I HAD A BABBBY

Today im talking all things newborn , summer obsession submissions, and The Kibbe body type assessment. I hope you enjoy!!!

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Hi guys, I hope that y'all are having an amazing Thursday. Welcome to Faithface Pod. I'm so happy you're here. If you're here and you are listening and you've stuck with me through all of these huge big breaks, then thank you so much. First off, um, I've had a lot of people contact me lately about the pod and how much they've loved it and the things they've gleaned from it. So I thought I I really considered stopping it because life is really hectic. But I thought, you know, I really enjoy it. So I'm not gonna stop it even if I do skip some weeks. So here I am, and I am ready to talk. It's uh like 1110 right now. My baby is asleep in my arms. I have a one-month old, she'll be five weeks tomorrow, and that's kind of why everything has been hectic, is because I was pregnant and really sick, and then I was pregnant and really big and really miserable, and then I had a newborn, so that's kind of what where the breaks have come from. But yeah, she was born May 28th at 1.09 p.m. She was six pounds two ounces and away and uh was 21 and a half inches long. So she was a pretty teensy tiny thing. She's still teeny tiny. She lost down to five pounds 10 ounces, and now she's back up to like 7 pounds 12 ounces. So she's gaining weight and she's doing a really great job of eating and all the things. Um, my labor and birth were great, uh, you know, painful, but great. And uh, but my daughter did have to have an eight-day NICU stay, and that was a different kind of trying, guys. The hardest experience I've ever been through in my life, right? So she was born, and right when she was born, she was not getting enough oxygen, and they knew that she was turning like really purple and not it wasn't getting better. But then after a few minutes of them working on her, she did pink up and she had a weak cry, even immediately, but her cry never got really strong that first day. And she was doing like this humming thing, where it's like it didn't seem out of the ordinary to me, but I'm not a medical professional. But every nurse would ask, okay, uh, I'm gonna check her oxygen because of that humming. Every single nurse, every time there was a shift change, they would check it. And then on the night shift, there was this nurse that was just really, really pushy, and she was like, I'm gonna check it. And she checked it three or four times, and it was always between 95 and 100. It was always good. And then uh she was like, Well, I'll let y'all get some sleep and I'll I'll watch her if y'all want me to. And so we said yes, and at about midnight, so the baby was not even 12 hours old. I sent her with that wonderful nurse, um, not thinking much about it. And um, now I know that the nurse probably wanted to take her to observe her for longer periods of time. But um, we got woken up from a dead sleep at 2 a.m. And it was that lovely nurse and the pediatric, the head of pediatrics for the NICU, and uh a doctor, obviously, and she they were very concerned and they said, I'm so sorry to startle you, but um there's something very seriously wrong with your baby. That's how they started the conversation, and they had already taken her to the NICU, which as you know, they didn't get my consent to take her to the NICU, so it had to have been a life or death situation for them to legally be able to do that. And um obviously I would have given them permission, but they did not ask because it was a life or death situation for my baby. They said that the nurse said while she was watching her she turned blue um and stopped breathing, and they picked got her to pink back up, but so then they brought the NICU doctor down to check on her, and she did had two more of those episodes within a very short amount of time where she turned blue, and so um from just completely not breathing, her and then they checked her oxygen. Her oxygen was in the 60s, so it was just a really scary, scary situation, and the thing that they were the most concerned about and they thought was the most probable cause because she was technically a full-term baby, she was 37 weeks, so she could have been slightly premature, and they think maybe my dating was a little bit off, but the biggest concern and the biggest probability of what was going on was that she had meningitis, which for uh for a baby, a little 12 hour literally 12 hours old to have meningitis is basically a death sentence, and um I knew that, you know, like everyone knows that. Not every time, of course, like they do catch it, and some babies are are great and the Lord helps them, but they it w it would have been a very serious situation had it been meningitis, and then they're like in another possibility if it's not meningitis is that something in her brain is not working to uh tell her body to breathe. Um and or tell her lungs to expand or her esophagus, like there was something that wasn't communicating from the brain that was another option, and so they took her uh that she was in the NICU and they told me this, and they were like, We're still doing some tests on her, and she's really unstable, so you can't see her right now. If you call in a few hours, hopefully she'll be stable enough for you to see her. Um, and during that time they did a spinal tap, they did an ultrasound of her chest, an ultrasound of her stomach. Um two hours later, we did go see her. She was hooked up to a bunch of wires, and they were doing the brain ultrasound and the EKG while we were there. We weren't allowed to hold her that first night, so it was a level four NICU, and she was at a level three, and so especially full four full a for a full-term baby, that's extremely concerning because she wasn't a level three because of her weight, she wasn't a level three because of you know any of those reasons. She was a level three just because literally her body was not working, and um yeah, so it was very, very scary. It wasn't that she needed to grow, it was that there was something literally wrong with her, you know, um, with her structure. And so they they did all these tests, and I remember um so yeah, we saw her at four, and you know, I was a little bit more encouraged because she was breathing on her own. Um they were very meticulous because she was in like the upper, like she wasn't very stable. They the nurses had less patients, I think. In this particular room, it was like two patients to a nurse, so I felt like she was very well taken care of. I loved the nurses in the NICU. All of the nurses in the NICU are literal angels, literally angels sent from God, like they're amazing. And um, but yeah, then we got a call at about I would say 6 a.m. They're in the room. We went back to bed. We were exhausted. I had had the baby and then that, and we went back to bed. Obviously, I didn't sleep very much, but the the phone rang, and you know, it was very scary. Um, my husband answered and he was just like, uh-huh, uh-huh. And of course, my stomach was dropping and dropping and dropping, and he they were like, uh, what they said on the phone was we have good news and then we have some bad news. The good news is that she does not have meningitis because her white blood cells her light uh cannot talk. Her white blood cell count is normal, so we're gonna wait for the cultures to come back to confirm in five days, but um there would hardly be any way for her to have meningitis and her blood count be normal. So um that was a positive thing, but they said in the brain ultrasound we did see a bright spot on her brain, which could indicate anything, and they let us know that. Um kind of if you look it up and talking with medical professionals after the fact, it's usually a part of the brain that isn't working, or you know, it could even be a tumor, it could be it could be a lot of different things, but so they saw that bright spot and then they were like, um, we need to get an MRI of her brain. And so they took her to Cook's Children's. There's a tunnel from I from Harris Hospital in Fort Worth to Cooks, which is really cool. But they went on the t in in the tunnel and they went to Cook's and my husband went with her and they did the MRI, and then we waited, and we waited. And during this time, like so many other tests were being run, so many panels of blood, so many cultures, so many um a doctor ordered an echo because they were worried about her heart. So many different things were being done to her, and you know, we were waiting and waiting and waiting, and they said 12 hours, and it had been 24, and we were really worried, and then um we go in for the morning, the morning care times, which is there's eight care times during the day in the Nik you every three hours, and um a care time is when they change their diaper because they have more more than one baby, so they can't just usually do things on demand unless the baby is really, really fussy or something, or you know, a very explosive diaper or something like that. But they change the diaper, they take the temperature, and they um and they feed the baby. So I was in there for the morning care time um at 8 a.m. and they the doctor came in and said, This is a different baby. Like this baby is not functioning like she was, like she has turned a corner, the MRI is completely clear, they can't find that bright spot, and of course I just busted out crying because this was just an answer to all my prayers. Whenever she went back for the MRI, I couldn't go with her because I was still too, you know, freshly postpartum. And so my husband went, but I remember just praying and asking God, you know, healer, Lord, and you know, just really feeling like like praying really hard, feeling like I was interceding for my baby, and I was, I was interceding for my baby standing in the gap, um, you know, praying, you know, reminding God of the things he's promised me and and just asking him, saying, asking him, like, God, what do I need to do? In that moment, I would have worn the color blue the rest of my life if he would have told me to to heal my baby. I would have done anything. And I think any parent can understand that feeling, but I kind of just gently heard God speak to me and say, like, I'm not wanting those things. I'm wanting just your full commitment. And you know, to me that was hard to hear because it's like, God, I am kind of fully committed. Like, I go to church a lot. I do a lot for the church, and he was uh but it wasn't about the church really. I I think he wants my full commitment, like relationship-wise with him, you know, and so that kind of changed my my perspective of how God works, even, you know, and I and I know that God doesn't honor us by necessarily what we do. We do we uphold holiness, we we participate in good works, we help other people out of our relationship with God, but not in order to solidify it. So it I and I know that rationally, but still in our brain, that feels how it works, because I guess that's how it works with humans a lot of the time. But it that's not how it works. He just wants our commitment. And so I I I really felt after praying right then, and I felt pretty immediately, even after I heard the news that the Lord was going to help her and heal her, and everything was gonna be okay. But after that prayer meeting, like I knew that God had done a work in her body. There were so many people that called and texted, thousands, literally thousands. My phone was blowing up. If I did not get back to you, I'm so sorry. Was blowing up, like literally probably 500 texts, you know, and then so many calls, so many people sending DoorDash, so many like people cash apping for a coffee, like just so kind, and I really appreciate each and every one of you. But most of all, I appreciate your prayers. I read every comment on Facebook, I read every text, even if I didn't get to respond. I promise you, like your concern is valuable to me. Like it is very valuable to me that you were concerned. Like that is like, and it's very, very appreciated. And I really believe that the tables were turned because of all the prayers of the church and the collective church, not just our church. And um, I'm really thankful for what God did in her body. But now I have a newborn at home, and I haven't had a newborn in three years, and so it is, you know, we're taking shifts, watching her at night, um, and not really watching her. It's like uh you I sleep on my shift all the time, but like if she needs a bottle, it's your responsibility. If she needs a diaper change, it's your responsibility. And me and my husband sh uh split that up so that we aren't both just so sleep deprived, you know. We get five to six hours a night, sometimes a little bit more if my mom's here or if she sleeps more or whatever the case might be. But but yeah, I mean, we are tired, but she is definitely worth it. She is such a little doll. She's laying here in my lap right now, being such a sweet little sleepy girl. She likes to be held, she doesn't like to be put down, no matter if it's in a lounger or what it is. She has to be like dead asleep to go in the lounger. So I don't know if if y'all have had velcro babies like that, but yeah, everything's going really good with her. I'm really enjoying dressing her. Um, I'm making a reel every Sunday about her outfits, which maybe not every Sunday, but the last two Sundays I have, and I've matched her the last two Sundays, and I'm planning to do the same this Sunday, me, her, and Scout, and then my husband will match when he can, and it's just gonna, it's like such a fun thing. Being a mom is so fun, so fun. And just thinking about holidays and thinking about birthdays and all those different things that I still have ahead with her, like some wonderful days. I think about sorry, I'm tired. I think about all the wonderful days that I've had, and there's just so many more to come. And I was looking at my mom the other day with her, and it's like she never could have imagined how beautiful life could be, you know, and like she's in a different season now with grandkids, and life is still really beautiful, and she's still discovering new beauty, you know, and like that is so promising and like so gracious of God to just give us like our life doesn't go downhill unless we make decisions for it too. It's like just on the up and up, you know. So really grateful for that and grateful for God and all that He has been ministering to me through being a mom of two now, and it's been really, really wonderful. But but yeah, there are other things going on in my life too that have been really awesome. First of all, you probably have seen how annoying I've been on social media because I have so much time. Also, you've probably seen my porch goose. So, as a push present, that's what I wanted was a porch goose, and I never could have imagined that my husband would get me a literal appointment at a porch goose boutique. Who knew that that was even a thing, first off? And he got me an appointment, and it was actually when my daughter was in the NICU and it was like such a wonderful distraction. It was relatively close to the hospital. We it only took about an hour away from our time with her, but we went and I got my goose. He had to order it uh days in advance, and we went and picked it up, and they're hand painted and amazing. Um, there's tons of outfits that this girl outsources, but their outfits are all handmade as well. There's mini geese, it's like literally so cool and such cottage, everything's like cottage core there. And um, yeah, I just went back a few days ago to get my goose another outfit and to get my mom a goose. We ordered her one, and so she has it on her porch now too. And uh mine is named Lucy Goosey, and then my mom's is named Petunia K. And they're yeah, I I might seem really silly to you, and I don't care. I need a little bit of whimsy in my life. Always. I always need whimsy in my life, so uh, so yeah, I love I love my porch goose. She has the cutest 4th of July outfit on right now, and I'm just literally obsessed. And I feel like the porch goose matches the vibe of my house so well because I have like a cottage, a cottagey house, you know, and so that's that's also that's also like you know, just part of like the fun in all of it. Um, yeah, so other than that, we've been staying home a lot, obviously, been cooking at home a lot, and that's something that I really enjoy in the summer. So summer obsessions, um, or something I wanted to talk about today. I know last episode, so it was like I think it was like May 5th, we talked about we talked a lot about summer and spring obsessions, and now I just want to talk about like being in the season of summer, like what I'm really loving and what is really like you know, doing it for me. And I asked the girls on my mom's group what their summer obsessions are, so I'm gonna read a few of those and I'll give mine. So let me get to that really fast. Sorry for the silence. Oh my gosh. I literally should have had this pulled up and I didn't. My summer obsession, so Alani's love, but uh they make me feel jittery. The taste is so good. The cherry slush is my favorite. I don't even care if that's basic. It's so good. I'm loving a pasta salad with like pepperoni, as well peppers, onions. I don't like tomatoes, but mozzarella ball, salami with an Italian dressing. Ugh, so stinking good. Of course, chilled in the fridge. Been obsessed with chocolate cobbler. If you've never made it, look up Pioneer Woman's Granny's Chocolate Cobbler. It is so good and is like the easiest dessert on the face of the planet. Um, yeah, it's absolutely amazing. I've been obsessed with dirty sodas, of course, always. But a dirty diet soda, I've been obsessed with diet soda. I didn't drink them while I was pregnant because of the aspartame. And now that I'm not pregnant and I'm drinking them, oh, they're giving me life. A Diet Dr. Pepper, there's nothing better. And I've been loving a Diet Coke with lime too. With in my Diet Dr. Pepper, I like coconut and cream. And then, and I like them just normal too, but coconut cream, extra ice in my Diet Coke, I like just lime. And I um I don't know. That's just how I like them, and I've been really, really, really loving them. And then styles, I'm I'm on polka dot stripes, any kind of floral print that's really bright and pretty, and I'm loving mules, of course. I've I've been loving mules, slides, sandals, sandal heels, wedge heels, you know, anything like that. Anything wicker is like so cool for the summer like purses on the beaded bags still on them. I haven't been going to search them as much, but I need to get back into doing it. I think I went like a few days before she was born, and I got a real cutie, and then my mom bought me the a cute blue and white striped one, and I love them. I love every single bag that I have, so I need to get back there. I kind of want to find a goose bag. Um, I don't know if there is one, but I feel like there should be. Anyway, here are some of the other people's obsessions that commented. They said anything with coconut, I agree with that one, especially for the summer. Zebra is so in right now. Yes, yes, the animal prints, the bold animal prints are coming back, and you better believe I was never off of the cheetah print uh trend, and I never will be, but I'm also loving zebra. It's giving 2010 zebra and pink. I don't even care. It's iconic. Zebra and pink is iconic. Okay, zebra and lime green, iconic. The beach, pool, anything outdoors, yes, I agree with that. And peaches, peaches, peaches are always my favorite food, but they taste better in the summer. You know, if even if there are some winter peaches, they never taste good because they have to ship them from so far away. I love cottage cheese and peaches. Either you love cottage cheese or you hate it. And I don't understand the girls who hate it, genuinely, but if but I love peaches, like cold peaches with cottage cheese. I love peaches with tahine and chamoy. I love just eating a peach, right? And um, I also last year I cooked down peaches with sugar and I made like a peach syrup because my parents have a huge peach tree in their yard, which it didn't produce peaches this year. Every once in a while it won't, like every five years or so. And this was the year that it didn't, which is so sad. But usually after the year that it doesn't, like the peaches are so good. So I'm so excited for next year. But I agree with that on the peaches. An Italian sub, extra ri red wine vinegar, and salt and pepper. Yes. That's what I get. So my order, well, my order at Starbucks, I'm gonna put the baby down, so there's gonna be a moment of silence.

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Okay, let's hope she stays asleep longer.

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Yeah, I think she's so my order for everywhere except Subway. So Subway, I get the same thing I've got since I was 12, just because it's literally nostalgic, or maybe even before 12. But every other sub shop that I discovered when I was older or a teenager, like Jimmy John's, Jersey Mike's, anything like that, I get turkey, provolone, or Swiss, um, cold, and then sometimes I'll do pepperoni on there too. But then I get lettuce, onions, pickles, red wine vinegar, oil, salt, and pepper. Like that's my order. So good. The red wine vinegar just does something to it, like it's got that tang to it. It's so good and so summery. So a girl said Osympic and Alani. I feel that. I feel that. I'm starting tr uh the Triz Tries one next week. So I'm really excited to see how it compares to Osympic. We'll see. Um I've been on a canning kick. That is not me girly, but that does sound really amazing. And I hope that that goes well for you. I'm not a canning girl. I wanted to be at one point, and I could never figure it out well. So maybe teach me your ways. I do love a good jelly or jam though. So good. And then another girl said natural curls and no heat for the summer. That definitely gives summer vibes if you have naturally curly hair. Just like natural curls just look so different than artificial curls, you know, from a curling iron or whatever. And um, and I love it. Fruity lemonades always, always, always, always in the summer. Ice cream, always cute hats. Yes, I'm loving a bucket hat. I am loving a bucket hat. I have a red, white, and blue one for July the fourth. And yeah, love it. Love it, love it, love it. It's so cute. Um Yeah, the kids are playing in the water hose every single day my son plays in the water hose. I'm not kidding. There might be one day a week that he doesn't play in the water hose. Okay, Daisy. Kind of startling. You know, like that startle reflex. Okay, I'm gonna pick her up. So moment of silence.

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Not hungry.

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There's no way she's hungry. She just wants to be held. So funny. She's a Velcro baby. That's okay. Uh somebody said a fruity carbonated drink. Yes. Drinks from Did you hear me? Sorry. My husband has been on the 1887 drinks from HEB. They're just like sparkling water. And I will say they're the crispiest sparkling water I've ever had. They're very good. And they're like in a glass bottle. So yeah, it's really good. Um, it said trying to stay away from Dr. Pepper's, but I recently tried adding espresso to it with a little splash of creamer and I'm hooked again. Yeah, for sure. I did that the other day. Diet Dr. Pepper with espresso and creamer, and it was so good. Also, it was like a lot of yellow. Hello. I don't know what in the world just happened. I don't know how much y'all didn't hear. I'm so so sorry. But she said, gardens, um, being in the sun with her babies, fixing your mental health. Yes, that is always like a very summer thing because our mental health is just naturally better in the summer. That's just a fact. Um, coconut water, yes. I've been on coconut water. And then she said to do coconut water mixed with orange juice and redmond salt. I need to try. Really need to try. Somebody else said garden and making candied jalapenos. Love that. Food fixation is toast topped with fresh eggs with chili oil. Sounds delicious. I'm in my scarf era. Yes, me too, girl. The little scarves around the neck, I don't even care. So cute. I don't do the waist ones because I'm too big, but I do think that it's super cute. I even like the scarves that are tied like tops, you know, like over a cute long sleeve shirt. That's so cute. Uh Alani's and creamy coconut diet Dr. Pepper. Yes, girl. And yeah, and I've been loving Dr. Pepper Zero. Have y'all tried it? It's really good. It's really good. I get the little cans because I never drink a full can, but I'm keeping the little cans at home. And yeah. Another person said gardening. A lot of people have gardens. I love that. I do not have a talent for gardening, but I really want to. And Scout is so interested in it. So I'm thinking I'm gonna try next year. Another girl said pasta salad. Yes, nothing better for the summer than a cold pasta salad. It's so good. Being outside, fruits and mocktails. I'm a mocktail girl year-round. So me and my girlfriend used to have a uh girl's night. So if you listen to the pod, then my friend was on like the second episode or third episode, and she talked a lot about hosting and mocktails. We talked about mocktails for literally 20 minutes. I love mocktails. They said play dates with kids, of course, coffee dates, of course, an iced coffee, an iced matcha, uh poppy. Poppy is not my favorite, but I just don't think I've tried the right sodas or the right flavors from there. Because I tried like the cola one and I didn't love it, but I need to try again. She said loving a good braider, ponytail with a hat, love it, love hats, bright summer colors, of course. Pinks, greens, yellows, blues, even the bright reds, also summery. Anything blue coconut, yes, girl. A blue coconut snow cone with cream. You kidding me? So good. Uh, water packets to curb my sweet tooth. Yeah, for sure. I I got on this like a few months ago. Water packets. I'm not on it currently, but I need to get back on it because it does make me drink more water whenever I have a fun water packet, and most of them are zero calories, so that's super nice. It says blue slush alani. I need to try the blue slush. I haven't had the blue slush. I've had the cherry slush and the peach, and so far I like the cherry the most. Um, crisp apple bloom energy. I've got to try that one. That's the second person that has said that. So um, if I had a Trader Joe's near me, it would be their chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches. Girl, yes, I can already tell you I would love that. Bloom pop. I've also heard that that is really great. So I need to try all these different ones. Um, avocado toast, yes, year-round sunset, sunset walks. The sunsets are better in the summer, but I love a sunset walk any time of the year. But decluttering and time in the pool, I have been decluttering so much. So I started selling on whatnot. I'm sure you've seen how annoying I've been on social media. So sorry about that. Just trying to make a buck. And um, my son's closet and even Daisy's closet, like preemy stuff that she's already grown out of. Like, I will be selling. I will be selling it. She's kind of startling, so moment of silence. Okay, we're back. She's okay. She just wanted to reposition. But um, yeah, it's it's been like I don't, I lost my train of thought. I'm sorry. Next person water, slip and slides, pools, creeks, water parks. Yes, splash pads, yes, love a splash pad because I'm not worried about my kid drowning. Uh, beaches love the beach. I don't think we're gonna get to go this year, but we are going to green. So if you've been to Green, Texas, let me know. Because me and my husband are going for literally 36 hours for our adult vacay this year. That's just what it is on the year when we have a newborn. And um, yeah, so we're gonna like float the river and stuff, which is similar to a beach, but you don't have the sand and it's it's the salty water, it's just not the exact same. I love the salty water for my hair and skin too. But yeah. Ham sandwiches, heck yes. Ham sandwiches are so good. Uh, homegrown tomatoes, I'm sure that's amazing. Red Doritos, Yaggiru. They have the naked red Doritos now without dyes. I love that. Uh Popsickles, Otter Pops are the superior popsicle. I don't even care. Also, I love the sugar-free popsicle brand popsicles. Those are good too. Uh, ice cream sandwiches, yes, yes, yes. Uh, watermelon, of course. I've seen people doing frozen watermelon, which I've never had, but I want to try. I want to try it. Margarita Snowball sounds incredible. Incredible crocheting. Love it. Don't have that talent, but love it. Wish I did. Pasta salad pink drinks. There is something about a pink drink that gets me. It feels like summer in a cup, literally. Pink drinks from Starbucks. Do this does anyone in here remember when pink drinks were a thing, when it was just the strawberry asaí refresher? And then somebody came up with the pink drink and like it went viral, and they added, and it was like you had to ask for the coconut milk in it. It was like a strawberry asay with coconut milk, and then so many people asked for it that they literally put it on their menu. Jimmy John's yes girl. Um, we have a drink in our coffee bar at church called Sousset Dreams. So good. Pink Slushelani, Bloom Pop, strawberries and cream. Yes. Yeah, both so good. And I love like the housemaid energy drinks that a lot of places have, which might be like what you're talking about, the Sousset Dreams. There was one called like Pink Berry at a coffee shop when we lived in Cleveland, and it tasted exactly like a pink Starburst, and it was so stinking good. Uh, barbecue baked potatoes right now. Yes. So Spring Creek, if you live in DFW, and I think they might be some other places, but you get their baker with barbecue on it. Ugh, so good. Barbecue in general around July the 4th is amazing. I'm so ready for July the 4th. But yeah, chicken salad, yes, chicken salad chick. Mmm. Sassy Scotty chicken salad chick, so good. Cool days at mom's house, and then a pink drink dupe. Yes, I've made the pink drink dupe before too. It's the white crayon, uh, I think it's just white, no, white crayon strawberry juice, and it's like ocean spray, I think. And every store has it. And then you just put the coconut milk in it. Yeah, that's all that it is, and it tastes exactly like it, and it's so good. I think it's almost better than a pink drink. I don't know, maybe not, but it is very, very good. Um, so yeah, those are some of the summer obsessions, and I agree with a lot of those summers. So much fun. July the 4th is so much fun, and it's coming up. There's a parade in my hometown every year on July the 4th, so we're taking Scout to that, and it's gonna be a literal blast. Um, they throw candy still, like here in the big city, they don't throw candy because they're scared of like liability and because there's so many people, but in a small town they do, like there's not nearly as many people. Like, there are some stretches where you might be the only person there for a little bit, and like I know a lot of the people I grew up with some of them and know them just from the town, and so I just I just love that parade. So we're going there, and then I think we're gonna do fireworks somewhere else. Um, yeah, I'm so excited. It's one of my favorite holidays of the whole year. Probably my second favorite after Christmas. Yeah, definitely. It's like Christmas, then July the 4th. It's amazing. I love a bomb pop. I love I just love it. I love dressing in the red, white, and blue. Like the whole Americana look is like divine to me. I love it so stinking much. It's amazing. Um, yeah, and then some other things I've been obsessed with lately. First of all, making TikToks, unfortunately. And I'm so sorry about that because I've been annoying. But it's uh just like so much fun to me. Like I do it for me, and because I do it for me, then I don't feel bad about doing it. But one other thing I've been like really researching a lot is the Kibbi body types. Have y'all seen these? So basically it splits everyone's Oh baby, baby girl, you're okay. It splits everyone's body type into, and Kibbi is spelled K-I-B-B-E. It splits everyone's body type into one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Ten different types, and it It's okay, baby. It's okay. Everything's okay. Into ten different types, and it says everyone's body type falls into those ten types, and you know how to dress according to those ten types. So basically, I think this came about because people would be like, oh, I replicated this exact outfit and it looks so different, and like I weigh the same weight as this person, and it still looks different. It's like, well, there's still different types of body types. So it's like there's dramatic and then uh on one end of the spectrum, and then there's romantic on the other. So dramatic is gonna be like your taller people. Um, so the top three are dramatic, soft dramatic, and flamboyant natural. Those three are, I think it's like five nine and over or something like that. And then you have soft natural, dramatic, classic, and soft classic in the middle. And those three are um can be can be like five, six to like five, two, and then under five, two, you're gonna be like soft gammon the theatrical romantic or romantic. Um, and then some of them are curvier in the hips, some of them are curvier up top, some of them are, you know, like have um more curves like in their shoulders. Uh like the dramatic one is gonna be like the curve is in the shoulders, and then like thin, thin hips and thin legs, and then soft dramatic is gonna be hippier. So look it up, kibbie body types. It's so interesting. So I figured out what mine is. So mine is called soft gammon, and I was looking up like outfits and I was like, oh my gosh, this is I've always known that these things looked good on me, like tops that weren't so long, because with long tops I look frumpy, and I've always thought that I was like, oh my gosh, I look so frumpy, and then I would see it on someone else, like a friend that was taller, and like maybe we weighed the same, but they had a very, very different body type than me. And I've always wondered like what the science was behind that, and now we know, and it's just really interesting, and there's like so many different like look up like Kibby body types and figure out yours, and then look up like what outfits look best on kibby body types, and so like for me it's high-waisted skirts, the shorter shirts, um, belts. I've always known belts looked good on me, um, things that aren't that are that aren't as boxy that accentuate the waist. I've always known that. And but then like somebody else might replicate my exact outfit and be like, I look terrible, but then they could wear like a longer shirt and a pencil skirt and look cute. And for me, I'm gonna be looking like Cyfrom Doug Dynasty in that. So you you like really look it up, Kibbi, K-I-B-B-E body types. It's just really cool. Like, I really, really have found it really interesting, and I've been doing a lot of research, actually, not research, I've been literally looking on TikTok and Instagram, but watching a lot of videos about it because it is so stinking interesting. But um, but yeah, that's kind of what's been going on. I'm gonna do a little bit of a shorter episode today just because I've got a baby in my arms and I don't want her to wake up. But yeah, thank you so much for listening. I'm excited about jumping back into this. I should have quite a bit more time on my hands, so it's going to be absolutely wonderful. And um, and yeah, I hope that y'all have a great rest of your day. If you're listening on the way to work, hope you have a great day at work. If you're listening on the way to somewhere else, hope you have a good time shopping or doing whatever you have been doing, and have a very happy and safe 4th of July. Bye, guys.