My Oh My 1 year almost

So it's very obvious I'm a slacker at this. Almost 1 year and not post.  But trust me I have a great excuse.  and he's called Nolan.  The sweetest baby I've every held and wow what a temper he has (from his mother unfortunately). I am in the midst of making a pouf.  That's right I typed pouf, how may you ask do you make a pouf. I found a lady who has a pattern for a knitted pouf on etsy. The supplies were around $100 for the rope and needles were about $12. So far I have two rows done, I forget how many I have to do but 2 is a good start when you have a high demanding baby.

Vactions back to normalness....

The past few months have been a whirl.  Holidays, vacations & pregnancy pains.  But everything has gone back to "normal" for us.  Here is a peak of what our lives were like for a little while...

 

And that brings me to now... my days were/are consumed with baby products... to find out which is the best & non toxic for our little one.  It's unbelievable what you can find in baby products from soaps to plastics it makes my head spin.  While it was somewhat of a blessing to be in so much pain from pregnancy that I was forced to sit for days on end and search the internet looking at products, I hate to say that I was glad I had the pain but it feels great to know the search is over for now.   Toxic baby products feel like a rabbit hole, you think you've done great but then another problem arise.  Such as: found a great changing pad... too bad it's vinyl... well what type of vinyl because not all a created equal, and surprise surprise the company won't disclose that information to the public.  Ugh so exhausting! Finally I feel like I've caught a grip and have made huge progress, my search is over...for now.

After a few weeks/months of hunting the toxicity levels in baby products this is how I felt...

So now it's time to get the craft juices flowing!  In the process of making a baby blanket (for the past 2-3 months, blame it on lack of motivation, with the looming toxicity of products floating in my head day and night).  The blanket is almost done though, hang in there!

My goodness...

I am a bad bad bloggy updater! Well here is a tiny reason why I've been slacking on the blog world...

Many more on my website ...

Little Fuzzy Ones

My family and I are getting ready to head out to HuntValley for an upcoming bear show.  And this is the big one...we all get dressed up in costume and dress the table for Christmas.  Sounds crazy right?  So I've been very busy getting my costume together and making my little fuzzies to come along. 

The end of a PickADay project.

Well while I am way past my deadline for my 30 day PickADay challenge there is very good reason for this.   I have been very sick for a few weeks.  And here is the reason...

Tuesday was our first ultrasound and here is what we found.  

One healthy baby.

Day 30 of 30

PickADay

The finally to my 30 day project will be posted tomorrow!!

Day 29 of 30 

Every cat needs a good pair of sneakers to snuggle with.
Day 28 of 30

This was growing out of a piece of wood on a bridge. Odd. 
Day 27 of 30

Interesting kitty. 
Day 26 of 30

Little smoothie as a pick me up.

Wow!

Wow am I behind on blogposts! I've been sick but tried to stay up with the PickADay.  I will hopefully post the majority of pictures in the next week.  The quality of the pictures are not so great since I had to take a few pictures last minute of the day on my phone.

Day 25 of 30

 My "nut" wreath for the fall.  I won't hang this one on the outside door, too cruel for those little squirrels.  The nuts are hot glued on to a flat wood wreath. I guess if you wanted some entertainment you could watch the squirrels for hours trying to pull off the nuts.

Day 24 of 30

A peek into my daily schedule, under the done tabs are exercise, banjo & piano. Rarely do I ever do everything on the list.

Day 23 of 30

A surprise visitor on our back porch.

Day 22 of 30

Who doesn't love a little Donald?

Day 21 of 30

Getting ready for fall!

Day 20 of 30

Day 19 of 30

For our 4 year anniversary we went to the Newport Aquarium.  I'll post more aquarium pictures.  This picture was taken inside a tunnel where the sharks were swimming all around us.  

Day 18 of 30

Well I believe that is enough pictures for today, sorry it was so pic heavy! Only 5 more days, I think I've over pickAday-ed myself. I didn't know what day it ended (since I wasn't posting everyday) so I've just kept taking pictures, I'm pretty sure I'm over 30 days now.

Have a JOYFUL day!

I'm here I'm here!

So I'm a little behind on pickaday posts but I have been taking my pictures!! Here is a looky at my pics.

Day 17 of 30

Project in the making... it will be revealed soon!!


Day 16 of 30

Day 15 of 30

We went to Young's Dairy to Wool Gatherings.  It's an annual wool festival!! This was my first year going, and it won't be the last.  My husband loves me so much he went with me... true love if you ask me, what man likes wool? Not many and certainly not my hubby.  But at least they had animals!  How can you not love this alpaca?

14 of 30

13 of 30

Disco anyone? 
And that is the up to date PickADay!
I hope you enjoyed it!