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Making Monday: Making Babies

My little ones that were such a surprise!

Have you been wondering where I’ve been!? After the craziness of the holidays, I decided to take a little break from my shop & my blog to regroup! Then there was some procrastination… Then I found out I was pregnant!

I planned on going about business as usual, but then this pregnancy started going very differently than my other two. I became so tired & so hungry! I would cry…literally cry to my husband about how hungry I was! I knew it had been a while since I was pregnant, but I thought the hunger seemed out of control! Then we had an ultrasound & the technician said, “Actually, there are two in there!” That explains it!

Actually, it explains a lot of things about this pregnancy. I’m not going to lie, this has been a super tough pregnancy. I’ve been struggling a long with one thing or another since I found out about my two little ones. That is why I haven’t been good about blog posts or listing new items in my shop! I don’t want to rush my little babes out before they are ready, but I am so looking forward to getting back to my old self! Not to mention, we are all very excited to see them!

My daughter, Morgan, talks to them daily. Yes, and I have to make the babies respond (in a high pitched voice of course!) to her…haha! She tells them all about what she is doing & usually wants to know if they like whatever it is I happen to be eating at the time or what they are working on growing that week! This is how a typical conversation goes between them:

Morgan: Hey, babies? Hey, babies!
(I didn’t respond fast enough)
Morgan: Mom! I’m trying to talk to the babies!
Me: Oh, sorry! (switch to high pitched voice mode)
Babies: Yes?
Morgan: Are you having fun swimming in your bubbles today?
Babies: Yes! It’s a lot of fun!
Morgan: Is it warm in there?
Babies: Yes, we are nice & warm in here!
Morgan to me: Awwww, they have such cute voices!!
Babies: We think you have a cute voice too!
Morgan: Awwww! I love you, babies!
Babies: We love you too!!
Morgan: Awwwwww! (hugs my belly!)

So, now I’m 30 weeks along & the end is in sight! Yay! I’m excited that the end is nearing, but panicked about doubling my number of children so quickly! Yeah, I’m still a little freaked out about it…that’s never really gone away! I’m trying to get some things washed for them incase they come early & my husband put the car seats in the back of the car (ok, fine, it’s a mini-van. we had to upgrade after we found out there were two in there! no choice there!) so we are getting ready!

Eeks! Anyone want to tell me that this is going to be easy!? haha!

Sooooo…now you know where I have been! I’m busy baking some babies over here!!

If anyone has any advice for raising twins (especially if those twins have older siblings too!), let me know!

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Wordless Wednesday: Summer Time!

Beachin' it!

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Wordless Wednesday: My Loves

My loves!

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Making Monday: Stress Baking & Sweet Potato Pound Cake

There are two things I like to do when I’m feeling a stressed out. I turn to sewing or baking when I feel like I need to find some solace in a stressful time.

Lately I’ve been stressing over my sewing business and the direction my career is headed so I turned to baking. I had a recipe that I had been wanting to try for a while and decided that now is the time! (Plus, baking anything is fantastic this time of year when my house feels so chilly on these long and bitter winter days.)

Introducing my first batch of Sweet Potato Pound Cake!

Sweet Potato Pound Cake! YUM!

I wasn’t sure what to expect with this one but it was very tasty! It had a nice sweet homey taste…the kind that makes you feel like maybe you’re sitting in a pool of sunshine back in the house you grew up in…

I’m not exaggerating!

Oh, and as a bonus, the recipe makes two loaves…Yeah. Awesome.

Double the yum!

Mmmmm…

What new recipes have you tried lately?

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Eco Wednesday: Eco Friendly Toothbrush

Recyclable Toothbrush by Preserve

That’s right! There is a toothbrush out there that you can recycle!!

How cool is that!?

Preserve is the company that makes these toothbrushes. They make them out of recycled yogurt cups! (I love me some yogurt too!) After you are all done using it, you can even send it back to Preserve so that they can recycle it again!

Some neat other neat tips:

  • Made in the USA
  • BPA free
  • You can choose the softness of your bristles (which are new! no worries!!)
  • You can sign up for a subscription where they send you a new toothbrush every 3 months!

For more information on these eco-smart toothbrushes and other personal care items, just click here!

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Making Monday: Easy Homemade Granola

Homemade granola on top of my yogurt!

I think I’ve been using this granola recipe for about 10 years now and I LOVE it!

This is super easy, tastes great, and goes so well on so many things! My family eats this as cereal, on top of oatmeal and other hot cereals, on top of yogurt, and as a trail mix!

BONUS! It is super easy to adapt to the tastes of your family too!

I know it’s so easy to just pick up a package of pre-made at the store, but that stuff has preservatives and probably unhealthy sweeteners and who knows what else! You can whip this up so fast and know that it really is healthy granola!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup of honey
  • 1/2 cup of orange or apple juice
  • 4 tablespoons of brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 1/8 teaspoon of nutmeg
  • 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon
  • 2 3/4 cups of old fashioned oats
  • 1 1/2 – 2 cups of assorted nuts and seeds such as walnuts, pecans, almonds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc
  • 1/2 cup of coconut
  • 1/2 – 1 cup of dried fruit such as raisins, cranberries, dates, apricots, apples, currants, etc

Directions:

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.

    Honey mixture before stirring

  2. Mix the honey, juice, sugar, vanilla, nutmeg, and cinnamon in a large bowl.

    Coated oats & nuts

  3. Add the oats, nuts, and coconut. Stir until everything is thoroughly coated with the honey mixture.

    Granola waiting to go in the oven!

  4. Spread it out on a baking sheet.
  5. Bake for 15 minutes, stir the granola and then bake for another 15 minutes or until golden brown.
  6. Allow the granola to cool. (Note: You should stir the granola a couple times while it’s cooling so that it doesn’t clump together.)
  7. Add your dried fruit and you’re ready to go enjoy it!

Do you make homemade granola? If so, is the recipe similar to this one??

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Fairy-tale Friday: Theater Clouds

I can’t help it… I am head over heals in love with Elly MacKay’s shop Theater Clouds

I love her artwork so much that it makes my heart ache a bit…

Dreams for Weary Sailors

Her artwork speaks to my soul…

There is such magic in every piece…

I'll travel with you

Elly’s style is so unique and powerful…

I want to plaster the walls of my little girls’ rooms with her prints…

Only on a harvest moon

Ok…I want to plaster my walls with them too…!

Please visit Elly’s shop Theater Clouds to find yourself in a magical landscape where fairy-tales seem to take flight…

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Wordless Wednesday: My Peeps

Me, my mom, and my sister together again!

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Fairy-tale Friday: Date Night Romance

Usually Valentine’s Day doesn’t really do anything for me. I feel like the real meaning of the holiday has really slipped away and the commercialism of it drives me nuts!

However…

Lately I’ve been falling for all these romantic things on the front pages of Etsy, romantic stories, and all the pretty little things that seem to be everywhere you look right now!

Maybe it’s that I get two date nights this weekend!! YAY!!

Soooo…here’s some of the things I’d like for a romantic date night…

Flower Clip Adornment by mignonnehandmade

Pleasant in Peasant Cotton Dress by BoHoRomance

Hand Dyed Caplet by anenglishaffair

Bow Belles by LeClaire

Yeah… I’d wear that on a pretty little date night!

Mostly likely though we’ll run some errands, grab a couple subs to eat at home and fall asleep early!! Haha! Ok, hopefully that only happens on just one of the nights!!

Hope you all have a romantic fairy-tale like weekend…

(Just click on the pictures if you’d like to be whisked away for a closer look!)

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Eco Wednesday: Paper Towel Alternative Review

Paper Towel Alternative by AthenaCreates

I wrote about these paper towel alternatives, made by AthenaCreates, in an earlier Eco Wednesday post that you can find here and said how I’d like to try them. I contacted Kerri of AthenaCreates to tell her that her product was posted on my website & after reading my blog, she asked if I’d like to try some!

YEAH!

Here they are just arrived to my house!

I’ve been using them since September now, so this post is LONG overdue!

The verdict??

LOVE THEM! Love them! Looooooove them!!!! I use these little guys all the time!! I use them to clean up messes. I use them as napkins. I use them almost every place I would use a paper towel!!

Paper towel alternatives holding my freshly washed plums!

Paper towel alternatives holding my freshly washed plums!

Ok, I admit, I do not use them to wipe out my husband’s greasy bacon pan… I’m not sure they’d recover from that. Although, they might!! I’m just not willing to test them out on that gross job for fear of losing one of these!

These little reusable paper towels are so easy to just toss into your laundry so they are ready for another day! I probably wash some of these daily and it’s not a big deal since they are little! They really don’t take up any extra space!

So stop buying and using those awful paper towels!

Go check out AthenaCreates shop! Kerri has all kinds of paper towel alternatives in her shop for you to try! She will thank you, the earth will thank you, and your wallet will thank you!

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