Adventures in Playdough

I attempted to make homemade playdough... the main word is "attempted." It turned out a lot gooer than playdough. Oh well, Miriam didn't care. She enjoyed putting my cinnamon pinecones into the dough and was so proud! Is she not the cutest thing you have ever seen!

Look what I found...

Miriam is such an explorer. She will just walk around looking at everything with such interest. I wonder what she is thinking....

I have to thank Shay for these great pictures. I have been so impressed with his photography skills :)

I even found my belly button.

Green Beans at 15 Months

I can't believe how much she has grown and learned since her last green bean video, 7 months ago. She is now 15 months old and loves to eat with her spoon. She rarely ever lets Shay or I feed her anymore! Our little girl is growing up!

Check out the video at http://tinypic.com/m/9k2m1t/2

Green Beans at 8 months

I was organizing and uploading our home videos and found this video. I think I am going to send it to America's Funniest Home Videos... who knows, maybe we will win!

Go to this website to check out Miriam eating green beans when she was 8 months old.

http://tinypic.com/r/54ggmv/5

Having to be creative...

Sometimes we just have to be creative to keep her occupied. She loved playing with some beads and "rocks" that I had in my craft supply. She also decided to actually get IN the box of treasures!

Getting Ready for Little Essie

So... here we are 5 weeks until Essie is supposed to make her arrival! I can't believe she will be here so soon. Pregnancy is going great and I think that I am pretty much ready for her to get here. I finished my long list of sewing projects to pull together her nursery. I don't normally post my finished projects or pics of me pregnant, but since we don't have a guest room, not many people are able to visit to see the nursery AND I did make a promise to Alli that I would keep her in the loop with my belly progress.... so here are a few pics.

As for the nursery... we are in the process of building a new house so I didn't bother painting the walls or doing anything to crazy. And you will notice that I have only taken pictures of one side of the room; that is because the other side has "Jillian," our elliptical machine, which will stay in the nursery until we move to our new house. I don't think Essie will care :)

Thank you Martha Stewart for teaching me how to make a paper pom pom, though, they aren't nearly as good as yours.

I sewed fabric to the bottom of cream linen curtains that I already had. And, since Miriam is still using her Lazy Boy recliner that we got when she was born, I decided to just make a rocking chair that we already had a little more comfortable. The last thing we need in this house is more furniture!


This is what I call my "fabric art." On yellow polka dot fabric, I appliqued her name, reverse appliqued the tree with burlap, glued felt leaves and a felt bird, and hand stitched the border with pink yarn. Then, I stapled the fabric to a painters canvas and nailed it inside a frame.
I had a lot of fun doing it and I think it is my favorite part of her nursery.

Obviously, the changing table... Kady wanted to be in the picture.

I used the same fabric from the long curtains to make a valance.

The next few pictures are of her crib and bedding. I made the bumper, but I left the sheet and crib skirt to BabysRus!

The room ALMOST complete. I am in the process of making her mobile which I am copying from one on Etsy. I will post that when I am finished.

Here is the belly picture... this was about a month ago so just add a few pounds and you will have a good idea of what I look like right now :).

Willie's Weekend 2010

My Great Great Grandmother passed away a little over a month ago. Her name was Willie Ewing Crockett and she lived a wonderful 97 years. In memory and honor of her, all the women on her side of the family started a new tradition, Willie's Weekend. Our first annual Willie's Weekend was last month. I didn't take very many pictures, but here are some of Miriam playing with her Nana. Miriam and her cousin Lucas. Can you believe that he has blue eyes?! Not many Banks... well no Banks children have blue eyes. Just proves how special he is!

She found her shadow for the first time.

What a ham!

Her and her Nana love to "fly" around. She will only do this with Nana and thinks it is so funny!