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before & after. plus

Dax & his love for the swing. seriously, this kid loves to swing. & because it is so HOT here we decided to hang a swing inside for the summer months. then when it cools down we can move it outside. but for now its in the kitchen/hall area. he would stay in this thing all day.

 

I have also been working on a project for a class I am going to be teaching on July 24th at scrapbooks etc. in mesa. here is the before & after. It is a key rack that you would hang by your back door. or I suppose you could hang lots of other stuff from it, like book rings with baggies of ribbon or other scrapbooking products. 

before.

after.

something is about to happen.

I am getting ready to start some projects. thinking about lots of little things that I have been meaning to do around my house. & it's about time I got started on some of them. so coming soon are some before pictures. then soon after that, the after pictures.

been home from san diego for a week now.
been sick all week with a cold that won't kick.
dax has been sick with the same thing & won't kick it either.
been crocheting a lot. its addicting.
been cleaning my house.
been crawling baby proofing my house. (yikes, he is all over the place.)
been having fun with dax, who by the way loves to swim.
been enjoying (ha ha) this 110 degree heat we call summers in AZ.
(can't wait to get back to san diego in a week & 1/2.)

until then, project time.

dax+beach= love.

cheesy. I know. but so true.

this little boy has fallen in love with the beach. he seriously would play for hours. then when he is tired just takes a good long long nap in his comfy little prota-bed thingy. then he ready to go again. he eats the sand & all. so adorable. he is also really getting the crawling thing down. he is totally army crawling everywhere & he just learned yesterday how to go from on all fours back  to sitting up, which he has been working on it for a week or so. he was getting so frustrated not being about to do that, but now he's got it down. this morning he was sitting up in his crib just jabbering away waiting for me to pick him up. I couldn't believe he was just sitting there. he is just getting so old. crazy little boy. he will be 8 months next week. that is just insane.

back tracking.

cute bummy up in the air.

so I have been pretty lame about posting. I am very aware. so, I am doing something about it today. That is at least the idea.

here is the back story: dax liked to sleep on his back. never tried to roll over or anything, but then when he started to roll over more he ended up starting to turn over in his sleep. & now he does the really cute tuck his knees under his belly thing. I never thought that he would do this. especially because the reason he got the helmet is because he liked to sleep or lie on his back & I probably didn't do enough tummy time (even though he loves to be on his tummy now). anyway, the point is: he always sleeps like this now, & i am finding it so dang cute.

little dude updates.

we have been in san diego for the past week now. we love san diego. dax is loving, i mean loving the beach & the water. he wants to just play & play (& eat) in the sand. then when he gets tired, he falls alseep so easily in this really cool little bed:

it works out really great when we are down at the beach for lots & lots of hours. which we have been! the weather didnt know if it wanted to cooperate, but i kicked it in the butt & the sun came out. so it was all good.

our friends came over for the weekend to hang out for a few days. they have a boy also, jackson & dax are 5 weeks apart, & best friends already (even though they might not know it yet).

today we are heading out for some more fun here in san diego. dax is already down for his first nap & its only 840am. man he is a good sleeper.

etsy updates.

ok, so a few people have asked me lately about adding a few more signs to my etsy shop so, I thought i would let you know that, I just got done adding a few up. also, if you ever wanted a sign that you don't see up there, just let me know, cause I can make a custom one for you. I also have jewelry in my etsy shop, but if you ever wanted something custom done in silver jewelry, I would be totally down with that too just shoot me an email or a convo in etsy.

in other news:
I will update recent pictures of what has been happening around here soon.

promise.

sunshine.

I took this photo the other day after I had fed him food. I love how the sun coming through the window is just glistening  off his hair. he looks so big sitting in his new high chair. He is getting so much more fun everyday. It's crazy how fast he is growing up. He turned 6 months last week. I can't believe he is already half a year. he is rolling over all over the place. he wont stay still for even 2 seconds. I am really having to keep my eye on him. love this little man so much.

why is it...

that I can't seem to get myself to blog more regularly?

I have been pretty busy lately, but I can't be busier than a lot of people I know that seem to have no problem blogging on a very regular basis. It's funny, cause I enjoy reading other peoples blogs, I even check some of them everyday. yet, I still find it hard to do my own. The other thing is I would really like to have some sort of hard copy of my blog, so that i can keep it, you know to remember what actually happens, like a journal. Isn't that what this is suppose to be, a journal on the web? I think so.

so this is what I do about it. I blog more. I find out how to get a hard copy of my blog, maybe like every six months or so someone could just send me a book in the mail of my blog. so I don't even have to think about it, it would just be delivered. Like it's part of the cost of the blog or something. roll it right in to the cost & send it to me. perfect plan. ok, now... someone do it. please.

other stuff:

dax is now sporting a helmet. he got it 2 weeks ago, actually almost 3 weeks now. man, how time flies. he has to wear it for a total of 8 to 10 weeks. it is to correct his flatness. the cool drawing on it, my awesome, artist/illustrator/painter brother-in-law who lives next door to us did it with a fine tip sharpie pen. so cool, dude.

esty is open!

ok, well it has taken me a lot longer than I thought it would take to get my etsy shop up & running.

but... now it is! yeah. finally. I am planning (I promise) to add more stuff to it soon! I really am going to. I love the whole concept of how etsy works & all the awesome handmade stuff you can find on there. lately I have been playing around with so many different mediums & different crafts that I think it's the best place to share what I have been making.

I hope you stop by often, I put a link to the shop on the left, so check it out! good stuff.

here's a little something that can be found there:

us.

at the beach. dax's first time actually down by the sand. he loves to be out & about in the carrier. it's so beautiful over here in san diego. i LOVE being over here.

it just fits US so well.