Celebrating squirt!

If you haven't heard, my sister and her husband are awaiting the birth of their first baby 

(one month from today exactly is the due date!)

I will forever refer to my sister as my baby sister and to think that she is soon becoming a mother makes me so emotional and so proud. I can not wait to be an aunt, to spoil that child rotten (and give it back hahahahaha), smell the new baby smell and to help her out in ways I was so grateful our friends and family helped us with the birth of our babies.

Most of all watching her transform into a mother!! :)

Anyways ... here are some pictures from the shower!

B drew this of Aly :( I had tears in my eyes when I first saw it

Aly loves turtles .. hence the baby's nickname of Squirt!!

Blindfold baby food taste test!

Measuring the belly ... Nice job Michael!! 

Gifts and cake!!

<3 MADs <3

Aly and her co-workers 

<3 sisters <3

A friend of ours made this for Aly and Alex ... 

tears all the way around!!

Peng Peng ... you did an amazing job!! 

Click here for her page!

Now B through Alex a Call of Dooty themed MAN PARTY

B made Alex a Daddy Hospital Survival Kit for LABOR Day

(hehehehe play on words because today is labor day ;) .. corny?)

Alex drinks Caramael Fraps from Starbucks everyday. I saw this Caramel frappuccino Oneise Drink idea from Pinterest and make it into my own.

Yes two TV's in the man cave .. they played Call of Duty side by side on side by side (or something like that)

And of course Call of Dooty cupcakes from JohnBull Cupcakery, again and always!

Movin' on up ...

It has been a crazy 7 days!!

But we have GREAT news to share ...

We are buying our first house!!!

We are giddy as teen girls gushing over Nsync (back in the 90's of course).

I will keep updating photo's as they hopefully break ground this week ... eeeeekkkkk  :)

I could not be happier right now :)

Knock off a knock off

First let me say .. if you do not know who Natasha is, let this be my introduction 

Her blog ... here

Her Twitter ... here

Her Pinterest ... here

 If you are not following her or have never read her blog, as a mom and a women, i personally think you are missing out. Some of her entries have had me in tears/ugly face crying, others erupting in laughter but all of them have inspired me in ways i didn't even know i wanted to be inspired!! She is gorgeous, inspiring, strong and just an honest, down to earth stay at home mom of two little girls ... who inspired me to start this blog and I am ashamed that I don't use it to its fullest advantage (like she does) (i have use inspired alot, huh?)

Not to mention I am a HUGE fan of her husbands radio show KANE SHOW on Hot 99.5 

(they are syndicated in alot of other markets)

I arranged a studio visit for my friend (in the blue) for her birthday!! 

Sarah (on air personality, in the vest) sent me an invite to pinterest on this exact day and my life has never been the same hahahahaha (have you seen the parties we have been throwing lately?!)

The man behind me, in the hoodie, that is Natasha's husband, Kane

Jan of 2012!

I have digressed .. Natasha posted a craft she did re-making a shirt she saw. I read the post and thought it was awesome... again wishing i have the drive/time/will/skill to do something like that.

A few days later I was outlet shopping at the same said retailer and saw this

retail price of ... are you ready? .. $54.50 .. at an outlet store!

So naturally, what do i do, I think of the blog entry and I get inspired 

I made one for both my girls!

This is Ella wearing it in action ... chowing down on some Rita's

price for everything (2 shirts) .. $16!! (after coupons of course)

Making this shirt meant alot to me and I am beyond thrilled that I can share it with you!!

Natasha .. you inspire (there goes that word again!) more women then you will ever know!!

Birds-Day Crafts

A few of the crafts I did for the party..

3 Golden Eggs for the Egg Hunt:

Simple  ... gold paint, a brush and some wooden eggs

(yes it would have been easier to buy plastic gold eggs .. but in July.. it is impossible)

My little helper

This was after one coat had dried ...

This is after 3!! FABULOUS!!
(took one whole day as I wanted to make sure each coat was dry before doing another)

Angry Bird Balls:

We took average small bouncy balls from Toys R Us and had the kids draw angry bird faces on them.

Easy ...

Angry Bird Shits:

Took a fabric sharpie (but ended up using a regular one after the fabric one proved troublesome) and B drew the faces.

I, of course, made the birds on the girls shirts sparkly :)

we added a bow at the last minute

Ella helped me with Kylees!

Jello worms:

Now I must give credit where credit is due. I got this off of Pinterest and i must admit, it is ALOT harder then it looks. If you think you want to try it, two pieces of advice ...

Put the straws in the container UPSIDE down (so you get the ridges)

and enlist is some help! Getting those things out of the straws hurts your fingers after a while!

They were soo worth the wait and pain!!

Let me know if you have any questions!!