I spoke too soon...

born May 16 @ 4:25am

8lb 15oz 21 1/2"

welcomed and loved by his family

In case i don't start with hello....

I'm not officially overdue until Tuesday, but when I saw this I had a flashback to my other pregnancies. I'm gearing up.

mama's day pride

and one more to come...sigh....

toothless days

She lost her first front tooth the other night, cashed it in for .75. Yes, we do the tooth fairy. Santa is a no no, but the tooth fairy is okay. Feel free to ask me about this : p


J wanted me to take a pic of our iris'. This is probably my least favorite color, but it looks pretty here.


Last Saturday I went to a few yard sales and was unsuccessful in my search for what I wanted. However, E took some of her own spending money and found an old doll crib for $4. The deal was she had to get rid of something in her room to make room for it. SO, goodbye to Nysa(pronounced with a long 'i' sound, she made it up herself) the cat's homemade home. We made it from a diaper box and it served it's purpose well. Now to the burn pile it will go.



We took an after dinner walk this evening. This wagon was given to us from family that had moved beyond this stage. I LOVE it.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

As you can see I don't have the typical cookie baking grandma. Not that she hasn't made cookies with us, but cookies aren't what stand out when I think of her. How could they be when she's willing to go this far for a costume contest? (by the way...she won!)


She's a great sport, was an avid horsewoman, and quite the body surfer. (She's here with Mr. T, may he RIP)



But more importantly we know she loves us..


(montana campfire, angus looking on)

and she loves my kids.

But most importantly we know she LOVES Jesus.

We love you Grandma! Happy Birthday.

Baseball and stuff

J has had a couple of games now and if you ask he'll tell you that they've won them all so far. Technically they still don't keep score at this age, but you better believe that the kids do!


Batting is definitely is favorite part.


He's always ready to be a part of the action.



He actually pitched the first inning of a game. Four strikes! He really got into the form of pitching.



The other night the kids were giggling and talking way past lights out so I went in there with camera (lights still off) and aimed at their beds and this is what I found.

J couldn't handle the flash.




This was at J's baseball opening ceremonies. V pretty much calls any drink of ours that isn't water "coffee". It is actually coffee in Den's mug. Are we starting him too young?

I want one.....

So I've been interested in this kind of baby wrap ever since my SIL Gina had made her own for her first born. It went by a different name, but it's basically the same thing. So I'm sharing this to be entered 5extra x's in this giveaway for a moby wrap in the color of my choice! I only have a few weeks to go unti this baby comes, hopefully this will be mine soon!

She really is mine.....

You'll have to scroll down to see pics of E, but everyone tells me how she looks like my sis in law Denise. This isn't a bad thing, as Denise is GORGEOUS. But as the one who carried her and labored etc., I'd like a little credit! It is funny though, as whenever Denise and I go somewhere with our girls people match E with her and blondie Ella with me. I think my E has her daddy's and Denise's nose, but the rest is mine. (except the curls of course, still a slight mystery...perhaps from my grandma?)

*check out the cheeks on my brother, and notice my mom's back in style peep toe shoes!

Blown Away

I don't like wind...normally. But, the other night we had one of those warm winds that comes in with a storm, and I love those. So like a safety first mom, I sent my kids out to play in it. (There was no thunder or lightning...if there was I couldn't have paid my oldest to go outside) They loved it, they danced in it. It had been one of those days for me so to go outside and feel the wind blow away all the bad and watch my kids frolic in it and the few rain drops was simply glorious.

This was earlier today, but they were too cute not to share.

look at what i did!

Yes, I've been sewing and shamelessly want to share. Most of this...well all except for the last thing was for an old friend to whom I never sent any baby gifts and since her oldest is almost ten, I figured better late than never. (Disclaimer...all of this looks better in person than in my lame photos :)


This is for her youngest...baby boy 6ish months. burp cloth or blankie.


This is for the 3 year old who's name is Blaze. I made this out of a pair of pants that I'll never get into again...



Who cares what this is when you see those blue eyes, huh? BUT, it's a hat made from a sweater found in the good will bins for 75 cents. And this is for the oldest but my youngest was the only model around at the time. (I have tried it on larger heads and it works)




The bag is for their only girl. The inside is lined w/ a fabric that is the same pattern but grey w/ pink polka dots. E informed me she would like her own.


This is my fluffy, high fashion scarf. That's the story I'm sticking to anyway. Remember my disclaimer? This was cut out of a maternity shirt made from a sweater like knit. It was cute but had a paint stain.

And at last, the Easter dress! I was super pleased w/ out this turned out. I learned a lot while making it and was able to add a few things to the pattern. The white eyelet lace on the bottom to make it longer, the buttons where the straps attach in the front and...

the cuff bracelet w/ the fabric flower and...

her little hair clip. All made from a pink men's dress shirt found at good will. The brand was Ralph Lauren and E really wanted the "horse" or polo player on the dress somewhere. So I used that part for one of the pockets.

Also because credit is a big deal in the craft blog world...

bag tutorial found here

scarf inspiration here (I also was guided by here various fabric flowers, look around)
Easter dress here

Cant' remember where I found the hat idea...but it's pretty basic. The others are all me :)

Easter Recap

We have had a wonderfully warm April and I've been enjoying every minute of it. Well, not the minutes at night where I'm laying awake because I'm hot...but every other minute. I really tried to do more with Easter this year since it is THE most important day EVER. If you don't know why email or call, we'll chat :)

So a week and a half before we started something that allowed them to earn candy for their Easter baskets. I got the idea here. Some year I'd like to do the tree she suggested, but we stuck with the jars this year. On Friday we made a completely yummy and totally unhealthy snack that I found here. The kids really loved this and seemed to grasp the concept as well.




We also made our own garden and empty tomb.

Of course we colored eggs. I was proud that this year I remembered I had a coloring kit stashed, and I found it, and we used it!

This warm weather has had Vman in heaven. He puffy hearts being outside but he is so fast you really have to watch him!

He also loves our random friendly farm kitties. (this is spike, named by across the street neighbors)

Easter morn included Easter goodies from Grandma and Grandpa and their earned candy of course.

There was an Easter brunch at church, then we stopped home to pick up some thing before heading to Den's mom's for lunch. This was my brief moment to capture a pic of the 3 of them. Not ideal. Still, they were cute. Thanks mom for the boys shirts! They were going to get short changed on Easter outfits this year. But I did make E's dress!

Mom mom's is a fun place to run.

It's even more fun when your cousins are there.

Of course J was running about but couldn't be caught for pics as he and the rest of the boys were busy catching frogs in mom mom's pond as well as playing football and baseball. V refused to nap as there were many other things he'd rather do like take 4wheeler rides with daddy and bulldozer rides with pop pop. I prayed for a warm Easter this year and by golly that prayer was answered!! Thank you Jesus!