5 Seconds of Fame.

I got a text the other day with this photo attached... My friend Michaela from Cedar was thumbing through the Iron County Fair book and stumbled across it! She told me there is a section of the book that has a tribute to the 222nd, with photos of the day they left. I don't remember anyone catching this picture of us when Jeff left, but somehow they did. It made me smile, and a bit sad... but it is tender and I like it.

The Finished Product

Well... I DID IT! I worked my little fingers to the bone all week, but I finally got this bedding done! Thanks to the help of my mom of course! We didn't have a pattern, so my mom was awesome with all the measurements and figuring out how much fabric we needed etc. She is totally awesome and I couldn't have done it without her, but I can honestly say that I did 90+ percent of the work all on my own! I was so excited about how it turned out! I was super worried that the final product would be one of those "Oh she tried really hard, but it just doesn't look very well done" type of deals. But thankfully, we were pretty meticulous with our measurements and seams to so it turned out better than I had expected! :) I am so glad that I decided to take back the other bedding and make Livvi her own unique crib set! And...  bonus! I think I have plenty of fabric left over to make a cute quilt to go with it, even though I hadn't planned on making a crib quilt originally! Now I can't wait to get to snuggle our little angel in it! :) 11 more weeks to go! Yay!

I am so glad that I decided to stick with some animal print. If you can't tell, the pink is a cheetah print and the green/white at the bottom is zebra :)

I decided with so much pattern going on a simple, solid colored sheet would look best :)

The orange stripped ties turned out to be one of my favorite parts! 

Scary Sewing Decision

For a couple of weeks I have been toying with the idea of returning the bedding I got for Livvi and buying fabric to make my own... Ah! Such a scary idea, but I have read a lot of tutorials about it and I actually think that with my momma's help I can do it! Yesterday I took the bedding back and searched for the perfect fabric, it was quite the search but I finally found something I really like! Amazingly I saved about $50 doing it this way and got really high quality fabric... wish me luck! :)

I decided to stick with some animal print but wanted bolder colors and a more modern pattern :)

 ...and while I am at it... Here is the 27 week photo!  

Only 1 more trimester to go!

A Visit Worth Waiting For

A while ago I had the opportunity to fly out to visit Jeff. It was AMAZING! We had so much fun and did some really fun things!  Jeff was absolutely wonderful. When I got off the plane he was the ONLY soldier there to greet his wife! Somehow he figured out a way to get to the airport about an hour before all the other guys got there! I soooo appreciated that! We immediately hopped our rental car and headed for Chicago...We were in Chicago for a few days then back to Indianapolis for the last two.  We sure learned a lot about the transit system there. Geez, it is pretty confusing but way worth the few $$ in order to get where you want to go... once you get the hang of it that is. We went shopping, out to eat, to a CUBS game, to Lincoln Park Zoo, Navy Pier and to a few movies! It was great just to relax, do some fun things and just be together! The only thing that I struggled with, besides leaving :(... was the blasted humidity! As you can see by the sweaty face pictures of me, IT WAS HOT!! I just kept thinking, how in the world do people live here?! I had been anticipating this trip for a few weeks and it seemed to take FOREVER to get there, but oh man, the wait was worth it! It was so much fun and exactly what I needed. I think that Jeff and I both got emotional after leaving eachother in the airport. Saying goodbye again was rough, and I had a few grumpy and depressed days after I got home, but all is well once again.

There was the beautiful little path that walked around this Lily pond... so romantic ;)

Walking to the Zoo

Getting ready to board our first train 

Chicago was really pretty!

GO CUBS!

On the train...

I was melting so I held my hair up and fanned myself with a program for 90% of the game, lol

Chicago Art

Before the game, Jeff just had to get there early enough to watch the team warm up and the grounds crew prep the field. He was so cute, such a sports guy :)

26 weeks :)

Zoo

Looking into the mirror "blob" art thing, ha ha 

My handsome soldier at Navy Pier.