My Toddler is Public Friendly

Remember when I did that guest post for Baby Teems about my toddler being "public friendly"? Well. I must say that I am amazed at how well she did today at the hospital. I went in for my non-stress test at 10:45am. In the waiting room she colored on the back of a receipt that I had in my purse with some colored pencils. I always have colored pencils or crayons in my purse. 

Once we were called back I immediately got her situated in her chair with her portable DVD player. This morning before leaving the house I had her pick out three DVDs. I told her that she could watch them once while Mommy talked to the doctor. I think setting up the expectation and letting her know how the day is going to go helps. People always say that kids don't understand but I disagree. If I tell her we're going to be at the doctor's office and she's going to watch movies and sit still while we're there she get's it.

After my non-stress test I had to get an ultrasound and we had to go by the pharmacy. Luckily, all of this is in the hospital. It was 2:00pm when we left. She started to get a little antsy towards the end but that's to be expected. After all, she is two. I was so proud of her. Being prepared with activities will always make long days out easier. We got back on Thursday and the only thing I plan to do differently is pack an extra snack for the both of us. :-)

H-E-B Little Texans Tour

I am so pleased to announce that I have been asked to be a guest speaker during the HEB Little Texans Tour. The tour will take place at several of the HEB locations throughout the San Antonio area and Sea World. There will be product demonstrations, exclusive discounts, activities for kids and of course guest speakers! Sounds fun, right?

I will be apart of the following tour dates:

May 5, 2013 - HEB
May 6, 2013 - HEB
May 8, 2013 - HEB
May 11, 2013 - Sea World

Please check the HEB  site for the addresses for the dates I provided. I would love to meet some of my readers! Thank you again to everyone who supports this blog. It has always been my dream to stay at home with my kids but still do meaningful work. I am beyond appreciative that doors have been opening for me. I am a living example that living in your purpose and having faith will indeed move mountains. Have a great weekend every one! I may get a style post up tomorrow so please check back! 

MANICure Monday

I'm late for this link up again but thankfully it's open all week. This week I wanted to mix up my manicure by trying some polishes that complement one another. I went with OPI's Black Cherry Chutney (dark purple), NYC Park Ave. (lighter purple) and NYC Mulberry St. What do you think?

MANICure Monday

- posted from my chic iPhone

Dance Mom

Savannah attended her first day of dance today. It was probably the most intense hour of my life. She is in a class of about 10 other little two to three year olds. Bless that teacher's heart. There were little girls in leotards and ballet shoes running all over the place. There were some moments of focus and participation. Savannah decided that she would suddenly become extremely shy so she didn't do much today. The teacher said it normally takes a month for kids her age to open up. A month seems like a long time. I need to see her do some twirls or jumps or something before that so we can get our money out of this month! I know, I know I need to be patient. I keep having to remind myself lately that she's only two. One second she's being sassy with me and the next minute she's a baby again. You gotta love this age. Here are a couple pics from this morning...

Trunk or Treat

We took Savannah to the Trunk or Treat event at our church last night. It took her a while to understand what she was suppose to be doing but once she figured it out there was no stopping her!

Since I decided that we would go kind of at the last minute I didn't have time to (nor did I want to) go out and buy her a costume. I remembered that my husband had gotten a Baltimore Ravens helmet during our trip to the beach that came with a little outfit. He gave the outfit to Savannah but of course she never had a reason to wear it...until now.

I put some stripes on her face using black and purple eye shadow. I think her costume came out great. She did look like a little boy but whatever, you get what you pay for! She had a great time and we did too!

i'm wearing a Nike Baltimore Raven t-shirt, Express Jeans and Sam Edelman Spiked Heels (TJ Maxx)

instagrammed @chicsahm

- posted from my chic iPhone

My Natural Hair: A Twist Out

In an effort to keep trying new things with my hair I did a twist out on my hair this past Friday. After watching eight million YouTube videos I got the confidence to give it a shot. I normally do twist outs on Sav's hair all the time. Mainly because it's the only thing I know how to do and secondly because it doesn't take forever to get it done.

I started my own hair by shampooing with Shea Moisture and doing a deep conditioner. I can't remember the name of the deep conditioner but it's the Aloe one in the mustard yellow pack. They sell it everywhere. I then did two strand twist all over using Cantu Shea Butter leave-in conditioner.

I didn't use the hair dryer. I took them out Saturday morning using Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie and grape seed oil. The grape seed oil that I used wasn't anything fancy. It's an all natural grape seed oil I found in my beauty supply store. The pics below are from days one, three and four (today). Have you tried anything different with your hair lately?

day one

day three before Sav's bath time

day four

- posted from my chic iPhone

Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox

You may have seen me celebrating my acceptance into the Influenster BeautyBlogger VoxBox on all of our social media sites. I was so happy when I got home from the grocery store this afternoon and found the box at my doorstep. Instead of rushing and opening it (like I wanted to) I thought it would be nice to open it with you all. So here is my very first (and best attempt) at a video post. I hope you all enjoy it! Let me know what you think. Have you heard of or tried any of these products? I must say I'm a little intimidated by the eyelashes, LOL!

I'm not sure why but making this video made me feel like a "real" blogger for some reason.

   

Individual product reviews coming soon!

Stylish Saturday: Coral and Black Cynthia Rowley

I hope everyone is enjoying their Saturday! I sure am. We went downtown and enjoyed some lunch on the Riverwalk. If you're ever in San Antonio make sure you check out the sites downtown.

You can take a tour of the Alamo downtown too, but we didn't do that today. Now for some fashion. The weather here in Texas is still pretty warm. However, since I'm an east coast girl I decided to just turn summer off and switch to some more Fall friendly clothes. There's just something odd about wearing sandals in October.

Today I wore a Cynthia Rowley top that I found at TJ Maxx. I love the coral and black stripes.

Leggings are from Express.

You can't really tell in the pics but my boots come way above my knee. Love them.

I tried a warmer red for my lips. The color is Amber Suede by Mary Kay. Oh. You didn't know, I'm a Mary Kay drop out.

Here are some more pics from our day. We had lunch at Dick's where the food is great and the service is sarcastically rude. Fun times!

*sorry these pics turned out so grainy. My BlogPress app distorted my images for some reason. If you click on each pic you will get the original clear version. Sorry about that...

-posted with my chic iPhone

Just a Little Update...

Wow! What a difference a week makes! We have finally arrived in the Lone Star State. My little family survived the sixteen hour drive from Georgia. In one piece. And we don't hate each other. I consider that a success on many levels. While we're on the topic of success, let's talk about our first giveaway. It went extremely well! Thank you all for your participation!

 

I was recently contacted by two different companies that want to offer you all some amazing goodies via a giveaway. Be on the lookout for those giveaways, they are coming soon! Now, back to my move. We arrived in San Antonio Wednesday afternoon. We're waiting on our furniture to be delivered so that we can start the unpacking and getting settled process. In the meantime, we're hanging out in the temporary lodging. It's gross. I can not wait to get into our house! It's so cute! It's old and historic and the floors creak when we walk. Ah, it's heaven!

 

I'm in the decorating phase of our move right now. I'm trying to decide how to layout our furniture, which color we should go with for window treatments and how to make the house feel like a home. The walls are concrete so hanging anything will be a challenge. I'm thinking command hooks will be my new BFF. We'll see. I'll be instagramming a lot of ideas and our San Antonio adventures so be sure to check me out. Oh. And did I mention that a certain little lady turns two in two days! Yikes! Where does the time go? Any home design tips are greatly appreciated!!

Labor Day Weekend Review

Summer is officially over. Womp. Womp. Unless you live somewhere that keeps the heat until mid October you're probably already getting some cooler temps already. I'm still in Georgia and I have been loving the cooler days. By cooler I mean anything below one hundred degrees. You can actually be outside during the evening. It's been amazing. 

I love Autumn. So the fact that I'm pretty much extending my summer with this move to the Lone Star State makes me kind of sad. It will get cooler there eventually. I can't wait. I even got the little one some fall boots today, so cute! Anyway, I spent my last weekend of the summer with my little family bouncing around Atlanta. We started off at the Imagine It! Children's Museum of Atlanta. We had a blast...until it got really busy. Even though I'm a Mom I still haven't gotten use to tons of kids running around. Places like Chuck E. Cheese still drive me nuts. 

I thought the museum was great. There were tons of activities for the kids to enjoy. I even enjoyed the live show that they put on. I would definitely go back. It was also great seeing some of our friends from our previous duty station one last time.

The Soldier, me, Sav, my teenage brother (Uncle Reege)

She made a little friend

Giving apples to Daddy

Going shopping

Going up the slide. Against the rules.

You can actually milk this cow. Educational but gross.

Everyone is ready to go

                                            

                                                          Closed eyes. She's giving someone the mean eye, LOL

After the museum we ventured over to Atlantic Station to meet up with some of our friends from college. They were in town on a couples trip to see some of the college football games over at the Georgia Dome. It was great to see them and have a little lunch. We ate at The Burger Joint (BGR). I had a delicious Greek burger. I highly recommend it. The lamb was cooked to perfection and all the toppings were super fresh. 

If you can believe it we went somewhere after lunch. I couldn't believe it either. Savannah seemed happy as a clam. At one point I asked her what she was doing in her stroller and she said, "shopping". We ended up at Lenox Mall. A place one should never go on a Saturday. Between all the football fans, black gay pride weekend and the local fashionistas I could not handle Lenox. Which really irritated me because I wanted to check out a couple stores while we were so close. We zipped inside a couple stores before calling it quits. I was done. I enjoyed my busy little weekend. How did everyone else spend their last weekend of the summer?

on our way home. happy.