Projects and more!

This pregnancy I have experienced a lot more than I experienced with my other two. It started out with morning sickness (ok all day sickness), continued with exhaustion and depression and now we are dealing with a tired achy body (but not exhaustion).

My 3rd trimester brought insight and energy (thanks to nesting) and I realized that the reason I was so depressed was because I wasn't doing things for me, I spent all my time, cleaning, babysitting and taking care of my kids (which is a great thing) but all women need them time, we need to have our own identity besides being mommy... (though it is the best name in the world)

So beginning the 3rd trimester, I started doing things for me.... or at least things I LOVE to do. I started on little princesses costume.... which is almost done,,,, I have been sewing other things, I have been planning, creating, reading and doing things for myself. Of course when I get my projects done I will post them on here. But there is lots of baby things, a few costumes, and some other things.

I also realized I getting depressed cause I was doing nothing for this baby girl. It's my 3rd so no baby shower, no getting presents for her, and honestly I haven't felt like anyone else is happy or excited for me this pregnancy. There are a few that have told me they can't wait. But honestly the reaction I got from some people was that they seemed less then thrilled. Even when I was always happy about their events in their lives. So I changed my attitude. I was done caring about how others were reacting and I started washing and getting things ready for this little girl. No one but Buzz, Myself and the kids need to be excited for our new little family member.

I am excited to see all the things we have planned come together! I am excited to work on projects and sew for all my kids. I am excited to meet this little girl in a few months and I am excited to be happy again, to find myself again and of course still be a mom!

I promise to update soon!

Love,
TT

Birthday Projects

So our nephew turned 1 on May 1^st and as much as I would have loved to go out and just buy him a toy or an outfit it just wasn’t possible for financial reasons. So what did do? I got on pinterest, and found some interactive play toys that I thought they would like, I have tons of fabric so it worked out well, and even though it took more time than going to the store to buy something, it didn’t take that long. 

So here is what I made:

Fabric ABC's

Fabric 123's 

The bag for the ABC's and 123's 

Farmer puppets front!

Farmer puppets back!

 I know that my nephew didn’t really care about them…. He was more impressed with the light up toys. I have no clue what my in-laws thought of them, I hope they liked them. I know I can’t wait to make a set for my kiddos!

What do you think?

Love,

TT

Keeping Busy!

Well, I have definitely been keeping busy lately. I have of course have been taking care of my 2 adorable kiddos. I have been attempting the potty training of Little Princess….. Which I have discovered what so many people have told me that potty training can be frustrating, if your child is not ready. Little Princess is super smart!!! But she is not ready. I keep working on it every day for a few hours but it hasn’t stuck yet…. I know one day she will wake up and decide she is ready and be potty trained and she will just be potty trained.

I have also been working on organizing, it is a long and slow process with 2 kids, but I am getting there and even more important I am getting a big pile of items to either sale or give away.

One of the wonderful things about not having money to go spend on gifts is it forces me to be creative about gifts, so I have been making gifts for various members. I can’t post pictures of all of them now because we don’t want to give away some peoples presents before they have a chance to open them. Here is just one of the gifts that I made:

 

We also have been spending a lot of time weeding and getting our garden ready for planting. It has taken a lot of hours and a lot of patience and we still aren’t done yet. But we have started planting some tomato’s in our home that will be transplanted in a few weeks along with planting the rest of our seeds.

 

I also tried my hand at making laundry soap and I am pretty impressed with how it turned out! It’s not that hard and SUPER CHEAP! It really helps the budget and I like to know that I am helping our cause of saving money.

 

We have been making monthly menus and being super good about sticking to them. It’s interesting to see what we can do when we are forced to do it.

I am also helping plan my sister-in-laws baby shower for May which I am super excited about since the last baby shower I thought I was going to be able to plan I didn’t get to plan. We are also making plans for Karsten’s 1^st birthday party!

I love keeping busy and even though I am exhausted I am glad I am able to keep busy and feel like I am accomplishing something. Now if I could get the kids to spend less time in front of the TV and if I could be better about keeping my house clean…. I would feel pretty good about myself. Anywho…. Until next time!

 

Love,

TT

What have I been up to?

I have been super busy lately, with sicknesses, cleaning, working on certain projects, and taking care of kids I have been super busy. Being a stay at home mom isn't as easy as it sounds..... I can't really post the projects here because some of them are for Christmas Presents. I can say that I am almost done with most of them. We have a lot of gifts under the tree and have almost all the gifts bought that need to be bought. It's been fun getting ready for Christmas this year. I am excited for Little Princess to experiance it think she will have tons of fun now that she understands it more.
I will share one project I did. I wanted to make sure that Little Princess had a Thanksgiving shirt, so I found one on pinterest and made it.... it turned out super cute. Here it is:

 

I found the pattern on pinterest and thought hey I can totally make that! I have another one that is a Christmas tree that I plan to make for Christmas time. I also have to make some PJ bottoms for the kids and shirts as well and those have to be done in 15 days..... I have a lot to do before Christmas. But I have a wonderful husband who supports me and so I can get them done. Anywho  got to go to bed.

Love,
TT