Two Ten Minute Projects.

 In my mind I imagined that all of Brecken's birthdays would be full of balloons, bubbly clowns, lots of food, a candy buffet, and over the top party favors.

Now, the reality has set in that no two year old really cares what their party is like--really.

He was less interested in the presents, and more in awe of the balloons.

He could care less what he was fed, as long as I let him eat in peace without the camera in his face.

The wonderful party favors--he used then as chinese throwing stars to chuck at his cousins.

But I did what all good Mommas do. I still made things for his party because even if he may not care, I certainly do and will. forever. and. ever.

The pendant banner was simple.  It was one of the projects that I have made in the past and will probably make again and again because it is so simple.

For this project I cut out pendants using a rotary cutter and then I purchased Double Wide Bias Tape. "Double Wide" is important to know.

Once I pulled the tape out of the package I then laid my pendant pieces in between the two folded layers of the tape.

Pinned them in place.

Sewed down the bottom of the tape and voila.

Done in 10 minutes flat.

 For the next project I cut mustaches out of paper.

Once they were cut out  I sewed two of the mustaches together, making sure to keep a small space open to fill with candy.

Once all the mustache pouches were filled I then sewed them shut.

One rip later Punk was enjoying the joys of M&M's.

Want to make your own candy pouches? Check out these tutorials here and here....no need for me to repeat history, right?

Thanks for stopping over!~

Photo wall.

So remember a long, long time ago when I asked for suggestions for my bare dining room wall?

Yeah, it was a looong time ago.

And remember how I promised that one lucky duck  a special somethin' somethin' from me for being my inspiration for my wall?

Well, we have a lucky duck.

My inspiration for my wall came from Julie of Less Than Perfect Life of Bliss.

I ended up doing shelving in my dining room because Hunk would have had a heart attack if I would have hammered more holes in our walls.

I am one of those people that loves change-I love moving my furniture, I love changing out bedding, I love redecorating my mantle, I love repainting furniture over and over again.

I love her idea because I can change out pictures and holiday decorations easily and I am not stuck with the same wall for months.

Change is good, right?

;)

Thank you everyone for the great ideas! They were all amazing and wonderful.

And thanks Julie for the rockin' idea! (email me when you get a chance so I can send your special package).

Hope you are having a great day and thanks for reading!

Little Man Birthday

 

 

So between my sister and I we took a million pictures at Punk's birthday-then I went and accidently deleted all but a few of them.

There were some cute ones.

I may have shed a tear or two.

Anyway, his birthday this year was more low key. I decided on a "Little Man" theme. Lots of grays, navy blues, bow ties, pendant banners, mustaches, and pizza.

I usually do a whole sha-bangin' dinner, but my party planning has been lacking the last few months so I had Domino's save the day. 

Aren't his cupcakes cute?

 The tootsie roll mustaches started to melt and loose their form a little, but Punk loved them-especially the next day when he climbed on the counter and ate 7 of them in one sitting.

yummy.

More pictures to follow.

Thanks for stopping by friends.

He's two.

Happy Birthday Boo!

I can't believe today you turn two.

I still remember the day we found out we were pregnant with you; your Daddy cried, I was in shock. Earlier that day we had both just graduated from college with our Masters degrees and ironically it was also Mother's Day.  I thought my life was just beginning to only find out that I was now going to be a mother.

Pregnancy was hard.

I was sick everyday. I lost weight. I threw up a lot. I slept a lot. When I got admitted to the hospital at 27 weeks I secretly was hoping you would arrive early. At 30 weeks the doctors said that if you didn't come now there would be a chance that neither of us would make it. You see you Mom's liver and kidneys were starting to shut down and I was in a great deal of pain.  

The doctors didn't want to wait for your Dad but I begged them to wait two hours so he could drive back to the hospital. I didn't want to do it alone.

When you were born it took 28 minutes to revive you. Your Dad was scared; I was calm and peaceful. He thinks I was this way because of the medicine, I say Heather Father was watching over both of us.

I was naive back then, I imagined that even though you were a preemie that we would take you home by Thanksgiving and that you would be our tiny bundle of joy to share with friends and family for the holidays.

Little did I know that we would spend weeks in the hospital, months in Denver, half-a-year on oxygen, and over a year at weekly doctor appointments.

Today, I look at you and see a miracle. No longer in need of oxygen, no longer fragile and small you are a perfect little boy.

The day I found out I was pregnant with you I want you to know now what I didn't know back then, my life really hadn't started until you.

I have now replaced my career, clean clothes, orderly house, sleep, sanity, and free time with something better.

Now I have you.

Right now you are running around the kitchen with a helium balloon in one hand and a sausage pancake dog in the other. You are gabbing on about something that I can't understand, but I know you are happy and I know that this is right where I am suppose to be.

Someday when you read this I want you to know that I have learned so much from you.

You've taught me how to earnestly pray.

You've taught me that Heavenly Father has a plan for all of us.

You've taught me that even that smallest spirits have the largest hearts.

You've taught me what a contagious laugh sounds like.

You have taught me what it really means to have unconditional love for someone.

You've taught me how to let loose and let things get destroyed. 

And most importantly, you've taught me how to be a mother,I will always be in debt to you for this gift.

I love you, Brecken. 

Love, 

Hozzy (I wish you would call me Mom...FYI) 

Halloween

Halloween in our house is always a two-three day ordeal. It usually involves multiple costume changes and more candy than the stocking stuffer section at Walmart.

This year was less insane.

(worst picture ever...I know)

We did the usual Trunk-or-Treat at our church. Surprisingly, John actually dressed up and went along with the whole "make a fool out of yourself" idea.  John and Brecken were a cute duo, unfortunatley, neither of them would stand still long enough so I could get a picture.  

Over the past month or so I have been really racking my brain on what to make Brecken for Halloween. I knew he needed to be something a little more wild and crazy because there would be no way he could pull off a cutesy chick again with he fiesty attitude.

So I decided on a costume that would be a little more manly. My sister already had a adult dinosaur costume that she made a few years ago so I decided I would make Brecken a twinner with his dad. My mom, bless her heart, made he cute costume that John keeps saying I need to frame.

haha.

And with his fiesty attitude making daily appearances it also made me question how much Trick-or-Treating I would let him do.

Usually I take him downtown and we go to all the businesses and get candy (it's a mad house down there) but because of the rain and his need to run away we bagged that idea and decided to just stick around our neighborhood.

Between the Trunk-or-Treat and my sister's office he scored enough candy that I decided to re-give on Halloween night. Is that tacky?

I hope not, because if I would have kept it I can guarantee that I would have a serious dentist appointment scheduled three months from now.

Hope ya'll had a safe Halloween!

;)