we've been up to.

okay no captions, but here are some photos of our life lately and some things i've made....okay as i was just uploading, i realized they are pretty much all of what i've made, bc my photos of the boys are on the laptop. sorry!  however, i did include two photos from back when all of this journey started- look how young/small the boys are.

this is a baby swaddler

the left= a wristlet...the right=a sock monkey hat.

this is a frog.  above it...whooooo could it be?

tiny ridge.

tiny sawyer.

grocery cart cover/high chair cover

 flower hair bows/clips

i guess that's all for now!

birthday extravaganza(S)!

Okay, for Sawyer's birthday, his ACTUAL birth day, the DAY he turned four, he and I met up with two of my girlfriends and their kiddos @ Red Robin.  Cuteness abounds:

These girls are gonna drive the boys crazy!  Look how pretty they are!

And this little handsome man is only five days younger than Ridge, and so stinkin' cute! 

Here are all the kiddos with their balloons.  Little boy on the right-- spitting image of his daddy, and what a ham in these pictures!  Those kids loved those balloons.  Sawyer didn't want to take pictures though.

 

Okay, Sawyer asked for lemon cake for his birthday. That is NOT chunky elmer's glue on top of it. It's lemon glaze, and it was good.  So...there.

 

 

Ridgey didn't feel well...but he's still cute!

Okay, both boys woke up at the hospital on their birthday.  Both boys were greeted with a birthday sign from the nurses. Here is Ridge's.  I told you, I forgot to take pictures of Sawyer's stuff on his birthday. I know, Loooooooooooo-ser.

These are some of our loooovely nurses! All were present to celebrate Sir Ridge's first birthday.  I'm showcasing some of his bday stuff here bc I never did an adequate party post for him.  And now I'm too tired to find all those pictures again.  So he has LOTS of pictures but gets less of a showcase than Sawyer did up above....anyway, we love these girls!

In between Ridge and Sawyer's birthdays, we had a joint party, which ALSO happened at the hospital.  Here's how it went down.  CAMO.  These are camo cupcakes. They looked way less glamorous when finished.  I iced them with vanilla bean buttercream and dark chocolate buttercream.  The cake looked like green mold after they were baked.  And I wasn't overall impressed with the recipe. But I could've eaten twelve bowls of that icing.

Here's a shot of some of the decorations. I have more, but again, too tired to mess with that right now.  It was cute.  And a lot of people came to the party. And we got way too many presents!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BOYS!

side note, only bc I said I'd post more here...here are a couple other shots of those swaddlers if you are wanting to see how they work.

put a little love in your {their} heart!

Give back- and get some jewelry or something in return.  My original blog post @ crazydaycary.blogspot.com gently urges you to give-- there is a family whose story will blow you away, and bdawg and i want to give financially to help them out.  your purchases now through the first of June will all benefit this family. if you don't want to purchase but do want to donate, you can do that too.
enough rambling- here are the pictures of some of my most recent projects, for sale!

The necklaces to the right-- beginning with the turq/yellow one-- $32.50 for necklace, bracelet, earrings.  $35 for the orange/turq set (3 piece), the pink/turq and the turq/wood aren't available.  the purple/turquoise in the bottom right is a 3 piece set for $25

I have two sets of cupcakes, perfect for a little girl's birthday or just a surprise.  Sometimes people ask me what these are for...i dont' have a daughter, but i played house a lot as a child. THAT is what these are for! $14 for a 4 pack.

happenings lately

Sooo....business wise, here's what I've been up to.  Summer headbands, $7.50.  They are lightweight yarn, so they wouldn't be hot.  I mean, you could wear them year round, but they are spring/summer appropriate as well.

I'm totally in love with this apron.  If it weren't already purchased, I'd keep it for myself!  It took all day to make, but my goodness, I LOVE it!  Very retro...verrrrry verrrrry adorable!  I hope who receives it loves it!!!

The other day, I was able to clean my entire house while Brandon was at work, and Ridge was with me. Ridge doesn't play well alone, and wants to be held like 98.6% of the time.  So...how was I able to clean my house, all of it, and make these for Sawyer -- and myself-- (which are just like the ones my Mamaw used to make at Christmas):

 

AND these, which I love even more, and was so glad I had strawberries on hand, and leftover chocolate to put on them.....(but it really was too bad we ate them all, bc Gibby came, and she loves them!)

So, how did I do it?  Well praise be, glory be, thank you Lord, and hallelujah....Ridge, even with IV cords and pulse-ox cords and a medicine pump and bag.....can STILL rock it in the sling! i LOVE my hotsling!  and Ridgey does too: