Playing Catch Up

Hello! This poor little blog has been so neglected in the past year!  I am so sorry about that.  When I first started Kieran Honeybee my intentions were for this to be a spot to share about pregnancy and eventually my child. A sort of digital scrapbook that I could hand down to him one day.  That was all fine and good until the dreaded morning sickness took over my life.  I started getting sick at exactly 6 weeks pregnant and wasn't really 'over' it until around 23 weeks.  Guys, it consumed me! I barely could leave the couch, every time I moved I had to be sick.  I finally convinced my doctor that I needed some help and started Zofran at around 12 weeks but boy it sure was rough.  

Anyway, since I want to start writing here again, I first wanted to catch you guys up on whats been going on!  

I got really really pregnant...

17 weeks//20 weeks//26 weeks

30 weeks//33 weeks//36 weeks

38 weeks//38 weeks 4 days

Had an adorable baby boy...

And now we are moving across the country!

Phew!  We have been busy!  I will be trying to blog at a more consistant pace and I hope you stick around!  Theres plenty more to catch up on!

{Baby Kieran} Thank you! + 13 Weeks

How far along: 13 Weeks

Gender: Still a mystery.  EVERYONE says girl though

Weight gain: At my 12 week appt I had actually lost 10 lbs.  Hopefully by the next appt I will have gained some back

Maternity clothes: Not yet.  I have thrifted a couple pieces but they are still too big.  I did buy a Blanqi though, and it has been WONDERFUL!

Symptoms: Oh boy.
- I have been so so sick!  I started throwing up promptly at 6 weeks and that never went away. I was throwing up about 7-8 times a day, finally threw in the towel and started Zofran.  It was a lifesaver, however I still have days where I am really sick.
-Sciatic nerve pain & hip pain started a few weeks ago.  I have alot of hip issues so this wasnt surprising, so I went and got myself a membership to Massage Envy and am looking forward to monthly massages. (spoiled!)
-Heightened sense of smell, headaches, fatigue...pretty much all of the first trimester symptoms.

Belly button in or out: In.  I doubt that it will ever poke out, its so deep.

Sleep: eh.  some nights I sleep good, others I toss and turn and am awake at all hours.

Miss anything: Liking food.  Having energy. Beer.

Movement: Not yet but looking forward to them!

Cravings: Clementines. Grilled cheese. All things sweet.

Queasy or sick: yes yes yes.  

Looking forward to: Next appt on the 18th.  Our anniversary. Planning a babymoon.


I also wanted to say THANK YOU!!  We have gotten so many well wishes and congratulations for this baby on here and on Instagram, they mean so much!  We had a hard road getting here so this baby is all of our hopes and dreams coming true.

Big News!

Baby Kieran coming in July!

Black Friday Giveaway!

Hello!!  I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!  Did you go brave the shopping last night?  We decided not too but went this afternoon instead and it really wasn't bad!  

To celebrate black Friday I have joined with some really great ladies to giveaway a Kitchenaid Mixer, XBox 360, or Kindle Fire, your choice!  Make sure you enter to win!!

42 blogs are bringing you an amazing giveaway to get your holiday season underway! We're hoping to make the holiday season easier for one of our lucky readers, $500.00 worth of easier that is! 

The winner will be able to choose from an XBOX 360 Kinect Nike+ Bundle, a Kindle Fire HD 8.9", or a KitchenAid 5 Quart Stand Mixer in the color of your choice! Oh and to top it all off, we're going to give you the difference in an Amazon gift card to make your grand prize total $500.00! 

For example, if you choose the Kindle Fire HD 8.9" as your prize, it's $229.00. 

$500.00-$229.00=$271 Amazon gift card. 

Amounts based on price at time of shipment.

Sounds like something you'd like to win, right? Well, without further rambling, on to the giveaway! Good luck!

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Literary Junkies

Its time for Literary Junkies!  I love linking up with Taylor and Lesley and sharing what I've been reading!

This month’s questions:

1) What are you currently reading? Tell us about it!

2) How many books have you read this year? Do you set reading goals for yourself?

3) What do you think are the best and worst book-to-movie/TV show adaptations?

4) What is the first line of your favorite book?

5) What’s your favorite quote from a book?

Here are my answers:
1. What are you currently reading? Tell us about it!
Well, right now I am at the in between space where I just finished a book but haven't started another. 

I just finished Extras by Scott Westerfeld which is the final book in the Uglies series.  These books were...ok. I lost steam about halfway through the second book but had to finish the series! Extras was a bit better than the other but for the simple fact that it supplied the reader with more information about the way these people live.

I am getting ready to start Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver and am so so excited!  Delirium (the first in the series) blew me away!  Plus, left me scrambling to the library for the next after that cliffhanger!  Here is what Goodreads has to say (if you haven't read Delirium there will be spoilers!)

I’m pushing aside 
the memory of my nightmare, 
pushing aside thoughts of Alex, 
pushing aside thoughts of Hana 
and my old school, 
push, 
push, 
push, 
like Raven taught me to do.
The old life is dead.
But the old Lena is dead too.
I buried her.
I left her beyond a fence,
behind a wall of smoke and flame.

Lauren Oliver delivers an electrifying follow-up to her acclaimed New York Times bestseller, Delirium. This riveting, brilliant novel crackles with the fire of fierce defiance, forbidden romance, and the sparks of a revolution about to ignite.

2) How many books have you read this year? Do you set reading goals for yourself?

I never started setting reading goals until I became a member of Goodreads.  Not only can I easily keep track of all the books I have read but setting a goal keeps me reading!  So far this year I have read 118 books!  I have been lucky enough to find great books and have had lots of free time!

3) What do you think are the best and worst book-to-movie/TV show adaptations?

ha well the worst has got to be The Host!  I could barely contain my laughter BUT it was a hard adaption and Im not sure how else they could have done it.
The best...eh. I dont think any movie adaption comes close to what the book offers.

4) What is the first line of your favorite book?
Too many to pick!!

5) What’s your favorite quote from a book?

"Books may well be the only true magic" Alice Hoffman

"A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library" Shelby Foote

{Wordless Wednesday} Craft Fair

Hello!  I can not, for the life of me, get back into the swing of blogging!  I have so much to share with you guys!  Here are the the rest of the pictures from my trip to Tennessee to see family and do the craft fair with my mom.

Have you ever done a craft fair?  I would love to hear about your experience!

Happy Veteran's Day!

Hello!  I just wanted to pop in real quick and say Happy Veteran's Day!  I am so thankful for the military and all those that have served! I am also very grateful that the military is paying for my schooling and supporting our family!

I also wanted to let you know that I am guest posting for Melissa from Love Like Johnny and June!  She featured my DIY Burlap Banner, check it out here. 

Instagram Blog Hop

Welcome to the Instagram Blog Hop! If you're new around here, the Instagram Blog Hop is a party where you link up your Instagram account, find and follow new Instagram friends, and be continually inspired by what you see in your Instagram feed! No need to have a blog, just an Instagram account!

The Rules are Simple:

1. Follow your HOSTS:

Kimberly of A Night Owl | Instagram: @anightowlblog Erin of My Thirty Spot | Instagram: @mythirtyspot Angie of Little Inspiration| Instagram: @blogali

2. Follow your CO-HOSTS:

Kara | Instagram: @karakieran

You can find Kara here: Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Pinterest

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Laura | Instagram: @belindamarie1006

You can find Laura here: Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Pinterest

3. Link up your Instagram Web Profile:

Just link up your new Instagram Web Profile (http://instagram.com/username) -OR- your web viewer of choice in the linky below!

4. Check out and follow a few fellow Instagram friends.

Tell folks you follow that you found them through the IGBH!

5. SHARE THE IGBH LOVE!

Before you link and run, we'd love for you to SHARE THE IGBH LOVE! We'd love to grow this lovely community, so we're asking you to share - with your friends, on your social media! Tweet about it, share it on G+ and Facebook or post about it on Instagram!

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The Christmas Sampler

Hello all!  I am popping in to let you all know about The Christmas Sampler!  My mom called a couple months ago and told me she just happened to get a booth at the sampler and was sharing all of her ideas.  I casually said "I wish I could come!" Which then led to why not?  So, I have been crafting and creating for a couple months and the time has come, its this weekend!  I have no idea what to expect, this is my first craft fair, but am so excited!  I cant wait to see how people react to the things I have created but also, to wonder around and enjoy what other people created!  Here is a sneak peek at what we will have in our booth:

If you live in the Nashville area, we would love to see you!  Come stop by and browse around and say hi!  Here is the address:

At the Center
401 North Main Street
Springfield, TN 37172

Premier Night
Friday, November 1
4:00 to 9:00 p.m.
(Admission $7.00)

Saturday, November 2
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
(Admission $5.00)

{Review} ItWorks

One of my very good friends, Megan, recently started working as an independent distributor for the company, ItWorks! She was kind enough to send me a few products to test out in exhange for a review.  All opinions are my own!

Megan sent me the Ultimate Body Applicator, Face Wrap, and samples of Greens & It's Essential Energy Bar.  I was super excited to try out the body applicator!  With powerful, all natural ingredients, the applicator promises results.  Tightening & firming, minimize cellulite, and easy to use! 

ItWorks caters to many different target areas.  Are you looking to lose weight? Minimize stretch marks or scarring? Or maybe you are looking to Detox?  ItWorks has products for it all!  

How use the body applicator in 6 easy steps:

1. Peel the wrap open ( inside will be covered with gel)

2. Apply wrap to your troubled area (Abdomen, booty, thighs, arms etc)

3.Wrap with plastic wrap to keep in place

4. Let the wrap work its magic for about 45 minutes

5. Unwrap, rub in remaining gel, and admire results!

6. Drink LOTS of water!

I probably could have picked a better place to wrap but the tummy seemed like such an obvious place!  I did see small results but the impact came in inches!  Make sure that you measure the area that you choose to wrap before hand. After you remove the wrap, measure again!  There will be a difference! Here's what ItWorks has to say:

It Works ingredients can be considered “food for the skin, allowing it to do what it wants and needs on its own.” The process of skin renewal is a vital component of maintaining good skin health. The natural active ingredients in the applicator target the processes of skin rejuvenation and detoxification to produce multifaceted results inside and out of the body.

The applicator’s ingredients help the body to increase the rate at which the skin regenerates itself. Skin growth progresses as new skin from the basal layer grows outwards, the skin’s top layer hardens and dies, then falls off. The ingredients in applicator work to “turn back the hands of time on your skin” simply through substantive, natural nutrition.

• Enhances the body’s ability to build new basal (underneath) layer skin
• Facilitates the production of newer skin quicker and healthier
• Leaves skin more elastic, less saggy; decreases fine lines, wrinkles and cellulite

This bar was yummy!  Like most energy bars, this does have a gritty texture, but the delicious flavor makes up for it!  I got the dark chocolate berry ( because, come on, who doesn't love chocolate?!) It is made with all natural ingredients, packed with fiber, and keeps you full!  If you like to snack throughout the day, these are perfect for you!  They are also great for after you work out.

Overall, I am IN LOVE with everything I tried and I HIGHLY recommend them!  Megan is so easy to work with and has great knowledge of the products she is selling. If you are interested in trying some of these products for yourself, she is the person to contact!  Here is a direct link to her home page where you can shop, get more information on products, and contact Megan! If you do decide to try ItWorks, or have in the past, let me know!  I would love to hear you experiences and results!

Stitch Fix #3

Time for another Stitch Fix! I have so much fun getting these fixes and they really blew me away with this one! If you aren't familiar with Stitch Fix, here are some basics:

• Sign up, pay $20 styling fee (that can be used towards your purchase)
• Stylist hand picks 5 pieces that fit your body type and style based on the style profile you fill out
• Box is shipped to you, try on all your pieces, decide what to keep and what to send back (if you keep all 5, you receive a 25% discount)
• Ship all the rejects back in the prepaid envelope that is included

Oh, this sweater!  I barely could bring myself to take if off to get a picture!  It is so thick and warm and exactly what I have been looking for!  I have about 10 of these type of sweaters on my Pinterest board, so I am VERY glad my stylist got the hint ; )

I loved all of the pieces that I was sent!  I wish I could have kept them all but, whomp whomp, I have to follow a budget.  I ending up only keeping that dreamy sweater but my runner up was the grey diamond print tunic. It was thin enough for the very un-fall like weather we get here in SC but also thick enough not to roast.  Overall, this was the best box I have gotten so far and only makes me want to get as many boxes as I can!  If you are curious to see what I got in my other fixes, you can find them here.

Stitch Fix 1

Stitch Fix 2

If you want to sign up for your own personal stylist through Stitch Fix, here is a direct link to use! If you sign up through this link, I do receive referral credits, its much appreciated!

Literary Junkies

I cant believe October is almost over!  But the good news is that its time for Literary Junkies!  I love dedication an entire post to reading and the books I have been loving! Joining the link up with Taylor and Lesley. 


This month's link-up questions:

1) What are you currently reading? Tell us a bit about it!

2) What are your five most recent book purchases?

3) Have you ever named/nicknamed anything (person, pet or thing) after a character? Who and why?

4) If you could live in one book, all of its characters and in the town, which would it be?

5) Can you think of a book you read that taught you something concrete that you've never forgotten? Tell us about it.

My answers: 

1) What are you currently reading? Tell us a bit about it!

I just finished Pivot Point by Kasie West but I wanted to include it here because it was SO SO good!  Addison Coleman is a Searcher, which means that when she is faced with a challenge she can look into the future and see both paths and both outcomes. What she didn't see coming was her parents divorce.  Now, she must search into the future to see which parent to live with and what is at stake when she chooses.  

I am also about half way through This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales.  This book has rave reviews from most of my friends on Goodreads but I am finding it a bit boring.  Gasp. Its a very easy read and a short book so I have no doubt that I will finish it but I am hoping that I can find that one thing that will draw me in. 

2) What are your five most recent book purchases?

Savages by Don Winslow

Marked by P.C. Cast

Chosen by P.C. Cast

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg

Midwives by Chris Bodhjalian

All of these books were thrifted, except Savages, that one I bought on eBay.  I rarely buy my books new unless I am absolutely in love with it. 

3) Have you ever named/nicknamed anything (person, pet or thing) after a character? Who and why?

No, I haven't.  I always tell Sky though, that if we ever get a cat we have to name him Mango from one of my favorite books A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. 

4) If you could live in one book, all of its characters and in the town, which would it be?

Harry Potter!  That was an easy answer.  

5) Can you think of a book you read that taught you something concrete that you've never forgotten? Tell us about it.

I just finished The Last Survivors series by Susan Beth Pfeffer and while the series was mediocre it did teach me that I should be prepared for the unexpected. And to maybe hoard canned good ; )

Julep: October Box

I was so excited to see Octobers Julep box in my my mailbox the other day!  When it comes to Julep, I have been known to skip boxes.  I love painting my nail and have a huge, unnecessary stash of nail polish like every other woman buuuut I rarely paint my nails (gasp). I find it tedious and annoying.  You go through all the trouble of cuticle care and base coat, two color coats, top coat, well, its just tiring. However, I love finding new colors and have all the aspirations in the world to use them and sometimes that happens. Julep is so great in that not only do they send you new polish but they also include beauty extras and candy corn!  

In the October box I got two new nail polish colors (Winona & Anisa), a double sided eye liner that I have already used multiple times and loooove, small sharpener, and yummy candy corn. Julep knocked it out of the park with this box!

I would HIGHLY suggest signing up for Julep boxes!  They are a monthly subscription, much like Birchbox or Glossybox or any of the hundred other options circling around the web. If you are new to Julep, your first box is free with code FREEBOX. If you are wanting to sign up for Julep here is a link that you can use (I get referral points).  Do you subscribe to Julep?  Let me know what you think!

Lately

I participated in the Scarf Swap hosted by Meredith. LOVE the scarf my partner sent//Emmett feels the need to drag out every.single.one. of his toys//Best cake I've made in awhile!  So fall!//Trying to catch up on the Woodland Sampler, so behind!

Cake & coffee for breakfast//First day that I was able to have my windows open all day!//Season 6 finally came out!  Its been on repeat every night.//Hiking & geocaching with my boys over the weekend!

Also, funny story.  The other morning Sky got up for work and went to let Emmett out (like every other day) he turned the back patio light on, opened the door, and saw a opossum hiding out in the corner! Emmett ran off like a crazy dog, sky yelled, woke me up and I ran out of the bedroom like the house was on fire.  I found Sky laughing out on the patio telling me all about the opossum. Uh huh, that's all normal and funny but Sky says "Wouldn't have been hilarious if the opossum ran in the house?!" umm...yeah...so funny.  People, don't ever say that. That's just asking for trouble.  Well, its 5 in the morning and I want to go back to bed but Emmett wont quit doing this ^^  Whining and sniffing and running around the bedroom. And guess what?  Yup, there's a opossum under our dresser.  Let me just say that it is STRESSFUL trying to get a opossum out of your house.  Using a broom and a blanket we finally got him but dang!  Emmett searched for him for days!  Anyway, I digress.  Hope you are all having a great day!