Putting my creativity to the test.

I think I am finally going to tie in my hobby, passion, future career, and one of my most favorite things all into a pass time procedure.
I think I am going to sell on Etsy.
I am very crafty and creative and I love decorating things, so why not?
It isn't like I can loose money from this.

So...what will I sale...what ideas am I going for?
Well I think I will create a Facebook linked to my email, and start the Etsy page to get me some extra cash.
With word of mouth, lots of new babies on the way, and lots of expecting mothers...
I just might get this started pretty quickly.

I want to start painting matching canvas art for little baby nurseries, AND
sale letters that match the crib sets, or to accent the babies' bedding!
It is something I could do and it would be extra little details to make a precious baby's
room just really "POP!"

If anyone would be interested or wants to help me spread the word, please feel free!!
I will be starting my Etsy website in later August.

Above, was the first and only nursery letters I have ever done, but the stripes were the same as in the bedding, and the ribbon around the letters was the baby's accent to the bedding! My best friend, the momma, loved them and they have had a lot of compliments.

ALSO, if you or anyone else you know would be interested please email me @ Tristen.webb@gmail.com

After a long road...we finally found a path.

Like most young babies do sleep in their crib...

our baby just did tonight for the first time.

A lot of people don't know the struggle so they don't understand.

These are the people that judge you, call you a bad mother and so on.

I know what's right for my son though.

It makes me proud to, when it comes to being a privileged momma,

those motherly instincts REALLY DO kick in.

So what point am I getting to?

Our nine month old son was "diagnosed" if you will

with re-flux when he was only two months old, like a lot of babies do.

It is a very common thing.

And no, our son has nothing serious wrong with him and what a blessing we have for that...

BUT re-flux can cause choking during the night and cause more problems than some people realize.

It can be a very scary thing where babies choke and even quit breathing.

Maybe I am being a little extreme, but it is something serious to me.

The past 7 months of our 9 month old's life, he has been sleeping in his swing.

That's right...a swing of all things.

My reasoning?

The swing kept him propped up so that if he were to cough or get choked, 

he would already be in a good position even for a bad situation.

And like close family members and friends know...our son has always

had a really hard time swallowing foods, even liquids sometimes.

This ALSO has to do with re-flux problems.

But the spitting-up and vomiting has finally slowed down.

It was at a pace where I felt it was time for the next step.

The crib.

At 9 months old our son deserves to get to sleep in that big ole crib!

So....tonight was our challenge.

After three hours of a screaming, fussy baby, constant "laying the baby down," and constant waiting...we did it.

We got Eli to fall asleep in his crib AND he has been doing wonderful.

So we haven't made it through the first night yet but they fact

that he fell asleep in the crib is even something to be proud of.

He is growing up so fast and I am so thankful we have caught on to a new path.

This is just a new milestone and another big step or baby boy has taken to getting close to growing up on us.

It's something else and as every mother should be, I am very proud of my son.

He's rockin' the crib now! 

What it used to be like.

You know, it has almost been a year since my sweet baby boy was born.

 His birthday is literally just right around the corner and I almost cannot believe it.

 Why is it that our babies grow so old so fast? Why must time fly?

It's really hard to understand why it happens, but the answers to my own question is:

Babies have to grow just like we once did, they have to learn new things and advance on to toddler-hood.

I do admit I terribly miss the days where my sweet boy would just lay cuddled on my chest or sleep hours on end in my arms. I miss it all. A lot.

But I love all the new things he accomplishes each and every single day. It is always something new.

Something to make this mommy proud. 

Everything he does makes me proud. I love it.

But this is what it used to be like.

This is the purpose of this blog.

I used to be selfish, and dependent on so many others.

Grant it I am still very dependent on school, my mom, and Alex because I am in school so I DO take all the help I can get from others, which I am blessed for and thankful for.

But what it used to be like without a baby, I was nothing more than immature.

I have always had good morals and a bright future ahead of me...

but I have also always been spoiled...and that can make so many things rough.

I am not complaining though because it was all really wonderful while it lasted.

But whenever I "first had the flu" I changed for the better.

Even at 21 I had a lot of growing up to do, and I'd like to think that I have matured a lot.

I know that OUR baby comes first no matter what and that is a wonderful realization.

It is good to have something else to put before yourself.

Especially when it is a special and precious little baby boy like we were blessed with! <3

But what it used to be like is nothing like it is now.

My life is better.

I have our sweet baby son, I have a loving fiance and I have such a wonderful future ahead of me.

Haha, I remember before we knew the gender I wanted a little girl so bad. 

We had it set that there was a little girl in my belly and that was it. 

My family had acted as if having a little boy wasn't even an option because we had not had a little boy since like my uncle Chad and he passed away when I was five, that has been like 17 years ago! 

So one of us girls having a boy seemed nearly impossible...

well heck...was I sure wrong!

We ended up all in shock when my OB said "It's A Boy!"

Wow. You could say we were all in shock.

And I cried...I actually balled my eyes out.

It was like what was I going to do with a little boy? haha.

Man, not only did God give us a baby boy but he gave us a little boy that was as boyish as they come. 

He already likes to climb, eat dirt and grass, he loves to get sticky and dirty and to not listen and to play with his food rather than actually eating his food. 

That's right!! 

We have a LITTLE MONSTER on my hands.

And if anything...he may be ALL boy, but he is also all MOMMA'S BOY!

If I leave the room he cries, if I walk a foot away from him, he whimpers.

Our son is definitely attached at my hip, and I must say...I really don't mind at all.

I don't have privacy hardly anymore, I gave that up when Eli started not allowing me to use the restroom.

Yep, he stands and hold on to my legs and "talks" to me while I pee.

So yeah, it's a little weird...

but I would give up any of it for the world.

I love it. I love this life, I love my blessings, and I love my sweet but ROTTEN little baby boy!

(Eli slapping the table and dancing...love it!)

The first of many blogs.

So this is my first blog to blogging, ever...I have wrote some on Facebook before but this is my first time actually writing one of these things and I decided to make this blog to express everything, how I may be feeling, how motherhood is going, and most importantly to allow our friends and family to keep updated on our sweet baby boy, Elijah Cole Adkins!

Our precious little Eli is currently 9 months old. He is waving, standing on his own, saying:

Hi

Hey

Buh-Bye

Ma

Ma-muh

Dada

and Yea! :)

He walks in his walker and alone when he has an object to hold on to.

He is a snuggle bug and mostly a cuddler, he is sweet...but also can be very rotten.

There is no doubt he is my biggest blessing.

He loves playing and swimming.

This month he got his first styled foe-hawk and tattoo.

(It was a temporary tattoo from Pine Apple Willys.)

He also went on his second baby vacation, but it was his first time on the beach! 

There is NO DOUBT he loved the water and is a water baby.

He was able to play in the sand for the first time, and he went out into the beach for the first time and went swimming for his first time.

Our vacation was in Panama City Beach, FL. It was such a fun and entertaining place. It was great to get away with our baby boy in a little paradise area for a while. And he enjoyed it just as much as his mommy and daddy! <3