Pregnancy Update!

Hey all!

   I just wanted to share that this past Monday, I hit my third trimester mark! So far everything is looking great. We are expecting another girl and are planning on naming her Emma Claire. Both are family names we thought would be great to honor. It took three ultrasounds to confirm she was a girl because she is such a wiggle worm! That's alright though, I absolutely love the kicks! A fun little reminder of what's to come this December!

   Just to update on how it's been going so far... My blood pressure has been absolutely perfect this time as well, just pray this pregnancy doesn't also end with preeclampsia! I passed my glucose test at 16 weeks, however they are making me retake it again at 28 weeks. That does have me a little concerned as the nurse said they wouldn't be doing it again unless they felt they should. *sigh* Anyways, I will continue to pray that I do not have gestational diabetes! 

   I did go to the ER a couple of weeks ago because I was experiencing very bad cramping and turned out that I was experiencing contractions for about a 9 hour period. It was so painful it had me crying. I couldn't sleep the whole night. Fortunately, everything was okay. The nurse explained I just have an irritable uterus. So that was scary but I wasn't bleeding and it all resolved on its own.

   One more thing I wanted to touch on quickly is my weight gain. I am very proud of myself this time around. I just hit 11 pounds gained so far this pregnancy.  I was told to gain 11 to 20 pounds for this pregnancy and I actually feel like I can do that! My last pregnancy however, I went overboard. I gained 70 pounds. I did retain a lot of water, but I was so sick in the beginning that I was losing weight. Once I was able to keep more food down, I took advantage and ate everything in sight. This time I have taken a much healthier approach and know better than to over do it.

   That's really all that I have to report about for now! Thanks for checking in!

--bree

Baby No. 2 Coming Soon!

Hi everyone!

    I know, I know... I took a little break from blogging recently. I have a teething soon-to-be 7 month old daughter and she is a little ball of energy. She is quite the delight, but as of March of this year, my hubbz and I have learned we are expecting our second child! I know what you're thinking.. "Didn't she just say she has a 7 month old?!". Yes! I know, call us crazy but it is happening and the two of us couldn't be more thrilled!

    I am currently 13wk2d along! So I have just entered my second trimester. I swear the first trimester goes by in the blink of an eye, and right as you enter the second, the stuck in the mud feeling comes over me and the rest of the pregnancy drags by! This is the hard part for me. For the next 7 weeks or so, I will have to endure the long wait of finding out the gender.

    In my first pregnancy, while carrying my daughter, Nora, I was literally sick up to the point of delivery. The nurse would come in with a cup of water for me because my magnesium drip dried me out completely. My throat stuck together and my lips were chapped and I needed water just to talk! But, unfortunately for me, as much as I love guzzling basically only water regularly, when I become pregnant my body just seems to be sickened by it. Couldn't tell ya why, honestly. But as I laid there delivering my daughter, there I was vomiting up water continuiously. (TMI, sorry!) However, so far in this pregnancy, I have only been sick less than 10 times. Unlike the last pregnancy, I crave spicy, hot wings and popsicles and now cannot stand grapes! I traded out for things I never even touched from one thing I could snack on all of the time. But that is pregnancy for you!

    I cannot wait to do updates, even if nobody ever reads this! It will be like my public pregnancy journal to go back to and reminisce on. I'm sure plenty of women can relate to some of the things I will be sharing! I will post ultrasound pictures when I can and keep it real honest. Let's admit it, pregnancy isn't that glamourous so some embarrassing things are bound to happen!

Baby Size Status:  Kiwifruit

Fun with Foreign Languages

здравствуйте! Hej! Hello!

    So it has been about a month since I have last posted anything and I'm sorry! So much has been going on and don't worry, I will catch you up in a later post. Anyway, I thought I would write about a hobby of mine: studying foreign languages!

    I have always wanted to be fluent in a language outside of English. I grew up with my Popeye (Pépère), a Frenchman and always wanted him to teach me his native language. My mother on the other hand had planned on me learning Spanish instead and told him he could not teach me French. I was so mad. I wasn't allowed to learn it at home or at school. I knew Spanish would always come in handy when looking for a job, but why couldn't French? My family is French. We take trips to Montreal all of the time. I thought, "What good will Spanish do me up here?". I really wish I could've learned. 

    But I went on to start studying Spanish in the 7th grade. I studied through the 11th grade. I took the Honors Spanish courses and always passed with an A. I'll tell you what though, I hardly remember a thing! I was never passionate about the language. I was always bitter I never got to choose on my own what I wanted to speak. In my senior year I took off learning a language in school. I had more than the required 2 years to get into a 4 year university afterward and with a very packed senior year schedule, I didn't feel continuing Spanish was necessary for me. The desire to learn a new language had dwindled for me as I entered my final year of high school.

    I had been taking an internship course, interning with my former kindergarten teacher and some special needs teachers at the local middle school. When the course had come to an end, my teacher had handed me this flyer for a job at a Montessori School part time and told me I would be a shoe-in candidate for it. I called up and ended up getting the job. I was thrilled! When I was introduced to the students, I had noticed many of them were bilingual, and one or two were actually trilingual! Mind you the students ages ranged from 3 to 6. I was blown away.

    One child knew English, Spanish, and was working on Italian. Two brothers spoke English and Korean. One girl spoke English and Russian, and another young girl spoke English, Crotatian, and Russian. There were other kids who spoke a second language but just off of the top of my head, those are the ones I remember the best. I was blown away. If only my mother had let my Popeye teach me French when I was young I would have had it down. But seeing this had rekindled a flame inside of me. A desire to start learning a new language on my own.

    I started with Danish. I picked it because it was different. I am a quarter Danish and I thought it would be great if I ever got to visit the country. My grandmother and her family are from there and not many people know it these days. It isn't a language that is taught in American classrooms. What was cool about it was that if you could learn Danish, you could basically speak Norwegian or anything in the surrounding area because the Scandinavian languages are all so similar. I began studying. I gave it a fair shot but I just wasn't seeming to pick it up like I had hoped.

    I then tried a little German on my own. I immediately was not interested. I just couldn't see this sticking. So once summer vacation before college had come, I signed up for two summer language courses. Polish and Russian were the languages. I decided I would try both for a class or two and drop one once I figured out which one I was most interested in. Polish was pretty cool (and I may go back to it eventually) but Russian just stuck for me. It came a lot easier. I picked up the cyrillic alphabet a lot quicker. I learned print and script in a day. I could read things and vocabulary work was easier for me. I will admit going into a Russian class was very intimidating for me (especially when the professor speaks 4 languages and her accent is super tough to understand). I thought I could never learn it in a million years, but I enjoy learning more to this day! My fiance, Scott and I took another course together last summer and practice together still. We were expecting our first child at the time and wanted her to be bilingual in something that we could help her learn. So far we are thinking we will teach her this. Unless my hubby takes up German. We will just have to wait and see when she is at that age!

Just wanted to give a little shout out to my awesome Popeye. He is by far the coolest grandparent a girl could ask for! The goofiest man alive and the guy who used to teach me profanity in French so my mother never knew what I was saying if I stubbed my toe or something ridiculous like that. Love you! :) 
 

Finding Non-Scamming Online Jobs is a Real Struggle!!!

Hey Everyone!

    Today I am writing with a bit of frustration. I want to help bring in some income, even if it isn't much. I am a stay-at-home with a beautiful almost 5 month old daughter. I won't be getting a job in the future because we will be homeschooling our children. Or that is at least our plan. Anyways, I have been online for about 2 weeks now looking at all kinds of ways to make money online. I even thought about getting creative to make money like selling stuff on Etsy. But in order to make the products I'd want to sell, I'd have to spend a few hundreds that I don't have to get the materials!

    So what's a momma gotta do to make some legitimate extra cash to help support her family these days? I have gotten excited over a few different sites. One was just sending e-mails to people and you get paid for each email and could make thousands of dollars a month doing that apparently. However you would be getting the people you e-mail to buy something that really isn't anything and I wouldn't feel right about ripping someone off!

    I have gotten pretty good at finding the bad in all of these sites so far. I use a website that just has you enter the site you're investigating and shows you how legitimate it is/isn't. I also like to Google reviews and use the BBB (Better Business Bureau) and check out their ratings. Don't be fooled by a lot of these so called "get rich quick" schemes. If it looks to good to be true, it probably is. Especially if it promises all of this money for doing hardly any real work. Just think about that.

    So I won't be looking for online jobs anymore. Don't get me wrong, there are jobs one can do from home that aren't scams. You can do data entry or calls or even write for people or companies. Look at actual job sites for those. Be smart about it and if you have to pay to be a part of the action, it most likely is not the real deal.

    As for myself, I think I will continue to give my blog a real chance. Many people these days make a good side income from blogging. I am no Lauren Conrad with my blog by any means, but that doesn't mean people can't enjoy or relate to my topics of conversation! If someone would ever comment on any of my posts, I would love to interact with my readers!


Have a Sparkling Day!

--Bree

Blink 182 Story

Hey everyone!

Today I am back with another fun little post. This time I pieced together a little paragraph sized story using Blink 182 song titles. Hope you enjoy. Maybe you can try doing some, too!

Dammit Josie, Don't Leave Me! You Always say that it's Time To Break Up, but please! What Went Wrong? You've got me so Down. I've been Up All Night, well After Midnight and I'm Lost Without You. For crying out loud, you're Wasting Time. Just Give Me One Good Reason why you're Feeling This way. I always feel like I'm such an Easy Target in these situations and you act like your Heart's All Gone. I just hope tomorow you'll change your mind and there'll be A New Hope for us.

Now I probably could add onto this, and I may in the future. For now though, it works! I hope you all enjoy these silly random little posts. I thought it would be my form of entertainment for you all on this blog! Please keep stopping by if you enjoy my content and feel free to comment leaving your thoughts!

Thanks!

--Bree

Coldplay Story 1

I used to have fun doing these things when I was younger. Figuring it would still be just as fun as it was back then, I decided to share a few of these with you. I'll do a couple within the next few weeks. I like to make silly stories out of song titles from bands! Maybe some of you will like these posts enough to create your own or request a band I do the stories with and leave them in the comment section below!

I used Coldplay as my inspiration today, and I will probably have one more from these guys soon. Enjoy!

Careful Where You Stand for you may get Lost! If you do find yourself in Trouble, A Sky Full of Stars could be your guide, your Atlas. It may lead you to the Cemeteries of London where Death and All His Friends gather at Midnight. Yellow Sparks will be the Warning Sign of the Spies who will come at you like the Speed of Sound. If they attack, it'll be like A Rush of Blood to the Head. Then they will have the Princess of China preform the Chinese Sleep Chant on you. You may see White Shadows appear, and perhaps even feel like you are Up With The Birds. It may even Hurt Like Heaven. But fear not, Moses will part Oceans to find you and Fix You. I hope this story doesn't send you a Shiver.


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Thanks for reading!

--Bree



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It's Scott's 21st! Party!

Hey everyone!

Today is my hubby's 21st birthday! Finally, we are the same age again (well we're only 4 days apart!) but it is an exciting time for the two of us. It has been an eventful last 6 days as every two days was something to celebrate for us all. 

Last night we went down to visit Scott's family to celebrate our birthdays together. It was a fun night for everyone. We had special homemade spaghetti and meat sauce and buffalo chicken dip as requested by my man. We all hung out and had a great time just catching up with one another. After dinner we all waited on the delicious ice cream cake that we all later destroyed... Hey! Who doesn't LOVE a good ice cream cake though, am I right?

To get to cake however, we had to first open our cards and gifts! We both had really sweet, heartfelt cards from his parents and on the inside was a gift card to Olive Garden and one for the movies! His sister then handed us a card that the younger siblings all signed. She was hinting left and right for the two of us to get on making baby no.2 already! The older siblings also handed us another card with a gift card to TGI Fridays. Finally, we cut the cake and all sat down in the family room to watch the new episode of the Walking Dead.

And so to celebrate tonight, we are headed to Olive Garden and straight to the movies to see Kingsman: The Secret Service. I will most likely order the same lasagna I get there every time, but I'm mostly in it for their salad and, of course, their infamous bread sticks! I probably won't toast to his birthday over red wine. I hated the red wine I had over Valentine's Day. Maybe we can try white wine together and split some tiramisu!

Happy Birthday, Scotty. I love you! 

Feel free to wish him a happy birthday in the comments below!

Thanks for reading!

--Bree

What is on all of your minds?

Hey everyone I just wanted to see what you'd like to see me post about!  I know my following is still small as I am new to blogging, but I would still love reader's input! If you would like you can find my blogs on Bloglovin'. I really like that site as it is an easy way to find cool blogs to follow by category. I love craft and food blogs so that is what I have been reading a lot of lately.


Thanks

--Bree

Happy 21st to Me!

On this day 21 years ago, this girl right here was born! (Well, yesterday since I just got around to posting this!). Here are some facts about me so you can all get to know me a little better!

• My middle name is Michelle, and believe it or not, it's after my father. It's a French thing!
• I have some pretty cool Irish ancestors. My 3x great uncle John P. Holland invented the submarine. That is pretty cool if you ask me! There are also two authors in my family's past: Tomas and Sean O'Crohan. They were from Great Blasket Island, Ireland. Tomas' book is called The Islandman, and Sean's is called A Day in Our LIfe.
• I am a quarter Danish, very Irish, pretty French, got a little Portuguese in the mix plus a few others...
• I have traveled to 25 states and to Canada. Hoping for Denmark very soon!
• I could sit on real estate sites all day... I know, I'm weird.
• I could eat mac 'n cheese everyday for the rest of my life and never complain!
• Thrift stores and tag sales are my favorite kind of shopping!
• I suck at crocheting but I love it. One day my basic skills won't be so basic! 
• I have a dream that one day I'll own my own thrift store, or an Etsy shop. I want to do something that incoorporates my favorite things.
• I share my birthday with 5 other people that I know. One being my future mother-in-law and the other actually being born yesterday!

Enough about me, what about you?

P.S. Sorry this is coming a day late! As it was my 21st birthday my family took me out for a few drinks and I fell asleep the second I got home!

Trying a Washington and a Candy Appletini!

Meet Scott!

Scott and I have been together for a year and a half. Believe me when I say we move very fast. We met in October 2013 and by the end of November of that same year, we were engaged. It was a beautiful, and surprising proposal. I knew it would sound crazy to others that we hadn't known each other long, but we didn't care. We were (and still are) in love! He is a very passionate and loving man and I'd love for you all to know a little about him!

• My hubby was born and raised in New York! He doesn't have a serious accent or anything. He's from the capital region so it isn't that fun Long Island accent that may have just popped into your head. But there are some things he says that I'll make fun of him for. (i.e. Plaza, Aunt, Right, Talk, On) I know they are totally random words but he says 'em funny!
• He was in the Marine Corp. Currently wants to become a police officer for our local area. Very proud of him and his accomplishments!
• His birthday is just 4 days after mine! Maybe some of you can leave a comment wishing him a happy birthday sometime this week. (Its this coming Monday!)
• His dream cars are the Nissan GTR and the Acura NSX..all he ever does is talk about which one he wants more some day lol. I hope for his sake in the future he can somehow have one!
• He is the second oldest child of 7 children. Six boys and one girl! 
• He has lived in three states and loves to go to Vegas and Bermuda.
• He is insanely talented lyrically as well as with the guitar and piano. I keep hounding him to make a YouTube channel because everytime a song comes on the radio he makes the most hilarious parodies out of them!
• Last but not least, he is an amazing father! Having all of those younger siblings was good practice for the real thing, huh?

Thats All For Now,

--Bree

My Blog Got A Facelift!

My blog was looking pretty drab all week as I just started this new one. I finally found a template I liked and figured out how to apply it to my blog! Hopefully with this new look my cute redesign will get my posts taken more seriously as a new blogger.

Basically this post is a shoutout to www.bloggercandy.com. If you want the direct link to how to download my current template/background, visit:

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Stop by every week for new posts from MommaBell! And don't forget about my other blog dedicated to all things beauty- Bree's Beauty!

Have a sparkling day, all!

--Bree

Last Minute Valentine's Day Gifts For Him & Her!!

Sometimes we forget... or we just put it off until the last minute because some of us are, well.. you know, professional procrastinators! ;) Either way it is time to get our lazy butts in gear and get started preparing for Valentine's Day! Here are a few ideas for him and for her that may inspire you this V-Day :)

For Him:

• Send him some chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements.
• Buy him a box of chocolates.
• You could buy him some nice cologne to wear on your dates.
• Get him a MAN CRATE. They have so many different kinds. Go to: http://www.mancrates.com They have the coolest gift ideas for guys here. You can't go wrong.
• Just like men get women fancy lingere, get him some nice boxers, or get funny cheesy ones to be silly but sweet.
• A nice watch. Doesn't have to be super expensive.
• Make a box filled with pictures, old movie ticket stubs, love notes, etc. Decorate it!
• Make love coupons! <3
• Leave post-it's all over the house with "I love you" written in a bunch of languages or with different reasons why.
• For very last minute, go to the grocery store and get some fixings for a really nice dinner-for-two in. Use some mood lighting with some candles and have some cupcakes for later and pick out some rom-coms to watch on the couch together!
• Have an indoor picnic! Set it up in your living room. Lay down a blanket and surround yourselves with candels as you both enjoy some wine and some grapes to feed each other with. Or ya know. Whatever other food ya want to eat haha.
• Creative spin the bottle for two. 
• Go out or stay in and share a milkshake.
• Go to Things Remembered and have something there engraved.
• Go to http://www.wordsearchmaker.net

For Her:

• Edible Arrangements.
• A flower boquet. Doesn't always have to be roses. Could be her favorite flower or just something you picked out special for her.
• Cook her a dinner with a nice dessert. Maybe even do the dishes for her. Trust me, she will love and appreciate it.
• Have flowers and chocolates delivered to her work or school and make her feel special!
• Write her a poem or love letter. Better than any material gift!
• A gift card to the spa or salon.
• A jewelry box with or without a little something inside.
• A promise ring. Or a beautiful necklace.
• Buy her a new dress and lay it out with some shoes and jewelry you want her in. Leave a note next to it saying be ready at this time. Take her to a place where reservations are required and make the night feel elegant and fancy for the two of you. It will be a night to remember!

So there you have it lovebirds. Have fun...but not too much fun! Maybe some of you will get some November babies out of the deal, haha!

Love,

Bree

A Great Gift for Valentine's Day!

Hey Everyone!
 
   Shutterfly has been sending me crazy gift cards and coupons lately and I decided to take advantage. I recently got two free 8x8 photo books from the company. It's pretty fun getting to piece all of the photos I chose together to kind of tell a story of how our relationship has progressed since the beginning. Valentine's Day is on the 14th and my hubby's birthday is two days later on the 16th. I thought it would be really nice to make him a book full of pictures of us from the very beginning of our relationship to the present. I know he will absolutely love the idea and I can't wait to give it to him!

   I may end up doing another photo book for his first Father's Day filled with sweet pictures of him and Nora!

   Right now Shutterfly is having a V-Day sale where you can  save 50% on hard cover photo books and save 30% on everything else they offer. The sale ends Tuesday, February 10th and all you have to do is enter the code: SWEETSALE. And for orders of $39 or more, you can get free shipping by entering the code: SHIP39 .

   My hubby Scott and I are trying to keep our V-Day simple this year. It is a very busy week for us. His mother and I share a birthday on the 12th, two days later is Valentine's Day, then two days after that is his birthday! Can you believe we almost got married on the 18th?! What a week that would have been on top of all of that!

Have A Good One!

--Bree

How to Pack Your Hospital Bag

This was fun for me. I love to pack well in advance for things and be prepared for anything. However, I didn't even have my hospital bag with me when I went to the hospital! I was sent from a routine weekly checkup with my OBGYN by ambulance to the hospital due to severe preeclampsia. I had no time to go home and grab it. But at least I was already packed and all my hubby had to do was bring it to me. I wouldn't go overboard on what you pack. Unless you know you may be staying a bit longer there is really no reason to go crazy. Unfortunately for me, I didn't know ahead of time that I'd be stuck in the hospital for a week...
So I had a little toiletry bag stuffed inside of my duffle bag. Here is what I packed.

Inside of my toiletry bag:
-Toothbrush
-Travelsized toothpaste
-Travelsized mouthwash
-Hair ties and bobby pins
-Chapstick
-Tinted BB cream
-A little eyeshadow/eyeliner
-Travel Sized shampoo and body wash
-Body sponge
-Deodorant

Inside of my duffle bag:
-2 changs of clothes for hubby and I
-2 changes of pj's for hubby and I
-Sports bras/Nursing bras
-A pack of fuzzy slipper socks
-A cute hospital gown ordered online
-2 pairs of slippers
-Extra pair of shoes
-Cell phone charger
-Tablet & charger
-A good book
-Crochet (I was finishing off the border of the baby blanket I made for my girl)
-A folder with my insurance information inside
-Clothes for the baby to come home in
-Pack of diapers and wipes
-A towel and washcloth
-Hair brush
-Wallet w/license
-The maxiest of maxi pads!

*It never hurts to bring a little throw blanket or a pillow of your own just to make yourself feel more comfortable.
*A folder is a great idea to bring along. I cannot tell you how many handouts and other forms/documents I got while being admitted. My folder held insurance information, prescription sheets I needed to get filled, a reciept and instructions on my free breast pump I got through my insurance (just talk to the hospital's lactation consultant about how to get one!), instructions on how to use a sitz bath, charts showing you how to preform CPR on a newborn after we took a CPR refresher from one of the nurses and a bunch of other things like newborn care tips, etc. Just trust me on this one ladies.
*Bringing a notebook with you is a great way to document the experience. Write to your little one on that special day and share it with them when they are older! Or bring your camera and a charger!
*If you can find a peri bottle around anywhere I'd recommend getting one. Though I had trouble finding one anywhere, the hospital did provide me with one. That is very nice to have right after giving birth.

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to leave them below!

--Bree

What is in My Diaper Bag???

Hey All!

I have always been known to be a bit of an over packer, but honestly, it comes in handy when you have a baby! I got 3 different diaper bags from two different baby showers I had for my daughter, Nora. I keep two of them packed. I had hoped to get a daddy diaper bag for my hubby but that didn't happen. Maybe for the next one ;)

Here is what I keep packed in BOTH of my diaper bags:
-A bottle of foam hand sanitizer
-A pack of Wipes
-8 Diapers at a time (unless I'm traveling overnight somewhere)
-A little tub of Desitin cream
-2 onsies and an extra outfit
-Extra socks, mittens, hat, and booties.
-Small pack of Kleenex tissues
-1 to 2 bottles
-To-Go tubes of formula (each tube has enough formula to make a 4oz bottle!)
-A changing pad
-A built in soiled clothing bag
-Arm&Hammer odor blocking diaper bags
-2 Pacifiers
-Bibs & Burp Cloths
-A bottle of water (so I can make bottles on-the-go)
-Gas Drops (I like to put them in my daughters bottles to help her not be so gassy or fussy)

I believe that is all I carry on the majority of days. Sometimes I'll carry a toy or two but she hasn't really shown much interest in them yet. She will be 3 months on February 15th! :')

I have learned to always keep stocked up on everything in my bags. At her 2 week check-up she exloded through her diaper and it leaked through her clothes. I took the wrong bag, not containing any extra outfits. I remembered I had a few size 3mo outfits in the car but she was still under 5 pounds but it was all I had. I was so embarrassed. I had the nurse watch her as I ran to get her a change of clothes I knew she'd be swimming in.

So my advice for all you new time moms out there: Come Prepared!!!! You'll never be sorry!

--Bree

Introdution!

Hi everyone, my name is Bree Bellinger and I am a new stay-at-home mommy just looking for a hobby! I thought blogging would be a good way to share my experiences, stories and tips on a whole array of topics. Let me share a little about myself.

I became a mother in November of 2014 to the most beautiful little peanut in the world. Her name is Nora! I'll have plenty to share on my preemie princess in my upcoming posts. My whole world changed the day she was born!

I'll be turning 21 in just 6 days! My hubby's birthday follows just 4 days later and with Valentines Day right in the middle, it is one busy upcoming week! (Not to mention I share a birthday with my future Mother-in-Law!). I love to cook, play with makeup, crochet, and could sit on Pinterest all day long. I have made it through two years of college, but won't be headed back for a little bit as I want to be a stay-at-home mom for my daughter. I decided to study Entrepreneurship as well as Real Estate because both areas interest me! Anyway, enough about me, drop some comments below and tell me something about yourselves. What are some of your hobbies? Feel free to leave suggestions on things you'd like to see me post about!

--Bree