Silhouette Giveaway!

Here is another post for a really cool giveaway! This machine does pretty much EVERYTHING! It is so much better than the Cricut because you DO NOT have to buy any crazy expensive cartridges. Check out what it came create here: http://www.theidearoom.net/2010/08/silhouette-giveaway.html. Also enter the giveaway if you would like to win this awesome machine!

Silhouette Giveaway!

This machine looks so cool and all the many things it can do, WOW. To see some of the cool things it can do visit http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6344. That is also the site to enter the giveaway!

Finishing the baby book

I'm am working on trying to finish my son's baby book. It is hard since we didn't document alot of things. Like when we first heard his heartbeat, felt him move, all the other little things. He also skipped quite a few doc appts. because of no insurance. He got his teeth in so fast I couldn't even tell you when they came in. At the hospital they never did footprints so that will also be missing in the book.

Alot of pictures have got left behind at my parents house. So I can't do anything with the baby shower page. Our computer crashed and we lost alot of photos there as well. I was thinking about asking the doctors office for all of the appointments we had and a little print out sheet of his progress. Each time he has an appointment they give us a little print out of how he is doing and different milestones he should be reaching, so I can add to some of the pages.

When he started walking, found his hands and feet?..... I honestly could not tell you he just kind of did it. I would like to write him a little letter about how the journey of pregnancy was and about our hospital visit. We had a tornado scare and were not aloud back into our rooms until it was over.

Tell me your thoughts, do baby books have to much stuff to put in there, or am I being selfish about it? I just don't remember everything and didn't write down all his cute little milestones like I should have. I am slacking with documenting with baby 2's pregnancy also so I guess we could cover up some pages with a cute picture or scrapbook something in there.

Walls and mirror

The walls are now completely finished!, YAY! The two opposite walls are stripped and then the other two walls are solid blue and green. The same colors as the stripes. It took a little while to get it finished but now it's all done! Finally!

I recently bought a snoopy wall decal off of etsy. Trying to figure out where to put it was a pain. I didn't want to put it on the wall because when we move I would like to keep snoopy.

A trip to the dollar store and I found something that would work to put snoopy on. I bought a $1 mirror and came home and applied the snoopy decal. Now I have a cute snoopy mirror!

Kids room mobile

So I was bored one day and decided to play around and make a mobile. I used a wire hanger and bent it into the shape of a circle then wrapped it in fabric. I used ribbon to make the "spokes" to be able to hang it. I then added more fabric on the top along with a bow. I found a video on youtube for the origami balls. They are actually called Origami Cuboctahedron and here is a link to the video on how to make it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2JEhBvxCg&feature=channel. I assembled it a bit different than how the video shows but it's still kind of cool. Sorry the first picture is kind of dark.

Mod Podge and other crafts.

Since I painted the walls in the bedroom blue and green striped I have been obsessed with getting something up on the walls. It makes it feel more like a home instead of just a place you rest your head. I am still in the process of painting the room :) I am going to paint the two walls with stripes and the other two walls solid colors. So far two walls are complete!

I have seen alot of people who have made cute projects with mod podge, so I thought I would give it a try. I recently bought some wooden letter from the craft store and painted them white. I was discouraged of the selection of scrap-booking paper they had available since I was going to mod podge the front of the letters with the paper. I was looking more for some cute boy paper which they didn't seem to have much variety. I eventually made up my mind and picked out the paper.

I got home and was so excited to start the letters among the other crafts I had purchased. I turned over the letters and traced them on the paper. Then cut out the paper and brushed mod podge onto the letters, stuck the paper on and mod podged over the top. I used my fingers to kind of smooth out any bubbles. It was much easier to use my hands to apply the paper even though it was a little messy but of course it is washable.

I was hoping the letters would stand on their own so I could display them on a shelf but unfortunately they did not want to stand on their own. So I got some little glass pebbles and hot glued them to the bottom of each letter and ta-da they are standing.

I added some cars on the shelf as well and her are the wooden puzzles that took me FOREVER to put together but they are so COOL! I should have painted the fish before I put it together but too late. Not sure I like the colors I chose for the dragon but it works. There is also a picture of the dragon before I painted it. I have changed some of the colors on the dragon and don't have a recent pic of it. The yellow is now blue and the red feet are yellow.

New Addition

So the past few weeks we have questioned if we were pregnant, and found out that we are!!! :) I know it is silly but I took a FaceBook quiz that stated when you would become pregnant, my result was Dec. 2009 and to my surprise it was accurate. This will be our second child. We are rooting for a boy but a girl would also be fine. I am about 6 weeks so not very far. I had my first appointment on Jan. 12th, so far things are going good. I will have two ultrasounds one will be at18 weeks and the other will be towards the end of the pregnancy. On our next appointment we still may not be able to hear our baby's heart beat but within a few weeks after we will get to hear the amazing sound. We are very excited and cannot wait until our little bundle of joy arrives.

I have also been following the blog http://babymakingmachine.blogspot.com/ I enjoy reading the updates throughout her pregnancy and also she has some really cool give aways. So check it out!

Adorable Owl Giveaway

Adorable Owl-y Giveaway

The adorable and talented Becca from Naptime Journal is giving away this super-cute owl on her blog. Head over there between now and Sunday, January 17, to enter. While you are there, check out all her clever projects and tutorials. She also has an Etsy shop with lots more owl-y cuteness. Good luck!!!