Where I have been. .

Okay are you ready??? This is going to be a long one.  Okay so if you follow me on instagram (sweet_aimee81) you know I didn't fall off the face of the earth I have just had my hands full.  I have been doing lots of things.  I have been journaling daily.  I started decorating each page just a bit about a month ago.

I have a helper who is constantly by my side and it is hard to get the laptop out to blog because he is pushing keys and deleting things and driving me crazy.  This is him helping pick up my Theresa Collins sequins (he is obsessed and dumps them daily)

I ordered a cakedori aka fauxdori off cakepaperie on etsy   It is a book that you add notebooks into.  I have 3 journal booklets going in there right now.  I love it I use it everyday and here are some ways I have been using it. (and I am on a april no buy lol)

  

I have been doing #listersgottalist on instagram I do a list a day following theresetgirls list. I have loved doing this.  I do one a day and instagram it.  Some are fun, some make me think, but I love it.

 

 

 

I have been documenting a tiny bit of each day in my heidi swapp memory planner I got before christmas. I have been doing this since the first of the year.  I think I will do a video on some of these new things at some point to show you guys how I am using them.

 

I got a color crush planner and I have been using this for my calender 

 

I love it I got the teal and I am using my disc bound for house hold things I don't have to keep with me at all times (budget bills work hours ect.) 

 

 I was super sick last week so I was relaxing drinking tea trying to feel better I also threw my back out

 

 

 I did a smidge of smashbooking

 

 

While I was sick last week this also happened.  Shelby (aka monkey butt) had a accident at school and she got stitches on her chin and broke her knee cap!!!  So she is in a brace for a month.! (her stitches just came out yesterday)

 

 

  For my birthday me and evea (aka fire monster) got a hair cut.  It was her first hair cut by anyone but me and her first haircut in a salon!!!  Lol she liked it.

 

We also bought a mini van.  I was time we traded up.  We were just too cramped in our sedan.  So we took a road trip to Omaha to the Omaha zoo. 

  

It was just a over night trip..a mini vacation.  We had soooo much fun and really needed a get away because it has been a stressful year so far.   I have been to tons of zoos in my life we were members of the Minnesota zoo always when we lived in the cities but Omaha zoo it awesome.  It is like the Minnesota zoo The Sioux falls zoo, Underwater world, and the Como zoo crammed into one and more.  We walked 6.5 hours and missed three buildings.

 

 

We started to get some nice weather and my hubby built my swinging bench I scored at end of season last year for 25$!!!  I love love love swinging benches.  It is my thing. 

 

 

Before we had nice weather I knit max some mittens.  They are cute little hedgehogs. 

 

And I knit a cover for a hot water bottle.  A g.f./pen pal from united kingdom convinced me I needed one and she was sooo right.  I use it to warm up the bed when its cold.  I use it to help with my back pain.  I use it for all kinds of stuff. 

 

 Speaking of penpals, that has been another huge thing I have been doing I have a handful of penpals So I have been writing them and sending out snail mail.  I have also done pocket letters. I have made some amazing friends with the penpal thing and am feeling so blessed to have had some amazing women come into my life.  :)  Well my little monster will be up from his nap anytime So I need to get a few things done. Go follow me on instagram to stay up to date I am sweet_aimee81

 

baby smashbook progress video

Hey guys sorry I am such a slacker lately but blogging from my tablet leaves much to be desired allot of times and my laptop had some major virus issues.  I just preformed a factory restore on it so I am back up and running.  :)  Here is a video on my baby style smash book I started for Max.  It isn't finished but this is what I have done soo far on it :)  I hope you all are doing well.  I feel so out of it after being gone so long.  :)

max

When I had Max I was lucky enough that my gf Amy was there to take picture of all the special moments you might forget or want to cherish when going through the wonderful day of your babies birth. I picked some of my favorite moments she caught to share the story of the day with you.

This is the moment that they said I was at 10 and ready to go.

 This was the monitor we watched all day.

This was me and my hubby when they started to get things ready for me to have max.

 He was such a great support. 

This is me pushing.

Here is the moment the dr caught Max.

Here is the little guy with my dr.

Here is the example of a great moment I would have forgotten.  This is the first time I held Max.  Clearly I would never forget that but what I did forget was..

Them trying to get the monitor unstuck from his hair lol.

Such  sweet little guy and such a great moment.

 

He is just soo sweet

Our first family photo both a bit choked up.

Here is the screen saying he weighed 8pds 2 oz.

Here is daddy cutting his cord.

Holding daddys hand while he got cleaned up.

Waiting to hold his little man.

Max's feet crossed waiting in the little crib thing.

Daddy holding his baby boy for the first time

Love this.

 

Daddy had to try his football hat Amy knit him on.

 

Here is when the girls came to meet their baby brother

I know one thing...this was love at first sight for sure.

So excited to meet her brother.

Could hardly wait her turn to hold the little guy.

Soo in love with baby brother.

So those were a few of my favorite special moments that got caught.  I am soo happy that these were captured. 

I hope you guys enjoyed seeing the moments when this little guy entered our world and changed our lives forever.  :)