Sewing and showers

A good friend of mine surprised me about 9 months ago when she told me she was expecting.  You see, she was always on the fence and then one night she dropped the bomb! I couldn't have been more excited.

We threw a shower for her last night and it was great!  We all like good food, good drinks and good desserts.  So we decided we would make a variety of her favorite items.  It consisted of homemade gourmet pizza's, salad, chocolate cream pie and nectarine/berry pie from Random order, and lil' mamma cookies.  DELISH! 

Two Tarts- Lil' Mamma cookies

Random Order- Chocolate Cream Pie

Random Order- Berry Pie

I had spotted some cute flag banners awhile back.  Just needed the perfect excuse to make one.  So yes, I have been sewing, it was a fun/quick project.

her and her hubby make bacon, so the pig bookends were perfect!

If you live in PDX and haven't been to Random order to try their pie's, truly your missing out...and if you haven't been to Two Tarts to try their cookies... I'm not sure we could be friends ;)  Put both of these on your 'must do' lists and thank me later.

No way!

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I'll be completely honest...I thought for sure I was having another boy!  I felt that it might have been a girl in the beginning but one night I saw a blue blanket in my dream and woke up with a strong feeling it was a boy.  You have to understand, that I have a strong intuition and its been correct too many times to doubt it. 

Brandon and I went into our appointment fully convinced it was a boy so when she went to the nether region I kept looking for a boy part (they are SO obvious on an ultrasound) and I didn't see it, so then I thought...maybe it needs to pop up or something (which I know it doesn't), and then I worried what if our child hasn't made up its mind yet and its an IT!  But low and behold it was a GIRL! Shocked, so shocked I couldn't even get excited!

As the night has worn on, I've gotten more and more excited.  Same with Brandon.  Crazy I tell ya!

As a side note...I've been sewing a little.  Have some projects (aprons) that I've been talking about for months and haven't done much with more done than they were a few weeks ago and have a quick project to whip up this weekend for my girlfriends shower. She is due in 3 weeks, and doesn't know what she is having.  You people who don't find out have serious, serious will power!

I'll post pics soon of these fun projects.

Berry Pickin'

I had never been berry picking before, so therefor Davis had not either.  I figured I would take him Saturday afternoon, and then saw some friends were going on FB.  Ohh the power of social media.  We all met at Kruger farm for some fun.

Little Jo in her strawberry hat!

Hayride

Looking good ladies!  Surprisingly it was sunny and warm. 

It started to rain once we got on the bridge to head home.

My kid may not look like me, but he is as picky as I was at his age. 

He didn't eat anything we picked, but enjoyed picking them.

The farm

Mateo and Davis are in the same class together at school, buddies!

They even sell naughty berries! Perfect for bachelorett parties! J/K!

New Eye Candy

Since I started using Google Reader awhile back, I haven't been that great about keeping my Eye Candy section updated.  I have added a few new blogs to my reader, one in particular that I'm enjoying is Swanky Tables.  Come to find out she is in Portland...holla!

I'll take you on a little journey of what I love about this blog

Fun cocktail recipes and ideas

Cuteness!

Who woulda thought to use candy necklaces as decorations?

OMG!- Lemon Merinque cupcakes!

Party ideas, no mom could ever not have enough of these.  This one is Under the Big Top! Look at the cute bags of popcorn!  Ohh and the cake is a merry go round.

Baseball birthday party! This would fit Davis perfectly...he is obsessed about baseball at the moment.  His first words to me yesterday morning when I got him up was "hey momma want to go hit some balls?"! Love it!  Notice the jars of candy and the cute printed bags for the kids to take home?  I think thats a great alternative to goody bags.  I also love the bags of peanuts (again). 

Cute girls birthday party idea! Love the jar of cookie mix!

Fun huh!

This weather is the pits! I'm feeling the need for some sun and warmth.  I feel like when it is sunny and warm we try to cram everything in as quickly as we can not knowing if its going to stay or go back to gloom....sad. 

I'm thinking a few randoms.. 

1.  B is in China, thats freakin far, how am I going to do this with 2 kids?! 

2.  I'm much more whimpier this time around.  I find myself going to bed at 8:30 and am still exhausted the next day.  Not to mention...I'm not cute right now folks! I have large dark circles under my eyes and for some reason my hair is hideous. 

3.  That poor little boy who is missing...seriously can you even imagine the heartache?!  

4.  Thinking its time to plan another trip away, this time just B and I before the baby comes.  Last time before we had Davis we went to Hawaii, B doesn't have that much time and we already went to Hawaii this year so I'm thinking SF, NY or ?? Got any good ideas?  NY is winning the race at the moment.  

5.  I should be sewing right now.

Picky Pleaser

I thought I'd pass on a stellar recipe.  I don't need to tell you that its easy, because afterall, thats my mantra.

My SIL shared this with me because...well...I have a picky eater on my hands.  So any way I can sneak some fruit or veggies into a meal secretly I'm all about it. 

Pumpkin Muffins

Here is the ingredients:

-  One box of white cake mix

- One can of puréed pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)

Mix the two together and bake at 350 until baked through and toothpick comes out clean.  I make them in mini muffins.  Perfect size for little hands and there is always enough to share with friends.

Now, I realize a cake mix may not be the healthiest, but lets face it the benefits of pumpkin outweigh it. 

Now...get busy and make some muffins.

What color are you?

I came across this on Inkspot Workshop, listed in my eye candy section.   Its pretty fun.  Visit here to play, but pop back over and tell me what color you are.

Papersource Colorscope

I like all of these, but fuschia and papaya are catching my eye.

Bambi...

I want you!

We just spent 8+ hours roundtrip in the car driving down I-5 on our way to "the dirty south" (aka Medford) as we like to call it.  Wait....let me back up about 9 months ago, Brandon and I saw an old camper trailer on a leisure bike ride to our local coffee shop.  It was only 1500 but needed some work done, in all it was in good shape for its age and one of those things we kick ourselves for not looking into further.  As it goes, this pretty much starts it...Brandon wants to buy an old trailer (preferably fixed up).  At first I thought he was crazy, but then...I'll admit he got me thinking.  So every once in awhile I jump on craigslist and search.  To no avail, this isn't something we would spend money on right now, but always in the back of our minds.

So fast forward to our weekend down to "the dirty".  There were campers, RV's and travel trailers galore on I-5.  We saw all shapes and sizes and we saw, what we felt like, a ton of Airstreams.  Anytime we see one we tend to react like this "ohhhhhhh an airstream" and then I think we dream a little in our mids.  Well we pulled along side a very cute airstream, I looked for a name and it was BAMBI! Hellooooo gorgeous.  Thanks to the handy iphone I got online to research..hehhehmmm fall more in love with. 

This is her

Inside

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I mean really, who wouldn't want her?  As much as I want to add her to my 40 before 40 list...I think I'll save it for the 50 before 50 list.  Its just a bit more realistic and my desire for a boat is just a bit stronger.

Wouldn't we be so cute in Bambi?!

{At a dear friends park in Medford}