I know I have been MIA from the blogging world {facebook and instagram haven't suffered though}
I have been sewing, shopping, and cooking my heart out...welcome Thanksgiving and the Christmas season! Hope you had plenty of turkey and family time!
But for the next few weeks I will be planning out my little girl's 4th birthday party! My hope is that it will be a small lovely time with my little girl's sweet little friends.
So I am looking forward to lots of crafting, lots of pink, and lots of love!!!
In the mean time I will be popping back in every once in a while...but mum is the word on this for now!
11/25/12
11/16/12
100
This is my 100th post...and I thought I would have some amazing post with lots of things I have learned through doing this. But I don't...
I am working on getting ready for the Holiday Vender's show tomorrow. I am cutting fabric, sewing fabric and cleaning it all up...my work area is our dining room table! Not very convenient but it a nice open working space.
I am trying to keep the house managed...which is always a struggle for me on a regular day. I have been finding little nuggets of time when I can get the dishes done, put some laundry in the washer, and clean whatever needs to be cleaned at the moment. But now it is off to sewing for the next few hours...I will be in my happy place!
I am thankful for what my first 100 posts have been...for the awesome projects I have been able to share. And especially for being able to share a slice of my life with you.
I look forward to 100 more!
I am working on getting ready for the Holiday Vender's show tomorrow. I am cutting fabric, sewing fabric and cleaning it all up...my work area is our dining room table! Not very convenient but it a nice open working space.
I am trying to keep the house managed...which is always a struggle for me on a regular day. I have been finding little nuggets of time when I can get the dishes done, put some laundry in the washer, and clean whatever needs to be cleaned at the moment. But now it is off to sewing for the next few hours...I will be in my happy place!
I am thankful for what my first 100 posts have been...for the awesome projects I have been able to share. And especially for being able to share a slice of my life with you.
I look forward to 100 more!
11/8/12
This Is My Hometown...
I've said it before and I'll say it again, One of the greatest things about being from New Jersey is that I grew up less than an hour from the Shore. I have a deep deep love for the Jersey shore. It is where I spent many hours with my family. Even when we didn't have much we would jump in the car with a cooler filled, our buckets and shovels, boogie boards and surf boards and head down the Expressway. My great-grand mother lived right on Rt. 9 between Stone Harbor and Avalon when I was young so we spent many summers enjoying "living" withing 5 minutes of the beach. I got engaged on the 13th street beach in Ocean City, right next to the fishing pier!
The Jersey Shore holds a very special spot in my heart....
So when I saw the devastation that occurred during Sandy, my heart slowly broke. Yes many of these are resort towns and some of the destruction was to vacation homes. But there was so much that was destroyed that were some peoples only homes. Especially as you move north up the coast line and into New York. My heart broke for each and every one of these families!
The one song that runs as they show the devastation is Jersey native, Bruce Springsteen's "My hometown". Technically I am not from a shore town, but you almost get that local feel from spending summer after summer there. And I think anyone from NJ or NY will agree...my heart breaks from my hometown!
The one thing that makes me smile is thinking about the summers we spend there now...and yes we will be there next summer. Supporting, rebuilding, and loving my shore hometown.
But now I look back on the wonderful last trip we had...my parents get a house for a few weeks at the end of the summer each year since I was in college. My brothers and their kids come down and we get some good time running and playing on the beach.
The Jersey Shore holds a very special spot in my heart....
So when I saw the devastation that occurred during Sandy, my heart slowly broke. Yes many of these are resort towns and some of the destruction was to vacation homes. But there was so much that was destroyed that were some peoples only homes. Especially as you move north up the coast line and into New York. My heart broke for each and every one of these families!
The one song that runs as they show the devastation is Jersey native, Bruce Springsteen's "My hometown". Technically I am not from a shore town, but you almost get that local feel from spending summer after summer there. And I think anyone from NJ or NY will agree...my heart breaks from my hometown!
The one thing that makes me smile is thinking about the summers we spend there now...and yes we will be there next summer. Supporting, rebuilding, and loving my shore hometown.
But now I look back on the wonderful last trip we had...my parents get a house for a few weeks at the end of the summer each year since I was in college. My brothers and their kids come down and we get some good time running and playing on the beach.
Sewing Capes!
I was asked to be apart of a holiday open house. I love making homemade gifts, if you haven't noticed, so I was totally excited!!!
One of my favorite projects over the last few years were the capes I made for Jake's 5th birthday. They were just too expensive to buy for all of his friends so I took on the task of making all of them myself...and I adored how they turned out.
I tried my hand at getting a bunch of littles to do a photo shoot...some loved it, some didn't. I wasn't surprised by how my kids transformed into mini super heroes as soon as they put on their capes! You can check out all the pictures here.
So when I was asked to be apart of the Holiday Open house I thought these would be perfect. I already have a number of pre-orders...I am giddy with excitement!!! I will also be selling homemade hooded towels and burp clothes.
By the way, all the vendors are donating 10% of all our sales to the Daisy Eye Cancer Fund!! This makes me even more excited about getting these projects underway!
One of my favorite projects over the last few years were the capes I made for Jake's 5th birthday. They were just too expensive to buy for all of his friends so I took on the task of making all of them myself...and I adored how they turned out.
So when I was asked to be apart of the Holiday Open house I thought these would be perfect. I already have a number of pre-orders...I am giddy with excitement!!! I will also be selling homemade hooded towels and burp clothes.
By the way, all the vendors are donating 10% of all our sales to the Daisy Eye Cancer Fund!! This makes me even more excited about getting these projects underway!
11/5/12
Holding Steady, well trying to
A dear friend of mine got an awesome tattoo a few months ago...an anchor. It was a symbol to her that represented a Bible verse from Hebrews..
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
I know this is a verse that is near and dear to her heart and I found myself reflecting on it this past week. When if felt helpless, which was most of the time, I continually thought of her tattoo and what a great reminder it is. How wonderful it is too simply look at her wrist and remember where our hope comes from.
Lizzy had an EEG on Thursday...I am so happy my hubby was able to take the morning off to go with us. It was much more trying on me then I thought it was going to be. The tech had warned me that the test could bring on a seizure so I was not looking forward to this one alone.
But she did great...it was tiring but she did a great job at sitting still for around an hour.
To say that we were nervous waiting to hear about the results is an understatement. And I have been so pleased with how my pediatrician...she has been on top of this from the moment I contacted them.
She let us know that the EEG was normal and the EKG showed a possible abnormality but nothing that should concern us.We will still be meeting with a cardiologist and a neurologist over the next few weeks to go over the results.
I guess the most important thing we see right now is that Lizzy is acting like herself. She is happy and playing like any 3 year old little girl. I am still holding on to that HOPE we have and reminding myself that no matter what the out come is of all this I have a Lord and Savior who is holding my little girl. He is holding all of us!
10/31/12
Slow down!!!
With 24 hours since we returned from the hospital with my little girl I feel like I can reflect a bit better than I did last night. Most of that post was done through tears as the hubby made calls to his parents and brother and sister.
Even though today was filled with tears of worry I was so up lifted by the prayers from my friends and family.
As I was on my way to hospital, well I was a bit lost somewhere between Cherry Hill and Voorhees looking for the new Virtua, I may have been going a little fast...well that is what the police officer told me.
I think he may have seen the panic in my eyes, or the welling up tears, because he decided to let me go with a warning and gave me directions to the hospital. I had to stop and let myself absorb what has been happening. Remind myself not to think about the what-if's, and trust He who created me. To slow down!
I am so glad I had the opportunity to remember this because...
Seeing my little girl, the precious little girl that God entrusted me to raise, hooked up to an EKG machine was pretty difficult. But it was quick and easy and she was so brave...Like Merida! At least that is what she kept telling me!
We have one more test, an EEG, tomorrow. Luckily the hubby will be there...she loves loves loves her daddy. Praying that if there is a problem that it will be revealed, but if this was a fluke...please Lord let it be a fluke...that the doctors will know!
Right now I am listening to her singing and talking to her princess dolls in her room. Even at 9PM I am just so happy to hear her little voice telling her dolls that she loves them to the moon and back. We even had a little extra cuddle time...dont' tell the hubby!!
Even though today was filled with tears of worry I was so up lifted by the prayers from my friends and family.
As I was on my way to hospital, well I was a bit lost somewhere between Cherry Hill and Voorhees looking for the new Virtua, I may have been going a little fast...well that is what the police officer told me.
I think he may have seen the panic in my eyes, or the welling up tears, because he decided to let me go with a warning and gave me directions to the hospital. I had to stop and let myself absorb what has been happening. Remind myself not to think about the what-if's, and trust He who created me. To slow down!
I am so glad I had the opportunity to remember this because...
Seeing my little girl, the precious little girl that God entrusted me to raise, hooked up to an EKG machine was pretty difficult. But it was quick and easy and she was so brave...Like Merida! At least that is what she kept telling me!
We have one more test, an EEG, tomorrow. Luckily the hubby will be there...she loves loves loves her daddy. Praying that if there is a problem that it will be revealed, but if this was a fluke...please Lord let it be a fluke...that the doctors will know!
Right now I am listening to her singing and talking to her princess dolls in her room. Even at 9PM I am just so happy to hear her little voice telling her dolls that she loves them to the moon and back. We even had a little extra cuddle time...dont' tell the hubby!!
10/30/12
Sandy part 2...thankfulness
When I woke up this morning it was calm....what a relief.
We had electric and very little to clean up around the yard.
I felt a bit of the cabin fever coming on!!!! So we headed out for lunch with some great friends! Ran to Target to work on birthday/christmas lists for the kiddos.
We headed home for some rest...the hubby had some work to do and the kids really needed some down time!
We had a wonderful relaxing afternoon playing, watching movies and cleaning the yard.
The kids loved running around and getting the wiggles out.
As we sat down to dinner everything was fine...until Lizzy gave us the scare of our lives.
She looked up at me and said, "I don't feel well, I don't feel very very well."
Went completely white and we jumped up and ran to her.
She quickly became unresponsive and staring off into space.
What lasted for just seconds, I'm sure, seemed more like minutes.
When she finally came around she was asking why she couldn't hear.
Immediately Jeff called 911, Jake at first ran crying to his room but we brought him out and he kept Lizzy talking.
Long story, trying to be short! We are home from the hospital...giving a call to the ped doc and a neurologist tomorrow. Need to rule out a seizure. We are thinking a little accident she had a few hours earlier may have caused this...she was belly flopping on mattresses that we put out last night. She seemed to snap her head back and hurt her neck...maybe a concussion??
We are putting our trust in God and that he will provide the answers so that we can put all our worries to rest.
So today I am thankful for protection through Sandy, for good friends and family to share both the good and the bad with and who are willing to step up and do anything. I am so thankful for God's protection of Lizzy tonight!
We had electric and very little to clean up around the yard.
I felt a bit of the cabin fever coming on!!!! So we headed out for lunch with some great friends! Ran to Target to work on birthday/christmas lists for the kiddos.
We headed home for some rest...the hubby had some work to do and the kids really needed some down time!
We had a wonderful relaxing afternoon playing, watching movies and cleaning the yard.
The kids loved running around and getting the wiggles out.
As we sat down to dinner everything was fine...until Lizzy gave us the scare of our lives.
She looked up at me and said, "I don't feel well, I don't feel very very well."
Went completely white and we jumped up and ran to her.
She quickly became unresponsive and staring off into space.
What lasted for just seconds, I'm sure, seemed more like minutes.
When she finally came around she was asking why she couldn't hear.
Immediately Jeff called 911, Jake at first ran crying to his room but we brought him out and he kept Lizzy talking.
Long story, trying to be short! We are home from the hospital...giving a call to the ped doc and a neurologist tomorrow. Need to rule out a seizure. We are thinking a little accident she had a few hours earlier may have caused this...she was belly flopping on mattresses that we put out last night. She seemed to snap her head back and hurt her neck...maybe a concussion??
We are putting our trust in God and that he will provide the answers so that we can put all our worries to rest.
So today I am thankful for protection through Sandy, for good friends and family to share both the good and the bad with and who are willing to step up and do anything. I am so thankful for God's protection of Lizzy tonight!
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