Presley turns 2!!!

Seriously where has the time gone?!

I am so not good at this blogging thing! But I am going to keep trying to get better, I promise!

Well a lot has happened since I last posted anything. But the biggest news would be that we now have a 2 year old in our home!! YEP, Presley turned 2 today! We had a birthday party for our little girl yesterday that was so much fun!

Presley and Daddy after a fun filled party

The birthday girl ready to party!

Stole all the suckers from the pinata

Since she has the perfect summertime birthday we always make a good party out of her birthday with a BBQ and all for our family and close friends across the street from us. The last 2 weeks leading up to her birthday have been extremely busy for me as I love to make all sorts of stuff myself from the party decorations down to her cake!

Birthday banner

Presley and her Olivia cake

We did an Olivia the pig theme and it turned out perfect! I was able to find all the party supplies at birthday express. I ordered her party dress from this cute etsy shop. (Which I must add was perfect in every way!) and I made the matching bow! And I made her super cute birthday banner (thanks to my fantastic cricut machine!)

And there's the cake! Man oh man cake making is so much fun, but SOOO much work! I don't know how cake makers can do this stuff day in and day out, I mean sure its so fun and rewarding when the product is all finished. But the work and HOURS it takes to get there are exhausting! I did a 2 tier square cake with white cake and a chocolate ganache center and covered in marshmallow fondant. And for Olivia I molded rice krispy treats and covered it in fondant as well. I was so happy with the finished look!!!!

Olivia the pig cake

Jeremy was in charge of the grill and made some great burgers and hot dogs, we had plenty of good food!

We also had a pull string pinata for the kids to do. And it only took 2 pulls and it opened, so unfortunately only Presley and her friend Cohen got a chance to pull the strings :( But of course the kids were all super excited to get their own stash of candy!

Presley and her cousin Kasen

Presley with mom and all her birthday loot

And then of course we had presents! And boy did Presley make out good! She has plenty of summer toys to keep her more than busy! I think that she along with all the other littler kids were super excited about the slide that Grandma B got for her, Presley was a bit impatient and would "help" push the kids down the slide so she could have her turn! (this is where I insert her "mean" nickname of "Helga"!)

What more could this adorable little girl have asked for for her birthday?! she had good food, fun, family and friends , (and presents galore!) It doesn't get any better than having the ones you love and care about around to let you know how much you mean to them, we are blessed to have such loving and caring family that surround us in  our daily lives!

I still cant believe that Presley is already 2 yrs old! Time really does fly after having kids! I am loving every minute of being a mom and cant wait until we have another one!

Presley is growing by leaps and bounds everyday! she does and says so many new things everyday!

Presley's stats:

• Diapers: Size 4 , but has taken an interest in the potty and likes to sit on it before we put a fresh diaper on (I also made her some super absorbent training pants we are going to try soon) <--- Presley had to try them on for size after I finished making them. She understands when she has gone potty in her diaper and will tell you she "stinky" and pinch her nose:)
• Clothes: She is a little thing so she can still fit into a lot of 18 month clothes. I bought 24 month shorts for her and they a a bit big in the waist and I bought 2T shirts so they will last a good amount of time. She also wears a size 5 shoe, but true to both grandmas chooses not to wear them most of the time.
• Likes: She LOVES Olivia the Pig (a bit obvious, I know) "No White" (we watch Snow White AT LEAST once a day, both at home and grandmas), Presley could spend all day out in the sunshine if we let her too! We bought her a swing for the backyard and that's all she ever wants to do!
• Words: her vocabulary is pretty good, everyday she says a new word, most of which are easy to understand, there are a few that we cant make out, but you can tell she definitely knows what she is saying. She loves to say "I love you", "hey! come back here!", and can say all of the dogs names from our home and both grandmas houses.
• Food: This is a tricky one, she is super picky! one night she may devour mac and cheese and the next day not want anything to do with it. She loves Milk, Mexican food, and fish (like her mom). likes "nacks" (goldfish, fruit snacks) and likes apple juice. She not much of a sweets eater which is fine by me!

So there is her birthday bash and a quick update on how she is doing.

Her birthday is actually today, which this year happens to be fathers day as well! We spent the morning outside letting her play in the sun with her slide, pool, and toys and she had a blast. Jeremy is such an amazing dad to Presley!, it just warms my heart to see the two of them together, I love the sweet moments they have when neither of them realize that I am watching them. I couldn't ask for a better husband or father of my sweet sweet girl!

Blah...

Life is pretty good lately, but I am just feeling so blah all the time.
Maybe I am in some sort of funk?

The beginning of February I received the dreaded call... Jury Duty! :(
I kept telling myself that they would not need me. So called that Friday to see if I was to appear on Monday morning, sure enough I was.
I went down and sat in this teeny tiny room filled with about 25ish people. I felt like a sardine. They had us fill out a sheet about ourselves and then had us each a video that i assume wad supposed to get us "excited" to fulfill our civic duties. As we went down into the courtroom I kept silently hoping that they would dismiss me and I could just go to work for the day instead of losing out on my wages. Sure enough I was the first name called tone on the jury after a bunch of group questions. Lunch was on the nice gentlemen juror next to me which was super nice of him. We finished up our deliberations and were excused by just after 3. So now I am off the hook for at least 2 years!
It was a very interesting experience, but I am glad that it only lasted the afternoon.

In other exciting news P has finally decided to say mommy! She has known how to say daddy I have tried to get her to say mom since before she even ever said daddy. It just melts my heart to hear her say mommy.
I took her out in the snow for the first time last Sunday since here in Utah we haven't really had any snow this winter. I got her all bundled up in her snow suit and boots [picture A Christmas Story].



She would not walk on the snow unless I held her hand, wouldn't touch or pickup the snow unless I picked it up first. After 15 minutes she was more than done and wanted to go back in the house. And that was that!

I have also been working on hats here and there, since Christmas is over I haven't really had a lot of orders coming in so it has allowed me to organize all the yarn and patterns and I have made up some cute ones just to see what they actually look like. I made P a beret style hat the other day, and I must say she looks sooo cute in it! I am hoping that I will continue to get orders coming in throughout the summer. I have started sewing, I went out and bought myself a nice sewing machine and have been whipping up some super cute headbands. and I am hoping that those will do well through the spring and summer! I love being able to spread my love for handmade things to others and being able to make a bit of side money never hurts right?!?

I was contacted by a women yesterday through etsy that was inquiring about me donating one of my breast cancer hats to help raise money for research, you can bet that I jumped on that as quick as I could!
I have had 2 people in my life be diagnosed with this horrible disease, My grandmas sister unfortunately lost her battle to breast cancer a few years back, but she fought a valiant fight!
And my Mother-in-law is a survivor of breast cancer!
So this is something that I have a passion for as I see how hard it is not only on the person dealing with it but for the families as well. So in the next few days I am not only going to be making one hat to send out to this lady, but I am going to send 2 or 3 (per J's request) anything to help a wonderful cause!

So there is a quick update of our lives, until next time!

Getting even craftier

Alright so I must admit I have this disgusting new addiction to Pinterest as mentioned in my previous post. I have pinned a lot of things and spend all together way to much time on this site, it has come at the cost of me having all these "great ideas" for the home. I recently made some blocks with out last name and the year we were married. I had J cut the 2x4 for me into my desired sizes and then painted them black. I added scrapbook paper to them, then used my cricut machine and made my letters using vinyl. Super fun! I am pretty happy with the finished look, I think I just need to sand the edges a bit to give them a distressed look.

2nd project thanks to pinterest is this for valentines day. I can put this one here since J is not the blogging or reading type and so I know he wont see this. I loved this idea and have already started working on my list, it sure is hard to come up with 52 things to put in this. I mean I love J more everyday, but to come up with 52 is a bit of a task to say the least. I am also going to be taking a picture frame and inside there will be a sheet of pretty paper with lettering that will say "I love you because..." and then you use a dry erase marker and write a reason on it. I love it!!!

I am really into making homemade items lately, if only I had more time on my hands to do more! I love that you can personalize it more. Now i just need to figure out what to do for Presley for this valentines day. Sadly enough it lands on a Tuesday and that is my night to close at work so we will have to do our own thing on another night. That's all for this post.

{notice that I posted a lot sooner than usual? GO ME!!!}

2012 here we come!

Ok ok I know I have been a little.... well..... lazy when it comes to this whole blogging thing! I know some of you may just check this out here and there to catch the newest pics of Presley (hey and if the hubby and I make it in a shot too) I havent posted on here since September so I am sure that alot has happened and for sure Presley has done some pretty cool and fun stuff in that time.

For Halloween we decided to go with a costume that suits her natural red hair so we picked out Raggedy Ann. She sure looked cute. Thanks to my mom for taking her pictures for us! We carved a pumpkin with her this year too, this is a tradition that I would like to keep with until our kids get too old ;) 

Christmas seemed like it came and went this year. Presley made out pretty well with Santa Claus and all. Santa brought her her very own kitchen set equipped with all the cooking utinsels and food a little girl could ever want (which makes our living room and constant tornado effect of food strung everywhere!) She got new clothes and lots of new toys sure to keep her very busy for a long time coming.

As for J and I...

J is loving his job that he switched to back in may, he seems so much more happy, although I am not a fan of or use to having him work overtime, but the extrra money is helpful to say the least!

I have been keeping very busy the last few months theres no doubt about that! I have been doing really well with my little side business. Now that Christmas is over I have slowed way down which leaves me feeling super unproductive, but has allowed me to take a few moments to get some things done around the house as well as being able to hang out with Presley a bit more which is a win in my book! I have found a new obsession with this website. And Jeremy thinks I am going to re-do the whole house bacuse of this! (ok in my book, just need the cash flow to do it!)

I am not the resolution making type but I have a few things that I want to work on....

1. Being a better General Manager (hopefully I will be able to work more from home!) I need to be more on top of my paperwork and getting it taken care of on time.

2. Taking more pictures of us as a family. (I seem to never be in the pictures) :(

3. TRYING to blog alot more (its a fun way to chronicle our daily lives)

4. and most important! Be THE BEST mom and wife that I can be!

so here is to a wonderful 2012 to everyone!