Wrapped In Words

I have been wanting to post this for some time now!  When little Ladybub was born, I told Brandi @ My Three Bubs that I would post this so she can see how I ‘archived’ special quotes, thoughts, etc. that my family and friends sent me before Scout was born.  Well, it’s late, but it’s here!

I’m sure we’ve all heard the etiquette surrounding baby showers for the 2nd child.  That etiquette being – you don’t have a shower.  Well, in these here parts – that just doesn’t fly!  We get excited when babies are on their way and we like to celebrate.  This was no different when I was pregnant with Scout.  So, a few months before he was due I found this article in a magazine about a ‘Blessing Shower’ that can be done for a 2nd baby in lieu of the traditional baby shower.  No gifts – everyone just brings a blessing for the mom and baby on some stationery and you all sit around on the floor with flower petals spread all over and candles burning in the background.  Awesome – except for the fact that my family and friends probably wouldn’t go for all that foof-i-ness – so I started brainstorming.

After many different ideas, I started thinking about the movie ‘How To Make An American Quilt’ that is like 174 years old and it came out when Winona Ryder was huge in Hollywood.  I have always been fascinated by the history of women and them sitting around, telling stories and hand sewing quilts.  Awesome – but once again, not gonna see my group sitting around a table sewing a quilt by hand!  Nope!

So….I had another idea that I knew was perfect!  Why not get my family and friends to email me a ‘blessing’ or quote or prayer or whatever they wanted to contribute for the birth of Scout.  Then we could write them on the computer, print them on fabric and turn them into a quilt!

I was excited!

So, since I stopped sewing after my wedding, I called my mom-in-law who is an amazing quilter (and loves to sew).  I ran this by her and asked if it could be done AND if it could be done, if she would be willing to make the quilt!

Of course she would do it!

So, we did it.  I contacted family and friends and asked if they would contribute and those we got back in time made it onto the quilt.

It turned out perfect.  It will be something I treasure forever!  It’s fun to see all the people in our lives who are on this quilt. 

Here are some pics of it!

The finished product!

 

This was the center square.  This photo of me was taken a few weeks before Scout was born!

 

My special words for Scout!

 

Hubby’s words for his first son (well, his only son)!

  Granny Bev – the sewer of the quilt!

Grandma (my mom).  Papa (my dad).

”Wrapped In Words”

Didn’t that turn out great?  I’m so glad this was made.  I think the kids will like it as they get older too!

Grandma quilts have love in every stitch.  ~Author Unknown

A quilt will warm your body and comfort your soul.  ~Author Unknown

My Walk To Remember

I apologize for doing TWO wedding posts in a row.  I can’t help myself.  Every year the closer it gets to my anniversary, I get all sentimental.  I always use to look through my albums and watch the videos from when I was engaged and from our wedding day– but after we had kids, I just didn’t have all that extra down time to stroll down memory lane.  Hence – the strolling down that lane once a year on my blog.

Picking a song to walk down the aisle to was a big deal for me.  I really like music and music means something to me, so it had to be THE RIGHT one.  The words had to have meaning, the speed of the song mattered tremendously. It had to tell a story.  My issue was – I couldn’t find one.  I listened to all my favorite songs over and over.  Nothing.  No sparks.  No light at the end of the tunnel.  Then one day I was driving home from work and I heard a song for the first time and I KNEW it was THE one.  I went home and found it online and played it for Hubby, my mom, my brother – anyone who would listen.

It was perfect.

So, I finally had a song and it was beautiful.

The song was, “When I Said I Do” by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black.  If you have never heard the song, I’ve posted a video of it so you can listen to it.  I’ve also written the words.  The “theme” of our wedding was “True Love” so I knew I couldn’t have found a better song to have playing while I took my walk to remember.

(yes, I was crying and clenching my hands, so it looks like my bouquet is an ice cream cone I’m about to eat)

WHEN I SAID I DO by CLINT BLACK AND LISA HARTMAN BLACK

These times are troubled and these times are good
And they're always gonna be, they rise and they fall
We take 'em all the way that we should
Together you and me forsaking them all
Deep in the night and by the light of day
It always looks the same, true love always does
And here by your side, or a million miles away
Nothin's ever gonna change the way that I feel,
The way it is, is the way that it was
When I said I do, I meant that I will 'til the end of all time
Be faithful and true, devoted to you
That's what I had in mind when I said I do
Well this old world keeps changin', and the world stays the same
For all who came before, and it goes hand and hand
Only you and I can undo all that we became
That makes us so much more, than a woman and a man
And after everything that comes and goes around
Has only passed us by, here alone in our dreams
I know there's a lonely heart in every lost and found
But forever you and I will be the ones
Who found out what forever means
When I said I do, I meant that I will 'til the end of all time
Be faithful and true, devoted to you
That's what I had in mind when I said I do
Truer than true, you know that I'll always be there for you
That's what I had in mind, that's what I had in mind,
When I said I do

* * * * * * *Then, as husband and wife, Hubby and I walked down the aisle out of the chapel to “Always With You, Always With Me” a beautiful instrumental by Joe Satriani.
  
 Happy Tuesday!  Nine days and counting!  Let’s hope tomorrow I do a non-wedding post!  “Forever you and I will be the ones who found out what forever means!”Clint Black

T-Minus 10 And Counting…

In 10 short days from now – November 4, 2010…

I will be celebrating…

10 years of marriage…

To this amazing guy!

Ten years! Amazing! Awesome!

Let the countdown begin…

“A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” 

~Mignon McLaughlin

Show Us Your Life – Bella & Scout’s Rooms

Today is Nurseries and Children’s Rooms over at Kelly’s Korner for Show Us Your Life Friday.

I did murals in both my kids’ rooms.  Bella’s was a tropical theme and Scout’s was an outdoors theme.  Both kids have always liked being in their rooms and as infants would just stare and look around at the walls.  It seemed to be very soothing to them.  I did both while pregnant and was in a major nesting mood.  Had I been deciding on nursery ideas when I wasn’t pregnant, I would have done something more simple – like one color on the walls :o)

Both of my kids have since changed rooms.  Bella is in a bigger room and we are in the middle of decorating it.  Scout moved out of his room and is now upstairs in the tropical room.  Below are the photos from when each room was completed.

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Bella’s Tropical Room – 2005

 
The beginning… 
 
 


This dresser is a part of a bedroom set that my grandparents got back in the 1950’s.  Obviously it needed some work, so this is what it looked like before my dad refinished it…

The palm trees.  I so enjoy palm trees. 


The hammock.  And, oh, how I so enjoy hammocks! 

The finished product!
 
  

Of course, puppy had his own bed in the nursery…


The finished dresser.  Huge difference. 

This was her little photo board that eventually got filled with tons of photos.  The one in this picture was from her 3D-4D ultra sound.  It also has her first sunglasses and a couple of my baby shower invitations.

One thing is true and that is, Bella was a blessed baby even before she was born.  This was her closet before she came into this world.  This wasn’t even half of the clothes she already had.  She had another closet full of clothes and her dresser was filled with clothes.  Blessed. Blessed. Blessed.

 

When Bella was 20 months old, we changed her crib into a daybed, then shortly after bought her a full size bed.  This was her ‘big girl’ bed.
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Scout’s Outdoor Room – 2009

I love this light on the dresser.  It was a candle holder that my brother turned into a lamp.  It gives off cool dragonfly shaped shadows.



Bella wanted to bad to help paint her brother’s room.  I asked what she wanted to pain and she said flowers, so that’s what we did.  I did about 4 of the flowers and she did the rest.  She calls it ‘Bella’s Garden’.

This was taken a week before Scout was born.  Notice my amazing Moby Wrap hanging over the side of the crib.  Baby wearing is so cool!!!

 

So, there you have it.  I hope to be done with Bella’s new room sometime this year – haha!  She gets to give input this time, so it’s a slower process :o)

Have a great weekend!

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.”
~ Betty Smith

Project 365, Days 283-289

Project 365, Days 283-289

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Sunday 283
“Itty Bitty Pie Pumpkin”

“That Turned Into This UH-MAZING Pumpkin Pie”

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Monday 284
“These Little Guys Are Finally Going Away”

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Tuesday 285
“Bella’s Pod”

 
 

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Wednesday 286
“Sweet Potato Chips”

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Thursday 287
“Our Ground Is Covered In These”

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Friday 288
“The Tunnel”

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Saturday 289
“Remember The Ugly Bushes?”

“Remember The Determined Hubby?”
"Notice The Missing Bushes?”

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“Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness, and at the end of the day you don't look at it and wish you had painted something different.”
~ Author Unknown