WARNING PG-13: Not for the Faint hearted or Easily offended!!

Its the 14th of the month and you know its coming yet STILL the moment you go to the bathroom and look down you're surprised...Hello Period. I understand the science of it but I am not sure what Heavenly Fathers motives were when creating the idea of this awful blood massacre to happen monthly to women. 

Often time we compare our situation to men and do not understand why THEY do not have to walk around with pads and/or insert foreign plugs. 

Although, thats not the worst part of being a woman, not by a long shot. 

Worse is that we as women feel the need to compare to OTHER WOMEN. We say that men get something called "little man syndrome" when sizing up, but what do women get? Just MEAN. Extremely mean. 

These are some trials that women or mothers face daily, and ill never understand because there are positives to EVERY argument. 

Q&A by Brooklyn and her alter ego, I wish I heard more of this in the real world...

A. "Why DONT you breastfeed your baby?"

 -"Well ya know what Miss saggy boobs, maybe I like my perky ta-ta's? Or maybe I think its disgusting to have a leech suck on my nipple every three hours...OR WORSE maybe I tried for the first 3 months of my child's life practically starving them while pumping until my nipples fell off and I physically just COULD NOT!? &  FYI my child is adopted, so yeaaahh..not gonna work out." 

B. "Why DO you breastfeed your baby?"

- "Ever since I was a little girl I was fascinated by the thought of a mother feeding her child, I would even nurse my baby dolls...OR maybe my milk came in quick & it was SO painful as I sprayed E.v.e.r.y.w.h.e.r.e that I could not think of anything better to do than hook that baby up. & Lastly, breastfeeding is free and I cant fathom the idea of paying for formula and commend those who do have to. "

C. "Its 10 o'clock, why is your child still awake?" 

-"Well first and foremost i'm probably just feeling too lazy to fight the bedtime routine. ALSO unlike other children my kid does not completely lose his/her crap when its late at night, otherwise I, like you would have my child asleep before the sun went down. (Also, I think thats your child I hear upstairs playing.) "

D. "6 o'clock and your kids asleep?!"

- "YES, and thank the heavens because if he/she would have stayed awake any longer I would be viral for "Woman stuffs ear plugs so far into her ears that she died". I can only handle SO MUCH  and then its time for me to remember that i am in fact NOT a crazy lunatic, I am an adult who says toilet instead of potty once in a while." 

E. "Wow! Look at those *insert holiday* Gifts!"

- "Thanks, ever since the last Holiday was celebrated I started working on the gifts and decor for the next. Its important that I help my kids remember that holidays are special days, & frankly I enjoy decorating and buying gifts to see the reaction on my child's face. " 

D. "Why didn't you get your kid an Easter basket?"

-"Well you see, this month i needed to pay the water bill, OR I wanted my child to remember what Easter (Any holiday) is TRULY about and not the toy that they got that day. I was raised in a household where we focused on the true meanings."

E. "You had a C-Section? Thats not natural" 

 - "Hey! Guess what, didn't know if you knew but we ARE in 2016 which means that yes, modern medicine can take my baby out of me with minimal damage and my child will STILL whoop yours at recess. Oh and also, I didn't have to open the flood gates, my husband thanks me for that. P.s, i also got an immediate 2 weeks extra off of work, PAID." 

Every opinion matters, MOTHERS LIVES MATTER. (Too soon? Oops) 

Daily we struggle trying to keep up with the Kardashians, er Jones'. But WHY? Is your system working? Like right...NOW. Does life make sense for you?! DON'T FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN, or you're gonna break it. 

I am so happy that I am a confident woman and don't take a whole lotta shiz from anyone, but I too have to remember that there ARE sensitive people in this world that go home and cry after you make a sly comment about them or their parenting. 

BE GENTLE. 

BE KIND. 

BE HAPPY. 

"Adulting" is already hard enough, lets just have play dates and girls nights and get off each-others backs, cause hey...after all your grandma will always think you're cute and thats all that matters. 

Bye Felica. 

Fall Family Photos 2015

We had an awesome opportunity to help a friend from Shawnee expand her portfolio and we were so lucky to be on the receiving end and to get such great photos taken! Thank you so much Kelly Alley and we totally recommend everything about Matilda Tallulah Photography.

Enjoy!

November 1st, 2015

 

Kisses for baby:)

Love My boys! (But cant wait for my little girl to arrive)

Carter often squeezes us all together for a family hug or says "Mommy, Daddy KISS!" so this photo had to be added ;)

I am so freaked out at how darn old Carter looks! (26 months)

 

Happy go lucky

Those EYES. Ahhhh!

& I will finish with my personal favorite!

Thanks again to Matilda Tallulah Photography! :)

Mean Mothers that i kinda sorta wanna punch...

My blog posts are far and few between because I simply don't feel like I have anything THAT educational to post about....Today I belive I do, So if you don't want to read a long rant you can stop after this next sentence.
                               STOP BEING MEAN,RUDE & INCONSIDERATE

Alright for those of you who would like to stick around, I just need to tell these two stories that seriously have ruined my last two weeks.

Chick Fil-A:
             My family went to Chick Fil-A for lunch last week RIGHT before I had to go to work. Simply that means I wore my work clothes (A Skirt was involved) which will make a difference I promise. After eating our meal of course I let Carter go into the play place..and if you're familiar with the play place's at most chick Fil- A restaurants it is a small room with just a bench for parents to sit on while their kids play. I let Carter do his own thing until he went to the top of the play gym and decided he was scared, so it was a no brainer...i just climbed up the play gym to grab my scared little boy. Now if it was really that simple (even though it should have been)  I wouldn't be blogging.
As I am climbing up I hear one Mother say to another "Why would she be climbing up there in a skirt??" Then the response from the other Mean Mother was "Well who even wears a pencil skirt with a toddler??" *Then they proceed to giggle.*
 Uhhhhhhh ya. Its a good thing I had self control because some hair pulling would have happened if I had the balls. (Excuse my language)

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE. It was a freakin NET between me and them, trapped in a SMALL play place. OBVIOUSLY I would hear you two. What's wrong with dressing nice anyway? I know I was headed to work but does a person really even need to justify what they are wearing?

Now, I am no saint, I gossip like every other woman but come on.... At least wait until I leave or something. Haha

I was so flustered going to work that day and it seriously ruined my whole evening. Luckily I have awesome co-workers that could bring my spirits up. Also a huge shout out to my (Nice) mom for the text that said "Taylor Swift says it best, Haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate." I am so fortunate to have people who lift me up so that I don't stay down in the dumps for long.

NEXT.


Wal-Mart: ( i'll keep this short)

Carter and I LOVE going to Wal Mart, its enjoyable for us both. This past Friday Carter threw a massive tantrum, he wanted my phone to play with so I finally caved in hopes that it could make the scene that he was making stop. So I set him back into the cart and gave him my phone. Now I was standing by the cheese and there was a lady and her (I assume mother) by the yogurt...which means extremely close to us.
The lady said "Well that's one way to shut your 2 year old up" & her mother responded "Its so sad to see this new generation be addicted to technology".


Uh Hello!! Over here!! The mother of that "2 year old" (whose really 1 1/2) and the one whose apparently helping her child be "Addicted to technology".
Get outta here people. If you knew anything about myself or my son you would know that it is not a normal thing to let Carter play with my phone (come on, Its an IPhone 6 and letting him touch it is just too much of a liability) hahah. Also you would know Carters age...or name...or that it was 2 hours past NAP TIME.

Once again I am not saying that I am above people and I never say anything mean but this is a HUGE wake up call. Watch what you say, even if you feel like that person cant hear you, just don't say it at all.

DONT BE A MEAN MOM. (or Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Brother, Sister, Dog, Cat, whoever)


****You all may just find this as a huge pity party for myself, and it kinda is, but I already feel like a small weight has been lifted. Almost feels as good as I imagine it woulda felt to punch those ladies sqare in the nose...but lucky for them once again, I have self control and actually just suck at standing up for myself in general. Something I need to work on but for now I will just hide behind my computer screen because If  they can blatantly say those mean words im sure they are packin when it comes to a real fight HA!

It's official. Carter is really one now.

Well sure Carter may have turned one September 4th but it didn't seem any different by the 5th..he was still the same little boy! But now, it's Septemeber 25th & I will say he's REALLY one now.  I had the craziest morning & could only think "okay wow,  this is it...I need to blog about this". So the morning went something like this...

& I am sure a lot of you have extremely relatable mornings!

The doorbell rang at 9:45 & I woke up frantically...I totally had overslept..but WAIT! That means Carter did too? Okay so here I am contemplating weather I go to the door first or I go see if Carter is breathing...I open his door & the creaking woke him a bit so he rolled over. Alright so that's clarification for me that he's alright. I go talk to the person at the door then head up to get Carter. So you're probably at this point thinking "wow, her son slept till almost 10am?"  yes. He did, but don't worry there are indeed consequences that come with that. Which includes LOTS of energy!!


I jump in the shower while Carter just played around in the bathroom/hallway...& about 2 minutes later he peeks his little head around the curtain...with a big smile & a little muscle Carter had successfully dove into the shower (over a tub ledge) WITH all of his clothes on. Lol HORRAY...time for a shower I guess? So after dealing with that fun mess & letting him play in the water with clothes on which just made him giggle & giggle it was time to get him dressed.

Now I don't know if anyone else deals with this or not...but picking out Carters  outfit takes as much thought or more as it takes to pick out my own clothes! So once his clothes & shoes were put on it was 10:00 & we had to leave at 10:30 to be somwhere. (Like that would ever happen)

I start getting ready & Carter finds ever awkward& weird thing possible to play with in the bathroom (ie: Tampons, pads, & of course the toilet water). So I proceeded taking things from him every two seconds & washing his hands three times. So then when I took him to he Hall it was time for him to decide to take his shoes...& socks both off. Then I put them back on & he crawled into our bedroom.


I continued getting ready cause there was peace & quiet which I knew meant he was doing something not so good. ...so I headed to our bedroom. There was Carter (with his shoes & socks off AGAIN) & he successfully took all of our shoes off of the shoe rack in our closet..no biggy just another set back! So as I put the shoes back..he started crying...I look over & he's sticking his fingers in the fan that was on the floor (mom fail)  But he's fine, & still has 10 fingers...for now!  ;)

Soo I decided it must be time for him to eat breakfast I mean it's 10:30 at this point & definitly time for us to be in the car..but you can't starve you child...can you? Haha just kidding. So I put him in the high chair while he screamed "more more more" Until I actually got some food to him...& while he ate I put my make up on (already sweating at this point). I returned to clean him up & GUESS WHAT he managed to take his dang shoes & socks off AGAIN!!!! So I put them back on, for the 4th time in less than an hour.

We headed out the door (10:55am) & he was great in the car. We ran some errands & at the dollar store he happened to get his hands on a football by reaching out of the cart. So
There I was trying to put it back as he screamed & I thought "okay, this is it. I am buying Carter this cheapo football & he officially has pushed me to the point of doing so". I mean I know it's just a dollar BUT I have always told myself I won't buy my kids toys at the store all the time cause then they expect it. But I did it & I don't regret it.

So now it's nap time & just completely relived my whole morning & I feel all worked up again.

AND THAT is how I know that I now have a One Year Old. 

Now heres the positive twist!!

Now that we have a very fun & active 1 year old little stinker we get to have more fun! It really is so amazing teaching him how to walk & play with other kiddos. We get to do more adventurous things now! Another positive is that now that I break a sweat by just getting ready...by the end of the day I won't have to workout! I will be burning calories like no other. So heres to many more fun adventures of motherhood & don't get me wrong..this is TRULY the most rewarding job I will ever have!! I love our little man! :)

Spit up, Crying, pooping....Life just wouldnt be the same without it.

Life has been so stinkin' crazy! 

 & i mean that literally. 

Lets see, we have celebrated so much in such a short time, but i guess thats what you call the Holidays! 

We celebrated Thanksgiving, & all of the Sloop family was in town for Christmas at my parents house, then we threw a little shindig in our new house for New Years Eve! 

  The week before Christmas i started watching a little 9 month old boy for some extra income & it was hard adjusting to two little boys, but  its becoming alot easier with a set schedule and such. 

Mitchell finished his Fall semester with all A's cause he's kinda a stud.

 (lets pray Carter gets his brains)

& now he has started his Spring semester and it will be a difficult one because of Organic Chemistry. 

...Let me just add that he is a Full Time Daddy, Full time Bank Teller & a Full time Student. 

I am so blessed to be his wife. 

 Carter has just been amazing us daily! 

The day before he turned 4 months he started to scoot a little toward toys. 

& a few short days later he started sitting up. 

He has pretty much mastered the sitting up thing now and is working on crawling next! 

I absolutly love being his mommy but man if one more person tells me that Carter looks nothing like me i may go crazy. I mean SERIOUSLY! 

I carried that little boy for over 9 months and all i get is random people constantly saying 

"He's so cute, He must look like his daddy? I just don't see your resemblance" 

...uh thanks? lol 

I mean i guess its a good thing his daddy is hot. 

Well here are some pictures for your viewing.

Thanksgiving 2013

Christmas Morning 2013

New Years Eve Kisses 2013

Carters first time eating rice cereal (4 months)

Right before Rachael got set apart to serve a mission in The London England South Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. We will miss her soo much, Carter will almost be 2 when she gets back, CRAZY! 1/21/14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a Sunday afternoon in our back yard, Carter absolutely loves being outside and swinging on his swing set! 1/26/14

Until Next Time! :)

Our newest addtion! :)

Carter James Cook is here! We love our little bundle of joy....soo much that I have no time to blog anymore.lol

Heres the scoop:
September 3rd I went to my 40 week check up with hopes they would say "Oh hey look, you're in labor"...but that was wishful thinking. Instead that day they told me that my day to be induced got pushed back a day (which is an eternity while THAT pregnant).
Naturally after my appointment I went home and cried myself to sleep. When I woke up 3 hours later I woke up to extreme pain. All I could think was "there is no way these are contractions because that would be too good to be true".  By 2 am I completely convinced myself (with my moms help) that I was indeed in labor and this wasn't another false alarm. Yay!

We got to KU medical at 2:30 am and I was already dilated to a 5 when I got there. I was immediately admitted to my room and things progressed quickly all on their own. I endured a few contractions before receiving the most AMAZING drugs invented (epidural). After that things were fine and dandy. I pushed from 7am-8:38am & at that point our little boy entered the world!
My exact words at that moment were...
                                                          "Mom, I feel so skinny"
Carter weighed in at 7lbs 10oz and he was 20.5 inches long. He was perfect from the beginning...cone-head and all ;)
We have LOVED having him join our family and he has amazed us daily! Exactly a week after he was born we gave him a bath and layed him on our bed as we layed there watching him and he randomly rolled over! Of course it was from his tummy to his back, so not AS impressive but still crazy! He is a very strong baby and can hold his head up extremely well.


Also in the last while I had my 19th birthday! That morning I work up and texted Mitchell "If you would have told me a year ago that I would wake up to an explosive diaper on my 19th birthday I would think you were drunk". Because yes. That was indeed my present from my little man!

My day was amazing filled with shopping, amazing food and lots of fun! :)

(photo credit to Chelsey Sloop)

Until next time folks!

(who knows when that will be)

Experiencing some new experiences...

Well starting last Friday we have been house-sitting Mitchells parents house. Let me tell you, i have learned ALOT about living in a house out in the country! 

-First off we are watching & tending to their chickens. I am definitely a suburb kinda girl because this is not coming naturally to me at all! I have learned that you can NOT talk to Chickens like you can talk to a cat or dog....they don't understand you AT ALL. Sooo starting day one i tried to actually "talk" like a chicken, i got the advice from Dory (When she speaks whale on finding Nemo). It has not been successful, imagine that. After looking dumb for a few days i've learned that you can just shew them and they will kinda go the direction you want them to. Its an interesting task because its like having Easter every morning and night...i go into the chickens pin and its like all of a sudden i am on an Easter egg hunt as i search for all of the eggs.Although,  let me tell you its not as easy as plastic eggs. Some of the chickens like to just sit there all day...so therefore you have to stick your hand under them and grab the egg out....which is both scary and disgusting because the eggs are so warm. & Lastly let me just say...after tending to chickens you CANT wash you hands enough...in fact the only thing that makes you feel clean again is to take a shower! 

- We were told to make sure and close the garage at night with the cat inside it so that Raccoons don't come in and eat the cat food.....of course we learned the hard way as we tend to always do and as i walked by the door leading to the garage i heard a big crash....i instantly realized we had not closed the garage door. Mitchell ran out there as he saw a raccoon run out of the garage. This sparked some anger in Mitchell...thus he waited in the garage for a good 45 minutes for the animal to come back so he could beat the crap out of it with a broom...lol. That's my boy! 

- I also learned that 2 people do not ever need to live in a 7 bedroom home.....This house is just too big for the both of us. We haven't even been in any of the rooms except ours which makes them useless if we actually lived here. I now understand why older people move into smaller homes...less to clean...less places for monsters to hide and it is just simply realistic! 

- The BEST part about being here was definitely yesterday. Mitchell and i got in a bit of an argument...but then as we made up it started pouring outside...so we ventured that way! It was super fun to walk up and down the country roads in the pouring rain and having the few cars that passed us wave to us even though they were probably so confused seeing a pregnant lady in a skirt and shirt & a boy in regular clothes casually walking on the road in the storm. But it was fun & gave Mitchell and i a new experience together. 

I am sure there will be more to come!