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You know you are a clean freak when...

You literally are so excited about a new cleaning regime that you BLOG about it!:) NERD! Yep, that's me!

But seriously...Im onto something fabulous and I just HAD to share!!!! You people might have already found this amazingness but here it is anyway! It is seriously my new obsession.

So, Im a clean freak and those who know me personally will probably chuckle at that statement. Basically, it's an understatement!:) Im obsessed with CLEAN. Especially now...since my almost one year old just HAS to play in what could potentially be the dirtiest rooms in the house. The KITCHEN and BATHROOM! Ewe yuck!!! Grosses me out just thinking about it. The bathroom is off limits but somehow she finds a way to get in there sometimes. Well, naturally the floor is where she is most of the time being that she is a crawler/almost walker. You talk about nasty. Floors to me have to be one of the most nastiest places. For REAL.

But I digress...my new obsession...Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day cleaner in Lemon and Verbena and the awesome (new to me) Libman refill mop. I have always been a user of Ammonia on my ceramic tile floors. Smelled terrible but stripped away the nastiness like a charm. But, with a baby that is not going to work. It scared me for her to crawl on the floors after they dried and the smell is TOXIC. Can't mop with that stuff and have sweet sassy pants in the house. So...Ive been searching for an alternative. That's when I found my obsession while perusing the cleaning aisles of Target.

The Libman refill mop is like a Clorox ready mop but you can totally use your own cleaners and WASH the mop pad. GENIUS! I filled it with HOT water and my new awesome cleaner and ohmygoodness fabulousness. Smells amazing and so clean. AND most important little lovey can crawl away on the floor at her will. It's a win win my friends.

So, might I suggest that if you are like me and want a fab new cleaning solution. Go get ya some yummy Mrs. Meyer's. Trust me you won't be sorry. AND you can use it anywhere. It's an all surfaces cleaner people.

Nerd post of the day but I had to share. My house smells delish as I write. LOVE!

Have a great day my friends!

Been you know...about a MONTH!:)

Wow, so much for being a fabulous blogger!:) I really need to get on here more often.

I've been super busy this last month. Mainly with planning Kinsleigh's one year party! It's going to be so amazing...at least I hope so!:) I can't wait to see it all come together. I honestly can't believe it's already been almost a year. CRAZY! Love that little lovey.

We FINALLY found a church here in Owasso that we LOVE! Freedom Baptist Church. I love it there. The pastor preaches THE WORD and doesn't just you know TALK about whatever with a mini verse thrown in. This means so much and it was what we have been looking for three years for. SO thankful to the Lord for leading us there. Im so excited to get more involved in whatever the Lord leads! Good stuff let me tell you.

Well, that is really all I have for now. I can't wait to post pics of Sassy Pants' Birthday Bash. We also have her one year/family pics that same week so we are going to be BUSY! It's going to be fabulous!!!!

Til next time,

Ash

Love.

The musings of a Mommy...

Many a night lately, after I have put Kinsleigh to bed and I am picking up her toys for the final time for that day I tend to get an overwhelming feeling of sadness when I see her toys laying in the same spot where she last left them during her playtime. It's like I don't want to move them because she put them there.

This Mommy thing is turning me into a sap!:) It's going by so fast and I don't want to miss a single moment. Like where she left her toys. It won't be long before she won't even be playing with those same toys and I won't see them lying out strewn across the floor (slowly driving me crazy!:)

Im so in love with this child. I miss her every moment when she is not with me (and those moments are only when she is asleep!:) She has stolen my heart and Im not sure she will ever know the love I have for her. My heart is truly overflowing.

We are truly blessed to have been given this amazing miracle of a child. I will forever cherish the little things...like her toys laying on the living room floor just where she left them.

I don't want to forget...

Kinsleigh,

I don't EVER want to forget how soft your wispy blonde hair is, or how sweet your downy head smells snuggled up to my cheek. It's nostalgic and I wish that I could bottle it up to have forever.

You are my heart and the very air I breathe.

Love,

Mommy

Life as it is...

Wow! I NEED to get better at posting more frequently than I am!! A lot goes on from week to week even though the majority is the same tasks repeating themselves over, and over, and over... (you get the picture!:)

Miss K turned four months last Sunday! Really hard to believe it's already been four months! I would have thought that would have been long enough to get the pre-baby body back but NOPE not even close. I like to tell myself it's because I had an almost ten pounder in there!:)

With turning four months Sassy Pants had her shots this week! Poor baby...she was so happy in the Dr's office...she didn't know what was coming. She did very well though and other than being a little cranky that evening she was great! She was 25 1/2 inches long (88 percentile) and 12 lbs. 13 oz. (29 percentile). Lower in weight but the Dr. didn't seem to concerned. She is a long, lean lady with chubby wubby cheekies!:) BIG thing this week is she rolled over for the first time. Just once though...hasn't repeated it yet. It's like she checked that off the list of things to do and hasn't looked back!:)

I know I have said this before but I am still in utter awe of the fact that Kinsleigh is Stewart's and my little girl. I literally look at her everyday and think "I can't believe she's mine"! I literally can't believe that after everything we went through to get pregnant, I actually carried her for nine months and gave birth to a beautiful healthy baby girl (c-section). God is truly doing a number on my heart and faith in HIM! Without HIM it wouldn't have been possible!

I want to freeze time so I can experience each age over and over. Too bad you can't!:) I tell Stewart all the time that I miss her. His practical say it like it is self says well she's asleep in her room. I say I know but I miss her when she was newborn, 6 weeks old, yesterday, etc. I guess I miss the baby she was that day or something. I don't know, I guess it's a mom thing.... She sure has stolen my heart forever!!!!

Well, enough of my ramblings. Must get ready to head out to Target and a few other errands when Miss K wakes up. I am trying to become a Coupon lady (dear Lord help me) and therefore I must go pick up some items at Target that are about to cost me next to nothing. It's fun but really takes a lot of time that I don't have right now. BUT, I am going to try.

Have a fabulous weekend all who may venture to read my ramblings! Hopefully the sun will shine!

Catching up...

So, this blog thing is a little hard to keep up with since having Miss Sassy Pants. I don't usually have ANY free time these days but somehow I found some today so I thought that I would catch everyone up on what's going on the Reed casa.

First of all, Kinsleigh is GROWING!!! She is getting so big and growing so fast. I wish I could make time stand still for a little while. I know that I am going to look back at these days and want each moment back to experience again. There is literally NOTHING like the smell of her sweet hair, her soft cheeks, her smiles, the way she grabs my finger just to hold it, her cuddles...I could just go on and on. She has literally changed Stewart and my life and we can't imagine how life was without her.

What's been on my mind lately...

Motherhood is such a beautiful thing, but I don't think I fully understood or realized how hard it was going to be. I knew there were going to be some tiring days ahead, but I had no idea the sheer exhaustion that would accompany this amazing new member of our family. I have NEVER been more exhausted in my entire life. The sleepless nights, the constant worries "Is she okay", the seemingly never ending feeding schedule, etc. I don't think anyone can truly understand the intensity of it until they are smack dab in the thick of the experience. But... I have to say it is truly worth it. We prayed for so long for the blessing of this sweet baby and I would do ANYTHING for her. The love I have for her is overwhelming. It is truly unlike anything I have ever experienced! She is such a beautiful blessing from the Lord and He is constantly teaching me things about myself through her.

About Miss K...

Kinsleigh is definitely changing daily. She has both her Daddy and me wrapped around her little finger. It is amazing to watch a baby grow and develop right before your eyes! Here is an overview of what she is doing right now:

1. She is almost 4 mons (on the 20th)

2. She is trying to laugh. We have gotten a few out of her and they were the sweetest things that I have ever heard!:)

3. She can roll onto her side.

4. She reaches out and grasps toys, hands, your shirt, etc.

5. She unfortunately is beginning to teeth. I hate this for her and we have suffered some unfortunate sleepless nights already.

6. Speaking of sleep...she started sleeping through the night at 5 1/2 weeks but now she is starting to wake up a few times ( teething is the culprit or a growth spurt we think). She usually is able to go back to sleep fairly quickly thank goodness.

7. She is already easing her way into 6 month clothes. She is a long lady at almost 26 inches. We don't know her weight but if I were to guess she would be about 15ish pounds. We go to her 4 month appt. in a couple of weeks and we will find out then.

8. She smiles ALL THE TIME! She is a very happy girl for most of the day. She does get a little cranky in the evening when she is tired (but who doesn't do that:)

9. She holds her head up very well now and can sit in her Bumbo like a big girl.

That is a quick recap! I hope everyone is staying warm in this crazy weather. We have had an insane amount of snow these last 2 weeks. I can't wait for SPRING!