Let's Go Shopping

Ok so I opened an Etsy shop. I have been told for a long time by some friends that I should sell the quilts that I just let sit in my collection, this was after I kept saying I had no idea what I would ever do with these quilts. I have always thought that they were not good enough and no one would want to buy them. I am really nervous about it but what to I have to lose so here it goes.

9 months

Can you believe it Adam is already 9 months. I look at him everyday and cannot believe it was so long ago that we had him. We took him to the doctor last Wednesday and he is 23.7 lbs and just short of 30". The doctor laughed and said how did you little people make such a huge baby.

Adam is growing so fast. He has been walking for a little while now but lately he is just walking all over the place. I still find myself shocked when he comes walking around a corner to find me. He is just starting to say a little more then dada. He now just "talks" all day long. It is so fun to listen too all day long.He is starting to make all kinds of funny faces and makes us laugh all day. I am so thankful for him and can't wait for more fun adventures with him.

Day 2- Jan 25

Today Adam laughed uncontrolably at me shaking a cup with ice in it. I love watching him grow and watch his personality show.

Day 1 Jan 24th

Ok so I have become addicted to Pinterest and spend way too much time on it but I have found some great ideas on it and this is one. My goal is to write something that happens each day, whether small or big, that happens and then review it from year to year. I am horrible at this but I'm forcing myself to do this and will hopefully come to appriciate everything I have in life. Since I'm a little behind already I will just do a fast update on things. Adam has been a busy boy, crawling up stairs, walking behind anything he can push, and recently walking without holding onto anything. He is growing fast and I'm so glad I get to see it all. Ok so my month in review but now it is time to get down to the every day things.

Today Tuesday Jan. 24 I got to get ready without Adam on a workday. I know this sounds odd but for me it meant not stopping a little baby from lifting the toilet seat or stop him from unrolling the toilet paper or climbing in shower just to get wet.

My mother- in-laws quilt

Ok so I have been working on this quilt forever and thought that it would be fun to do.  It was fun but oh my gosh was it way more work than I bargained for.  It has a ton of hand work and applique on it. All of the lettering was hand done and than all of the pictures had to be sewn around. I was so proud to finally get it done and give it to my mother-in-law for her christmas, birthday, mother's day and than 4th of July quilt. (You see what I mean by working on it for a really long time.) Here's some pictures.

Grape salad

Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law I have a recipe that Tyler will eat with fruit in it. It is good with any fruit but the recipe calls for grapes. Vanessa, the wonderful sister-in-law, said she put strawberries in it as well so I tried it that way this time and loved it. Ok so enough talking about it and here is the recipe.

1- 8oz tub of cool whip
1- 8oz cream cheese
1 cup of powder sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 lbs of grapes
Mix all together and enjoy!

Living life

I thought that it would be easy keeping up with this blog but boy was I wrong. It was a goal of mine to keep up with life on this so that our family could keep up with us and how Adam is growing and learning so here it goes.

Adam has several new "tricks" as Tyler calls them. He is now rolling from his belly to his back, funny thing though, he does it more at night when he is sleeping which gets him all confused and cries for his binky. (it has been some long nights for me lately)

His next trick is playing with his feet when he is laying on his back, sitting in his bumbo or when we are holding him. He just loves them now that he knows about them. It is just about the cutest thing ever.

The last new trick is he is starting to giggle. Yes I finally made a big enough fool of myself for him to laugh. I loved every second. He is growing so much and I can't believe that it has already been 4 months since he was born. I love watching him grow and learn new things. He is growing so much. We find out how much he weighs on the 19th but I think he is at about 17lbs.

Being a mom is the best thing even when it is hard!

Here's some pictures enjoy. I sure do.