Our Little Princess Girl!

I went to a baby shower on Saturday and came home to the most beautiful princess I had ever seen! Daddy dolled Emma all up! He put make-up on her, painted her fingernails, did her hair really pretty, and dressed her in her fairy outfit. She absolutely loved it! She is obsessed with princesses and wearing dresses. She will look at herself in the mirror and just twirly her head and think she is the stuff! It is so cute! What a good Daddy!!!

This picture is just too cute! Once again, this was Daddy's doing, giving her a fun bath! Because of my big belly and bending over the tub the baths mommy gives are not as fun lately. Emma is so lucky she has such a good daddy!

9th month of pregnancy!

I am officially in my 9th month of pregnancy and only have a few weeks to go! However, I don't think the baby will last until my due date, April 8th. I know I am sure hoping he comes early! Emma was 12 days early so we are keeping our fingers crossed. Mommy symptoms include, major heartburn, no sleep, aches and pains, tiredness, accompanied by many of the first trimester symptoms as well. I Can't wait to get this baby out not only for my own comfort/selfish reasons but we cannot wait to meet and hold out little guy! :)

Baby Shower!

My friends Jamie and Melissa threw me the most adorable shower ever! The had lots of yummy food including my favorite, hot fudge sundaes with all the toppings you could image! We played a baby word scramble, baby gestures, and matched baby pictures with the guests that were there. It was a lot of fun. We had a great turn out and my our little boy got royally spoiled! We are sad that we don’t live by any family but we have a great ward family that makes up for it! There are seven of us in our ward right now that are pregnant right now and it is so much fun!

Pottery Barn Curtains - $715

I finally got curtains made for our living room! We love the Pottery Barn look but could never afford to decorate our house with their stuff so we just have to copy their style! It would have cost us $715 to buy these drapes, including the rods, if we were to buy them from Pottery Barn (above). Instead Luke and I went to a great home decor fabric store with super good prices and found some similar fabric for only $10 a yard. After all was said and done we ended up spending $190, including the rods, to make our curtains. (see below) There are four tall windows so I had to make four panels.

Luke has been working CRAZY hours (until midnight or 1 am!) so I have kept myself very busy with lots of projects. Here are some that I have been working on.

Cradle Bumper and sheet

Binky Clips

Crayon Rolls

Grocery Bag Holder

Cool Picture and Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day! Unfortunately Emma and I are spending the day alone. Daddy is at the office all day studying for a big test he has on Tuesday. We will celebrate when his test is over. Good Luck studying Luke and Happy Valentine's Day, I love you.

I love this picture of Emma. We went to the Denver Aquarium right before I flew home a couple of weeks ago and she absolutely loved it! It was a lot of fun and really neat.

These are the best sugar cookies ever!!! I love making these sugar cookies. This is a recipe from Luke's grandmother. It was a school recipe so it is super huge! The recipe I have is half of the original and I always half the recipe and it makes a ton! If you like sugar cookies I would recommend making these, SO GOOD!!

Luke's Grandma's Sugar Cookies

8 sticks of butter

4 C. Powdered Sugar

1 1/4 C. Sugar

4 eggs

10 cups flour

1 1/4 TBS. soda

1 1/4 TBS. cream of tarter

1 TBS. Vanilla

1 TBS. Almond Flavoring

Chill until stiff. Roll 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick. Cook at 325 degrees for 12-15 minutes.

A Present from Me to You!

I saw this on my friends blog and I love it!!!

The first five people to comment on this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.)
4. You will have no clue what it is going to be.
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me you did will win a marvelous homemade gift by me!Let the games begin!!

(Oh, and I have to be able to contact you with mailing information!!!)

Baby Bedding!

I got baby boy bedding for the crib on Saturday and I love it! I was in no rush to get the crib bedding but Luke's work "pays" him to work out, go to his routine physical, go to the dentist, etc. and he had just gotten an $85 gift card in the mail for Target. Target just happen to be having a big baby bedding sale that week and had a new set that I loved! So, we went to Target and got the bumper, skirt, and sheets. They also had a knitted blanket and receiving blankets to match which I would normally never have gotten but because we had the gift card we just got it all to match and it is so cute! It is more modern than "cutsie" baby boy but I love it and I hope he, "baby boy" does too!