Diaper Cake

My second attempt at a diaper cake...

Diapers (~35)
Wash Clothes (9)
Pacifiers (2)
Onesies (5)
Hair Bows (2)
Travel Sized Products (3)
Baby Powder (1)
Baby Bottle (1)

Nursery Complete

After many weeks of piecing the nursery together, I think we (really me) are done. Here are a few pictures of the girls' rooms.

Austin Baby #2 Updates

Well kids...looks like this one is going to be in for the long haul...!

I was so banking on Avery to come about three weeks earlier than the specified due date because Kennedy was 2.5 wks early. Well, all of my ultrasounds and appoints have been excellent and the little bugger is growing right on schedule.

I'm happy the pregnancy is going so well, but I had convinced myself that she would be here in late August...but, I guess she has other plans.

If anyone remembers, I order her name to be hung in her room from a lady I found on etsy. I rec'd them today (about three weeks later - not too bad!) and I do like them...however, the blue she used isn't quite the blue in the bedding, it should have been more aqua...but, I guess they'll do. They are still cute. I asked her to add a "little" pink to make the colors more feminine...I got a little more pink than I bargained for, but I still like them. Here is the bedding they are to match: http://www.migistyle.com/products.php?id=splash

Headbands

Michael Jackson died today (Thursday June 25, 2009) - but his music never will.

So! I'm so excited to share with everyone a great little etsy shop I found when looking for headbands. The headband I've been wearing almost everyday is a reverisble one I found on etsy at a shop called "sublimedzigns." The woman that creates all the designs is a stay at home mom of two. I ordered one headband from her and LOVED it so much, I asked her if I could send her fabric to make me some more.

She quickly agreed...and after putting it off for a month, I sent a package to her on Monday...well today, which is Thursday, she already has my headbands completed. Here's a picture of the final product! I know I'll probably have them by this weekend because she ships out super fast.

I "heart" her! Please check out her etsy shop for great finds for a great price! SublimeDzigns.

6/22/09: Hair Pictures

I'm at my desk...can you tell?!

Father's Day '09

Happy Father's Day to all the great Dads out there!

Last night I got feed up with my hair so I washed, conditioned, blowdried, straighted, curled and then set on the old fashion sponge rollers...since I haven't gotten dressed yet (it's 2:30pm), I have no idea what it looks like. What I can tell you is I started around 8pm and didn't finish until after 1am....now that's crazy.

I got up this morning at 6:30 to make a breakfast feast...I hope everyone enjoyed...I then took a nap until 1pm.

I took some cell pictures along the way, but they showed my splottish face to well, so I deleted them. I'll try to take one today after everyone gets dressed.

My middle sister is in town and she must be obsessed with Kennedy wearing bows - I've made her three sets in two days. Since I like making them, it's not a big deal. I'll include a picture of the one she is wearing today - mind you I got a text message instructing me to make a hot pink or lime green bow to coordinate with the outfit my mom is bringing...

On Friday, my dad celebrated his retirement with a dinner at Canoe. The restaurant will not get 5 stars from me...but at least his company picked up the bill. The food was fine, but the service was questionable. Everyone was there including a few extras. I felt like complete A$$ so I really didn't have that great of a time...and since my mother insisted on my wearing a dress/shirt, I felt everyone could see my swollen ankles and feet. In actuality they weren't that bad...but I think everyone is looking at me all the time.

That's all the gibber gabber I have right now. Here come a few pictures...which reminds me I need to charge my camera up!

Oh! I was able to sit in on Kennedy's "ballet" class on Saturday and the outfit she is wearing was a Marshall's/TJMaxx special from my mom.

Autumn, Kim, Nikki and Kennedy

Well, today's bow pictures will have to come later, because my camera won't turn on - guess I need to charge it!

Family Afros?

Well, as most people know, I cut ALL my hair off in August of last year...and I'm still asking myself why. Anyway, I wanted to share my growth since it has almost been a year and my natural hair will be celebrating one year of sobriety (free of chemicals) very soon.

August 2008

May 2009



Kennedy is taking "ballet" and they allowed us to watch the class this Saturday. I had washed her hair that morning, but didn't have time to do it, so she sported an afro. Notice her super cute tutu that dallas made!

...and this is Kennedy just being Kennedy.

Deal Alert

If you need to print out some pictures (ie father's day), go over to snapfish and upload your pictures. I'm pretty sure with a new account you'll get some sort of credits, etc. I just created a collage picture and my total price for a 5x7 picture was .79, so I got two of them...less than 2.00 right? Well, then I found a coupon online "5OFFNOW" and then they were free. It's $5.00 with no minimum purchase. I had to pay for the shipping which was $1.05. If I had known everything would have worked, I might have sprung for the 8x10 size...!

now on to my relaxing bath...cheers!

U/S Appointment

Well, today I had what I thought would be my last u/s...I was sadly mistaken! The appointment went well - I guess!

They measured the baby's head, belly and femur and everything but the femur measured around 25wks. The femur was long measuring around 27 weeks and a few days. They said nothing to worry about "having a tall baby." But, as many of you know, "we" shouldn't have a tall baby -so, I thought that was funny.

The estimated the weight of the baby being around 1lb. 3oz (I think that's what she said). My fluid is low so they want me to drink a whole bunch of water and rest more. Because my fluid is low and my blood pressure started to go up around week 30 w/Kennedy, I have yet another u/s appointment in three weeks...really?!

So, once again I'll be seriously late for work - and they will probably tell me to drink even more water. I have cheated and I drank 2 "tall vanilla lattes" from starbucks this month...they said I should stay away from caffine...like all pregnant women should do...but, it was a treat...I guess that's what I get.

The gave me a few face shots today from the u/s, but they didn't scan in very well...maybe I'll try again with another image - all I can really see are chubby checks!

Anyway, today I feel okay. I'm about to go give Kennedy a bath because she has been outside ALL day and is a bit dirty! Hopefully, we can retire early.

Memorial Weekend

It is amazing how fast "long" weekends go...and let me tell you how I spent mine...CLEANING! The beds have finally been rearranged to give Kennedy a full size bed and the new little one the crib. I also moved the changing table out of KLA's room which meant cleaning out all her clothes that she no long could wear and packing them up for storage. After pulling out some of her smaller sizes for the up and coming, I wish I had packed them better and labeled everything.

After Kennedy's room was straightened out, I put a little time into organizing the other room. The crib bedding looks good and I'm working on getting some letters made for hanging. If you're interested here is her "ebay site." She has been very responsive and that's always a plus for me.

Other than the rooms, I made a few hair bows and two to go along with a photo shoot for Miss Priss Tutus. The young ladies were so cute. You can run over to her site to see KLA posing. I'll post a few pictures that I got.
Have a great week.