Business Magnets

This is one of the new magnets that I made for my business and I LOVE IT!!!! I love owls. :)

Mommy Syndrome......

I have had mommy syndrome lately, I have been meaning to update my blog, and I just haven't done it. I have played with Adelyn, sewn, slept, and done other things on the computer but I haven't updated the blog, I don't think anyone reads this besides my husband and my mom anyway and they already usually know about the stuff I put on here. So let me try and recap what has happened in the past few months. 


So when I last wrote, I was starting my own business, that is going well I went to California for 23 days to visit my friend Bonnie and her mom Liz. While I was there, Liz and Bonnie helped watch Adelyn while I sewed. I made 11 car seat covers, 9 rag quilts and 5 flowers, and even designed a new burp rag to sell. I have sold a few car seat covers, and I am thrilled that this has let me stay at home with my little girl. I am trying to get a stock pile of everything that I make so I can hopefully put it in some craft shows here coming up in November and December. 

These are my new burp rag design I love these colors!

Casey is doing well, he is getting transfered this week to a different location and it looks like this location won't have internet so we won't be able to talk or skype with each other online I guess until he gets transfered again or until he comes back to the states. He has been extended so that he can take a class so that he can get promoted when he gets back, which means that he will have to stay at Fort Lewis (Washington) to take this class. My cousin Holly and her husband David live 2 hours away from Fort Lewis and have been kind enough to let Adelyn and I stay at their house while Casey is at Fort Lewis, this way on weekends we can go pick him up, and spend the weekends together. I can't wait to see my husband, I miss him so much, and Adelyn is changing so much it makes me sad to think that he is missing all of this. I am going to Visit Casey's family for 10 days in June, it should be a fun trip like I said above Adelyn and I went to California, and Adelyn flew very well, so I hope she will fly well again in June.


Adelyn is growing so much while we were in California she out grew her newborn clothes and now wears size                     
one diapers. She is getting more of a personality, she smiles now when you smile at her she has laughed a couple of times, has rolled from her stomach to her back a couple of times and she is getting to be a little chunky. She has a Dr. appt on Tues and she got her shots, and she now weighs 11.5 lbs. She is doing good growth wise she is hitting all of her mile stones. She had the cutest dress for easter, Casey bought it for her when he was home for leave, I love it! She talked to her Daddy on skype the other day he was talking to her and she was cooing back at him it was so super cute! 

Adelyn in her Easter dress.

Adelyn and I for Easter

I have just been sewing, and I had to get some crowns on my two front teeth I did that today, and my teeth hurt so bad and it made me have a headache. I have temporary ones right now, they have to send the cast off for the real premanant ones, and I will get those put on in three weeks. I also am having some problems with my left knee ( the one i didn't have surgery on) I am going to see the Dr. on Thurs. so we will see how that goes. After about 2 1/2 months I have finally gotten back in to my pre pregnancy pants which is fabulous, but I still have a bunch to go, I would like to lose another 40 lbs or so before Casey gets home. Other than that I can't think of anything else that is going on. Hope all is well with everyones families!

With the faith of my husband...

So with the help and love of my husband I am going to sell my crafts. Okay let me explain a little, I have been selling my burp rags at a local shop for a little while, but now I am going to get a business license, and sell my burp rags, rag quilts, appliquéd quilts, flowers, and crocheted purses. There is a big craft show in Boise that I am hoping to get a spot at, it is a show that lots of people want to be in so there may not be a space but I emailed the guy today and hopefully I will hear back from him soon. There are also some smaller shows I think i am going to try and go to those also. My husband is the main reason why I am doing this, I mean I love to sew and I like making projects, but I am not sure people will want to really buy them I have had some friends buy stuff from me but we will see if other people like my creations also. I will be buying business cards and stuff, it is scary cause I don't know how well I will be received but I am excited too. I am going to post some pictures of some of my crafts that I will be selling these are two of my rag quilts the first is one I made for Adelyn the other is one I made to sell.

Adelyn's Blessing

We were lucky enough to be able to bless our little girl while Casey was here. My Uncle and 3 of his boys came, my grandma and her husband, my grandpa and his girlfriend and my family were all able to come. We also had a good family friend (Gwen and Jim Liddell) that came, they kind of adopted Casey when he lived in Arizona and they are the family that actually introduced us to each other. It was a beautiful blessing that Casey gave to our little girl, it made me cry. It is a wonderful thing seeing your husband use the priesthood to give a name and a blessing to your daughter and then hold her up in front of the ward.

 I am so great to have had my husband here for the past two weeks, it has been a special time for us. He has gotten to know his daughter, he hasn't put her down the whole time he has been here. I have just sat and stared at them, and marveled at how wonderful it is to have my own little family. Its the best thing in the world, better than I could ever have imagined it to be. He is my soul mate, and they are my whole world now. It has been special to have him here and I am grateful that he had 19 days to spend with Adelyn and I but I am so sad to see him leave. He leaves on Saturday we have to have him at the airport at 350am.  Hopefully the next few months will go fast, he is hoping to come back from Iraq in Aug and should be home in Sept. We might even get to celebrate our second anniversary together. I pray that he will be kept safe and the other soldiers with him will be kept safe.

Busy busy busy...

So having a kid and having my husband home has made it so I haven't done much of anything, but I realized that I haven't updated my blog in awhile. Like I said I haven't done a lot, I am still trying to get use to being a mom. It is a crazy challenge, but one that I am loving and wouldn't trade places with anyone. Our little girl is fabulous, she really is a good baby, she doesn't cry a lot and she has the best facial expressions! Casey has been home since Tues the 15th and will be here until March 5th. We are totally enjoying the time together! We just had his mom, dad and sister Coree here for three days, and then we just went and had family pictures done yesterday. We are also blessing Adelyn on Feb. 27th. I will post both family pictures and pictures of her blessing when I get them. 
I do have a picture to share, we told Casey's niece Zoe that Adelyn could fit in a pocket, and she said no she can't so Casey went and put his military pants on and we shoved her into his big pocket and here is the picture from that. :) Enjoy

Our little Princess....

I went and got Adelyn's newborn pictures done yesterday and she has already gotten the first few back to me. The gal that did them is fantastic, her name is Laura but her business name is Sophie Jacks Photography, she has a blog of her pictures if you are interested in looking at them. Here are the first ones and I will post the other ones when I get them.

Comparison....

So I know probably not a lot of people care about how different my body looks but I am interested and I want to document it so that I can see in later years. So here are the before and after.. the first is 36 weeks and I delivered at 36 and 4 days. The second is a week after delivery.