Giveaway Time!!

My buddy Kristin clued me into this blog. I think it's pretty sweet! It's fairly new and so the chances of winning are perty good! Check it out!

Call Me Crazy

...or whatever...actually, I don't really care what you call me because I can't hear you...anyway, I just got this
and I think it is just the perfect mix for a chilly autumn afternoon. It seems to fit right now as I scrub the dishes and clean the floor.

Any thoughts? Have you heard it yet? What do you think?

Wordless Wednesday

Christine and Baby

Sorry for the quick post, but my heart and mind are heavy tonight. I am just asking you all for your prayers. I just found out my friend, Christine, has just been diagnosed with HELLP syndrome. It's sounds scary and is explained here. She lives in Laramie and is 31 weeks along with their first baby. She has been flown to Denver and will be having her baby anytime. She and her hubby, Mike, will also be spending the next 8-12 weeks there, as her baby will be very premature. Please keep her in your prayers as she works through this scary time. Thanks so much!

**UPDATE**
After hours and hours of trying to induce labor, Baby Girl Lange entered the world via Cesarean section Sunday night at 8:04 pm. She weighed in at 3 lbs, 1 oz and is 15 inches long. So tiny. Mommy and baby are doing as well as could be expected. Now comes the long wait.

Thom's Birthday

Our Daddy turned 31 yesterday. How could we make it a fun day for him? We thought and thought and here's what we came up with.

First we bought a bunch of balloons.


Then we made a super cute poster with some sentimental garbage and Izacc and Ian's hand and foot prints. That's a whole other story all on it's own. Yeah...

Then we decorated the house up all nice and pretty.

Then we took said balloons and poster and cupcakes to Daddy's work to surprise him.


This is me trying to get Izacc to be cute. I said "Look at me and smile!" This is what I got.


So again I said "Honey, look at me!" Again, here's what I got.


"Izacc! Look at my camera!" Nice, eh?


Here we are at Daddy's work. I swear I'm wearing make-up, even thought it looks like I'm totally not.


So we took Daddy to a nice dinner and came home and opened presents. It was very exciting.


Then we had yummy lion birthday cake and some ice cream.


As you can tell, it was a fabulous day.
Happy Birthday, Daddy! We sure love you!!

Wordless Wednesday

Pink

I changed my background today.

It's a little sentimental.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Did you know my Mom had breast cancer?

Yeah, she did. About 10 years ago...wait, 11?

She's a fighter, that girl.

And I love her.

I love that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is also my birthday month, and I love pink. So everybody wins, right?

Right.

Especially me.

Not because of all the pink all month long, but because I still have my Mama, who I love.

See? I win.

Wordless Wednesday

Guess What Happened Today!

A Complete How To Guide: Invitations

Want to make the world's most adorable baby shower invitations? No sweat! Just follow my simple step-by-step instructions and in no time you can be enjoying fabulous invitations of your very own.


In my search for the perfect template, I ran across this little beauty.
I said to myself, "Self, I could make that. I mean how hard could it be?" So I set out on my mission and here is what I found: not as easy as once suspected. However, they are pretty dang adorable, so I say worth it. Here we go.

First, find the most darling paper you can find.

Fold paper so that edges meet in the middle. (Might want to measure just to make sure it's not lopsided. I'm just sayin'...)

Then you want to fold it again, the exact same way only lengthwise. I mean, on a 12x12 piece of paper, there's really not a "lengthwise", but you get my drift, right?

Next, you draw4 circles on each end of the paper and then cut around them. It's easier to do this, I found, by tracing a bowl over the edges. And you might want to use a glass bowl and not a tupperware plastic bowl that doesn't hold it's shape and you get three done before you realize that your circles are a little, um, retardo. I'm just sayin...


You're going to need some plain paper in coordinating colors, or non-coordinating if that's how you roll. Whatever, I'm not here to judge. Cut them to the size of your squares in the middle of the paper, which happen to be 6" x 6"
Then you use something sticky to place the small squares onto the large paper. Sticky as in rubber cement or adhesive roller dots, not sticky as in gum or peanut butter. I'm just sayin...

Next, play with your adorable babies because they need attention too!

You'll want to get some ribbon in, again, coordinating colors. Or non-coordinating. Whatever.

Then let your creative juices flow as you place ribbon diagonal across your wording for the invitations. And tie some bows. Millions and millions of bows. Ug.

Place the bows over the ribbon on the invitations and use a bit of hot glue, or something else sticky, remembering the above mentioned rule as to what kind of sticky is and is not acceptable.


Next, you're going to want to dress up you big fat baby like a farmer. The reasons for this are um numerous because I don't think fourfold is a word. One: baby is large and in charge and if he doesn't wear said clothes now, he never will. Two: baby needs to be dressed. Three: baby is cute and fun to dress up. And four: it is just time for a break.
Next take the little scraps from the 12"x12" papers make them squares. Or triangles. Or hexagons, although that might be a bit too much work for what we're aiming for here. Again, not judging.


Use said shapes as backgrounds for any inserts you'd like to place in invitation. You know, like directions or where mother-to-be is registered or your favorite sandwich. Not that it matters to me, but why exactly you'd sent out invitations with your favorite sandwich included is a little weird. I'm just sayin...

Next, place the inserts on the finished invitation face, like so.

Then have yourself a little snack. Come on, you know you want some.

Next fold up the invitations so that they look like this:

And press them with your iron. Or car, but that might make them dirty and will probably ruin them. But hey, it's your prerogative.

Next you'll want to find the cutest and most annoyingly adorable sickly sweet baby girl stickers you can find.
Place aforementioned stickers on the seam, so that they will remained closed during shipping. The last thing you'd want is some unsuspecting mail carrier accidentally opening the invitation and finding out what your favorite sandwich is, right?

Then you address those puppies and mail them out.
See? Simple as that. Hopefully it won't take you a week to finish them. Ahem.