Bliss & Miscellaneous

With Baby E’s birthday celebration just THREE weeks away…I realized I better get started on planning something (anything).

First off I can’t believe it’s been a whole year with this little pea-pod. It’s craziness to think how irritatingly-massive I was at this time last year, although I’m still probably getting the same amount of sleep (must work on that). But it’s all been worth it.

So needless to say a birthday celebration is in order. So off I went to gather some Pinspiration…

FIRST UP: INVITES

(even though everyone who is coming already knows about it)

This one is cute…but I don’t know about using a picture.

Simple typography always wins with me

But I love the colors in this one

Speaking of which…

DO I NEED A THEME?

(Isn’t “birthday” a theme?)

How about a Mustache Bash? Totally cute…possibly too trendy.

Nautical? Maybe…

I really love these pajamas he has from Children’s Place…totally adorable dinosaurs…

Dino-spiration

But maybe I should just choose fun colors…

And what about FOOD??

Ugg…remember the good old days when birthday parties looked like this?

That might have been my 5th birthday pool party.

Better make some decisions soon!

Baby E had his baby dedication this past Sunday. Since Baptists believe in baptism thru immersion, christenings aren’t really done, although the idea is the same, promising to raise your child in the Christian faith.

Anyhow, my “good in public” baby decides for the 5 minutes that we have to stand up in front of the church that he’s going to wiggle and fuss to get down. Then he cried during the prayer.

Of course.

Sometimes I help Mommy in the kitchen. I think my toes give things extra flavor.

Just so you know I crawled in here all by myself.

So it might have seemed as though I’d forgotten all about you…but that’s not true at all. I didn’t forget you, I’ve just been ignoring you (see? two very different things).

My days have been filled with this:

And this:

But ALSO…

I started a new job in April as a media specialist for our church (YEA!). It’s only part-time so I only work 2 days a week (double-YEA!).

Here’s the best part, Baby E gets to go to their Mom’s Day Out program for HALF price (triple-YEA!). So we get to go to work together and come home together and any time I want to check in on him I just walk across the lobby.

So it’s been keeping me super busy because I’m still taking on my own clients. Plus, I’m also still keeping up with my 365 Project (which I just revamped).

But none of that is as important as Baby E. Remember how easy he was when he’d just sit there and play with his toys? Well just this past Friday he took his first steps…then YESTERDAY he mastered the stairs. We are officially in for disaster.

He’s still nursing (although the MDO program has made a dent in it) and he’s still not sleeping thru the night – I’m still amazed at how little sleep a person can get on a consistant basis and still be able to function. It’s a good thing that there’s such an adorable face attached to that baby or he’d be on the sidewalk in a cardboard box with a “FREE” sign.

With less than a month till his birthday it’s time for this kid to start getting his act together.

HAPPY EASTER!

Baby E and I (Dad changed out of his dress clothes before I could get a photo)

I made these for the nursery workers at our church and a few to take to Easter dinner.

I found the little buckets at Hobby Lobby (on sale of course) and made the labels on my Cameo (of course).

These multi-colored quilted cookies took FOREVER but I really like the way they turned out (wish I had a better photo).

My icing was a little thinner than usual (possibly because I was being distracted by a baby while I was making it – but look how CUTE he is).

Seriously, a tiny tie and deck shoes = adorable

Anyway, back to the cookies…

Marbled cookies are awesome because they look really pretty and they’re SUPER easy to make.

Marian of Sweetopia has a great tutorial here. Even if you don’t want to decorate cookies, take a look at her site because it’s lovely and reminds me of Candyland.

Easter egg cookies are WAY better than dyed eggs because who wants to eat egg salad for a week straight?

Hope you had a happy holiday!