Happy Halloween

From our family to yours,

Happy Halloween!

Love,

Fred, Wilma, Pebbles and Dino Flinstone

I'm NOT Sleepy

But Mom....I'm NOT sleepy!

My Profits

I didn't make much off of my custom cookie order, but I did make a little bit. My profits went into this do-it-yourself project for our hallway.

It's a height chart, and I LOVE it!

When I was a little girl, my grandpa used to have a wall where we would measure ourselves. You would stand next to the wall and he would use a pen to mark how tall you were, and write your initials and the date next to it. I always thought it was SO cool!

I told Wil a month or two ago about how I wanted a growth wall in our house to mark our children's growth, but it had to be something removable so we could take it with us when we moved.

I was on Pinterest the night I sold my first custom cookie order and saw the idea for this oversized, wooden growth chart. I fell in love and instantly knew how I wanted to spend my profits. I can't wait to start marking Adelyn's height on it!

Scooter

Addie is SO close to crawling...SO close! We knew she's been getting closer and closer, but today is the first official day she's scooted herself around chasing after something like this. She really wanted that water bottle, and we're just mean enough to keep moving it further and further away!

What Do I Do All Day?

I feel like I'm busy all day. I feel like I don't sit down just to sit all day. But, what do I do all day? I have NO idea! I thought I would have all of this spare time, since I'm staying home. I don't.

Thursday, I decided to track what I did ALL day. I had to know...and I thought it would be a fun blog post. Without further ado, here's what I do, ALL DAY!

6:50 a.m. - Hit the snooze

7:10 a.m. - Get up

7:15 a.m. - Wash pumping supplies

7:20 a.m. - Pump

8:00 a.m. - Load and start dishwasher, put in a load of laundry

8:05 a.m. - Addie's awake! (this is the BEST part of my day!) Get her out of her crib and feed her.

8:20 a.m. - Change diaper, get Addie dressed for the day

8:30 a.m. - Make and eat breakfast

8:45 a.m. - Shower while Addie plays on the floor

9:00 a.m. - Put Addie on the bed with toys while I get dressed

9:05 a.m. - Get dressed, brush teeth (this fascinates my daughter!), play with Addie, switch laundry

9:15 a.m. - Play with Addie while calling/talking to my Grandma and folding laundry, then put on make up while talking to Addie in the mirror, brush my hair (Addie loves watching me brush my hair - we have to run the brush through her hair a couple times too), blow dry my hair (this was a GOOD day!)

9:45 a.m. - Read stories (our favorites are On The Night You Were Born, Calico, and anything she can touch/feel)

10 a.m. - Pump

10:25 a.m. - Switch laundry, change diaper, feed Addie

10:50 a.m. - Put Addie down for a nap, check email, waste too much time looking at Pinterest and Facebook

11 a.m. - Work on my project

11:25 a.m. - Switch laundry, make and eat lunch

11:45 - Addie's awake! Fold laundry while playing peekaboo on the bed

12:15 p.m. - Change diaper, get ready to pump...oops, Addie does NOT want to play on the floor...move pumping stuff to the bed, put Addie on the bed and settle in

12:20 p.m. - Pump, play keep away with Addie and my pumping stuff (she likes to pull on the pump while it's attached!), sing songs, make funny noises to keep Addie from crying, listen to Addie cry while I finish pumping because I won't let her play with the pump while it's attached (I'm SO mean!)

12:35 p.m. - Feed Addie, play

1:25 p.m. - Put away laundry, read book, play, work on project while Addie plays on the floor

1:45 p.m. - Unload dishes

2 p.m. - Pump

2:20 p.m. - Load dishwasher, wash pots and pans

2:30 p.m. - Wil's home! (my second favorite part of the day!)

2:45 p.m. - Head to the office to do some freelance work while Wil watches the baby

4 p.m. - Pump/check Pinterest while pumping

4:30 p.m. - Make dinner

5:15 p.m. - Eat dinner, Wil leaves for school, feed baby

6:00 p.m. - Pump, change clothes and put on tennis shoes for Zumba

6:40 p.m. - Find out Zumba is canceled for tonight, my shoes are already on, decide to go for a walk instead

7:20 p.m. - Home from walk, feed Addie, change diaper, put lotion and jammies on Addie

8 p.m. - Pump

8:20 p.m. - Wil's home from school

8:30 p.m. - Feed baby, give her to Wil to put to bed, review Wilton teaching information that arrived today

9:40 p.m. - Bedtime! (I'm pretty sure I couldn't sleep, so I got up and did some other stuff...but I didn't write down what I did)

The Way We Sleep, Part Three

Wil put Adelyn down for a nap while I made lunch today. They'd been quiet a while. I went to check on them, and found them like this.

Wil was sound asleep and Adelyn was wide awake! She got a big, mischievous smile when she saw me walk in...she knew she was supposed to be asleep!

My First Sale

I sold my first order of custom cookies today! I put an ad on Craigslist and a lady contacted me several weeks ago about making two dozen corset shaped cookies for a bachelorette party.

Here are the finished cookies!

Once they were dry, I wrapped them individually and put them in a super cute/professional looking box!

I learned a lot from my first paying client. Most importantly, I don't think I charged enough. I will definitely be charging more for cookies in the future! I think I ended up only making about $2 - $3 an hour, after I paid for the supplies!