F is for Food: Breakfast Smoothies

I think I'm becoming a smoothie person. 

Did you know you can text your order in to Smoothie King?! 

(dangerous)

Did you also know they want like $8 a pop? 

Highway robbery people. 

Thus, I've been on the hunt to find a yummy recipe I can make at home. 

Success. 

Ingredients:

Makes about 2) 8oz. smoothies

• 1-2 tbsp Honey (you can always substitute Blue Agave)
• 1 tbsp Chia Seeds (I found mine at Sprouts)
• 1/2 banana
• 2 whole oranges, juice only
• 1 cup milk (can use almond, soy, anything you like)
• 1 cup frozen fruit of your choice (I used a berry/mango mix)
• handful of ice
• special equipment: Blender

Directions:
Put the frozen fruit, banana, Chia seeds, orange juice and milk in the blender. Puree. Add in honey (to taste) and ice. Puree or Pulse until ice is teeny tiny. Enjoy!

from top left:

{what chia seeds look like | portion and freeze | final product: get in my belly}

Cheers! 

XOXO-LC

S is for Stuff: lulufrost Code Rings

Happy Hump Day y'all!

This video has been cracking me up lately! 

Also, in other news...

I'm obsessed with these rings. 

(and I'm totally on board with rocking one of these turbans too!)

{from here and here}

I'm hoping they will find their way onto my hand one day! 

(SOON....please and thank you!)

And if you're wondering, I'd get 2 numbers "2"'s 

to signify little T's birthday day: 1/22/13.

XOXO- LC

R is for Random: Some Pinterest Favs

Happy Tuesday everyone! 

Little T has come down with some sort of cold this week. 

It's a deep cough, runny nose, can't stand to be put down kind of situation.

Poor sweet thing. 

Mr. C is currently feeding him a bottle...

which helps makes this post possible.

I got to thinking about Pinterest...

where I keep track of all the things I'll never actually get around to doing. 

(does anyone else feel overwhelmed by it at times?!)

| story of my life |

Anyways, thought I'd share some treasures I've pinned as of lately.
That have really come in handy...

A Mega List of Table Foods for Baby or Toddler

One of the Best "To-Do" Lists Before Baby I've Found

The Top 50 Etsy Baby Shops of 2013

Pictures to Take of Children each Month

The Coolest List of Activities for Kids By Age

Side bar- are these not the cutest sneaks ever?
Think I'll have to get T a pair...I just can't help myself.

from here.

Night Night!
XOXO-LC

R is for Random: Crying is Funny (sometimes)

Hopefully y'all have been missing me 

as much as I've been missing you.

(for the 50th time, I'm sorry!)

Where does time go?

Just have time for a quick note today.

Have y'all seen this website?! 

genius.

Think I might submit this of little T:

(now this was from a long time ago)

Oh my gosh. Pee my pants hilarious. 

Happy almost weekend!

XOXO- LC

T is for Truth: Got Milk?

You know how I've been thinking about stopping breast feeding ("BF") cold turkey right?

Welp, I happened upon this little gem of an article recently

and after reading it, has since made me have a change of heart. 

So I'll just go sit in the corner with my little violin, shame, and continue to BF...

There are many reasons as to why a woman cannot breast feed:

her body doesn't produce enough milk, child has a hard time latching on, it's painful, medication/illness, etc. 

I've come to find though that there are woman, many women in fact, who are so dedicated 

to giving their little ones breast milk that they decide to pump exclusively. 

I, by no means, would put myself in the "extreme pumping" category;

I pump at work and occasionally at home to keep up my supply but don't pump 24/7. 

That's a whole different cup of tea...or milk I should say. 

from here. 

I found this article and thought I'd share it with you all. 

I won't even attempt to top or take credit for this lady's legit post. Major high five to her.

She literally covers it all and then some...

everything from diet, to the best pumping products, cleaning/storage, and her little survival tips and tricks. 

(It's kinda long so Pin now and read it later!)

Hopefully someone reading this will find it helpful! 

You never know if this will be someone you know...or perhaps even yourself one day. 

XOXO- LC

B is for Baby: 168 Days Old

Hello Baby,

Today you are 5 months (oh my gosh), 2 weeks and 1 day old.
What in the world?!

Here's what you've been up to lately:

Rolling all around. From back to belly and then back again.
Holding onto your toes. And putting those toes in your mouth.
Working on sitting up, crawling, standing, and putting one foot in front of the other!

 Being observant. Always interested and exploring what's all around you.

Hanging out with your girl, Pip. 

You're reaching for her and always checking to see what she's doing. 

(and playing with mini Pip your G-Ma got you!)

Splish splashin' in the pool!

Oh, and Mom + Dad had a little night out...

Celebrating July 4th and experiencing fireworks for the first time!
You did so good and you loved it!

Love you so much little T,
XOXO- Mom

L is for Love: Playing Catch

It's never too early...

to start sport fundamentals.

Meet Tripp. A Future baseball player. 

Ladies, eat your heart out. 

XOXO- LC