mothers day is coming up:)

 MOTHERS DAY IS ALMOST HERE

 moth·er

Verb: Bring up (a child) with care and affection.

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. 

She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.

  A mother is something absolutely new. 

One of the best days of my life.

(aside to marrying this cuties daddy)

Ty is the greatest blessing to us.

 I love him with all my heart.

1. Are you a mom and if so how many kids do you have?

yes! I have one baby boy who is 5 months old:)

2. List  qualities that you love about your mom!

My mother is so  hardworking, creative, loving, sweet,

patient, kind, supportive, understanding...my best friend.

3. What is your favorite thing your mother cooks?

 DUH her macaroni salad:) mmmm!

Everything Mom

How did you find the energy, Mom

To do all the things you did,

To be teacher, nurse and counselor

To me, when I was a kid.

How did you do it all, Mom,

Be a chauffeur, cook and friend,

Yet find time to be a playmate,

I just can’t comprehend.

I see now it was love, Mom

That made you come whenever I'd call,

Your inexhaustible love, Mom

And I thank you for it all.

By Joanna Fuchs

I also love my mommy very much. She is truly a best friend to me.

I hope to someday be as good of a mother to my children

as she is to me:)

LOVE YOU MOMMY

to the moon and back

4. What do you love about being a mom?

 holding my baby, rocking him to sleep.

5. What are your plans for Mother's day?

spend time with family.

Tys first easter egg hunt

Saturday we ended up at the Whetman home for an Easter egg hunt. Ty is to tiny to

 really participate so we just pretended.

Jays helped him and I snapped the pictures.

ha see not to interested

but he can hold it

and put it in his mouth...like most things

LOOK what the Easter bunny brought:)

and again straight for the mouth:)

HOPE YA HAD A GREAT EASTER

rag burp cloths

I have a TON of prego friends right now... and I got to thinking that

I cant afford to buy them all something big or even an outfit...

so I got a couple yards of flannel material and decided

on some burp cloths for them all..That was one of my most favorite

gifts I received at my baby shower...and honesty the ones I use most...

I made a few different sizes. guess it just depends on

how much spit up you need to clean up..hehe

and yes...I do wear lime green socks!

I didn't do pictures of the process on these, cause honestly I was not

even sure if they were going to turn out that well...

however I LOVE them and could not be

happier with the turn out.

on the girls I used a middle piece of just cream cheaper flannel...

most people like to use warm and natural, but I think it is

a bit pricey...so this worked fine.

I ran out of the middle layer by the time I got

to the boys, but I actually think I like them more.

I found that on my burp cloths that are similar to these

I have some that are two and some three layers....so

I guess its just preference.. both should do the trick

I sewed two rows around...that's how the ones I got

for my baby shower were...I'm not totally sure why.. I think

one row would work fine, but I like the look of it...

also on the larger ones there is a seam down the middle

I'm sure its so the material will stay nice..

plus that's where you put it on your shoulder..so it works!

I fell in love with them as soon as I started...so I kinda just kept going

and going.. They were so easy and didn't take long at all.

To go with these I will be making stuffed animal toys 

to match...Ill post soon!

I linked up with

Heathers pillow

This pillow was for Heathers birthday. I have had a few questions on how to

make it...I didn't take any pictures in the process, so I thought I

would just explain it a little....

TOTAL RANDOMNESS... Its a lot like this project I did.

Just pile a lot of fabric and sew it RANDOMLY..some of the

fabric I cut into hearts, stars, her nickname..

 Seriously get out your scrap box

and I bet you could do the

same thing...

love  it

happy earth day

Earth Day Facts and Figures

Earth Day was celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970. In that inaugural year, 20 million people participated in the United States. Today, it is projected that more then 1 billion people in 180 countries will celebrate Earth Day.


•By simply recycling one aluminum can, you are saving enough energy to watch a TV for three hours. Recycling one glass bottle is enough to light a traditional light bulb for four hours.

•We use more than 80 billion aluminum soda cans every year. It takes 90 percent less energy to recycle aluminum cans than to make new ones.

•Recycling every newspaper would save about 250 million trees each year. Unfortunately, only 27 percent of all American newspapers are recycled.

•The average individual throws away approximately four pounds of garbage every day and uses about 12,000 gallons of water every year.

•The average car burns an average of two gallons of fuel a day. Each of those gallons releases 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the air.

•It takes plastic and aluminum cans 500 years to break down, and organic materials, cotton, rags and paper only 6 months to break down.

•Most families throw away about 88 pounds of plastic every year.

•We throw away billions of dead batteries away every year. This makes up 88 percent of the mercury and 54 percent of the cadmium deposited into landfills.

•Recycled paper uses 64 percent less energy than making paper from virgin wood pulp and can save many trees. Every ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees.

•Approximately 1-billion-trees worth of paper is thrown away every year in the U.S.

•Half a million trees must be cut down to produce each week's Sunday newspapers.

•Every year, 14 billion pounds of trash is dumped into the oceans. Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kill as many as 1 million sea creatures every year.

•The amount of wood and paper thrown away annually is enough to heat 50 million homes for 20 years.

•We use seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about 2 billion trees per year!

•Nearly 80 million Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day. That's enough recyclable aluminum foil to cover more than 50 acres of space or 40 football fields.

•Every year, Americans discards 16 million diapers, 1.6 billion pens, 2 billion razor blades, 220 million car tires, and enough aluminum to rebuild the U.S. commercial air fleet four times over.

earth day

 
 

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!!

go plant a tree and have a picnic