Gross, but Hilarious nonetheless.

This is a little weird but I had to share:

Yesterday I brought Jocelyn to the salon with me while I did 1 client. She was crawling all around and my friend Samantha said "I smell butter, like buttered popcorn" I immediately thought back to a few nights ago when Brian said the same exact thing when Jocelyn was laying down next to us. Both times she had pooped in her diaper. These were pampers cruisers. Nice that my kids poop doesn't smell like poop, but like buttered popcorn! Too bad they don't smell like that after they've been in the Diaper Genie for a day.

I thought I was imagining things when I had her in the Target brand diapers and they smelled like Chicken noodle soup!

Strange but true :)

Just a regular Martha Stewart

So I am a huge fan of the website Etsy. I could spend days on end looking at what people have made. I found these adorable dresses called the "pillowcase dress" that people were selling for $20. Then I got the bright idea to put my new sewing machine to use and make my own! I found the exact fabric I was looking for and bought enough to make 4 dresses for $20. When I started, I couldn't even sew a straight line. When I finished the first one, I was doing "french seams", pretty fancy huh?!

Unfortunately, it took me more time to keep threading the bobbin and needle than it did to actually sew the darn thing.

I bought the tutorial from a lady of Etsy for this one. After I did 2 I realized how I could improve on it. The major difference was that I decided to make it A-line instead of straight. I figured it out after Jocelyn wore hers and when she crawled the whole thing ended up around her waist.

Here is my first home-made dress!

I made another one out of this fabric for a friends little girl. My skills sure improve with everyone. Especially now that I can thread the bobbin much quicker.

I finished this one yesterday:

I have so many ideas running through my head of what I want to make next. I want to make more dresses, I got a cute pattern for an apron shirt from a friend, and some more burp cloths.

I would LOVE to design my own invitations, announcements and business cards and stuff, but I downloaded some program to try and it was like reading Chinese. I have no clue where to start doing something like that with no background whatsoever. 

Next up is decorations for Jocelyn's Birthday Party! Luckily I have 2.5 months to get a head start. 

Depending on how that goes, maybe one day with a little more experience I'll open up my own Etsy store!

Just hanging around.

I can't believe how much fun it is to have a kid (most of the time)! I have loved every stage that Jocelyn has gone through and couldn't imagine it getting better. But, it always does! Don't get me wrong, I absolutely LOVE the newborn phase, but as she gets older and more interactive it is just so different.

She is now clapping every time we say "Yay", and waving at anything and everything. She says "Mama" "Dada" and she also says "This" :) I think she got that from me saying "Do you want this?" It is super cute. Whats not so cute is when I say "No" in a stern voice, she thinks it is just soo funny and laughs, she definitely doesn't take me very seriously.

Jocelyn has a new favorite "toy", her tube of Orajel. If I give it to her, she holds it between her teeth while she plays with other stuff! She also has a seahorse in the bathtub that she does the same thing with.

Strolling for a cure!

Last Sunday, Jocelyn got to do her first Great Strides walk to help find a cure for Cystic Fibrosis. My good friend Kasey was diagnosed at 18 months old. After having a triple transplant 12 years ago, she has been doing extremely well. Most of the time you wouldn't even know she has CF. Kasey is a champion fundraiser for this cause...She was the highest earner for the whole walk of 450 people, raising $7000!

I can't believe I didn't get any pictures of Jocelyn and Kasey. Here is one of Kasey and I from last August:

Jocelyn got to meet her new friend Rosalie for the first time.

This is Jocelyn and her Godmother Claire.

Claire, Jocelyn, and Me.

Whew! It was hot out today! I need a thirst Quencher.

Jocie and Mama

Slideshow

I haven't gotten the CD of all the prints back, but you can go HERE  to watch the slideshow.

Click on "Lee" and the password is "Brian"