Ohh hey! How goes it?!??

(Hello from the kids) 

Yes you are not seeing (reading things?) I have returned!!  Being a mom of a very active 10 month old is a busy one!! He has been crawling for pulling himself up on just about everything. So he needs a lot of supervision. And oh course play and activity time 😃 he attempts to get into EVERYTHING  even though we have childproofed the house (or adult-proofing...) he still try's to open up everything but those darn hooks are there (shaking fist at mom and dad) but I'm still getting used to them being there. "Why can't I open this up?!??" But something's I have refused to put locks on. Like the toilet...umm hello that thing is crazy looking!! We just keep the bathroom closed. Problem solved....for now 

Or he gets put in baby jail...aka chairs placed around the living room to keep him in a somewhat closed area.... Works for now haha!! 

   

What else we have been up to.... Clayton had his first parade experience on the 4th of July! Lovedddd it and was a happy camper most the day. Only got fussy towards the end of the day because the poor kid was tired! But kept wanting to go, go, go!!! 

Just a few from that day... 

We have also been busy with walks and lots of outside time since the PNW has been soo nice!! And we have been busy with family that has been in town. 

Yesterday Clayton and I spent some time his great-grandparents (my gram and gramp) and my cousins!!! He was loving it!!!! 

Packed up and ready for our longg drive (30 min lol) 

Clayton and my cousin Erika! 

Great-grandpa, Erika and little monkey!! 

Till next time!! 

Clayton is 9 months old!!!

Yes that's correct!! Our precious little boy is 9 months old. Boy does time fly, I know everyone says time will go by fast..but seems like I blinked and he was 9 months old. He's crawling, attempting to pull himself up, talking (saying mamma and dadda) and getting cuter and cuter everyday 😀I live my little monkey soooo much!!

Sunday was a very exciting Father's Day for us! We went to breakfast in carnation, Gigi's cafe. Which is soooo delicious. (Just thinking about it makes me hungry) and then watched the race...like every Sunday AND gave little Clayton his first haircut!! And yes of course I was the one to cut his hair. Justin held him on his lap, and I cut his hair. He was very interested in what mom was doing. I used clippers of the side #4 (1/2 inch) and used  shears on top. He is defiantly a stylist's son, he sat there like a big boy and got his haircut. He did such a great job😃 just was curious what mom was doing. So I have him the comb to play with. But no fussing or screaming. I left some of his "personality" in his hair. Just needed to get it out of his eyes..and no Justin Beiber hair for my son!! (Or how ever you spell it) 

Before 

After!! 

Yes we cut his hair in only his diaper....then right into the bath! 

Isn't he just the cutest?!?! 

Xoxo

Till next time! 

Weekend plus.....

This weekend was a fairly busy one for me!! Saturday I worked (like usual) then after I got picked up by some lovely ladies to head down to Seattle for a bachelorette party :) 

 

(With the bride and Kristine!!) 

I was baby free for the night so I was able to let loose and have fun! Not much responsibility.... Strange feeling. But we had dinner then drinks/dancing. Yes I actually danced, with a little liquid courage I did dance! 

(Kristine, Jessica and me)

Sunday was a bit slow staring of a day cuz I didn't get much sleep, maybe 4 or 5 hours. But guessing closer to 4..... We have tiny human to take care of so no time to be tired or hungover. But mr Clayton and I headed to a baby shower of mine and my sis' lover aka Tiffany (sister from a other mister....well and from another mom haha) She's having a baby girl due June 23rd. So naturally we wouldn't miss her shower for ANYTHING we spoiled her. And got her a few cute baby girl items but a tonnn of practical baby items. I guess our "theme" for our present was boobs lol. Or breast feeding... Many many things in that category!! Clayton was a huge hit.. Like usual ( toot toot, that's me tooting my own horn) 

Monday + Tuesday aren't weekend days but I'll add them in :) 

Monday was a get ish done day. The usual grocery shopping, laundry, making monkey's food (Clayton food). Then Tuesday we headed down to my dads work and hung out for a bit and had a yummy lunch! 

Clayton learning how to take over the business 

He takes his food serious! 

Xox 

Michelle! 

Finally Friday!

Goodness, I have been terrible at writing. But life has kind gotten in the way..

What I have been up to lately

-Clayton is almost 8 months! 

-My little monkey has 4 teeth! Working on a few more I’m sure

- Justin and I celebrated out 1 year anniversary on May 1^st, which was amazing! 

- My anniversary/mommy’s day present was an iphone!!! I know I’m FINALLY up to date (RIP Blackberry) still getting used to this whole touch screen thing, but I think I got it!!

-I have been cooking like CRAZY!! Justin and I decided that it would be a good idea (financially and good for Clayton) to make our own baby food. NOT as hard as you think… I have a food processor and before making baby food I only used it maybe twice MAYBE. ANDDDD I decided as a family we need to eat healthier, it takes a little more meal planning but it needs to be done, cuz this mamma needs/wants to lose the rest of baby weight. (Any suggestions PLEASE share!!!)

- At the end of April my little fam went on our annual camping/fishing trip, Clayton’s first time fishing J We all  had a blast!! Nice relaxing long weekend in a tiny little town called Conconully, WA. More family friendly then other years but hey we have a little dude so no crazy bar nights.

Till next time! 

Xoxo Michelle 

Hello again :)

I've been a BUSY mamma lately!!

 

What I've been doing:

Taking care of my little family:)

Picked up an extra day at work, now working Wednesday and Saturdays

Mr. Clayton has 2 teeth now, YES 2 teeth!!!!

He is eating "solid" foods...or semi solids

My goal is to make almost all of his foods, pureed food are pretty easy to make

A few of his favs are Banana, Apple, Sweet potato/yams and a new fav is plum!

Our sweet baby boy has a sensitive gage reflux so everything has to me pureed to a pulp! He is defiantly gonna be a texture eater......

 

I cannot believe Clayton is almost 7 months old!!! Seems like just yesterday that I was impatiently waiting for my induction appt. now he' growing and moving like crazy!!

He's getting sooo close to crawling! which is exciting but scary at the same time... I have a VERY mobile baby.... But he's still my sweet little man :)

 

Have a fab weekend all!!

 

 

Is it so...?!?!

Say it is so........
So, so sorry I've been MIA for a while, my lovely computer/Internet was broken (thats what I get for living in the backwoods). Lets hope that whatever it was with my computer is fixed now..... FINGERS CROSSED!!!! I'll start ASAP in getting everyone caught up on what has been going on since I was here last :)

I shall get to work all

Michelle!

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Our journey!

Yesterday Mr. Clayton and I made the trek down south! Well to Auburn... To go and have lunch with my dad, and show him off to my dad's office in Auburn. Clayton has already met the important peeps at the Renton office but had yet to make his physical debut at Auburn. He is a VERY popular little one.

But before we headed out for the day Clayton had to get a goooood night sleep! He slept a VERY long time, Justin and I were shocked he had that good of a night sleep. Little Mister slept from 8:30pm to about 8am, plus 3 good naps! I'm pretty sure this sweet little boy is going thru a growth spurt AGAIN. He's gonna be in 12 month clothes before he's even 9 months!! I know Cheyenne wont mind that he's getting bigger because when he's bigger they can play but till then we can have sweet little moments like these :)

Clayton holding Cheyenne's paw. And she HATES her paws being touched.

 

Once we got to my dads Auburn office all work stopped, I wasn't even 5 feet in the door and Clayton was whisked away to be paraded around the office. He was eating the attention up! Flirting and laughing and of course smiling :) He met all the important people at the office (including Wes and Hans, 2 of my dads long time friends) and he also learned how to run AIM Aerospace, so that one day his Grandpa can retire!

Grandpa blowing Clayton a kiss :)

Now Mr. lets get some work done!

Finally!

Been a bit busy lately, so I've been slacking on the blog...my bad!

But last night Justin and I FINALLY got to go out on a date, just the 2 of us. THANK GOODNESS!! His boss' family (the wife and kids) watched sweet little Clayton for us. We have gone on a few smaller dates, like to Ixtapa or out to dinner with friends. But just the 2 of us, its been since my bday dinner back in November. So last night was such a treat :)

Not from date night, but I love my hubby :)

We went to the Outback Steakhouse in Eastgate (Bellevue area). Boy was it YUMMMMMMMMY!! I had the special, 6oz sirloin with lobster mac and cheese + 2 sides. I'm usually not a huge steak eater but once in a long while I'll eat, especially if its with lobster mac and cheese!! I love, love, love cheese. Guess it's my Wisconsin roots (kinda, not really) coming out.

Wish I would of gotten pictures last night, but I forgot. FAIL! But I will say I was looking fancy :) Actually wore my hair down during the week SHOCKING, I know. But its hard to wear my hair down while hanging out with Clayton because he loves to get a handful of it (mommys know what I'm talking about!) And I made my make up a little more polished then usual, I know Outback isn't the fanciest place, but it was a date so I wanted to look as pretty as I could :)

Well........ menu for tonight!
A sorta Chicken parm. I got these parm encrusted chicken breasts from Safeway, I don't usually get the pre made/pre marinated from the grocery store, but they were on special the other night so I thought, why not?!? And with the chicken I'm going to make some pasta with it, and fingers crossed everything will turn out yummy! Usually does but always get nervous making something a bit different.

Will let you all know how dinner turns out! ANDDD tomorrow Clayton and I are having lunch with my dad, so I am hoping to get lots of cute pics of those 2 together.

Till next time
Michelle!

Teen mom...

A MUST have! Iced, non fat, white mocha!! <3

Believe it or not I am 24! I know very shocking!!! Because I get asked more then I should if I’m 19 or something. Or I get those looks from women like “I’m sorry” and its getting really uncomfortable. I’m not one for confrontation, but sometimes I just want to yell at those people! Or say sorry I don’t qualify for a MTV reality show, but I’d chicken out or apologize like crazy after yelling at them. I was having a moment after I got home from Target today, so I texted my bestie, my sister and just needed to have a vent session. I guess when I’m much older I’ll appreciate looking younger, but right now not so much. So I/we (Carrie included) have a question for you all, what would make me look a bit older?? But I have conditions; I can’t really cut my hair short because 1 I have curly hair and shorter it gets curlier it gets, and 2 I have a little one so I need to be able to pull it all up out of my face. So….. talks amongst yourself, I already gave you the topic. I’ll wait…………………

With my boy!

Ok while those thoughts are digesting in your brain I’ll move on……

Dinner on Tuesday turned out yummy!! And was a great lunch for Justin on Wednesday and last night I didn’t need to make dinner (SCORE!) because we were at Cheyenne’s (our dog) boyfriends house. While Duke and Cheyenne had their date Justin, Clayton and I hung out with “nana and papa” they are unofficial family members so we go over there and have dinner every so often.  Always a fun time!

Clayton passsssed out on Justin while Chey and Duke play

 

But tonight I will making some din din! Tonight’s menu will be

Chicken thighs (pretty sure I picked thighs…lol)

Marinated in Soy sauce (low sodium, keep reading to find out why) Dark brown sugar, and garlic salt( <-- that’s the reason for low sodium soy sauce!)

And with portions it all depends on my mood, if I want more garlicky I’ll put more of the garlic salt in, if not I’ll use less. I got this marinade idea from someone, I can’t remember who, but I think it was one of my clients. It turns out really good! This also works well for chicken wings, if you’re like me and don’t like those super hot, spicy chicken wings you’ll LOVE making this for your wings! I usually slow cook them in a crock pot, 4-6 hours I find works perfect for me J

Till next time my loves!

PS

Here's what we got at Target today

Some must haves!
 

 

This weekend...

This weekend I did…

We had a 3ish day weekend! Not because we were celebrating any holidays, but because our little household was sick and thankfully Clayton didn’t get it (knock on wood) Justin got the stomach bug that was going around so he was down for the count, I got a very mild version of it (thank goodness!!) but still had to call out of work on Saturday. Saturdays is my one day of work for the week, my day for uninterrupted adult conversation. Hahaha!! I feel very blessed that I get to stay home during the week and take care of our little man. And this weekend I had to take care of my 2 men J We are feeling much better and back to business!

Yesterday Clayton has give 4 month check up and just as suspected he is a BIG boy, not fat just growing like crazy! He is in 90+% for everything, his weight is 16lbs 12oz (90%) and his height is 27 inches (95%). He also had a few shot L hard on mom and dad but he handled it like a champ! He held dads hand (well finger) and only cried a little then was back to his happy self and flirting with all the ladies.

Happy boy after his doctor's appt

On our menu for tonight:

Slow cooked pork spare ribs (boneless) marinated in brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and a touch of honey. Going to be cooking them for 2 ½ to 3 hours on 275. (My secret put a few strips of bacon on top to keep meat moist and tender and the mister loves bacon!) My inspiration for this combo is from BBQ Pitmasters, LOVE this show the only down side is I can’t have the BBQ they make since they’re all in the south and I’m in WA.

Dinner in the making!

Side dishes:

Bakes yams, haven’t decides on to make them twice baked or just regular baked. Ohhh decisions, decisions!   

This week we will most likely have a crazy adventure to Target (favorite place!) And maybe visiting Miss Cheyenne’s bf, Duke Marlette, Cheyenne loves visiting because they get to play, wrestle and even have dinner together!

Clayton and Hermie, the lady killers! At our fav place Target!

Till next time my loves!

hey good lookin whatcha got cookin?!?

One of my BIG loves is cooking/baking!! I grew up helping, or what I like to call helping my grandmothers and my mom in the kitchen. So when I see a recipe that looks yummy I’ll give it a shot.

One thing I am still mastering is making bread, for a wedding present Justin and I got a bread maker. Which I am in LOVE with!  At first I was nervous to make my OWN bread but once I got over that fear and made my first loaf I was feeling more confident with it. I know that using my bread maker is kinda cheating but with a little guy in the house I can’t actually make the bread myself, and a goal of mine is to try (key word TRY) to make things from scratch. I believe this is a dying art, actual HOMEMADE goodies! I absolutely loved making goodies with my grandparents and still do when I get the chance. And I can’t wait to teach Clayton to cook, because I believe if you include the littles in the kitchen they’re more likely to try new things (my mom did this!)

I’ll share some of my fav recipes, even though with a lot of things I don’t have an ACTUAL recipe written down. I do lots of cooking by making it up as I go, or add a little this and little that! Like my mamma J With baking I follow the directions because if you don’t follow those you never know what you’ll get! Haha!!

This recipe I found on allrecipes.com and I thought I’d give it a shot, I have been in search of different bread recipes to put in my recipe book (well 3 ringed binder). This one is super easy, only a few ingredients and makes a really yummy bread!

Best Bread Machine Bread

 

Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 40 Minutes Ready In: 3 Hours Servings: 12

"This very easy-to-follow recipe promises to be foolproof. It makes a soft bread with a flaky crust."

Ingredients:

1 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 2 tablespoons white sugar 1 (.25 ounce) package bread machine

yeast 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 cups bread flour 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

1.	Place the water, sugar and yeast in the pan of the bread machine. Let the yeast dissolve and foam for 10 minutes. Add the oil, flour and salt to the yeast. Select Basic or White Bread setting, and press Start.     My actual bread! Very happy how it turned out!

If any of you have bread recipes they want to share I would LOVE to give them a try J

Till next time my loves!

Michelle

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Math Time!

Clayton John

He is our first born, well our first human child. Cheyenne is technically first born but she is our fur baby.

Cheyenne driving her Rzr

Our little monkey was born Saturday September 15^th 2012 at 11:12pm he was 6 days late! Needless to say mom was VERY uncomfortable his fav place to kick was my ribs, ughhhh. So I was ohh so happy when I could have those back. But I will say everything was allll worth it when I got to hold him!

Little Baby Clayton just born!

Guess what?!?

Clayton was the best surprise I could ask for! And this is coming from a person that DOES NOT like surprises. He was a surprise because his mom and dad weren’t expecting this little bundle of joy this year. Justin and I were in the middle of planning our wedding and there was a wrench thrown into the mix. We had all the big parts of the wedding planned and set, the dress, venue, cake (cupcakes) all set and even had deposits on things andddd well… someone else had another plan for us.  In the end of February I took a little test just for the heck of it and it said it was positive, shock was my first thought, no tears just a little shock; then went right from the bathroom at work back to doing my co-workers hair, played it off like nothing was going on! I had no sickness, just a few more migraines then usual so I really thought nothing of it. Boy was I wrong!!!

Telling Justin

I’m reallllly good at beating around the bush when I need to tell a loved one about something important. Sooo telling Justin I was preggo was no different. I don’t even remember the exact words I told him, but it was when he got home from work that evening, and he was a little speechless and when that set in he was super excited! As was I J

Justin first holding Clayton

Why’d you choose Clayton John…?? Well I’ll tell you!

His daddy was the one that thought of that precious name. I didn’t even have my first doc appointment with my lady doctor, (and Justin was convinced that we were having a boy) and he came home and asked what I thought about Clayton?!? My first response was Clayton who?? Haha!! And once I realized he was talking about baby names I of course loved it! Then my task was to come up with a middle name or names. Justin has 2 middle names so I was almost thinking giving our little man 2 middle names, but then we both agreed that might be a little tooo much. So I thought John would be a perfect and a great way for Clayton to be connected to the Feutz side (my maiden name) because my dad’s name is John, my grandpa’s middle name John (Robert John) and my great grandpa’s name John. Justin also added that since my dad didn’t have a boy it would be really great to give his 1^st grandchild his middle name! But we kept his name a secret till he made his grand entrance into the world. We wanted to keep it special for us, and part of me was wanting to make 100% sure he was a he, lol!

4 gen. pic
Grandma Fran, Me holding Clayton, Grandpa Bob, Dad/John (L tp R)
 

More about my pregnancy later, don’t want to give away every exciting detail J

Till we meet again

Michelle

Welcome to the wild and crazy life of Michelle

Here goes nothing……again..

HELLO EVERYONE!! (Whoever, if anyone that may be out there)

Allow me to introduce myself, I am Michelle! I have 2 wonderful little ones, a cute little black lab (female) and a precious little boy Mr. Clayton John. I am also married to my best friend, Justin. My little family is my everything; LOVE them with all my heart!

Why I am writing this lovely blog…? Well I’ve been toying around with the idea of starting one and my dear friend Kristine inspired me to start. I may warn all of you (probably all 2 of you, lol) I may not write all the time, but I will try my hardest to write a little something once a week.

Little more about me…? Oh sure why not! I am a hair stylist by day and a mommy by night! I have been doing hair for about 5 years now (including schooling). I love, love doing hair! Making someone look and feel better is one of the best feelings in the entire world! To do hair you need to be a people person, so naturally I fell right into this profession. J But we’ll talk more about this later…Don’t worry I have a few hilarious stories, more later!

About my little family! Clayton is my little son, Justin and I were blessed with this little bundle of joy on September 15, 2012. Our little monkey was almost a week late! Needless to say this little 8lbs 11oz boy was very comfy, mommy wasn’t but he was. He is almost 4 months old and boy does time FLY! Everyday something new and exciting, example, as I write this he is attempting to grab his toes on his little play mat. Sooo cute! Our other child’s name is Cheyenne Lynn (mommys middle name!) She is a 3 year old black lab, Birthday August 23, she is our princess!! Our first baby and yes she still sleeps in our bed J Her world was turned upside down when we brought home this tiny human, didn’t know what to think about him but now she is VERY overprotective of her little human. And trust me you all will see a TON of pictures of these two little, precious ones J ps I love smiley faces!

Now a little about my hubs JJustin, he is my best friend, I am so lucky to be with him! We started dating almost 5 years ago, 2008! We’re old school and he asked me to be his girlfriend on March 6, 2008 (none of this assuming or guessing that we’re exclusive). Seems like just yesterday we started are crazy, wild adventure. Time sure does fly by! We have been on many adventures and I’m positive we’ll have many, many more! We have been married since May 1^st,2012 (yes if you’re doing the math of our little one, I’ll explain more later). Our wedding day was one of the most fabulous days; we were married in Hawaii at sunrise, yes sunrise! On the island of Oahu couldn’t of asked for a better setting, then in June was had a fun, laid back reception for all of our family and friends to celebrate.

Well, I don’t want to give away too much, or be emotionally slutty. (In the word of Carrie Bradshaw..Sex and the City, one of my fav shows!)

Till next time!

PS Still trying to figure out how to do this, so this first one may be a little "boring" looking.