maddi's baby shower

This weekend was my sister in law Maddison's Baby shower. I LOVE baby showers. LOVE them. Something so special to get to shower a new mommy-to-be with some sweet goodies for her new little one. It makes me all warm and fuzzy and all that gooey stuff. :)

This was a Nautical Themed Shower, which is also the theme of her Nursery. It was a beautiful shower and a beautiful day full of family and friends, food, and fun. A few pics from the shower below...

winter time is best spent...

yesterday it rained all day. today it was kind of a wintery mix, i believe they call it. it comes as a sort of snow, but its very delicate and wet and melts quickly after hitting the ground. blah. we are just biding our time until tulips and flowering trees and lilacs that promise springtime and warmth. until then, we hole up inside in our free time. drinking warm drinks, covered in soft blankets while we watch movies. 

speaking of movies, brandtley is enjoying 'Lilo & Stitch' in the van, keeping his Woody doll safely in his little clutches. :)

Something else we do a lot in winter? read. these were last night's books.

Buddy Boy playing with his favorite toy. It spits out balls from its trunk, he shoves them down the wrong way, but he loves it so it's all good.

Also, we journal. bella is penning out a juicy entry in her diary. no one will ever know what it says, but its adorable anyway. 

And thank goodness for the iPad, which has occupied more hours than I'm comfortable admitting. Oh and footed jammies. we must have footed jammies for the cold, yucky weather. 

signing off from our winter wonderland (nice way of saying its colder than heck and a sloppy mess out). 

Pinterest inspired success stories.

a weekend of projects. :)

turning the living room wall from blank......

to this..... 

Making some tie-dye shirts. messy. but SO cool and fun. they turned out GREAT!

And making some bacon wrapped chicken breast bits. Total success. 

 Also, there were a lot of movies, cuddling, some major cleaning, some shopping. i love weekends like this. Pure Joy. :) 

February iPhone Pic Roundup

February summed up in a few photos. Enjoy.

big boy! :)

Look who's 1 year old ! 

40 Bags 40 Days

In an attempt to de-clutter, which with 3 kids has been a process I've been attempting for a while now. Anywho, a friend posted on good ole Facebook a link to this page talking about 40 days worth of de-cluttering by bagging up a big bag 'o' whatever.
As a start, i gave a sister in law who is expecting a baby boy this May about three bags (diaper boxes, if you want to be exact) full of baby boy clothes.
   (*** side note: going through his clothes made me very weepy, since he is 1 year old now and not hardly that little peanut i brought home on yesterday of last year!***)
 So, I figure those three bags are a good start, and i already have another almost full garbage bag of girl clothes to give to a different sister in law for her girls. Going through clothes is tedious, but doable. However, going through the box boxes... lets just say that i may have to medicate myself to get through that task.  Its going to feel SO GOOD to lighten the load around here.
  Join me if you like!
  if you have any instagram pics, hashtag #40bags40days or follow the movement on twitter also using hashtag #40bags40days

Christmas 2012

I never really sat down to do a Christmas 2012 blog, so i better throw one together. It makes me feel like I am on top of things when i blog about the holidays. Brandtley's 1st Christmas deserves a post, i think ! :) Its hard to believe we will celebrate his 1st birthday in less than a month, also!!…. well at least i hope we will, if i can get my butt into gear with party planning! ;) 

all the kiddos on my side of the family :) a whole lotta girls surround one lone ranger! Actually it looks like he is punching my niece here.. he better watch out, she's still bigger than him for now!

Some weirdo goofing with my baby. ;) 

jk, its my brother. though, he may be a weirdo, i can't be sure. 

The girls dressing up in their Monster High dress up clothes. 

bath time with the bubba boy :) 

 My dad and brandtley 

 Okay, whewwww! now a we can say i blogged about  christmas! :) 

The End.