Lovely Momma

"Just think of all you have to be thankful for." This is what Bryce told me as I was crying my eyes out. He was right, I knew he was, and I had let my selfish desires and emotions get the best of me. Why was I so upset when I had the the most caring and  selfless husband telling me everything is okay and the most precious baby boy looking at me wondering what the heck happened to his mom that usually has it all together. Life happened. Being young and married is difficult, and adding a baby and everything else on top of that makes life stressful and not any easier. That morning it seemed everything hit me at once and I was blaming myself for everything little thing. I had just got off the phone with financial aid and they dropped the bomb of how much money we now owe back because of student loans. On top of that, the realization that we were still living in Bryce's dad's house longer than we intended and everything else in my life that stressed me out finally broke

So, let me start off by saying it's been way too long since I've posted baking blog. Life has been crazy and I haven't been keeping up on my blog like I want to but I'm going to make a sincere effort to do do! Today I'm sharing a basic vanilla cupcake recipe. I love just a plain old cupcake. They're perfect for parties because everyone likes vanilla(well, pretty much everyone). The great thing about a standard vanilla cupcake recipe is it can be altered to make different flavors and you can use many different frosting flavors as well! Today I will be sharing my super easy frosting recipe as well. Once you start making homemade frosting I'm pretty sure you'll never by that canned stuff again! Here's what you need for the cake: - 4 egg whites at room temp. ( let sit for about 30 min and you'll be fine!) - 2 cups of flour - 1 teaspoon of baking powder - 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda - 1/2 teaspoon of salt - 1/2 cup of butter or shortening

So, this is a little late but it's okay! So my baby boy is now 9 months! Time is flying by way too fast, and my little man is growing more and more everyday. It's so cool to see his personality starting to develop and to see him really becoming his own little person. By the end of the day he has completely worn me out, and I'm one tired momma! However, I have been waking up early the past couple of mornings to have some alone mommy time, and it has been really good for me. I feel more awake and refreshed to start the day with my little stinker!!!We have a lot planned this up coming month so i'll make sure and post all the fun summer activities we do! Here are some of the things my sweet boy is doing at 9 months: - He says mama, dada, baba, and nana. He also babbles all day long and you can tell he is really trying to speak. It's so cute. He'll be standing alongside the couch just having a little convo with himself, so precious! - He is cruising alongside

So, its been way too long since my last post! Holy cow its been like a month. But oh well! I'm going to try a lot harder to keep up more often and put up more recipes. Anyways, this month has been a roller coaster! LJ is getting SO big and into everything, I find myself sitting down very rarely! Bryce and I are currently house hunting which is very stressful and emotional, but we are both incredibly excited that the Lord has blessed to be in the position to even buy a home! For me, the faster we buy a home the better! It has been the biggest blessing that Bryce's dad has let us live at his house while we saved money, but it is definitely time for us to get own place. I will be sad when we move because we brought our baby home here, but way more excited to have our very own place to call HOME:) Here are a few things we did this month: Bryce and I went a few dates. We've been trying to get more creative of how we spend alone time together so we've been hi