a post for me!

when cohen was born we got the most adorable burp cloth with his name embroidered on it. as soon as i saw it, i wanted to be able to make my own.

well, i did something special for myself.
i bought myself a 'little' toy.

welcome to my new hobby!
hope you enjoy :)

the princess herself.
modeling a shirt she helped design.

pillowcases for some special boys (a new big brother and a bday boy)

part of my first official 'order' (from my great neighbor lesley!)...

a fun little tote for a little lady.

then i had to try another as a bday gift for a dear friend!

burp cloths for every baby i know :)

onesies.

may i just say how cute they are??

the next several pics are gifts i made for twins :)

i took lots of combination pictures, just because i think they are too darling.

ok. that's it for now, but you know i'll be sharing more :)

and of course, i'll take orders ;)

(i'm working on a 'price list' for those interested.)

:)

deja vu

as soon as i took these pictures of cohen, i immediately remembered some i had taken of lilly.

funny, huh?!?

i showed lilly her pics, and she was actually whining and in tears saying "no mama! tell the truth. that's not me. that's cohen."

i think i finally convinced her :)

hello.

this is dave's very cool pumpkin :)
it won him 2nd prize at his office's pumpkin contest :)


our family on trick-or-treat night!

the little man loves to stand...

here cohen models a onesie embroidered by mommy :)

hope everyone enjoyed the time change!
its always intersting to see how the kids react.

what did i do with the extra hour? (that i can remember)

-went to an 'embroidery party' (i have a new toy... )

-made 2 pumpkin rolls (after making my 1st one ever on saturday with our neighbor!)
-folded 4 loads of laundry
-made pumpkin soup

-made 2 trips to meijer

now ill try to stay up to watch my normal sunday nigh TV. sleep may be more appetizing.

have a great week everyone!

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween...
from Pippi Longstocking,
and her little monkey, Mr. Neilson :)

goodness me.

i havent posted in almost a month.

life is busy.

here are some recent pics.

check it out.

-check out what dave (and a team at his office) helped with a few weekends ago.

http://www.sealofohio.org/news_publications/making_headlines.aspx

-check out a BIG sale over at Mandarin Pixie.

http://www.mandarinpixie.com/

quick pics

no time to write... but here are some pics :)

*sigh*

so, ive had a really rough week.
just down in the dumps, and finding it real hard to get back to my 'normal' self. having a hard time knowing what my 'normal' self is really.

but... 2 things did make me smile big yesterday.

1. flowers from my sister
2. a 220 quantity box of my favorite diapers for $17.11 (that comes to less than 8 cents a diaper... and those of you who buy diapers know what an awesome steal that is!! and those of you who know how cheap i am know how happy that makes me!!)

hey... you have to find happiness where you can ;)

to blog or not to blog.

im having thoughts of giving this blog the boot.

just too much going on right now.

anywho... here are some pics.

i have hundreds of pics that need sorted, and printed, and filed, or scrapped.

i also have laundry to do, and bills to pay.... and sleep. yes sleep is nice.

the little man in the bumbo. a very cool seat.

the tall skinny boy @ 4 months old.

12 lbs. 12.5 oz

25 inches long

he has a tooth already. yes, a tooth. the little catfish boy.

our big girl on her first day of preschool.
i was doing well till we walk in her room, and about 2 minutes later she says "mom? when are you going to leave?" well thanks sweetie... i wasn't going to cry but now i might have to.

and one of the 2 of them :) they look a bit related... i think.

love them. love them. love them.

thats all for now, happy weekend everyone!

proof.

here is the proof that i scrapped.

one week ago tonight actually.

see... it only took me 7 days to scan these in and post them :)

these are 3 of the 5 that i did.

the cookie one was started before cohen was born.

2 others still need journaling, so i havent scanned them yet. (yes erin, i still havent done it yet... lol)

cohen is 4 months old tomorrow, so ill probably have more new pics to share soon!

happy weekend everyone!

no time to blog.

ive had no real time to sit down and write on here.

i scrapped friday night!! yeah!
we got a new stove and fridge!! yeah!
lilly has a splint on her arm from falling off her bike! boo! (but yeah! that it is isnt broken)
next week starts back to a houseful of kids!! yeah! and yikes!!

ok... that was a quick update.
maybe someday, ill have time to post more :)

vacation.

last week was our annual lakeside vacation.
im just now getting back to my 'normal' life, whatever that is.
here are just a few pics.

dave's pizza night.
he and my cousin, johnny, made all these pizzas.
yum.

breakfast at abigail's tearoom.
pancakes and french toast always taste better when someone else makes them :)


lilly's artwork.
this is just one of lilly's favorite things to do at lakeside!


i have more pics of 2 awesome stores... but i want them to have their own post, so ill share later!

also, dave entered a photo in the lakeside photgraphy contest... ill post that later too!

pics... again :)

driving down the road today and felt like getting my hair chopped.
so here is the new do.
(picture by lilly... she LOVES taking pictures)

here is the little man at 3 months! gotta love those smiles :)

and lastly, a pic that well depicts the story of my life :)
love it.

the lucky ones

here are the winners to my drawing.
you'll need to thank lilly, as the official who drew your names :)

B- Lisa
C- Kelli
E- Denise (since no one requested D, you're getting that too!)

lisa and denise, i should have your addresses somewhere... ill email you if i need them again!
kelli, i know where to find you :)

congrats ladies!!

happy wednesday :)

drawing...

i bet that i won't have the time to do the RAK drawing tomorrow... not sure why i give myself deadlines anymore. so... the RAK requests will be taken till i do the drawing... which might be wedneday the 25th if im lucky... or thursday, who knows :) (see the post below for the RAK drawing... just leave a comment if you want something)

have a great week all!

RAK time!

In celebration of…
-finding a pampered chef apple corer/slicer with it’s stand for $5 at a garage sale!
-my wedding ring fitting again
-being about 2 pounds shy of my pre-cohen weight
-not amputating lilly’s fingers today when the van door shut on them
-buying myself 3 new shirts and a pair of capris today (yes, I bought myself new clothes)
-getting some boy paper, alpha stickers and rub-ons at hobby lobby today (50% off with a gift card)
-getting MP DT applications :)
-the weekend being here!!

…I am having another RAK giveaway!

Check out the items below… if you are interested, post a comment, and mention the letter(s) of the item(s) you would like! If you’re the only one who wants it, you get it! If more than one person wants something, I will do a drawing for the item(s). You can mention more than one item... but I will only send out one RAK per person, I want to spread the love :)

Items A, B, and C are from swaps I hosted and then had ‘flakers’ (people who signed up and didn’t send me their part of the deal)… so I am spreading the ‘leftovers’ here! Some of you reading were in my swaps, so you already have these :)

The Martha mags, I had doubles from my sister… so I RAKing my extra ones here.

A. favorite movies rolodex cards (i have 2 sets of 3 different cards available, 3”x 5”)

B. sweet dips and spreads recipe layouts (4 different layouts in the set, 4.25”x 5.5”)

C.dips and spread recipe layouts (5 different layouts in the set, 4.25”x 5.5”)

D. July/August 2006 everyday FOOD magazine (fire it up!)

E. September 2006 everyday FOOD magazine (family favorites)

I will pick the RAK winners Monday... (7/23)

(Make sure to check back to see if you've won... especially if i don't have your address!!)

Happy weekend everyone!!

happy.

ive realized that doing things that make other people happy, is what makes me most happy.

like...

-making a meal for new parents so they can put there time elsewhere besides cooking
-sending pictures in the mail
-giving away free stuff on my blog (which i plan to do again soon!)
-letting a neighbor have a stamp so she doesnt have to load up her 3 kids (age 2 and under) and go to the store
-writing thank you letters
-loaning my maternity clothes (a lot of which is handed down to me) so someone else can enjoy them
-having sales and specials over at MP
-playing with playdoh, coloring, drawing with chalk, and reading books.... all day long
-saying thank you for the little things (and the big things)

quick pics.

quick pics before the weekend is here.

the 2 month picture.
smiles for daddy.

drawing people now!!

and the best for last...

i like to call this the 'hockey halter top' by lilly.

(if you dont know what shes wearing, you don't need to!)

if only she knew she wouldn't be wearing it.

she will love us when she's older :)

ive been tagged

jen m. tagged me along time ago...

These are the rules…. each player starts with 7 random facts about themselves on their Blog. People who are tagged need to blog 7 facts about themselves and post the rules as well. At the end of their blog list 7 people you are tagging. Let them know that they are tagged by leaving them a comment. (not sure if i'll get to that!)

So, time for my 7 random facts:

1. i really truly want to get my nose pierced
2. i am addicted to coupons and garage sales
3. i LOVE getting and sending fun mail
4. i like ALL types of music
5. i don't know what i want to be when i grow up
6. i like Huggies diapers the best
7. i want to learn to sew and embroider

Everyone is tagged who reads this but especially these people.
1. Ali
2. Rorie
3. Missy
4. Daphne

so, i dont have 7 people...

The Cup.

Today I got to scrap with one of my great friends :) YEAH!!
It was soooo nice to finally scrap again and spend time with a friend!

While I was there Dave called and said they were headed to my Aunt's house. Of course he wouldn't tell me why, as he likes to torture me with surprises.

My Aunt had called Dave to tell him that something special was making a visit to her neighborhood.

When I got home Lilly kept saying "We got to see a trophy".

Here are the photos they had to share :)



For those of you who don't follow hockey... that is The Stanley Cup :)

How fun is that?!?!
VERY.

checking in.

still here.
life is tough. but good,

some of the things on my t0-do list.
-write thank you cards (gifts are still coming! cohen is one lucky little man!)
-pay bills (so grateful we are able to, even if it is paycheck to paycheck)
-sort through pictures (ones we took, and more taken by dave's co-worker)
-laundry (as always)
-fill out lilly's preschool paper work (oh my!!)
-get stuff ready to scrap with erin this weekend (yahoo!!)

some of the things from last week...
-i gave lilly her 1st hair cut (and it looks decent! ill add a pic at the end)
-lilly had her 1st gymnastics class (and LOVED it!)
-went to a bday party an hour and a half early on accident (got to see my 'other' kids... miss them a bunch)
-another fancy photo shoot of the kiddos. (ill share those soon i hope)

im sure ive failed to mention 'everything' that has happened since i last wrote.

here are some pictures... im sure that's what you are all here to see anyhow :)

family photo shoot

on each of our wedding anniversaries, we take a family picture. it's been fun to watch our family grow from 2, to 3, and now... to 4!

usually dave sets up the tripod and runs back just before the camera clicks. the 'timer-and- run' pictures have worked just fine so far, but this year we were very fortunate to have one of dave's co-workers take some professional family photos. i am so excited to have such wonderful pictures :)

here are just a few of my favorites...

typing with one hand.
tricky.

weve been busy.
family pictures.
2 BBQs.
a baby shower.
an 8 foot pool.

here is dave and his 'mini me'.
lilly sometimes calls cohen... 'mini'.


here's the big boy on his one month birthday :)


and here is miss L feeding master C his first bottle.
he chugged 3 oz. like it was a snack.

ill share family pictures sometime sooner than later.
have a great week everyone!

hello hello

just some pictures.
my computer time is pretty much non existant anymore.
that's ok.
id gladly give up the computer completely for these 2 :)

the 1st week.

a family of 4.
we are doing well so far.
definitely different.
challenging.
but in a very good way :)

im sure life will get back to normal.
some day.

there's a sale this weekend at the store.
almost forgot about national scrapbook day.
imagine that :)

have a super weekend everyone!!