Dressing up a plate of cookie

You know what fits perfectly in a Pringles tube? One pack of frozen cookie dough (if you can control yourself better then I did). If you're careful enough with the size of each cookie one pack with fill that tube with just enough room for the lid. Then wrap one piece of scrapbook paper , something else that fits perfect with one tube of Pringles. Sharpie a sweet note on the lid or slap a bow on it and you just turned a $2.50 pack of frozen cookies into a respectable gift cute enough for a hostess gift, thinking of you happy, or in the case a traveling gift for our church's missions team.

Growing like a weed!

Our little angel is growing like a weed but we are not currently living in our "forever" home. Solution: making her a growth chart we can take with us. Once I decided what I wanted it to look like I dug through some old wood in storage behind curves, sanded it down, and asked David help me cut it down to an exact 6 ft so that we can keep her  measurements as long as she will allow me the memories:)

 

Then, on my lunch break I painted it a neutral color I had left over at Curves and would go with any future bedroom color.  

 I found a cute font on my word document at work, typed out Reagan's name, and printed it. It actually took two times before I got the size just right.

 Then I cut it down and taped it onto the board exactly how I wanted it to look. I outlined the words with a pin and pushed down as hard as I could without breaking through the paper but hard enough that once I removed the paper there are a good indention outline left in its place.

Then painted in the perfectly outlined name and then added ruler lines and numbers with the same paint I painted all the rest of Reagan's bedroom furniture.

 Reagan's measuring stick matches the whole bedroom set now

 (hope she doesn't end up being taller than 6ft)

 I love her new growth chart and can't wait to transfer her first year's measurement and then continue to add to it through the years.The whole thing took less then a week, a few minutes here and a few minutes there, and cost me a grand total of

 $0.00.

Sooner then I Thought

I just posted about Reagan's scrapbook. Saying how I hope one day in the future she will enjoy looking at it.

Then again that day may come sooner then I thought:)

Reagan's Scrapbook.

When I was pregnant, much to big to go anywhere but bored to death, I started a scrapbook for Reagan about her father and I getting ready for her arrival. In my mind, one day my little angel would curl up in my lap and we would thumb through the book together and I would say things like "look how excited we were that you were coming" and "look how big mommy's belly was with you inside" " that was the very first pictures of you inside mommy's belly." In my mind this book would be something my little girl would treasure always. Those days may come, when she's a bit older, but since her arrival  a year and a half ago I have pulled it out and reminisced quite a few times. I would highly recommend expectant mother to do the same. Even if you don't scrapbook. Take a few pictures, keep cute wrapping paper and shower invites then throw it all in a book and add your thoughts and feelings.

 You won't be sorry! 

Its super fun seeing how excited everyone was when we surprised then with an ultrasound

The Great Grand page is extra special to me. The year Reagan was born Papa tragically died and this is one of two photos we have of the both of them:)

 Although I was very selfconcience of my growing body and hated taking pictures after I got big.

I love looking back at them now.

Lo came and took some great pictures right before our angel's arrival.

I hope one day this book will be as special to her as it is to me.