Another craigslist find!!!!

Andrew and I must have loaned out our baby swing and can't remember who we loaned it to. Both the boys loved their swing, and I knew we would need to have one for Abigail. The boys had a very boyish swing, and seeing as how we can't find it, I wanted a girlie one for our sweet lil' girl! I found her swing for $100 off the retail price, and in close to new condition... bad thing was it was over an hour north from where we live. So off for a driving adventure Ethan and I went; we got lunch on the way and played car games! We had a great time, and the swing is adorable!



here's the boys old swing




and here's Abigail's new swing...

Rocket Award....

Eric was our Rocket Award Winner for the week ending January 7th. Eric demonstrated the trait of wonderment and letting his curiosity lead him

Things that Happened during our Christmas break...

Well Eric turned
Andrew and I were in our Church's Variety show ( it was a blast!) I started my third trimester! We had a great Family dinner on Christmas eve, and a quiet Christmas morning just the 4 of us. The boys (Andrew included) played with their new toys all day. New years was good even though our plans fell through due to sickness; we made the best out of it! The boys woke up a few mins. before midnight to watch the fireworks. Or as Andrew said "To watch the Space Needle Blow up." Even though I'm excited for what this year has to bring us, I'm not looking forward to Andrew having work trips that will make me a single parent 3 weeks out of the next 5 weeks. I'm looking forward to the baby shower my friends will be throwing me in early Feb! Then once Andrew is back from his work trips we will be on the 5 week count down to the arrival of Little Miss Abigail Patricia! From our Family to yours Happy New Years~

More creativity...

I saw a sign similar to this on Etsy.com, they wanted $50 for it... I looked at it and said "I can do that!" So for around $11 I finished it today. I used an 11x14 canvas, the pink paint we used for her bedroom walls, the ribbon is leftover from the ribbon mobile I made a few weeks ago, the white and green paint cost about $5 total. I'm so glad I took art lessons when I was a kid or else I would have felt overwelmed and would have ended up paying the $50! I am almost done with all the projects for Abbey's room, then the boys want me to make a sign for their door (which I Love doing!)

Pregnancy has a strange affect on my creative brain!!!

I saw this idea off etsy.com and thought I can do that! So here's my version! I gathered coupons to Michael's and since you can use their coupon's at Jo Ann's I hit four stores in one night to get this done! I got home and started without instructions (sight only) on this idea; I started this lovely project at 9pm. At 2:30am Andrew came into the room and said "are you coming to bed." At that point I couldn't see straight and was feeling a little queasy, so at 3am I climbed into bed. I put in two more hours in this morning, ending this project at right around 8 hours. I am very happy with the out come of the mobile, and pray that Abbey likes it as well!





I saw this flower at bath and body works just after finding out we were expecting again, it was only $3 so I saved it in the hopes of making a hair bow out of it! It's amazing what a clip and a little hot glue can do!

White Thanksgiving????

I don't think we have ever seen a White Thanksgiving before! Schools were closed the monday before because of the weather making a very long Thanksgiving break. Our family dinner was pushed back until saturday due to the weather, so Andrew and I decided to take the boys sleding! We had a great time laughing and just being the 4 of us!

Out with the old, In with the new!!! updated

Instead of paying an arm and a leg to either get a new rocking chair that would match Abigail's room or use my sewing skills and "try" to recover it myself. A scary task all it's own! I chose to save a lot of money and attempt it. I do have to thank a few people; April for the use of your sewing machine and Ketra for saving me some money on thread! And with the cost at around $50 I did this! I have to say I'm very impressed and proud of myself!

I took this...


And turned it into this!


I had some left over fabric, so I made burp cloths!