Thanksgiving 2014

Dress & Moccs

Thankful

I cannot believe that tomorrow is Thanksgiving.

Hanging out with family & EATING TONS OF FOOD,

there's no better scenario in my book.

I'm SO thankful for my little family
& the roof over our head for these cold,
snowy days.

Just a little flashback to last Thanksgiving:

To be completely honest I don't remember

much of last Thanksgiving

probably due to the lack of sleep that 

being a noob mom entails,

but I do remember how tiny

& how freakin' cute Cam looked in her first dress

& that huge bow (which still fits her)

UGH.

For the first time this year I'm going Black Friday shopping.

I figure it's one of those things you have to try

at least once in your life & then

never do it again.

We'll probably just end up bailing on the idea

altogether and going to see The Hunger Games.

But at least I can say I've tried it once ;)

Have a very Happy Thanksgiving!

xoxo

Friday Favorites

Being that Thanksgiving is now

less than ONE WEEK AWAY

I figured it would acceptable

to write about some of my favorite

 Pinterest worthy Thanksgiving ideas:

I.

Love these Thanksgiving leftover boxes

such a cute idea & so much easier

than having to give away all of your precious tupperware.

II.

Utensil holders

This free printable idea is so cute 

& couldn't be any simpler.

A little way to add some festiveness

to the table.

III.

 I have a dream, that one day, I will

host Thanksgiving dinner.

One day, when we can fit more than

6 squished people at our dinner table.

Anyway, when I do I will

be using this turkey brine 

I know nothing about cooking a turkey,

but I do know that this brine sounds delicious.

IV.

 Caramel Apple Sangria

The perfect drink for watching the Macy's parade in the AM

or playing Cards Against Humanity with your aunts & uncles into the PM.

 

V.

I made these baked sweet potatoes

as a side dish the other day.

Well, it was definitely a pinterest fail

for the skins, BUT the inside was still delicious

so I plan on making mashed sweet potatoes

following this recipe for Thanksgiving.

Happy weekend! :)

Emmy

Meet Emmy.

She's the newest member of our little family.

I knew I always wanted a dog to complete our family,
but I wanted to wait until Camdyn was a little bit older.

 Turns out, Chris & this baby's little face, swayed me the other way
& I gave in

& I'm SO glad that I did.

She & Cam love each other.  It's like they both

know each other are babies, chasing each other around,

slipping and sliding all over our wood floors like little babies do.

 After a shady visit to a "breeder" in Staten Island

on Wednesday morning Chris & I were feeling a little

bummed, we thought for sure we would have left

there with a pup but that was a no go.

 So I, as my impatient self, searched

& searched the world wide web 

& came across Joy (now Emmy) & her adorable siblings.

We called the owner, he was super nice

& said Chris could come that night to get her!

So, onward into the night, 

& the sticks of Pennsylvania, he went.

Back at home:

Cam & I waited,

 (LOL midblink Camdyn)

 & waited,

& decorated

& 5 hours later

my man popped in the door with our new baby

I was a little nervous about having to take

care of a puppy & a toddler

but so far, so good.

Wish us luck ;)

DIY Wipe Case Turned Sensory Box

My mom made Cam two awesome presents

for her birthday this year & I just

had to share because Cam

 LOVES to play with both of them. Like all the time.

First up is a DIY sensory box:

How cute is this box?!

She took a regular wipe box,

cut up some different colored & textured fabrics

& glued them all over the outside.

The circles on top are Cam's favorite part.

Inside she stuck 5 different pieces of fabric.

The sparkly fabric was some leftover that she

had from making my sister's Elsa costume, obviously ;)

Then there was some denim & floral fabrics that she cut up from an old

pair of baby overalls that had a broken button.

& that animal print fabric you see there
was an old shirt from my college days.
Such a good way to retire one of my favorites ;)

If you have any old clothes that are ready to check out,
just cut them up & make this easy little sensory box.

Also, if your babe is like mine & completely empties the wipe box

whenever they get their hands on it, then this just might

save your sanity ;)

Weekly Favorites

I.

Peppermint hershey kisses

Ran into these at our local food store

& I shrieked just a little.

I LOVE these things.

II.

These bins from Target

The organized part of me loves storing

my holiday decor in theme appropriate containers

& this bin fits the bill perfectly.

III.

 I'm in the process of choosing Cam's

stocking & here are the contenders:

I love the girliness of the top one

but love the classic look of the bottom one.

IV.
Baby selfies

I meeeean, come on.

V.

We had our first snowfall last night!

Well, it was more of an icy, wintry mix, but I'll take it

;)

Camdyn's Christmas Wishlist

Since Cam's birthday is over we can officially

start thinking about her Christmas wishlist.

Since she's only one this year

her list is mainly comprised of clothes & books.

I have a feeling it will be like this until she's like 3

& can actually make a list on her own :)

I.

Clothes

I decided that the majority of the gifts

this year will be PJs & clothes, since my years are

very limited before she starts getting pissed that there are no toys

under that tree ;)

 Deer

 Bunny

 I got her both of these sets in size 24 months

to wear next year around Christmas time.

We got a few gift cards to Baby Gap for her birthday

which I'll probably use to get:

 Rose Sweatshirt Dress

Dot Banded Pants 

II.

Books

 

Where is Baby's Christmas Present?

The Story of Christmas

The Very Snowy Christmas

O Christmas Tree

III.

Essentials

 Re-Play Divided Plates

Playtex Spill-Proof Cups 

Being that Cam just recently started milk

I slowly realized that we need WAY more sippy cups

& way more plates for those bigger meals she's eating.

I think these would be great stocking stuffers,

don't ya think? :)

 IV.

We received a few gift cards to BRU

for her birthday so

I'll probably use them to get:

This

& this

& maybe some of this

 ;)

So there's Camdyn's Christmas wishlist, so far.

Weekly Favorites

This past week has been awesome,

Chris has been home & Cam has never been

more occupied thanks to all of her new birthday presents ;)

AND because:

I.

 Yep, we pulled the trigger & the tree is up.

There's only 6 more Fridays now until Christmas!

II.

These bibs from Tommee Tippee

are awesome, if you hate sweeping after every

single meal that your child eats/spills on the floor

these are for you!

III.

This shirt from Alley + Rae couldn't be more

perfect for this little nugget, so cute & such good quality

We also got this one & I cannot WAIT for her to wear it

IV.

The fact that our town has a Mom2Mom Facebook group.

We live in a pretty big town & I love the closeness

it makes between the moms, if I ever have a question

about ANYTHING, I can just hop on & ask the other moms

& 99.9% of the time I will get an answer.

We also have a resale group for kids clothes & toys,

Cam has more things than I'd like to say from this group, HA.

V.

Camdyn's second 1st birthday party is this Sunday

& I can't wait to see all of our friendys!

I also decided that instead of a cake for this party

will we have a PILE OF DONUTS, YES.

Happy Friday! :)

Camdyn's First Birthday Party

I absolutely love that Camdyn's birthday is right in the midst

of all of the holidays, it just makes this time of year THAT much better.

 Bow

Her onesie I made with Scribble 3D Fabric Paint from Michaels

The tutu I made with peach tulle that I ordered on Amazon

& a think elastic from Michaels

Bottle Labels 

I decided to stick to her nursery colors

as the theme for the party & to keep it pretty simple.

 I revolved the party mainly around the food table

because, let's be real, the food is the best part of any party ;)

I ordered the subs from a local sub shop, made some pasta salad

& some buffalo chicken dip & stuck some cheese & Triscuits on there.

The drink dispenser has some peach tea in it, just to stick with the theme :)

The wooden high chair in the corner

we got from a yard sale for $10!

Painted it white & turned it into a

total score for these awesome pictures:

 My mom made us the cake, we just used regular boxed cake mix

& some white icing dyed with icing color from Michaels.

We also had some orange sorbet ice cream for dessert, because

it's the best & orange is almost peach, right?

 ^ There's my momma.

If you can see waaaay back there, hanging down from the bar,

is a monthly photo banner that I made.

I printed those little squares straight off my Instagram using

the Print Studio app

Love this app so much, the quality of the photos are awesome

& they ship SO quick.

Chris came up with this cute idea for the favor bags,

we printed out tinier pictures of Camdyn right off Instagram

with the Print Studio app and attached one to every favor bag.

This way all of our guests can choose which picture they want of Cam.

I came up with the idea for the inside though, yogurt covered pretzels :)

The day turned out amazing & we had one happy & messy little babe.

Love this family of mine.

Now bring on the holidays :)