I'm going to have a new niece or nephew in March! My best little niece Natalee will be about 2 1/2 years older than her new brother or sister. Perfect timing I think. Congrats again to my best sister and brother-in-law, Ashlee and John. Yea! I'm so excited. I love little babies I can hold and then give back! I added a baby ticker to my sidebar.
Happy Birthday to my mush-cake munchkin! Shay is three years old! Well, she's been actually. For about a month now. My littlest was born three years ago on August 14th. I told you I'm running a bit behind here.
During the day my gram, who is Dobbie to the girls (Ayla's mispronunciation as a baby stuck!), took the girls to Build-A-Bear in the mall. It was our first time there. I don't think they really appreciated it enough for it to be worth the ridiculous cost, but it was fun. Shay made a monkey, her favorite animal; Ayla a bear (to add to her bear collection of at least 10 now) and Natalee made a bunny with an Eagles cheerleader outfit (boo Eagles, go GIANTS!).
Later we had Shay's Tinkerbell party at Dobbie's house. The girls put on a hula show for us.
Shay got lots of great gifts, but my heart is still smiling about her favorite one - the tutu I made her in Tinkerbell colors. She opened it up and said with a very serious but excited voice, 'Ah! A tutu. It's e-e-ful (beautiful). I try it on now!' She put it right on.
When I told her later that I made it for her she put her arms around my neck and said said so maturely, 'You made it? I so happy you made that for me, Mommy.' That is the stuff I live for.
Amy just might have my dream life (that is, assuming I could be her and still have my hubby and kids!). Not only does she have many lines of unbelievable fabric, you can now now only wear her prints on your body while eating off of plates with her designs! Can I mention these are porcelain Mikasa plates?! Designing for Mikasa. Could it get any better?
The line is called Vintage Botanica and Mikasa describes the dinnerware as: "Clean, coupe lines and curved silhouettes frame vibrant florals to create a setting that is lush, romantic and graceful."
Simply elegant. I'll add these to my list of wants. Available September 16th.
I just got some gorgeous Amy Butler prints in for Good Pails. Now if I could just find time to add them to the site.
I'm starting back where I left off - the beginning of August. Not because you're all dying to see pics of our vacation, but partly because I'm trying to keep up with this blog as a sort of journal of memories. Just like last year in Ocean City, NJ, we were blessed with perfect weather every day. My sister and brother-in-law, my niece Natalee and the four of us all had a great time. Of course, right? It was vacation, duh!
Eric squeezed on the little helicopter with Shay and Natalee.
My aunt, my cousin and her little girls came to visit for a night.
We dug a big hole and made a little pool on the beach. That was fun and I worked long and hard with all the girls on it and another sweet little girl we met on the beach UNTIL I saw some gross little swimming worm things in there. That was it for me. Another reminder of why I don't go in water I can see my feet in. Yuck.
Ayla, Shay and Natalee loved flying the kite.
Ayla had been, coincidentally, asking me for a few weeks before vacation when she was going to see a rainbow. It rained for three minutes once on vacation and we got this view of a rainbow over the ocean from our deck.
Do I still have any friends left in blogging world who want to hear what I have to say? Hope I haven't lost you all. I know I've been gone for a long time. I've been crazy-busy and just got out of blogging mode. I hope to upload some pics later, but since I've last posted we had our vacation in Ocean City, NJ, Shay turned 3!, and I've been sewing lots to try to get ready for three craft fairs.
I really don't know what I was thinking signing up for three of them. I hardly have enough for one. Plus, the last show is two days long, so it's really like I'm doing four shows.
I'm going to open up a new Etsy shop soon too. Some things I've been working on: tutu's, reversible pinafore tops, purses, wristlets, key fobs, bibs, nap mats, baby shoes. Next comes some aprons, crayon rolls, burp cloths and blankets.
How have you all been? I've missed you and will start back on visiting some of your blogs today. 
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