#ThrowbackThursday: A Little Me & My First Lipstick!

Hi My Loves!!

It's that time again for my favorite blog post..... #ThrowbackThursday :) I just LOVE doing these. It gives me the opportunity to look at my old photo albums and share little bits of my past with you. We are going all the way back to my childhood today. I haven't looked at these pictures in so long, so it was nice to go through them all.

Here's me when I was maybe 3 or 4? I look like I'm around Phoenix's age. This was in England. I like the fact that I have food on my shirt, makes me feel like I'm not the only one who has children with food on their shirts haha! Don't I look like Phoenix here?

I love this picture of me. I look so sweet and happy. I love that dressing gown my Mom is wearing. She used to wear it all the time. I wish I still had it. My hair is so golden in this picture. So pretty :)

I used to love clip on earrings. This was in England as well. I think it was at my Nanny's house (Grandma). How cute are my brother and sister? I love her bangs, she's like a little doll. Her eyes were so big when she was little ;)

This was the first time I wore lipstick. We were at my Nanny's house and my cousin and I thought we were really grown up with our lipstick on. I wasn't sure how to smile with it on haha! Look how cute BS is puckering up her lips :) I love this picture of all of us with out cousins. I miss them so much, they live in England.

Here's my Great Grandma. Her name was Little Nanny because she was so tiny. She was quite old here and didn't have the best memory in the world. She was very sweet. I like her wallpaper :) My Mom used to wear those huge glasses, she couldn't see without them. That was my favorite coat. I loved it, I used to wear it all the time. How beautiful is my Mom's skin? I don't know what happened to me to get such crap skin. I wish I had hers but I think I got my Dad's side of the family's instead :(

Here's my little ID card for school when we lived in Tahoe. I was in 5th grade here. I think it's cool to know how much I weighed back then haha! 77 pounds! I used to wear that vest a lot. I liked wearing headbands too :)

This was in 7th grade. That's my natural hair color although I'm sure it's more ashy now. My mom curled my hair for me and I remember not wanting to wash it because then it wouldn't look as pretty. 

Last but not least.... my Mommy :) Isn't she beautiful? Her skin was olive and so perfect. My sister takes after her in that department. Her hair was so thick and healthy just like my sister too. Today was tough looking at pictures of her. Some days are easier than others when you've lost a parent or any loved one. Sometimes I can look at her and smile and then sometimes (like today) it makes me want to cry. I get sad that she's gone and wish I could just hug her. It's tough but I know I'm not alone with these feelings. I'm just feeling kinda down today so I wish I could just call her. She always knew how to make me feel better. She was my best friend and I miss her very much. She got dolled up when she threw parties for our friends. I used to sit in the bathroom with her and watch her do her hair and makeup and pick out her jewelry. Appreciate and take advantage of the time you have with your Mom's. You will miss them when they are gone. I do everyday.

 Hope you enjoyed my #ThrowbackThursday this week. I'll see you in my video tomorrow! Hope you liked my latest video with my brother too!

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#ThrowbackThursday: Wedding Dresses & A Tiny Baby!

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Before we went on our trip to St. Louis we were digging through our memory tote box and finding some delightful treasures. I thought these would be perfect for this weeks #ThrowbackThursday. 

Let's start with something very special to me.... my wedding dress. I tried it on again because it's fun to try on old things. I was 24 when we got married. The bust is a little too big but the waist still fit just fine and dandy. It's wrinkly and has a little water damage on the bottom from when one of our houses flooded back a few years ago but I still love it. It's nice to have to be able to show the kids when they are older ;) Here's a random little fact.... I bought this dress from Craigslist for $50 and had the arms cut off and the sweetheart neckline made. What a bargain!

Here's one of my most favorite pictures of my Mom and Dad. Doesn't she look happy here? She had thrown a surprise party for my Dad's 40th Birthday. This was a couple of years before she got sick.

I saved all of her diarys and notebooks. I love to look at her writing, it makes me feel like she just wrote it down. This is one of my favorites. Just a simple shopping list but so special to me. Her handwriting was so pretty. We used to go to Calligraphy classes when I was about 8. I had so much fun with my Mom.

Here's one of Jay and I in England. We went and visited Stratford Upon Avon a few months after we got married. This bear was so cute... my Nanny took the picture of us. We look so young! I loved my hair that color. It was so pretty and shiny!

One of my favorite cards that Jay got for me. It was a just because card which are the best kind. Just shows you that they are thinking of you. So romantic ;)

This tiny little baby was a gift from my Mom and Dad. I'm not sure where they got it but I've had it since I was a little girl. My Nanny and I decorated a matchbox with wrapping paper to make her a little bed. It's a pretty cool baby :)

And here is me when I was first born, in the hospital with my Mom, Dad and Nanny. I love this picture. My Nanny put it on a plate but with all the moving we've done in my life, the plate broke... I saved the middle bit and keep it in a little bag she sewed. It's my very special picture plate ;) My Dad looks so much like my brother here, it's crazy how similar they are. I only wish I had a picture like this with my babies while we were in the hospital. Just a nice picture with Jay and I, our new baby and my Mom. 

Typing this while my whole family sleeps because the boys caught my tummy bug. Luckily Lily's seems fine. My tummy is still not 100% but I am feeling better. Poor Jay and Phoenix are not happy chappy's today :( Good news is that my brother is about an hour away as a type this! He's been driving from Tahoe and is staying with us for a few days, so I'm very excited to see him. It's been 6 months since I've seen him.

Hope you enjoyed my #ThrowbackThursday :)

Have a great rest of your week!

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#ThrowbackThursday: My Baby Boy....

Hi My Loves!!!

Today's #ThrowbackThursday is very special to me because it's all about my little angel. My first baby and my best little buddy, Phoenix. I'm writing this on Wednesday but by the time you read this, it will be Phoenix's 3rd Birthday! I can't believe it. Three years have gone by since our lives changed forever and we welcomed the biggest blessing we could ever experience. I am so in love with my little man, I can't even describe my love for him. He's so special, loving, caring, sweet. He is always there to make me smile when I need it, tell me I'm beautiful when I feel ugly and tell me he loves me at the perfect time. He's just my best little guy. He told me yesterday, "Mommy, you look so beautiful, you are my best friend." He melts my heart daily ;)

So here is a few pictures over the last 3 years of Phoenix's life, starting with his very first picture. 

How cute is that little smile?

Best feeling in the world after waiting 9 long months to meet your child. It's an instant love that can never be broken.

Here he is at 10 months old on Christmas :)

Just having a conversation on the "phone" :)

Baby's First Christmas!

He's the best big brother to Lily. He loves her so much!

My little angel baby!!

Here he is eating his favorite treat on his 2nd birthday. Chocolate covered strawberries are a hit in our house. How cheeky is that look haha!!

Phoenix loves shopping and loves trying on sunglasses... these looked really good ;)

How beautiful of a little face can you get?

Can't forget him on his Uncle Rob's motorcycle. He had so much fun sitting on this and getting his picture taken this Summer.

It's amazing how fast they grow up. It does not feel like three years have gone by. I just try to soak in each moment with my babies because I know before long they will be grown up and hanging out with their friends and no longer telling me I'm their best friend (I hope they still do but you never know).... It makes me tear up :( 

So here is a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my amazing little boy Phoenix.

  You have brought me joy & love each and every single day. You have filled my heart with more love than I could ever imagine and made me smile even when I didn't think I could. You make me feel so special and you've made me a better person. Thank you for changing my life and teaching me patience, everlasting love and making me the happiest Mama in the world. I love you so very much and hope I make you feel as loved as you make me feel. You are sweet, smart, loving, caring and happy. Your smile melts my heart and you are the best son I could have ever dreamed of. Thank you for being the best big brother to Lily and making your Daddy and I so proud. 

We love you! 

Love, Mommy, Daddy, Lily & Moo

Incase you are a slightly newer follower of ours and never saw the pictures of Phoenix when he was born then head on over to my blog posts from his birth :)

To see all of our hospital pictures of Phoenix.... CLICK ME :)

Here's even more of me in labor and Phoenix's first day... CLICK THIS FOR CUTENESS!

If it's your birthday too, then HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The day before Valentine's Day is a very special birthday because it's ALL ABOUT YOU, yet the day before LOVE :)

Thanks for reading! Tune in to TheSchuermanShow to see how we celebrate Phoenix's very special day while we are on our trip. Then once we get back, we have a special party planned for him too! What a lucky ducky :)

My little love muffin....

Throwback Thursday: Brother, Mother & Me in Junior High!

 Hi My Loves!!

As promised I have another Throwback Thursday for you, where I take you on a trip down memory lane with me :) I just love looking through my old photo albums. It's so fun.

Here's a picture of me when I lived in England. I was 14 I think, so this was 9th grade. I had to wear a school uniform but of course altered it a little to be a rebel. I always had a baggy shirt untucked with my tiny fat tie haha! I used to get told off all the time to make my tie higher and tuck my shirt in... oh and to wear less pink sparkly eyeshadow ;)

Here's another one of me in England. I was at lunch with my friends in TGIF. That's the pink sparkly eyeshadow I was talking about. It went all the way up to my eyebrows. That's back when I still had eyebrows :) Random Fact: I used to want a nose job. It was so big. My nose grew before the rest of my face and it just seemed so out of place. I was always pushing it down hoping that it would be less pointy. Luckily my face grew into my nose and now I quite like it. It's still a bit pointy from the side but it could be worse ;)

Here's my Mommy when she was sick. We lived in England and it had been a few months since she'd found out that she had cancer. She always used to wear satin pajamas and now whenever I see them they make me smile. We got a new kitten, his name was Simba and he was really cute. He had fleas once and we had to bomb the whole house and stay out of it forever. It's funny the things you remember.

Here's one of my brother, Dad and Baby Sistor when we had moved back to Tahoe after my Mom passed away. My brother used to have me color his hair all the time because he started going grey at 17. We dyed it black and he had a surfer/snowboard hairstyle haha. I'm glad he goes au natural now! This was a Christmas party at our favorite place Ernie's. My sister asked me to put a ton of tiny braids in her hair lol! Doesn't she look exactly the same? She never changes, it's so weird.

My brother is most likely on the plane right now flying back from Hawaii to California. I'm so excited because he's planning on coming to visit us and I can't wait. It will be so nice to see him and have him so much closer than flying over the ocean to see him. I'm so lucky to be so close to my brother, Dad and sister. I love them so much. I can't imagine not having a good relationship with my family. It happens all the time with families but luckily for me, we all like each other :)

Last but not least is a picture of me in the old hair salon I worked at. Jay and I had just moved back from Hawaii, so it was 2008. I was 23. I was wearing Mac Studio Fix foundation. My skin looks so pretty, it makes me want to wear it again but I'm pretty sure a few weeks after this I broke out with tiny white bumps all over my face. It sure does look flawless here though haha! I loved my hair here. It was a reddish brown in Hawaii and then I wanted to go back to blonde so we added a bunch of highlights to it. I used to wear my hair curled almost every day back when I had time. I look so young and glowy, it makes me want to make my hair this color, cut it and go to a MAC store :)

There we go :) That's my Throwback Thursday for this week. Hope you enjoyed. Let me know if you like these. I enjoy doing the, so I hope you enjoy reading them :)

Hope you are all having a lovely week so far!

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Throwback Thursday: Sibling Love!

Hi My Loves!!

As promised in yesterday's blog post, today is going to be a Throwback Thursday. I just love these posts because I'm a nosy nancy and think it's fun to peek into people's pasts :) So here's a peek into mine, way back when I was a little girl.

My Mom and Dad went away to find a place to live in America when I was little and so my brother, sister and I all stayed with my Nanny and Grandad in England while they found that perfect location. Here's me sleeping peacefully next to my doll in my Nanny's house. My hair was so golden! I see Phoenix so much in this picture! Don't you think?

Don't be jealous of my bangs. They are pretty amazing in this picture haha!! Look at Baby Sistor's laugh!! HAHA!! She was laughing hard, I wish I remember why! She almost looks like a little monster about to eat me haha! Sisterly love from the beginning. We are like peas and carrots.

Here we are in our house in Tahoe. Again with my really delightful bangs. Why are my sister's so nice and mine so bad?? Look how cute my brother is! Isn't it crazy to think he had crooked teeth and as he grew they just naturally went straight? I got jipped in that department!

I love my brother and sister and I'm so very excited because my brother is moving back to Tahoe next week and hopefully is coming to stay with us in the next couple of months!! Woohoo!! I'm so excited to see him!

Hope you enjoyed my Throwback Thursday :)

Almost the weekend and then the Grammy's! I'll be watching, how about you?

Throwback Thursday: Prom, Hair & Moo as a Pup!

Hi My Loves!!!

I haven't done a Throwback Thursday for a while and I just love these kind of blog posts. It's so fun to peek into people's past.... so have a little peek into mine ;)

This was my school picture from 10th grade. I had just turned 15, we had just moved back from England after my Mom passing and this was before I gained a bunch of weight and got crazy acne. There really aren't many pictures of me for about 2 years after this one haha!! I remember my Dad trying to take pictures of me for family outings etc and I would run away as fast as possible so that I wouldn't have to feel worse about myself. Funny how dramatic things are when you are a teenager :)

Here's me at Prom my senior year. By senior year I had some of the weight I had gained from my sophomore and junior year. I had bleach blonde hair with red on the bottom, a super dark tan (I worked at the tanning salon and went everyday) and my neighbor from when I was young bought my prom dress for me. It was from Macy's and I loved it. It made me feel so pretty. I went with my boyfriend at the time. It was a pretty crappy prom but I felt good in my dress so it was ok :)

Had to throw one of my sister in here haha! Look at her hair! She had asked me to put a bunch of tiny little braids in it. We were at Ernie's Christmas party in Tahoe and she wanted to look special haha!! 

Here's me when I was 23. This was my last day of work at the hair salon before Jay and I moved to Hawaii. My boss threw me a going away party and I had a fresh lei (is that how you spell it?)... I wore it all day and it really got me excited to leave for a new adventure. I loved my hair this color. It was so shiny and healthy. It made my eyes look really blue but my blonde roots came in after 2 weeks and would look like I had grey hair that need a touch up. I still loved it though ;) 

Last one is of my little Moo :) This was when I first got her at 9 weeks old. She was so tiny and the cutest little thing in the world. How can you not love that face!! She was my first baby and it's crazy to think that 9 years later, she is now running around playing with Phoenix and Lily. Crazy how time flies....

Hope you enjoyed a peek into my past :) Let me know if you want these more regularly!!

Thanks for reading!

Throwback Thursday: This Time Last Year......

Hi My Loves!!!

This time last year looked a little bit like this..... Phoenix was 17 months old and I was about 31 weeks pregnant with Lily :) I was just cleaning up some of our pictures and found these and figured I would share the cuteness overload for Throwback Thursday :)

So be prepared to see some extra cute shots of Phoenix and Lily in my tummy!!

Phoenix was OBSESSED with my sunglasses last summer. He would steal them off of me every time I put him in his carseat haha!

And in the house (notice our fan and bed in the living room of our old place..... (BROKEN AIR CONDITIONING WAS HORRIBLE)

SEE MY DRAW MY LIFE PART 2 FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SITUATION HAHA:

Phoenix had a mullet now that I look back. I didn't notice at the time but now I look back at pictures I understand why BS kept telling me to cut his hair!! Haha!! Poor little fellow :)

Another moment of stealing my sunglasses while strapping him in. By this time we already had Lily's carseat set up in the van. We were so excited and ready for her haha!

He's so stylish!

I looked like this..... I miss my pregnant belly. I am one of those women who LOVES being pregnant. I find it so beautiful :) But it sure is better being able to hold them in your arms instead of your belly!

More of the little mullet man :)

We had to have a shower curtain by the stairs to keep the cool air from going down the stairs haha! And our bed next to our couch in the living room so we could sleep in a cool room..... oh how nice it is to have a house with air conditioning that works!! I don't miss that one bit!

We had to keep a gate around our computer because at that time Phoenix was in to EVERYTHING and loved the computer haha!

Look at those gorgeous blue eyes! This was when we were visiting BS :) He was a bit of a mess! I don't know what's going on with his haircut haha! Trying to cut hair on a 17 month old is hard work :)

And that's what we were doing this time last year..... sleeping in the living room with fans all around us while we sweated our booty's off haha! We can't forget Pheonix's beautiful mullet and sunglasses :)

Hope this made you smile!

Happy Thursday :)

Here's what we did yesterday: