Checking in- Life Lately

April 3, 2015

Life has been busy and blogging had to be set aside these past few weeks while I get through these sick days of my pregnancy! They have been pretty brutal with nausea. Horrible reactions to different drugs. getting the stomach bug on top of already puking non stop…ended up in the hospital. bags of fluid helped so much to get back on track. (best hours of my life haha.) But I’m already feeling the nausea less than I did two weeks ago…soooo seeing a light at the end of the tunnel! I’ll be 15 weeks on tuesday..and I usually start feeling better around 17. so..home stretch! Praying for a happy healthy baby and feeling lots of cute baby flutters soon! My sister and sister in laws are all pregnant too…it’s been fun sharing this!
Last week I grabbed a couple basic shirts on sale for my expanding belly at target..this fringe kimono was too comfy to pass on! Goes perfectly with my BLANQI Highwaist Maternity and Postpartum Leggings. These babies are so comfy..they lift and smooth your bump. I’m not even bragging on my sister and sabina for designing them…they are just amazing I would wear them even if she didn’t drop them off at my house haha. perk of sisterhood! ;)
ps. micah isn’t falling. lol. he hopped right off and hammed it up in the mirror.
this boy is non stop mover and shaker.
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We’ve also been busy moving!!
We moved 22 minutes further south to rock hill south carolina!
Loving it and getting settled. Unpacking a lot slower than usual for me….
But I think it’s because of micah’s age and me being so sick and fatigued pregnant.
Hoping nesting kicks in so we can get this house pulled together. thebusybudgetingmama-lifelately2

Thankful for my family not too far away….
for a yard these littles can run around in…and paper products. haha.
Below was our first meal in the house. They were bouncing off the walls with excitement. ;)
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We’ve also been busy launching our new website for HAPPY MOMMY BOX.
YES. all at the same time. We like a little crazy in our life :)
I’m so excited about what we have been working on…and finally sharing it!
New shop items to celebrate motherhood…a build a box option…
themed boxes, (the grief and loss box-pictured below- is so special to me!)
We also have a fun announcement coming soon!
Check out our new site and let me know what you think! It’s been so fun seeing the boxes people are building..for themselves or special mamas in their lives! I love seeing the hubbies being tagged on our instagram feed for mother’s day reminders hehe. thebusybudgetingmama-lifelately

Hope you all have a wonderful Easter weekend!!
Here’s a fun craft that my mom did with the cousins yesterday….
you can get the free printable at CatholicIcing.com!
We’ve been reading the story (print out comes with it) and acting it out all afternoon!
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Thanks for following..and for the patience as we get settled over here.
So excited to share some of the new spaces here and more fun projects we are working on!


  • Rebecca
    April 4, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    Cute baby bump! Are you documenting this pregnancy like you did Micah? That was so neat to watch. I checked out your mommy box site, looks awesome. Is there any chance you guys are going to start offering shipping to Canada? That would be awesome. Hope the nausea goes away soon!

    • natalie
      April 7, 2015 at 11:31 am

      That’s the plan! Was waiting to move into the new place so that I could have one wall to photograph against ;) Starting this week!