WIWW - Post Pregnancy

So I haven't taken an outfit post in a long, long time. I did take one around Christmas, but then never put it in a post, that outfit was this:

I love that skirt I'm wearing, it's from Nordstroms, sorry it's no longer available online, boo! The part I love most about it? The pockets. The sweater is from Macy's and of course it is not available online either. The jewelry is from Ann Taylor loft from 4 years ago. It's the first time I've ever worn the bracelet.

So here is another outfit with that same skirt:

I paired it with a shirt I got from White House Black Market forever ago. When I say forever, I mean, probably before Colton was born and I have NEVER worn it. I took the tags off to wear it to the baptism I was going to.

Shirt - White House Black Market, Skirt - Nordstroms, Belt - Francesca's Collection, Shoes - Payless, Leggings - Nordstroms, Necklace -  Iridesse, it's gone out of business, but was associated with Tiffany's, Bracelets - Forever 21

Someone wanted to pop into the picture

And pop out just as quick

Linking up with Sarah and Shanna and Lindsey

You know you're an Engineer when...

You take building your son's train track seriously and want to make it the best damn train track your son has ever seen.

Train set up #1

Train set up #2

Train set up #3 - This one he kept up and intact for a few days, that's saying a lot for a three year old.

I personally think this one is the best.

Yep I'll just go ahead and pat myself on the back. The key, have a lot of train tracks to work with :)

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Big news over here. Not only are we potty training, but on Thursday Baby Fox was riding on this

And then on Saturday he was riding on this

at first he didn't like it so Saturday was pretty much summed up with this face.

But by Sunday, watch out! You couldn't stop him from riding. Good thing we're having such great weather here, so you'll know where I'll be for near future!

Wahhh, where did my baby go? All of a sudden he's potty trained and riding two wheel bikes.

Linking up with Faith, Sarah, Alli and Heather for Mommy Moments

I'm All Alone

Yep, Mr. left me...for a week to go on a business trip! The other time we've been apart this long, was a week or so after our honeymoon and he had to go to Japan for 2 weeks. We've basically been with each other for the past almost 9 years, with a night or two away, but nothing more. And to add to that, we have two kids now. Yikes. So far I think I'm doing pretty good, last night got both kids bathed, fed and in bed by 9 (normal bed time for us). I thought that was pretty good, pat self on back.

Just to rub it in a little more, Mr. sent me an email (cause I don't have a smart phone yet), that said "the hardships of business travel" and in the body of the email it said "poor me"

When he called, he told me to go notice the river behind the pool, thanks Mr.

Only 5 more days, I got this!

I'm Still Alive...Really

Sorry guys, I've been a bit MIA lately. I kept thinking to myself, I have to start blogging again, but then you know how it goes, one thing leads to another and all of a sudden, it's over a month later and I have all these posts in my head but nothing to show on paper. So I promise I'll get back to blogging soon!

We had a great Christmas with family and friends and our New Year was mellow and just the 4 of us. I was going to post a few pictures, but there are so many great moments I want to share, so I guess for now I'll leave you with this:

We actually took these the day before Thanksgiving. Normally I would frown on this, but seriously, go the day before Thanksgiving, no lines and you get all the time you want and more pictures then necessary (we took one set, looked at them, didn't like them and then jumped back on Santa's lap) with Santa.

Note: Mr. wanted to dress Mini Fox to go see Santa, I told him where her dress was, he dressed her and put her in the car seat before I looked at her. We sit her on Santa and as we're walking away after we've purchased our pictures, I notice...her dress is on backwards! I asked Mr. didn't you think it was weird that the tag was in the front? He said...I thought that was a little weird, but I thought the bow should go in the front. So ladies, moral of the story, tell your hubbies the tags really do go in the back and most of the time the bow goes in the back! :)

Santa and his Reindeer

You all know that I had to do something with the kids for Christmas right? We're hosting Christmas this year, so I thought I would do a fun little craft project with the kids as the invite. After searching pinterest...for 6 seconds, I found this and this and thought, let's put them together!

I ended up typing something up on the computer for the invite and attaching it to some scrapbook paper. Worked out well. Now I just need to get them in the mail. Although, everyone already knows we're hosting, so this is just a little bonus for them.

I had a mini kid sweat shop at my house, I ended up doing 12, cause that's all the patience Baby Fox had for his hand print. Mini Fox didn't really have a choice and she didn't seem to mind, although painting her feet made her giggle a little.

Door Christmas Card Holder

Remember when I made this raindeer clothes pin holders and this Christmas tree clothes pinlast year? Well I figured out this year a better way to display all of the beautiful Christmas cards. Last year I ran out of room on our mantel, so hopefully this year I've solved that problem.

This is a "door" to our heater. I decided to decorate the door and wrap it like a present and then display all of the Christmas cards on it. Solves two problems, hides the ugly "door" in the wall for a month, and a great place to display cards. Win-win in my book.

I bought some wrapping paper at Home Goods for $2.99, it happened that the width of the roll was exactly what I needed, what luck! The back of that door has a cork board which makes this project super easy, I stapled the wrapping paper to the top then wrapped it under the door and stapled to the bottom of the cork board.

Next I wrap ribbon vertically down the door, again stapling it to the cork board.

 

 

Next it goes horizontal

 

If you want to make a bow, then follow the directions below. I find that we get so many cards that the bow just gets in the way, but I do like the way it looks way better.

 

To make a bow, decide how wide you want the bow, and then wrap the ribbon around that size a lot. When you think you have enough layers, wrap it 4 more times at least, trust me.

 

P.S. This tutorial part was from a different year, so the paper does not match.

Then cut slits on both sides to form sort of a "V"

My Mom's hands, not mine

Then tie a ribbon or floral wire around the middle like this:

Then you just fan it out, go back and forth, fan one way then fan the next layer the other way, continue to do that, and then when you are done, start to fluff and make it look pretty. It's a little harder to do with a really big bow like I made, but I used the stuff with wire in it, so it was pretty easy to make it do what I wanted.

My bow all done and ready to be put on the wall

But first I decided to really tape down the ribbon that I put up. Initially I just stapled the ribbon to the cork board on the back, but decided that I should really tape it down elsewhere to give it extra strength to hold all those cards!

Then I tied the ribbon down, and used some tape too. Doesn't it look pretty?

Then I added the Christmas tree and Reindeer pins and there you have it, what it would look like with the bow. I had to use Baby and Mini Fox's birth announcements, because we had no yet received any Christmas cards the day after Thanksgiving (when I put this up), but you get the picture.

What it looks like without the bow. In the end with this one, it becomes a wall of cards, because, for us, we get so many that it covers the door.

There you have it a simple DIY Door Card Holder.