Our Little Gardener

JP had a great time helping me replant a tomato plant this week. He loves playing in the dirt so this was just right for him. He didn't want to stop putting dirt in the container and kept covering up the tomato plant. We also made little plant labels for our herbs and vegetable plants. he was so proud of them. We were outside when his daddy came home and he couldn't wait to show them off. It looks like we may have a pepper growing already-will have to see how it turns out.

Our attempts at gardening

Well I decided a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to try to grow some herbs and vegetables. I wanted to start off small since I'd need to plant in containers in the event we actually move anytime soon. So JP and I picked up six herb plants, six tomato plants and a green bell pepper plant! I planted three tomato plants in each container until I find a few more "light" containers.
So JP and I had a great time planting one afternoon and he loves to help me water the plants.
Anyway here are our plants two weeks ago after we planted them. I'll take some pictures this week to show any progress.

High Hopes

Well most of you know that we have had some good activity on our house this week. It really looks promising. Our house has been on the market for just about a year now and even though we knew it would take a special buyer we had hoped to have had it sold by now. Anyway, this potential buyer appears to see the potential the house has-much like I did when I purchased it 6 years ago. Even though I never got around to doing many of the things I had planned. Anyway, keep the prayers coming-we would really love to get moved before the baby is born!!! What a blessing that would be!

Preemie Hat

Yes another post for today! I am on a roll!
Here is a picture of one of the hats I have made. A friend of mine had dolls made to replicate the size and weight of her sons at birth(she had triplets at 21/22 weeks). Anyway she agreed to try the hat on to make sure it would fit a "micro-preemie". It does fit but looks a little fuzzy for my taste. Will try a different yarn next time. My plan is to make "memorial boxes" and donate them to the hospital I was treated at after my miscarriage last June. These hats are fun and easy to make. I look forward to putting my first kit together and getting it to the hospital!

Bookmarks

Here are a few bookmarks I made. I've never made bookmarks before but I saw one someone else made and felt inspired to make a few. They were simple and fun and a practical little happy for any friend or family member. It also gave me a chance to use my new embossing tool-just loving that thing!!

27 Week sonogram

Went to the doctor today for my 27 week check up and sonogram!! Was great to see our little baby again and know everything is going great. The sonographer predicts the baby weights 2 lbs 9oz. Of course if you've been pregnant you know this is "just" a prediction and no real indication of how much the baby really weighs. But since I have gained close to 10lbs since my check up last month it was good to hear the baby is weighing about 9 ozs bigger than normal-so that is my excuse for the extra weight gain!!! Anyways. Baby is moving and kicking-still not as much as I would like but as long as I can feel a kick every now and then I know things are still going well. So here is a picture of our precious baby!!!

DOM-"nature"

Here is my card for week 18 of Emily's mini art journal. This is a chipmunk that lives in the stump right outside our front windows. We have seen chipmunks come and go since we moved in six years ago. But this is about as close as I can get to them before they run back into hiding. I was worried my cats would run them off but luckily they have stuck around. They also like to run around under the deck and the bridge. The other day as I was walking along the bridge from our driveway to our front door a chipmunk ran out from under the bridge and made a quick escape into a hole under the pine straw.
This is a view I will surely miss when we move.

"cheese"

"cheese"



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I love watching JP eat ice cream. He licks his cone instead of taking bites and it takes him forever to eat it. He loves watching the other video of himself eating ice cream and he laughs every time he says "cheese". So when I got the camera out on this day he knew exactly what to do. He says cheese about ten times and just cackles because he knows he is sooo cute!

Laughing Baby

Laughing baby...HILARIOUS!!!



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This video is too cute! I love the sounds of kids laughing it is just heart warming!

DOM-"i believe...in us"

Ok here is my card for week 12-'I believe'. I used a picture of my husband and I. We have been through a lot this last year and our relationship has grown stronger because of the trials we have been through.

DOM-birds

Our little town is considered a bird sanctuary and in the six years we have lived here I have truly enjoyed seeing an abundance of birds in our yard. I can look out any window of our house at any given time and see at least a dozen birds. I don't know the different species of birds, but a few I see frequently are the cardinal and the woodpecker. We use to have a woodpecker peck on the big picture window upstairs or the chimney every morning bright and early. And every now and then you'll hear a bird run into the window and knock itself out. It is quite amusing when they finally come to.
I also tried a few new techniques on this card. I bought some embossing supplies and a heating tool today and embossed the flowers. I also hand stitched the stems. Some things that I have been wanting to try and look forward to doing again soon.

DOM- "something I miss"

Ok here is my card for week 8 in the mini art journal challenge. Something I miss is my slim figure. As you can read in the journaling this photo was taken during my senior year of high school. Eleven years later I am surely missing that nice thin figure-especially since I am six months pregnant! Hopefully after this baby is born I will be able to get all the pregnancy weight off quickly and then start working on all the extra pounds I started adding after my husband and I met in college.

DOM- "ephemera"

This is the prompt for week 5 of Emily's mini art journal challenge. I always love finding great bargains when shopping and a great deal on scrapbooking supplies is an added bonus!! Last week I found some Cricut cartridges on sale for $15!!! I was estatic even though I don't yet have a cricut machine...lol. I bought seven: one for myself and six more to sell on ebay! I also found a stash of embellishments on sale for $0.25, that I racked up on! This week I bought some glass jars to store some of my embellishments in and the paper they used to wrap the glass jars was beautiful! One page was this purple paper with butterflies-just lovely. Then I found some clear acrylic stamps at the dollar bin at Michaels. I had to limit myself to three packs because I have been on a stamping freenzy lately. I've bought almost ten new sets of stamps in the last month! Talk about an addiction!!

Day at the Zoo

We took a trip to the zoo this week since DH's work schedule is about to change and he won't be able to go with us during the week. It was a little warm and after two hours of walking I was worn out!! JP had a lot of fun. I hope to make many more trips to the zoo this summer if I can take the heat and the walking!

DOM-"proud of"

Here is my card for week six! This year an internet friend of mine shared some hats that she had knitted. I indicated that I sure wish I was talented enough to knit. She then told me about the looms she used to make the hats, she assured me it was very easy to learn. So I purchased a set and made my first hat in no time.

As most of you know I had a miscarriage last year. And one of the things I would like to do is donate memorial kits to the hospital I was treated at after the miscarriage. In those memorial kits I want to include hats for the babies. So I was so excited to be able to create these hats myself for the kits.

DOM-love,love,love

Here is my card for the mini art journal for week number one. I discovered Emily's challenge for this project in the middle of April-she does one card each week. So I doing them at random until I catch up with the group. But here is a picture of my baby bump-funny thing is I wrote all the topics of the week down on a card and have been checking them off as I go-and when I went to Emily's page to leave a link to my card for this challenge-I realized she had also done a card in honor of her baby.
Anyway, I painted on two photo corners and a few hearts and sanded the edges. Then attached a metal word (that I found on my shopping spree of the clearance aisle earlier this week!!) On the back I painted it black, put two heart stickers, then painted over that with pink paint, sanded and then wrote my journaling-don't care for my hand-writting at all but oh well there it is.

DOM-"my parents"

Ok here is my card for this weeks mini art journal challenge. A picture of my parents from way back when and then a recent photo from Mardis Gras-which scans a little blurry for some reason. I sanded the outer edge of the card-first time to use the sanding technique-really like it!
My parents have always been active in our lives. They both worked very hard to provide for us, yet they were always there on the sidelines to cheer us on. We have remained close even though they now live three hours away. My mom and I talk at least once a day and we try to visit regularly. They have always been a great influence in my life and I respect them greatly.

Love

Here is my latest layout for the cybercrop. These are pictures of my mom and son taken with my new digital camera. He loves when his "CC" comes to visit. He normally won't have much to do with me. She has to change his clothes, his diaper, get him in/out of the car and he even has to sleep with her. I know when she is headed home she is worn out, but they both have a great time plus I get a small break.

DOM "my initial"

Emily Falconbridge taught a class called "deck of you", in which they created an art journal on a deck of cards. They used one card each week for a year. Each week Emily posts the topic of the week and a picture of her card.

Here is a stack of cards that Emily has decorated with paint, patterned papers, ribbons etc to have ready on hand when she is ready to complete her card for the week. She also created a pouch to hold her cards.

Here is my first creation for my "deck of me" mini art journal

I started with the week 11 challenge "my initial" because it didn't take much thought.
Journaling reads: "T" was actually one of my many nicknames for many years. Started by a friend in high school and it was carried on into my college years. My parents are the only ones that use it now.

Happy Easter

It took a lot of convincing to get JP to hunt eggs, but once he started he had a great time. He had to crack every egg upon finding it to see what was inside. He has enjoyed playing with his new easter toys and sneaks downstairs from time to time to get a piece of candy.
I hope everyone was able to enjoy Easter with family and friends. We truly enjoyed having my family here on Easter and visiting with Keith's family.