pax's surgery & mod podge...

so we found out a couple of months ago that my little man is tongue tied,

 where his tongue is connected too closely to the tip.

it results in bad feeding, speech impediments, and more.

we switched pediatricians at 6 months and our new one (who is wonderful) discovered it.

poor pax has suffered for a long time, he's almost 8 months and still on newborn nipples, switching formula many times, gas, and not eating more than 5-6 oz in a sitting.

it makes me so angry they didn't find it sooner, but i won't get on my soap box =)

we made an appointment asap to get it clipped. =(

today was the day. i made the hubs go with me and stay with him and of course i'd cuddle after.

it went very well. he screamed for a good while, very hard for a momma to hear.

but so far so good, he's been eating and in a good mood.

so glad!

he keeps clicking his tongue... i guess he's noticed the difference. =)

i took the day off because i wasn't sure how he was going to react (which he ended up doing well) so we decided to take a trip to HOBBY LOBBY. the closest one to us is 30 minutes away so i only go every once in awhile. today while i was there i bought my first bottle of...

i know how exciting, right?

we played around with it and oh how i'm in love!!

so many projects come to mind!!

anyways, i enjoyed my day off.

hope everyone else had a happy hump day!

knife block redo...

i still feel like this project is missing something...

but i'm going to post it anyways. =)

a can of spray paint goes a long ways!

after the mug tree i went on to think

"what can i paint next?"

and i came up with my knife block.

take a look at the pictures:

what do you think?

i like the difference it's made but it's still lacking something,

maybe a nice vinyl "L"

i loooove "L"s.

now i just need a cricut, everyone call my husband please?

haha!

hope everyone had a wonderful Monday! =)

i'm linking up to these parties:

1.the diy showoff

2.making the world cuter

3.sumos sweetstuff

4.crafts keep me sane

5.it's so very cheri

6.avid accents

7.i heart naptime

8.by stephanie lynn

9.the persimmon perch

10.my delicious ambiguity

11.tip junkie

12.reinvented kb

13.craft edition

14.all thingz related

15.new nostalgia

16.the gypsy corner

17.dirty hands, beautiful life

blog party...

come join us and make some new friends!!!

ugly mug tree redo...

so i've had the mug tree forever, no i mean F.O.R.E.V.E.R.

since i was 18, which seems like forever ago!

i've always loved it but it was ugly. i could never find a pretty one.

so i settled for this.

i've decided i would spray paint this to make it pretty. =)

this is my second spray paint redo.

i used this:

i think it went well...

what do you think?

i am in L.O.V.E.!!!

i can't believe i didn't do it years ago!

since i loved it so much, i went around looking for more things to paint.

do you find yourself doing that?

check back to see what else i found to redo!

i am linking up to these parties:

1.fireflies and jellybeans

2.life as lori

3.somewhat simple

4.i'm lovin' it!

5.the girl creative

6.beyond the picketfence

7.j-a-girl

8.everything etsy

9.kojo designs

10.504 main

11.the girl creative new friend friday

12.remodelaholics anonymous meeting

13.it's a hodge podge life

14.frugal fabulous design

15.lovin my love bugs

16.decor mamma

17.chic on a shoestring decorating

18.miss mustard seed

hello again...

i hope everyone has been good the past week/weekend/memorial day...

wow, it's been a whole week since i've posted.

just been busy and went on a vacation!! :)

nothing huge, just a weekend away to branson, mo.

pax's very first stay away from home!

it's a measley 3 hours away and luckily we had an awesome car ride,

timed it just right!

caitie was very excited to stay in a "castle"

she wanted to know if we would be back to stay again. =)

we were all so exhausted when we got home we all took long naps.

we rode the ducks,

(caitie got to drive)

(pax just relaxed and enjoyed the ride)

then we visited the dinosaur museum,

(while pax enjoyed it caitie did not. haha love her face!)

and we also went to ripley's believe it or not.

(caitie, pax, and i outside ripley's)

overall it was a nice trip, short and sweet, and much needed!

but i'm back now, so watch for new posts!!

happy hump day...

happy hump day!

i just love wednesdays, they make the week go by so fast...
and the best thing about this week?
three day weekend! whoop whoop!!
it's always great when you get a day off, (even better when it's paid!)

i haven't gotten any crafting done... why you might ask??

(this is lola, the mother to be.)

we are breeding our english bulldog and we have been busy finding her a boyfriend, i know how exciting, right? well it's done and hopefully soon we'll have some pups... caitie is very excited for puppies!

hope you guys had a happy wednesday!



Parties I'm linking up to...

polka dot wall decor...

i wanted to share one of my favorite projects i've ever done. i don't have before and after pictures but it was a very simple, one day project.

(this picture is pre-paxton so excuse the messy-ness)

i made polka dot wall decor out of embroidery hoops. i went to micheal's and bought different sizes of embroidery hoops. i paid maybe  $8 for all of them...

then i took regular craft paint .54 cents for the bottle and painted them white. i didn't even think of spray painting them but it probably would've been so much easier!

i picked out fabrics at Hobby Lobby one to match his bedding set, i bought 1 yard of each and had lots of extras. i ironed them and put them through the hoop as if i were going to embroider something. i cut the fabric down in the back and glued down what i could and hung them up randomly.

i loooooved how they turned out! so simple and under $15... probably a lot less if you had coupons and were less impatient than me.

(his bedding... i loved it! especially the polka dots!)

(my belly a couple of days before he was born)

(newborn baby paxton micheal, isn't he beautiful?)

hope you all had a great monday!!

i'm linking to these parties: