Lately I've been catching up on sewing projects that are long overdue. I sewed new striped curtains for Chandler's room. I also made both of the older boys no sew fleece blankets. Bastian's is skateboard and Chandler's is monsters. But the biggest project that I've finished is Cam's I Spy quilt. It's my first quilt and I love it.

This is our new kitty- Miss Piggy. She really wants the quilt for herself.

What's in store for the new year?

I've been thinking of what kind of resolution I want for the new year. New Years Resolutions never seem to work for me. They tend to be an all or nothing kind of deal. So instead I've decided to make a list of things I want to work on. It's a work in progress.


1. Be more considerate of my husband.
2. Preschool with Cam 3 days a week in our classroom.
3. Declutter- each day I need to take at least 10 solid minutes to do some decluttering
4. Try at least 1 new recipe a week. Either one that I find, or one that I create myself.
5. Have a game night with my kids AND husband once a week.
6. Take time to sew at least once a week.


It's only the 3rd, but I haven't failed yet. lol. I decided to start my decluttering in my sewing closet. For awhile now I've been wanting to get the game Guesstures. Well I guess I bought this game already and had completely forgotten about it. I discovered it in a box in the sewing closet. I can't tell you how excited that made me. Big score for the new year goals!

6 months of Therapies!

Tomorrow we have Cam's 6 month meeting for a new IFSP. I can't believe that it's already been 6 months since he started with his therapies. When we first got Cam's diagnosis of Autism it was like a wall came tumbling down on us. Now he has speech, OT, and a teacher that comes and works with him each week. He has made so much progress. Each day I see him learning new things. He is still so far behind, but so much ahead of where I though he would be. Each time I hear him say a new word I swell with happiness. He can repeat most words, but getting him to use them on his own, is quite a challenge.
Eating used to be quite the challenge too. He's still a very picky eater, but now he will eat chicken. In the past he wouldn't eat any meat at all. Once in awhile he will even try something new. He usually spits it out, but at least he's trying.
He still doesn't like wearing clothes. Most of the time he will strip his clothes off. But now he at least keeps his diaper on.
He no longer headbangs or runs into walls. He doesn't gag himself either. He still acts like he's choking. And he still spits. The better he becomes at communicating the less of these behaviors we see. His teacher put in for a grant to get him an IPAD2. We are keeping our fingers crossed that eventually he will get one. That would be a tremendous help with his communication. They make apps that will help him to communicate with us, even though he doesn't have the vocal words to express himself.
He still doesn't respond to others outside of our family, or the people very close to us. He does so much better with meeting people for the first time if it's in our home. He used to go hide under the table when people would come over, even if he had seen them many times before. Now he will stay in the same room most of the time. If there's more than 2 people he will still go and hide. Over time he has become attached to his aunts and cousins. Earlier in the year I wasn't sure if he would be accepting of anyone other than our immediate family. I'm so happy to see that he will actually play with his cousins and kiss his aunts.
He is such a wonderful little guy. He has come so far in the past 6 months. I'm extremely proud of him. I know that Autism isn't going stop him from living a wonderful life. He has so much potential. He is such a smart little guy. My little Moon Man is such an amazing gift from God, just like his 2 big brothers. I'm such a blessed mama. ♥

A Thomas Giveaway

I came across an awesome giveaway at Our Whiskey Lullaby for a beautiful Thomas toybox. The giveaway is for any toybox from Heirloom Wooden Toys. If I win this giveaway I will defiantly be picking the Thomas one because my youngest little man is completely obsessed with Thomas. Head on over and enter for your chance to win.

Pre-Christmas projects

I finished up the last of my pre-Christmas projects this past week. I will no longer be sewing anything that is not a Christmas present until the holidays are over. Whew! So now I need to get started on the many presents that I need to make during the next month. Here is the last non Christmas project of the year.

I do need to make Advent Calendars for my boys, but I've never done them before. If you have any links to some that I could make I would love to check them out.

The fat girl has got to go.

For quite awhile now I've been gaining weight. I used to be the skinny girl; even after 2 kids. I was even skinny after number 3 came along. But something happened since then. I've just continued to gain weight. I think that a lot of it has to do with the fact that I quit smoking. I quit smoking during my pregnancies with all 3 boys, but picked it up again afterwards. Well I didn't start smoking again after Moon was born. He's 2 1/2 now and thankfully I am still smoke-free. When I was stressed in the past I would just head outside and light up a cigarette. Now I find stress relief in food, which actually just ends up stressing me out more.

I've been looking into different weight loss plans and I think I may have found one that may actually work for me. I just need to get my husband on board to let me go for it. He wants me to lose the weight, but he's not really supportive of me doing it. I'm not doing this for him though. I'm doing it for me. I don't want to be the fat girl anymore.

Time for a xanax

When I'm really stressed out I sew. I find that sewing something from start to finish is like taking a xanax. Most of the things I sew take time and can't be completed in one sitting. These cute little pinafore's that I made for my cousins baby can be sewn start to finish in one sitting. They are completely reversible so it's like 2 pinafore's in one. Hopefully one day I'll have a little girl of my own to cute little clothes for. Until then I'll just enjoy making them for other baby girls in the family.