Just kiddin!

The first day of spring in March 20. Ha! You live in Idaho! April Fool's!
Although I did have one reeeeeeeally happy boy excited about the snow on the ground when he woke up from his nap! Seriously, he has been playing outside since then. I can't get him to come inside!
On an unrelated note, I have a question for anyone who has hard water. What dish detergent and rinse agent do you use? I've been using Electrasol and JetDry since we moved here 2 years ago and suddenly my dishes have white scum on all their surfaces. I am trying a white vinegar rinse, again, for a temporary fix but I want to know... what works for you?

Car Seat Blanket

This is one of my last projects I wanted to get done before the baby comes. It's a blanket that you can use in the car seat when it's cold to keep the baby wrapped up. I saw some similar ones floating around on various blogs and etsy and decided to try my own. I wanted to get a new car seat that was girly, but that was a no-go, so this was my solution. My mom helped me figure out sizing and then I just free-handed a shape on newspapers taped together. One side is fleece and the other is cotton. Simple enough- cut out, sew together, turn, topstitch, then lots of measuring to figure out where to make the slits. It was a fun project though. Grant was a very willing model! He LOVES being a baby. He's been watching me sew all this girl stuff, I need to make him something now!

What we've been doing

Yesterday was so nice outside. Grant drew with chalk until there was no chalk left to draw with. He loves loves being outside! This picture does not do justice to the mess he was- food all over his face, markers on his hands and chalk everywhere. But he was happy! The other day Tyson was teaching Grant how to throw a frisbee. The last picture cracks me up. He twists so far back when he throws that the frisbee ends up behind him.It was funny! But he can pretty much throw better than me. Tyson tried to coach me, but I just don't have a lot of natural talent!

Here ya go Erin. This is me just over 35 weeks. (Although I don't remember seeing any prego pictures of you?!) I am now expanding by the minute and I consume everything in sight. I do not remember being this hungry when I was pregnant with Grant! I'm 36 weeks and hoping to make at least 2 more weeks. Who knows, I might end up going over 2 weeks!


I just have to say that I love these two!

Warm Weather

I love/hate Idaho springtime. We're all so cooped up from the winter gloom that we go out and about when it "warms" up to over 40 degrees. We've been doing our share of enjoying the sun rays! It's a bit chilly, but Grant is just so excited to be outside! Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post. I really appreciated the advice, suggestions and encouragement from friends. I am feeling a little better this week about it all. Grant has been sleeping through the night- I on the other hand, spend most nights on the couch. But I'll sleep better once the baby comes, right? Ha! Actually I'm feeling great and enjoying these "extra" weeks of pregnancy.

Two Kids?

Grant was born at this point in my pregnancy! Ahhh! I am just a little stressed about getting everything ready. One project I did finish is the bumper pads for the crib. I love how they turned out. My mom came along fabric shopping so I could make decisions. This cute fabric was an amazing price! I'll be making lots more things for the room out of it. Grant likes to use them as a car track.This is Grant being a "baby." He's done this a ton lately. He tells us to call him baby, feed him like a baby, he crawls around like a baby, etc. I am getting really nervous about how he's going to handle not being the center of attention. Tyson keeps telling me I will be able to handle two, but I'm not so sure! Please reassure me that I'm going to survive!
And also, Grant has been waking up about once a night several nights a week crying because he is scared. Usually it's because he's had a bad dream about a snake or a spider being in his bed. He'll come into our room and I take him back to his bed. He goes back to sleep pretty quickly, but any advice to help him not get so scared at night? I'll be up plenty with a newborn I'm sure, so helping him sleep through the night would be a plus!

Well I think I'm starting to sound whiny, so I better list some things I'm grateful for:
- an extremely supportive husband
- people who share their talents
- a car that takes Tyson to work and home safely
- I can see some grass!

Craft Blogs

It's been a week since I've posted, and I haven't taken a picture since then. What to write about? Well I've been spending lots of time looking at craft blogs, so I thought I'd add a blog list on the side of some of my favorites. Any suggestions? I still haven't really done anything with all these great ideas I've had, but I have a few projects in mind. Some day when I do them, I'll take a picture and share.

Also, I went to the dr. again this week (weekly visits for me already!) and so far so good. I am 30 weeks. 2 more and I'll be past where I was when I had Grant! We are really hoping this girl will stay in there longer this time.

And congrats to all my friends who have had babies in the past week, I think there were 4!

Monkeyin' Around

Grant likes to help in the kitchen, especially if I'm making any kind of bread dough. For some reason I don't understand, he loves to eat dough. He has been wearing my aprons and I decided he needed one of his own that fit and wasn't so girly. (I mostly really needed a project to chase away some winter blues!) He picked out this monkey fabric at Joann's and I went to work. I found this great tutorial HERE (scroll down part way and the link to the pdf is on the right), changed a measurement, added a pocket, and got this. I love it and so does Grant! If anyone wanted to make one, I would totally be willing to help!He can put it on all by himself. I made bread a few days ago and he was so excited to get flour on his apron, because he said that's what aprons are for!

(Yay for my 100th post! I've been blogging for just under 2 years now.)