fun with toilet paper rolls and marbles

for mothers day

incase the family needs some ideas...
 i love this necklace.

a rasied bed for a small garden or a strawberry jar.

a wood carving set.   so i can make something like these for baby brother.  grandpa and i could sit around and widdle wood all summer ;)

a folding 'lounge' lawn chair.  it's so hard to sit outside w/ the girls and be comfortable when you're at the 'beached whale' stage of pregnancy. 

of course a hug from my girls and a thanks for carring around my overgrown fetus from larry is all i really care about getting. 

our family is about to grow by two feet

...and this time they'll wear blue. 

like the huge picture?  trying some things out for a new blog.  (can't keep the same url name once the baby comes..)   it kinda messed up the text alignment in older posts, but it's a small price to pay for big pictures.  cause that's all anyone really wants to look at anyway, right? 

perfect end to a perfect day

...well for us the girls and i.  poor larry suffered from another kidney stone procedure gone wrong.  we spent last night in the er.  i really thought the next time we'd be at the hospital it'd be for me.

our afternoon

we blew dandelions all afternoon.  we're about to see how well our scotts lawn care keeps weeds off the lawn...

maternity series

it took me 10mins and sid's help to get out of this dress.  it's a petite (non maternity) dress with no zipper.  what was i thinking...?

built in table

a positive pregnancy side effect.

for baby brother

any mother could tell you stuffed animals can magically multiply.  so they're not something you run out and buy, unless they look this cute.  sid dragged me into the disney store and i couldn't leave w/out getting some for baby brother.  i can already see him  carrying around kermit, except kinzie has pretty much claimed kermit for herself. 

maternity series

perhaps i am my mothers daughter

growing up with a seamstress for a mother, i always had someone to hem my pants and sew on a button. having that, i never learned to do it myself. it always baffled me that the sewing gene just wasn't passed on automatically. since the hubby got me a sewing machine for christmas, i decided it was time i learned to sew. and you what... i love it! today i couldn't resist making a top to match the baby shoes i made awhile back. so i put ruffles on the bum on a onesie.  (i think i'll call it a bumsie.)  makes me wish i was having a girl.

maternity series

vintage finds

i was in the janie and jack store and saw the cutest rompers for boys.  of course they were way overpriced, but found these cute clothes on etsy.   i believe i have to buy the overalls...  they remind me of something my mom would have put us in.
overalls  and   red romper

meet the new family member

introducing miss bella.  my mom's new dog...not ours.  i'm not crazy enough to get a puppy with 2 toddlers and a new baby :)  bella is kinzie's new best friend.  which explains why she's in the pics w/ bella. 

the answer to multi-tasking?

my old sling was recalled... too bad this bad boy is like $100 plus dollars.  mom can we make one of these?

maternity series

leftover picnic lunch

to be continued...

the mound of pink bibs and crates of girls clothes to be packed away.  i even pulled out 2 boxes of stuff for a girlfriend.  i just couldn't bring myself to get rid of everything.  who knows, there may be a fourth in our future...

been sewin'

maternity series

maternity series

activity books

just finished these books for the girls.  made out of felt...of course.  i thought they'd be nice for the gazillion doctor appts. i have.  soon they'll be every 2wks then every week.  ugh.  Plus we'll have a ton of well baby check up appointments once he arrives.