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Ok y'all I'm doing and you should too!
I'd love to read your!
Let's do this thing

Making : my anthro bedding (which is sssooo close to being done)
Cooking : up a vision of the mobile I plan to make for Sydney next week.
Drinking : O.J. My fav!
Reading: Who has time for that?
Wanting: a new sewing machine.
Looking: at my baby girl asleep in my arms
Playing: mommy as always!
Wasting: time wishing I had more of it
Sewing: my anthro bedding!
Wishing: time would slow down
Enjoying: the weekend with my wonderful family
Waiting: for Alex to finish building his garage!
Liking: the fact that i got a lot of sewing in today, my kid a are both sleeping, and how great this weekend has been
Wondering: when if I'll ever get a new sewing machine.
Loving: my babies
Hoping: that i can finally decide which sewing machine i want to buy
Marvelling: at how quickly my boys can mess up my just cleaned house
Needing: to get up and finish me bedding
Smell: baby lotion on Sydney sleeping next to me.
Wearing: a tank top and pj pants
Following: Hollys World
Noticing: that my baby are growing too fast
Knowing: i really should be folding laundry
Thinking: I'm kinda sleep at 8:50.
Bookmarking: all of your fab crafty tutorials!
Opening: my sew cabinet
Giggling: at Duke snoring!

Construction

The blog is under construction,
Hang in the lovers!
It's going to be awesome once is done!
Alex is the best, working hard to beautify it for us all!
Thanks for the love and patience!

Ronimo

Spring has Sprung

I love days like today.

I went for a run this morning with my dog, while my parents played with the kiddos.

Nathan and I shared an icee while getting my car washed.

We went to the park with friends to play at the spraygrounds.

Took a nap.

And now I'm making a colorful fajita dinner.

With guacamole, salsa, rice and beans.

While Alex wears Sydney in her new native

Watching Nathan drive his John Deere around.

It's a prefect day is sunny San Diego.

So it was a little warm but prefect non the less!

All in all a wonderful day.

I love it.

Locks of love

Yesterday I

Mopped my floors.

Did two loads of laundry.

Had lunch with my mom.

Donated a foot of my hair.

All my life I've had long, thick, curly hair

. By long I mean always a good few inches below my shoulders.

 Let's just admit it up front, I have chubby checks!

Always had those also.

Bummer!

That's why I've never cut my hair short,

 it just makes my face seem 10x chubbier!

When I was pregnant with Nathan my hair grew like wild flowers in an open meadow!

It was outta control from those prenatal vitamins!

And when he was 3 months old I decided to donate my hair to Locks of Love.

It left my hair just past my shoulders,

 the shortest it had ever been.

I cried as I drove home because my face looked so chubby,

but it was done, so why cry?

I did a selfless thing.

 I just kept telling myself that.

And of course my hair grew back.

I even started to like it shorter.

Now after a year on prenatal vitamins again my hair was long.

This long...

So I worked up the courage and donated it again!

It was easier this time, because I know in a few short months it will be longer.

I gave 12 inches, yup a whole ruler! 

 I feel great about it.

 Someone out there will be so happy to get that hair.

And when I straighten my hair,

 I think I really might actually like it!

See Sydney? She slept just like that the whole time!

Teal...

The bedroom redo is underway!

I'm hunting and gathering things for it,

I have a floor plan laid out in my head

But I'll probably play with it some more.

I've decided on grey walls, just have to find the right grey!

Here is my 1st teal bedroom accessory!

I picked this baby up at JoAnns for 80% off in the clearance section.

There were two screws in the back so I though

Just unscrew those puppies pop the flower off

spray paint it, re screw.

Yeah well that baby was SUPER DOPER glued down!

Alex even broke a petal off trying to get it free...

So we ended up just taping it off and spray painting!

Worked fine, just took a little longer!

Oh and I hot glued the petal back on!

She is now waiting for her time to shine in my bedroom!

The bedding is in the works also!

I figure that if I do a few "knots" each night

It should be done by Easter.

Easter is my goal.

I'm considering hosting my families Easter Celebration this year.

It would be my first holiday hosted for them!

I've hosted Christmas the past few years for my in lawed family.

I think if I host it will giving me more incentive on the spruce up!

Who knows though because I already fell like my plate is rather full!

My 1st "Quilt"

I saw this bunting quilt in blog land and decided it would be my first attempt at making a quilt!

This is from this amazing blog She has some awesome stuff on her site! I have a few other things of hers book marked for a nap filled afternoon! She made hers a crib size quilt. I wanted mine to be a picnic/tummy time sized quilt so we could get more use out of it. With no further ado here is my bunting quilt

Can you tell that blue is my favorite color? And that I'm loving polka dots right now? ;)

 I'm really happy with the way it came out!

Have you ever made a quilt?

 I'd love to see pictures of your creations!!

As I write this post Alex is working on a photo wall in our living room. I'm loving the arrangement...he is wishing it required less measuring! But oh is it going to be beautiful! Look forward to tomorrows post about it! And yes if you are wondering my way of being helpful is indeed sitting on the couch blogging and taking pictures!

Re-Vamped Lamp

I've been looking high and low for the right sized lamp for Sydneys room.

Not too big, not too small
just the right size for those midnight diaper changes and feedings

After months of searching I came acrossed this baby for $1.50 at the Salavation Army!

Sweet I'll take her! (I even picked up two other lamps that day, photos later)

(Yes I took this photos in the back of my car,

 I didn't want to waste any time the babies were sleeping gotta get crafty fast!)

She isn't much to look at, but I had a vision!

Spray paint always helps!

After a few coats of blue spray paint!

lookin better already!

Then I wasn't sure if I wanted to cover the shade in pink rosessets or eyelet lace...

Alex was the one who made the call, because I'm so indecisive!

I love the way it turned out!

 I'm thinking about adding a trim at the top, maybe blue or pink wrapped around and tied off with a bow???

Input please....