Mackenzie's First Birthday Party, etc.

Mackenzies party is coming so fast. -_- I cannot believe that it is less than a week away. I have been working so much which is good and bad. I miss the kids and have no time to do barely anything and party planning is so much harder when you only have one day off the week before. But here goes a sneak peak of our year of Mackenzie craft I hope to finish today.

That is the pictures that will be made into a banner for Mackenzie's party on Saturday. Hoping it comes out the way I imagine it. Stay tuned for pictures of the entire party. Mackenzie's actual birthday and many other fun things and life changes to come.  

Life Changes.

It i amazing how sometimes things can just come together. Its like a puzzle that you finally can get the pieces together. You wait so long for them to finally fit, you stress over them being all scattered and not together. Then they start to come together. It is an amazing thing. It makes the smiles come back, the laughter. The greatest thing in the world is being able to say your life is coming together :)

I recently started work at a grocery store. It is part time but it is an amazing company. It is nice to be working again after 10 months of being home with my kids. Not only do I make money to provide for the things they need but I also get much needed away time with some adult interaction. It is nice to be able to talk to people who can understand a deeper conversation. Besides those random questions like why is the sky blue or why does dumbo fly if he isn't a birdie.

I have spent the past 4-5 years since high school trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life. I have so many ideas that it is hard to choose. You want to choose something you will be happy doing until you can afford to retire. And I think I have finally decided what I want to do. I love babies and I love the miracle of birth. I have given birth twice and I have witnessed one birth and it is amazing to see how amazing the human body is. It is beautiful and I think I would like to become a midwife assistant or an actual midwife. It would be an amazing thing to bring lives into this world... or at least help bring those miracles into the world. I guess that is a good step, finally knowing what dream you would like to follow once the timing fits perfectly.

I am so happy that life is turning around. I am happy that I can start to feel good enough to start making things better for me and my kid. It is nice to set a goal list and know that I can probably achieve that list.

My goals:

Car
Move out
School
and whatever else will make me and my kids happy :)




Stay tuned for some more fun posts!

First Birthday Planning.

I have been planning Mackenzie's first birthday party since she was like 6 months old. Crazy, yes I know. But I wanted it to be perfect. I was not working and money is tight so I cut a lot of things off of my necessity list. But now I will be heading back to work and I am going to add those things back onto my list. I am so excited for this party. I love planning parties and decorating them. Its so fun.

Mackenzie's party theme is a pink, white and gold princess theme. All different shades of those colors all mixed together. I didn't want to do a character so that I could make a lot of things. I am not the most artistic person in the world so I made it work.

I have a list of things to still get and make so when the party day comes I will post pictures of everything. Including food. And a grand total of what I spent.

As of right now I am at about $40 dollars and I have most of the decorations and things bought. I just have more crafting things to get which should not cost too much.

It is pretty easy to plan a party, It can get very stressful which is why I try to not go crazy and over board.

I will post another post about her birthday closer to the day.