Isabella

Selfie!!

I would tell you all about my kids in one single blog entry, but it's late at night. I have to finish up and get to bed before the twins decide they don't want to sleep anymore. 

This is Isabella, my oldest. Currently she loves to paint, loves writing, math, and of coarse what 5 year old doesn't love playing outside. I remember last year in Pr-K she would bring me if not 2 or 3 painting each day or some craft of some sort. I literally had nowhere to put them anymore. They were covering a section of a wall in my room, top to bottom. Then I started collecting them in a folder and would take old pieces off the wall and put new ones up and save the old ones in the folder. But I'm glad I did that and this year I'll do the same if I have to. My mother never really saved anything from all my years in school. Though at this point I don't really mind, I wish I'd have something to show my kids of things I had made.

Sometimes I feel bad because I'm so caught up with the twins and Jaden that I hardly have the time or energy to do anything with her anymore. Plus it doesn't help at all that we live with my mother in law and brother in law and his family, all in one house... Thankfully its temporary. In a few months we'll have our own place. Then I'll have more space and won't be so stressed out and frustrated all the time, which will allow me to spend more quality time with this precious angel.

You may be getting older everyday, but in my eyes your still my little baby girl. I know the new babies take a lot of my time up but that doesn't mean I forget you or that I don't think about you just as much everyday. When I look into your eyes I see that little 7lb 6oz baby I held 5 years ago just looking up at me into my eyes not knowing anything about the world. I see that and so much more, I see the wonderful caring little girl I've raised. I'm proud to be your mom, but I'm even prouder to call you my daughter.

6 months

I've been married for 6 months now! Marriage is never perfect. 

It's hard. 

Thankfully I have a husband who is very helpful in taking care of our 4 kids. We recently welcomed our twins :) so now we have

 Isabella who is 5,

 Jaden who is 1,

 and the twins who are 2 weeks old.

 So like I said marriage isn't perfect and neither is my husband. Perfect guys don't exist. But I am far from perfect as well. As much as we may sometimes argue about something, I love him because he can make me laugh. I can be sad or mad and he knows exactly what to say to make me smile. So there, I said it babe...(if your reading this)...your not perfect. I cannot help but be more happier though to be Mrs. Armenta <3 So lets grow so damn old together, we'll look like raisins haha...

;)

"For you, a thousand times over."

Life Crisis

It seems crazy for me to be thinking about having a life crisis.

I feel like I’ve got to a point where everything is just trotting along on the regular, no milestones achieved or targets reached. But after a deep & meaningful chat with God, I think this might be because I haven’t set myself any targets or milestones for a while.

It’s a bit too easy for me to let life slip on without making any conscious choices to affect it. So I’m making the effort to think about what I might want to do, and to work towards achieving that. It might be just to start running or fitting into an old dress…what the goal is doesn’t matter so much as the act of choosing the goal, aiming toward it, and hopefully achieving it.

So here goes….

My pregnancy necessities

So I figured since this is the last time I'm probably going to be pregnant, I'd document a little more about it.

I'm a simple gal. Well for the most part... Anyways, I don't have very many "needs" while i'm pregnant but here is a list of what I DO need! 

1. Gestational Diabetes- This is the first pregnancy that I have this. It hit me a little hard but because I though it was going to harm the babies, I was pretty sure it was because I was having twins that I got it in the first place though.. So I check my blood the entire time. If I think I'm in the clear, I don't check it and pay the price. Kind of like the other day. Although I didn't not check it unintentionally, but just fell asleep during the night in bed while watching tv. I gave Aurelio the responsibility of making sure I check it and taking my prenatal vitamin. He was so much better at remembering those things than I was. Except now he falls asleep in bed too! So I'm sure remembering to check it all the time now. The crappy thing is even if I check it, nothing! I'm pretty much healthy the whole day...

2. Support Belt- This pregnancy is the first time I used it. I love it! It's hard to wear with my clothes but meh. Not that I care about how I look too much since I will soon have the twins but I'm lucky to have it. I dunno. 

3. Get ready- I get asked ALL THE TIME, "How do you have the time to get ready with Isabella and Jaden?" Well I make time! My kids are used to me taking that time to get ready so they never bother me, I've trained them well ;)  I feel WAY better when I get ready. Even a small freshen up. Wash face and a messy bun and put something decent on. Sweats and a cute tshirt totally count! As long as I feel half dressed i'm good. Lately it's about comfort when i'm home so I live in my sweats or pajama shorts and a T or tank. Done. 

4. Diet Coke- enough said.

5. A good wardrobe- This is something I didn't have before and I felt so gross the entire pregnancy. It's so important to have clothes you feel good in, especially pregnant! I'm a budget shopper so I look for the cutest maternity clothes and the best prices by far that I can find! Anything else I have boughten is from regular stores in larger sizes. But it makes such a difference to have clothes I actually feel good in! Also I got a few pair of pants that are maternity free that I got from Loving Choices in Rogers, AR. That place is genius. I highly recommend it. 

6. Showers- I can't say enough how much I love showers when pregnant. That pressure in my back and hips from the belly pulling and growing kills. I especially love the "kicked in the crotch" feeling. If you've had it, you know what i'm talking about. Anyways so at the end of the day when everything hurts I jump in the shower. It works EVERY TIME. I can't stay in long so it's only like 10 minutes and i'm out. ha. But seriously, they rock. 

7. My other half- It's the BEST thing i've ever had for pregnancy. BEST! It takes the cake. Just thinking about it makes me want to go get it. That thing has changed my life and also replaced my husband in the bed. See you in 1 more month honey. 

So that's all. 

Can you feel the love?

You're welcome.

For now...

I want to start blogging, but sometimes i feel like nobody reads or cares and then I think, i shouldn't let that stop me. So I'm not going to. But before I start blogging I would like to take some time to read and comment on peoples blogs. It's always good to let people know that someones reading (: