A very cute outfit for the bump

26 weeks I can't believe I'm almost 7 months pregnant!  This sweet baby girl will be here before I have time to get everything finished on the list!!

My outfit was put together by "Jayden a.k.a. the fashionista" the bump got a little hipster today.....

Jeggings: gap, booties: white mountain, 

Shirt : nordstrom rack, denim shirt: styles for less, necklace: brandy Melville, bracelets: nordstrom rack

A very cute outfit for the bump

26 weeks I can't believe I'm almost 7 months pregnant!  This sweet baby girl will be here before I have time to get everything finished on the list!!

My outfit was put together by "Jayden a.k.a. the fashionista" the bump got a little hipster today.....

Jeggings: gap, booties: white mountain, 

Shirt : nordstrom rack, denim shirt: styles for less, necklace: brandy Melville, bracelets: nordstrom rack

23 weeks along and a special little guest on today's post

I love it when I finally look like I have a baby in my tummy instead of a food baby belly.  I get looks at the belly region but never any comments and never get asked the forbidden question "how far along are you?" Incase a woman is just bloated it's always better to take the safe road and not ask any questions.  So I'm good and pregnant looking and I always get excited because then I can dress up my baby bump.  

Oh the cuteness just overflows out of his tiny little body.  my hearts is just gushing right now.  Moccasins Available at http://littletammytwoshoes.bigcartel.com

This baby girl is so precious

WI cannot begin to express how excited we are to welcome our 8th baby and that she is a girl!!! I'm 22 weeks and trying to continue eating healthy and living a healthy, fit life style during this pregnancy like the past 7 babies.  I recently have been continuing yoga and hiking. Making sure I drink a ton of water each day because it's so hot I don't want to retain a lot of water.  The first 14-5 weeks I was super sick and I really didn't do much working out but I tried to eat healthy anyway even though I was nauseous and barfy this time sucked big time at the beginning but it is so worth it.  I always have a hard time finding cute pregnancy outfits but I recently found some really cute stuff at H & M.  I will have to post pictures soon of those outfits.  For now I will post up to my 22 weeks baby bump :) we saw her on the ultra sound a couple weeks ago doing some pretty cute yoga moves one of which is called "happy baby" she was holding on to her feet pulled up over her head! I'm feeling great for now she is moving and kicking a lot and it feels so incredible to be her mommy and feel her growing inside of me :)  

 

16 weeks 

18 weeks 

 18 weeks 

A little beach outfit at 18 weeks 

Baby girls yoga pose at 20 weeks it looks kinda weird because she was moving but you can see her holding into both her feet on the right and her head is on the left 

22 weeks

22 weeks 

Love Is Hard

Loving ourselves can be hard sometimes.  Loving yourself enough to take care of your health and body and mind is very important but easier said than done.  People sometimes struggle so badly that drastic medical intervention is needed because their life is weighing in the balance and at that point they no longer have very many options to become healthy.  

When there is no impending illness or health concern what motivates one to take action and start living a healthier life style?  

LOVE. 

Love of oneself.  

You deserve to be your BEST.  

You deserve to feel your best. 

You deserve to look your best.  

You deserve to have energy.  

You deserve to be healthy. 

You deserve to feel light and move easily. 

You deserve to take time for yourself.  

You deserve to enjoy life.  

You deserve to become what God intended for you to become.  

You are amazing!

You have great worth!

I believe in you!

Trust me.  It's hard to find the time to workout.  It takes time.  It takes commitment.  It takes energy when you sometimes have very little left at the end if the day and you have yet to get out of your pjs because the day came and went so fast.  The key is finding the time.  Schedule it.  Write it down on your calendar.  Tape it to your wall so you see it everyday.  Write down your goals everyday.  500 of the most successful people in The world were interviewed.  What do they all have in common besides wealth and success?  They write down their goals 2 times a day!  If you want to be in shape, write down your goals for that and take action.  If you need help email me for some suggestions :). Supermissfits@gmail.com

Just by simply putting your tennis shoes by your bed and setting your alarm 30 minutes early for the next morning is one way you can find the time to exercise the next day.  Put those running shoes on and either walk or run one direction 15 minutes turn around and come back home and you've just excersized 30 minutes that day!  Eventually you can build upon that but it's a great start!  

I want you to be able to do HIIT (high intensity interval training) I absolutely live it!  I live yoga to but it's different and so therapeutic I love HIIT in never bored because it's fast paced and constantly changing to a new challenging excersized.  I will post some how to's and videos soon:) 

If you are already an expert than you will love some of the excersizes im about to share and how I stay in shape after having 7 kids!  Stay tuned have a happy Sunday.  Love you all!

Xoxo -me

What I wore Wednesday Etc.

And some other things I've been up to lately!!! Here's my cute outfit and interesting story!!! 

Jeans//express;sweatshirt//styles for less

My daughter was donating this top she "had to have when she saw it" and I fell in love with it, so I snagged it and I get sooo many compliments on it! 

I've been working on yoga fire fly pose everyday for a week now and seeing good progress the top left is my goal ...

And our soft soled leather moccs available at http://littletammytwoshoes.bigcartel.com are becoming very popular with the little people in your life.  Our moccasins are so adorable and only $40!!! Head over to our website and follow our ig @littletammytwoshoes thanks for your support!!!

 

Enjoy!!! Hope you try yoga each day with me.  I'm loving the calm it brings to my life and how flexible and strong I'm becoming!!  

Xoxo tammy

Boys room, rock wall, ladder, loft bed tutorial

I thought I would share just how fun a little boys room could be and you can do this like we did very affordable!  First of all with 6 kids in a 4 bed room house one must get a little creative with space.  

I'm constantly on the phone with my amazing and super creative and talented mother in law.  We toss ideas back and forth all the time about design and remodeling and space saving ideas for me and Brandon's growing family.  We talked about a lot of ideas and looked in Pinterest but the best Idea we came up with was using some storage racks I had previously had installed in my garage ceiling.  I remembered the installer said they hold 1000 lbs. and these racks will not how anywhere in an earthquake.  I quickly took my kids out to the garage and had Brandon hoist them up and see if they liked being up in the air and talked about the possibility of a bed just like that in their room.  They thought the idea was sooo cool and waited patiently until Craig the storage installer would come and install their new bed in the air!  My friend Lisa told me theirs racks were white (ours were grey) so we thought the white would disappear into the ceiling making this loft bed seem to be magically suspended.   

I was trying to cover up a beautiful paisley wallpaper I imported from Europe and wanted to keep it nice and that's where he idea of paneling or a cork boras covering the walls came into play. I googled cork walls and loft beds.  Mom in law thought a rock wall would be cool for them to get in and out of bed with so here's some of the pictures we drew from for our inspiration.  

First we hired our excellent garage storage rack, installation expert, Craig.  He's the best!  He hung one 4x8' section with lag bolts from the rafters and another 2x4' section to creat an "L" shaped 6x8' loft bed all suspended from the ceiling.  We loved the idea of a completely open area under the bed to play with no bunk bed legs or extra bulky wood in the way taking up space.  These over head storage racks hold 1000 lbs. so we don't have to worry about them falling down or coming loose.   

Next we bought 2 mattress's from IKEA for a couch that folds into a bed and happened to be on clearance.  If you unzip the cover of the mattress you will find thick 4" foam that we a scored and cut using our cutco knifes (you could also use a electric serated knife) to fit the two bed sizes and ziped the cover and folded over the excess fabric.  

To make sure the boys don't roll off the beds while sleeping we bought bungee cords ($1.50 @ Home Depot) that matched the unique and slightly industrial look of the room 

We already had the big skate board wall mural from pottery barn teen and the lockers from IKEA years ago.  The egg was from As-Is section in IKEA. 

All the posters and stickers, t-shirts and magazines were signed and autographed and were curtousy of a super sweet and awesome pro skater Dave Duncan.  

The walls around the room  have the lol of cork board but they are "sound board" used for music and recording studios.  You can find this at Home Depot for $10 per 4x8' x 3/4" sheet.  Be very careful to not break it on your way home from Home Depot.  We had measures all of our walls and had Home Depot makes 10 cuts on 5 sheets and we carefully out it in the Yukon and carefully carried it up to the boys room.  This stuff should be treated like a cake on "Cake Boss" because until you have it screwed into the walls it can break SO easy.  Now when it's installed which took us 30 minutes! You won't need to be too worried about it breaking or chipping.   My daughter Jayden held up the sound board and I screwed it in about every 3-4 feet. I loved working with the sound board because it is extremely light weight like cork board.  You can push push pins and tacks into the sound board just like cork board too!  If you want to put up cork board it will be 10x's the price if not more and it's a pretty big project you will need to glue the cork rolls into Masonite with a roller and cut and fit the Masonite to your walls.  the sound board was $40.  

We used little screws and washers.  If you show a dude at Home Depot this pic he can get you the right screws and washers to match.  But super easy to install and it basically just tacking the sound board to the drywall we weren't trying to find studs to secure the sound board.  

The rope and ladder (from IKEA) are hung from the over head storage brackets that hold 1000 lbs with carabiners and my son Steven tied a special Boy Scout knot so the rope stays in place. 

The rock wall was made using a 5/8" 4x8' piece of MDF.  This is very heavy! We had Home Depot cut 4" off the top because it's easier to install 8' into an 8' high ceiling by having some room for clearance.  Then we just added the 4" piece separately.  I ordered an assorted pack of rock climbing holds from amazon here http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B001SNR236/ref=pd_aw_sbs_9?pi=SL500_SS115

With the MDF sheet I drill holes for the bigger holds using a 1/2 drill bit and secured the holds with the bolt, washer and Allen wrench supplied in the kit.  Then carried the finished rock wall up to the boys room and secured it to the studs.  Note: the bolts and screws will be sticking out the back side of the MDF or plywood you use so be sure to buy screws to secure the wall into the studs that are long enough.  I used 3" wood screws.  

We needed some testers and beignet rock climbers.  We knew just the boys to ask! 

Finished result with a happy climbing kid!

Thanks for reading!!! 

Xoxo - me 

Please excuse any typos and grammatical errors :)