Too Early?

My sister, Samantha, called me today and asked, "What does Cheesy want for Christmas? I am trying to get all of my shopping done now."


Whoa.


Christmas shopping already?


"What day is it? Wasn't it just Halloween?" I asked.


But, then I realized that before Eloise, I too would have been thinking about Christmas and all the goodies I want to buy for people.


So...what does Cheesy wasnt for Christmas? Since she will only be 6 months old at Christmas, the question slowly morphed into, "What does Mama Cheese (me) want for Eloise for Christmas?"


The following are things that I L-O-V-E, that I hope Eloise will have someday. Some of these things she is way too young for. But, maybe this will give you some ideas Sis. :)

An all natural, wooden teether in the shape of an E...perhaps.

A berry stained, wooden stacker...maybe.

A wooden shape sorter....hmmm.

All good options, but in reality...Eloise would be happy with a stick, if it came right down to it. That would not be safe, but the point being that Relly really doesn't want or need anything, except her Mama, Daddy and lots of love. But it is sooo fun to look anyway!

And these are for when Eloise is a tad bit older. (Ted and I want these for ourselves!)

Super fun!

AMAZING!

Yay for toys! Someday our house is going to be bombarded with them, I'm sure. :)

Cute Things!

While reading a blog that I follow, I discovered another blog called Fabulous-K and I love it! First of all, she is doing MAJOR giveaways this week, (and so of course, I entered) and I found a website that is one of my new favorites!

***(My friend Maggie has a giveaway going on through her Etsy site as well!!)***

It is called The Vintage Pearl and it has sooo many AMAZING items on it. :)

For example:

I definitely want the baby spoon for Weezy, it's such a neat keepsake. Eloise Iden woulde be so pretty on it!

Oh, and Weezy is doing great!

She smiled for the first time on July 27th! It was one in the morning and we were trting to get her to go to sleep, and all of the sudden she looked up at her daddy; smiled and stuck out her tounge and made the cutest baby-talk noises! Her first time baby-talking too! Ted and I were jumping around in the hallway, laughing and practically crying! Who knew we could love a person so so much!

Here are some recent pics that were taken during Venetian Festival! The first one here is one my first attempts to catch her smiling on camera.

A Happy (yet Slightly Moody) Anniversary

Well, as I said in my last post, Ted and I celebrate our anniversary whenever Memorial Day weekend happens to fall (for now). So, in anticipation of our 2 year anniversary, Ted gave me his present early!!! How could he not, when it came in the mail just dying to be opened??

This year, Ted got me something so cute, perfect and unique...and the best part is that it was made by Gussy herself! For those of you that don't know Maggie, you should click on that link and see all the amazing things she makes.

Here are some pics of my new purse and wallet (a.k.a. Ruffle Gus). These pics are from Maggie's Picasa website, where you can see all of her work. Very talented.

Thanks Ted!! Thanks Maggie!!

So, you would think that then it would be my turn to give my gift to Ted...well, you see, I had such a hard time deciding what to get him, that now it is going to be here late. Boo. :(

But, it's okay, because he knows what it is anyways, because we are both horrible at keeping secrets and we love to play guessing games. He is soooo excited to get this present. This is from Simple. Ted LOVES Simple stuff, he's already got some shoes from there, as do I. :)

Isn't it funny that we both got each other bags?? (Well, a purse and a satchel.) We are so alike sometimes...I guess two years will do that to you. :)

Our official anniversary isn't until May 27th, but we have a Baccalaureate Service to attend that night, so I believe we are going to go out for dinner and such on the 28th...we have to be flexible. :) Who knows when we will go, it doesn't matter to me what day it falls on, just as long as we get a chance to celebrate what we have.

Oh, and in case you were wondering about the 'slightly moody' part of this post's title...Let me just explain that the pregnancy is getting to me and once in a while (okay probably more like at least once a day) I take it out on Ted somehow. Even though, it is definitely not his fault that I am uncomfortable, tired, sad, hungry, uncomfortable some more, or just plain unsatisfied with whatever is going on around me. It's crazy what hormones do to me, I would want to steer clear of me, too. :)

So, a big, huge, fat, sorry goes out to Ted along with all my love on our anniversary.

Eloise will be here soon enough. :)

New Bedding!

Okay, so I have liked this bedding at Pottery Barn for a while now, but it was too expensive. But, the other day when I went to go "check up" on it again, it was on sale!!!

Ted and I have needed some new sheets and a duvet cover for our down comforter ever since we have been married. And, so we decided now is the time. :) It will go beautifully in our room with slate blue walls and some new art we just got from this painter on ETSY. I will post pics of our updated room when the bedding arrives, but for now...

Here's the pics off of potterybarn.com

(we got the marigold striped sheets to match the bedding, instead of the sheets shown with the duvet cover.)

I am probably more excited than I should be to receive this stuff in the mail!

6 Days!

In six short days I get to go to the doctor again and I am 99% sure that we get to find out whether our precious little baby is a boy or girl. I almost cannot stand the anticipation. I want to get started on the future nursery ASAP! :) My friend Maggie introduced me to the the site Etsy, and I have found so many cute little things like stuffed animals and art for the walls for the baby and his/her room. I will be sure to let everyone know what I find out.

Look at these CUTE things! (Just a tiny sampling of all the things I have looked at)

If we have a boy he will definitely play drums!!

But before I get to January 14th I have LOTS to do. I'm working today (library), then doing lots of laundry and packing for a weekend trip. I am subbing tomorrow in a second grade classroom in CHX, which I am excited for because I feel like I haven't been in a classroom for a while. At 5pm tomorrow Ted and I are taking 14 high school kids to Springhill. Springhill is a super fun camp that I have been to as a camper in high school, a volunteer in college, and now as a leader. I am not sure what I will be doing since I can't really go sledding, tubing, rock wall climbing, etc (all the things I usually do) ...because of the little guy (or girl) in me. :) But, it is going to be a super fun weekend. There are way more guys going, but I think it's going to be great just hanging out with the 5 girls. :)

So, after the weekend is over, it STILL won't be the 14th. But, Monday and Tuesday I don't have much planned (unless I get called to sub) except for tutoring. I just started tutoring two boys; a 2nd grader and a 4th grader. I am thinking about actually starting up a tutoring business of sorts. I have discovered it is a great way to make some extra money AND a great way to keep in contact with schools and families...ya know for that job opportunity that is just going to jump out and surprise me someday! :)

I'll let you know if more comes for the tutoring thing... I got really excited about it last night around 10:30 and couldn't fall asleep because I was planning all the details. :)

Also, keep checkin' back if you are as nearly excited as Ted and I are about finding out about the baby!