Obsessed with cleaning...

Well if you didn't know...I have a MAJOR cleaning obsession! I feel like some days all I can think about is cleaning... and with 2 big dogs and a child, it makes it hard. I never thought my cleaning would take away from Cadence or the dogs for that matter, but lately I have bee feeling that it does. I always make my dogs stay outside or in their room, which isn't fair. And sometime all Cadence wants is to be held and all I can think about is washing the floor or vacuuming.

So after a good talk with a great friend on Sunday, I have come to believe that it's ok to have crumbs on the floor or dirty laundry in the basket. Life isn't about everything being perfect, it's about being happy. I'm so thankful that I have finally come to this realization! Don't get me wrong, I will still most likely vacuum every day, not only to clean my house but to put my daughter to sleep... she seems to fall asleep when the vacuum is on. But for now on, it won't be my first priority! I WILL allow my dogs to come into the house, they need love too and Cadence loves to have them around.

So if you come to my house and find crumbs or dog hair on the floor, just know that I love my life and all the dirt it comes with! And here is a picture proving that my daughter just loves to have her puppies around...

Gold Canyon Candles

My new journey...

I have been offered to get into an amazing business, a home based business! The product is called Canyon Candles and they are great! I'm really really excited for this new chapter in my life and I hope I do great.

Life.... my wonderful life

As I sit here feeding Monkey her breakfast, I can't help but feel this overwhelming joy and happiness. I'm so incredibly in love with my sweet little girl, so in love that I feel I can't explain it. I love her from her little painted toe nails all the way to her sticking up hair. She is the most amazing little girl and I am one proud Momma.

Then I think about my husband... my amazing husband! I feel so lucky to go to bed next to soul mate every night. When I think about him, I still get butterfly's in my stomach. I love that man!!! No matter how many forks there are in the road, we seem to always follow the same path. This is a journey we take together and will always come out on top. As long as I have him at my side, we can do anything.

I had so much to write about, so many thoughts to express. But now it seems as though they have all gone away and all I can do is smile! Smile at my daughter as she babbles away, and smile as I think about my hunky husband working his butt off at work for our family. I'm one lucky lady.

How do single parents do it?

I truly don't know how single parents do it! My husband has been gone away for work for the past week and a half, it's been hard. Not only do I miss him like crazy, for me. I miss his warmth when I climb into bed at night, his hugs and kisses, his sense of humor, doing his laundry, making dinner for him, I miss watching him and monkey interact, let's be serious here... I miss EVERYTHING about him!

Back to my original post... single parents and how do they do it?

For the past 9 days, I have been that "single" parent... in a sense. And it's so hard! All the diaper changing, feeding, entertaining, bathing, snuggling ( well I do love to snuggle my little angel), the one that has to deal with the crying, temper-tantrums, hissy fits. Then there's the runny nose she has, the pain from teething that causes my little girl to be a fussy maniac. IT"S HARD!

I know 100% that my husband is working his butt off while he's away for work and it's so hard from him to be away from us. I'm totally 100% thankful that he is willing to do everything he does for us. And in no way am I whining or complaining, however it sure seems that way. I guess I just don't understand how people can be single parents... that might be strange.

I have the most amazing husband and after being the "single" parent for a few days... I'm so much more thankful for him. They say time apart makes the heart grow founder... and it's so true! I cannot wait to look into his eyes and tell him how much I love him. How much I love the husband, friend, lover, father, and just all around amazing man he is. I truly am the luckiest woman in the world to have him!

So to all those single parents out there... kudos to you for all your hard work! As for me... it's not my cup of tea (and I'm sure for most it isn't theirs either, but life happens! Right!?) but I will soon have my man home and life will be back to normal... a fantastic life, MY fantastic life.

The 2 Loves of my life

Well today my husband had to go away for work! It sucks! He's going to be gone for around 10 days and I miss him already!

When I got up this morning and checked my facebook, he had left me a nice little message and i cried and cried!!! Here it is....

alright babe i'll make this quick....Take it easy these next few days i'll be thinking about you 2 lots i will call as soon as i get there. I love you a tonne look after my little girl...I love you love james

What an amazing man I have! He also left Cadence the best little note! Just reading that and thinking about him, I can't believe how lucky I am! I couldn't have asked for a better husband, father for our sweet angel or friend. I am so incredibly in love with that man!!

WOW... it's been a while since I posted! Well I guess that's because my days seem to be so busy! Between Cadence, dog walking, house cleaning, food making, nap attempting, more house cleaning, more dog walking, husband loving, Cadence snuggling... I guess I just didn't have blog writing time. LOL

Some may think my life is crazy, or that I'm clearly obsessed with having a clean house... but I truly love every second of it. It's crazy, but a good kind of crazy. And the only reason I clean so much is because my house is so small and gets messy WAY too fast. But oh well... shit happens!

So in the last week or so Cadence has gone back to the not wanting to sleep in her own bed phase. She LOVES to sleep in our bed and in my arms... I of course love to snuggle her! However a night without a sweating child in my arms would be kinda nice. But I'm sure one day I will be wishing that she would snuggle with her Momma, so for now I will cherish every bit of snuggle time I get.

But, to try and fix her fear of sleeping in her own bed, I put our beds together. Thinking that maybe she would sleep in her bed, if it was right beside ours and I could hold hands with her. The first night, hand holding was not good enough for her... but last night she stayed in her own bed until 430am! WAHOOO!!! Let's hope tonight it's until 630am ;)

I have also decided to put the play pen up in our room, thus for her to nap in. I figure that since she sleeps in a big girl bed, at nap time I would like to contain her. So we will see how napping in the play pen works for us. It worked yesterday, she only cried for a couple minutes and then went to sleep. But today she has been whining for about 20 minutes and doesn't seem to be stopping. What a persistent child I have.

Well I will leave her for a few more minutes and if she's not sleeping then I will rescue her from the evil play pen ;)