Little Bitz Of Love Update

Well I finally had my first purchase on my etsy store. I have been so busy with other things that I haven't updated it much lately. I decided to run a weekend sale on a few items and one of them sold. So now I've also spruced up my store blog since blogger has added a few new features. Check it out!! Now I have a link that shows all my ribbons, possible bow options, bandana dress options, and earrings. I'm very happy with the changes. Spread the love and get me some business! :) Any suggestions for other things I should add. I'm already looking into making totes. Check out this tutorial.

Busy Busy

Ok so I'm a little excited... ;) Things have been very busy but that is good. I've been crafting like crazy. I just get in moods...what can I say. I made a few more bandana dresses. I put them on etsy.com and hopefully they will sell. They are cute. I made some more bows too. I went to goodwill today and got a couple things for some projects I want to do. I bought a cute place-mat that I'm going to turn into a scripture tote and I bought a wooden spice rack that I'm going to make a ribbon holder...I will show before and afters...don't worry. :)

Alli's birthday is coming up....sigh...can't believe it's been a year already. We are going to have a very simple party. I didn't see the need in doing some extravagant for a child so young. So it will just be a family party. When she's older and has her own friends, then we'll do something more.

Our yard sale a few weekends ago was fairly successful. We made enough to be able to fix my wedding ring. I had been without it for a month because my prong tips needed to be fixed so I didn't loose my diamonds. We thought all of my tips were bad but turned out it was only the center. So yay! We are also saving up to do some projects around the house. We want to put wainscoting in the kitchen/dining area to help set the room apart in such an open space. We are going to finish painting the house. We also want to do some framing around the bathroom mirrors See Here. If we get real froggy, then we're also going to tile the drywall area above each shower to help protect the wall from over-spray. So I can't wait to get all this done but...i'm being realistic that it won't be quick.

Father's Day

We spent a nice Father's Day visiting in Winchester. I tried taking some pictures of Alli and Carter playing but we only had afternoon lighting and my camera couldn't adjust that well. Here are some.Alli is such a thief. She kept taking Carter's toys....Mean cousin!

Carter is watching Alli closely...making sure she isn't going to hit him again...I'm telling ya, she has a mean streak!
who me??? I'm innocent...right...
"What toy does he have?...How can I get that?"
ok I know this picture is very blurry but I was taking pictures and Alli came crawling over and looked like she was going to attack me. It made me laugh so hard that I just had to share it with everyone....look how crazy wild she is....so funny!

Wrestling with daddy...
oooh a mirror!!! Yes, she's vain.

Me canning?!? Yeah baby!

Thankfully this year our little garden is producing tomatoes. Ben and I love LOVE LoVe homemade spaghetti sauce with diced tomatoes. I've wanted to can our own tomatoes for a while now. So we finally got enough tomatoes produced to be able to try it out. Here goes my first attempt. We had enough to put together two pints.

I'll see tomorrow morning if I've sealed them properly and them....bata bing bata boom...

My first real boo boo

So we knew this day was coming...and WHAM there it is. Alli with all her trying stand on her own, has face planted into the floor. Here are a few shots of her first boo boo...chek out the size of that bump on her poor little head! poor little thing.

Mommy, that hurt!

New interests

So now that Alli is crawling....she is finding new interests. Her newest interest are the dog bowls...so here are a few pictures of her playing with the dishes (yes I have cleaned them!)

Now that she is crawling - -she is in full throttle. She isn't satisfied with just crawling. Now she wants us to help her stand because she is starting to want to WALK!!! yes I said it, walk! Oh my goodness we're in trouble. Ben and I are betting she is walking before she turns 1 in a month! Watch out, her she comes!

Pool Time

We decided to go to Winchester today to visit with Ben's folks and to see what Alli thought of the pool. Well Alli didn't get as long of a nap as we had hoped for on the trip down so she wasn't as perky as usual. So by the time we got her in the pool she wasn't as energetic as I had hoped for. We didn't want to wait till after the next nap because it would be getting later in the day and might not be as warm. So here is a video of her first getting in with Ben. Below are some pics of her floating in her float.

She's eating her float here.

She liked to lay in it leaning towards the front and would kick her legs in the back. It was pretty humorous. She would also bounce up and down in it. Next time we take her down hopefully I can get some pictures with her smiling. She seemed to enjoy it though.