The next Price Is Right model?

Peyton was having fun with this pizza box at Grandma's house.  She totally looks like she's modeling it on the Price Is Right.

Her hair is a mess in those photos above, but we can do a little ponytail now!  I'm so happy she doesn't yank it out like she does the bows and headbands.

Happy Birthday to My Boys!

We're finally home and getting back into a routine.  I have a looooong list of things to do this week and I'll eventually get around to sharing pictures of our cruise, but you might just have to be patient.  We got back Sunday which was Heath's birthday and the following day was Hunter's birthday.  We drove a couple hours to where the kids were after we got off the ship.  We had some cake and sang to the birthday boys.  Monday we drove home and Hunter got to eat pizza and play games at Chuck E Cheese, something he's been asking for forever.  Today they celebrated his birthday at school.  This weekend he'll have a bowling party with a few of his little friends.  I guess it's a birthday WEEK for him!

Improving My Sewing Skills

I learned about an online sewing class recently.  It sounded awesome.  The cost is $60.  It gives you access to all kinds of information and tutorials.  Basically, the class consists of 26 projects and each project teaches you a new skill.  You have access to all of this information for a year so you just go at your own pace. (If you're interested there is a button on the right side of the blog.)  I know some sewing basics, but I'm far from a pro.  My mom could teach me everything I need to know, but distance makes that difficult.  So, this is perfect for me!  I was very eager at first and completed three projects with the motivation of giving them as a gifts.  Lisa had given me a bunch of navy polka dot fabric to match her wedding colors so I put it to good use and made her a few things.

I learned how to do a zipper and made this cute little pouch.

Cute little polka dots inside.

A birdie bag!  How cute is that?  Lisa and John have a thing with birdies so this fits.

Learned how to do a draw string in this one.  This will be the bride's bridal emergency bag.

I filled it with these cute luggage tags.  One for each girl attending the bachelorette weekend.

And also made a birdie shirt for the bride.

Lisa's Bachelorette Weekend

My weekend away was spent at the beach in Deleware with 12 pretty amazing girls.  Prior to the weekend I knew or had met just 4 of them.  Today, I have a few more Facebook friends :o)  This weekend was to celebrate Lisa before her big wedding in just a few weeks.  I flew 2 hours to DC then drove 4 hours with a couple of girls to get to our final destination.  A big house was rented just a few houses down from the beach.  It had an awesome porch where we spent many hours and plenty of room for all us.  Besides one night we stayed at the house or sat on the beach.  Hurricane Earl left behind some BIG waves and PERFECT weather.

The Bachelorette

Personalized cups for everyone

This is Lisa's 'imaginary friend' group.  That's what we've been named since we met on the internet 7 years ago!  Other groups include sisters, college friends, and before birth friends.  I think we have the best group name :o)

All dolled up and ready to go out

I'll share some of the homemade gifts I made in another post.

Heath and the kids survived just fine as I knew they would.  It was so nice to get away!  Thank you, babe!

A getaway for mommy...

I'm leaving on a jet plane this morning for a whirlwind trip up north to the beach (Go figure, I have the beach right here!) to celebrate my dear friend, Lisa.  She's getting married in just a few weeks so this is her bachelorette party.  Daddy has kid duty for a little over 48 hours.  I know they'll be just fine!

Embrace the Camera: September 2

A little snuggle time before bed.

Jack Johnson

We were blessed with a (group) date night last week (Thank you Grandma and Sayer!).  We went to see Jack Johnson in concert with a bunch of out of town friends.  We went downtown early for some food and drinks and then over to the arena for the concert.  It was a fun night!

First Day

Today was Hunter's first day of 3 year old Pre-K.  He will go three days from 9-2.  He turns 4 in just a few weeks so he'll no doubt be the oldest one in the class.  He was SO excited to start school.  I walked into his room this morning and the first thing he said was "Is it time to go to my school yet?".  Today was finally the day!  He picked out a Spiderman lunchbox, no surprise there.

A shot of the whole outfit.  He was holding a caterpillar.  I made a cute key chain tag for his lunchbox to avoid having to write his name with a sharpie on it.

It'll be fun (or really sad) to see how much Peyton has grown when we take the last day of school photo next year.

I'm looking forward to being productive and spending some one-on-one time with my baby girl while Hunter is in school.

Room for Two

This is a wall in my house.  It was centered around a big picture of Hunter taken at 6 months old.  I knew that one day I would have to redo the entire wall in order to put in a picture of another child.  I made sure to get that special picture when Peyton was the same age and I finally got around to redoing the entire wall.  I took everything down and started over.

Ta-da!  And I'm sure I'll be adding more frames as time goes on.  A couple of them don't even have pictures in them yet.

Happy First Birthday, Baby Girl!

A year ago today you were born.   I was induced and 7 hours later you were here.  You've been a really easy baby.  (I've been really lucky to have had two easy babies.)  I've made it to my goal of a year of nursing and we're about to wrap that up.  I'm sure you'd keep going, but mama is leaving you for a week very soon so it's time.  You're a great eater and a good sleeper.  You're a happy little girl.  You're pretty friendly with everyone, but as soon as mama comes back into the room you've got to have her.  You love your brother.  He makes you laugh the most.  You look for him in the living room when you wake up each morning.  We've so enjoyed getting to know you and cannot wait to watch you blossom.

1 week old

7 months


The day before you turned ONE!

Here's the video I made.  It's REALLY long...like 17 minutes long.  I don't expect everyone to make it though the whole thing.  The music is good though!  Family, if I will see you tonight don't watch this now.  You can see it on the big screen later.

Peyton's First Year from Dena Powell on Vimeo.