Garnier Miracle Perfector B.B.Cream - for Moms with no time!

I got the chance to try the NEW Garnier Miracle Skin Perfector B.B. Cream because I am a BzzAgent! Here I am after applying it! It has great coverage and staying power. It is mattifying and also light on my face. I don't feel like I am wearing anything or bothered by having it on! It is a good product for Moms who are on the go. We don't always have time for several products to build our perfect canvas face. With this new BB we can do that is a fraction of the time so we can focus on the important things. Our babies! Some facts below from BzzAgent!

GARNIER MIRACLE SKIN PERFECTOR OIL-FREE B.B. CREAM:

• Works on combination to oily skin with three shades: Light/Medium, Medium/Deep, and Deep
• Features an ultra absorbent formula and contains mineral Perlite, which retains twice its weight in oil and water
• Is formulated with sheer natural mineral pigments, so you’ll get a natural matte finish with each use
• Is non-comedogenic and non-acnegenic: it won’t clog pores or cause breakouts
• Is oil-free, non-greasy
• Is Available for a suggested retail price of $12.99

Also Check out my review of this product and more at www.productwhispers.blogspot.com!!

How do you save time and still look great?

******I AM A BZZAGENT AND THEY SENT ME THIS PRODUCT FOR FREE TO TRY!******

Well, day two of "breaking habits" and I have started another post! So that is fabulous! I also have decided that nightly I will freeze Charlotte's milk, vs 1 or 2 nights a week bagging 50+ oz. I can bag an easy 12 or so daily and probably improve my rotation too, so she gets the oldest milk first. My brain is still a hodge podge of crap. Goals, Ideas, Issues, Problems, Stress, Bills, and I could go on for days. Guess I'll just jump in.

Charlotte is now 19 weeks old. She "turned" 19 weeks on Sunday. We had a great day, we were in Kentucky for a family reunion. The turn out was dismal, but I am happy I made the trip. We don't get nearly enough family time. I miss my Mom, Dad, Brother, and Sisters terribly, and it just gets worse as Charlotte grows. I don't want them to miss ANYTHING! She is just so sweet and cute and prescious. We drove down Saturday late morning and Charlotte was a dream as usual. She was asleep a while, then woke up. She talked to me and coo'd for an hour or so, finally got bored and uncomforatble so I proped a bottle for her in her car seat. I didn't hear another thing again until I parked.

I really cannot believe how much she has grown and how smart she is. It is so rewarding to watch her in all that she does. She is so happy all the time and eager to socialize. I love her so much. More then I could ever come close to expressing. That is part of why I really need to get it together. Be it, medication so I can focus or just decipline. Though, I have to say I have really tried to get it together on my own and I am failing. I hate the thought of medication, but I can't bear to keep up like I am. Charlotte deserves better.

That all being said. Another nothing post - BUT two posts two days in a row! I am on fire! Now to plan out topics of discussion and other things. The goal is to strengthen my writing skills and have something to do with my time.

No Words

Going to try to get back on track here. It is even more difficult to manage my time with new little baby Charlottes. She is such an angel, and when she doen't actually need me, I like to just enjoy her and play with her. It's taking it's toll on everything, not just my feeble attempt at blogging. I have to find a solution but I am completely lost as to what that could be. So. In effort to break my pattern at least, I'm just gonna write this post and publish it. No more putting it off until "insert dream scenario involving a spotless house and infinite paid vacation time". Just going to jump in and get into it all. Hope to do all things that way, just attack them head on and stop building a giant to do list and instead keep things from building up. Then, as I have free time or whatever I can deal with the old stuff. Sounds GREAT in theory doesn't it? Well with that - I have some things that just landed in my inbox. Time to get them off my desk and onto bigger and better things. Until  - - next time!

Comforts for Baby!

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So, I am a BzzAgent and I got sent a campaign to try out new Comforts for Baby products that are available exclusively at Kroger. I was sent a pack of 2 sippy cups and a box of diaper wipes! Awesome.  I haven't used the cups yet, Charlotte is only two weeks old you know! (She was born! More on that later though lol!) I have used the wipes and I love them. Little to no scent, she doesn't have a negative reaction to them and they clean her off well. So definitely a product I'll try and use again in the future.

In addition to those freebies, I was sent coupons too! I gave all my 20% off coupons away, but I also got a coupon for a free pack of diapers too! Going to claim those tomorrow I think, debating on size though. Newborn? I only have a pack and a half of those left, or size 1, which I only have a couple packs of too. I think I'll get 1's since she will definitely use those, right?

Excited to try the diapers, not sure what brand or place to go with when it comes to diapers. So maybe this will help make my decision.

28 Weeks!

So I had my 28 week appointment Monday and they said I am measuring at 31 weeks. Not going to lie, that is very exciting to me. I went from feeling amazing to tired and grumpy and wore out. I think all is well though, I feel great (considering), she moves all the time, and just all around I feel like all is well with my body. I am starting to feel contractions. That's weird. All in all though, things are going very well and I am so excited to meet this little girl. Charlotte I think will be here name, Charlotte Elise. Adam likes it, I like it. That's all I really care about, but Carmel likes it a lot too, so that is a definite perk. I am hungry all the time still, but have belly aches alot. I am somehow still gaining so much weight, yet I can't eat nearly what I want or what I was. I still only feel a little bigger (except my belly). Legs are bigger, probably love handles and butt, and then my boobs have exploded with size. They have been bigger than my belly up until last week. They still seem to be growing too. UGH. Bras shipping though, so hopefully I will see them next week. Adam has the whole babys rom drywalled. Now he needs to mud and sand so I can paint. Maybe I will come home Black Friday and see that progress made. I really want to get her room decorated and complete. I want to paint her dresser and get clothes in it! Going to KY for Thanksgiving tomorrow. Excited to take alot of pics, it will be the first Thanksgiving there in a several years. Very excited!

Week 24 is approaching

So I still haven't uploaded anything. I am a dog. I really need to get on that. I am just so busy with works, school, and trying to be productive in the house that when I do waste time it's not doing productively wasteful things. Ha. I need to start the weekly belly pics now, since I didn't at first, and now I have a bump. It's crazy and I feel so beautiful. Literally the only time I don't is when I get on the scale.

I am putting on weight like someone bet me I couldn't or something. It's borderline scary, but I also think that once I have a baby and am plus 500 lbs, I'll feel really obligated to get it together. Wishful and procrastinating thinking? I think so, but also nothing motivates like feeling disgusting and huge. I really try to eat well,  but it is so hard. I don't have the most healthy relationship with food to begin with, I don't just eat to live. I don't quite eat to live, but I'm more on that end of the spectrum for sure. Not really sure why either, my dad is very fit and my mom always fed us pretty well, 1-2 veg and a fruit at dinner along with meat and not dessert nightly. I bet the portions were a little large and processesed sides were incorporated, but she did alot of cooking and didn't just live to feed us pizza and burgers. That being said, the biggest struggle for me right now is my consumption. I am literally hungry all the time. I have had 2 days this whole 24 weeks where I didn't feel at least 85% awesome, those two days I felt yuck and my belly really hurt. I think I ate too much, too fast when I wasn't hungry. Aside from that I can't be satisfied. I am really trying to make good choices, but nothing is filling. I try grains, fruits, vegetables, and of course junk. It all lasts the same, like 10 minutes and I want more. I am buying healthy stuff and consuming it, but I don't have the budget to eat only fresh fruits and vegetables or the will power probably. I am finally eating the things I buy and stuff is not going to waste so I feel very proud of that.

I realized today that starting my 24th week didn't mean I was starting the third trimester. Had I thought about this more, I would have known and not had to read it, but now I know. So, I have 1 more month of the second trimester to go. Basically 4 months when I had slyly convinced myself that I had 3. So I really have to get my weight undercontrol. I want to not have a belly full of stretch marks. Vain, I know, but I have boobs, thighs, and hips full of them. Puberty was terrible for my skin and I was terrible to my skin, so I am trying to be better to it now in hopes of not being covered. But I know the less I gain the more likely I am to not have them or have less.

This last month has been so nice. This whole pregnancy has been so nice. I feel so beautiful. Adam is so into all of this. He feels the baby kick and lays on my belly. He calls me beautiful, sexy, and georgous every day (which he did before, but I wasn't +30 lbs). It's so awesome. I am so in love with him and it grows everyday and he seems to be feeling the exact same way. It makes this process sooo much less mentally taxing for me. He is always texting me to tell me he loves and misses us or posting of Facebook when he feels her. It's so special. I didn't know what to expect from him and boy am I impressed. I wouldn't want to be going through all of this alone, and with him and my family and friends, I feel so supported. It is so wonderful.

I gave up my regular jeans after we got back from vacation on the 10th of this month. So at like 22 weeks or so. I could still get them on, but they started to get very uncomfortable. Now I am rocking the maternity pants that I can't believe even fit me. They are all like size small and size 6, I'm not either of those! So even my maternity clothes are making me feel lovely. My boobs have literally grown 3 cup sizes. I think maybe more, but I also think my cup size was too small pre pregnancy, so refuse to count up from that. I kind of hate it, they are even heavier then they were before and they don't seem to be stopping. I have 3 bras on the way from over seas, I should see them in a couple of weeks. I PRAY that they fit. I don't want to return them and order more. I just want to have a couple bras that fit and will fit for a while. I also pray that my boobs don't get much bigger. They seriously take away from my baby bump. If I were flat or smaller chested I would be showing more, but with my chest as it is, my bump won't be farther out than my boobs until 8 months, no joke. Adam loves it, but he is a man, so I can't really claim to be suprised there.

I haven't done much to prep for baby. I am a double dog. Adam has started to work on her room. He's been sick all week so that progress is halted at the moment, but I bet it will be redry walled this weekend and then we will paint. No idea on color yet, maybe yellow. We have a nice pile of stuff we have been gifted for our little lady. That is so cool, I feel so special and loved. I want to go through my maternity clothes and see what won't fit and maybe give to Adam's sister or consign. With it getting cold and most of this stuff being summer, I don't know that Ashley can use it. I also need to empty out the dresser upstairs so we can get it down here and hopefully refinish it and then stuff it with the clothes we have. Then I can maybe register at Target or something for the baby shower. Adam was planning one for me, but that suprise got messed up, so now I'm sort of at a loss. Do I try to initiate one for myself or wait for someone to just get on it. Not really sure what it appropriate. I want to do one in Kentucky and one in Indiana, The rough lists I made out for both locations seemed to deem two necessary, even if 1/3 of the people show up, it'll be probably like 8 -12 people at each and that seems okay. Not overwhelming. I just want to see everyone and celebrate this awesome time as much as possible. Still can't get over how blessed we have been so far. Now if we can figure out childcare I will be over the moon. That is one kink we have yet to un-kink.

Really going to try to post some pics of what we have so far, the babies room in progress, and my belly.

BABY GIRL!!

I have a little baby girl growing inside me! I can't believe it. The ultrasound was so fun and so amazing and made this all feel more real. I know I have felt her move a few times, but just since the ultrasound I know I have felt her twice. It's like seeing made my other senses more aware. I feel so excited and lucky! I guess we will have to try again another time for little John Wesley, considering this lil lady will have a very female name. I can't wait to start thinking of them and picking out some with Adam! He is excited. It was so adorable to see his smiles during the ultrasound and also hear his reaction to the sex. It caught us both so off guard. We were sure she was a little boy. He just kept saying that all that mattered was that she was healthy and she is! This is wild! I will have little fingernails to paint and hair to do. So much responsibility either way,  but I will have so much work building a strong woman! So excited. 20 wk appt next Tuesday. Wish every appt was an ultrasound one too. I want to see more of  her. She was so active and was sucking on her fingers. She didn't want us to see her lady parts. She waved at us. It was the coolest and most crazy thing I have ever expirenced.