sweet little nursery

the quilt is finally finished! i think it turned out gorgeous. perfect for our little girl. i love how all the fabrics fit together and i love how they tie all the elements in the nursery together too. this is the first quilt that i have made all on my own and i love it. i hope it stays in my family forever.

just a few random tid bits

reese was sick all last weekend. doesn't he look miserable? well ever since he has been acting quite naughty and throwing tantrums over every little thing... it is ROUGH! i swear i want to throw him in the garbage some days, but then his sweet little self re-emerges and he gives me a big hug and kiss. i love this little guy. 

he really likes to wear my boots, they are a little big and hard to walk in though... 

our cabinets have gone from looking like this

to this:

they are still in the works. the bottoms aren't done yet. but they will be eventually. we got a new dishwasher too. so the kitchen is coming along. 

parsley is still cute and still around too.

baby legs

my friend meli told me where to go to learn how to make baby legs! i had wanted to buy some for a long time but just couldn't bring myself to spend ten bucks on one pair, seriously way too much! so i went to target and shopko got some socks on clearance and it made six pairs for about 25 bucks! they were so cute i even made some for bentley (with sally's help). the other reason i really wanted to make them is cause reese has quite a few little outfits that are shorts and since it's still kind of cold he wasn't able to wear them, and i was afraid he was going to grow out of them by the time it heated up.

how cute is that little butt????

pretty happy, no?

brad's new toy

brad has been waiting and waiting to get a new tv. when we moved into our house we broke our old tv and the plastic just shattered everywhere, so it found a fantastic new home in a dumpster. brad wanted to get a tv right then and there but i asked him to wait until after we had the baby and got settled into our house, just in case something came up. we got our tax return and the day it went in the bank we made a trip to costco. it's a 50 inch 1080p, if that doesn't mean anything to you, i'll tell you what brad told me: it plays blue ray dvds the best and it's the best to go with the playstation 3... glad you are happy with it honey.

anyway, we got a new stand for it, that pretty much just holds the tv. no pics, knic-knacks etc. so i was looking for some sort of shelf, i thought i would need one that was dark wood like the furniture but my sister had this bead board one that she got on clearance from PB and never used. i think it looks pretty good since it was FREE!

i think it looks really nice cause of all the white trim in our house. the other fun thing about this shelf is you can hang it the other way too, so that the bead board is on the bottom, and all the stuff is against the wall, but i think it looked really good like this.

baby boy is waking up so i better run for it!

sew cute!

on wednesday i decided to get a little crafy. reese took a rockin 3 hour nap so i had a ton of time to get a few projects done.

this is the bucket of thread that has lived at my mom's house for about 20 years. i think i am the first person to use it since 1970.

after reese woke up he was helping me in a big way.

first i made reese a new flannel blankie. it turned out really good, i really need to buy one of those cutting boards and rotary cutters. it's hard to make something square with just scissors and my kitchen table as straight edges!
i figure this can be his parsley blanket.

next i made a couple of binkie clips. i made one for reese and one for mr. bentley.

then i made little taggie footballs for the boys too. not too many boy craft projects out there, but i loved this one!

thankful

seriously i have so many things in my life that = LOVE

so so blessed because of this guy:

and this guy:

i love that i have been feeling crafty and creative lately. making fun things like this:

and having super fun ideas like this

and i love this girl! seriously we never get together but when we do and when we talk i have so much FUN! she is a true friend.

i love that i have been able to stay home with my little man for three months and relish every single moment that we have had

i love that i have a mom and dad that are so willing to take him for me so i can work part time

and a family that is obsessed with him

i love my marshmellow bed

and i love love love not being pregnant

and warm boots

i love my hubby for going to work everyday and coming home early when he can and i love it when he plays with our little bug a boo and makes him smile! sheesh! IT IS SO CAUUUTE!

jam packed

i don't really know what is going on with me lately, but i am totally project oriented. it's actually surprising how motivated i have been. anway whitney and i have been talking about becoming more domestic all summer, so we finally did our first project last night. we made freezer jam!
we used five cases of strawberries, probably 15 boxes of pectin (if not more) and about ten pounds of sugar! here are a few pictures.

this is just my jam! whitney had a huge box filled with her containers too!
we had to reward ourselves and have a little taste! mmm.... jk. this was just to show what a mess we made!
Other Domestic Projects in my Life Include:

1. making a rag time quilt for our baby boy. thanks to melissa who is helping me. cause i have NO experience sewing.

2. getting our couch pillows covered with new fabric (i got all the fabric for nine pillows on sale for 13 bucks!)

3. whitney is going to teach me to crochet baby beanies.

4. sewing aprons, and then taking them to a cake decorating class with us! (another project with whit)

5. spray painting ugly old lawn furniture RED.

there are lots of other things i want to learn to do too... but i think i can only handle so much at a time....

New Layout!!!

wow, i never ever thought i would figure out html!!! it is a pain! but melissa had told me about getting free scrap book paper online and i did a little research and this is what i came up with.. the only thing i don't get is how to make a really cute header.. i guess i will be calling meli on that one... but none the less i am proud of how this turned out considering my not so great computer skills. go me!!!

new blog...

well sort of. i accidentally got some stupid picture stuck in my header, so i had to redo my blog! luckily i haven't written much so it wasn't too hard! thank goodness. unfortunately all the comments got deleted! dang it! i am really proud of myself though cause i figured out how to get a real template. (yay for working all day alone, right?)

sav's favorite reads

1. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
I read this in jr. high thanks to my dear friend lindsay, she made me realize how wonderful the classic books can be.


2. The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
When i was in high school, amber and i got in the habit of stealing all the books that we had to read in english, this one is my favorite, stolen when i was a senior.


3.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Speaking of stolen books, i just read this a couple of months ago and i absolutely adored it. it is about a little girl who lives in nazi germany and is narrated by death. i think right now it is my all time favorite.


4. Twilight, New Moon, & Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Oh Edward my love! What else can i say to the vampire that i adore?


5. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The best book an adult can read to understand a child. so simple and so full of truth.

QUOTE:
"To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world…"