Lettuce Ketchup

I mean Let Us Catch Up ;) I just love puns.. ANYWAYS! I am the worst, I really really need to post Lucy's Birth Story, because, if you haven't heard it already, it was pretty awesome! But before I do that, I figured I catch you all up on what is happening over here in the land of rainbows and sparkle farts... To start, Cade and I are separated..... not in love, just in distance!! Geeze. Cade got a job with the FAA (WHOOO!) as an Air Traffic Controller, so he is in training for that right now. I am living it up, Kim K style (if you know what I'm referencing, we can be friends, what the heck, we can be friends even if you don't) anyways, me and the little ponies are staying with my momma while Cade studies his little behind off in Oklahoma. We are missing him lots and lots... but this is just a short time, so we are getting settled in and enjoying the time here with my family. Georgia is getting more and more vocal and it has been pretty hilarious listen to her talk! She will ask "why" to anything and everything. She can hold a pretty good conversation with me, however the tantrums are pretty regular, on account of, she's, A DIVA. Lucy Sue is just growing like a weed, even trying to sprout a few teeth!! Yep, that's right, I didn't believe it either, but sure enough, she's already teething. I am just excited to be where I am right now. I am constantly reminded of how little control I have and how much is in the Lord's hands each day. I have had a really hard time going from one crazy training environment with Cade to a pretty much stagnant life without Cade and at my mom's. That's not to say I don't have things I can work on, it just feels weird not having the role of "Home-maker/wife" at the moment. I have relied heavily on praying to receive guidance, patience and humility in this situation from my Heavenly Father. He has delivered, and I am working to become better at listening to His guidance, watching for those moments in which I need to be humble and am trying really really hard to be oh so patient in this current place in life. Things are in the future, but it's hard to see that perspective everyday. I put my blinders on so quickly and forget who is really in charge. I have some fun things planned for the blog, and hopefully I will be posting more often! The next post will probably be Lucy's birth story, I just have to sit down and write it all out!! So, be on the look out for that one :) Have a wonderful night! Thanks for reading! XOXO britt

It's not you, it's me

So, I think we need to have a talk. I'm not necessarily breaking up with you, I just need to take a break... I'm talking a break from social media. I think everyone does this every once in a while and I just think now is a good time for me to take that break. I have a feeling it will be a difficult break at first but a necessary one. I think I have always felt like being popular was the most important thing, and when those "likes" start popping up, I really do feel popular! I was just looking through Facebook and Instagram and I was just thinking, I love all these things and some of these people, but it's just not where I need to be! I want to practice safe social media-ing, but when the apps are on my phone it is just so readily available and time is lost while I scroll up and down and back and forth. Time is lost when I should be sleeping, pondering, praying, feeling, watching, laughing, loving. Reality is distorted because I start to compare my life to yours or hers or theirs.. I think, "what did people do before all of this??" I think I just need to know that I can have a life without all of this. I mean, when you pop up, it's in my "feed" for goodness sakes! This is not where I need to be "fed" and I am realizing that. I don't know what I'm going to do without Facebook and Instagram, buuuutttt in pretty sure I'll survive. I'll keep up with friends and family, don't worry! I might not get rid of snapchat just yet, since there's no "liking" going on, it's more of just a way to keep up with friends, and I think that is fun. I will probably be texting more often since that is how I'll be able to keep up with most of my friends and family, and I think that is a good thing. I know I'm not the first person ever on the world to do this, but it is a pretty big commitment now that I think about it, which makes me more excited to get rid of it. I shouldn't be sad that I'm getting rid of Facebook and Instagram! So, it's not you, it's me. I think things outside this screen I'm typing on should be my focus from now on. Who knows how long the starvation will last ;), but I have a feeling I will be okay. I love you all! Xoxo