grosgrain fabulous giveaway

i just found this website through here and am in love with it all. i want to sew for my kids more, but have to have the energy and time. that won’t happen any time soon, but once this little baby is here and grows a bit, i’ll be able to hit it [...]

…split open…

i hear the stool being carried to the kitchen. cabinet doors are being opened. that’s the rustle of food containers. “it’s berry ummee stong guys. wanna tase? umm! at’s cerul.” (“it’s very yummy strong guys. wanna taste? yum! that’s cereal,”) as he saunters into the dining [...]

36 weeks

36 weeks

Originally uploaded by mommymae

i am 36 weeks and change. depending on how you count, i’m 36 weeks and 1 days or 36 weeks and 4 days pregnant. i’ll go with 1 day, since that puts me on the mark for my due [...]

what have i read?

raquita posted this today and i’m gonna do the same.
1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Reprint this list in your blog.
1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter [...]

something i do

here are a bunch of things i’ve made recently for various little people in our lives.
-the big bro shirt i made for justice when i found out i was pregnant. i gave the shirt to daddyjay as a chanukkah present when we opened gifts with his parents. that was fun.
-a shirt [...]

sick kiddos and why they are ruining my girlish figure

my kids are ruining my quest to gain only 35 lbs. this pregnancy. see, i usually go to the gym 5 days a week (now 4 days since i go to the doc when the bug goes to camp on thursdays.) well, jillianne started with a fever last tuesday and i haven’t been [...]

new pic up top

i sat for a group of artists last week and the photo your see in the header is a snippet of a 2 minute sketch. i wanted to surprise daddyjay with some pics of me and i walked away with 4 that i love. not sure yet if i’ll put up 2′ [...]