...on thursday threads

Last weekend I was fortunate enough to get a little alone time at the house.  It was very, very nice.  I made good use of my time by watching 27Dresses on tv and making two of these....

 

It is the tube scarf that I made, in case you were wondering.  I found a tutorial here and decided to give it a go.  Now, the cool thing about this project is that for both of the scarves it probably cost me about three or four dollars total.  You see, I bought this fabric at SAS when I was in Phoenix for I think 1.99 a yard.  The only tricky part about it was working with the jersey material.  I'm so excited about this one and I'm thinking I may need to make more!  Please excuse the fact that the scarf does not match what I'm wearing...I didn't want to change just to take the picture.  Speaking of taking the picture....there is a reason why I always chop off my head when I do self portraits in the mirror like this one.  Here it is in one word: AWKWARD!  Seriously people, teach me your tricks of how to take a non-lame self portrait like this one.  I see people do it all the time on their blogs and I just don't have the knack for it.  I think it looks like I'm about to laugh in this picture because in my head I was totally making fun of myself.  I think this picture was take number six or something like that.  

P.S.  The WOD today was a 5K.  I'm proud to say that I beat my time by two minutes.  Still averaging only about an 11 minute mile but hey-it's better than before!

...on Mr. Potato Head

Looks like this guy had a rough day...

...on being pregnant...again

Several of my conversations with Adam lately have gone something like this...  "I don't remember feeling as _______when I was pregnant with Jack."  Which is usually followed with a response kind of like this..."Sweetheart, I know you don't remember a lot of your pregnancy but I do.  You felt a little bit ______ with Jackson, too."  That is usually followed up by a hug from Adam and a little bit of crying from me.  So, you can fill in the blank with either hormonal, fat, crazy, emotional, or something along those lines.  

I went into this pregnancy thinking, "I'm going to eat so healthy this time around!"  Then the nausea set in and my mind set changed to, "I'm going to eat anything that sounds good so that I don't feel like poo."  Or..."I'm going to eat all the time so I don't feel like poo."  Now that I'm well into the second trimester, I no longer have nausea BUT I also no longer have the figure that I used to.  So here is the problem...if I don't have to worry about how I look....then why not take advantage!  Right?  Ha, I wish.  Sadly, this has been my mentality and I really, really need for it to change.  I'm still making it to the gym a couple times a week but really need to start eating a  little better or this little guy is going to come out craving sugar and grease. Poor kiddo.  

Here's a belly shot from today...17 weeks

Some days I feel huge and other days I feel not so huge.  I can't believe that I'm almost half way through this one.  It has gone by so, so, so fast.  No names yet, we really have done nothing to prepare for this little one but that's honestly not much different than where we were this time with Jackson.  At least with this one being another boy there really isn't much prep needed!  Maybe just more mental preparation than anything!  

 

...on thursday threads

Last night, Adam and I were picking up the garage and I found a box of Adam's old clothes.  After sorting through them I came up with these little treasures.  

I mean, I really don't think it gets much cuter than this.  I'm so thankful that his mom saved these things!  They fit Jack just right and are so, so cute!  

On the sewing front.  The time has come.  I have been dragging and dragging my feet about opening an etsy store and I decided that it is just time.  I have several friends who have them and I decided that if they can do it-so can I!  I'm hoping to get it open by the middle/end of May so if anyone reads this please, please, hold me accountable to that!  Next week I'll try to get a preview of some of my little creations.  Also, pictures of Easter are still coming!  Now that we have Adam back (yay!) I'm hoping to get the pictures from his camera of Easter!

...on simple math

Ok, so I'm not CPA but I can certainly do this math....

This guy 

+ this guy

+ this guy 

leaves me extremely outnumbered!  We found out today that baby #2 is another little boy!  

...on reasons why I love my iphone

Yesterday, Jack and I decided to take a last minute trip to the botanical gardens.  I was completely unprepared.  All I had with me was a couple of diapers, wipes, maybe two crackers, and a tiny bit of water.  One thing I didn't have with me was my camera.  Well, not my real camera, anyway.  Thankfully, I had my trusty iPhone.  Man, I really don't know what I would do without that thing sometimes.  FaceTime has been such a wonderful thing for us-especially this time of year.  It's no big deal for us to call Adam and have a little chat in the middle of the day.  Adam gets to see Jack, Jack gets to see Adam, it is so nice.  Also, I'm pretty sure I use the maps app on my phone more than my actual navigation.  Ok, so here are several reasons why I'm glad I had my phone with me yesterday.  I got to capture all of these beautiful things....

...on spring cleaning

I have never done spring cleaning before.  Ever.  Ever since we have been back from phoenix I have made it my mission to do spring cleaning.  I made my little list and everything categorized by room.  I have been back for an entire week now and guess how many rooms I have cleaned.  ONE.  One room.  I have not mopped the floors or cleaned all the toilets since we have been back.  I have cleaned one bathroom.  That is all.  I have come to the conclusion that spring cleaning is possible only for people who stay home and have children in school.  Because here's the thing....I had one room clean but now, one week later..the room needs to be cleaned again as well as everything else in my house.  I really don't get it.  Any help from you avid spring cleaners would be much appreciated.

Funny story:  I peed on myself the other day.  Yeah, that most definitely happened.  Jackson was playing in the kitchen and I popped into the hall bathroom for a minute.  The second I sat down I heard this shattering in the kitchen that sounded like tiny shards of glass all over the floor.  Knowing my child, I could just see his tiny, curious hands picking up the glass and having a grand old time with it.  So...I hitched up my britches and ran into the kitchen only to find that the plastic egg I had filled with pennies had been thrown on the ground and the pennies flew all over.  No glass emergency.  Pee everywhere.  It was awesome.

We had a good Easter yesterday...Adam has all the good pictures on his camera but here are the few from mine.

Happy Monday!