Happenstance

Something that always meant a lot to me growing up, and I'm not really sure why, was the homemade  Bucilla Christmas Stockings my mom made for each of us. When Mark and I first started dating, I thought it was time to make one for each of us to hang in our  home.  I even made some for our animals! So once I found out we were having a baby, I knew he would have to have a stocking for his first Christmas. I even went to far as to make new stockings for me and Mark.  We celebrate Christmas at my families home and this means our stocking used to be stored there. Since I wanted some for our home the snowflake ones and our animal ones will stay at our home to start new traditions. Then Mark and my new stockings will be kept at my mom's house and we will use the stocking I grew up with as our sons, when we're celebrating at her house. I already changed the name on my old stocking to his, it was pretty important to me to get it done before his first Christmas.

I really have the most amazing friends and family. Being pregnant has been terrible for me, but feeling our son moving around and the love we are surrounded by has been phenomenal.  My mom and sisters really went above an beyond to throw such a special day.  The food that my cousins made, was just delightful! My friends throw me the sweetest Super Hero themed baby shower. I basically couldn't stop eating! Lastly, all of our guy (and some girl) friends hosted a Poker Party Diaper Shower. It was just too sweet of them. Most unexpectedly, my new job even threw me a baby shower. <3

Mark loved Calvin and Hobbes  growing up (and I'm quite fond of it as well), so I felt the need to make our son a Hobbes of his own. I imagine them getting into so many adventures together. 

It's been a long time since I wrote anything on here. I went trough a lack of personal time and lull in creativity when I started a very stressful and time intensive position as an Event Coordinator. However, I recently find myself with more time on my hands, renewed desire to create, and very unexpected baby boy on the way. Honestly, after a miscarriage, several long discussions with Mark, and just getting older, I was becoming more OK with the idea of not having children. Not to mention, for some reason, I never considered that our child wouldn't be a girl. It's funny how life works out. I have not been enjoying pregnancy... and I still have the entire 3rd trimester and labor to look forward to. It's mostly been a lot of vomiting in the beginning, difficult body changes, headaches, emotions, construction, expense, stress, worry, insomnia, and recently symphysis pubis dysfunction & gestational diabetes. Yet, knowing he is healthy and feeling him move around, is p...

A friend asked me to crochet their kid a Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I watched to so much TMNT as a kid and honestly still love them. So I was geeked to use the pattern they provided and start on Leo. This was so much fun and really pretty easy to make, I think I'm going to make the whole gang for myself!

Mark and I went to a craft date night at the Lansing Makers Network for Valentines Day this year. Honestly, it's easily one of the funnest things we've done for Valentines Day.  I haven't made jewelry since I was in High School and I honestly forgot how much fun it could be.  Mark made me a pendant. We were given the opportunity to design a pattern to sandblast onto glasses and then got to actually use a sandblaster to customize our glasses. I loved it! I've soldered when making jewelry, but this was the first time I got a chance to do it while making something electronic. I would absolutely do this again. I really could not recommend this more highly! I would do this every year!