"It's a Boy" Alphabet Background Card

Quick post of a baby card I made a while ago.

This card went to Greg's sister, Kati. Same "It's a boy" stamp as in this card, but used differently:


I liked the design - maybe I'll make a girl version of the card down the road.

Rainbow of Towels at Target

While at Target a few weeks back, I passed by their towel section, all organized in rainbow order, and I had to take a picture because I enjoy when things are organized in a rainbow of colors.


A couple years ago, after seeing this blog post by Becky Higgins, I reorganized my closet (mostly my shirts) and I've been a fan. ROYGBIV? Check. Matching hangers? Yes, I will most definitely steal all the white hangers for myself. But I was already kind of crazy about that before and I couldn't stand all the crazy hanger colors that Greg had.

Lovely Package Exchange 2011 Received

I signed up to participate in a couple of package exchanges recently, the Lovely Package Exchange being one of them.


Here's the package I got from my exchange partner.

Overall package:

Instant snow:

Baker's twine:

Candy cane:

Screenprinted tea towel:

Screenprinted notecards:

Sticky note tin:


I'm late in getting my package out (shame on me), but I finally finished putting it together and sent it out today! Pictures to come next week since the package is supposed to get there by next Wednesday.

Panic

Is realizing that you don't have a clean diaper handy after starting to unfasten a poopy diaper and there is no one else home to be your gofer.

[Edited on 12/26/2011]:
I should add that this didn't used to be an issue when Evie couldn't roll over as expertly as she can now. Now, if I leave her with a half-on/half-off poopy diaper, I risk the poop migrating to other places as a result of her rolling (mostly because she wants to be on her stomach and not on her back).

Evie's Six Month Photo

It was harder to get a smile this time. She was pretty aware of the camera, to the point where she was more curious than willing to smile. She's not really looking at the camera because I was off to the side trying to get her to smile. Still cute though!

Evie's Five Month Photo

Greg says the caption for this one should be "To be, or not to be":

Purse Organizer

I was thinking the other day how much I liked my purse organizer, so I wanted to share it real quick. Earlier this year, I bought this purse organizer from an Etsy shop called Divide and Conquer and it's been awesome for making order out of my black hole of a purse:



Note: That's not my stuff; these are pictures from the Etsy listing.
It's got a lot of pockets and structure to it, and it's made out of sturdy fabric, so it holds up well. I'm not really a color or pattern person when it comes to accessories, so I went with basic black, but the seller has a variety of colors and fabrics, as well as different sizes and shapes of organizers. I recommend it!

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My posts as of late have been pretty baby heavy (not that I regret it). I have been getting little pockets of craft time in, but it's all working towards a couple of package projects that I'll post about soon.

Evie at 6 Months

• Evie can sit up by herself now. This girl has been waiting to sit up.
  
• Recently, she's been kind of getting on her knees and rocking. She can also scoot backwards, although it's unlikely to be intentional at this point. She's on her way to crawling!
  
• She can sort of hold herself up in a standing position, though she's wobbily at it and it only lasts a couple minutes at a time.
  
• She's starting to be able to hold her own bottle.
  
• She's graduated to eating green beans!
  
• She's increasingly vocal, including yelling as she entertains herself.
  
• She's learned how to really laugh and it makes me smile.
  
• Peek-a-boo has lost its luster. She doesn't get quite as amused by it as before, like when we first started doing it and she was like, Whoa, where did you just go?. I didn't think it'd go so fast!
  
• She's a stomach sleeper, now that she can roll over whenever she wants. At first, I was like, Noooooooo, you're supposed to sleep on your back to be saferrrrrrr. I'm over it now. There's no stopping her from rolling on to her belly.
  
• I sometimes find her in her crib sleeping with her butt up in the air. Heh!
  
• Couple weeks ago, she had gunky eyes and pinkeye was suspected. Daycare didn't want her going until we went to the doctor to confirm whether it was pinkeye or not. Turns out it was not pinkeye, but likely a symptom of a cold she had at the time. Whew! I was convinced that we were going to wake up with crusted over eyes or something, which isn't the end of the world, but not preferable.
  
• Along with the above-mentioned cold, we were frequently wiping Evie's nose. Love is wiping your child's snotty, crusty nose, like, 10 times a day despite being grossed out by it. Before actually having a child, it was easy for me to think to myself that I would not have a gross child that went around with a snotty, crusty nose. Turns out that's easier said than done, because Evie does not like to have her nose wiped. Many times, nose wipes are followed by crying. True, recovery from said crying is quick after nose-wiping ends. But a freshly wiped nose quickly becomes a snotty, crusty nose once again in only a short amount of time. Sometimes, if it's not that bad, I just say, nevermind.
  
• Evie looks like a giant compared to her cousin, Ben, who was born six months after her, to the day. Can't believe how much babies grow in only six months!