8 months...Wow.

Only 4 months left until my final first birthday party. I've even ordered the perfect Hello Kitty and cupcake shirt to go with her tutu. So bittersweet. I can't believe how far my tiny butt has come. She is crawling everywhere now, and trying her best to stay standing every chance she gets-we spent the entire day baby-proofing and we aren't even HALF done yet! Wow.

Her top teeth are coming in as well. It seems she's going to get them all in pairs-the bottom two popped out together, and the top ones look to be neck and neck, lol.

I'm not ready for all of this excitement yet. I mean, she's still wearing 0-3 and 3-6 month clothes!!! There's no way this pixie of a baby is doing all of this stuff, right? Right? She can say dada, love, Layla, and something that sounds remarkably like "hungee" each time she's wanting food. It.is.unreal. And I'm in complete denial. Most of the time. The rest of the time, I do the huge proud mom smile, and kind of puff with pride a bit. Hey, you know you've done it too.

I am in such a flurry of party planning, what with Connor's 3rd birthday in only two weeks, Daddy's right after, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the day. Dun dun dun...the big O.N.E....I have so many crafts that I'm making for Nunu's party-tissue paper pom poms, plate stands, and, well, everything. Cause DIY is just how I roll. The plate stands are my favorite project right now. If I like how they turn out, I will totally link to the blog I found them at, and post a bajillion (shush, its a word.) photos. Aaaand they will make an appearance at probably every single gathering I have. Ever. Including painted rainbow colors to match Layla's party. If they turn out to be a disaster, I'll probably still share. Unless they are terrible. Then we will forget they ever existed. The tissue pom poms will probably disappear, too. I am seriously using tulle from now on. Sticking to mah comfort zone. Wait...tulle does NOT work for boy parties. Crud.


As you can probably tell, there is just too much on my mind at almost 2 am sometimes. I need to get to sleep, otherwise a certain 4 year old may be late to preschool. It's just hard to get my brain to shut down when I have until Thursday to finish all of the craft-type details of this party, and every single day from Thursday until the following Saturday packed with cooking...If I hadn't wrote down a schedule, I'd be going insane!