Dear Ainsley [Week 17]

Christmastime 

Dear Ainsley,

On Wednesday I had an early release from school and your papa switched his working schedule around so the rest of the week, the three of us got some quality time in together! It was very much needed, and enjoyable! Because of a funky school schedule and doctor appointments, your uncle Zac watched you on Wednesday. This was his first solo babysitting--and diaper changing--experience and everything went great! With him you enjoyed your first Jerry Springer experience as well! I'm just thankful you don't know how to repeat anything yet!

Uncle Zac sent me this pic saying
he must be doing something right.
I'd have to agree.

Merry Christmas baby girl!! You have absolutely no idea what is going on around you, but your first Christmas is underway! A few weeks ago, your papa asked, "Do I have to get Ainsley something for Christmas?!" It's not that he didn't want to get you anything [especially this year because he's on it with gifts] but he wasn't sure if I expected him to get you something. We decided that it completely wasn't necessary this year. You didn't know any different, so instead of showering you with gifts that would just take up space and you wouldn't appreciate it we got your a Christmas dress, a "first Christmas onesie" and an ornament.

Christmas Eve was spent at Grandpa and Grandmomma-cita's house for Christmas was my immediate family and then in the afternoon we headed to Greenville for your cousin Brayden's baptism. You were passed around at Aunt Sara's afterwards.

Papa & Ains at
Grandpa & Grandmomma-cita's
on Christmas Eve

Attempted pic with
cousins Samantha & Brayden

Christmas Dress

 Christmas morning your papa and I shared our gifts as you sat in your bouncer chair and then were were off to church. 

Christmas Morning in the Bouncer

 Christmas with your Grandma & Grandpa Massie and the Krehers followed before heading back home for some rest! It was a big weekend and you still have the big Clum Christmas and the big Thayer Christmas!!

Christmas Day with Grandpa Massie

Even with you not knowing what was going on with all these Christmas celebrations and being Jesus, Christmas was so much fun with you Princess. We may not have witnessed joy on your face due to the holidays, but we certainly witnessed joy on others' faces when you were in their presence! That's what it's about anyways, right?!

Last but not least, we've learned yet another thing about you. On Monday evenings while Papa and I are at TFC, your Grandpa & Grandmomma-cita watch you and then this Friday when we went to the Villager with some friends we left you at there house for a couple hours. On more than one occasion [including this Monday and Friday] we arrived at their house to pick you up, expecting a good report, but instead you had just fallen asleep after being ridiculously whiny unusually fussy for most of the time. I hated that you weren't "good" for them because you weren't like that for us. Or so I thought! As I thought on it more, I realized that you are like that at our house in the late evenings but the difference? After about 2 minutes of that extreme fussiness, I scoop you out of Papa's arms and cradle you to sleep against my chest. I know I'm your momma and you like me for that reason, but this is the first time that I've clearly experienced how deep that preference is! Of course I don't want you to be fussy for anyone, it does make me secretively happy that there is a level of comfort only I can provide for you!

Love
Momma

2+ Week Update

Behold my attempt to do a two+ week recap! I've fallen behind making my mental blog posts into actual posts, so here are some snipets so I can feel "caught up"!

Dear Ainsley [Week 13]
Nothing too out of the ordinary in baby life. You've developed an incredible talent for wailing for no apparent reason while you are in your carseat. We've tried adjusting it but that doesn't seem to be the issue. On Monday you screamed yourself to sleep as we head to our TFC Thanksgiving get-together. Then afterwards I needed to swing by Meijer's. You were asleep so I left you in the car with Papa to run in real quick. I got a text reading, "Someone's world is ending." You were no longer asleep. When I got to the car if looked like a teenage makeout session had occuried the way you had the windows all steamed up! Sadly this wasn't a one time thing as you have wailed through many more car rides since. :S I'm hoping you lose this talent soon!

Other than that, you celebrated your 3 month birthday this week! As well as your first real family-get-together kind of holiday! I made a little turkey outfit for you and you did well not to spit up on it so you could wear it to all the family functions! You're a champ princess!

EDIT: Oh. My. Goodness! I just remembered a HUGE milestone for you this week! We had the privelge of hearing your laugh for the very first time. As we were preparing for bed and I was changing your diap, I tickled your belly a bit and there it was! It was so cute. It was so contagious! Since then, we've heard it many times and it causes us to laugh as well!

Thanksgiving Celebrations
This year I "celebrated" Thanksgiving 7 times, I believe.
1. Spartan Inn Thanksgiving--The food management class makes a Thanksgiving meal every year. So the Friday before Thanksgiving I enjoyed some fixin' courtesy of my students. Although there was plenty of turkey, I didn't partake in any of it! One of my students said, "Ms. Massie, don't eat the turkey!" "Why?! Did you make it?" "Nah, but don't eat it! I'll tell you why later. Eat ham." I passed on the meat all together, and never found out why I shouldn't eat the turkey. I probably don't want to know!
2. Friendsgiving Dinner--On the Sunday before Thanksgiving, we went over to our friends Ben & Sara's for a delicious meal and lots of friendly fellowship. Sara [& Ben] did a great job preparing the turkey and other friends brought some delicious sides as well! I ate to my heart's content without any reservation!
3. TFC Thanksgiving--The Spencerville Senior High Chapter headed to the St. Mary's chapter for a Thanksgiving meal and sharing. The leaders of the St. Mary's chapter did all the leg work for the food, and it too was good. I think it was great for our teens to get to experience another chapter as well.
4. Girls' Night Thanksgiving--Held at our house on Tueday, we had our Girls Night Thanksgiving celebration. I made the turkey chicken as if it were a turkey and if I didn't spill the beans, none of the ladies would've known. If I ever volunteer to make the meat again, I'll probably go with just a turkey breast. Raw meat is disgusting and anytime I work with it, I question why I am not a vegetarian. Bleh!
5-6.Thanksgiving Day: Run for the Turkeys 5k--For the second year in a row, we started Thanksgiving morning with a 5k run. This was my 1st 5k since having Ainsley and my first 5k to "run" in my barefoot shoes, and I was almost 2 minutes faster this year than last year. [Last year's Run for the Turkeys 5k would've been my last non-pregnant 5k.] My time isn't, close to being something to brag about, but I was happy with it, and I made it to the halfway mark before walking at all so that was good for me! :)

Leanna & Chris before the run!

After the run, we headed home, showered, and then headed out to Chris' parents for Thanksgiving with them. After a full meal topped with apple pie a la mode, we headed to Spencerville to meet up with Zac before heading down to Greenville. Greenville was full of family, laughter, little girls playing dress up, men watching football, and of course, green jello and pears! Pretty usual. Pretty lovely!
7. Thayer Family Thanksgiving--Then on Sunday, after sleeping in, we headed out to Chris' aunts for the Thanksgiving on that side. we had round one with ham and then round two with turkey! Me? I had lots of broc & cheese casserole!

My favorite lil' turkey!

Black Friday
Mom and I were planning on heading out, just the two of us, at a not so ridiculous time mainly for the excitement of it all! Black Friday shopping is fun for me, as long as there is nothing my heart is set on. About 5:30am Mom and my brother were pulling in to head on out! Zac had a night full of winnings the casino and woke up after just a couple of hours rest, so he decided to tag aloing. There wasn't much we had to get, but in the end I'm glad Zac came along to help carry some packages! After a quick stop at Elder-Beerman, grabbing the "wrong item" [darn that misleading signage], getting the right item, loading up, we headed to Menards. Now I don't know if you are a Menard's shopper, but Momma-cita and I have ventured there on many Black Friday outings just to leave empty handed. It was a bit before 6 when we arrived and everyone and their brother was there as well. I suggested kicking Zac out of the car to get in line, but somehow I ended up being the one searching for the end of the line as Momma & Zac drove around looking for a parking spot.
Naturally I headed to the storefront for the line, but the line was actually all the way to the back of the parking lot and headed to Easttown Road. But there was a second line. Near the handicapped parking spots, there was a second line forming semi-organized so I thought that this must be the secondardy line because the other line was so dang long that once that line went through they'd send us through. Not so much. I quickly learned from a lady "with 2 herneatedc discs who was just going to plow in and cut in front of those beepity-beeps" that I was in line with the crazies. Ah, no thank you!

I saw some people I knew in line and went over to chat before walking to the very end of the endless line. They had been there since 3:30am in line. Ah, no thank you! Good luck getting your stuff, but nothing there was that important to me. So I began the journey to the end of the line. Shortly later the opened the door and the line began to move. So being so incredible intelligent lazy at 6am, I decided I'd just wait until the end of the line got to me! I didn't have to wait too long because soon enough Mom & Zac were already in line after parking in Meijer parking lot and passing me. I joined in and filled them in on "the crazies' line". By the time we got to the front door, Zac ditched us to talk to a friend who works there and Momma & I had a game plan. I was going to ask the first worker I saw where the two items we wanted were--a Circut for me and a gift for my brother.

The Circut is in the Christmas stuff and the _________ [maybe he reads this and I don't want to spoil Christmas!] is in the main aisle, you can't miss 'em! Thanks! We split ways, I go for the Circut and Mom goes for the other. I of course start weaving and waving through the aisle thinking there was no way Mom was getting the _______ because everyone seemed to have 2-3 in their carts, when I stumble upon a huge pile of _________ [not in the main aisle, of course]! I snatched one up, saw Mom in the main aisle still trying to find one and yelled out, "Hey Ma! I got one!"

After leaving it with her, I searched in the Christmas section to no avail. Now I have debated for 2 years about getting a Circut and Thanksgiving night decided I didn't really need one, so I wasn't going to buy one. When Mom said she happened to want to go to Menards, and that just happened to be where the Circut's were the cheapest this year, I told myself if they happened to have one, I'd get it. If not, no biggie! Well there weren't any in the Christmas section, but I also didn't see anyone carrying one. So I asked again. "Paint section." Ugh! Off to that area--which I didn't know where it was. Getting lost in the paint section, Momma called and told me where it really was. One worker's assistance later, I had a Circut in my hand! Now just to have time to use it! I need to get figuring it out before too long because it's helping with Goal #83.

Dear Ainsley [Week 14]
Hey Sweet Princess!

Being your Mama is still wonderful! I enjoy those cuddle-times and being able to provide for your every need.

14 Weeks, and ready for some snow!

You have still been wailing at night in the car, and I'm not sure what that's all about, so that's a bit frustrating. Last Friday after sleeping all through spin, I fed you and then we were on our way to Olive Garden to meet up with Grandpa and Grandmomma-cita as Papa worked. We load up and by the first stop light [just 2 blocks out] you began wailing. I pulled over at Rite-Aid, reinserted the paci, and headed on our way. That lasted about, oh 500 feet. I ever so safely proceeded to drive to OG, with my arm twisting back holding your hand, singing "Hush Little Baby". It helped barely. Once to OG, you were out of the car and into my arms, within 20 minutes you were sawing logs. You slept all the way through supper. I loaded you back up, and let the wailing begin. All the way home from OG. I've got to get more creative on a solution for this.

In other news, you have a new trick. You can put your fist/fingers so far into your mouth that you make yourself gag/puke. I'm so proud. :S Maybe I'll try to teach you a trick that you'd actually want to show off. [Okay, not really, teaching you a trick makes you sound like a puppy!]

Well babe girl, stay sweet and keep keeping Papa and I on our toes!

Love!
Your Momma

Goals!
I have lots of updating to do. Yikes! I guess that's a good thing since that means I'm crossing things off the ol' list.

As for everyone, especially during the coming months, life is busy, but life is good!

I'll keep working on these updates! :) Until then, be mesmorized by this close up, I know I am!

My "Last" Weekend

Today marks the final day of my last true weekend.

By definition the weekend is:  the end of the week; specifically: the period between the close of one work or school week and the start of the next. By all means, part one of the definition will continue to ring true. The end of each week will continue to come and go, but for part two not so much. Today is my last weekend--my last close of one work or school week and the start of the next.

With tomorrow being my students' last day of school and then Teacher Workday/Interviewing taking place on Tuesday my next "start of the next" won't come until early October! [Holy moly that's forever away!!] This summer I have a week of training for school and lots of planning for next year, but I am not officially working anywhere and won't be again until after Baby Massie is in our arms!

So in true blogging fashion, I shall recap my last weekend for a long time!

Friday's school day came and went quickly as students were working on exams and turning in last minute assignments and I was working on last minute to-dos and packing up my room. [I'll still be at good ol' Progressive Academy, I'll just be moving all my stuff across the hall the the classroom that I student taught in. :) ] Friday evening was pretty typical as Mom and I had spin class. After spin, Mister and I met up with Momma-cita & Dad for supper and ventured to the St. Gerard's Festival. Now we went to this festival last year but it must have been later in the evening because Friday night, the music was a heck of a lot better and there were a lot less drunks!! That's more my style. :) We enjoyed the music and people/dancer-watching and then headed home at a decent hour since we had another 5k Saturday morn.

Temple Christian Schools--where I coached volleyball, Chris went to school, and we attend the church affliated with-- was hosting their first 5k. I was a bit nervous about this one as it didn't start until 10am and it was supposed to be in the 90s throughout the day Saturday. Chris and I met up with Mom and Zac to run our race. There was a pretty good turn out for it being their first 5k so that was good for them. At first there weren't too many people there, so Mom & Zac were likely their odds of placing! ;) Hey, you gotta do what it takes, right?!

Taking off... I'm a ways back yet.
I don't fool myself in starting too far forward! 

Chris had the goal of less than 27 minutes and Zac had the goal of keeping up with Chris [he thinks that not running to train slows you done and deep down he was afraid he'd be lagging with me! ha!] I tole myself I was going to make a goal Saturday morn when I felt the heat [I wasn't sure if I'd be walking or wogging], but forgot to. I'm kind of glad, because I don't think I wouldn't have made my goal by 1 minute 43 seconds had I made one. So my unofficial, non-time related goal was to run my 1st 5k in my new running skirt and to wear a thinner shirt so I wouldn't be so dang hot! Actually prior to this run, I had worn the exact same shirt every race!

My New comfy Running Skirt :)
I think I may live in it this summer--not necessarily running!

The course was nice and I made it to the 1 mile mark without walking--that's always my unspoken goal-- and my only complaint was the water was a bit too late in the run. After the 2 mile mark, instead of at the 1.5 where I thought it would be, made that water all the more refreshing! Had I not worn a thinner white shirt, I may have just dumped a little on me! I felt good after the 1 mile mark and even on the 2nd and 3rd miles, I was happy with myself on my walk/jog wog combinations. I only walked the distances I set out to walk and I found myself jogging a bit longer than initially planned each time. Honestly, I just told myself that in 3 months when I have to push out a baby, I'm not going to be able to just stop pushing and take a break, so I shouldn't just stop jogging and give up so easily! It worked!

Zac captured my mildly disappointing finish.

Like a concerned Momma-cita that she is, as I approached my last tenth of a mile, my momma had water and wanted to make sure me and the lil' one were doing okay! I was though so I had her save my water for the finish line. Zac and Chris were ar the finish line to cheer me on as well, which is always encouraging! [See there is a benefit of being the slowest one of our little group! I can have my pic taken and water waitin' since they've all be done for a while!]

Twink captured the
Ladies Victory!

Overall my time was 36:43. Second best time for me. I thought I wouldn't been under 35 with the way I felt while wogging, but oh well. There's always next time. Chris made his goal by 28 seconds, and Zac was ahead of Chris so he made his goal too. Momma & Zac ended up getting 2nd in their age groups and I got 3rd in mine--which is a first! Really if you would've excluded Leanna, my Twink, who won for the women overall, you could say I got 2nd too. ;)

After the run, we came home, cooled off and headed to Menard's to pick up some last minute things for the garden. We--and by we, I mainly mean Chris-- will be testing out our green thumbs this year. He tossed all the soil and then I helped plant a hopefully bountiful harvest-- tomatoes, green beans, squash, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, and watermelon. Yum! Yum! Hopefully!!

The beginnings of the Harvest.
Complete with chicken fencing to keep our furry foes out!

Roasty-toasty after Gardening.
Here at nearly 29 weeks.
Holy moly. Only 11 more to go.
It's going to FLY!

Then Saturday evening we had a mock-girls night. Some of the lovely ladies that I get together with on Thursdays as well as Chris and I [Chris is the one who made it a "mock girls night"] met up for burritos the size of my unborn child Chiptole and The Creamery. I split half my "child" with Chris--only seems fitting right-- but you better believe the Moose Tracks in a waffle cone was ALL mine!! Delish.

Sunday was Lazyday. Walked to church. Tripped and fell on my hands & knees on the way. Shed a few tears because I was startled not hurt [well maybe my pride was]. Sunday school. Church. Grilled out for lunch. Read a couple months worth in What to Expect when You are Expecting. Snuggled with Mister and he stayed awake for a movie. Napped. Graduation Party. Blogging.

And that brings us to the end so far of my last weekend for awhile. I may end this weekend with coloring my hair and going for a walk, but we shall see.

Spring-ish Winter Break

Last Friday at 1:30pm officially began my spring break. I was looking forward to it for a couple of reasons and obviously all my students were looking forward to it, so I embraced it with open arms. Leading up to the week, I had an unwritten to do list of what I wanted to accomplish:

1. Move the tv to the living room.

2. Organize the bedroom that the tv was in so it can start to become nursery-ish.

3. Put the crib together.

4. Organize the mounds of things in the garage by putting them into the new pantry area.

5. Do our state and local taxes. [I've had federal done since early February, but there's little motivation when we owe money! : ) ]

*Note: There is nothing listed about lesson plans or grading which is likely why I haven't done either and it's already Friday! Yikes!

By Saturday night, Chris and I had kicked butt and marked off the first 3 things on my to-do list. And now that it's Friday, I've got to re-motivate myself to get those last two done, and especially the little asterisk!

Here's the crib all put together! : )

So you ask what have I done with the last five days of not working on my to-dos?! Well I have been doing other enjoyable things that I will enlighten you on now.

MONDAY: Busy, busy, busy. Monday morning I woke up with a plan of going from one thing to another for the majority of the day. I had a meeting in the morning then a dentist appointment just before noon, then a doctor's appointment at 1:50. Spin [I thought] was at 5:30 and then TFC at 7. Well I was a bit nervous about my morning schedule as I was afraid the offices would be running behind and I was would be in a mad rush from one place to another. Thankfully that wasn't the case--actually the exact opposite was the case. I had a decent amount of time to kill between everything that morning. So I did what anyone would do, go from drugstore to drugstore and rack up some freebies!

Dentist Appt: I had a pinhole cavity that needed filled--I swear they just make things up in order to get more of our money-- so I get called back, and the assistant puts the topical numbing stuff on my gums. The dentist comes back with a needle and numbs my mouth. Not 3 minutes later--which it usually takes longer than that for the dentist to return--he's back with drill in hand and begins drilling. Did he check to see if everything was numb yet?! Of course not! Reminded me of the country song "Some Beach!" I grunted because it hurt--usually I try to tough it out but this hurt! And as he put the drill down he commented that he didn't give me much anaesthetic because he wasn't going to be doing much drilling. Gee thanks for the warning! To my surprise he was done with drilling and within 20 minutes of sitting in the dentist chair, I was back in my car with an hour and an half before my doctor's appointment.

Doc Appt: I arrived to the office about 15 minutes early because I was out of ideas to kill time, so I read a few pages of a new book and watched some Soaps while trying to understand the unfolding drama. I got called back a few minutes before my scheduled appointment time and when through the usual routine...Weight... Pee in a Cup... Nurse asks if I have any new symptoms or questions? Nope... Fetal Heart rate...144...[Don't get me wrong, that part is cool, but it wasn't as climatic as the first time and this nurse wasn't as bubbly/fun.]...Doc will be in a minute. Okay... Couple minutes of Soaps...Doc come in and asks if I have any new symptoms or questions? Nope... She feels around my stomach/uterus..."Everything looks good, and girls will schedule you for your ultrasound and upcoming appointments on your way out!"... The end. After scheduling appointments through the end of May, I was out the door. It was 2:10! I was in and out after only 20 minutes. Do I see the "necessity" of these appointments? Of course, but it seems like such a waste of time. Part of me was wishing I had a high risk pregnancy so that they'd at least be more interesting, but of course that's the senseless part of me and I'm thankful for a healthy-as-far-as-we-know pregnancy!

Spin was cancelled and then off to TFC. So my "crazy busy Monday" turned out to be pretty slow.

TUESDAY: A few weeks ago, Chris had planned a mini-getaway for my Spring Break. He kept it all a secret, except that he told me we were going to a Bed & Breakfast. [Well he thought we were going to a Bed & Breakfast, but after communicating with the owner he discovered that they actually didn't serve breakfast so we were going to a... Bed. : ) ] So we headed out later than planned thanks to sleeping in on Tuesday for Eastern Ohio for a mini-trip to Holmes County. The drive was nice and when we got there we went to a Cheese Factory. We bought 4 different kinds of cheese--who knew they made salami cheese!? With a cracker, it's just like eating a slice of cheese with a slice of salami on a cracker! Yum! Then we were off to a couple little markets/shoppes. They had tons of crafty things there, which we didn't buy but rather examined the things we liked closely so we can make them ourselves. By this time, we were able to check into our Bed & Breakfast so we headed there. It was a cozy lil' country decorated room that once we figured out the lock system we were all set! Shortly after getting there, an Amish neighbor lady came to door with peanut butter cookies for us. [These weren't just single pb cookies, but soft, delicious pb cookies that are made into "sandwiches" with  a pb frosting holding them together!] Chris answered the door and took the cookie jar with him. At first she piled 2 on there. Then she commented about it being a balancing act as she piled 2 more on! Thinking she was done, Chris thanked her, just have her put another two pb sandwiched on there! Holy moly! Who needs breakfast when you have the equivalent of a dozen homemade, fresh pb cookies!!

After coming up with a game plan for the rest of the evening--1/2 hour snooze, supper, jacuzzi, movie, bed-- we were set for the evening. We decided to go to Chalet in the Valley for supper because I read that they had cheese fondue! We ordered just that when we got there [which is all I was going to eat!] and when it came out it was huge and delicious!!

We ate most of this--which we later discovered was a pound of cheese! No bathroom breaks on our way home. ; )

Although we had all the cheese with yummy bread and Chris was barely able to eat half his meal, there was still a little room for dessert! We decided on a Matterhorn--layered baked meringue, pineapple, and ice cream covered in whipped cream--and to get it to-go. Now this dessert was huge as in 8 inches tall huge, so we gave the workers a bit of a challenge of making this to-go. Nevertheless they did it! And it was a-mazing!

Matterhorn Dessert

After supper it was time to roll ourselves back to our Bed & Breakfast to enjoy the jacuzzi. Note to self: Never let Chris put the bubbles in the tub for our future children. They made just get lost in the bubbles! He put an entire bottle of bubbles in the tub which ended up being a ton!!

The remnants of the bubble jaccuzzi--after all the water had been let out!

We watched Five People You'll Meet in Heaven [the book's better] and then drifted off to sleep!

WEDNESDAY: We got up, ate some pb cookies for breakfast, and headed to a Chocolate Factory before heading home from our adventure. After a decent drive home considering we hit rain, baby hail, and snow, we had a couple of hours before Chris had to go to work for the night. So since I knew I'd be on my own for the evening, I decided to embark on a couple new projects. Chris and I had been talking about the cost of baby bedding sets [which we had been saving our Swagbucks for so in reality it'd be "free"] and how you pay close to $100 for a fitted crib sheet and crib skirt and everything else is a safety hazard to actually use. So after a little surfing the web, I found some tutorials on making fitted crib sheets. With a plan in mind, I headed out to Hobby Lobby to buy the supplies. I picked out a light green fabric and some elastic as well as some remnant pieces. I knew what I'd use the green fabric and elastic for, but I now needed to come up with an idea for my remnants. Before I headed home, I stopped by Wally World to see if they had any fabric remnants I wanted which much to my surprise they didn't because they no longer really carried fabric. Then I was off to Walgreens to see if they had gotten in any money-making toothpaste and some Snicker Easter Eggs when I got a text from my Momma "I see you." She happened to be across the street waiting for my brother so they could eat some Lock Sixteen. So of course I joined them. : )

Project time! I decided that I would make a little pillow, and stuffed elephant, and a crib sheet out of my Hobby Lobby goodies! My game plan was first pillow, then sheet, and lastly elephant because I thought that would be the order from easiest to hardest. I forgot that I wanted to wash the sheet material first, so that became project numero tres. I busted out the sewing machine and not too much longer I was stuffing my pillow. Project Uno: Check. Then I found a pattern I wanted to use for the elephant. While I struggled a bit with the ears, the body was oddly easier and not too too much longer that project was done was well. The crib fabric was washed and dried so I was ready to start the fitted crib sheet. I laid it all out and began cutting when Chris got home. I showed him my first two projects then quickly got back to my mission of easily creating a crib sheet for half the cost of buying one at the store! As Chris went to bed, I continued to work on my sheet. Not too much longer, I broke my sewing needle on my last stitch of the sheet and I was complete! Wahoo!! It felt quite accomplishing! And for less than $4!



Crib sheet, pillow [it has the dot pattern on the back side], and lil' elephant!



The best part of it all--the sheet actually fit! : )

THURSDAY: BFer and her lil one came to visit for lunch on Thursday, so in the morning I had to do some picking up in the living room so Emma didn't get ahold of any fabric scraps! Then we spent awhile catching up which was quite enjoyable! We talked about babies, coupons, houses, life, and one interesting wives tale! Britney had a classmate tell her when she was pregnant with Emma that if you look on the inside of your feet, right under your ankle bone that whichever one is puffier is an indication of baby's gender. It was accurate for her and her classmate when they were pregnant, so she had me check my ankles! I had never heard of this before so I asked all the pregnant people I could think of who already know what they are having to check their ankles and it's 6 for 6 on accuracy, so in 13 days we'll see if it's accurate for me!

After BFer and Emma-bug headed home, I was going to head back to Hobby Lobby to get some more crib fabric when another friend text to ask if I was up for heading to OfficeMax. Well our trip to OfficeMax ended up being a trip there and then to the mall and then to Hobby Lobby and then to Big Bs and then to Super Wal-Mart and then back to my house. I was particularly excited about two parts of this run around: Hobby Lobby and the mall. At Hobby Lobby I got enough teal fabric to make 2 more fitted crib sheets as well as two super soft remnant pieces. As we picked up the pink minky fabric we noticed that it read "Type of Fabric: Dirty". So I wondered just how dirty is dirty! I asked the interesting lady working that section if she could open it up. I am glad that she did because not only did we discover that the dirtiness was confined to a small area and it appeared that it was easily washout, we also discovered that it was not a full yard like the label suggested. So after remeasuring the fabric and getting a discount for the dirt of course, it came out to be quite the deal!

Thursday's Goodies 

As we continued to chat and go from place to place I realized that I missed my spin class--I blame it on the lack of schedule this week! Crap! Today's spin is going to kick my butt as it has been since a week ago Monday! Yikes! Anyways I came up with the idea to go to The Melting Pot as Dani has never been and they have a special on Thursday nights! So without much convincing, we were tearing through my closet looking for ways to easily transform ourselves from hot messes to hot presentable without Dani having to run home! Not too much longer we were on our way to delicious food dipping goodness! Yum! Yum!

And now that brings us to today, which other than this post and washing/drying my additional crib fabric, I have not accomplished a single thing! On today's to-do list:

1. Lesson plans for the rest of my current geometry unit.

2. Make 2 more crib sheets.

3. Find a project to use the white fabric for! : )

We'll see how this goes, and if you are still reading this...Wow! Thanks!

Until next time! [Which will likely be sooner rather than later as I haven't blogged much because most of the things that I have wanted to blog about has centered around baby things and I haven't wanted that information to be on the internet before this past week!]