Love Is Relentless

A little while ago I was blessed and lucky enough to stumble upon a IG post from a lovely shop, Tink&Key. They were in search of some mommy bloggers to help them spread the news of their amazing faith based t-shirt line for our tiny humans. I was asked to pick a shirt that had meaning to me and write a blog post about it. The decision was hard because all their shirts carry an amazing meaning to me but we decided to go with their love is relentless tee.

I chose this shirt because my faith has always been important to me. My parents weren't very religious growing up but they did know that they wanted me to know about religion so they put me in a private lutheran school. I grew up in this school, going there from the time I was three until I graduated the eighth grade and then continued on in a Christian high school for two years after that. Growing up in the church has really shaped me into the person I am today and I am so thankful for that. Anyways back onto what I was saying I chose this shirt because I really struggled with my faith after becoming pregnant at 18. It was really hard for me to understand that God was staying with me through every step. I knew he loved me and I knew he forgave me but it was something I really struggled with. It wasn't until after having Noah for awhile that I truly understood God's love is relentless. He's always coming back, he's always there, and there's not a thing I could do to change that. I am his and he is mine. Noah opened my eyes to that. We aren't in the perfect situation and we got here on different terms than what I envisioned but as I see Noah grow and learn every day I know that God has a plan for me, that he loves me, and that I was truly blessed with this bundle of life and love he's given me.

Some pictures of Noah in his absolutely adorable shirt! Tink&Key really does have an amazing line of t-shirts. I love that they offer faith based tees and I can express my faith through Noah and bring him up in it as well in a totally fashionable way becauser we all know I love dressing Noah up! Pure perfection!

19 and mommy and student and business owner

Its late here, it's about 1am and I cannot sleep so I figured I'd blog while I've got the time, since you know it's a little hard to find enough time in the day to do something for myself but I'm making it right now.

I'm not exactly sure why but it's been on my mind a lot lately everything that's been going on in my life and my upcoming 20th birthday. Maybe it's because I've been so crazy busy or just because it's life and sometimes it gets hard but either way sometimes it weighs me down.

I got pregnant 3 months after my 18th birthday, and soon after finding out I was pregnant I did something I'm not so proud of, and that was dropping out of school. I like to blame that decision on my mom because she gave me the not so helpful advice to drop out but in reality it was all me. I was embarrassed by my situation. It was definitely not ever in my plans to be a young mom, in fact I used to ask myself how girls ever put themselves in that position in the first place. But then it was me and i was ashamed and in the process of filling out applications to go to school in Tennessee. Finding out I was pregnant crushed me. But in the end it all turned into something positive. I took my GED and passed with flying colors and am now currently a college student at UHD and pursuing my career in social work and have a beautiful baby boy, my biggest blessing of all.

Now fast forward 10 months and we are in my life right now. I absolutely adore being a mom. It has changed me so much and without a doubt for the better. I used to live so selfishly but being a mom changes that, I don't have a choice but to live selflessly, and for that I couldn't be more grateful. But that doesn't mean it doesn't all get to me sometimes. We are currently living on our own. Just Noah, Joel, and I. While I absolutely love this situation it gets hard sometimes, and I know that's life but it's taken some adjusting. Even just for the little things like cleaning up the whole apartment, something I didn't think would be such a big deal, until it became trying to clean up the apartment with a fussy baby and a ridiculous amount of homework and work emails to get back to. Sometimes I'm a mess and just thankful I made it out of the bedroom that day.

I don't know what it's like to be a mom at 25 or 30, so I can't tell you if my situation is harder or easier, or different, because I truly don't know. What I can say is that my situation is hard and I'm one of the lucky ones. Me and the father of my child are still together, we are both college students still chasing the dreams we always had, and running a business together, and live on our own. Those are real blessings and we are so fortunate to have them, I never let myself forget that. But that doesn't mean it doesn't get hard sometimes. That doesn't mean we don't struggle. It doesn't mean that I never want to break down and have myself a good cry, because sometimes I do.

Sometimes it's really hard, sometimes it gets to me. Sometimes I feel like my world is closing in. Being 19, a mommy, a student, and a business owner gets tricky, but I wouldn't change a thing about it. I wouldn't go back and change anything. Sometimes I'm a wreck but I can tell you some day it will all be worth it.

To many more posts of milestones and life changing moment,
                                                             xoxo Sebi

I got dirty with Frank and Loved it!

Stretch marks are not my friend, in fact I hate them. They are currently just another reason for me to hate my body. Which is exactly why I am so excited to tell y'all about Frank, my new favorite guy to get dirty with.

Ok ok ok it's not as dirty as it sounds....well it's actually dirtier but in the best way possible that still allows me to be faithful to Joel. lol. Frank is a body scrub, but he's not just any body scrub. he's an all natural body scrub made to get rid of all possible skin problems you thought couldn't be removed. Frank can do it.

I had seen a couple of mom friends I have on Instagram using different things to remove their stretch marks but I wasn't necessarily intrigued by any until I saw Frank. I was so amazed at the difference Frank had been making on all these women within just a couple of scrubs. So I decided to go to Frank's website and check out what he was all about.

Frank is an all natural coffee scrub, he exfoliates your skin and is good for all different skin conditions, from acne to stretch marks, eczema, and even cellulite. And seriously once you see the results for yourself you'll love your body all over again. And come on at $15-$18 a bag why wouldn't you atleast give it a try? Can't hurt right.

Now onto my experience with Frank. I'm madly in love. He has helped my stretch marks so much they have almost completely faded and they are no longer deep in my skin at all. I have scrubbed 5 times since receiving Frank and here are my current results

1st Scrub

2nd Scrub

3rd Scrub

4th Scrub

5th Scrub

These pictures do NOT do justice at all!  I am so thankful I heard about this! and if any of you all decide to use Frank, I'd love to share your before and after pics here on my blog, just send a collage of your before and afters to my email, Sebi.springer11@gmail.com . I'll be back with an update once Frank is finished. 

To many more milestones and life changing moments,

                                                   xoxo Sebi

A friend of mine who's been dying to get rid of those marks did her first scrub and loved it. Not much change but any change in the first scrub, that's pretty amazing. 

Our Trip to San Antonio

Our trip to SA was completely spur of the moment. I was actually supposed to spend the day at the beach with Noah and a few friends, but those plans had to be moved. We had nothing to do all weekend and two weekends before had bought season passes to Six Flags since we have 2 here in Texas. So I decided to go wake up Joel and tell him let's go! And we did. Within 10 minutes I had a booked a hotel and we were packing our bags. We stayed at a very nice hotel called Valencia. It was right off the river walk and thats where we spent the first night exploring. 

          Headed to the River Walk 

           Dinner on the River Walk 

                    The Alamo 

And then the next morning we got up early and headed out to Six Flags Fiesta Texas! 

Having a 9 month old definitely made this trip (our first trip to a theme park with Noah) a much different experience but it was still lots of fun. One of us would spend time with Noah while the other rode a ride and then we'd all spend time together on the train and walking around. The two days we spent there were full of sun and so much fun! Noah was so good this trip I couldn't have asked for more. He took naps at the park without a problem in his stroller(normally a huge issue when we are out) he laughed and had fun in the water at the water park. I couldn't have asked for a better weekend, especially since it was completely unplanned. 

    And here are the rest of the pictures 

                  The Train Station 

      My favorite ride: the Gully Washer 

              Daddy baby wearing

              I ADORE this waterfall

                    He loves fruit 

     Waiting for daddy to get off the ride 

                      My babes 

                           USA 

   He was not in the mood for pictures lol

                           Stud 

                      Superman 

                     Iron Rattler

                          My men 

           He passed out at the park 

              The beautiful waterfall 

              And a selfie to end. 

To many more posts of milestones and life changing moments,

                      Xoxo Sebi