Momma got her HAIR DID . . .

That's right, I got the hair did today! Nothing new, just fresh! I love the color that my hair dresser has done with my hair the past year. It's Carmel, dark brown, with a splash of red. It's wonderful for fall! I have tried to go 8 weeks without getting my hair done, I normally go 6, so I was feeling really yucky a needed it fresh, quick! My BFF is coming into town next week so I had to have it lookin' good for her arrival! My hair is super long right now. I am scared to death to cut it. I have been growing it for over a year. I want to continue to grow it for another year or so and then chop it! I have never had it longer than it is right now, so I want to see if I can get it to the middle of my back. Once I chop it I always want it long. With a baby, these pony tails are coming in handy! Here is a pic of me last summer with my hot hubbs...I am blonder and a lot shorter!

My hair today:

My mom works at a school that is a year around school so they get several of breaks during the year. She has been off for the past 2 weeks. The first week she went to see my cousin who had an adorable baby girl, Abby. Then her sister came into town all weekend through Monday so the past 2 days she has been hanging with me. I love her! She has been so helpful to me!!! She offered to help watch Avery today so I could get a few errands ran and get my hair done. It's weird not having her because I feel like I left her in the car or something when I run into places! SCARY! Here are a few pics of them playing dress up. Mom loves dressing her in little socks and dresses, so here is one from their play day!




Tomorrow Avery is attending her first "kid" party! My friend Rachel who is the best party planner planned a "Witches Brew" party. I had a onesie made for Avery that has the cutest little thing on it, and had my gal Alyssa help with a matching bow. I made the tutu and thought I would only give you a sneak until tomorrow night where I will show all the pics. Several of the gals are going to be matching and it's just going to be adorable. Before the party tomorrow we have lunch with Miss Kelly over at Kelly's Korner, Melissa, Jennifer, Julee, & our buddy Kate (who just found out she is preggs with her 3rd)! Congrats Kate!

Is this not to die for????

This mommy is feeling way better! After crying throughout the evening last night and making my hubby feel completely sorry for me... I am better! HA, not really... he felt horrible and I don't think he new what to do with me & my emotions. Part of being a new mommy I guess...I was a mess! I didn't sleep well because of this cold and stayed in all morning! I did however manage to get to my friend Alyssa's today to have her help me make a bow for Avery's fall pictures on Saturday. I found the perfect ribbon that matched perfectly! Alyssa is amazing at bows and does them SO nicely with lots of sass & detail! So I hope to be making a few for Avery for all of her fall outfits! She plans to come over next week so we can play, so much fun!! I have always made bows for Avery but the gerber's are easy easy, the ribbon one's are a little harder for me but once you do them a couple times it's simple!

Anywho here is a sneak peak of her outfit for her fall pictures and for Thanksgiving Day! I can't wait to put her in this! Me and Chad are getting tons of pics Saturday with her & the fall tree's. We plan to all wear brown. I want to even get her picture made in her lady bug costume! Should be fun!

Happy Tuesday!

I won an Award & emotions

My bestie Lindsey passed this cool alward to me for my blog! How sweet! I feel like I have so many blog friends that I love, so for fun- if you read this just participate in it and do it if you would like! And then whoever reads yours can do the same!

Here are the Rules:
1. You Can Only Use One Word!
2. Pass this along to your favorite bloggers!
3. Alert them that you have given them this award!
4. Have Fun!

1. Where is your cell phone? Purse
2. Your hair? Pony
3. Your mother? Amazing
4. Your father? Loving
5. Your favorite food? Mexican
6. Your dream last night? Sleep
7. Your favorite drink? DC
8. Your dream/goal? Hmm
9. What room are you in? Computer
10. Your hobby? Decorating
11. Your fear? Death
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
13. Where were you last night? In-laws
14. Something that you aren’t? Crabby
15. Muffins? Strawberry
16. Wish list item? Boots
17. Where did you grow up? AR
18. Last thing you did? Eat
19. What are you wearing? t-shirt
20. Your TV? Football
21. Your pets? Crazy
22. Friends? GREAT
23. Your life? FAB
24. Your mood? SICK
25. Missing someone? No
26. Vehicle? Likey
27. Something you’re not wearing? Shoes
28. Your favorite store? Forever 21
29. Your favorite color? Pink
30. When was the last time you laughed? Now
31. Last time you cried? Today
32. Your best friend? Lindsey
33. One place that you go to over and over? Hobby Lobby
34. One person who emails me regularly? Chad
35. Favorite place to eat? PF Changs

Thank you Lindsey for that GREAT AWARD!

. . . I don't feel well tonight and I am afraid it's going to be a LONG night with Avery teething. She is cranky! It's so hard to believe that she will be 20 weeks this week. Time is flying away before my eyes....AND, I officially stopped breastfeeding. Maybe a little "TMI" for some folks but it was wearing me out and she was teething on me if you know what I mean. Not happening. So, I decided to stop slowly and she is officially 100% on formula and loving every second of it. I have my days where I just break down and cry. Mostly because it was such a bond for me to do that with her and because she was my first. I feel like I conquored something. Not that mom's that only do formula don't because we all conquor just being mothers. But, I always heard that it was so hard and for some impossible. So the fact that I succeded with no problems just made me feel really good.

Some girls are able to lose a lot of weight breastfeeding because you burn about 500 calories a day nursing. For me this didn't work. I found it to be the complete opposite. The days I would rarely eat Avery would starve and be cranky. I tried a few tricks a couple of times just to see & I noticed those days she would be starved. I had to eat TONS of calories to keep my milk coming. So needless to say my weight just didn't fall off. Now that I am not supporing her feedings I can watch what I eat and take away ALOT of calories. I think I was consuming 2,000 or more calories a day. The book said to do it, so I did it! I have already noticed my eating habbits have changed in the past few days and I don't crave food. Breastfeeding SUCKED the life out of me, did it for any of you guys? But, with all of this comes emotion for me. Not only has my life changed, my body is NOT the same. I am totally different and my chest is about to sink in after nursing! I guess all these "CHANGES" are officially HITTING ME like a TON OF BRICKS!

Anyway I am rambeling just thought I would share this with all my readers. I have somewhat been down today on and off and just feel empty. All those "firsts" are starting to go away and although I know there will be tons more... I feel my baby is officially out of that newborn stage and I guess it hit me today. Not only that but I cleaned out her room today and all those little tiny cute summer clothes are going into a box to hold onto if she happens to have a sister someday. I sat in her room and cried.

Here are a few pictures of her playing today!

Past 4 days = BUSY BEE'S!!!

Between my monthly Kitchen Queen parties, the Craft Fair being this weekend, company coming into town, fashion shows, baby showers, & birthday's, I would say this momma has been keeping busy the past few days!

Thursday was Kitchen Queens! We all brought a dip! I brought this fabulous apple dip that was first introduced to me the day after I had Avery. Our wonderful friends Amber and Josh came up to the hospital with TONS of food and the dip was the desert and was served with apples. It was delish! To make this recipe you will need: 1, 8 oz package of creme cheese softened, 1/2 cup of brown sugar, 1/4 tbs of vanilla, & 6 oz of heath bar crumbles (you can find by the chocolate chips). Mix together and serve with apples. I absolutely love this dip, and although it is very bad for you, it's a HUGE hit at parties. So try it! There were all kinds of dips from pumpkin dip to olive dip to pizza dip and even smore dip! We all had a ball as usual. I love my girlfriends!

My girl Alyssa won a prize:

Me & my sis in law, Tiff!

Some of my friends:

More of the QUEENS:

Friday me & Avery went craft fairing with my parents. I haven't been feeling all that well and have had a cold but we managed to go anyway. It's a huge deal in my town this time of the year and people from all over come to them. I love the cool breeze, the fall leaves changing colors, all the people, the smell of Kettle Corn, & all the fun booths of goodies! It's something we have done every year as kids and I hope to continue the tradition with Avery. I think I pretty much bought her a bow or hat at every booth I found. They were WAY cute and very reasonable!

Avery's first day crafting:

We crafted in style in our pumpkin suit:

Two of my favorite people, mom and dad:

Me, mom, & Avery crafting:

Saturday was the fashion show at our local Boutique that I love. I know the owner from going into her store so she kindly asked if Avery would participate in their Fashion Show where they were showing their fall line. My Aunt & cousin came into town from Tennesee for the weekend so they made it in time to watch her. She did wonderful and even cracked some smiles on the cat walk, hehe! We spent the evening at my parents eating dinner with all of them.

Bundled up before we left for the show:

Me & my sweet girl:

Ave with her Daddy:

Me & Avery hanging out:

There is that beautiful smile that I love:


Relaxing before the show with her bib on:

Showing the new fall line:

On the runway, hehe:

My princess about to show off the fun clothes!

Avery just loved this pink chair...

Avery in 7 years, this gal was a doll baby!

Some of the models at the Fasion Show:


Aunt Sassy holding her sweet neice:

Me & Chad with Avery, so proud of her!

Now onto Sunday! The family came over for a bit today to see our house and to see Avery's baby room. I also had a baby shower to attend for my sweet gilfriend Lane who I just adore. She is having a baby boy, JUDSON, in November. Isn't that the cutest name? She got so many fun things and I saw a ton of girlfriends that I know! We had a good time.

My sister in law Missy's Birthday celebration was tonight at my in-laws! We all had her choice of meal, lasagna along with some sides and lemon cake for desert! It was great as usual. My mother in law is one FABULOUS cook! I love her! We all enjoyed spending time together and laughed at the babies and opened presents! It was fun!

Lane's adorable cake baby shower cake that matched her invites perfectly!

Me & my girl Rachel with her baby Bree:

Me touching Lane's adorable baby bump:

Me & Nancee with the hostess, Dina:

Chad with his parents at his sisters Birthday party:

My sweet sister in law, Missy opening presents:

A GREAT weekend with famliy & friends!

Fashion Show

Today was MOPS with the girls! We had a nice gathering and made these adorable key chains in class, thanks to Michelle! I did mine in pink and zebra, me right!? I met my girlfriend Kate up there, she is the reason I started going. I have been friends with Kate for years! We met in 6th grade and have stayed close since! She's a sweetie! While in class I also met a blogger friend that I have been dying to meet, Jennifer. She is precious and has the cutest boy! We are all going to lunch next week & I am really looking forward to it! It's so neat how these blogs circle around and you end up meeting people that know all your friends... such a small world!

On the way to class Avery was looking so stinkin' fun with her new UGG boots, tights, flower dress, & flower bow. It was so cute because when I got to the church she had both boots off, and managed to take her flower & headband off her head! Really shows me she is starting to grow up. I kept hearing her play in the backseat but didn't know what was going on until I pulled up at the church. I took a few pictures of her before we left.

And speaking of pictures, this adorable Boutique that I love to shop at in our town was so kind to ask Avery to participate in their Fashion Show on Saturday. I was so tickled when I got the phone call last week! So we are going to be modeling their new fall baby line on Saturday, and walking the runway, haha! You know this momma will have lots of fun pics to share!

Today we found Avery's Halloween costume! She is going to be a ladybug! We were going to be a bee, but they didn't have her size! ;( So red and black it is! Now to make a crazy fun bow, that will be in the works next week. We are getting family fall pictures in 2 weeks so I will have some pics of her taken in that. I can hardly wait!!

Shopping at a reasonable price!

I love to shop! With this passion comes "SALES"... so I am always looking for cute things and ways to doll them up and make them look even better. I think where you place it & how you place it is the biggest way to make something look expensive, but on a budget!

I saw a candle at a store in our town that had crystals all over it and wanted it so bad... but, it was $80.00! Why $80.00 for a candle that had some design? I don't know. But, I found something I liked and wanted to go on it and duplicated it! So, here it is... AND, it cost me ONLY $6.00!

I found this fabulous find at Hobby Lobby on sale for $10.00 on the 66% off aisle. I love the crown look up top and how you can place whatever you want into the vase. I placed a few fussy green decorate balls that I had around. I'm thinking some sparkly green & red one's will be perfect for Christmas time.

This isn't new but I bought it 6 years ago for $10.00! I love it and it's rustic looking. I want to find a new place for it. Currently it's in our bedroom, but I am searching desperately for a nice place for it in my living room/kitchen area because I am hoping to give my bedroom a makeover before too long. Who knows where it may end up next!

Would you look at this pantry? There is NO cheap way to make this look good but I thought I would show you how ridiculous it looks, and how amazing it's going to look tomorrow! ;)