HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!! EVERYONE

Hello my patriotic friends,,, Wishing you all a wonderful fun July 4th weekend….. I love to see the fireworks, and all the family cook outs,, watching my grandkids with the sparklers..

 I can’t believe it is July already,,, and my Daughter is now due any time with the birth of her first… I am so excited, I can’t wait to meet this little guy.. his room is all ready for him… I have been busy with school so I have not been able to do much, to post about,,, but now I am off until the end of the month,, which is great timing so I can spend all my time with my daughter and her son when he decides to show up… I did make a dent in my old veggie garden area,, to make way for my rose garden,, but that is as far as I got… but know I am hoping to get more done… with it so I can show it off.. I have a great plan for my old metal bed frame,, can’t wait to get that done too…..

So have a Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and I hope the weather is gorgeous where you are at..

Until next time;;; God Bless;

HUGS;

Alaura

BABY SHOWER FUN!!!!!!!!

Good evening; I hope you all are enjoying a wonderful week so far… We are getting some really hot days now,, whewwww,,,,, but as of right now we are getting some pretty good storms…. but it is very humid out, glad I am in side.

  I am being a bad blogger, not getting around to visit you all… It seems that with Summer everyone gets so busy with out door things. But I am going to make sure tomorrow night after my classes I will be stopping by to see what you have been up too. 

Well last weekend was my Baby Girls baby shower, it was so fun,,,, every one had a great time, and I made way too much Pasta Salad,,,, I ate that all week, so I am not ready to eat that any time soon.lol  I did take a few photos,,,,, ok a lot of photos,, but I won’t bore you with them all.. so I will just  show off a few.. Ok here we go…

So this is the Mommy of the day,,,, I love her glow,, as of right now she is 81/2 months.. she is doing well,,, still working,, Ok I have to do some bragging on my baby girl,,,,, Heather has worked at her factory job for about 15 yrs,,, she is on her feet 8 to 10 hrs a day, wearing steal toed shoes and long pants with a hard hat and gloves…. now the work she is doing now is not that hard,,, just light work,,, which I am so happy about,,, so with that said,, Heather is a real trooper went to work with morning sickness,, now puffy feet from standing,,, she has not complained one bit… She is starting her leave after July 4th, which is two wks before her due date,, now I want her to take it now, but she said she wants to work as long as she can… The Dr.. said she is doing great and not to worry but you know how us Mommy’s are,,, we worry.. Ok I am done now,,just had to brag some…… thank you.. now more photos..

My niece Jenny made the diaper cake,, it is so cute..

 

Jenny and Heather;

I really don’t like this photo of me,,, but it is what it is,,, behind me on the wall is a photo of all three of my kids…. I just love it…. the girls are holding a Purple flower in honor of our sweet April….she loved purple..

 

My granddaughter Madison,, she wanted to get in on the games,,, she is trying to find small safety pins in a bowl of rice,,, you would think it would be easy,, but it is really hard to tell the difference between the pin and rice…..

Madison and my great niece Karly wanted to help hand her the gifts… they did a great job too.

Yeah look what I got!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She received two of the same PJ’s from two ladies,,, guess they have the same taste…..

OK this is Heather practicing swaddling Madisons baby doll… it was so cute,,,

 

Yeah!!! she pasted the test,,, it was touch in go there for a while,, but she made it…..

Top photo is the finished Quilt I made for Little Guy,,, I was worried about my fabric choices but it all flowed really well.. I was so relieved,,, and the colors are prefect with the Nursery…. hang in there I am almost done,,,,

A few of the gals she works with,, and Jenny…. and the gifts boxes I made for every one as a thank you for coming…. inside was a yummy tea light and a lavender sachet I made with my dried lavender,,, boy my dinning room really smelled great…..

 

Now the fun part of the party,,,, the cutting of the cake,,,, it was so yummy yum,,, 

Well I hope you enjoyed my photos of the shower,, we all had such a great time… 

Oh have any of you watched the new show on Bravo,,,, Millionaire Decorating?????? it is on Tuesday nights,, I am so loving that show,,,, the homes they decorate are gorgeous,,, and the money they spend,,, outrageous,,, what fun would that be spending someone else's money…  if you have not seen it,,, you should check it out if you can get it where you are,, you will love it….

  Thank you all so much for taking the time to stop by my little blog,, I  appreciate it very much, and for the sweet comments you leave,,,,  blog friends are the best…

So until next time; God Bless

Hugs

Alaura

Too many projects, and not enough time;

Good evening ladies,,, I hope your Memorial week end was a sunny and full of family fun.. I am so happy that we are having warm and sunny days. We had been getting so much rain, I was going to have a small lake in my back yard,,,, my grass really did some major growing too.  Any way, I have so many things that I want to do,, but I just don’t have enough time, or hands. I am on the home stretch with the baby quilt, I did get a few photos to share with you…. The baby shower is coming up soon it is on Sat June 11… and I have tons of things to get done….wheeewwwww  with my class at night for three hrs,, it is hard for me to get things done… oh well enough of that nonsense…

  I am so behind on my blog again,,,, oops sorry girls,,, I do miss you all so much… so I am going to make time at least twice a week to do some visits to you all.. I can’t wait to see all the gorgeous summer decorating you are all doing… OK on with the quilt photos…

This is the finished top with out the borders on… I was so worried about all the fabrics coming together,,,, and I was so excited to see it just flow together…. wink,,,,

  The browns and tans are a perfect match for the Nursery … I can’t wait to see it in there,,,, and don’t you worry I will be taking a lot of photos…. so show you…

Just a few close up shots so you can see the different fabrics… sewing all those 2 1/2 in strips together was not fun…. but it did come out pretty darn good,,, I forgot how many different fabrics I have,,, hmmmm should count them some time…. or maybe you would like to….. sort of like a jar filled with jelly beans and guess how many are in there…..ok got of track,,,, getting back on now…

I had to get a photo of it in the bassinet,,,still with out borders,,, it looks so pretty with it…. the colors are perfect……. yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh….. I am getting better at this ladies….

This is Little Guys bassinet,,,, I have it at my house I am hosting the shower… I can’t wait to see little guy in it….. not much longer,,, she is due July 15 but I think she will go early,, both of my kids were early so maybe she will take after me….

AWWWWWW don’t ya just love this little guy,,, he is so cute……………………………

Here are the three borders for the quilt,,and the binding..

Yeah!!!!!!! the borders are on,,,, not it is laying on my clean kitchen floor,, to start pining it all down…. my back is not going to happy with me later….

I like to use small safety pins, then hold better and I don’t get stuck all the time…..ouch…..

OK now I am ready to do some quilting……  OH NO,,,,, Iam out of white thread,,,, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…. the backing is a soft white flannel….I like to use white you don’t really see it much,, but you can still see the quilting part…. so I will have to run to Wally world and get some white sewing thread….. darn……  so I decided to do sewing on little stuffed pillows filled with my dried lavender,,, mmmmmmm I love the smell of lavender,,,, as a gift for every one for sharing in my Daughters big day… I have little boxes to decorate and and put in a scented tea light and yummy candy in side…  does that sound good??? 

Here is the goodie boxes that I am giving away,,, and the fabric for the pillows… oh and Heathers little boy ribbon pin,,, I am going to make it look a lot better….

I love all these different pink fabrics,,, they are left over from another Quilt… so I did get them sewed before I left for class,,, so I am going to do some stuffing when I get done here…. I will be taking photos to show you all how every thing turned out…. 

Well my dear sweet blog friends,,, I hope you enjoyed my photos today and the photos,,,, I am so happy to back here with you all,, even though I don’t post as much…. I hope to get on a routine and then I won’t be  MIA as much,,,,, I will be by to visit tomorrow I promise,, I want to thank you all so much to stopping by and taking the time to read my every day thoughts,, and projects…. it means the world to me…. You are just the Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So until next time; God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

THE BABY NURSERY……

 

 

Happy Monday ladies….. I hope your Mothers day weekend was a joyful one..Mine was so wonderful,, after Church my two sweet children too me to lunch then to Home Depot to let me pick out some plants for my yard,,,,,, I just loved it…… 

Today is a gorgeous day,,, sun is out and the birds are singing….. I hope you are all having the same kind of day…….  OK I went to help my baby girl with the nursery….  that is my baby girl in the photo by Little Guys crib…. she is 7months along but only looks about 5. Is she not  beautiful or what,,,,,,, but then I am her mom….hehehe  any way I took some photos of the babies room to share… but I forgot my camera… I know shame on me ,,, a “blogger” with out her camera,,,, so I had to use my phone. So with that said here is the Nursery…

We found this at Baby’s R Us… the colors are perfect for the room… My son in law Paul did the nursery himself,, he did a wonderful job,,, cleaned painted and put down new carpet as well,,,,,, the walls are a cream color with chocolate brown strips, the room is stunning….  She did not want to do a one theme one, so this style he will grow with… ok enough on with the show.

 

I just love these,,,, they look like they were painted one, but they are like stickers that you can remove and move around. Love it and the colors are perfect….

The tall dresser will go here…

I just had to take some photos of the booties,,, they are so adorable….. hehe

The closet,,, with some out fits….. I am so happy to finally see that little boys are getting some really cute things, not just girls….

This is my favorite one,,,, this is the first outfit Heather bought months ago….. from Baby’s R Us.. I love that store….

Changing table the furnisher is a dark cherry,,, again perfect for the room…..

Saturday we found the bedding at,,,,,,,,,,,,, where else… Babies R Us…..  hmmmmm starting to see a pattern here……. are you?

Don’t you just love these little bear’s,, so so cute….

I wish I could have taken some wider shots,, so you could see more of the walls,,, so when I can make it over again I will take my camera,,,, they still have a bit more to do, but it is really coming along… It won’t be long and he will be here, July is coming up fast… I am so excited I can’t stand it,,,hehehehe….. 

Well that is it for now,,, after my class I will be making my rounds to visit you all….. Thank you so much for stopping by I am so happy to be back blogging again I have missed you all…… I hope you all have a great week,,,, so until next time, God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura