Late Valentines Gift.

My husband and I are in the middle of buying our first home. (my husband is 22 & I am 21, we are very excited to be able to start this journey so soon in our life) WELL, I told my husband, Jeremy, that because he is buying me a house, I don't want a Valentines gift. So I gave him a card from Cambria, our daughter, and I. I also wanted to make him some Sour Patch cupcakes because its his favorite candy. Well I didn't get my sour extract & flavors till yesterday in the mail, so while he was at work, I made them for him along with a little "extras".

this is the site I found the idea.

I used a cake recipe from a better homes cookbook,but icant find it online, any white/vanilla cake will do... along with a frosting recipe.

I had SO much trouble with making a perfect cupcake. *sigh*

So some I threw away, the others I cut the tops off. *chuckles to her self*

CUPCAKES SHOULDN'T LOOK LIKE THIS!

Here is the cupcakes that "did" turn out. I didnt have orange paper cup liners, so I used a white one a dyed the batter orange. :) <---So clever.

my daughter really enjoyed the cupcake tops!

The frosting with all the color, sour & flavors added

**I didn't have raspberry so i used watermelon for the red, turned out to be his favorite!**

& the finished products!!

Salsa!

~SALSA~

My husband, as well as my self, love restaurant style salsa. So I searched the web, found the basics, and made my own!

Ingredients:

• Jalapenos- depends how spicy you like it...2=not hot at all...6=my mouth is burning
• 2-3 cans rotel (or store brand diced tomatoes)
• handful cilantro
• garlic, minced
• lime juice
• onion
• Blender!

Now ill be honest, I don't measure. I like to keep it "real".

Step 1- dice up the jalapenos, onion, cilantro & garlic (take the seeds out if you dont want it hot)

Step 2- add EVERYTHING in to the blender, but d

on't do what I did and put the liquid first. Put the tomatoes and lime juice (just a few splashes) in first, the everything else. Push down with a spoon to "pre-mix it" then blend till its the consistency you want it...chunky?...smooth?

OOOOH cool blender effect!

Step3- ENJOY! Add more diced tomatoes if its too hot, or add spices if its not hot enough.

the greener it is, the hotter it will be!

THIS IS MY SUPER HOT,not so photogenic,SALSA!

mom body.

"Oh you'll get your body back, your young!"

Seriously? Who are you kidding? Getting your body back happens to those "lucky" girls. You know the kind of girl that can where a bikini, all while holding a 3 day old little bundle of joy.

Now let me tell you, I am far from being a lucky girl. However I did loose 25 pounds since Cambria has been born. (Not counting the weight I was before giving birth, I truly lost 25 pounds all by my self!)

I started to give up, loose all hope on EVER being sexy again. But maybe I am becoming one of these "lucky" girls. My husband is a HUGE motivation for me. He realizes how low I am about the way I look, so he is "on my butt" about going to the gym everyday (although today will be my 2nd day) & eating right.

I am willing to do anything to fit back in to my size 1 jeans. Will that ever happen again? I doubt it. I am way to dependent on my starbucks. Not to mention I have MOM written all over me, my teenage years are gone. BRING ON THE MOM JEANS!

The moral of this post?....People are just being nice when they say you will get your body back. You will always have a mom body. Because you will always have a kid attached to your hip.

Growing up.

Its hard watching my baby girl growing up. My once 7.12 pound baby is now over 20 pounds and is soon to be one. I understand why people keep popping out babies like its nothing. But honestly, I'm happy with just one. I'm here for all her milestones, and I can give her more of my time for her whole life. Instead of sharing it with a sibling. Does that make ME selfish? Maybe. But that's okay. She can have a dog. ;). Perhaps we will adopt a little boy in the FAR future. But even that is a huge maybe. I only want to love my child, and her only. (oh, and my husband!)

My handsome husband and baby girl on her 11 month b-day (it was a friends wedding!)

Follow me on twitter!

I'm a newbie to it. I honestly dont know what I'm doing. I'm a pro at changing a poopy diaper and getting random finds out of my daughters mouth. But twitter, this is a different story!

@itsamomthing11

A young mom.

Being a young mother is tough. I'm 20 years old and technically not a teenager, but I still get looks & even had a lady tell me "babies having babies". Life is tough and its shit you just have to deal with. When I go to the grocery store or to target with my mom I feel that everyone around me thinks "Wow, shes to young to care for that baby, I bet her mom takes care of the baby and still takes care of her daughter". Obviously its all in my head, but I cant help but feel that way.

I love being a mother, I wouldn't trade it for the world. I'm actually glad I had her young (when I was 19), I have the energy to play with her.

Being in the position I am in now has made me look at things in a positive way. I no longer judge people like I use to, of course I find my self doing it every once in awhile, It really is hard not to. But I know now, everyone has a story and you have no idea what theres is. Nor do I really care what it is. Just being honest here.

I realize living with my mom and step dad doesn't help my "being a young mom" cause, but would it be any different if I was 27 and married? I really don't think it does. We pay for the things we need. We don't depend on my parents to purchase her diapers, formula, food Etc. Although they often offer to or surprise us with little gifts for her. Its what grandparents do, they would do it regardless if we lived here or two hours away. Now I will say this, my mom spoils me. I'm her only daughter, with lots of "wants". So yes, she buys me a lot of things, but is someone forcing her? I also believe if I lived even four hours away she'd do the same. As she does with her other three children that don't live at home.

Feeling as if I have started to "ramble" or "rant" on about my young mom life. So I will end it like this: Don't judge any mother because you don't know her story. For all you know, you could think a mother is 15 but she could have a genetic disorder that makes her look 15 years younger!

My child is better than yours.

Parent's brag about every little thing there child does from walking to how there poop is.

"Well MY child's poop is firm, with a little mush to it, its easy to clean. I'd hate to have to clean a watery poop" As they ever so nicely look to the right at there friend who just announced her baby has water poop.

I'm guilty of it as well, although I don't brag about my daughters poop, I do announce it to the whole Facebook world each achievement my daughter reaches.

When your child reaches a milestone, or even half a milestone (my daughter is very good at that), we mothers feel like we accomplished something as well. Which I feel we do, we help our children develop in to who they will be in the future. If you never let your child explore the world of chunky foods, your child will be eating purees for the rest of his or her life. So when your child eats there first bite of banana chunks, you tell the world as you feel its the greatest thing imaginable.

Us mothers also do something else, we base what our kids do to other children around them. If they are the first to say a word, your child (in your eyes) automatically "Is better than the others and more advanced" While the other mothers around you are thinking "Well when is her baby going to start crawling?"

So to cut to the chase MY BABY IS BETTER THAN YOURS.