Santas workshop

For the past few weeks Laney has been talking about Santa's workshop. We haven't been anywhere to see a workshop but I think they mention it in one of her Christmas shows. Yesterday after Caleb got home from work he told me he wanted to do something fun today so I thought why not make a "workshop" here! I planned it out this morning before nap and right when I put her down I put it all together. I wanted it to be a complete surprise for her:)

I pushed our table against the corner so we could make an "igloo" underneath. Another thing she has been talking about lately.

I wrapped her blocks so she could open them:) She doesn't care what is in it she just likes to unwrap gifts:)

Marshmallow snacks of course

I cut up little pieces of paper for her to glue on the tree. And a tiny hammer for building toys of course!

Her igloo:)

The black ribbon on the lamp is so Caleb wont bump his head:) We had the table moved for a while and he kept hitting his head.

coloring her picture.

We stayed in our jammies all day:)

I wanted something little to put her crayons in so I cut two solo cups hahaha a wee bit jankdy

Marshmallow snack!

working hard opening those blocks

playing with her "gifts"

 Caleb had the great idea to put lights in her igloo! It is such a fun little cozy spot.

We had Christmas music on and ended the night with some no bake cookies. It was a wonderful christmasy filled night:) I love making these memories for my family:)

Have a jolly Tuesday night

a nice break from blogging

I have taken a long break from posting:) I think about it everyday but just never do it! I am now 23 weeks preggo. yes I just had to check my phone to see how far along I am haha I seriously feel like only half of my brain is working.....Its very unfortunate.

here is my belly... It is now starting to feel like a pregnant belly and not just squishy. I am carrying low, I carried low with Laney too but nothing like this. It feels like he is going to break my pelvis. Sorry kinda graphic and I think I have said that before. half a brain people, work with me.

I just finished another Christmas project but didnt take any pictures of it yet. I will post the finished product later:) Sorry kind of a lame post. Caleb walked in the door right as I started to write so I forgot everything I was going to post because I just want to talk to him about his day! ha!
 Have a wonderful Monday night.

Last Posty of November

Why am I sad that NaBloPoMo is over??? oh right that's because I am CRAZY :p I like having to post but I also hate it.

We had a full day of shopping with Jenny and hanging out with Nonna and Maddy tonight. We went and got my moms tree. It was a great night to go since its warmish. I heard this could be our last warm week. I hope that's true! I want the snow!!!

She had a blast! She just ran up and down the aisles of trees the whole time:) In the picture above she was pretending to look for her friend Emma......I don't know who Emma is. 

I could not get a still picture!!

Have a wonderful night I am exhausted!!!!

Phew!

I have not worked out in a looong time! I know its bad. Before I got pregnant I went walk/jogging a few times but since then I haven't done anything!! I feel VERY weak and my back is getting achy. So I pulled out my prenatal yoga DVD and did it tonight for the first time this whole pregnancy. It was not easy but it feels so good! My back feels so much better! Right when I started and we were just doing the warm up stretches I could already feel a difference. I hope I can keep up with it! I was only ten minutes in and it felt like a half hour hahaha! I am so out of shape! I did cut it a little short because I started feeling nauseous  I feel like I am so fragile and I hate it! I think it is because I am so out of shape. The other day I was trying to carry stuff out to the garage and my heart was racing and I got dizzy. RIDICULOUS!! I have got to change that.

My sister Jenny made this tree skirt!! I love it! I think it is so pretty! You cant really tell in this picture but it is HUGE!! She started on Monday and finished today! I don't know how many hours she worked on it but every time I talked to her she was working on it....so a lot! This is the text she sent me today after she finished "Even though it was insane and I lost a few hours of my life and burned my thumbs 8 million times... I'm still glad I made it! I love it!" hahaha I love her:)

Have a sweet Thursday night!

22 Weeks and other news!!

First things first: My amazing beautiful cousin Ciara got married to the love of her life and father to her two beautiful girls today!!! I am so so so stinking happy for them! Best surprise ever:)

I don't really have anything to top that news;) we painted a table today in our living room:) it was black and chipped , it makes me really happy to see it all sleek and gray

 My mom bought me this vanity at an estate sale? I think thats what its called, when I was in high school and I still love it and use it!! We painted it right there so those cards under it were to keep the paint off of the carpet :p

I am 22 weeks today! I broke out the maternity jeans today and they are much more comfortable for sitting on the ground and playing! I still have room for some booty and thigh growing in these pants which is good! All of my maternity shirts are waaaay too big still but my long sleeved regular shirts make me look a little stuffed into them:/ awkward stage.


Well have a dreamy Wednesday night!

Mucho better

I feel so much better today! I am awake and alert! Laney and I have already done so much. We went to wal-mart this morning to get some more of our house keys made, we looked at some toys too that I think Santa might bring:)

We got the house cleaned and the floors swept. Well I did that. AND finished one of my Christmas projects I have been working on!

I started this post earlier:) Now it is almost nine and I have finished two projects!!! yaaay I feel so good about what I got done today!

 This is the "angel" I made Laney yesterday that I think looks like a monster hehe its the smile, it looks like she has monster teeth

 I really like this one:)

 This little tree has taken me forever to finish! I don't like the color of the green balls in this picture. I don't love it as much as I thought I would. I think if I did it again I would use the same size bals or maybe just not the larger ones. It looks a little lumpy. I love my advent calender back there though:)

 I made this tree skirt tonight!!! Dont mind the tinsel hanging down on it. This project was free!! Thank goodness I spent a lot of money on felt last year and did nothing with it :p I just cut out a circle of red felt then lined it up on the white and cut around it to make border and hot glued them together. this photo makes it look pretty lumpy and not symmetrical but it looks better in person :) I cut the top circle too big so I added a white circle so you couldn't see the base

 Eating a cookie behind the tree talking to Alfalfa dad

Have a festive Tuesday night!

out of it

I am so out of it today!!! I was just laying here watching extreme couponing  with the coumpter on my lap for an hour!! I completly forgot that I had it open to write a post.... I have no idea whats wrong with me today but I felt very quiet. Not sad. Not mad. Just quiet today. Super mellow, I didnt have any coffee today so that could be a factor.

Ok. I am watching extreme couponing and I think these people are addicted to it. It is a little freaky. I dont understand why they need so much stuff. I hope that people donate a lot of this stuff to charity because most of it would go bad before a normal size family could go through all of it. It takes hours to go through it all and check out. one woman was there for 5 hours. No thank you. That is just silly. One woman did 18 different transactions!

ok done with my bitching. Well maybe. I made two more ornaments for Laney and I am only at nine!!! OYE!!!

photo by Jenny Pritchard



This is a better picture of her dress:) and the cutest picture of Laney EVER! I love this sweet girl so much:) She brings my life so much joy:)

Have a great night