Day 37 - Really?

So, as I have previously complained about my dear son being very hard for me to photograph (especially in the studio)  this is yet another example of his absolute disgust of me taking his picture. I can promise him the world and it makes NO difference he does everything imaginable to NOT take a good picture. Anyone have any good tricks? It's really starting to get me down I need a good picture for his B-day invites. I already have them designed now I just need a good picture to put in them.

Day - 36 IKEA the greatest place on Earth

So the hubby and I ventured to Cincinnati for our first IKEA experience and believe me it is truly an experience. IKEA is gigantic. The entire top floor, which has the same amount (or possibly more) of floor space that Walmart has is set up as furnished rooms. They look exactly like someone lives there. Pull the kitchen drawers out and see all the kitchen tools you could ever dream of having and they all have price tags. Then just write down the item number with the pencil and pad they give you and they after your finished exploring the top floor head down stairs and shop! It was so fun. They have a great cafe to eat at. A nursery to babysit your children (we didn't have our little man, but he would have LOVED their playland) and they even sell groceries. Every detail of the IKEA experience is unique, even the shopping carts are amazing. I know this sounds silly, and originally I thought I had a broken cart but the wheels on the cart turn slide all over the floor. I can't think of words to describe it, but just know when you get your cart the first time it's going to be hilarious! So now that I have my love affair for IKEA out in the open I want to share one of my favorite finds. We bought Rees an awesome chair that hangs from the ceiling. It is so cool. and the best part, it was only $34. If you could see how cool this chair is in person you would be amazed. Here is Rees enjoying it.

Day 35 - More bath time

Bath time at our house is the biggest event of the day. We love it so much that sometimes we take 2-3 a day. Rees and I were kind of lazy today, since someone (Rees) has gotten up in the middle of the night for the past two weeks we are just worn out. My hubby and I are like zombies. Today has been especially bad for me since I had 10 little toes digging into my back during the night my back has been killing me all day. We had a late bath today and he played in the tub for an hour. He loves to wash himself (of course I re-wash him) but he was wetting his hair in this shot preparing to shampoo it.

Day - 34 Gloomy outside

It's that time of year for me. The time where the flowers are depressing, the yard is muddy and the trees all look like they are on their last leg. This is my koi pond. It is so "dead" looking. It still has ice chunks from our last snow fall and the forecast is saying we are going to get sleet/ice/snow tomorrow & Saturday so it looks like there is no end it sight. Hurry up Spring!

I got an award!

I got this fabulous award from Heather at butterfly girl ms blog designs. I'm very pleased to accept this award and pass it on to my 12 lucky followers/friends. This award brought a smile to my face when I needed it most.  Thanks Heather I greatly appreciate it!





Here are the rules I must oblige by in order to pass it on:

•   Put the logo on your blog or within your post.
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Here are my 12 great bloggers I am passing this fabulous award onto:

1. Rita at Coffee Shop
2. Jeanette at Easy Custom Blogs  
3. Vicki at Project 365 
4. Olivia at Robin Blogs 
5. Jill at Sneaky Momma Blog designs 
6. Eating Elephants 
7. Kami at Kami Buchanan Designs 
8. Kara at Kara's Party Ideas 
9. Sarah at My Four Hens 
10. Alison at She's one crafty mama 
11. The Polka Dot Chair 
12. Kellie at This Blessed Nest

Day - 33 A trip to the fabric shoppe

As you have probably noticed if you follow this blog I am highly addicted to crafting. It's like my drug. I get on crafting binges and just can't think about anything other than my next craft fix. LOL, with that said my "next fix" is a quilt for Rees with his name appliqued on it. So cute, relatively easy and an absolute must have for him. Being that we do not have any place to purchase fabric in our little town now that Walmart is not carrying fabric anymore (not that it was good fabric anyways) I ventured to a neighboring town to go to their amazing fabric shoppe. When you walk in the door it's like your walking back in time. It's so old school and wonderful. I'm not a huge quilter or anything, but I do LOVE collecting fabrics. Unfortunately they didn't have the fabric line I was looking for,but I found me so amazing Christmas fabrics on sale that I had to have. See what I mean about addicted? Who buys Christmas fabric in February? Just thought I would share my treasures.

Day 32 - Meltdown

Crabby, impossible, unexplainable, crazy, silly, whiny, loving, hateful those are the words to describe my son today. The poor little man has been on the edge of insanity all day long. One minute he is crying the next he's laughing (a lot more crying than laughing though). He has had a very emotional day. The past week has been really terrible in the sleeping and eating department for him and I think it's all catching up with us now. He wakes up during the night about 3ish and stays up for a couple hours then goes back to bed. It's is starting to really take a toll on ALL of us! He got his shots last week and every since then he hasn't been eating very well either. The mixture of those two things and then me trying to take some pictures for his birthday invitations has really pushed him over the edge this evening. This is really the only picture that I can do anything with out of the whole session we had in my studio. I guess I'm going to have to torture him some more later this week :)