I found this idea and made a quick turkey onesie for Kennedy to wear for her first Thanksgiving. I made it about 20 minutes ago so it's not perfect. It is impossible to trace or ink print the hand of a wiggly 3 month old. Her little hand is only 2 1/2" wide spread out! Gotta love Moda Nest charm squares.
I'm almost finished with Kaci's fishing game. The sea life are done, the pole and "bobber" magnet are painted and all I have left to do is drill a hole in the dowel and string it up. As you can see painting is not my strong suit so don't judge me, also don't look at the threads, I'm a little embarrassed but it's done enough darn it. I'm going to add a cute little galvanized bucket to keep her catch in as soon as I can get to town and pick one up. I was thinking they won't get lost as easily because the magnetic fish will stick to the bucket, I'm hoping anyway. The entire finished package looks really cute in my head... if only you could see all the cute stuff I have stuck up there!
Thank you so much Memoirs of a Mommy for the cute tutorial that sparked my nautical-ness. Next up- dressed up towels and bath mat for Grandma G. I have her name in our "handmade under $10" family challenge and she doesn't get online so I know I'm safe here ;o).
Kennedy turned 3 months old today! My little short round is getting so big, her hair is even "bigger". 
I thought it would be fun to share 3 facts about Miss Mae that she'll deny later:
1. She is the cutest drama princess. When things are just right she's the happiest baby but when they aren't- watch out!
2. She loves to rub things with her hands, especially arm pits and chest hair. I personally don't know about the chest hair thing but I'll take Cody's word for it. That's something I hope she grows out of before she starts dating. Actually if she could keep that quirk maybe we won't have to worry about her ;o).
3. She has 3 tiny birth marks. One on her eye lid (hence the red left eye), one in the middle of her forehead, and one on her back.
I'm not going to jinx myself so I'm NOT going to tell you that for the past 2 days she's been taking her naps. I'm also not going to tell you she sleeps through the night for the most part. I just love my little chubby fussy or not!
I thought I should add I do not (for real) own a 3 row BMW. I drive a 3 row Big Mommy Wagon that got fixed today, hooray! Sorry for any confusion I may have caused ;o).Lemonade: I call Cody who finds someone to jump my car. They live here and they're home so it shouldn't take longer than 15 min. and I can still make it on time to the appointment. Great!
Lemon: I sit for 25 minutes for help to arrive and his car isn't big enough to charge my behemoth B.M.W. and I wait, and wait, and wait. Kennedy is screaming her ever loving head off and the other 2 girls are fighting. I feel like a complete idiot sitting there with my hood up and nothing happening. If I just had a burly man in front poking around in there that's one thing but to be a girl sitting there for 25 min. with her hood up messing with a cell phone inside the car, yeah, idiot.
Lemonade: I call the pediatric clinic and they reschedule for Friday. I find suckers in the diaper bag and proceed to fling them at the very very back where Kaci is until she finally catches one. Note to self, find the other six before the other kids do. Kennedy's little bum fits perfect on my steering wheel and we play games so she finally calms down.
Lemonade: A very nice gentleman I know just happened to be getting his mail in a huge diesel pickup and asked me if I needed a jump. The other very nice man who's been trying to help from the beginning comes back and gets in my car because I'm afraid I'll screw something up so I just sit back and watch my lovely vehicle start.
Lemon: I wasn't able to get to town so I have nothing to make for dinner, my package didn't get mailed (wrong post office, that's an even longer story), the kids missed their appointment, and I needed to borrow a pair of pinking sheers to finish my fishy project and they reside with someone 20 min. away. Not to mention about 50 other things I had planned just got de-planned, un-planned, ex-planned?
Lemonade: This kids were overjoyed, no ecstatic to find out that they missed their flu shots! I haven't seen a happier bunch since last Christmas. I almost hate to tell them we get to do it again on Friday, almost ;o). I do have some cans of dinner, oh how the family will love that. Not to mention because I won't be spending all evening shopping with the furious 5 I can show you this, my finished ribbon wands I said I would post yesterday. Note to self- small dowels are your friend.
So there you have it. A little glimpse into why my blog is called everyday chaos.
Busy is an understatement around here! Kennedy is napping again during the day so I'm starting to accomplish some things- yeah!!! I've made 2 pairs of booties and I'm putting the finishing touches on 3 more. I'm working on 2 ribbon wands and Kaci's go fish set as well as a bath mat and I've bought the supplies for everything else (almost). It feels sooo good to flex the old crafty muscle. Hopefully I'll be able to post pictures of some of my completed Christmas list stuff on Monday.
Just a side note, when I get comments on my blog it won't tell me a reply e-mail address anymore, it used to but for some reason it won't tell me anymore for anyone, is anyone else having this problem? So, if you leave me a comment and you want an answer please leave an e-mail address for me to contact you. Or, if it's easier just drop me an email at dontlickthefloor (at) hotmail (dot) com . I only check that email every few days but I love to answer questions when I can!!
Speaking of that, Kay- I got the idea for the sheet metal activity boards from this Etsy shop. I'm going to make my own for just my kids to use but her prices are excellent if you are interested in buying some. I probably won't show pictures of that when I'm finished because I will be making them almost exactly like hers with accessories and I don't want to step on any toes ;o). I think it's a great idea and will be a great gift! A tip for anyone thinking of giving one of these, Dry Erase marker does NOT come out of clothing so it's probably better for the larger set of kids. We have a Christmas dress that learned that lesson...
Have a great weekend and I'll be back on Monday with some crafty eye candy!
Ok, so you're probably tired of all the quilt giveaways I keep posting but I'm only doing it as a service for you. I don't want anyone to miss out. So go head on over to Camille's blog and drool and wipe your lip, then don't comment so I can win. I mean it! I'm going to win this time ;o). She's going to make me the ever famous Bloom quilt, I hope with every finger, toe, and hair crossed!
No, this isn't going to be a post about the list of things I would like to have for Christmas. Rest assured Cody already knows what I would like to get ;o). This is a list of things I need to make for Christmas. I figure if I type it I'm bound and obligated to do it. So let it be written, so let it be done (quick, name that line!). Here's the short list of things I'm working on starting tomorrow-
4 Sheet Metal Activity boards
1 Elastic neck tie
3 Fabric doll/dog/princess houses and characters (here)
1 Go fish game (here)
3 Ribbon Wands
4 doll softies (here, here, and here)
3 Head purses (here)
1 game softy
1 blanket
1 puppy shirt (applique pattern here)
For the other little ones I know and love-
Fish in a bag soaps (posted link here)
Shrinky dink rings (here)
Sticky notes books (here)
Fabric cuffs
If I have any time left at all I would also like to try-
Piggy banks
Recycled Glove Chipmunk (here)
Patchwork bathmat (here)
Framed Quilted name art
So there it is. I have a few more projects that are secret since someone is a known peeker *cough* Cody. I'm not planning on doing every one of these things, this is just a wish list of all the gifts I would love to give homemade. I do plan on trying to get as many done as I can and of course I'll change them to suit our little creepies so I'll update with pictures when I'm finished with each one. Wish me luck and if you don't see me for the next month I'm holed up in my craft cave happily crafting away!
Please Note: There's some really talented ladies out there, no? None of these are my original idea so I've tried to put the link to the source when I remembered where they came from.
What used to be my front steps is now some sort of fortress. While the estrogen's away the testosterone will play.
Pretty fierce! There's a leaf barricade and in case the invaders breached that there's also a stone wall. I'm not sure what the large sticks next to the rake are for, maybe pole vaulting to safety in case the stone wall didn't hold 'em? Aren't those burly guards scary looking.
My little brother Josh is spending the weekend at our house so Jeremy (who's 8 and on the left) and Uncle Josh (who's 9 and on the right) have been having a blast. I'm not sure if Josh would say so because the mean older sister that I am, I made him eat one piece of broccoli before he could have a fudgecicle last night. It's fun being the oldest!
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left a comment or emailed because I really needed that yesterday. Sometimes living in a paper sack has it's advantages but most of the time I feel pretty isolated and alone. Being a mom can be hard and lonely work but you guys made me feel less alone and normal. I'm just a girl trying the best I can to be a good mom, wife, daughter, and friend. Some days I feel I do a decent job and others I feel like a complete failure but I really am feeling better today, oh what a good nights sleep will do!
I got this card in the mail yesterday-
I'm not sure if she reads my blog or not but I thought it was perfect timing. All it says is "Dear Bridget, I just wanted to tell you what a wonderful mother I think you are!!". Thank you, thank you so much! It must have been divine inspiration because she sent it before my feel sorry for me post but it really made me feel better.
That's enough of that! Back to my regularly scheduled crafty bloggy-ness. You should go check this link out, so stinking cute and I'm sure if you are the bazaar kind this would sell well. I'm making a bunch for Christmas gifts for the kids, I think. They would love it!
All kidding aside, what 2 month old goes from taking two 3 to 4 hour naps everyday to taking five 20 minute naps only when being held? Mine!! This mom has had it and I'm feeling totally overwhelmed. I'm so stressed out that I keep falling asleep on the couch, with the baby since we're apparently Siamese twins, at 9:00. On Monday I fell asleep just after 8. Just call me Gloria and get me a cup for my teeth since Kennedy has aged me to 90. This is the worst possible time for this, I'm getting nothing done and I'm so focused on getting Kennedy to take a nap that the day flies by and it's time for dinner before I even realize breakfast is over. I am far, far, far from even appearing perfect right now.
If you're local and you are reading this- please please please do not come over! I would die of embarrassment and I would simply have to move. If you want to see me go to Australia I guess that's a good plan, just come on over and I'll be forced to take a sweet passport picture in my jammies with no bra on and flee the country. I can hear my enemies now "Moowhaaa ha ha, that's it! Jinkins grab our best pot luck rice casserole we will destroy the Baxter's!" because every evil genius has a sidekick named Jinkins.
I'm not sure what that last paragraph was about so I'll leave you with this-
Isn't she stinking adorable, good thing or I might be forced to upgrade. No, downgrade. I don't think I can handle six kids.
