Origami Owl- my new adventure

For about a year now I have been trying to figure out a way to work from home in a legitimate way in order to bring in a few extra bucks, keep myself busy, and put my Business degree to use. Well around mid March if found my next adventure.

Let me recap, a while back I stumbled upon these awesome necklaces on Pinterest, I repined it and went on my way. Well then I came across them again and this time I looked a little further into them and I discovered an amazing company and product this is.

Origami Owl is a company that was started by a 14 year old girl, Bella, who wanted to purchase her own car for her 16th birthday. What started out as a few booths in malls has now turned into a blooming direct sales company. I have never been one to sell things with the other companies out there such as Avon, Thirty-One, or Mary Kay just to name a few. Those companies were just not selling things that I had any interest in. If I am going to try and sell something to 'you' I need to love it, have a passion for it in order to make you love it as well. This company does that for me and then some. The products are beautiful, the prices are reasonable and they are unique, what more could you want!!

I was a little hesitant at first since I have never done any type of work like this before but I knew I had to take the chance. This is a new company with a great opportunity and I wanted to have the chance to be with them from the beginning.

I received my business kit and now I am working on building my customer base. I have made 2 sales so far and I am building my fan base on Facebook which you can find here, http://www.facebook.com/OrigamiOwlShaeDeHonneyIndependentDesigner. Currently I am running a contest for 3 free charms once I reach 100 followers and we are all waiting for the release of the new Spring/Summer catalog that will include all kinds of new products, a new hostess rewards program, and all kinds of other new goodies for all of you to enjoy and love.

I am really excited to get started with this company and to learn things that I have never had to do before and hopefully be a success at it, but at least I can say I tried!

If you are interested in learning more about the products please feel free to contact me at:
www.shaedehonney@gmail.com

 Please visit my ecommerce site at:
www.ShaeDeHonney.OrigomiOwl.com

And again you can find me on Facebook at:
http://www.facebook.com/OrigamiOwlShaeDeHonneyIndependentDesigner

I look forward to hearing from you and keeping you posted on how this new journey will unfold!

Our bank account just got a little bigger....

Since I am basically using this blog to track life events and since I posted a few times about our potty training adventure, I thought I should go ahead and mention that we are no longer wearing diapers!!! In fact its been for a little over a month now so shame on me for just getting around to writing this. We are still using a pull up at bed time BUT he stays dry over night which is awesome, but I don't want to rush him because I know the moment I dont make him wear one we will have a wet mattress and who wants that?! Other than at night though we are in the big boy underpants and very few to no accidents at all. We are to the point now that he will run and tell us he has to go. Since I am new to this whole having a kid thing lol and potty training, I may be doing this all wrong BUT since he is a boy and when the event comes up that he is screaming he has to 'pee pee' while we are out on a walk or outside some where we will just shuffle him along to a hiding place and let him drop his pants. I don't know maybe thats wrong but I would rather him do that then chance trying to run to a bathroom somewhere if at all chance him wetting his pants. Hopefully by the end of summer we will be without pull ups all together! Way to go Corbin!!!

Sunny day, no wind, ALMOST summer

This past weekend as our first real sunny and warm day and there was no wind to give us a chill so of course we took advantage of this and went to the beach to frolic and play!

Since it has been some time since we had taken the dog and it was such a nice day we opted to head clear down to the end of OKI to the 'Point' as the locals call it and pick a spot there. The point is the very end of OKI and it is where the ocean meets the ICW. It is how local boats are also able to access the ocean. the water here tends to be less aggressive and the beach seems to be less traveled as well, since you have to drive all the way down the island to get to it so it was perfect for everyone to enjoy.

As always my fearless water bug could have cared less that the water was so blasted cold still ad the dog didn't care either I guess cause he jumped in too. I however laid my blanket out and enjoyed the sunshine. PLEASE NOTE: when in doubt, wear sun screen, later in the evening I was regretting not listening to my husband (shh don't tell him that) my back was burnt up...I got my base tan started... I guess.

Finally doing something with the sand other than eating it!

Just a mama and her boy

Underpants on the beach

Best buds checking out the beach

Lets have story time

Corbin has always enjoyed reading but his attention span never lasted for more than a page or two. Recently he has really taken a liking to having books read to him before bed and I will not deny him that. Last night he requested that daddy read him a story and the book he picked was his Thomas the train busy book. I try not to interfere when they are having father son time since Corbin always has his time with mommy but as I sat on the couch I could hear them chatting and Corbin telling his daddy about the story and all his little train pieces that I could just not resist sneaking to snap some pictures of the moment.

A personality for days

In every picture I take I feel as though I capture Corbin and his unique personality, however there are those times when it obvious that that I capture more personality that I was expecting. Just look and see...

Showing me just how good his blue juice was

Too cool for his own good

He was showing me all his cool dance moves

Always acting a fool

Puddle Jumper

The end of February was very wet and rainy for us here in NC with crazy up and down temperatures it seemed like we had more days stuck in the house than being able to get out and play. On this particular day it was raining buckets and FINALLY it seemed to have stopped, to our surprise when it stopped the temperature seemed to climb a bit to so no better time to release some cooped up energy and jump in puddles!

Loki enjoyed the puddles too!

Stopped for a brief moment to show me his silly face

Loki was racing around the yard to see how many times he could leap over the puddles

Moms aren't supposed to get sick

The last few days have been terribly miserable for the whole family to say the least. Corbin and I went to his school Valentines Day party last week and prior to arriving it was evident that he was starting to get sick. The typical runny nose has started and it was only a matter of time before it would get worse. Well I didn't have much time to prepare for the sickness at all because we got to his school and POW, I think every little kid in there had a runny, crusty nose and some took it a step further and had a cough too so that was game over as far as I was concerned. We enjoyed the rest of his party, which was super cute to watch. I always enjoy getting to see him interact with his teachers and fellow classmates, he certainly has a different personality that comes out when he is around those people compared to when he is at home with us. It warms my heart to see how far he has come since the first tear filled day to now where he could care less if I said bye or not.

So for the sickness, Corbin continued to go down hill with more snot, coughs, and extra extra fancy bathroom breaks which caused us to take a few steps back and take a break from potty training and slam diapers back on that booty. Which leads me to a side note, those moms who use the reusable diapers.... OMGosh! I don't know how you do it! I think I could deal with a #1 in there but a #2 nope no way no how! cleaning up a dirty diaper is one thing but dirty underpants (which is similar to reusable diapers) NO WAY not for this lady. Surprisingly though even though we had to take a break from underpants Corbin has been doing a great job of still staying dry and wanting to use the potty so it hasn't been so bad. Then the bomb dropped.... Mama started to get sick!! I try so very hard to stay healthy, eat my greens and garlic and stay out of the line of fire when it comes to getting sick but my shield was weak this time I guess. Thank heavens the hubs was home over the weekend to help take some of the pressure off of me which was a huge help. He went back to work today and I am feeling slightly better, hoping to see more improvement as the week goes on. As for Corbin, I just don't know how this kid does it! Since he has started school obviously we have encountered more germs and had more colds than I would like BUT better now than when he starts kindergarten I suppose but he never misses a beat. His nose could be falling off his face and he could be filling up diapers left and right and he is still going full force, I guess I should be grateful for that but its no help when mama is sick and he still wants to run around like a wack-o. If only I could harness 1/3 of that energy. Still playing super hero's and trying to drop kick his daddy, some days I wonder if things would have been different if he were a girl, then I wonder if we would have just had a wack-o girl... guess we will never know, unless we have another one, thats a girl ha ha.

Any ways never a dull moment in our house

Almost a daily occurrence in our house. If I didn't get woke up like this I would be worried

Watching the slam dunk challenge with his daddy

Moments before this picture was taken he learned what it feels like to have your little toe reach out and grab the edge of a table leg. He then proceeded to tell me why a popsicle would make EVERYTHING all better.

Silly quirks UPDATED 3/6

I am sure this post here will be on going and I cannot believe I haven't started it sooner. My child has some of the strangest quirks and I know that later down the road I am going to want to remember these and laugh.

1. Pick em up... Corbin always says this to L and I and for a little while we were not sure as to why he said it, but we thought it was cute and then one day I got it, it was our fault HA HA. I caught myself the one day hollering (not really) at my husband to pick Corbin up for some reason and this hollering sounded something like this "L pick em up" my husband has also been guilty of saying this so of course our little sponge soaked this up and spat it out.

2. Ok... Now this doesn't seem odd, however he says it in the place of yes. Again we were not sure why he was doing it until I realized that we say that to him. i.e. Corbin 'Popsicle'? my husband or I 'Ok'. If he would ask us something or vice versa rather than saying yes we would say ok, no idea why or how we got into this habit but now it has stuck until he figures out the word yes.

3. Poop-es.... instead of saying poop or doo doo or whatever else small children say for that word, my child says poop-es.

4. Licking his fingers and wiping his eyes.... The first time I saw him do this I was floored, I could not stop laughing because I was not sure what I had just witnesses. When I asked him what he was doing his only response was 'feel better' and he went on his way. The only thing my husband and I can figure out is that in the past when maybe he got something in his eye or maybe even dirt on his face one of us may have licked our finger to get rid of it and now he thinks that it will help all the time.

5. Taptin Merica...This child is WAY into super hero's right now mostly the Marvel super hero's and his favorite right now seems to be Captain America. He has the shield, mask, jammies, little action figure and who knows what else I am missing and he just loves it. He also has some Hulk things and Store (Thor) as well as Iron Man but he prefers the Captain.

6. I can't like this... So it seems that I have a picky child on my hands and it is driving me bananas. My husband and I are not picky at all so it was a big surprise when Corbin turned out to be so selective with what he eats. He eats enough things that it hasn't become a huge problem but even still I wish he would explore more and allow me to give him more variety. Recently if he comes across something he doesn't like or discovers something that I have tried to sneak in on him he will look at me and tell me "I can't like this mommy", frustrating yes, hilarious too... yes! Where does he come up with these things?!


I am sure I will have plenty more to add, this boy is way to silly for me to handle some times

My silly boy

Over the last few weeks it has been really great to be around Corbin, ((everyday is great but these experiences have made it even better)), his vocabulary is just growing in leaps and bounds and he is just learning so much and what he retains is some days down right brilliant ((I may be bias)). Well over the past few days he has picked up on some things that I do to him... Through out the day depending on the situation I will sneak in kisses, when I pick him up, if we are snuggling on the couch, dropping him off at school, pretty much all the time but he has noticed this. The other day we were sitting on the couch and he crawled up on my lap wrapped his arms around me and exclaimed GEMME A HUG, my heart melted and I squeezed back. Then he looked up at me and said 'love ju' and I told him I loved him back.... now what happened next I was not prepared for. He looked at me and said gemme a kiss, and then puckered his lips, this made me chuckle a bit and as I puckered up and went to kiss him he quickly turned his head and yelled NO, turning back to me, puckered up and did it all over again. He thought it was hysterical to tease me and honestly it was rather funny. It is the greatest feeling ever though to hear him tell me he loves me and to get those big hugs, there really is nothing better than being a mom.

My little super hero

So far it has been proven true that my child a boy through and through. Anything that involves giving his mama a heart attack, getting dirty, or imitating his daddy he does it. Since Christmas time we have seen a pattern in our toy purchases for Corbin and they all involve the Marvel Comics super hero's. W have so far collected a few mask/helmets belonging to Captain America, Thor, Batman (even though he is not Marvel), Iron Man, a Thor hammer, Hulk Fists and our most resent purchase was the Captain America shield. Now when Corbin plays super hero's he truly goes into character and takes his job very seriously, to the point that I (mama) can no longer play with him because he beats on me too much. Super hero play has been designated a daddy job. The other day Corbin tried to wear his Captain mask to bed and I finally got him to agree to leave it beside the bed, so the following morning that was the very first thing that he went for. After putting it on he climbed back into bed and proceeded to try and wake me up, during this process daddy managed to snap a picture. Well that night he played super hero's with daddy and again he wanted to bring his gear to bed and it was just too cute to not snap a picture of it. Enjoy!

waking me up, and tucking daddy in

Corbin's alarm clock

Having a two year old is an event in itself, and trying to wake said two year old up for either school or an early morning event  UGH is hard (for this family any ways). Corbin will usually respond to my wake up calls by rolling over and pulling the blankets over his head and recently he has taken to yelling back at me, NEBER (never) before he rolls over ha ha, as amusing as this can be its frustrating is I have to be somewhere and I am on a time crunch. Well since we got Loki these wake up calls have become much easier, and much more amusing as you will see below!

I like to call this one "Mom said WAKE UP"

This was over about a 10 minute time period

Mission Potty Training Break Through!

So today was the BIG day, I took Corbin to school today in big boy underpants and hoped for the best. Now every bit of me was hoping to pick him up and find out that he was wearing the same clothes I took him to school  however that was not the case. Upon arriving I found him in his change of clothes and shoes and feeling a bit defeated the teacher quickly reassured me that it was her fault he had the accident and even though he had an accident he still managed to use the potty 3 more times!!!! I was beaming, such a huge step for him and I too. before leaving school I made him potty again since we were heading to a play date and while at the play date he went to the potty and he stayed dry during our trip to Wal-mart too!! Could this be, could this be our big break, could we be going over the hump to bigger and better things?! We arrived back at home for his afternoon snack and while snacking I thought I caught him in his 'position', the stare down grunt position that is. I quickly jumped into action hoping to stop the process. Although I was a tiny bit late to the party I was able to slow down the process long enough that he was able to have the big hooraah on the potty and it was GREAT! He was so thrilled with himself that he could hardly contain himself and neither could I, it was indeed a proud mama moment for sure. I let him get his 2 stickers on his potty chart and we did a happy dance after it was all said and done.

Today was a big day with lots of accomplishments, here's to hoping we continue on this good streak! Wish us luck!

Potty training is not as easy as one might think

So an update on this potty training business (pun intended). So today is day 4 of the mission and I guess it could be going worse, actually Corbin is really doing fantastic, I on the other hand am the one having frustrations (lol). Little man wore his big boy underpants all weekend, with the exception of when we went out to the store (I have no idea how to approach that just yet) and when he went to bed. Now I must say I thought about not putting the diaper on at night because for the most part he stays dry all night but for now we are taking the precaution. He will use the potty to go #1 just fine but #2 HA no that is another story. He will hold it until we put his diaper on at night or until I notice he may have to go and put the diaper on.

Well today he went back to school and I let the teachers know about our mission and they are right on board with it and have advised us to let him wear underpants to school SO come Wednesday that is what we will do! My little nugget is growing up way to fast! It was time for me to pick him from school and when I got there the teachers let me know that he kept a dry diaper while at school AND he used the potty (I WAS THRILLED AND COULD NOT HAVE BEEN HAPPIER) so as a reward he got to get a happy meal! We get home, he eats and then it happened.... the thing that I have not been looking forward to during this whole task, #2 in his underpants. Now don't get me wrong, its not like I haven't wiped his bottom before BUT it gets taken to a whole new level when its inside underpants. I know this will happen more I am sure so I will just have to get used to it, for now, and hope he masters the potty sooner rather than later!

Here is to hoping that the rest of the week goes well and that it starts to become more of a routine for him now!

YAY Corbin!

It's POTTY time!

Hey y'all hope you are all staying warm, we are trying but it is so dang cold here in NC, I guess I shouldn't complain since after all there is no snow here (thank goodness!!)

So this weekend since it is going to be so cold and the dear husband will be home we will be tackling the potty!! Now we have already been easing into this so it will be no big surprise to Corbin BUT rather than slamming a diaper on him and asking about the potty every so often we will be going full on big boy underpants and deal with the accidents as they come. Hopefully after 3 full days of it we will have some progress (FINGERS CROSSED)! Wish us luck and I will keep you posted!