At 9 months

I can't believe how fast babies change.  You wouldn't think there would be a lot of difference in just two months, but she just keeps getting bigger and cuter each day. Here are some of her latest... 

• plays pattie-cake and claps every time you say "yeah!"
• Throws hands in the air when you say "BIG Girl!" or "TOSS it in the oven"
• Says, "Da Da," "Ma Ma," "ba ba," "Hi" and "Mooo"
• Waves bye-bye
• Will eat an entire banana if I let her
• has two bottom teeth
• Can let go and stand on her own for a few seconds
• takes two, 2 hour naps and still sleeps through the night!  (that's my girl:)
• weighs 17.5 lbs (25%)
• 28 inches tall (70%)
• TERRIFIED of the vacuum
• Hates getting dressed
• loves splashing in the bathtub
• favorite place to play... the couch
• loves story time and to turn the pages of the book 

 9 months birthday = new toy!

Cheerleader for her cousin's football game

 playing at the park

 Our little copy cat

 Can't get enough!

Halloween Wreath

 My friend Brittany and I made these adorable candy corn wreaths last week.  We got the idea from my favorite website, of course:) She has a tutorial on the site.  I added the little sign.  Painted it myself.  I'm getting so into this crafty thing you should just call me Martha.

I love the Fall right now.  It's still warm but the leaves are changing.  So enjoy it while it lasts!  Let the Holiday seasons begin!

After 6th months of wishing

 I was introduced to this website (http://www.allthingsthrifty.com/) about six months ago and have wanted to do this project ever since.  Because of other priorities and obligations I didn't get to it as fast as I wanted to, BUT I finally finished it!   

My dad has stacks of unused scraps of wood tucked in his garage and I asked if I could sift through them to find a piece to paint.  I found the perfect one and had him cut it into three equal peices.  I primed them, picked out the colors I wanted to match my bedroom, and used the template from the website and a projector to trace the image on the boards. 

I couldn't get a very good "whole" view of my bedroom and I'm not quite finished decorating the room the way I would like it, so here are the important pieces.  I made the curtains when we first moved into our apartment and then when I saw this project on the website I new I had to make it. The pattern is almost identical to the fabric in my curtains!  The best part is, the whole thing cost be about 6 bucks!  All I did was buy the sample sized paint from Lowes and a paint brush.  The rest was FREE:)  You could probably pay hundreds of dollars for something like that in a home decor store, so I'm pretty pleased:)  

Bring on the projects!