10 Reasons to buy a Hanes white shirt

I consider myself pretty average...

I'm average height and at the moment probably average weight for my height (probably even a bit over)

Something that is not so average right now... 

 I'm nursing (my poor bosoms are 4x their "normal" size).

Due to this fact of life called womanhood I don't fit in most my shirts, well very good, 

well at least I don't think so. 

I don't want to feel like I'm busting out of everything but I also live in an apartment and don't have room 

for a whole another wardrobe (or money). 

I could just not wear clothes but ehh... that would be pretty scary.

  My solution?

White Hanes shirts

They cost about $9.00 for a 3 pack. 

Yes, they are in the mens section. No, that doesn't bother me.

Especially when the average shirt these days is over 20 bucks!

I love Tees and these plain white tees are my favorite right now. 

So if you are in the exact same boat as me or are just looking to down size your wardrobe,

I'll give you 10 reasons to fall in love with them.

Reason #1. They are modest

Can I tell you how annoying it is to have to wear a tank under every shirt??? And even then I still have to worry if everything is covered... Its also not tight, and especially right now tightness is not my friend.

Especially white and tight (I just feel like barbie)

Reason #2. They are GREAT for nursing

 its way easy to nurse with these tees (at least for me) than any other nursing shirt. I have a Hanes shirt that is stretched out on top and I can pull the V neck down to feed my babe and not have to worry about my back being exposed. Maybe its just me but i prefers tees when I'm nursing.

Now for some pictures... I am having a bad hair day and have only eye liner on. (don't judge me) But I really want to show just how easy these shirts are to wear and how even I can pull it off.

 

Reason #3.It looks good alone 

Why not? Jeans and a white tee have become an American icon. Don't I just look totally American? 

Remember "average Jane" here. I'm not a model so don't laugh too hard at me or my sweet bike in the back.

 Reason #4 Your favorite Blazer stands out

I can't button any of my blazers right now. (Why does anyone want big boobs?) But thanks to my wonderful Hanes shirt I can still wear it and actually make the blazer stand out even more.

 Reason #5 Scarves look Excellent

You can wear your favorite scarf and have everyone staring at it instead of... ok you get the picture by now right?

 

Reason #6 You can dress it up

All my skirts have gotten quite a bit tighter and I love wearing my white shirt with them because it is more flowy. I also rolled my sleeves up a bit and like that option on these tees. You didn't even notice did you?

Reason #7 Long necklaces look fabulous 

 Did I mention how much I miss my blazers right now?

 Reason #8 Looks great with any sweater

I choose a neon zip up one to take a picture with but really even a pull over kind works too. 

I have a lot of sweaters that need an undershirt of some kind and this is my go to.

  (even when I'm not nursing) 

P.S. I decided to quit looking at the camera I did mention I'm not a model right? (as if I needed to tell ya)

 Reason #9 Wear it with a vest

This "vest" is actually a scarf! I found a tutorial on how to make a scarf into a vest. 

Such a money saver! Vests are so in right now but I don't want to go out and buy any. 

i happen to be a scarf hoarder and this is an easy fix to my wanting a vest problem. 

the tutorial on how to make your scarf into a vest is here

 I absolutely love it! Sorry I choose a more cream colored one I hope you can see it.

 

Last but not least...

 Reason #10 Best Undershirt

 All these darn sheer shirts you gotta wear something underneath them. This shirt I'm wearing is actually a shirt I wore while I was pregnant I just love it though its pretty deep for me and I have to wear something under it. 

I hope this helps you. I really don't see why people go out and spend a ton of money on nursing clothes. I plan on nursing for another 6-8 months and in the meantime want to still enjoy my cute clothes. 

 

4th anniversary!!!!

What a weekend! Adam and I celebrated our 4th anniversary. 

4 years together and 2 kids later, we still feel like newly weds. 

We spent our actually anniversary preparing for our weekend in Bountiful so we could have lots of fun.

Adam got off work early so we could celebrate something else very exciting...

My baby sister graduated high school!!

Here we all are together rejoicing in her accomplishment. Its funny how as all the kids become adults we seem to get as close as when we were kids. 

Age doesn't matter again. She plans to attend USU so she will be up in our neck of the woods. 

Speaking of woods... 

That is where we decided to spend our anniversary. 

We actually ran into a neighbor on our way out and she had to make sure that 

we were going camping for fun. 

I guess we are crazy. We usually do a hike to celebrate things. There is just something rewarding to us

about conquering a mountain or in this case getting to see some beautiful lakes.

Here we are at the beginning of the trail, all nice and pretty.

This is the Lake Blanche trail we did this hike last year as a day hike with Thayne. 

This year we thought we would try backpacking. Please check out my beautiful backpack...

I don't know why but i always love buying backpacks.

This trail isn't long mileage wise but holy smokes it is steep!

Here I am trying to use Adam to show how steep the trail is. Yes, its pretty much like this the whole way.

But its so worth it! Look at those mountains!

This is my favorite stopping point to take a picture because you can start to see your destination. If you look closely there is a waterfall behind us and it is actually the one we used to get our water from. 

Here is Lake Blanche we actually camped about 1/4 mile away from this point towards the 3rd lake.

Adam setting up camp. I picked the spot so I got to snap some shots.

Well... I may or may not have had some sweet fire pictures... 

We found out the hard way that fires are NOT allowed up there... EVER. 

So please ignore our fire pictures don't plan on having one up there.

Can I brag about my amazing husband for a minute? So I tend to get upset and can't think straight if

things don't go according to plan... my husband on the other hand doesn't freak out and quickly comes up 

with a solution. 

Somehow silverware did not make it into our backpacks.

Needless to say I was pretty upset complaining about how we had beef stew and no spoons.

Adam calmly found some wood and began carving spoons for us. 

I love him.

After I ate my food with my new cool wooden spoon I was very happy...

Making both of us very happy...

 

Here is Adam getting pics of our campsite... again ignore the fire. DON'T have fires up there. 

$250 fine... not worth it!

Ya I engulfed my food... never has freeze dried food tasted so good!

remember that waterfall? Here it is! Adam wanted me to get the water but I told him I was better 

at taking pictures.

Ah I just can't get over that view! Great way to start a morning!

Although we had loads of fun, we needed to get back to our kiddos! 

Thanks honey for a great anniversary!

And making me fall back in love with the outdoors. Everyday I grow closer and closer to you. I will never tire of your unfailing love for me. I don't know what I would do without you. Lets never find out ok? 

Toddler and nursery decor

I have a great spacious room for the kids. We moved into a 3 bedroom right before Joslyn was born to give us 300 more square feet for only 100 bucks more a month. Now people can really come and visit and I don't have to have our desk in our room. Needless to say our apartment isn't all put together yet but I am trying to figure out the kids room at this time. Here is what thayne and I have been working on...

This is a cross stitch growth chart. It took me about six months to do. I went to Michaels and had it framed. I plan on measuring the kids with a measuring tape and then marking with a dry erase how tall they are. Thayne already loves it. 

So for Thayne's name in his room I did this...

It takes up a TON of room and I never want to hang it. And now I have two names to have in the room I wanted to keep it simple. I found inspiration from none other than Pinterest.

Under the J and the T it reads J is for Joslyn and T is for Thayne. I want to make their names bigger so I might redo it but for now I'm loving it. I think thayne and I will paint the letters from his name and do another project from it. What do you think? The colors I'm loving to tie both genders are blue green and pink. 

Apparently blogger doesn't like iPhone pictures so I'll have to take some better ones when the room is all put together. 

How is everything going?

"So how is everything going?" Is a question I get A LOT! Haha this question should really be... "How is life with a toddler and a newborn?" Well, it's not easy but it's never dull.

I get all sorts of "help" sometimes resulting in injuries.

I get excited about gear like this...

I'm able to still do the things I love with the babies I love. 

I do lots of this...

Sometimes even ending with surprise packages mom gets to clean up. 

I feed A LOT!

I get to bake and create a lot...

...and clean messes. 

I find things like this going on while I'm feeding...

(He ate the cardboard of this cereal box) even though one was already open. 

Needless to say its so fun with two. Crazy... But fun! I need to get a picture of both kids crying at the same time,.. There is also lots of that. There are also lots of laughs and smiles to go around. So to answer your question everything is fabulously insanely great with a toddler and a baby! 

All about... Nursing pads

I know, I know it's been a while. I've been  a little busy.. Maybe even barely keeping my head above water kind of busy.

But I've been dying to do a post on this because I had a hard time finding info about it when I was looking so I hope this helps someone else. I do cloth diapers and love to save money by using reusable things. My quest was to find a cloth nursing pad. I bought two different kinds and wanted to see the difference.  Here is a picture of two reusable kids and one disposable. These are the fronts of the nursing pads (or sides that will be touching your breast)

We will start left to right. 

The first one is a pink daisy nursing pad (bamboo). This one had a lot of bad reviews and I had to see for myself. Comes in a pack of six. 

Cost:$12

Pros

It's washable and soft.  Yup that's about it. 

Cons

It's huge. The sides have ruffled after washing. And it's noticeable even under a looser shirt. It actually is pretty easy to leak through. Is the same on the front back and moves around like crazy even with a sports bra on. 

Bottom line:Don't recommend this one at all!!!

The middle one is a bravado moisture wick. This one also had some bad reviews. But had more positive ones than the pink daisy. Comes in a pack of six. 

Cost: $13.60

Pros: works great, feels great. Has a seam on the back to help stay in place. I didn't feel like it showed anymore than a disposable would. 

Cons: for long stretches(like 6 hours) or early in breast feeding can leak. But at that point even the disposables can leak. Other than that I love them! 

Bottom line: I recommend these for cloth nursing pads!

This is a picture of what I recommend. The bravado ones act most like the disposables and I have been happy with them. I think two packs would be perfect if you don't do laundry everyday. But with two kids and two adults I'm doing laundry everyday. So just one pack works good for me.

The back side of the cloth and disposable the seam helps it stay and flow more with your bod. 

Oh and it is thicker on one half than the other. Which is desirable... Trust me. 

Breast feeding saves money why not try to save more money? Would you consider cloth nursing pads?