Pillows

Last night I had a less than wonderful night of sleep...boo hoo, waaah me, no but seriously I did. I must have woke up about 10 times having to re-adjust until I could fall back asleep. Now I have had many women tell me that towards the end of their pregnancy they had to sleep with multiple pillows, I didn't think much of it and figured every woman is different. For some reason I thought I was...

Nursery Update

The beauty of being a teacher is having a two week break during Christmas to just rest or as I see it the perfect time to move forward in the nursery. Tonight we went to Ikea and bought the rest of the furniture. We set a budget for the nursery and as of now we are way under it, I have bargain shopped for every piece of furniture was able to get exactly what I wanted on sale for most things!...

Christmas Wrap-Up

Christmas came and went WAY too fast! On Sunday our Associate Pastor ministered on the "Unwrapped Christmas Gift", too often times it is so easy to get wrapped up Christmas festivities that the true meaning of behind this amazing season is Jesus. The service was so perfect for Christmas, we are like an unwrapped gift, we have to let our light shine and share Jesus, the gift, with others. This is no...

Show and Tell Monday: Christmas Talk

1. Tell us what your favorite thing about Christmas is:  Ok so since Christmas is my favorite time of the year it was hard to narrow it down to my favorite thing about Christmas. I really love giving & sharing and I'm not just talking about gifts. I love sharing time with my friends and family, sharing stories and laughing a lot. I love giving gifts and watching the expression on that...

Delicious and Easy Christmas Treat

Last weekend I was going to make this delicious Christmas Crunch recipe that found on Pinterest however, I got really busy and didn't. So today I was determined to make it....and I succeeded!! I made a few changes to the recipe. I am not big on things being overly sweetened by candy melt so I increased the amount of popcorn, substituted the M & M's for milk chocolate chips...

Pollo Fricassee My Way

So I have mentioned before that I LOVE to cook, the only problem is that more often then not, I forget to plan ahead. Defrosting meat the night before would be the smart thing to do and actually glancing over the recipe I'm going to make would be brilliant so that I can pick up any missing ingredients. I am no chef,  (my husband may say otherwise) but, I have mastered how to make the ingredients...

Preschool Moments

Working with preschoolers is seriously the most fun job I have ever had! These kids make me laugh hysterically nearly everyday. I told the kids in September that I was pregnant but many of them didn't get it. Now that they can see my growing belly they love to talk about it and try to see if they can feel him moving. They all want to get kicked by him.  Here are just a few things they...

Yes I Love to Bake

Today I am linking up with Morgan for Saturday Morning Coffee. One of my favorite things to do is bake. For a while I was completely obsessed everything cupcakes. I even entered a few cupcake competitions and won! I usually forget to take pictures of what I what I bake, I seemed to remember this time... I bake at least every other week, sometimes it is one of my favorites,...

Finally Friday

This week was very busy in my house...My amazing husband spent all 3 of his days off working on the nursery and I am so excited to say that he finished with the walls and assembled the crib :) This was no easy task. My cousin installed new baseboards, door casings, a chair rail and started to smooth out the bottom half of the wall for us. So my husband had to putty all the nail holes,...

The Liebster Award

So this morning I was reading a comment from my post 5 Random Things and was totally surprised when Tiffany @ The Momma Bear Diaries  nominated me for this award. I am a new blogger so I had never heard of it. Thank you so much it made my day :) If you are like me are new to the Liebster, it is awarded to new and upcoming bloggers who have less than 200 followers. The...

5 Random Things

Today I discovered 5 Random Things from a blog I follow and I decided to join in the fun! My food cannot touch! Mainly just sauces running and hot/cold items mixing. Sounds weird but it really freaks me out. My family laughs about it and as a joke a few Christmases ago my mom bought me a cafeteria tray which I used a couple of times :) It takes me FOREVER to make an online purchase. I'm...

My Christmas List

Creating a Christmas list this year was really hard! I usually have a list of thing lingering in my head that I would LOVE to have however, my mind has been so focused on planning for my son that I have not taken the time to sit down and think about me. So after much thought this is my list for this year... My list is not very extravagant but I would LOVE all or some of the above :) Photoshop...

Nursery Plans

Construction is underway for the day in the nursery. The baseboards are almost done being installed, next the chair rail goes in and lastly painting time! I cannot be of any help at the moment so it's time to do I love to do best...PLAN :)  After much contemplation this is what we (well lets be honest mostly me) have decided on.... The room is actually already this color...

104 Days Left!!!

On this rainy Friday I woke up feeling sick, so I called in sick and spent the morning in bed. I'm feeling a little better now thankfully. Since going back to work after Thanksgiving break I have taken it upon myself to be the "sick monitor" of the kids. This is the time of the year that their little germies seem to multiply and everyone gets sick! Therefore I keep a thermometer (and sanitizer) handy...

A Little About Me

Hello, my name is Ileana and this is "Simply Inspired Me". Up until Tuesday I have just been a blog reader (for quite some time), today I am a blogger! I found this link-up through a friends blog and knew that this is where my blogging journey should begin. I love reading others blogs but not really sure how to go about connecting with other women, this is such a great idea :) I am a twenty-something...

Cloth Diapering Part 1

Making decisions for baby had the potential to get really overwhelming. However, I have this amazing group of friends and family who have answered all of my questions. Believe me I have a lot being that I am a first time Mom! One of the burning questions I had was what brand of diapers do I use. After asking everyone I knew, I got a lot of responses....long story short I found out that disposables...