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  • Baby,  Baby Bear,  Mommy,  Photography,  Pregnant

    Baby #4 – 24 Weeks Update

    How far along? 24 weeks Total weight gain/loss: 2lbs as far as I know Maternity clothes? Yep. With some LLR thrown in as well. Stretch marks? Same old ones I’ve had since Boogie! Sleep: I had been sleeping well, and while I do sleep I’ve been having some CRAZY dreams so I’m not sleeping restfully. Best moment this week: Finally feeling Baby Bear move a lot more, and J actually got to feel him once too! This took much longer this pregnancy despite having an anterior placenta every single pregnancy. Movement: See above 😉 Food cravings: Tacos – from a very specific authentic Mexican taco truck in town. LOL! Gender: Boy Labor signs: None. Belly button in or out? In Wedding rings on or off? On,…

  • Giveaways,  Home School,  Mommy,  Photography,  Pregnant,  Reviews,  School,  Sponsored

    How to Survive the Start of the New School Year – Home School Edition

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #NourishWhatsNext #CollectiveBias It’s no secret that we are homeschooling our children, it’s also no secret that we just found out that I’m expecting our fourth child! Needless to say, both of these are exhausting on top of the every day “mom tasks”. We just started our school year, Boogie is starting Kindergarten and Bubby is starting Pre-Kindergarten. Starting a new school year is intimidating and exciting all at the same time. You have a huge weight on your shoulders to offer an education to your children and the sense of excitement from you and…

  • Bubby,  Family,  Mommy,  Sensory Processing Disorder

    Validated

    I was planning on writing a fun post about our Disney vacation before I wrote any other personal posts, but I think this one needs to be written first. You may have noticed that my blog has been missing a lot of personal posts this past year, year and a half. I’ve written a few here and there, but there was so much going on in our lives that I chose to not post what I really wanted to post. Almost 2 years ago we started noticing that Bubby’s behavior was very unlike his older sister’s at his age. We brushed it off because they’re not the same person, they…

  • Mommy,  Reviews,  Sponsored

    Travel Gift Basket Ideas for Mom

    This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and The Coca-Cola Company. All opinions are mine alone.#BestSummerMemories #CollectiveBias Traveling during the summer is something most families do, kids are out for school, the weather is warm and who doesn’t love a family road trip?! My mom and I are taking my kids on a road trip to visit some of our family in Ohio, originally we planned to go next month, but with our big move coming up we had to postpone until Fall. Even so, I decided to go ahead and make my mom a travel basket for Mother’s Day. These are great for short trips, long trips,…

  • Baby,  Cloth Diapers,  Giveaways,  Mommy,  Pregnant

    MSM April Giveaway Bash!

    It’s finally here! I started blogging in April of 2008, J and I were embarking on a new journey just a few months after we married. I never imagined that my blogging hobby would turn into what it is today. Mustard Seed Mommy has changed and evolved to be an outlet for me to share my life, try out some pretty amazing products, share some of those same products, and make a little money to contribute to our family finances. Thank you, thank you for being here, thank you for reading and commenting and sharing my posts. You, my readers, are the only way I can keep this blog going.…