Purse or Diaper Bag

You can never have too many purses, right? I wish! When will be the day I will use a purse rather than a diaper bag? It's a good thing I have a nice looking diaper bag to carry around- although I do miss my pretty purses. Morelle is a lovely Etsy shop with gorgeous handmade bags and purses. Brilliant stuff! I love the leather and bright colors- my favorite is the Truffle purse in Mustard (first picture).

Messy Fun

It seems like dinner gets messier every night! It doesn't look like it but I swear most of it gets in her mouth. Sophia is a great eater. So far there hasn't been anything I've given that she doesn't like- hope that she continues to love food, just like her mom!

Going to Hawaii

My first trip to Hawaii- I couldn't be more excited about it! We leave this weekend and I'll be gone for 6 whole days. I just love getting ready for a trip! I'm pretty sure my husband thinks I'm a little crazy because of my need to make To Do Lists, although he asked me today to add something to the list so clearly he has caught onto the fact that if it isn't written down it probably won't get done. I also love the packing part of traveling! Right now I have piles of clothes for me and my daughter stacked up in the living room just waiting to be pack away in a suitcase. Every time I look at it I get butterflies.

I'm sure there will be a lot of relaxing on the beach, but we also want to do some exploring around the island. We're huge Lost fans so we're going to try and scout of the set locations to see if we can get a glimpse of Sawyer or Jack. A girl can only dream!

My love of Etsy

Oh I love looking through Etsy! I could spend hours looking at clothes, bags, accessories, and fabric....so much fabric! My favorites list gets larger everyday. I've bought a bunch of fabric to make some projects- so far I've made a baby dress. I have a few quilts on the go, but not even close to being finished yet. There is so much prep work to do for those quilts! It's always stop and go during nap time, it's tough to stay focused. I hope to open an Etsy shop of my own to sell some paintings one day....somewhere in the near future, hopefully.

It's hard to pick only a few of a favorites to share so I've decided I'll dedicate my Friday posting to one of my favorites. Today's pick is "michelemaule". I think Michele's prints are so pleasing to look at. I love the soft colors and collage elements- very cool!

Here we go.....

My first blog entry. I have been following a few fabulous blogs and now here I am writing on my own. We'll see how well I can keep up with it! I feel like since having my daughter I haven't been able to shake off the nesting urge I had when I was pregnant. I find myself wanting to make recipe books, sewing clothes, organizing scrapbooks, pretty much anything really motherly. May be it's because I fear I won't have as much time when I go back to work in 3 months (I work as a nanny for a wonderful family & I will be bringing my daughter to work with me which is fantastic for me!). So I'm trying to do all the fun stay-at-home mom things I love to do, like taking about a million photos of my daughter! She's starting to move a lot quicker so some of them turn out a bit blurry but the expressions are too hilarious to discard. Here's a few of my favorites.