Mommy Moments Hop

Welcome back for another week of Mommy Moments Monday Blog Hoppin'!  

A sincere thank you to all of you who link up so faithfully every week!  I wish I could visit every one of your links, but time just won't allow it! I hope you are all making some new friends and learning lots of great mothering tips and tricks through this link up! I know I am!

The top viewed link from last week belongs to Samantha from Hooah and Hiccups! Her post, Come On Baby, 

You definitely don't want to miss this awesome birth story! Samantha's hubby is in the military and could only be home for a few weeks towards the end of her pregnancy. As a result, Samantha was induced and her hubby was able to be there for the birth! Yay! Read her version of how all of that went down. It's a great story! Thanks for sharing Samantha:) 

Now, let's get this party started!
To link up, just...

1. Follow Host: The Life Of Faith 

and Co-Hosts: Monkeys and Tutus, The Not Quite Military Wife, and The Mrs. 
and this week's guest host: Rachel from Dreaming of the Country

2. Link up your post!
Post can include anything related to mommy-hood, children, homemaking, pregnancy etc. If you aren't a mom yet, feel free to link up your preparation for motherhood, your journey as you try to conceive, or even a post that would be encouraging to the other moms in the party!

3. Add the Mommy Moments button to your post or blog so everyone knows where you are linking up!

4. Explore some of the other posts in the link-up and say hello to some new blog friends! 

5. Tweet or Share the link up on Facebook so we can all make even more friends!

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Colossians 3:17 
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

Linking up with Mom's Monday Mingle, Mama Moments Monday, Monday's Musings, and The Better Mom Mondays

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Count down to fit my dress eek

I absolutely can not wait for Friday! It was about this time last year when I got super motivated to get my weight loss going strong! I lost 45 lbs from December to March last year and then i have been an up and down yoyo mess of the same 10 lbs since April!  I absolutely have to lose like 15 lbs before Christmas or I wont fit in my bridesmaid dress! I am starting this 24 day challenge (you can read about it in my previous post here)  I know its going to be the exact thing I need to get jump started back on the road to loosing the rest of this dad gum baby weight from being knocked up back to back to back! Ha
Read the info and join me! Its going to be epic!!!

If you've been curious about joining us for the 24 Day Advocare Challenge, check out this website to learn even more about it!

www.choosethechallenge.com

email me with questions or to sign up at newyouadvocare@ymail.com

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New Shoes, Meet Ups and Blown Away

What I love most about blogging is the amazing friendships I have made!  I cant even begin to tell you the amount of amazing gals I have formed a bond with over the past few months!  This past Friday evening we had an Oklahoma Blogger Meet up and I got to actually meet several of my 'online friends' face to face!  It was so much fun!   We started out at this cute lil shop called The Vintage Pearl that makes custom hand stamped jewelry and they so graciously opened their doors for us to just come and hang out and mingle.

I have to tell you, I was absolutely nervous about what to wear!  All I could think of was the dozens of beautiful stylish girls that would be there and spent the entire day stressing.

It turned out great and my mom got me some FAB new Leopard Shoes so everything was perfect! Ha!

We had some amazing giveaways! I even won a $50 GC to Schardein and Co which is an amazing salon in the city!  Cant wait to use it, especially after my most recent hair crisis of going in for a trim and getting my hair chopped all to pieces!

My beautiful friend Melissa over at Pineapple Lily won a $70 facial and a super cozy plush robe from Royal Oak Massage & Spa, which is absolutely the best place for a massage and a facial   I was so excited to see all the local business that supported our meet up and I was blown away by Passion Fruit Ads!  They sponsored our whole event!  They bought us wine (not that i drink wine) and amazing Cupcakes from Pinkitzle. I can not even begin to tell you how amazing these cupcakes were! OMG

I was also very surprised by how many people don't use passionfruitads and some who havent even heard of them!  If you don't use them seriously you have got to check them out!  Its free to use and it does all the work for you!  You dont have to charge people for ads but you totally can.  I have prices on mine but all of them are available for swaps and giveaways!

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Amazed

Holy cow! It's Thursday! This week has flown by! I started my part time job on Monday and all I can say is refreshing!
I'm only going to be working less than 20 hours a week outside of the home and able to do stuff from home too so it's a sweet deal!
A friend of mine owns a massage and spa and I am her new manager! I love it just for the simple fact of it feels like vaca haha!
I adore my babies and adore being home with them as much as possible but it really is nice to get out and have a break. For most of 3 years I've been home 24/7 with them. And over a year of it all alone, because of deployment.

I can't even begin to describe to you the change in perspective of everything. The time with my kids is more quality because I'm away from them some. They are more affectionate and listen more because they have a chance to miss me and visa versa!

However I hate the time away from my hubs! But that will be fixed in about 3 weeks with a very exciting opportunity for him! Will share more later!

Yesterday we spent the day at an exotic animal park and it was amazing! We Aw dozens of animals, more than our zoo for sure! We were within 5 feet of everything which was awesome and we had awesome family time!
Here are some fun pics!
Will post more tomorrow! This week had just been crazy!