Lately...

I have been so bad about blogging the past few weeks.  When James turned 18 months in January life began to change very quickly!  He is so busy!  We can no longer just hang around the house while he quietly plays with toys in the playroom.  In the mornings we have to get out!  This kid needs to burn off some energy!  So we typically try to plan for a few mornings out.  In the afternoon he usually takes a nice long nap and I try to catch a few zzz's myself.  Then we play some more and make dinner.  By the time we finish bath and bedtime routines I am wiped out!  I keep thinking... "how am I going to do this with two?!"  I am reminded of my dear older sisters... one has four and the other is pregnant with #8!  Surely I can handle another one!

While James is eager to explore (aka... into everything!) he really is a joy.  He makes me laugh so much these days.  He is trying so hard to talk but mostly everything still comes out sounding like jibber jabber.  It is so cute to listen to his sweet little voice in the playroom having entire conversations with himself while he plays with his Little People bus or farm animals.  His little voice goes up and down while he pushes the bus around the room and loads and unloads the people.  It is so neat to watch his imagination and creativity starting to take root.  Here is a recent video of him while we were reading one of his favorite books...

I have been busy with my "new to you" sewing machine!  A woman in my moms' quilting group was getting a new machine and offered up her old one to anyone who would take it.  

Doesn't it remind you of your home ec days?  Every time I turn her on I can hear my old teacher yelling at the boys, "Slow down!  This is not the Indy 500!"  By the way... do you know they call that Family Consumer Science now?  Off the subject... but I think that's hilarious!  Anyways, I love this thing!  I am really getting into it and I have all kinds of projects planned.  Don't ask me when I am going to get them done seeing as how I am going to have a newborn and an under 2 year old in less than 10 weeks. Yikes!  But every time I sit down to this little beauty I just lose track of the time.  So far I have made place mats and napkins and sweet little burp cloths.  

Don't you just love them?

Paul asked me why we couldn't just buy some at Walmart.  Because they are not as fun... duh!  Besides, I did buy the burp cloths as Walmart.  I just wanted to embellish them a bit!  So fun!

Next I am working on a birthday banner idea that I found on Etsy. http://www.etsy.com/listing/93941688/reusable-fabric-birthday-banner

I am going to use these fabrics.

Thankfully my mom has an entire basement of fabrics that I can go shopping in.  She has already donated most of what I have used to my new little hobby!

In other news, we are working on the nursery.  Slow but sure!  Paul painted last night and I love the color.  Pictures to follow soon.  The furniture is in, but the bedding has not yet arrived.  Go figure.  I am anxiously waiting because my nesting instincts have kicked in for sure.  I am starting to get really tired, so I am hoping to get everything situated soon.  I want to be able to just sit back and relax for the last few weeks.

That's all for now, but I can't end this post without one more picture of this kid.

He is my little sweetheart!  Love him!