tie onesie

i made this appliqued tie onesie for anson yesterday while the kids were napping. i'm so proud of myself!

the complete instructions can be found here. it was so much easier than i expected, i've always been afraid to applique onto a shirt or onesie because of working it around the sewing maching. after seeing how easy it actually is, i see lots of appliqued t-shirts and goodies in millie's & anson's futures!! the only downside is that i stayed busy sewing the rest of the day, and today my house it suffering from it. i left millie's closet open so she'd stay entertained with her toys, and now there are toys EVERYWHERE! i even let her take a few snacks in her room, i don't know what i was thinking...

here's some more fabric that was calling my name at hobby lobby... not sure what project is next!

millie said she was too FREEZING to go potty, and this was her solution... she was so excited saying "i have my top on my bottom, my top is on my bottom!"

later that same day i realized she had been awfully quiet in her room. i went in to check on her, only to find her and her kitchen completely COVERED in baby lotion. i don't even know where she found it!

millie asks to sleep by this picture every night, and wakes up talking to it each morning. this morning i even found it mixed in with her 5 blankets and 8 stuffed animals that she insists on sleeping with every night. i'm so sad to see her cousins moving away. it looks like i might need to get out of the house and make some friends so she can have someone to play with!

enjoying the sunshine

somebody get this girl a swimming pool!

Millie is getting to such a fun age. It's so bittersweet - I love seeing her do all these new things, but at the same time I just miss my little baby girl! She's really started using her imagination lately. She has her dolls and pet shop that she pretend plays with almost all day. I seriously don't know WHERE she comes up with the stuff she says when she's playing. She always changes her voice when she's pretending to be one of her little pets or people, it's so funny! She makes her pets fight over whose turn it is to take a bath, and then the pet gets mad and stomps around saying "i'm MAD" until the other pet comes to apologize and gives him a turn in the bathtub. Then if one of the people falls on the floor, they have to swim to get away from the imaginary crocodiles, and then they have to go to the doctor because the crocodile hurt them. She makes their friend walk to the store to get medicine for them while they rest in bed so they can get all better. I can't even remember half of what she says, it's something new every day! She definitely knows how to entertain herself!

i ♥ my kiddos

peg dolls

I painted these little peg dolls for Millie to play with. I found instructions to make a cute little dollhouse out of stiff craft felt, so I might try to make that to go along with them soon. She told me that she wanted them to be our family, so here they are! Todd, Me, Millie, and Anson! Except I realized that if i really wanted it to be accurate, I probably should have left Anson bald for the time being. Oh well!  Oh, and she picked out all of the colors, she wanted daddy to have a red shirt and blue pants, she wanted mommy to have a yellow dress, she wanted a pink dress for herself (of course!) and she wanted Anson to have a green shirt.  I think she's got pretty good taste!

Daddy:

Mommy:

Millie:

Anson:

more pictures

Here are a few pics of my favorite kiddos!

Millie loves to pick flowers for mommy!

Anson stretching out on his elephant play mat - which used to be Todd's when he was little! So cute!

Anson just chillin in his bebe pod!

Millie's crazy morning hair:

A close-up of that beautiful little grin! I can't get enough of my adorable little man!

ms braves game!

We went to a MS Braves game with the whole family, and had a blast! Anson was SO good the entire time, he slept in the snugli carrier most of the time, woke up for a bottle at the end of the game, and then watched the fireworks! Braxton and Millie had a lot of fun, they even got matching hats and giant foam fingers! My cousin works there and got Todd in as a game contestant. I was hoping it was for one of the embarrassing games (like running across the field in a giant inflatable ball) but it was just a car race that was pretty much just a game of chance. We did get to see him on the giant screen for a minute though!

I can't wait to go again!

the new sandbox

We bought Millie some sidewalk chalk for Easter and let her play with it in the street. Instead of coloring with her chalk, she spent most of her time playing with all that nasty dirt that collects on the edge of the road, so we decided that maybe it's time for a sandbox! We borrowed my dad's truck to go to Toys-R-Us and pick up a crab sandbox, and somewhere along the way Todd decided that he wanted to build a sandbox instead. So we spent 2 hours at Home Depot with our cranky kids getting supplies, and Todd built it the next day. I guess it was worth all of the extra effort, because Millie LOVES it! The first thing she says every morning is "I want to play in my sandbox mommy!! I want my sandbox!!!"

hoppy easter!

We took the kids to the church to take pictures of them in their matching Easter outfits from my mom (which I LOVE! thanks mom!)

The kids had a lot of fun sitting there eating candy. We took a million pictures and I could never really decide on a favorite, mostly because it's impossible to get all 4 of them to cooperate at the same time. Millie was running all over the place (like usual), Anson was fussy, Braxton was good MOST of the time, and Shelby just sat there eating her candy and never looking at the camera! Oh well, at least they had a good time. I posted a million pictures on Facebook but I'm too lazy to wait for all of them to upload on here, so if you haven't seen them already, just click HERE

Happy Easter!

gone fishin'

Here are a few pictures of Millie fishing at Uncle A.J.'s house. She had so much fun, she'd probably never leave if we gave her the choice! Which reminds me, she was coloring yesterday and randomly said "i made a note for A.J.!!" and asked me to give him his mail from her. He must be working his way up to favorite uncle!