DIY - Toothpick Flag Wreath

Hands down - the easiest wreath I've made and not time consuming.

Wreath and ribbon can be found at Michaels. The toothpick flags can be purchased here.

And this wreath would't be complete without this guy below...

Happy June!

With it being June 1st - that makes me so happy. I'm a total Summer gal. I am looking forward to all the fun IV will have this Summer. Trips to the lake, picnics in the park and days by my parents pool. 

Yesterday, I packed up some snacks and IV and I headed to a small lake near our house. It's a source of drinking water so you can't swim in it...but you can fish and go boating. Seeing it was an 80 degree day - the place was packed - but we stayed long enough to enjoy the Loons and sail boats...and a few snacks. 

Enjoy your weekend, Friends.

Wordless Wednesday

Memorial Day Weekend - in pictures. 

Insecurity

I love social media. I'm not going to lie. I love Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and blogging...a lot.

But there is a saying when it comes to Social Media. 

"The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-secnes with everyone else's highlight reel."

It's true. We all do it. We look at these pictures and read status updates from your friends perfect little life with her perfect little family - what we don't see is the real...the behind the scenes pictures. 

So we should stop comparing ours to theirs.

Want to see my highlight reel? This is the picture I posted on Memorial day...on my Facebook and Instagram page.

My perfect little picture - of my perfect little son - waving his American Flag. 

Pretty "perfect", huh?

Now for the behind-the-scene or as I like to call it - REAL LIFE.

I hope the next time you compare yourself and your life to someone's highlight reel,  I hope you'll remember this post. 

We have enough to worry about - like raising little humans. Enough with the comparing...we are too busy for that.  

Happy Tuesday, Friends! 

Things...

The best things in life aren't things.

Happy 13 Months to my sweet boy.

Wordless Wednesday

Me and my boy - 5.20.12

Flying with a 12 month old

So as you all know - I was nervous about our flight to Florida. That's how I am though. I get nervous about stuff like that. Stew and I love to travel and have been on flights with crying babies. Not fun. I didn't want to be that parent. I also didn't want to be that couple walking through the airport struggling with strollers and pack n' plays...all while holding their screaming child. Nut-ah. Not me.

IV naps at 10am and 3pm every day. So our flight down was for 10:40. I figured that the extra 40 minutes wouldn't be a huge deal and it was way better than the 6am flight.

We boarded the plane and got him into his car seat. We waved bye to all the planes on the run way and I gave him some milk and a snack for take off to help with the pressure in the cabin. By the time his snack was done, his eyes started getting heavy and he was out.

Well, of course I was still nervous. I'm thinking - "What if he only sleeps for 10 minutes - then is in a horrible mood?" So I ordered a Bloody Mary, like I said I would...and I didn't even get a dirty look (not that I thought I would).

After an hour and half nap, IV woke up and was fine. We watched Sesame Street on the iPad and ate more snacks. Done. We landed. Phew!

The flight home went exactly the same way. We booked that flight during his afternoon nap...but same thing - 1.5 hour nap and snacks galore. 

That would be my advice - snacks and drinks to help with any pressure and if you know when your child normally naps, take the flight during that time - oh, and get yourself a Bloody Mary! We deserve it. 

Thank you all for your kind words prior to us leaving on vacation!