Tell the Truth Thursday! I get mesmerized...

I get so mesmerized sometimes.... by my belly...

Sounds silly I have done this before, I have seen it all and I have felt it all but I get so caught up in the movements in my belly that I miss whole conversations, Robyn can usually find me sitting on the couch with my shirt up belly out watching little baby Max doing flips or hiccuping...

I don't know what it is about watching my belly that distracts me so much.

Maybe its the fact that it makes everything so real, you know, there is a conscious living, growing person in there. Maybe its that I get to feel all of this but I don't really always know what hes doing, the mystery of "I think that's a leg or maybe a hand but what is he doing". Maybe its the fact that this may be my last chance to experience this, we may not have anymore kids I may never get to experience pregnancy again so why not get caught up in the moments and the movements.

Or maybe just maybe its realizing that although I'm very uncomfortable in the heat and humidity, and I hate having to waddle, and I am going kinda stir crazy "taking it easy" and staying at home all the time, that I am so blessed to be able to have another baby. We have been blessed with another baby to love, cherish, spoil, teach, and watch grow into a  toddler, a child and someday a man.

What mesmerizes you? Your kids? Your life? Your Hubby (mine does sometimes... and not always in a good way... but that's another post...) Share your TRUTH in the comments!

Wedding Week!

Yup its wedding week... nope not mine of course but my best friends... They tie the knot on Saturday, and we have been so busy with wedding events and fittings and such all week. We had dress fittings and a bridal party bbq on Tuesday, rehearsal tomorrow (Thursday), bridesmaids "old school sleep over" complete with a game of DREAM PHONE on Friday, and then hair and makeup starts at 8 am on Saturday then all the festivities of the day! Plus I have been writing speeches all week too! I as the MOH am toasting the bride of course and they have asked Robyn to toast the bridesmaids as he is the only groomsman who knows all of us girls...

I am trying to rest up as much as possible early in the week so that I will be able to make it through the day on Saturday... 

I am having such an emotional week with the wedding and the preggo hormones all at once... I am so excited to see my friend walk down the isle in the beautiful dress that fits her like a glove, I can't wait to give my speech, I can't wait to hear the other speeches because I know that the people giving them are going to make them great! I am so excited to see Robyn in a TUX again, he never dresses up so it will be nice to see, I can't wait to see Delaney in her dress with her hair done, she is so excited to go to the salon, just like the girls on Strawberry Shortcake. But at the same time, part of me wishes I wasn't ready to pop right now. I feel so huge, and uncomfortable and wish there was more that I could do. I dread the thought that I will likely have to leave early due to flat out exhaustion, I wish that I could go and dance all night with the happy couple and all of our friends, I wish that I could even properly take part in the toasts... I will be drinking Apple Juice on ice. I hope its a good year...

One thing I do know is that all this wedding talk and all the wedding events are reminding me of  the day and week that Robyn and I got married. We are coming up on our first anniversary and so much has happened in just one year. However I do have one small concern... What to give dear hubby for our first anniversary... I know that tradition says it should be a gift of paper but I'm not sure quite what to do? I want to make it myself (surprise, surprise...) Any ideas are certainly welcome!

Easy Christmas Gift tags...

I made these and intended to post them last week but since that didn't happen here we are ready to post today! 

I really like gift tags, and while I know that you can buy a book of the sticky ones at the dollar store around the holidays I rather the look of homemade, unique ones that don't look just like the ones everyone else puts on their gifts. 

So I made these for this year!

They were super simple and I had everything on hand, but you can get it all at the dollar store!

Here is what I used

Printable mailing labels, white glue, glitter glue, and foam shapes... I used snowflakes but I'm sure you could find snowmen, or trees or anything else!

I got them all for other projects so really I already got my money out of them but I'm sure this project wouldn't run you more than a few dollars.

To make them I just put a small dab of white glue on the back of the foam snowflakes and stuck them on the label off to the side leaving space enough to write the name of the sender and recipient. (you could jazz these up with the glitter glue too)

I also did some with just the glitter glue, I just made a pattern with the glue and let them dry, because the glue top is so thin I just used it like a marker or pen... 

 Just starting my glitter snowmen!

Finished sheet waiting to dry!

These can also be done by kids to (if you give them supplies that are appropriate) I'm thinking I may give Delaney a sheet of labels and some metallic markers to make some of her own... 

Super quick kid craft!

These are also great because you aren't stuck with loads more tags than you need and if you need more than you make the first time around they are super quick and easy to make up more!

Do you make your own gift tags? If you'd like to share an idea or two leave it in the comments I'd love to have a few more to make for this year!

Missing in Action Again...

Well last week was a wash... 

I was planning on doing so much more with the Christmas crafts but I got a bit sidelined... 

so where have I been, well I've been here but gone, if that makes any sense... 

We have had another whirlwind week here, we had problems with our car while driving on the highway which prompted us to stay with my mom and step-dad for a few days as he is our car dude, and after trying everything we could possibly try to fix it short of pulling out the motor and replacing it we have let our "Beast" go. 

It's off to greener pastures or wherever cars go when they pass on... 

I'm sure it could be fixed but why put another grand or two into a car that only cost $2500 to start with... and on top of that it really did need to have more work done on it too, so really that couple grand could have been multiplied once all was said and done.

So for the last week we have been without a car and without a way to get a car just yet, and if you have a toddler and live somewhere without public transportation you know that its not easy to get done what you need to without a vehicle. Its do-able but not easy...

The one thing that surprises me is that everyone keeps saying to me is "Wow, your so calm about all this", or "How are you holding up, I'd be so upset." and yes I was upset when it happened, and I did have a full day of feeling sorry for our situation, I sat up for half the night  crying because well its a big deal when your pregnant with a toddler to have some sort of transportation in case of an emergency... but once that first day was over and I had, had my cry and gotten upset I really didn't see the point in crying and being stressed out about something like this. It is after all life, it has ups and downs, yes sometimes things work out perfectly but sometimes it surprises you and shocks you but what is crying and stressing out going to do to help? 

I saw this quote by Robert Frost on Pintrest the other day and pinned it right away because it sums up how I feel about getting upset over the little (or sometimes) big things that happen.

"In three words I can sum up what I know about Life: 

it goes on."

I hope that you have had a better week than I did but if you didn't I hope that if you had to faced a week like mine or worse... that you too can keep in mind that this is just life, it happens to us all and that while it's easy to get down and feel sorry for yourself (and sometimes we need to have a day or two of that) it will always get better, especially if you are open to it, and willing to remember that "It goes on."