Wannabe Balanced Mom

Crystal Escobar

· in Life of a Wannabe· My Featured Moments and Blog Awards

Featured!

Hey Everyone, just wanted to let you know I was interviewed by my friend Carrie, over at The 5th Girl. She’s recently joined us bloggers in the blogging world, so go check her out. You will be hooked I’m telling you. She’s got such a great way of sharing her story.  Pop on over there and and show her some comment love 🙂

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· in Life of a Wannabe· My Thoughts and Feelings

Thinking… Maternity AGAIN

The question I’m asking myself lately is…
When am I READY to get pregnant again???? hmmmm, it’s a question only I can answer. 
I do know I want more kids, but the thought of getting pregnant again, isn’t sounding too appealing to me. 

When I first started thinking about having kids, I had it all planned out. I was going to have 5 kids, get pregnant every 6 months after giving birth, and I’d get pregnant on the first try of course, what does ovulating have anything to do with it?  I’d have them all natural, no drugs.  I was going to have a girl, then a boy, then girl, boy, girl. They’d all be close together in age, I’d get the pregnancies over with fast, be a young mom, my babies would all sleep through the night in their own beds, I’d nurse them all for a year, they’d only eat organic food and NO sugar, potty training would be a sinch, I’d homeschool them all, and we’d just be one big ol’ happy family. 
If only things could be so perfect. 
It took me 5 months to get pregnant with Lily, I lasted about 30 minutes of contractions before calmly requesting the epidural, or ANY sort of drug they had to offer. I was only able to nurse her for seven months. She never slept through the night OR in her own bed until she was 3. When she turned 6 months there was NO WAY IN H*** I was going to get pregnant again. She turned one, still not ready, turned 2, potty training was a disaster, even MORE not ready, turned 2 1/2, and FINALLY feeling somewhat  ready for the next baby. Took 7 months to get pregnant with Oliver, which I was totally OKAY with, since I was scared out of my mind, wondering how on earth I was going to handle having TWO kids. WHAT? That’s insane, TWO kids? Delivery went fine, except the epidural stopped working just in time for me to start pushing out an almost 10 pound baby.
So here I am now, with two kids, somehow managing day by day. Oliver’s sleeping through the night and in his crib. So do I feel ready????
Um, not at the moment, but my plan is to GET ready by the end of summer. 
So, there it is everyone!
Not sure how long it will take to get pregnant this time around, so that’s why we decided to start trying a little sooner than last time.
So, since I’m going to be back in maternity clothes possibly this fall or winter, I thought I’d start looking into some cute clothes to mentally prepare myself for the 9 months of absolute BLISS 🙂 🙂
When you’re pregnant there’s nothing better than finding something cute AND comfortable to wear. AND GETTING TO USE A COUPON CODE IS EVEN BETTER!!!. Moody Mama’s was kind enough to offer all my reader friends a coupon code, a 30% off discount. Use this code: MMDiscount, at Moody Mamas (www.moodymamas.com).
I thought these shirts were so cute and would be great baby shower gifts.
 Here’s a little information copied from the site.
The Moody Mamas spring line of maternity clothes hits the virtual racks at Target and you don’t want to miss it—these fashionable new styles are sure to sell out!  With a devout following of hot Hollywood mamas that includes Heidi Klum, Jessica Alba, Tori Spelling and Bethenny Frankel, Moody Mamas’ colorful spring capsule collection  will make every expectant mom look as sexy and chic as our celebrity clients.  Each piece is inspired by the runway, from easy maxi dresses to adorable chiffon trim knit dresses. All of our styles are made from luxurious fabrics that give every Moody Mamas piece the feel of relaxing loungewear.  Start expanding your spring wardrobe today! The collection is limited in quantity, affordably priced from $39.99 – $49.99, and extends into plus sizes.  To shop the collection, click here to visit Target.

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· in Life of a Wannabe· Random Fun Posts· wordless wednesday

Wordless Wednesday- Our Back Porch Mama

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· in Life of a Wannabe· Random Fun Posts· wordless wednesday

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY- Luxury Sleep


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· in Fashion· Giveaways· Life of a Wannabe· My Featured Moments and Blog Awards

I Feel Special Today!!!

Today I was featured by Tatiana @MsBabyPlan. I always feel so special whenever I have the opportunity to be featured on other blogs. Thank you Tatiana, for making my day :)!
Tatiana’s blog is all about her preparation to start her family. She’s recently made the decision to start trying for her first baby, and she plans to share with us her journey towards motherhood. For all those new mothers, or future mothers, you’ll want to visit her blog for sure.
I also wanted to give you more information about the Boutique I was telling you about in my last post. I have the address and hours for you, as well as more pics. As you already know, she has some WAY cute purses. I got my white one, and the maroon one there. I’m giving away this one, so make sure you enter HERE to win.
The address is 5674 S Oakdale Dr. (1740 E)! Open from 11:00-6:00. They are also now offering airbrush tans on Mondays for just $18!



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· in Life of a Wannabe· Random Fun Posts

I’m Back!!!

You may not have noticed that I was even gone all last week because I had some scheduled posts ready before I left. Well, anyway, I’m back and feelin refreshed!!! We went on the Mexican Riviera Cruise Marinar of the Sea’s (Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Villarta). We had an absolute blast. After the cruise was over we stayed in San Diego for a couple of days to visit friends and family and go to Sea World. It was my first time EVER going to Sea World, so it was pretty exciting for me 🙂

Lily loved all the cute towel animals, house keeping made for her each night. I LOVED house keeping, and room service. I wish every day I could have someone bring me all my meals, make up the house, and turn it down each night. What a luxury that was.



Going without my phone and Internet was crazy, but quite refreshing. It was nice having NOTHING to do for a week, just eat, nap, see shows, hang on the beach. Wow! Couldn’t have been better.
Finished off our amazing trip with the most horrifying flight for the SECOND time now!!!! I’ve never been afraid of flying until about 18 months ago when I had a VERY bad experience with turbulence. The only thing that comforted me enough to fly again was the fact that those kinds of flights rarely happen. So what are the odds, that I had to endure this dreadful thing again. We were almost there, and I thought, phew…. I made it!, but just then the pilot warned everyone about the bad wind we were about to hit. So as everyone’s buckling up, and the flight attendants are rushing to their seats, I stopped one of them, hoping for a little reassurance. I said, “is it going to be REALLY bad”???……..sure enough, she replied, “oh yes, it was pretty bad on the earlier flight”. I literally broke down in tears, started sweating, hyperventilating, teeth chattering, and hands shaking. Thankfully the kids were both asleep so they didn’t have to witness their mom being a spaz. Sean was great, and tried to calm me down by distracting me and assuring me that everything was going to be okay.
Well, I’m glad it was a great vacation, because I’m never flying on an airplane again!!!!!!!. Hopefully it will just be like giving birth. Immediately afterwards you think, I’m NEVER going to do this again, but over time you forget about all the pain, and eventually you’re ready to do it all over again 🙂

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