What's happening this week.....

Ma's day at my Ma's...brother, niece, nephew, cousin, cousin's daughter, step dad (not with my Ma anymore and we are basically estranged)

Soren discovers his blanket...made by my Ma.

Lots of artwork

Blankie from Target

Mail love from Jen of Dayben...she is soooooo nice and I LOVE this fabric!!!!

More mail love from Auntie Bon Bon and Uncle Al...they sent this outfit and one for when he is bigger. :)

Ma's day photos

Visit with some good friends

Out and about in Ballard

Hat bought at Velouria!!! It is a super duper amazing shop in Ballard. The owner is a sweetheart and Lisa Congdon is having a show there in June called 'Wondermountain' can't wait to meet her.
Hope I am not a total dork that day. :)

Just wanted to say a quick hello and catch you up with what's happening around here.
More soon...really trying to fit in some sewing but we are about to have a heat wave. I welcome the sun but the sudden higher temps don't agree with me so much. Oh well...it's only supposed to last 2 days so we will enjoy it.... hope eveyone else's week is going great...loving that new baby Soren...he is already such a character...and I was afraid of having a boy...:)

so loving this...
this is my all time fav

Happy Mother's Day to all....it should be a spectacular day!!

My Ma in Highschool...she lived in Chicago and was considered a bit of a hoodlum due to her
fashion choices...

Memphis the artist..my first born

Memphis and Soren...my kids :)

Abstract art from my Artist

My Cheeky monkey...:)

So...tomorrow is Mother's day...here's wishing all of you mothers a wonderful, glorious fun filled day. That includes those of you that have pets as kids!! Gucci is also my baby...he was actually my 2nd...our cat Churchie was my first. He is gone now but we will always miss him and have wonderful memories of our life with him. Now that I have two kids it feels so weird. Two...two..two I just keep saying it in my head over and over. I feel truly blessed and I have to say other than marrying Jason...they are the best things I have ever done in my life! I feel so very, very lucky to have them and to love them and be loved by them. That's really all life is about...love. Being loved and loving is what makes us what we are...it's what gives our lives meaning and what keeps us going. Both of our children and our dog are amazing and without them our lives would not be as rich, exciting or full. I would also like to say that my Mother is amazing and I only wish she thought so. She is giving, caring and lots of fun. She makes me laugh a lot and we are the best of friends. Thanks Ma...I love you..we all do. xoxo Happy Ma's Day everybody!!!!!

Never Never land

From Milk Magazine...my all time fav mag issue#19 photo by Delphine Chanet

Milk Magazine issue#19 photo by Vee Speers

Milk Magazine issue#19

For about a week or so now....I have had a feeling that I am in Never Never Land...floating thru time in an unaltered state of being. That's what a new baby and a 6 year old with the flu will do to you...make you feel like you are floating and time is suspended. Thank goodness yesterday her fever broke and things are now moving in real time. I have said it before and I will say it again...'You have nothing if you don't have your health'. Seriously...when you are down and out just think about how lucky you are to be healthy. Life is hard enough but when you are sick or severely run down...life is down right impossible. The smallest things bum you out or exhaust you and you feel as if your feet will never be planted firmly on the ground again. Well...our feet are firmly planted again and we have stopped treading water...life get ready because we are back in the game....Full speed ahead!!!!!!

Just wanted to share some pics from our walk today...it was gorgeous outside and we went to baby show and tell in Memphis' class.....her first day back to school too. We got to bring Soren to Memphis' class and it was great. He of course slept thru his debut but it was spectacular all the same. He has obtained his baby acne, wish babies didn't get that but we have lots of red head blood so we can't escape it. Our doc says it's due to hormones. Very weird. He is gaining weight again and grew and inch!!! We went to the Gap today and scored some sale socks and a pair of green leggings for our boy...looked for Memphis but nothing thrilled me. Then it was off to Barnes and Noble to buy a couple mags...Milk and Living Etc. My top two favs along with Elle Decor UK!! I'm all about the photos and the homes. Saw a gorgeous house for rent today...only $2800.00 a month but man was it big and gorgeous. I found myself thinking wow...what would we do with all that space? That would be one problem that I would welcome with open arms!!

Ok...enough of me ranting. This weekend I need to share my mail love and maybe I'll even get a chance to sew again...it's been so long I hope I remember how. :)

A few flickr favs...
How amazing are those faces!!!
I love this sooooo much!!
Great great shot
what a score
love the kid love the chair
score score
love

Baby Soren is here....sorry for the long absence.....:)

Baby Soren was born April 17th and weighed 9 lbs 10 ounces...it was a C-Section and it was so very weird. Like an out of body experience. I seriously don't know how to describe it. All the nurses, both doctors and everyone else were all really wonderful to me. The anesthesiologist was amazing. His name was Sammy Saloma...not sure if I spelled it right or not. He had a really soothing accent and was originally from Egypt. He helped a great deal to keep me calm and was just one of the nicest men ever. The nurses that cared for us after were all super nice except one nurse. She was not nice and was really weird. When Soren was born everyone one in the room agreed that we made the best choice doing a C-section. He was so big...and still is of course. He is already 22 inches long and not even 3 weeks old yet...he grew an inch. Anywho...I just wanted to say a quick hello...this last week has been horrible. Memphis got really sick. It started Saturday, she didn't feel well and skipped ballet. Sunday she felt a bit worse and on Monday she had a fever and was throwing up. She continued to have a fever that ranged between 99 degrees and 104 degrees, with the average temp being 102-103. We finally took her to the doc's on Wednesday and she had a bunch of tests done. We get the results back tomorrow but today she woke up and did not have a fever, did not throw up, was walking around, talking and managed to eat some real food. So we think it may have been a flu thing. Anywho...with the new boy and her being sick we are wiped out. Sorry for being absent from my own blog and for not returning emails. I have a lot of cool mail love to share and plan on blogging about it within the next couple days..hopefully tomorrow. Thanks Kay, Ashley and Sandra. I will definitely post about what you sent me soooon. xoxo

39 weeks with the boy...

Closet in it's last stages...

Thanks so much Aline...Yumiyumi.Etsy.com

Photo Mosaic FINALLY done...now we have to hang it up :)

Super fab mail all the way from NORWAY!!! THANKS JANNE!!!

Janne's amazing magnets...get some today....

So...what a week it was and then the weekend was even crazier. We are getting a C-section...this week....so scared that I am crying daily. Some days are better than others....but with our daughter we should have really had a c-section...it was super duper hard. I would prefer natural birth but the doctor is actually recommending a C-section and she is not pro-C-Section at all. So....by the end of this week our boy will be here!!!!! We have the name narrowed down to 3 choices and have to pick one....so hard. We are mostly ready but still have a million little things to do. I am very uncomfortable right now and have to rest all the time. Wow....it's actually happening!!!

We finally finished the closet...Jason forgot to measure the middle shelf the first time so he had to start all over....Saturday was a very hard day...luckily it was super warm and sunny which helped a bit....

I want to make sure to thanks Aline for the amazing print she sent to me. What a wonderful surprise it was. I am going to hang it this week. Check our her Etsy shop....

Also want to give a huge thank you to Janne for our package all the way from Norway!!!! She is amazing and what a super duper nice thing to do....I love it all!!! Thanks Janne!!! Check our her gorgeous blog and shop!!!


Okay...I must run...too much to do and so little time. xoxoxoxo
Oh...I also put my alien and new owl in my shop!!! It will be slow going for a bit right now but I have loads of new ideas!!!

Sorry about being so absent...just a lot going on right now....

I love my kid....

Have I told you lately how much I LOVE my kid!!! She is amazing and she brings joy into every single one of my days. She makes me smile, laugh, ponder and yes she also really knows how to push my buttons...but that's okay because she is growing and becoming her own person. She is so very perceptive and smart. Her sense of humor is fantastic. I love how she is shy and very questioning of strangers. She is just the best thing around and every single day I am thankful for her and my husband. I know how lucky I am that they both love me but I know that I am luckier still because I love them so very much. Being able to truly and deeply love somebody is a very powerful thing and I know how lucky I am. I am finally going to start working on my Supermaggie order....super late but they are such nice folks I know they are okay with it. I am also going to be organizing up a storm this weekend and I am going to get the babe's space ready.
He will be with us in a mini crib for a bit and then when he is a bit bigger he will share Memphis' room which we are currently transforming. Lots of work especially since we have such limited space but you know what...it will all work out. We have lived in a small space for a long time now and we are actually really good at it most of the time. Minimal Dawn is starting to prevail...I have a long way to go but I am definitely getting much better. I just wish I didn't like to collect things...my collections are much smaller these days. Happy weekending and here are a few Flickr favs.....
Oh and I did a mini shop update last night....

Cool shot
so sweet
Love the Lion
love these
this is so funny

Orbs on the brain....

I was strangely attracted to these balloons...maybe because I look like one right now.....today...I am taking it easy. I have fallen off the production wagon and have become rather lame. What can I say??? Life is coming at me in many directions right now and I am freakin' out just a bit.
Soon a new life will be here and I will be in charge of it most of the time. Wow...I am getting excited but I am the kind of person that doesn't really get excited for the trip until I am on the plane. Life is very good right now. All of us are doing well and in spite of my exhaustion I am feeling surprisingly upbeat. I finally cleaned out my bookmarks...am doing housework today and trying to just take it easy. Today I would like to share with you a few flickr favs and a few Etsy finds...so here goes...
Honeywind makes these amazing leg warmers and I want some...
Esdesigns makes amazing jewelry!!!
Check out these little cuties by AlohaDear...
Killer coasters by patriciaclark
Love these plush....

now some flickr favs
sooooo cute
gorgeous photo
just look at that cutie
a little color and one of my all time fav flowers
want
love
wow

Have a wonderful Wednesday :)