My April Snow GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

My April Snow GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Such pretty earrings! I would love to win these!

Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Lisa Leonard Designs Jewelry GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

I think Abigail needs one of these spoons! :)

New shoes!

Wednesday Abigail and I took a trip to the mall. Jordan and I decided that since she is pulling up, cruising and trying to walk she needed new - good - shoes! I always hate taking her to the mall... whoever came up with the concept of a two story shopping area wasn't thinking about kids. Yes, there are elevators in JC Penny and Macy's, but it is next to impossible to move efficiently through shopping malls. Before we left I did my homework - Stride Rite (who makes the best baby shoes) is just outside of JCPenny, on the top floor and Gymboree (because I can't resist going in there, and I had a 20% off coupon) was just a few stores down. So we were set! 

We went into Stride Rite and they were so helpful! They measured Abigail's foot - a 4 1/2 wide - and we decided on the soft motion technology shoes. Luckily there weren't a ton of colors and styles to choose from. I think she'll be able to wear the ones we picked out with lots of different outfits. She was a great sport through the whole process - trying to share her links and pacifier with another little girl who was there, and peeking at herself in the mirrors. So to reward her I bought her new clothes, too : ) Gymobree was having pretty good sales and with my coupon I was able to get her lots of clothes. My favorite are these PJ's ~ aren't they adorable?! Pink with glow-in-the-dark skeleton! I can't wait for her to wear them for the first time ~ when daddy's home (t-minus 5ish days!)!!

  Her new shoes:

She looks like such a big girl!

There's No Place Like Home...

Go Huskers!!

This weekend Abigail and I traveled to Nebraska, again. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE going home. It's fantastic ~ great food, family and someone I trust getting up with my baby = a little extra sleep :) BUT I really hate the drive. I wish I could be one of those people who loves to drive, you know, the "open road" and all that stuff, but I can't. I dread getting in the car to make the 3.25 hr treck home. This weekend it was even worse... We left just before 6pm on Friday night. This would normally put us at my parent's house just after 9, maybe 9:15. Well little did I know this was going to be a road construction nightmare! I decided to take I435 out of town. My parents (and husband) seem to think it's faster, and there is always less traffic, so I figured, why not?! I should stop here and state, that, no matter which way I went Friday evening, I would have had problems. Okay, well the ramp from I435 to I29N was closed. What?! I discovered this about a quarter of a mile before the ramp. No pre-warning, no "exit now", nothing! Just a closed sign. Not even a detour sign. Great. So I figure, "I got this", I just get off at the next exit and turn around. Well that was the easy part. I29 was down to one lane... Abigail was asleep in the back (thanfully!), but it was stop and go traffic until past Platte City, where I was going to stop for gas. But, oh no. That exit ramp was also closed, so onto St. Joe. I stopped for gas, drove through McDonalds for a orange HiC and we're off! But, not without waking the sleeping baby. For some reason, every time the car stops, her eyes pop open. So she cried a little bit and fell back to sleep. We take the Rock Port exit to get to mom and dad's and, surprise! Construction again. The Missouri River bridge was one lane. So, as you can imgaine, we're stopped again. There was a stop light to direct the traffic and we waited for approximately 7 mintues (I didn't time it or anything!). As I said before, car stops, eyes pop open. So, we went through that again. We finally arrived at my mom and dad's at about 9:45. I was tired from all of the stop and go and Abigail was exhausted from all of the waking and falling back to sleep.

Saturday was a much better day! Abigail had a bath in the morning:

This is her new laughing face (I'm not really sure where she picked that up!)

The purpose of this trip home was a baby shower. One of my best friends from highschool (and college!) is due in October. Her due date has changed a couple times, so we're hopeful that the baby will come on Abigail's birthday. Abby is excited to have a new playmate and I'm so excited for a little baby! We know that she is having a girl, and the shower was Disney Pricess themed. My sister, mom and I made mints, because, who doesn't love 'em? And the shower was amazingly fun! So many friends from highschool were there, one even flew in from Colorado! It's always so great to get to catch up with old friends, but especially so when they're some of your best friends! One of them has a little boy who my sister gets to babysit on occasion (she works at the daycare at Bryan).

Playing at the shower

~ Best Friends ~

This morning my grandparents and other family members came out to see Abigail and I. My mom's cousin, Pam, brought her grand daughter out. Raleigh is 4 months old, but bigger than Abigail was at 6 months. Here are the girls playing:

We really had a fantastic weekend and the drive home was much better because I was prepared for all of the stops (though we did get stopped by a train ~ dang!). Abigail and I are looking forward to next weekend... at home!

My crafty side...

So for a long time I've been wanting to be able to make things. You know, like appliqued onesies and pretty blankets. Well a few weeks ago I bought a sewing machine. It was a big step, but I'm so glad I did it (all about that another time)!

So far the list of things I've made is fairly short... ribbon burp clothes for a friend (pictures to come - her shower is this weekend), a Husker tutu for Abigail and tonight, the most difficult of all: an appliqued onside! I did it!! I'm seriously excited and proud of myself. Don't look too closely, or you'll see the flaws, but all-in-all I think it turned out pretty cute!

Here are pictures of the tutu and onesie:

GO BIG RED!

Super cute Halloween skirt! Giveaway!

This is a really cute skirt, which would look adorable on Abigail, don't you think?! Made by the same creative girl who made Abby's birthday outfit!
http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-halloween-skirt.html

Congrats Brian and Sandie!

My cousin got married this weekend in Nebraska. It was a beautiful ceremony at a really cute little church in a very small town. Brian raced for a long time and racing is a big part of their family. Him and a good friend raced crazy cruisers... for those of you who don't know what a "crazy cruiser" is, it's a car - and one person steers and the other does the gas/brake. Well in our family you don't do anything small, and they turned an ambulance into a crazy cruiser once and they also did a limo...

Brian and Sandie on the crazy cruiser

Brian and Jennifer

My cousins

Well as many of you can imagine Abigail was the life of the party at the reception :) she was even a bit entertaining during the ceremony (oops!). She always has fun when my sister is around, though!

Abby and Mommy

Sunday Abigail got to see her great Grandma and Grandpa Tyser, which was great! And, we started back to KC about 2. Abigail slept most of the way. Isn't she sweet??

My beautiful baby girl!

*Note the two pacifiers