will end with some positives of having three. Loosing all of my baby weight because I never sit down. Appreciating the small things because everything is a big deal now days. Appreciating "ME" time when I get it. Getting lots of hugs and kisses from Miss Priss and Little Sis. Having a true and honest excuse to get out of things. Seeing how sweet and loving Miss Priss has become for her 2 younger sisters and getting tons of sympathy from everyone. lol!

So as you can see my strength, patience, and mind has been tested these past 6 weeks, but I have gained a lot of faith to see that this too shall pass and I will look back on it and wish that they were little again. Well maybe not this little!

Side not: It took me three days to write this post and it will only take you 30 seconds to read it so keep all negative comments to yourself! While sitting down to write it I have gotten up 362 times to put a paci in Tiny Bliss' mouth. Gotten up 242 times to stop a fight between Miss Priss and LIttle Sis. Gotten up 145 times to clean up a mess that Little Sis has made. 82 times to spank or put someone in time out. And 36 times to wipe someones tail. Looks can be deceiving. In all of the pictures they look like complete angels!

  
  

zebra hot pink diva

by socialchick~ Tiny Bliss' nursery has been done for a while now but I haven't gotten around to blogging it! So here you go. Brace yourself for the cutest and cheapest nursery you have ever seen and yes everything was made by one of us chicks. I know you are expecting Teddy bears but sorry to disappoint you. I present to you zebra hot pink diva. (I know you love the name!)

Tiny Bliss' bedding was made by none other than Bossychick! Let me just say that I have seen several beddings and I have bought 2 and this is by far the best one that I have ever owned. She did such an amazing job!

 

The curtains were a joint effort. Let me explain. By the time I got around to pinning the valences I was too big to sew them without cutting off my air-way and circulation. So after cutting and pinning them I nicely asked Bossychik with sweet eyes and pouty lips to sew them for me. Thank God she said yes. The sheers came from the Dollar General.

 

The banner was made by plannerchick and yours truly. We were so proud of how our first banner turned out. Planner did most of the work because I was too big to breath. So thanks planner, you saved me!

 
For a gift, plannerchick made the wreath to go on the hospital door, which now hangs on the nursery door, and the letters that spell out Tiny Bliss' name. I love love love how they both turned out.

 

 

So what do you think? Let me go a head and answer your question. "Will they come and do my nursery?" Yes! For a feasible price of $800! LOL! I had so much fun coming up with ideas and helping make all of the crafts that I wish I could have a little business of decorating nurseries. Way to much fun! It's kind of sad that this will be my last nursery. I said "kind of!" Not enough to make me want to have another one!

introducing

by socialchick~ Tiny Bliss! Thought I would share a few pictures of our new little girl that planner and baby's mother-in-law did. They are absolutely precious! Thank you so much for taking the time to do these for us!

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Ok so I couldn't just share a few. To many to pick from and she is to cute! I hope you enjoy the pictures of Tiny Bliss!
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

39 weeks and ready

by socialchick~ Well tomorrow is the big day! I can't believe it is here. It started out as a shock but is ending in such excitement for our new Tiny Bliss! This pregnancy has been a roller coaster full of emotions, doubts, and all other different kinds of feelings.

I will admit that when I first found out I was pregnant with Tiny Bliss I was a little depressed, but with the help of friends, family and God, I soon became excited. During church one Sunday morning we were singing Oh How He Loves Me and I began to cry. Then I received a prophecy over my baby that he/she was a gift from God and would carry an awesome and strong anointing.

So I then figured for sure this one was a boy. Much to my shock 16 weeks later I found out we were having another girl. I will also admit that I shed a few tears and then once again got really excited. Now it was time to name our new precious gift from God.

Which led to her name. Although Teddy is her dad's name it also means a gift from God. My maiden name was Lovett so we put Love with it.  Now looking back to that Sunday when God decided to speak over my little one we were singing Oh How He LOVES Me. Teddi Love means a lot to us as you can see. Not only is it a family name but I also feel it is a name straight from God for our TIny Bliss.

So now nine months later I'm getting ready to meat this new precious gift from God. Not that all children aren't gifts from God but this one was definitely a surprise. I don't know about you but sometimes surprise gifts are the best gifts ever.

So please remember to pray for me and Tiny Bliss tomorrow. I will make sure that someone posts a picture of us as soon as she gets here.

So for now I leave you with a few maternity pictures done by an awesome family at our church. This family has been so supportive of my family and they mean more to me than they know. They have grown to be my family. So thank you so much Cook family for wanting to spend your time having fun with my big, white, green vein belly. I hope it didn't scare you too much!