It's My Birthday!

Wow another year gone! But what a great year it was! 

In the last year of my life I have been blessed with so much! 

I got married to an amazing man, who makes me laugh, keeps me happy and is an amazing father to our kids!

I got to celebrate another wonder Christmas with my beautiful family!

We found out that we were having another baby, and a boy at that!

We celebrated so many holidays and special events with our family and friends, including weddings, Birthdays, graduations, bachelorette parties, Halloween, Easter and so much more!

Max made his arrival!

We celebrated Delaney's 3rd Birthday!

And I even started a blog... 

I've been able to push myself and work on things that make me happy through this blog and it has been such a great experience! Thank you for reading what I have to write, looking at the projects that I make and for liking my blog enough to follow along with my latest adventures!

What a great year I've had!

Initial for Max!

I love initial's I think they are such a great way to decorate they are super trendy but they are also a little personal as well. I also love that there are so many things you can do with them, dress them up for a living room, go natural for a mud room or a porch, or make them fun and whimsical for a child's room. There are so many things that you can make them into as well, book ends, hair clip holders, hat hooks, and so much more!

 So with this passion for initials I wanted to make something for Max with his initial on it, and I had made one similar for Delaney a few years ago to hold her hair bows (you know the ones with the ribbon hanging down from the bottom of the letter) so I thought I'd come up with an idea for our boy as well. 

I just painted the letter M red and then I sewed a few pockets and hems in the Cars fabric. 

(which is showing up yet again) Then I just hot glued the fabric to the letter and hung it on the wall! 

I got the fabric on clearance and I got the initial at Walmart for $1 making this project super easy and super affordable. I love it for his side of the room because it's masculine and cute, I think it could make a great gift too!

Do you have a passion for initials? What have you done with them lately?? I'd love to hear all about them! or better yet see them! Leave a link in the comments I'd love to see what other creative things can be done!

My new favorite show!

I am in LOVE with 30 Rock!

I had never seen an episode before but since I can't do much wile recovering from the C-section and I have already re-watched my Gilmore Girls DVDs (which I do at least once a year, or more if something in real life reminds me of an episode then I go back and watch that episode over again... yes I have a problem I know it) my sister loaned me her 30 Rock DVDs and  I have been watching them religiously! I love Liz Lemon, and her love of food and Star Wars! I love Kenneth and how painfully gullible and naive he is! and I love Tracy Jordan everything that comes out of is mouth makes me laugh! 

The writing is amazing and completely funny, the actors and guest are beyond hilarious I honestly don't know how they can make this show without laughing all the time!

And sadly I am just now getting the multiple references to this show that my friends and the public at large have been making for the last few years... I feel so far behind in the times! 

Do you watch 30 Rock? If you don't give it a try... its hilarious!

Photo Friday! Our New Family Addition!

Well here he is world!

Baby Max!

He was born at 8:29AM and he weighed in at 9lbs 15oz

Its hard to believe that just three years ago this was what I was doing...

And here I am doing it all over again!

I couldn't be happier!

3D Chalk Fun!

A few weeks ago my Friends Mom asked me if Delaney had any 3D chalk? 

I had no idea what she was talking about... 

So she told me about the new chalk that is out there with 3D glasses, she had bought some for her niece and she loved it! I thought hey that's cool I will have to look for it, but the next day what should show up on my doorstep but some  3D chalk.... 

I was so grateful that 1) I didn't have to go looking for it (I likely would have forgotten anyway) and 2) that I have such wonderful people in my life who love Delaney (and us as well) that they enjoy leaving little surprises and gifts for her knowing they will put a smile on her darling face, and I think Delaney was jumping up and down inside that she had new chalk. Little did Delaney know that this is the coolest chalk ever!

So we headed outside to give it a try!

 The directions...(yes directions with chalk) say to use the colors in certain combinations to make your pictures jump out at you even more! So that one color will look like it is higher than the other and vice versa.

So naturally we copied the picture shown in said instructions using the colors the way they did.... 

AND.... 

you can't see it really well here but it works.... 

I love this and so did our little miss...

 She loved the glasses! She wanted to wear them even when we came inside!

She spent forever playing and trying out the chalk! 

It was super fun, we all had a blast and because it was a gift 

(and one that I would recommend for any child!) it was completely free! 

We had a great afternoon of frugal family fun!

If you haven't tried this chalk you should! If you have, don't you love it! So much fun and such a great way to spend an afternoon... plus you get to look super cool with the 3D glasses! hehe