Come and Go

Well...I always have good intentions of keeping up this blog but life seems to get in the way! We are pretty much stuck in the house today due to tornado warnings throughout the area (My worst nightmare), so I figured I'd update and post on all the things I have been meaning to! Dustin just as a couple weeks left and then we are headed home for the summer. We are so excited to go boating & hang out with our families! My parents are coming out to visit this upcoming weekend, as long as our house isn't destroyed tonight in a tornado! Quinn turned one a couple weeks ago and is getting smarter and smarter by the day. When we go to restaurants she loves to separate the sugar packets into piles based on their color, she is repeating more words slowly, and she loves trying to figure out how things work. I love watching how she stares at me while I'm doing something and then watching her a few minutes later trying to do what I just did, and usually succeeding! We had a fun birthday with friends and she loved her cake. I didn't get a lot of pics, mostly video but am working on editing pics from a mock cake smash photo sesh! But that's pretty much it!

Lately, I have been doing some custom projects for family and friends and I figured I'd post this poster I made for all my Idaho friends if any of you are interested in being in a golf tournament to help donate money to a family in need! It's in Idaho Falls but it looks like it will be a lot of fun!

Snow Day!!

 Apparently church has snow days!? Never experienced that before but nonetheless this is what we did today!

Obsession: PicTapGo

 

Okay, Here is my next current obsession. I am normally ANTI paying for apps, but this one is a gem.  It is basically Lightroomfor your I-phone in my opinion. It has a ton of presets you can use to edit your photos, and you can also alter them and make your own "recipes" for presets. I love it. One of my goals is to develop my Instagram pictures, so I feel making the pictures look the best possible will only make it better. I think its $1.99, but worth it!

Therapy Session+ Pinterest

Okay, so before I get into the Pinterest part of this post I feel everyone needs a background story.

Side Note: It really annoys me when people blab on Facebook about every detail of their days and every feeling they feel throughout the day, SO with that being said.....if you don't care to read about my emotional issues living in Missouri, you can go ahead and skip this post!

Now that we got that out of the way, I just first have to say I really am not liking Missouri lately. I always thought it would be so fun to move somewhere new and when we first moved here I DID feel that way. Well fast forward to now, and I really do not like it here. I pretty much had a two hour cry pity session last night feeling bad for myself.
1. I really miss my family. I am use to being able to just go to any of my siblings houses whenever I am bored and want something to do. Also, whenever I needed to run an errand I could usually talk someone into going with me.
2. I miss having my friends. I am really bad at keeping in touch with friends. I have always had this horrible mentality that if people wanted to keep in touch with me, then they will call me. Not that I feel like my time is sacred by any means, but the opposite! I don't want to bother people so I figure they can come to me if they want something.
3. I am alone ALL day with a child who can't talk. I love being a stay at home mom, but it gets super lonely.

So between feeling alone and homesick, I have talked myself into hating it here. I have met some friends out here who are really cool and I enjoy being around but (CUE PROBLEM #2) I always am waiting for them to call me to do something rather than just taking the initiative and doing it myself. I don't like making people feel obligated to do anything so I just wait around for them to call me. So I sit here during the days always wishing I could just go to someones place and hang out but never DO it. So, last night after my drama queen moment Dustin and I decided that I just need to take the initiative and quit being a baby pretty much. So that's one of my goals for trying to be happier with where we are.

Second goal is to stay busy and be productive! So, that is why I have been blogging a little more as of late! I think it is a good outlet for me and is just one more thing to keep my mind busy.

Third goal, I want to actually DO the things I pin on pinterest instead of just scrolling through every night in bed on my phone pinning everything in sight and then repeating the next night and never going back through them. So this leads me to the second part of my post....PINTEREST!

I am going to blog about different things I make or try on Pinterest. It will make me more accountable to actually do it AND you can see what is good/gross/fun/lame etc. I'm going to try and do at least one post a week on it but we will see how it goes.

So here is my first one...HONEY LIME ENCHILADAS!

I'm obsessed with these. Literally. Dustin actually said one night after dinner," These enchiladas are good, but maybe you should try some new recipes." I make them all the time! They have a lot of cheese and I am a cheese lover. They are sweet but spicy too. So these I would recommend! I always have the ingredients for these on hand now. So if you want to try them go to favfamilyrecipes.com and type Honey Lime Enchiladas in their search engine and voila! 

Teeth!!!!

Latest update in the Tew household....Quinn popped 2 bottom teeth the other day! FINALLY! I swear I have thought she was teething for the last 7 months so its about time. I was literally beginning to worry that there were no teeth in there and she would be all gums for the rest of her life! When they are actually grown in enough to get a pic I will share!

Obsession 1: Coconut Oil

I feel like I'm turning into some natural, granola, tree-loving hippie by talking about this stuff and those diapers I posted about, and secretly some days I would love to be that person. Regardless, here it goes. Lately Quinn has caught a case of RSV, had a double ear infection, and teething ALL at the same time. Adding to her misery, due to teething and antibiotics= diarrhea=major diaper rash. I have used Burt's Bees diaper ointment (made her scream when I put it on, something in it really irritated her skin), A&D (soothed her but didn't really improve the rash too much), Bordeaux Butt Paste (normally works, not helping with this constant poop problem) and Balmex (seems to work the most of all the creams). Anyways, I bought this Coconut oil at Trader Joe's because it was the best price I had seen around and I have seen Coconut oil all over Pinterest. Honestly, it sat in my cupboard for about 2 months before I ever used it. I looked online and read all the stuff you can do with it. Side note: everyone says to use it on your hair and your hair will feel amazing, I honestly couldn't tell a difference but maybe that's just me. Anyways, I read that it can help with diaper rashes so I attempted to give it a try. Being in the medical field I didn't really think it would help as I am a BIG advocate for medications to fix things and not so big on the whole oil's and other natural things to heal your sicknesses. Anyways, her diaper rash looked so much better in just one diaper change, and it didn't hurt her at all when putting it on. So my friends, if you are looking for a good remedy for diaper rash I would recommend this! By the way, I just Google searched this picture and used it so here is my disclaimer that I didn't take this picture in case I get in trouble for using it :)

So Check Me out!

Okay....so I don't do this often unless I am obsessed with a product, BUT I took it to myself to go to the
 +The Honest Company facebook page and let them know how I felt about their diapers! (Which I love!) They were featured on Zulily one day for a deal that made the diapers WAY cheaper than any other brand so I figured I'd snatch up the deal and give them a whirl and I became obsessed! (Which also kind of sucks because without the Zulily deal, they aren't the cheapest diapers). They have cute designs ( No disney characters or Sesame Street which drive me crazy on anything baby), and no blow outs. Anyways....Long story short I was looking on their website tonight and came across this.....

My daughter has been blowing out of her diapers like crazy!! I decided to whip out The Honest Diapers to give them a whirl. Since they are "green" I expected them to not be a very good product and was just saving them for when I was in need of diapers but couldn't run to the store. These diapers are actually amazing and fit very well. You made a believer out of me and I will be back for more! They beat out Pampers and Huggies for me

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Kourtney T. MO

I'm pretty much famous right?? Haha Anyways I am always wondering what products are peoples favorites because for some reason I feel the need to want to know whats the best and have it as long as I can afford it! Therefore, I have decided to occasionally blog about things I love because I wish someone would do the same for me! :) Obviously this is still going to be my personal blog and for those of you who know I post like 4 times a year so we will see how this goes!

Slacker

I thought I would be good at this once we moved, but nope! Anyways, I figured I would take a quick moment to update everyone on our lives! We are now living in Kansas City, Missouri! Dustin is super busy with school! He goes to school at 6 every morning and comes home at 6! I am so lucky that he is willing to go before class to study so when he comes home at night he can spend time with Quinn & I. He just finished his first semester and did well in all of his classes! Quinn & I pretty much just hang out every day!
 I got my RN license approved and just need to take my boards now, however I don't think I am going to work anyways so my motivation to study for a test is at an all time low. We have made some great friends out here which I am grateful for because I don't know how I would make it out here otherwise! I would say the best part of Kansas City is the SHOPPING! They have every store in the world! The worst part= no mountains!

We have been lucky to be able to see a lot of family while we've been here! Dustin's family came out with us when we moved which helped so much! My parents came out in September and October. And then my sister and her husband came out in November and we went to a Chiefs vs. Broncos game! We also went home for a few weeks during Christmas break and it was sooooo good to see our family & friends! It was hard to come back to Missouri but I am sure it will get easier every time!

Quinn is now 8 months old and is into EVERYTHING! She crawls everywhere and is the most curious baby in the world. She will sit there and study a toy and everything about the way it works before she will play with it. I guess she's a baby genius :) She is also into pattycake and anytime she hears the words "patty-cake" she immediately begins clapping! Also, anytime you say her name she will turn, smile, and begin clapping! She is at a really fun stage right now. She is also starting to pull herself up on furniture. At her last doctors appt, she was 8th percentile for weight and 60% for height so she's a skinny long thing! Dustin's mom's side has amazing genes(all tall and skinny, no matter what food they eat), so we think Quinn got the good genes.

Well, I think that pretty much sums up things for us!