five fact friday

1.  Quinn is getting closer to crawling each day.  Any suggestions for babyproofing?
2.  Q likes to look at herself in the mirror...such a girl. haha  She has been kissing herself in the mirror and giggling all week.  I hope that means she will have a good self esteem ;)
3.  New fabric came in the mail this week!  Hoping to make some fun fabric pouches with these new patterns.  We don't have any big plans for the holiday weekend, so maybe this would make for a good project.
4.  The blowing raspberries obsession is not just a phase.  I figured I would just let it slide because eventually the fascination with blowing baby food everywhere might go away.  WRONG.  It's getting worse.  Unfortunately, I think this is the stage where I have to begin to teach Q "no."  What is happening to my baby?!  Before I know it she is going to be toddler on the naughty step.  bahhh
5.  This has been my favorite lunch these days.  Amy's Organic GF Vegetable soup.  It's delicious!  I add in cilantro, shredded cheese, avocado, and tortilla chips to make it more substantial.  Mmmm.

*I should also add that I bought my first two bags of candy corn this week and got bangs!  Can you tell I am ready for fall?

Happy Labor Day weekend!

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birthday bliss for my favorite people

For the past five years, I have attended all of my niece's and nephew's birthday parties.  It was pretty easy to drive a few hours to attend when we lived in Chicago.  When we moved to Florida, it wasn't so simple.  But, my parents sponsored a trip for us last summer so that we could attend. ;) I wasn't quite ready to accept that we might miss their birthday party just because we lived so far away.  You see, all three kids + my sister's birthday are within a few weeks of each other (end of August/beginning of September).  Usually the party consists of close family, maybe some friends, and an amazing cake :) Sadly, this is the first year we won't be there.  Now that we have a baby, we have to plan our trips a little more carefully.  I am looking forward to the trip we are planning for this fall though!

 

Anyhow, I put a lot of heart and soul into this birthday package to help make up for the fact that we won't be there to celebrate. 

These labels were easy and fun to make.  I wrote the letters in glue and poured glitter over them.

The gifts?   For my sister, I bought her a 3-month subscription to Birchbox.  Birchbox is a company that you can subscribe to and receive a variety of beauty products to sample each month.  There is a men's Birchbox too.  You can sign up for yourself or send them as gifts.  Who wouldn't want to get a bright pink box with beauty products in it every month?!

I made these zipper pouches for Natalie (6) and Stratton (4). 

I packed the inside with goodies from Target...sticker earrings for Nat and fake car keys for Strat, price tag stickers for playing store, notepads, fruity tic tacs, glitter crayons...

 

I am working on some zipper pouches like these for the shop.  In the meantime, you can find some new cards (including the birthday card in this post) available for purchase!

I have been on a roll lately, as far as creativity goes.  The inspiration keeps coming to me like a tidal wave.  I can't keep up with it!  I get an idea and feel compelled to make something that second!  It's almost annoying.  I know I am going to crash and burn pretty soon though...probably the day Quinn starts to crawl.  So, for now, I am just going to keep plugging away!

seven months

This past month has been pretty low key.  No major trips or events.  We have had a lot of family time with just of the three of us, and it's been nice.  I can't get over how cute and sweet Quinn is.  Obviously, I am biased.  But, she is the coolest baby ever!

This month has been BIG for milestones.  Sitting up, rolling over both ways, 1st tooth...  Quinn loves to randomly let out a big scream and listen to her own voice.  She doesn't do it often in public because she is usually mesmerized by her surroundings.  She really looks closely at everything, and just takes it in.  But, at home she is much more playful, smiley, and loves it when we tickle her.  If I even put my face slightly near her belly, she starts to giggle because she has gotten so used to me blowing raspberries on her belly.  Speaking of, she is obsessed with blowing raspberries herself.  The girl cannot stop once she starts.  It definitely makes feeding her solids, and even the bottle, interesting.  This stage has been particularly fun because Quinn has fallen in to a fairly predictable and consistent routine.  We can count on a morning nap at 9:00am-10:30ish, and afternoon nap around 1pm-3:00ish.  Quinn loves her crib and has started to put her little rattle blanket over her face when it's time to go to sleep.  Cracks me up.

*Don't worry...the blankie is very light weight and breathable ;)

five fact friday

1.  Beacon and Quinn are becoming buddies.  FINALLY!  Quinn has always been interested in him, and she gets excited and smiley when he enters the room.  And, Beacon is finally mellowing out and seems to be pleasantly entertained by Quinn.  We will see how their relationship changes once she starts crawling!
2.  Quinn turned 7 months this week.  It truly does get better and better.  It's really fun to be able to get out more with her and it not seem like a huge deal.  Q also got her FIRST TOOTH this week!  Who knew it could be so exciting?!  Stay tuned for her 7 month collage :)
3.  Lemon been has been keeping me busy this week.  I just added these fabric flowers to the shop.  I think they go well with the fall season.  I have also been busy making my small fabric flowers, which seem to be the favorite in the shop so far!
4.  I love getting cute items like this in the mail!  Charlie Coco's has really cute and unique hair clips, but now Amber is selling headbands too!  So, we decided to try a headband for a change.  I really love the black and white polka dots.
5.  I ordered some clothes from Gap for our family last week when they had a big sale, and we received them in the mail the other day.  This was a REALLY good week for mail.  haha This sweatshirt is one of my favorites.  If it would just cool down enough to actually wear it.  Might be a while.  But, I am already thinking about buying it another color :)

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