Out of the mouth of my babe...

Riding in the car on the way home this evening:

Jackson whining: "Mommy, bottom owwweee!"
Me: "Sorry buddy, we'll be home in a minute."
Jackson: " Tiss it mommy...tiss my bottom mommy!"

Hopefully this will be the only time I hear my child tell me to kiss his butt. Or else. Cute when he's two, not so cute when he's twelve.

My First Show!

As I mentioned in the last couple of posts, over the last couple of weeks I've been feverishly sewing trying to get ready to do my first craft show. I sort of cringe when I say that because I really don't like the word "craft" and when I mix it with the word "show" I sort of cringe a little more because it conjurs up images of all sorts of campy, homely items that I wouldn't be caught dead buying...such as embroidered toilet paper. Really. There was someone at this craft show selling toilet paper and paper towel roles that had sayings and pictures embroidered on them. I don't get it. But I digress...So, I thought I would try my hand at actually making some money with the sewing abilities that my lovely mom passed on to me and it sort of worked! I was really happy with my sales for the day...it was definitely more than I thought it would be. And the best part was hearing people's positive comments about my fabric choices and how cute everything was, so that really made me feel good. I mostly made baby items like burp cloth sets, appliqued onesies, taggie blankets, and tote bags, but there were a few other things too, but I won't bore you with too many details. This is a picture Lindsay took of my little booth. I totally have to give a shout out to my sister-in-law Ally for all of her help with this. She came to help me set up the night before and brought me the three big doors that you see in the back and various other display help. She also is an awesome graphic designer and she designed a logo for me for my business cards and tags. Thanks, Ally! You're the best!

Sorry the pictures aren't the best and you really can't see a lot of detail, but I'll just keep you in suspense until...the Grand Opening of my Etsy shop! I decided that things went well enough that I will go ahead and open a shop on the Etsy website and see how that goes. It's a lot of work getting that all set up, but I'll let you know when it opens! In the meantime, if you don't know what Etsy is, check it out. It's AWESOME!

Fun visit from the Perkins (minus one!)

It was a whirlwind week at our house this past week. Lindsay and the kids arrived Tuesday evening and the house was alive with the sound of screaming, crying, and laughing for the next couple of days. We didn't get quite as much accomplished as we had dreamed of, but we got what was needed done to get ready for the show on Saturday. More to come about that in the next post! Despite the cold weather, we still took the kiddos to the park a couple of times to release some of the tension and make our house seem a little less small. These two cousins (Eva and Jackson) fight like they are brother and sister, but there is so much sweetness between them too. There was a lot of saying "sorry" going on, but the making up part was always so precious, with hugs and kisses and forgiveness. Gotta love a child's heart.

This was one of the only pictures we got of the Eva, Shepherd, and Jackson where you could actually see all three of their faces. These kids are busy!

I had to put this picture in here to help keep me humble. I was looking at it and laughing a bit about how crazy messy the kitchen looked, but we had more important things to do that night...Lindsay was helping me assemble some taggie blankets that I had to get done, so tidying up was not on the agenda.

We missed you, John, but thanks for letting Linds and the kids come!

It seems all I do lately on this blog is apologize for the lack of posts...sad, really. So I decided this time, I'm not apologizing. I'll just make excuses:
1. Still don't have a camera yet (but Lindsay is coming to visit tomorrow and she's helping me pick one out)
2. I've been sewing like CRAZY lately (I'm doing my first craft show on Saturday...Yikes!)
3. I've had other things that I've had to focus on lately (you know, besides my husband, child,
dog, house, etc...)
These are just a few of the reasons for the lack of blogging. I really should add one more just to be honest:
4. I've been spending too much time reading other blogs to take the time to do my own.

So as mentioned, Lindsay, Eva, and Shepherd are making the drive to Iowa tomorrow. Pray for travelling safety and sanity for Lindsay! She is coming to help me finish getting ready for the craft show and I'm so super excited I think I might not be able to sleep tonight. I will hopefully have some pictures of everything to show you after her visit!