Saturday Fun

Today has been a real trying day! Samantha and I went EVERYWHERE this morning trying to put together a baby shower gift. I did the whole Get Samantha out of the car to only put her right back in thing oh about a million times! I am a strong believer of if you have to get out to look at the hours of a business that you can't see from your car, TAKE THE BABY OUT OF THE CAR! I am not going to end up a statistic! I have waited too long for this precious baby for that too happen. OK enough of my ranting and raving! LOL. So in reality she was really good but it is sad to say that I am just now realizing this as I type it. The shower gift turned out pretty well. and Sami had fun at the shower with Peyton and Teegan! Those are some cute little girls!!! and a hoot!! We took pictures of Samantha at the shower but I will have to upload them later. UGH I am getting back about not posting pics. I am just proud that you got three posts in a relatively short time period! HA. OH OH WAIT!!! random insert of thought here.. We did accomplish to go to Wal-Mart without Samantha climbing out of the cart!! and I got some grocery shopping done! So I am officially declaring this a win win day and not a trying day! I soo forgot about that! Lesson Learned! This is why I blog to realize lessons missed!

Quiet Time

Nothing special about this post..No pictures I have been up since 11:00. Samantha and I went to bed about 9:00 and I woke up at 11:00 thinking it was around 5 or 6:00. Guess that is a good thing. I feel refreshed!! We had a pretty rough evening. Thursday night went really good for the Downeys! Ha! Samantha helped me clean for a good hour! Did we make a dent in this house. NO! but she was a BIG help to me and we didn't fight at all! Since she gave me a break I thought I would return the favor and take her to Toys R Us to pick out some toys. HAHAHA..she has been crawling out of the shopping cart so I opted not to fight with the cart and just let her walk around! SHE RAN EVERYWHERE!! THREW FITS!! SCREAMED! But I was determined to get her a toy for her good behavior from Thursday. Sometimes you have to pick your battles..this is an old saying and I am trying hard to remember it from hour to hour. Samantha is a very strong willed little girl and sometimes (most of the time) I have little patience. I am working on that too. I call this whole process..The Trial and Error Twos!! As I type this Samantha is tossing and turning and I figure she is about to get up!! SO I am typing fast. A little bit ago she was saying "NO" in her sleep!! Probably telling me that..but then she started giggling..these are the moments that make up for the TRIAL AND ERROR TWOS...thats the end

The Pictures in My Head!

Today on Kelly's Korner, she is doing a Show US Your Life on things that we make and hopefully will sell. Here is the link to her page.
http://www.kellyskorner.com/2010/show-us-your-life-what-do-you-make-and.html.
I have been following her blog for a year now, Kelly's little Harper is about a month older than Samantha. It is fun to watch her grow up!
So I thought I would post some pictures of things that I have made and would like to sell but never got around to doing it. I am hoping this post gets some attention and maybe get me the motivation that I need. So if you would like to inquire about either of these things, just shoot me a message.
The first thing that I have made and thought came out to almost like the picture in my head were these invitations. Girls, you know the pictures in our head that are BEAUTIFUL, but when we actually attempt to make something it turns out less than steller...ya you know what I am talking about. So here are a couple things that turned out like the pictures in my head.

I have another 1st birthday invite that I have done, if you would like to see that just ask. I haven't edited the picture yet so I can't post it. These were really fun to make, I can do pretty much anything you like. I don't have prices yet, if anyone would like for me to make you an invite then just ask. Right now, I do not have set prices, maybe I will just price on an individual basis, as to what is wanted on the invite.
For halloween this year my daughter was a Veterinarian. She LOVES her puppy and can pretty much be seen with it everywhere. So I dropped the ball this year on buying her costume. I decided to try and make it. I think it turned out pretty well. So if your interested in next year for Halloween, I can make your little on this costume OR it would make for some cute dress up clothes!!

If you would like for me to make you any of these, feel free to email me or message me. I will work individually with you on prices and what you would like. I am down to earth and I am just trying to be a creative mom for my little one. I understand being a parent and having to pay ridiculous prices for homemade items, so working individually seems like it would be a good way to start! Who knows it might turn in to a business?! Enjoy!