Shower gifts..

I've had the pleasure of joining up with a friend of mine to make some items for the "filling" inside of her adorable diaper cakes. She wanted something special for her friend at church who was having twins, a boy and a girl, and I made these for her. Secondly, our friend who had been trying to conceive for nearly five years scored two years ago with the birth of her first child, a daughter. She kept praying that she would be able to have at least one more babe, and lo and behold, on their first try, they got pregnant with a boy. I made some sweet baby boy items for the little man.
And here are a few pics of the finished cake. Lovely, Amy! :)

Nothing like

a two year old who just stops walking.
ya.
just stops. won't let you put him on his feet...crawling around the house and afraid to stand.
first you think..."knock it off and walk."
then "okay already...what is going on?"
then "should I take him to the doc?"
then "naaa...it will get better on its own"
then "what time can I get him an appt?"
then "arthritis?? infection?? worse case leukemia?"
then "you want me to hold him down how?"
then "when are the test results coming back?"
then "why isn't he walking??"
then "phew" because he placed both feet firmly on the ground and began walking.

really makes you appreciate good health when you are going from doc to lab to specialist in just a few days. and all because...from what we gather from the mancub...he stuck his leg into the spaces between the bars in his crib and got it stuck.and pulled it out.hard.

Summer time

It's fun to find my items in a treasury every now and then...and even more fun..I've found..when the curator actually tells you. I am addicted to http://www.craftopolis.com/ to find out if any of my products have made it into a treasury...but also because of the treasury clock...lllllllooooooooovvvvve it!! Takes a lot of guess work out of when a treasury will open up. This time, though, http://www.southerncharmquilts.etsy.com/ was nice enough to actually send me little note to let me know she placed my frilly fourth of July sunhat in her super cute summer time treasury. Check it out here before it expires. Click and comment too if you have an etsy account! (The more the merrier!! ;) )

Happy Friday all!

SBD

remember when that was the acronym for "Silent But Deadly" and referred to the most foulest of odors???

I laugh because in this age of acronyms I am constantly referring to something or another in chat lingo...

I told DH (dear husband) the other day, "Wow, I am so excited about the SBD we are doing." Dh turned to me and LOL'd about that one for a minute...and I began ROFLing...

But what I really meant was the South Beach Diet!!
We started on Monday...and it is WONDERFUL!!! We had been talking about and trying to incorporate more veggies into our diets anyway...especially since having kiddos. This definately is forcing us to eat lean meats and other proteins, and lots of wonderful...oft forgotten veggies!

I was worried I would have really bad sugar cravings...because that is pretty much what I tend to crave, but they really have been kept at bay...and I was really worried about a sugar substitute because I haven't really touched one since conceiving the mancub. I found this most wonderous sweetner and loooove it! :) And, I haven't been using it like nobody's business either.

We've been eating wonderful recipes...and have been satisfied...not really feeling hungry. Today is day three and has been the easiest so far for me!

Honest to goodness...we both could see a change in our own and each other's bodies...YESTERDAY!! wowzas!!!

I hope to update on our progress as I am not taking this lightly at all. I HAVE to get to a healthier weight and instill good eating habits in my little boogers. It feels really good to eat right again.

On a side note, yes, it is a bit expensive to get started on the diet...but if you don't eat out during the first two weeks, you are just paying up front what you normally would spend throughout the week. plus...overprocessed, overrefined is cheap eats.

I love our zoo..

Seriously, like love it.



We have gone probably I don't know close to 50 times in the last nine years...or maybe even more. And, we finally bought a zoo pass. Now, our zoo going can be unlimited for a year with this pass!



Here's some pics from our latest visit.



(and on a side note about my watermark...no...I don't think I am a photographer now, I just am claiming what is rightly mine.)




This is a tiny hawk...a pygmy from Africa. It is the smallest hawk in the world!
I've never got this shot before...I guess he was just being a show off..

Our elephants used to rock back and forth in a small dirt enclosure, now they have so much to do..
like totally get pissed at each other...you should have heard this elephant ROAAAARRRRR.

Where Does Jesus Live?

I asked little man yesterday.

We were watching Oprah of all things and she was showing a video called 99 balloons...about this sweet little baby born with Trisomy 18 and only living 99 days. Of course I have tears welled up in my eyes, and then the camera pans to Oprah who also has tears streaming down her face.

My Bubs looked at me and I said, "The baby went to be with Jesus. " He seemed very content with that answer and wasn't in the least bit concerned or disheartened. I thought I would follow up with another question...

"Where does Jesus live?"

Very matter of factly he tells me, "Oh, He lives at Gramma's house."

"Is Mommy Pretty?"

asked Daddy to little man this weekend...

"No"

"Is Mommy Beautiful?"

"No"

"What is Mommy?" implores Daddy, now feeling kinda baddish that he's asking his son this as I perma-grin holding back tears (j/k about the tears...kinda)

"Mommy's happy."

Congrats

My brother in law is officially a married man! Here's to a long and happy life together!

There She Goes....

She's finally rockin' the vertical motion!! :)

I have failed

The K girls took the soon to be newest member of the K family to tea yesterday. It was quite lovely and very enjoyable. but alas. my camera sat idle on the kitchen island...sadly waiting to be snapped.