enjoying fall ♥

autumn is by far my favorite season! the sun is still warm, the breeze is cool they just work perfectly together. we've been enjoying most of these days outside, its too beautiful not to. spending time out back playing fetch with our pup luna, out front chalking, and in the afternoons venturing out for a nice walk and a little play time at the park.













we dug all of our fall/halloween decorations out from the attic and have put all of them up. not sure were going to go all out this year on all the ghosts and ghouls, ella is absolutely terrified of the displays they have at the store of the evil witches and hovering ghosts, i think this year we may just skip all that and just stick with the not so spooky and more kid friendly halloween decorations. :)

baby legs tutorial

i made this tutorial a few months back but i just thought i should go ahead and post it up onto here for anyone to enjoy. :) they are super easy to make and i just love them on ella.




1. cut the socks right above the heel and then right under. then you're going to cut the off the toes.

throw away the heel and toe scraps.


2. this part is optional.. you can either keep the cuff as is or you can cut some off to make the cuff a little smaller to be snug around the bottom of baby's leg. if you decide not to cut then skip to part 5 if not go to 3.


3. you're then going to turn the sock inside out and sew the raw edges together.


4. turn the cuffs back and you should have something like this!


5. then you're going to place the leg piece into the each cuff like so.


this is the easiest way i've found to fit the sock into the cuff.. i place the cuff over my fingers and then spread it open and stuff the sock in.


6. then you're going to sew around the sock using a zig zag stitch. make sure all 3 of your layers are all being sewn together.


7. then once you're done you're going to flip the cuff over and TA DA! a baby leg, now do the same with the other sock.


finished product! :)

af i'm sick of your waiting game!

so it's cycle day 34! what?! why?! i have no idea, i usually have a 28-29 day cycle and this is just lasting way too long. i've taken two pregnancy tests, one on CD 31 and one on CD 33 and both came out negative. i've also been having period symptoms for the past week now, so it seems like shes coming, but she's just taking her sweet time. i have no idea what is going on, and i hate this waiting game AF is putting me though. :( there was a crazy cycle i had back around 5 or so months ago where the same thing happened, and AF ended up showing up a week late, so i'm getting close to that this cycle and i'm just hoping that she'll finally show up sooner then later... is it possible to even miss a period all together without being pregnant? oh i hope not cause that will drive me CRAZY!

lk*$JSHA#*$#adhlnv! sums up how i'm feeling about AF right about now.

hmm so all this is a just a big af rant. how fun! not.

looking back in videos ♥

i cant believe it's been a little over 14 months since i've given birth to my daughter, and almost 2 years since conceiving her. these past 2 years have gone by faster then i could EVER imagine.

by far the best 2 years of my life. ♥ but many many more amazing years to come.

jan. 25th 2009


may 12th 2009


july 30th 2009


aug. 22 2009


sep. 9th 2009


sept. 17th 2009


sept. 23rd 2009


sept. 24 2009


oct. 21st 2009


oct. 25th 2009


nov. 5th 2009


nov. 13th 2009


feb. 14th 2010


march 7th 2010


june 9th 2009


sept. 14th 2010



I LOVE MY ELLA BELLA!

makeover

nightstand edition


so i bought this little nightstand from a thrift store for 20 bucks! yes it was quite a steal, but the paint was horrible. it was very shiny, and everything i set on it stuck to it. so i knew i'd end up repainting it. well finally after a few months, i was sick of it. i've recently fallen inlove with pastel colors i just think they are so refreshing. so i went to lowes and picked out a beautiful light blue color by valspar, the Seaside Retreat collection.



so after sanding the nightstand down for HOURS with first 60 grit and then 120 grit, thank god we had a power sander, it would have been impossible without it. we ended up with this. she was already looking better.



now came the FUN part! i painted and painted. and then i was inlove! she came out looking wonderful!



i cant for the life of me get the actual color to show up on my camera of the nightstand, but its a light blueish green. sort of a cross between this picture and the picture of the paint in the can.

i ♥ the way it turned out though. definitely plan on doing more little projects like this whenever i find something that could use a little spiffing up!

and these are just a few things that i have decorating the top of the nightstand. the cutsie little birdie i bought at the dollar store, for you guessed it 1 dollar!! i just couldn't say no.

Alexander Skarsgård

he's so yummy.
the things i'd do to this man!

Luna!♥

we got a new pup her name is Luna. she's a chocolate lab and has super cute huge puppy paws, and big beautiful green eyes. she was born on july 02 2010, so that makes her almost 9 weeks old, and she's also a cancer just like ella! :) she's really great pup, she wont jump up on ella, or nip at her like so many puppies do, but only likes to fallow her around everywhere she goes. and ella adores her, she loves to share her food and toys with her, and loves petting her. as for me and nevin, it's sort of kind of like having a newborn baby all over again, of course not all that much work, but waking up in the middle of the night for potty breaks and all. were in the process of crate/potty training her, and shes doing great, she's had one peepee accident in the house and that's it. and she does fairly well in her crate, of course she'd rather be out and lounging around the room with everyone, and that's our goal but for now the crate will do. we took her swimming yesterday in our pool, and although you could tell she wasn't all too confident in swimming, she was loving it! and i have no doubts that she'll be a total water dog. :) were really enjoying her, and are super happy to have a new member in our family.

now introducing little miss luna ♥


also after we'd decided on the name luna i thought i'd look up the exact meaning, and i have to say its absolutely PERFECT!

Origin of the name Luna:

"Directly derived from the Latin luna (the moon). She was the Roman mythological goddess of the moon and is equated with the Greek Selene. Luna can be used as an astrological name for those born under the sign of Cancer, which is ruled by the moon."