hellllloooo!

it's been a while! so much has happened! moving day finally came & went last week. it was crazy busy, & i'm just glad it's over with. all of our household goods are packed up & sitting in colorado waiting for us!

we did get into housing. john was at carmax unloading the focus while the packers were there, and he got a call from the housing office. the house is only three bedroom, and it's a 4plex instead of twin ... but it's a house, and basically pretty similar to what we were in in virginia. unfortunately it won't be ready until july 17th.

right now we're staying at my mom's in north carolina (the van is STILL being repaird at teh toyota in virginia - it should be ready any day now, so they say), and will heard out west next friday. from then until we get into housing we'll be staying in a hotel! yikes. 17 days in a hotel.

we actually moved the day of kayleigh's dance recital. we spent the night befor ein out house with no furniture! just an air matress and sleeping bags. :) it sucked.

the recital was so cute. kayleigh got a little shy for a bit, but with 15 people staring at you 5 feet away - who wouldn't?! lol

she said next year she wants to take gymnastics. we'll see how it goes with school, ect. but we'll probably sign her up if she still shows interest.

i'm going to miss having a yard! our new house in co only has a patio. that will be a big change for us.

norah turned 5 months old yesterday! it's getting harder to get these pics every month! she wants to eat the monkey, lol.

here's a link to all the months together - http://picasaweb.google.com/impromptukiss/Norah112m

5 months old!

oh yeah ...

norah's getting so big. she can sit up for a little bit here & there. i'm going to start taking my own advice and pushing her down, she can't grow up, yet!

redundant.

most of you have already seen this .... but i'm posting it here for those that haven't! i am so proud - i actually followed a pattern for the first time in my life! maybe i can break in that ottobre issue i bought a ew months ago ... after the move, of course.

thank goodness may is over. i can't take any more of may. my husband will be home in 5 days! even though we'll be homeless and car-less in a week, it's a-o-k in my book. just as long as we're all together again. and i stop breaking things ... cars, bones, lol ... (no john, i didn't really just laugh out loud ;))....

the pattern for this top can be found for free HERE. i wish it included other sizes. maybe once we move i can try upsizing it a litle bit. not sure i'm in that league yet. :P it's really not crooked. just hanging funny on the hanger.

hmmm ... not sure i like posting pictures from flickr here ... any tips? norah looks all digital-ized. hopefully you can click for a clearer pic.

happy memorial day!

hope yours was better than mine ....


on to the cute kids! :)

check out that pinky. :D

windy much? lol

ice cream face!

those rainboots. don't worry, his new shoes will be here wednesday - here's hoping they fit!

name that pizza dough!

as i was cutting some tj's dough (pre-move freezer clean out!) into three for us to each make our own pizzas, kayleigh declared it the grinch!

and just for fun. when you are three, and have a blister on your foot, you know one band-aid isn't going to cut it!

four months!

ALREADY?!?! i am in shock. she's been here for a third of a year already.

norah is now rolling like a champ from back to belly, picking up toys, screeching as loud as her little lungs will let her, pulling our hair, and sitting "tripod" here & there.

she's still growing on mama's milk alone, & will be for a while. she loves sophie the giraffe, but has shown no real favorites for any particular toy or blanket. no idea on her weight, hopefully in a couple weeks.

for the other pics like this, see HERE.

two bags to go!

we ended up coming home from vacation friday afternoon instead of saturday morning. it worked out well, but i'm STILL unpacking! i am down to the last two bags - norah's. she does not travel light, lol.

in my defense, i did install two car seats today, clean the garage, wash, fold, and put away two loads of laundry, and vacuum. my fabric and sewing stuff was getting a little overwhelming in the garage. it's taken care of now, although i did have to snag another big rubbermaid tub for fabric. i'd like to get down to two tubs again, but i need to do some serious stash-busting first.

ethan's birthday was tuesday. he is now THREE! i can't believe it. i made him a pirate hat cake, and he had tons of stuff to open since family was all around! :)

next up is kayleigh's birthday, june 23rd. i have most of her gift ready to go. just need a couple last minute things. i want to have it all ready before we move since we may be living in a hotel on her birthday!

there are a ton of pics starting HERE (and a bonus vid of norah). i'll stick some below, too. :)

the cake!

unfortunately i should have realized the piping was going to slide down doing it the night before, but he still approved!

it's official - he's THREE! (he picked the candle placement, lol)

the first couple days it was pretty cold & windy. VERY windy. so we hit up the aquarium on roanoke island again. it's a small aquarium, but it beats the one in virginia beach, hands down!

my biggest fish!

in her twirly dress!

squeaker. :)
she thought the pool was pretty cool. it was like a giant bath tub at 89 degrees.

all three. norah's face CRACKS me up! she'd just come outside & the sun was BRIGHT! she looks like such a party pooper here, lol.

tomorrow is norah's "4 month" birthday, so i'll have to squish her into her 4mo onesie (maybe diaper-less she'll fit? :P) for her month picture. she's getting so big so fast, i can't believe it!

...and one for norah, too!

sewing!!

i haven't actually sewed anything in a LONG time. well, besides the quilt front ... but that was a quick 30 minute project. i made this round neck top for kayleigh with a pattern by that*darn*kat. it was pretty easy & super fun. still minus the buttons to hold it on. ;)

i have one cut for norah in size 2/3 (the smallest the pattern goes) in some mod alexander henry fabric. it may be a bit too big, though. it will hopefully fit her this fall/witer with a top & jeans under. i may try to downsize it, or ask around to see if anyone else has done well with doing it.

i feel pretty, so pretty .....

like the new look? the other one was getting pretty old, & i was looking for something more, uh ... in season? i couldn't find anything i really liked until i ran across hillary's site. she does great work & is super nice to work with! http://scrapblogdesignsbyhilary.blogspot.com/

ouch.

no, i wasn't at fault. the 87 year old who ran the red light was. suck ass.

btw, we're all safe & sound. thank god.

one, two, three.

i forgot to post the three month pictures of norah in her "3" onesie last week. so here are all three months so far. click to enlarge. :)

with the monkey

and on ethan's ikea rug.

$642 dollars and 75 cents.

THAT is how much this stuff would have cost if i'd paid full price for it all. shocking! instead, i paid $500 LESS!

babyhawk add on!

when i ordered my babyhawk, it was a custom, and i added on a toy ring. once i got it , it seemed pretty useless. here's what it looks like:


lately, norah has really been enjoying her grab toys, but she drops them. a lot. i saw similar things for pacifiers, and thought, "why not!" now i can clip her toys to the ribbon and the ribbon to the "toy ring" on the baby hawk. i made one with a bigger space for toys (on the right) because not all of them are as thin as the kringelring on the left. :)

it was an easy and useful project - my fave! now i want to make a hundred more!

bedding sneak peek.

i'm making norah some bedding for the sidecar/crib. so far i've got two flannel fitted sheets and the quilt (my first!) cut up and ready. i also am going to make a cute ruffle pillow, that i am 1/2 way done. i don't have any pictures of that, though.

here's the first sheet i did last week. all the fabric is form sandi henderson's line for micahel miller called ginger blossom.


both of the sheets are flannel & super soft. all the sheets i've made of the kids are flannel. i'm a sucker for a soft sleeping space.


the start of my first quilt. no promises. it doesn't look like it's going to be very straight, even with all the measuring i did today, no two pieces are the same size, lol. we'll see!

all laid out!