Yes, the shirt is too short, but it stretches over two thirds of my belly-- that's all I can ask for at this point.
Just three more weeks! THREE! AAHH!
And that's about all there is to say about that.
Going Dancing
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One story I want to illustrate is The Twelve Dancing Princesses because it's not told as often as other fairytales but it's just as wonderful. So this is an illustration of the girls as they get ready to go dancing.
My favorite parts:
And just for kicks, here it is in the process:
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts
You can see just how exciting my life has been lately by the fact that I only seem to be posting things about other peoples lives and their blogs. In an attempt to break this trend I tried to think of the most exciting thing that has happened lately in mine and Adam's lives and this is what I came up with:
A post about brown sugar cinnamon pop-tarts.
The past few times we have gone to the grocery store Adam has decided that we are in desperate need of a box of brown sugar cinnamon pop-tarts. I usually could care less what snacks he wants to get, but this one I usually try to stop him from getting, mostly because I am very much in love with brown sugar cinnamon pop-tarts and I know that I can say "no" to them in the store but I cannot say "no" to them once they are in the house and since my body is currently developing a baby's brain, it would be wise to put healthier things than pop-tarts into it. If pop-tarts were the only non-nutritious thing I were putting in my body, that would be fine, but there are a ton of other sweets that I am consuming on a daily basis (example: I ate cookies for breakfast this morning). But Adam does a lot of convincing and I finally conclude that if he wants them so bad he will eat majority of the box of pop-tarts and I will only have a few and it will all work out perfect, he gets the snack he wants and I don't go crazy eating things that don't have much nutrients for my baby's growing brain.
But then this is how things always work out: for some reason Adam seems to forget that the box of brown sugar cinnamon pop-tarts exist. I could never forget that something that yummy is currently residing in the same home as me. So I open the box and eat a pop-tart, hoping that Adam will notice the box once it is open and start contributing to consuming them. But no, he never does. And it's not like I'm going to remind him that they exist is because I secretly want every single one of those pop-tarts. Once I realize that Adam is not going to eat a single pop-tart I get in this mindset that I need to eat the rest of the box of pop-tarts as quickly as possible so that I can get the temptation out of the house. Honestly, that is exactly what I think! And for some reason, at the time it seems to make sense! I think the same thing when I have a batch of cookies in the house or some other dessert. Eat them all today so that I don't have to worry about saying "no" to them tomorrow. It is a terrible and ridiculous thing.
24 hours later the pop-tarts are gone.
24 hours later the pop-tarts are gone.
And then of course when I've finished off the box of pop-tarts and started eating something healthier for breakfast it's time to go grocery shopping again and Adam will see the pop-tarts and say, "Hey, I didn't get to eat any of these last time, we should get them!" Oh heavens.
In case that highlight from my week wasn't as exciting as you were hoping it would be, allow me to redirect you to yet another blog that is pretty fantastic and much more exciting than my life lately. It's called The Meanest Mom. Doesn't that title alone make you want to read it? The mom who writes this blog is so funny. She has a page on her blog that lists the posts that readers liked the most, which is worth checking out. Just to warn you, you may burst into fits of laughter as you read her posts, so it might not be a good idea to read them in the middle of class.
In case that highlight from my week wasn't as exciting as you were hoping it would be, allow me to redirect you to yet another blog that is pretty fantastic and much more exciting than my life lately. It's called The Meanest Mom. Doesn't that title alone make you want to read it? The mom who writes this blog is so funny. She has a page on her blog that lists the posts that readers liked the most, which is worth checking out. Just to warn you, you may burst into fits of laughter as you read her posts, so it might not be a good idea to read them in the middle of class.
Rockstar Baby
Thanks to Michelle Catts, I am in love with this blog called Rockstar Diaries. I've mentioned this blog before. The baby girl on this blog is out of-this-world adorable and I'm basically trying to pass the time until my baby comes by living vicariously through Rockstar and her baby. Everyday I show Adam the latest pictures of Rockstar Baby and he is a trooper and will look at them and tell me how awesome they are, but I can tell he doesn't really care too much, which is fine since I'm obsessed enough for the both of us and maybe a few more people too. But yesterday I showed him this latest picture of Rockstar Baby (above) and he looked at it and said, "Oh.... wow... that is really cute. We might need to get a hat like that for our baby and shorts like that too." He looked at the picture for a full ten seconds rather than his usual two! Anyway, I had to share the latest to-die-for pictures of Rockstar Baby so that maybe I could get someone else as hooked on her cuteness as I am.
Visit the Rockstar Diaries blog here.
Another blog spotlight
This blog is called Skunkboy Creatures and I love the author's sense of style! She features fashion posts and crafts as well as little creatures that she makes and sells. Anyway, I had to post some of the cute things that she wears.
Visit her blog here.
Make your own lace scarf and other cute things
A Beautiful Mess has lots of incredibly cute DIYs and I especially liked this one that she posted recently, a tutorial on how to make a lace scarf like the one above. Go here for the tutorial.
And then there is this tutorial to make really easy hair bows (easier than the hair bow tutorial I posted before).
And I'm fairly positive that I could not pull off this bow, but I think it's so cute on her and she has a tutorial for it here.
Playing Music for Ella
Yesterday evening it was getting dark and Adam was at work until late. I was laying on my bed with my laptop pulled right up next to my tummy with the speakers right next to Ella's head and I was playing for her beautiful music that I love. I could feel her squirming around and she had a mild case of the hiccups. There is a big window across from the bed and the sun was setting and rain was positively pouring down, so I just laid there and watched the rain and felt Ella dancing to the music and it was lovely!
I was mostly playing for her music from this album. I grew up listening to this CD and you know how when you hear songs that were played in your home growing up it just makes you feel content and calm? Yes, it was lovely.
Autumn is a fun time of year to make crafts.
(That cute-faced boy collected these sticks and cut them for me so that I could put them on these pumpkin blocks. He's a good one.)
