This and That

This is Maya playing with four stuffed animals that I made for her before she was my little itty bitty baby. They have mostly been sitting on her shelf but this morning when she woke up with her crazy hair, snotty nose, smelly diaper, bright smiley self the first thing she did when I went into her room to say good morning was point at the animals. So Here she is enjoying her newest friends!  She has been on a stuffed animal craze lately, she can't get enough of them! Some of her other favourites are her Mon-Chi-Chi, Violet the dog, Layla the cabbage patch kid, Teddy, and Nibbles the bunny. 

You may remember that I once talked about these dolls here and talked about sewing in general in this post.

I recently made some more soft blocks, similar to the ones featured here, when Maya announced she was going to be a big sister. 

These ones are for baby boy's nursery. So far the walls are grey, and I have picked a variety of bright fabrics to fill the room. 

So far I have sewn these:

And this, which I found here on Pinterest. 

I have some curtains and a few other sewing projects for this room and when it is all complete I will do a post on here for everyone to see! It may take a while, let me tell ya, trying to get simple sewing projects done takes twice as long when you are working full time and have a fourteen month old to entertain.

 This is also the reason why I don't get on here nearly as much to post about things. There are so many things that I think about writing about but then I just don't have the energy at the end of the day.

Let's see, what else is going on lately:

• My brother's wedding is next weekend in Niagara Falls. I found a dress for the occassion. It is not the hot dress that I envisioned in this post, but that was before I was preggo and my choices of attire suddenly dwindled since there are only so many places to shop for maternity dresses in town. 

Here is the one I bought, it is from Thyme Maternity.

It's a little more simple than what I would normally buy for a wedding, but the fabric is super comfortable and that is so important when you are 25 weeks pregnant! I'll just snazz it up with some fancy accessories. 

• I am really getting sick of being at work already. I don't usually talk about my job on here, but let me tell you it has been a bit of a transition going from being at home every day with Maya to commuting 45 mins a day to a full time job. I honestly didn't think it would be such a big deal, but I'm just not liking the stress of my job mixed with having to get home and have dinner on the table at a decent time every day. The kind of job I have can take a lot out of you, and it is difficult to take care of yourself when you are taking care of other kids and their families all day.  Somethings gotta give after this next baby comes, something that works better for our family. I'm not sure what that is yet. 

• Since this blog is supposed to be about trying to stay healthy, I thought I would give an update on my pregnancy. So far I have gained 20lbs. A little more than I had hoped at this point in the game but my OB says this is perfectly respectable and average for me. It's funny because even though I have gained that much, I still weigh about 14 lbs less than I did before I was even pregnant with Maya last time around. And after Maya was born I lost my baby weight pretty quickly with breastfeeding. So I am hoping that with this one I will have a similar experience and then I can continue to work towards losing more pre-baby weight and finally get to my ultimate goal weight. Hope that make sense! Other than that I have been feeling good for the most part, just tired and achy like most pregnant ladies tend to be at this stage of the game! I have been continuing kickboxing although the last few weeks have been sketchy with Chris's work schedule. After this session is done my membership will be over for the year so I will likely take up some other stuff at that point, which is perfect timing cause my belly was starting to get in the way!

I hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday!