Home update

Forgot to give you a update on what our home is like. We are still in the 900sq.ft. in CA We need to be at 1600 Sq. FT. to not break the law they have so....... We have been praying(a lot) and we would love to build on but we are not going in to debt to do it. We have looked at the tiny houses and there are no laws for those that we can find so that has been a option we have looked at. You can see one here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XTPM5IQo2Y 

We have also  looked into getting a used RV and living small there but same thing hard to find one big enough for a family of our size. we did find one family that has 14 and they do this but they have kids in tents also. I do not feel comfortable placing my daughters in a tent outside alone. So that one will not work right now.

 We are continuing to look at options we though of adding on ourselves but it would take us 6 years with our finances and we can't pay for a building for 6 years and be out of the house for 6 years so... We will continue to think and wait on the Lord.

Losses and GOD

For those that just see our blog it has been a long time writing do to the fact that we found out we where expecting and then at 12 weeks loss our new little one and had a emg. D&C so I am now two week recovery and starting to get back into all my regular day. Well as regular as you can say a day is. God has blessed us in the fact that we know His is the author and giver of Life so we are blessed to know that He was in control and that make things easier. (At least for me)

I don't know if you have ever had a non-believer say that we use God as a crutch in life. Well I'm going to say it HE is a crutch and a great one HE is, always there when we need Him. He lifts my spirits when they are down. He has carried me when I could not walk myself. God is all powerful. Until you have truly recognized it and felt it you will not know what you are missing and I pray that for those of you that have not had that it that you will. IT's amazing!!

God is good and we still have 6 little ones to grow for him. SO here's to praying I get back on the blog roll more permeate and we get the store part of our site up and going. A big thank you to those that prayed for us and brought dinners during our out time. Thanks, Christina Nicolle

Family~update!

We~are~at~a~place~that~is~hard.~First~as~you~see~my~laptop~is~missing~the~space~bar.
Sometimes~it~just~starts~spacing~but~more~often~it~just~does~not~work.

But~Today~the~real~reason~I'm~writing~is~our~living~space.~
we~have~learner~we~are~breaking~the~law~here~in~CA.~due~to~a~space~issue~law.
we~have~more~people~than~spaces~here.~general~rule~is~200sq.ft.~per.~person.
So~  w e~ have ~a~issue.~it~cost~more~than~we~ can~afford. ~weHave~been~made~a~offer~to~add~on ~where~ we~are.(ideal) ~but~we~are~committed~to~not~be~in-debt. So~today~I'm~her~to~ask~for~ideals~for~fund~raising.~~Our~new~joy~is~due~the~fisrt~
week~of~december.~so~we~need~to~raise~$300,000~in~one~month.
 Has~anyone~ever~pulled~something~like~this~off?~HOW?~SO~can~you~please~share~ideals~and~PRAY.~thanks.~The~Nicolle~Family.            

Blumm box is HERE!!!!

Yay!!! So this came just as I was getting Jedidiah fixed up from his nap.( which was right after my wonderful Pedi:)
I have to say I was expecting a little more from there ad but  still it was fun.

This is what we got in out first 9month old box. 1) Two protein-packed Quinoa for toddlers or infants. For infants you add your milk, formula, or water. Toddlers  just sprinkle some on there food for a extra boost. We have not tried this yet we will tomorrow and I will let you know how that goes.
2)Luna Bar- this was for mommy.... so good but they should have given two because after one I wanted another. It was chocolate and coconut. If you do not like coconut you may not have like this but I thought it was good. Ok very GOOD!

 

3)Next  was a pack of Camilia teething drops. Homeopathic medicine. In all truthfulness I will not be using these. So they will go to another family. My loss on this.

4) Apple Park- this was cute. We got a little book that we got to read together about animals going to the park for a picnic. Then we opened the box to find a organic made monkey rattle. Jedidah liked this but was not his favorite. He liked the story time together but the toy it's self was not a big hit.



5)Was a Hello Baby book- a high contrast book. the book it's self was not to his liking he really did not even want to look at it. But being a 9 month old he did love that on the end of the book are some tabs he can teeth on. So this got a plus for teething tabs.

You can also see the monkey rattle in this photo:) 

So over all I am ok with this box. It did not make a really big impression on me. But they have a chance to redeem them selves since we are sign up for six months. So once I get the next box we will share once again what we got. If you want to get one for you baby I will post the info. in my next post tomorrow.

Have you ever tried any box things for kids what is your favorite one?                                                                             

Pedi so nice!!!

Ok I’m so happy to say that my husband took the morning off this morning and stayed home to help out around the house! SO with that I was able to go and take a shower this afternoon once all the littles where down then I did something crazy. I got out and decided to give myself a pedi.J 

 I very much am a bare foot type person so my feet really needed this to the point where I spent a good half hour scrubbing my feet and I still could have gone longer.

 

 

 After I did that I put those toe things on to help spread my toes a little.   Anyone ever have their feet feel like they are on fire once you place them on? I do and have yet to find a reason.

 

But my water for the foot soak was wonderful smelling even to this morning sick mama. I did some Epsom salt and the three drops of lavender and two drops of  wild orange. Yummy!  Nice and relaxing just what I needed and guess what as soon and I mean as soon as I dried my feet off and I really mean as soon (I did not even clean up water yet) Jedidiah woke up. But God is good and keep them all sleeping just long enough. That was a blessing to this mama. God is good

 

J

What do you like to put in your pedi  water?

 

 

 

 

THM (trim Healthy mama)

Ok how many people have heard of this book. I have to admit I have had it sitting on my shelf for over a year and still had not picked it up until this week. You see I have a big light go on this week in my head. I am still 10-15 lbs over weight from my son's birth.

It is my fault I have stopped working out besides the morning walks 30mins 6 days a week. SO I am to blame on this one. But all of a sudden I started getting sick a lot and tiered all the time. SO I thought it way my eating habits. I had been eating Gluten that I should not and sugar again. Ok and dairy. So I'm thinking not losing weight not eating right that's my issue. In all truth that did not even get me to pick up the book.

 Yes shame on me.... But after talking to some friends after church I was convinced to just run to the .99 store and pick up a pregnancy test. (the doctors are going to ask anyways) and go figure that second line way there in no time. And the lines never lye. So YES that is what made me pick up the book. I have not lost all my weight from Jedidiah and now we have another on the way:) Along with setting up a buss. based in CA. I'm crazy.  So saw the book on the shelf and picked it up I'm on chapter 8 and boy can I say over whelmed. I'm so glad they have a facebook group for beginners because I need it. I'm not even at the recipe part yet! And there's a great starter web site done by gwen over at gwens-nest. Here: http://www.gwens-nest.com/category/trim-healthy-mama-2/
it really helped.

There is also a facebook group for us pregnant and nursing mama's: https://www.facebook.com/groups/457544457647016/.

~On a side note I have not for got about the blumm box but it should be here this week and will have photo's soon.

Also I have currently lost my pink camera so again no photo's for this blog. Hope to find it soon. I mean how hard can it be it's pink and I live in 900 sq.ft.?

So back to the book I have heard some really great things from so really cool people about this book so if you are using it please share your thought below. For those that want more info on the book you can find it :  http://www.amazon.com/Trim-Healthy-Mama-Pearl-Barrett/dp/0988775115/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396227722&sr=8-1&keywords=trim+healthy+mama 

or

http://www.trimhealthymama.com/.

Thanks for spending some time with me :)

Bluum box: fun for baby and mom.

Ok can't wait for this to get here, This one is for Jedidiah. We use to get this with Julia when she was little from bright house I think it was. We would get our box and sit and read the book then play with the toy and do some projects that came with it, or made our own:) So when I found these I thought it would be a great ideal for Jedidiah and mommy time. when the box get here stop my day and read a book and do some play time with my little man. For me with Jedidiah being #6 some times we don't get the reading time in that we should with individual time together. Mostly he hears homeschool lessons from his older brother and sisters. I will definitely follow up with this post when our first box gets here. But in the mean time if you would like to look into these boxes too here is the link: http://bluum.me/1kTGDm9 

Hope you enjoy them as much and I hope I will and if you have a lot of kids like me this may be a great way to bring so mommy and me time together. I did just get this for jedidiah right now but might end up getting one for the two young girls to since they go up to 5 years of age.

Thanks for letting me share my fun finds Until next time may God watch over you, Christina