Let's giveaway some jewelry...

Labrodite rondelles and fine silver discs on sterling silver earwires...$20
Smokey quartz rondelles on handmade sterling silver earwires...$15
(didn't mean to add this pic again, I am on Michael's mac and I don't know how to do everything on it yet...oops!)
Brushed fine silver discs on 14K gold filled earwires...$25


Leave a comment to enter my jewelry giveaway for...


$50 Gift Certificate for anything on my jewelry website!


I will be adding some new things this week so be sure to check them out! Be sure to leave your email address in your comment if I don't know you :)

Hmmm, I don't know...bangs or no bangs?

Bangs...

Or is it too Ally Sheedy from the Breakfast Club (not the look I was going for)? I am afraid I look just like her...it makes me laugh though.

I feel old...

I turned 30 yesterday. I have a few gray hairs to prove it.

Book recommendations and other random things...

So I took Will to the bookstore today to get some new books. We have done this before and found great books that he loves, but today I got so overwhelmed and didn't buy anything. There are soooo many books and I just couldn't choose! I want more "story" books for him. Not too long and not too short...know what I mean??? We have tons of board books, Eric Carle, Sandra Boyton, etc. So I need suggestions! What do you like to read to your little ones???

The new season of Project Runway started tonight...hope you caught it! Love this show!

If you have hard wood floors - you have to have one of these! It is the greatest thing ever! It vacuums and dusts the floor. Wayyyyy faster than sweeping! Just thought I would share.

I can now do birthdates on the Love My Baby necklaces. Only on the 1/2" circles... Not the best picture, but it does look really cute in person!

That is all for now...:)

Getting settled...

We have spent the week getting settled in. Michael is already working a lot so it has been Will and I hanging out. Luckily one of my friends from Jackson is here and we have been getting together. We have kids the same age so it has been great to have some company! :) Of course I haven't taken any pictures, ugh.

As I said in an earlier post my mom and dad came up to help us unpack. My mom actually flew to Ohio to make the trip with us and watch Will during closing (which was a blessing because there were a few kinks to work out with the house!). So mom spent almost two weeks helping us out!!! Thank you mom and dad!!!!!! Seriously we would still be in boxes no doubt! Will had a great time with his Grandi and Grandad - LOTS of attention as usual. I know he hates it when they leave - he doesn't quite get away with everything he does with his grandparents..:)

Will has been a little clingy so I don't get much done around the house when he isn't napping! It is strange for him because he has always been pretty independent and likes to play with his cars etc. Maybe it is the new surroundings... He is saying a lot now and repeats everything you say. It is pretty cute.

Here are a few pics from the week!


Having fun with grandi and grandad (taking an unpacking break!)


I like this picture...
The day they left...Will cried (so did mom). It was so sad!
It has been rainy so Will has been trying out his galoshes (sp?)...
Havin' some juice...
My little man...
His butcher job of a haircut...I can't blame the girl. He moved his head every time she tried to make a cut. Oh well it will grow I guess.
Here is a semi-finished pic of the den. I still need to add some different pillows (which you can't see in this pic) to add some color to all the BROWN! I think I have every shade of brown in there!

Winner time...

I used RANDOM.ORG again and here are the winners....

#9 MANDY

#4 JENNIFER

Congrats!  Just drop me an email through my website and let me know what you want!  Once again if there is something you have in mind that you want and don't see on the website just let me know!

In other news, we have just moved into our house and are getting settled thanks to my parents coming to help!  I don't know how in the world we would have gotten unpacked, etc. without them!  I will post some house pics soon :)

Jewelry Giveaway!

oops it's sideways...

So these pictures I posted of jewelry are not very exciting, but I just wanted to show that I can do short names (or monograms) and I also have a new upper case font that matches the lower case! I thought the name one was cute...Anyway, you can add beads to these as well. I have a few other new things, but it is late and I would have to get them off the card, load them on the computer, out them in a folder, blah blah blah. The thought of that right now makes me tired!

Alright - so jewelry giveaway! Just leave a comment along with your email if I don't know you and I will draw on Sunday! So the drawing will be for...

$50 Gift Certificate for anything on the website...

Yeaaaaa moving day!

Well we are moving again...the movers loaded everything yesterday and it is on it's way to our new house. It has been a long few days. We were told two days before they were coming to pack and load that we would receive our things between June 30th and July 12th!!!! We freaked out! Anyway, long story short we should be getting it by the 2nd, but we'll see how that pans out! Ugh!!!!! Oh well, thank goodness my mom has been here helping with Will. The movers were there from around 11:30 to 7:00! So mom spent several hours at the mall with Will (she didn't really know her way around so the options were few!). He was so good for her thank goodness and crashed at the end of the day. Anyway, we are staying at our friends house (who are out of town) until we close on Monday - or until our things get here!

I will post a jewelry giveaway tomorrow so check back!

A visit from friends...

Sweet Avery...
Grabbing a handful of Will!
Just playin'
How cute is she???
I promise I dress him everyday...
Will teaching Avery some new things...
I love to swim!!!!

This past weekend my good friend Lori and her 9 month old Avery from Jackson flew up to see Will and I. Michael spent the weekend with her husband and another friend from residency in Arkansas. They played golf and spent time out on the lake. Lori and I were discussing what a long weekend it would be home alone with the kids so she decided to fly on up and hang out! We had so much fun. I miss her a ton!!!! Avery is so precious and one of the sweetest, most content, happy babies I have ever met. She didn't cry or fuss the entire weekend. Will was really sweet to her too. He shared his toys and tried to share his sippy cup with her :) We did a little shopping and got our babysitter Saturday night so that we could go to dinner. It was fun! Thanks Lori for making the trip! Can't wait to see you again...:) Here are a few pictures from the weekend. We meant to get a picture of all four of us, but we forgot :(

Mmmmm....

is what Will says when he eats (well just about anything) popsicles. Of course today wasn't what I would call a popsicle day - it was around 71 degrees all day (cold front I guess)!

We have been kind of boring lately. Just counting down the days until moving day! We can't wait! Things with the house are coming along and we are so ready to be settled in one place!!!! Of course we lived in Jackson for 5 years, but I guess we never felt settled because we knew we would be moving eventually. Then of course being in Ohio for 1 year...I feel like we just moved here! Speaking of Ohio - here are a few reasons why I am glad to be moving back down south:

1 - I will be able to talk to a stranger, order a meal, or pretty much converse with anyone without them saying, " You aren't from around here are you?" or "I am detecting an accent..."

2 - I will not be the only person in the state that dresses their child in smocked jon-jons and I will be able to take Will out in a smocked jon-jon without someone saying, "How old is she?" or "She is so cute." I know that maybe it's a little froo-froo, but they are only little for a short time...

3 - Every restaurant will serve sweet tea.

4 - I won't have to deal with another FREEZING and DEPRESSING winter.

5 - This one is for Michael it about drove him crazy during football season - didn't bother me so much....The Ohio State Buckeyes! Go Vols!

In all seriousness there are lots of things I will miss about Ohio. I will probably miss more things here than not - it really is a great place. So I hope I didn't offend any northerners or midwesterners (I don't know?).

The other night in Target Michael, Will and I were getting a few things. Michael had Will in the cart and I went to the aisle across from the aisle (across the walkway aisle you know what I mean). Anyway, these annoying women probably my age or a little older walked over and were looking at the water toys along with me. Will squealed out a couple of times - nothing wild and crazy (and I am not one of those moms who think their child can do no wrong - seriously it wasn't bad or even that loud). So at this point the three women are at the end of the aisle closest to Michael and Will and one turns around and puts her back to Michael and Will and says, "Don't you hate it when people bring their kids out past their bedtimes (it was 8 and will goes to bed around 8:30, it wasn't late) and expect them to be good in the cart, blah, blah, blah." Immediately my blood started boiling (and those of you who know me know I hate confrontation and am rather passive unless something makes me really mad! Remember that time I went off on that old roomate DeeDee? Hahaha!). I couldn't let her get away with talking about my baby like that! So I walked up between all three of them and got in the girl's face and said, "Actually his bedtime is 8:30, thanks." She turned every shade of red and said "Oh I didn't mean him, I was talking about like kids at Walmart out really late..." (What does Walmart have to do with it? ANYWAY...). It felt kind of good. I guess it was just maternal instinct to defend your child you know. I don't know, it just made me mad. Just thought I would share. :)

Happy (Belated) Birthday Michael!

We made a quick trip to Nashville this past weekend. Michael's brother, Berry, had surgery so we wanted to go down and see him! He is doing great! We love you Berry.

While we were there we celebrated Michael's 18th Birthday! Haha... I love you ;) We had fun hanging out with Mimi, Uncle Berry, Aunt Ann, and Uncle Kyle. DeeDee, Abby, and Beau were in town so that was a treat being able to see them. Will adores Abby and Abby adores Will. They are really cute together. Will and Beau got along great too. As long as they each had their own cars to play with...:) Once again I didn't take enough pictures, but here are a few.

I also had to post this picture of Will in the pool! He loves the water!!!! Check out that toothy grin... Hope everyone had a great weekend!



T - R -O -U -B -L -E...Berry and Ann are trying to make sure no one falls!
Happy Birthday to Michael!!!!!
Aunt Dee Dee fed Will a HUGE piece of ice cream cake...she knows the way to a man's heart! :)
Another famly photo and no he didn't just get a thermometer meat fork for his birthday :)

Winners!

I found a website that will draw a number for me called RANDOM.ORG. I have seen it used on other sites where they can actually post the results, but I couldn't figure out how to do it... Anyway I plugged in all the numbers and here are the results!

#35 - The Hadfields (Amy)
#43 - Stacy

Just email me and let me know what you want! Go to my website www.lovemybabyjewelry.com and go to Contact Us and you can email me that way!

Thanks to all who entered....we'll do it again at the end of the month!!!

Too funny...

You can still enter the drawing the previous post (since I am not drawing until Sunday night) - but I had to go ahead and put this on the blog so I don't forget! Whenever I get around to doing the blurb blog book I want this in there. Anyway....

Last night it was storming and of course the thunder woke Will up so we put him in bed with us. He laid down between us and was quiet (I assumed he had fallen asleep). Then a big bolt of lightening flashed and we hear Will say, "Coooool!" Of course Michael and I cracked up! He has been saying cool for a while, but he would usually say it about a car or a pair of his shoes because I will always say "cool car" or "cool shoes." So Michael and I weren't sure if he could use it in the right context...obviously he can! Also when it would thunder he would kind of whimper and I would say, "it's okay..." so from then on everytime it thundered he would say "okaaayee." It was really cute. Needless to say we didn't get much sleep last night. I had to eventually put him back in his bed after the storm passed!

Let's do another giveaway...

Long time no post I know.

It is time for a jewelry giveaway! I also want to say thank you to all of you who have ordered jewelry! I was so busy with Love My Baby necklaces for Mother's Day and I know it is from so many of you spreading the word about my website! I think I made around 60!!!! So thank you! I love making jewelry and because of all of you I can! I surprised myself by getting them all out in time because those of you who know me know I tend to procrastinate...;) I guess I knew there would be a lot of upset mommies if they didn't have a Mother's Day present! So let's do a "Customer Appreciation Giveaway" (sounds like a car dealership contest or something).

Leave a comment to enter (leave an email if I don't know you). I will draw TWO names for:

A $50 Gift Certificate for anything on the website!

Oh yeah...I will draw the names on Sunday!

18 Month Stats...

Will had his 18 month check-up the other day and is still at the top of the charts! He weighed in at 30 lbs 11 oz and 34" tall. My back is starting to be affected by the boys weight! :) He is like a sack of potatoes...

I took these pictures of him while he was still in his outfit for his 18 month pictures. I can't wait to get the proofs back!

I love my mom...

I just wanted to blog a Happy Mother's Day to my wonderful mom! I am not the greatest with words so I will make this short - I love you SO much mom and am so thankful God made you my mom.:) I pray that I will be half as good a mom to Will as you have been to Kyle and me. I LOVE YOU!!!!

Here are a few pics of my mom and I that I have on my computer...


How cute are my mom and dad??? There is little ol' me!
Check out that chair and robe! Hilarious - mom looks good though!

Me and my cute mom...don't know what she was thinking though when she chose that wallpaper :0 Haha, just kidding mom...I know it had to be "in" if you chose it!
Meeting Kyle...



I can't believe I just put this one on the blog...need I say more?
Will and his Grandi!

Will and mommy - I love you buddy - thank you for making everyday Mother's Day for me!

Playing at the Park

We enjoyed the nice weather this weekend...hope you did too!

Peat and Repeat 1
Peat and Repeat 2
He loved wearing the hat - he never even attempted to take it off. Not my first choice in hats, but he does look cute!
We all wore hats that day...
Walking through the dandalions...