I Heart Faces Week 18 Laughter

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Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week. *

I am NOT SUPER excite that summer is almost here! We did not spend most to the weekend enjoying the beautiful spring/summer weather!
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I did NOT take some SUPER cute pictures of the boys outside just playing in the yard.

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I did NOT spend almost all day Saturday at the tball field while Henry's team played two....yes I said two games back to back! I do NOT dislike tball {and spending all day at the ball field} a ton just a little.
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I did NOT go out with some of my SUPER friends Saturday night, and I most definitely did NOT have an AWESOME time!! It was NOT really nice to be feeling good enough to hang out with my friends, do a little shopping, and eat dinner!
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We did NOT go swimming for the first time this year! We did NOT have a blast in the pool. Eli did NOT LOVE the water and have a great time swimming for the very first time!
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I did NOT forget my camera when we went swimming! I am much more organized than that, and I would never miss documenting any of my baby's third child's FIRST's! I am NOT hoping that my sister Kerri ended up with some good pictures of Eli in the pool for the first time!

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Random Picture Challenge

This weeks challenge is:

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July 2004

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7th folder closest year

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22nd picture

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Henry at around 3 months old!
I can't figure out who's car we are in, because we always used the carseat base when we were in our own cars {See the seatbelt across the carseat}!
I think this may have been in the church van...when Henry was a baby I started a Mommy and Me group at our old church.
A group of us moms would take the kids {and babies} on outings once a month...swimming, playground, Chick-fil-A. I think it was more fun for the moms than the kids, because a few of them {like Henry} were too little to do anything!
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Today...

I am feeling so much better!

I have had a few more doctor's appointments and we are trying a few different medicines...and right now I am feeling pretty good!

For those of you praying for me {thanks a ton}, I have to say...my elbows are at the top of the list right now in need of prayer! I know that sounds funny, but for some reason they are just stubborn and still hurting even though everything else is feeling pretty darn good! I'm not complaining a bit though...because just elbows is way better than EVERYTHING hurting!!

Do you remember my motivation that I was looking for about 6 weeks ago?

Well, I really need it now!! Even though Jason has been pretty good about helping keep the house up...and my mom, my grandma, and Jason's grandma all came over and helped clean and do laundry, my house is in total disarray!! There are just some things that only YOU can do...and do them right! And straightening and putting things is their place is one of them! It was easy to let it slide when I wasn't feeling well, but now that I am feeling better the clutter is starting to bother me. I just don't want to spend all day cleaning, and then be too tired to enjoy one of the first nights in a while that I haven't felt terrible!

So maybe I will find my motivation tomorrow....or Sunday!

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Changing the subject rather abruptly...

My IRL friends, Tracy, Jennifer, and Konnie, have all been SUPER busy working on their blogs making them SUPER cute!! Go check them out if you get a chance! {Mandy we will work on yours soon, I promise!!}

And don't forget to enter my giveaway for a SUPER SUMMER KIT to help get you ready for SUMMER!!



P.S. I am definitely going to be taking some pictures this weekend {I feel like I haven't taken pictures of my boys in forever}, so get ready for a ton of {hopefully SUPER cute} pictures some time next week!!

Monthly Craft Challenge: Ribbon

Heidi over at Blue Eyed Blessings hosts a monthly craft challenge and this month's challenge is ribbon! I love ribbon {just one more reason I really need a little girl} and love to play around with it! You were supposed to create something new with ribbon, but I cheated a little {I have been sick people!} and just took some photos of some older projects. I have a few {as many as you can have with a house full of boys} SUPER cute ribbon craft around the house, so I figured I would play along in this month challenge!

The mobile over the baby bed

The mobile is actually an old wrought iron plant holder that I bought at a huge arts and crafts show! I loved how elegant and different it was! I hung it over the baby bed when Henry was a new baby and at first it was just the plant holder/mobile. As he got a little older I used ribbon to tie some bright toys on it so he would have something to look at while he was laying in his bed.

Eli's Wreath

I made a wreath for each of my boys to hang on the door at the hospital when they were born. They have all looked pretty much the same except for the name! This is Eli's wreath. I spray painted a grape vine wreath white and then wrapped it with some SUPER cute blue polka dotted ribbon. Then I painted some letters and hot glued them to the wreath. Add a few little accessories and you have a really cute wreath to put on your hospital door...and to decorate the nursery with when you get home!

Paci Holders

I saw some cute paci holders at a boutique {they cost around $15} when I was pregnant with Eli, and thought...I can do that! So I made a few for Eli using some ribbon, a covered button kit, and a plastic badge clip. They turned out really cute, and I have actually made a few for baby gifts also. They are SUPER easy to make and really affordable {I would say maybe $3 each} to make your own!

Block Letter Name

All three of my boys have had their names on the wall in the nursery over the changing table. I bought the letters for each of their names, painted them white, and then hot glued ribbon the back. It is SUPER easy to do and makes a baby room look so personal. Henry and Grant's names both looked a little better because the letter hung from the ribbon a little neater. Eli name is so straight that the ribbon doesn't really hang down very pretty. Eli's name was also shorter than my other two so I made the matching plaques {because I didn't want to fill in the nail holes!} on either sided of his name with some wooden blocks, wallpaper scraps, and ribbon.

I hope you enjoyed my ribbon creations! Go check out Heidi's blog and see what other crafty and creative things everyone is doing with ribbon!