Too Many titles for one post

Like the title says, this post is too random that there would too many things to put in the title. First of all, Avery is now 22 months old. I can't believe that she is almost 2. Two weeks ago, we celebrated the last day of fall and went and had a picnic at Castle Park. Avery loves the park as you can see. She is the sweetest little girl and is so obedient. She can pretty much say any word that you ask her too, and talks non stop. She even trys to sing. She loves school, and now loves playing with friends. She always wants to give people hugs. She will often chase sam around saying "hug?". Poor dog. She loves to run, dance, and play. She also loves books and doing anything that you do. I still don't think that she understands that she is going to be a big sister, but she loves babies. Most days she can be found pushing her doll stroller with her baby and her purse slung over her shoulder. She has just starting yelling "Amen" at the end of prayers which is pretty funny. She gives me something to laugh about and tell daddy about every day. She is very loved.

Today (I know, really early) Avery helped me put up the Christmas decorations. I wanted it up because we will be busy all weekend, and I am trying to organize the basement and get the baby stuff up and ready. She was so cute.
Here is her section of the tree that she decorated.
Here are a couple of crafts that I have been working on. I am just trying to get ready for Christmas. I finished the dresser and will show you pics when Avery's room is completed. I made these necklaces for my VT.
This is a crochet doll cradle that folds up into a purse. My mom bought Avery one at a boutique, and I just copied it. It was pretty simple to make and only took me around an hour. I am still looking for more little dolls though, so let me know if you find any. They are going to be Avery's Christmas gifts to her little friends. They are perfect for church, car rides and running errands. Avery loves hers.

These are the scarves that I am crocheting for Avery's teachers for Christmas.
Well everything is going good. I can't believe that we only have 8 more weeks until this new little girl comes to visit. Still no name yet, but I have ordered the Nursery bedding. I will post some pictures when I have some. I am afraid that Avery and the Baby's room will be pretty basic for awhile and be a work in progress.

This past weekend I had a girls weekend with my Mom and Sister. We got some Christmas shopping done, and also went and saw "New Moon". I loved it. It was fun, I always enjoy spending time with them. I also got to watch one of my brothers basketball games. He is so talented and I don't get to watch enough of them.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving. I am grateful for my Father in Heaven, for my family and for the blessing I have to be a Wife and Mom.

Side note: I am becoming more familiar with my Mac that we have had for 1.5 years. I did this whole post on mac and even used the photoshop for mac. It takes some getting used to, but I think I am going to like it.

Thanksgiving Point's Scarecrow Festivial

My Mom, Grandma and I took Avery to the Scarecrow festival yesterday. The weather was beautiful and it was such a fun day. Here is Avery and Great Grandma enjoying the weather. I was so excited for Avery to ride the Ponies. She loved to watch them and all of the other animals, but didn't really enjoy riding them. She only stayed on for about half the time. She loved looking at the ducks, and the roosters, and she can now say what a rooster says. It is so funny.

We took a train ride as well. She cried most of the time because Grandma didn't ride the train with us.

Here favorite thing was the bounce house. She had a ball and enjoyed watching the other kids jump.

Afterwards we went to Grandma's house for lunch and a much needed nap. My Mom then showed me how to make these pretties. Isn't my Mom so talented. She had many people comment on her necklass, and even had one lady ask her to make some for her to sale in her shop.

Today, Avery and I are just resting. I have a nasty cold. I feel okay during the day, but have a lot of trouble sleeping. Have a great day.

Avery's First Birthday

(Warning, picture overload)

As I have mentioned before, I have been looking forward to Avery's first birthday for quite awhile. I can't believe she is one. Here are some pictures from her special day.

First, the decor.

I made this picture banner and hung it in the kitchen. I digi scrapped 5 x7 mini pages of Avery's first year. I spray painted clothespins pink to match and hung them on ribbon. I also embellished each clothes pin.

I can't believe how much she has grown.

This is just one of the pages I did for the banner. I will probably make all of the pages into a mini scrapbook.

I got this tissue puff ball tutorial from Martha Stewart. What

a pain! I kept ripping the tissue paper. It was my idea to add

the ribbon. Then I made Bakerella's cupcake pops for a party

favor/thank you. The picture on the basket is the one of her

holding up 1 finger.

I have been wanting to make a birthday banner for awhile. I just digi scrapped each letter and glued it to white card stock, and cut the edges with scalloped scissors. Most of my decor was made using Dani Mogsteads Sweet Cupcake from SSD.

Since the theme was cupcakes, I had to serve cupcakes :) But I wanted to do something a little different then the usual. I made Banana with cream cheese frosting, peanut butter with chocolate frosting and Chocolate with White chocolate raspberry frosting. I get these ideas in my head of things that I want to do, forgetting that I am not a good baker/dessert maker. I spent all day Saturday baking. But it was worth it.

Here is the Birthday Girls cake. I used the wilton cake mold. The cake is completely dairy and egg free.

Here is part of the birthday ensemble. I made the party hat. I just measured Avery's head, decided on the size that I wanted and cut triangles of fabric. After sewing them together, I ironed on interfacing for some strength and sew on the trip. I topped the hat with Cork screw and straight ribbon and a glitter pink A for Avery. I did the cupcake applique shirt for her to wear with her party skirt. The other is an old onsie that I applied the number 1 on front and added some ruffles on the bum. (I love bum ruffles!) That was for her to wear while she eats her cake.

Now for some fun pictures.

Avery givin some lovin to Aunt McCall.

Avery and Daddy
Tired Avery resting on Grandma Waddoup's shoulder

I really though she would dig into the cake more. She always makes a mess of her food. I am forever trying to clean squish food out of her hair. But she only took a couple of bites of cake, most of which we fed to her. But it was still fun, and I think she liked the cake. These cute pictures are courtesy of Aunt Kami. Thanks Kami!
Avery and Mommy.

Thanks to everyone that could make it. We appreciate all of your love and support (and the yummy food brought). We were so happy that you could all spend this special day with us. We missed those of you unable to attend. We love Avery so much! She is such a blessing and and a joy! It was a great day! Avery received many fun gifts that she will thoroughly enjoy. It was a very happy day full of very happy memories. Thanks for reading through all of this. Have a good night.

Chelsea

My daughter likes to eat . . . and finally . . .

WOOD!

This is what I found this morning. I don't know when she did it, because I never even heard a thing. Do you think she is teething? LOL! She has 3 teeth on the bottum and 4 coming in on top at the same time. This isn't the only thing that she is trying to bite. Oh well, but sad too.

And finally... I have been wanting a cute camara strap ever since I got my camara. I haven't been able to find a place to buy one, but I didn't really want to spend that kind of money anyways. I have been looking for an online tutorial on how to make one, but they all involved taking apart my current strap. I finally found a tutorial submitted on tip junkie for how to make a "slip cover" for my camara strap. So finally I made one. It was pretty easy. My didn't turn out perfect, but I still like it. Maybe I will make more after the holidays and Avery's Birthday have come and gone.
Have a good night.

Chelsea

Avery at 10 Months!

I know, I know, I can't believe she is already 10 months old. These are some pictures that I took of her last week. It was a lot easier to take her picture before she was mobile. This time I had to entertain her, take pictures with toys and give her treats. Warning: there are a lot of pictures coming.

She loves to go to the sliding glass doors and stand, so I had to get a picture of it.

If you like this flower, I made it from scrap fabric. It was super easy and cute. Here is the tutorial on how to make them. http://livinlifepatinostyle.blogspot.com/2008/09/fabric-flower-tutoriali-almost-got-it.html I made another one this weekend and used it for the top of a diaper cake.

I like taking pictures looking down at her. She will usually smile. I must look funny.

This is her new doll stroller. She loves it! She always wants to push it around. I didn't realize that the doll was in upside down. Oops.

She is always making this face. Scrunching up her nose when she smiles.

Here is a little information about Avery at 10 months. She loves to feed herself, and is finally interested in what we are eating. Her favorite is bannas. She makes a huge mess. She loves to walk everywhere, and always kicks her right leg up really high. She started crawling on 10/30. She is a slow crawler but it works for her. She thinks the stairs are really fun, and you can always tell when she is on them because she starts to laugh. She now stands up in her crib when it is time to get out, and is climbing on everything. She says Mama, Dada, Ba for ball, and Uh Oh, and she can nod her head no. She is a lot of fun, and we enjoy everyday. It is amazing how quickly she learns and how happy she is.

Have a great day!

Chelsea

Inexpensive Wall Art

My Mom and I saw this idea online. (At http://www.sugardoodle.net/) We have seen this before, but they were done with canvus. So for girls night, while the men were at the Priesthood Session we made them. We thought they turned out really cute, and we were excited that we actually finished a project. We ususally have all of these grand ideas, and even get started, be don't always finish. They are just 12 x 12 pictures and scrapbook paper glued to foam. We got everything that we needed at Roberts. Just a note, modge podge does not work on the foam. I loved my Mom's, the pictures were sepia, with the blue, brown, green and orange paper. It worked perfectly in her basement. It is funny. Whenever we do a craft together, I always like hers better, and she always likes mine.

Chelsea