.first vacation.

Maggie went on her very first vacation at one month old. We had a girls trip with my mom, Keri, Lisa, Cindy and Cassidy. We flew to Detroit
This was a GIANT pile of squash that we found.
This is an adorable handmade doll I bought at a halloween art show called ghoultide Gathering.

.magnolia mae.

Magnolia Mae

August 27

6:54 pm

8lb 8oz

21 3/4 in

prettiest baby ever invented!

.big belly.

Here is a photo of my belly, I keep forgetting to take one so you get me in my pjs.


And here is a before and after of the new fabric on my free dining room chairs, I've got connections.
I took off the arms because our space is too small to get in and out with them on.


I like the new fabric and it was way easy. John wants to sand and restain them to match the table we built.

.add some paint.

Today I have a post over at AddSomePaint.com

I am giving a tutorial on how I made this cutie patootie bow clip holder for my baby girls room.

.placemat pillows.

We moved into an apartment about 2 months ago and I've been slowly making it home, one craft project at a time. Here's how I made two simple pillows.

-I had two double-sided placemats that matched the general color scheme of my life/living room, green and blue.

-I carefully used a seam ripper to seperate the front and back. opened them a few inches, enough to fit my hand through.

-Then I stole stuffing from a pillow that I was not so fond of.

-I Stuffed the pillows pretty full cuz hubby is hard on things and I didn't want them to go flat. Then I pinned the edge shut to keep the seams even and sewed them closed trying to match the original thread used.

viola! sooo quick and I got the placemats for like 50 cents and the old pillows that I used the stuffing out of were free. I love them.

.preggie pic.

I am 26 weeks pregnant. Its a girl! Our due date is August 28th. Her favorite place to kick (or punch) is the edge of my right side ribs, and she is most active in the evenings (during american idol).

Here is an ultrasound picture of her cute little face. She looks like shes wearing a hat, she was inspired by the royal wedding. Like mother like daughter!

Here are some photos of my belly.

.Bosty.

We went to boston last weekend for Johns dads bday. It was super fun. We walked pretty much the entire city and saw paul reveres home and the church he hung the lanterns in. and i was told that the pic of the building below is where the declaration of independance was read off that balcony to the people. this is us in Cape Cod. we found two good size sand dollars that didnt even break on the way home! Thaniel Hall

My personal favorite part of boston.

The Aquarium.

Giant sea turtle. he was at least 3 1/2 feet wide.

we ate his cousin for lunch the day before.

coolest sea horse ever. it took me a minute to find him in the tank with all his leafy goodness to hide him.

The penguins were the best.

the penguins were so super fast and the stingray had to be at least 4 ft across wing to wing. crazy huge!