over 100 pictures taken the last couple of days but not my kids!

OK, so they aren't my kids, but they are my business!! (ha ha) I have taken over 100 pics of bows and edited them and I am going crazy with it!!! Some pictures I don't like how they turn out, others are great!! (oh, well I am leaving it the way it is because I don't have the time or the patients to make them all great right now!) So, enjoy some of my new bows that I have been working on!

Tomorrow I go to the Dr. and it is every week from here until the baby gets here! We do have a name picked out (finally), and the bag is packed (as far as what I can actually put in there for now!). Today I watched Emma from church so Libby could take the baby to her appointments that she had, we went to the park, sat outside and listened to Isaiah read me a story, weeded just a little bit in the butterfly garden, made dinner and now we are all ready for bed and going to watch a movie the kids picked up at the library this morning. Mike is still working (this always happens on the last day of the month, that is the day to buy cars I guess!!!)

Tomorrow starts July!! (yeah!!) The kids can't wait for the fireworks and cookout at my mom's house! (my 20% off all red, white, and blue bows starts too!!) a sneak peak at fall
An American Girl bow

And a cupcake bow (this matches a gymbo line from last fall, so if you have a gymbo outlet I am sure you will see it there this fall!!)

33 days and packing!!

So today I went and got my nursing stuff at Motherhood that I will need when I come home from the hospital. I thought I should get the bag going a bit faster. With only 33 days left (if I go to my actual due date) I needed to get the ball rolling. I have the envelopes ready for the announcements, they are already put together with digital scrapbooking stuff, and the cross stitch is sitting waiting for a name and stats too!! Bows are coming to a close for for me to do special orders til after baby is here. I have been working on a new account to carry my bows the past week or so.

Other than that, I took the kids to Chuck E Cheese after the mall as a reward! (they could actually earn bonus tokens). I told them if they were good they would each get 10 tokens to spend and have the chance to earn anther 5 each! (I wanted it to be a quick trip!!) they did well the did earn extras but not the full 5 extras!! Tomorrow is story time at the library with the kids and then Aaron and Emma are coming over to visit!!

Bella is a big girl!!

Bella has always liked to be snuggled at bed time (not to mention I like to snuggle her), but we have been working on making the move of getting her to actually sleep in her own bed every night. (she would sleep in there just every now and then) So one night she was being a turkey and it took a while to get her to stay in her bed and fall asleep I gave her a surprise princess barbie doll. She was sooo excite that she asks for a different princess every night now!! (she isn't going to get her way on that, that would be a VERY expensive habit to start!!)

The other big news is that Isaiah had another t-ball game and did REALLY good today! He made at least 4 outs!!! His hits were really far out in the field and he did a great job playing in the outfield! (he even caught a line drive!! that had all the parents clapping!!)

34 1/2 weeks

Here you go a lovely picture of me and my big belly!! Mike took this last night when I got home from VBS and got the kids to bed. I start going to the Dr. every week starting on Wednesday. I have been so busy this week it is crazy!! Cub scout day camp is over and tonight is the last night for VBS for this month. (we do 2 at our church, I know crazy!!) I am excited about what they are collecting next time though, they are collecting school supplies to give to kids that can't afford them! (great timing since they will be on sale then too!)

I have been trying to get ahead of the game with bows for this fall since I will have a little one with me for my fall shows. (trying is the key word there!) I have a new store plus cheerleading orders I am working on.

One of my friends is throwing me a baby shower in the beginning of July since I sold most of my stuff after having Bella. (we kinda thought we were done, but I guess not!!haha) I am excited about her doing that! Another goal this week is to get the bags somewhat ready for the hospital. (I can't wait til the last min. because I will forget something!!)

Contest posted on Babyations blog!!

I wanted to let everyone know that I did post a contest on the bow blog ( www.babyationshairbows.blogspot.com )you should go and check it out!! Click on the link to take you to it! It is a guess the weight and date of the baby-to-be!! I have been adding to the collection of goodies for the winner! It will be a nice surprise!!

Happy Father's Day!!

Today we went to Church and then to moms for a cookout! Overall it has been a hot, but pretty day. I got a bunch of bows made at moms house today and enjoyed visiting with the family. We then came home gave Mike some landscaping bricks for his father's day gift (yes this is something that he wanted!!) and then I made homemade lemonade shakeups! (yummy!!) The kids are now outside playing in the kiddie pool that Mike filled up yesterday.

Baby this week: I read up on my week 34 and laughed when they compared my baby to an American girl doll!! She weighs the same as a bag of sugar and is as long as an American girl doll!! (how funny!!)

American Girl outlet

Wednesday my mom and I went to Wisconsin to the American Girl outlet sale. We had a good time we went shopping on Wed. and then got up early in the morning on Thursday to go sit in line. I made lots of bows while sitting there and had some good Disney conversation with the family in front of us in line! I always enjoy going to the sale. Can you tell by the pictures that we had a good time?

View from the front seats (driver seat)

and a picture from the back of the van. Dad and Emilie already taking bags out!

They give you the big clear bags at the door when you enter the store (only 50 people at a time when they open) the bags are HUGE trash type bags that you just load up and throw your stuff in and then head to the check out and they have guys there to help you out! If you spend 200.00 or more in the warehouse sale then you can go to the outlet store and get 20% off everything they have there. Overall a GREAT sale!!! I have the girls Birthday and Christmas done now! and I got a new stroller for the baby and Bella to use. It is one of those that that the baby goes in the front and Bella can sit or stand on the back side of it. (only 58.00)

Boys went to see the Cubs!

Thanks to David the boys got to go with him to the Cubs game!! They were so excited, they have wanted to go for so long!! Mike got each of the boys a hat, and a blanket to share. They had a good time even though the Cubs lost!:(

Six Flags Great America

Sunday we went to Six Flags. We had a good time, but would of had a better time at Disney. For those of you that have been to Six Flags and have said that you need to wait to do Disney until the kids are older I understand. But you need to know that there is NO comparison between the two parks. Six Flags has hardly anything for the little kids to do. At Disney you can do 99% of the stuff WITH babies and even when you are pregnant. Bella wanted to do so much, but could only do so little at Six Flags.