Crib Bedding!

I NEVER thought in a million years I would sew my baby's bedding. My gosh. I don't know what I was thinking. Oh wait, I know...buying it in the store is expensive, and I don't feel like you really get what you want (change the you's to I, since I can only speak in behalf of myself). Anyway, everything seemed too cheesy for me and seemed like a MAJOR overload of the same little themed something or other. I told my mom my idea and she seemed supportive, so we went from there. Haha. The part about not knowing what I was thinking stems from the fact that I have only ever really done one or two sewing projects my entire life. So my mom is going to be a huge factor in assisting me to finish this. I guess I should question what she was thinking? THANKS MOM! She already has devoted a lot of time helping me figure out what exactly we are going to do and how much of everything we need. Then I think she spent like 2 hours at Joanns with me last night getting the fabric. We still have fun though, and laugh, and probably annoy those serious sewers in the store. We picked out the fabric (With the previous help of my wondrous sister). And I can't wait to see the finished project. It is going to take forever to get there though. And I am 27 weeks pregnant...I feel like most people are already done with their bedding at this point, and I am just starting. Oh well. I never was one to follow the status quo.

Apologies and thanks to my momma for trying to help me learn to sew 7 years ago and it not going overly well and willing to help me out this time (now that I have more of an interest, ya know?). 7 years ago I was too boy and not enough girl I guess you could say. Also, sewing is tedious, perfectionist work (which I am not). So I find it somewhat difficult. Our last sewing project was a "puff" quilt baby blanket. I cut out just short of a million squares and had to sew them all together and stuff all the cotton in there. Oh my...it took the entire summer. The last one I did was with my MIL for a class. All it was was a pillow case, but I am pretty sure my MIL still did most of it. Wow. Here is to me actually learning to sew and enjoying it! :) Can't wait. And I am happy I get to do it with my mommy. She's the best.

Also, My sister is amazing. She found me some really nice curtains that match the material for just 10 dollars. Yummy deal if you ask me. :)

P.s. While walking around Joann's and picking out some pink yarn for the baby blanket my mom is making I said, "I can't believe I am having a girl." And my mom just laughed at me. I seriously can't believe I am having a girl.

I should add, I am really excited, my mom is making baby's blessing blanket and Taylor's mom is making the blessing dress. Such talented women these ladies!!! 3 cheers to them.

If I could, I would...

1) Shower twice a day. I always have a strong desire to relax in a steamy hot shower when I get home from work, but often times discourage myself because I know I will want a shower the next morning before leaving for work. Ugh. It's a difficult life.

2) Find REAL solutions to people's problems. I hate seeing people suffer.

3) Make it so Taylor nor I ever had to work or go to school ever again (K maybe not). I just LOVE when we have an unlimited amount of time for each other. But having other things going on in our lives makes things interesting and keeps us real.

4) Get back all the information I had on my broken hard drive. As time goes on and I need things on my computer, the more I start to realize all that I lost when I broke that hard drive. Haha. So pathetic. At least I didn't cry though. :)

5) Ensure that my baby is healthy and happy and has no complications during labor and delivery. It's a hard concept to grasp that our lives and our loved one's lives and well being  are completely out of our hands. But I don't find myself worrying over this too much. If it can't be me, I'm glad it is in God's hands.

I don't know why I just did this. Maybe I am bored because Taylor is still at school, and I am avoiding vacuuming and sweeping/mopping my kitchen floor. Now that this is finished I think I'll go take my 2nd shower. :)

-JuJu

It's Been A While

So, it's kinda sad...since the throwing up days I feel like there is nothing to report about pregnancy, thus my blog has kinda fallen to shame. Oh well. No news is good news, right? I feel like pregnancy is moving swiftly. Not much time left now. I cannot wait until I get to lay on my belly again. I still do every now and again, simply because it is an addiction...but my tummy is not very happy with me afterwards, unfortunately. Speaking of the tummy, mine is allowing morning sickness to come back. I suppose I can handle that...but I threw up again today for the first time since I was like 18 weeks. I haven't missed it.

I have a job. So that is fun. We are slowly making progress on the baby room...which is also fun. We are making very little progress on the baby's name, however. Which is totally NOT fun. I overestimated the joys of naming my own child. Haha.

Taylor starts graduate school tomorrow. On the one hand, I am super proud of him and excited for him to succeed...but I have enjoyed us both being out of school entirely too much. I love having him all to myself. I keep reminding myself every day that I am going to have to be really good about letting him get his homework done. We will see how this goes.

My computer fell off the kitchen table a few days ago to find that it would not load the hard drive. I took it in and they told me the disc isn't spinnning. This means 1) I need to get a new hard drive and 2) NOTHING can be retrieved. I'm really not that sad, but I'm starting to remember the things I had on that computer that I just wish I could get my hands on. Luckily I did just transfer a ton of photos to my external hard drive...but there was so much I didn't. Oh well, that is life. I suppose I may have learned my lesson. I really never thought hard drives crashed and you couldn't get anything back. I was wrong. So wrong.

Whelp, Taylor and I are in love and happy and we are expecting a baby in 3 months. It's crazy fun. MMM. We are excited and yet most days we talk about how it still doesn't seem real. I know there is something poking me all the time, but it just hasn't clicked that it is a real human made from the two of us. Haha.

K. That is all. BYE!

It's a new year!

I made a video that had everyone in the family say what their favorite thing of 2012 was. It didn't go too well since most people didn't take me seriously. This only came out after I gathered everyone around the TV and we watched it and then everyone was like, "If I would have known this was serious I would have said something else." Whelp, sorry people. Your bad this time :)

Last year I did this whole thing about every month of the year...I don't know that I can do that again, because it was long, and ridiculous, and some months are just more interesting than others. It was a big year for us. Big in many ways. Big news, big ups, big downs. There was lots of happy, lots of sad. Ultimately, looking back, everything was a blessing and such wonderful opportunities for us. Even the downs seem like ups at this point. I love how things that go wrong, or not according to plan end up being forgotten about in the end. Things always work out...such a hard concept to digest at the time of all the confusion and heartache, but wonderful none the less.

I have loved 2012. It has been so good to me and Taylor. Life seems to be racing by these days. As a kid, time seemed so slow...and now it seems to be moving faster than I could have ever anticipated. I loved being a kid, but I'm starting to think that the reason it gets faster the older you get is because life just gets better the older you get. Life has never been more enjoyable and rewarding as it is at this time...and I imagine I will be saying the same thing tomorrow, the next day, the day after, the next year and so on.

Happy 2013. I went to bed at 11 and woke up around 9 forgetting that it was even the new year. Lucky  I had a husband to remind me that he hadn't seen me all year long. He's a funny little jokester. Love that boy!  I hope everyone sees the many blessings of the past and looks forward to all the future has to hold.