Things in my life right now!

So I notice I have been blogging about the BIG events in my life and leaving out the little events...The "Every day" events...So with that said here are a few things that are happening...

 Herbalife has slowly changed my life! I have been doing a weight loss challenge for almost 7 weeks and I have lost almost 10lbs and who knows how many inches! I feel AMAZING! I am FINALLY at my pre-pregnancy weight! I am now eating like I should have been my whole life and the encouragement and support I have recieved has helped me stay focused to reach my goals!

I just recently bought this at Barnes N Noble and I am SO excited to start using it! Eva Mae has become super picky with eating her veggies and I want to make sure that she is getting all the vitamins and healthy foods as possible. This cook book helps to incorporate veggies and fruit into the everyday yummy foods that kids and adults love! 

Eva Mae and I planted our Aloe plant today! Its name is Aloe Alin. We picked this up at the Aquarium last weekend. I was shocked to read that Aloe helps treat over 200 human health issues! Who knew! I really want to try and plant more little plants like this every once and a while...I feel like it would be 1 more plant helping out the environment.

So Dainty has also become a piece of me. I have had a steady flow of orders and each order I get I am SO excited to start! This is a picture of my last order...I am in LOVE with the headband. The flower/feather part can actually come off into a clip. I sadly didn't get the opportunity to put my products in the store that had contacted me...they said that they already have product like mine in their store...whatever that means...She did say that she would keep me posted on if she would like them to be in her store when the other products sell out...so we will see...In the mean time I am happy just making other people happy with the orders that I do have coming in : )

That is just some of what is going on in my life right now...Lords knows that really is just the tip of the ice berg!

Easter

We enjoyed Easter at my grandmothers house who lives in Long Beach. I was a gorgeous day! My sister came in from Texas for the weekend, as well as my step brothers are here visiting from England for 3 weeks! We had an AMAZING breakfast! Pancakes, eggs, bagels, crumpits, bacon, strawberries and cream! I was SO full. Eva Mae did her first egg hunt. She Loved every minute of it too. She has this new "I'm Super Surprised" facial expression that is hilarious! She made that face everytime she found an egg! We were able to spend the majority of the day laying on the lawn blowing bubbles and just soaking up all the warm sun!

Here are some pictures:

Auntie Lindsey making magic by making eggs appear within eggs!

The "AH! Oh my Gosh I'm SO surprised" Look : )



Eva Mae turns 1!

It is hard to believe that my little girl is 1! Her birthday party was a success, thankfully! Of course the day had a ton of bumps! I was stressed out and nothing seemed to be going the way I had planned...I was supposed to have family come over to my house to watch Eva Mae while I went to pick up a few things and help set up with Dustin at the park...That didn't happen. I had to make a few phone calls for people to help me pick up the last items we needed...I didn't get to the park until 11:30..the party started at 12..PLUS once I got there it started raining, then the gal who was supposed to take pictures cancelled on me literally at noon, So needless to say I had a full on melt down at the park because like I said at the time I felt like nothing was going as planned...Thankfully I had a couple of friends there to help me rush everything over to a covered table so the rain didn't ruin anything...we set everything up just in time! The day ended up being beautiful and sunny! I had some friends take pictures. Dustin and I were able to really enjoy ourselves and celebrate our special Eva Mae : )

Here are some photos on Eva Mae in her Lady Bug outfit I made for her:

 Family Photo! I am SO happy with how everything turned out!

Eva Mae Turns 1

The Day Eva Mae was Born!

Today is Eva Mae's first birthday! I can't believe that a year ago yesterday Dustin and I were enjoying dinner with some friends and at the time I had no idea that I was in labor let alone having contractions. I just didn't feel like eating, soup was what I ended up having for dinner, plus every once and a while my stomach would get tight. That I thought was just the Braxton Hicks, which I had been having for a few weeks prior. The funny part was, where we were eating was literally right next to our hospital. After dinner, Dustin and I decided that we should stop off at the store so Dustin could get some drinks to go into his "Daddy Bag." While I was waiting in the car I kept getting this uncomfortable sensations. Then some light cramping. So I'm texting him to hurry up! So we get home and I tell him whats going on. He says to me that I need to sit down and we will time what now I'm assuming are contractions. So I sit down and wait for my stomach to feel tight and then release...well come to find out it was happening every minute and half to a minute. I then tell him I need to use the restroom..I will keep that to myself it's TMI for everyone else...But I scream to Dustin saying, "IT'S TIME TO GO!" He yells back, "ARE YOU SURE?!" I go, "YES I'M SURE!!" So we get into the car and the drive is pretty much a blur! I remember driving past the mall and getting off the freeway. The next thing I know is we are at the front desk and I can barely talk to tell them that I am in labor! So they put me in a room, hook me up to machines, check everything! They confirm that I am in fact in labor....2 cm dialated already! So Dustin makes the phone calls to our family and friends! My mom, and sisters were in the room with us..which was nice because it helped take my mind off the contractions...which I went drug free for about 4 hours until my contractions were literally on top of each other and I got stuck in the bathroom and couldn't walk! So I said NOPE I'm done I want the epidural! I am SO happy that I did! I was able to rest a little bit and enjoy the last part with Dustin. Then my Doctor was on call at 7:00am came in to check on me...by 9:10am I was pushing and at 9:57am Eva Mae was born! March 25th, 2011, 7lbs 7oz, 20 1/4 inches long! Word's can't even describe the joy and happiness that came over me! My first thought when I saw her was HOW BEAUTIFUL she was! I was so glad that my sister Kelly and Dustin could be there for that special moment! I will remember that for the rest of my life!

So today we had a small party to celebrate our STILL ( much more ) Beautiful Eva Mae's birthday!

The Birthday Girl!!

Enjoying some lunch before her cup cake!

Eva Mae's very first Cup Cake! Strawberries and Cream!

 She enjoyed the frosting more than she enjoyed the cupcake!

Mommy was more excited about her getting new Sparkly Red Toms than Eva Mae was! She just wanted to chew on them!

Hurray for building blocks from Nana!!

A little catching up...Pictures included...

Happy St.Patricks Day!! We went to a baby shower for a friend of mine. It sadly was cold, windy and rainy!! Eva Mae of course would NOT sit in our laps...She had to up and walking around ...the WHOLE time.

I made my friend a diaper cake! It had a purple tutu with a matching purple felt rose headband and rose clip! I am VERY excited on how it turned out!

 

I recieved on order through So Dainty, where the customer wanted a New York Yankees tutu with matching headband...I am very excited about this piece!

 This is the head band which is made to fit a 2 month old

This is the whole piece...front view

This is the back of the tutu...

This flower is detachable...it can be placed anywhere on the tutu or it can be worn on your head

Long Day..

I should be cleaning up our bedroom right now...but instead I am choosing to write here...I have made my tea and Eva Mae is FINALLY down for a nap. There is no noise in our house right now except for the windchimes outside, me clicking away on the key board, the ocean waves of Eva Mae's sound machine and the soft humming of the computer....I like it. A lot. Sometimes after a battle of a day (which is far from over considering it's only 2:18pm)....it's nice to just sit in silence. I don't get to have silence anymore. Dustin turns the tv on the second he gets home, he watches the news in the morning, Eva Mae's toys are constantly making some kind of noise, music that I will have playing, Eva Mae crying or talking, me talking, Dustin talking...Noise is EVERYWHERE all the time here....It can get very overwhelming...I'm sure MANY moms would agree with me on that. The battle of Eva Mae not wanting to nap this morning is exhausting...It's funny how when she doesn't take one how much you realize HOW MUCH you really do need her to nap in the morning!

This weekend was a VERY busy weekend. 3 birthday parties, I had to nanny and I had to start making Eva Mae's invitations so I can send them out this week! The Very Hungry Caterpillar party that I "worked" was a TON of fun! The mom (Tasha) had done such a FABULOUS job decorating! I was jealous! I kept telling Dustin that I hope Eva Mae's party will look as good as this! She had tons of food, fun games, and prizes plus ME! I made 25 hair clips for the little girls at the party!

Eva Mae was my little model that day too showing off a set of Purple Felt Flowers!