A gorgeous blanket made for Ella by her grandma Rawson! I love the edge she did on this blanket, it is beautiful!...(thanks Becky!!)
..Oh the joys of motherhood. I love my kids, but I sure feel like a crazy person lately. Two year old-ism's are just too much to handle sometimes. Jimmy keeps me busy, he is trying to be so independent everyday, oh man, I just don't even know what the next day will bring! He is a handful of trouble right now, he gets into to everything and he is a recorder of everything that I say to him. He will eventually use it against me. Like, "Don't you talk to me like that." and "I said NO!" He colored on Matt's laptop and our kitchen table a couple days ago with a permanent marker that I forgot to put up ( oh yeah and his pumkin, which he pointed out to us when we were lecturing him, he said, "I drawed eyes!") . He has thrown up twice on his carpet in the last week, because he is throwing a tantrum. Just another day in the life of a two year old.

::Big brother holding little sister who is only about a week old::

::Ella at three weeks old::

MEET ELLA...

So, she turned out to be an October baby instead of a September one. She arrived on the 5th of October. Nothing like 36 hours of labor! (I successfully avoided a c-section delivery this time around, which was great.) I had a 24 hour labor with Jimmy. I guess each child is trying to out-do the last!? Yikes. Needless to say she is here and healthy and for that we are super, super grateful! I look forward to posting more pics of her, when I can steal my bro's nice camera!

-PORTRAIT OF THE PREGO-
Come on September 30th!! Two more days...the never ending September. I was reading a magazine today with a psychiatrist's opinion on how far you should space your children. I think it is up to each individual, but anyhow, I found it interesting that she said a child at age three is not as threatened by a new baby in the family because they are more confident in themselves, and in knowing that you love and accept them. So it will be interesting to see how Jimmy handles being a big bro, since he is only two!! I think he will have fun with a new baby in the house. It seems very natural to expand the family unit and I think kids are in tune with that.

-BUSY BOY-
Jimmy doing his manly duties of washing his dump truck and tractor equipment.
...It feels so nice outside... I love fall time! Hopefully the blasted cold winter doesn't set in too soon this year!

TEN FOR TUESDAY

1. We made it to the county fair in Salt Lake this last weekend. Jimmy had so much fun on the horse, he was super mad when the guy took him off the horse after his turn was over...he really kind of threw a fit! You forget that your kids at 2 yrs of age don't realize that the fun has to come to and end...?
2. Next was the helicopter with his cousins and his dad...yeah that is right-- this is Matt on the kiddie ride! I don't know if they intended that BIG of kids to ride....Matt said the helicopter started shaking when he tried to make it go up and down.

3. I have been a mad sewing pregnant woman lately!! I am thinking that the more I get done before the next baby the better.

4. Jimmy has mastered climbing out of his crib as of last Tuesday...it used to be just with the rail down a few days before that, then he got out during his nap while the rail was all the way up! So he will not take naps anymore...yay for me...not really.

5. As I waddle out of my car at the local Target I get irritated that the handicap parking spots can't be used by 8+ mos. pregnant woman...I mean seriously?

6. I go in for an ultra sound on this Thursday because I am worried that the baby is getting huge, I just worry about everything under the sun in the last weeks of pregnancy.

7. My sis and her husband are moving to GreenRiver on Friday...from what I hear, it is pretty much a ghost town, but I guess we will find out more about it as they live there for the next while. We are so excited for them, but sad. Don't any of ya'll go speeding through Price or GreenRiver or you will have to answer to Officer Ellsworth!!
8. Here is one of my fav patterns in fabric land. I bought some of the light green and white one to make stuff out of for the upcoming craft shows. The dark green one is my favorite!!! But I got the other one for a great price.

9. The other day Matt and I watched that piece on Kayne West stealing Taylor Swifts spotlight...seriously what is wrong with people like him??

10. I am super excited for this baby to come!! I am glad Jimmy will be getting a little sister. He likes to give her "love pats"...except that is just what he calls them so that he doesn't get in trouble for hitting! Funny little guy. The other day Matt was lecturing him about something that he did and Jimmy said, "You have blue eyes."

Jimmy jumped off the sofa last Thursday I think it was, and ended up fracturing his foot. The orthopedic specialist said that he did break his foot in two different places near the top of his foot before his toes start. But, also acted like it wasn't all that bad, which is good, Jimmy will just have to wear this little sandal thing for a couple of weeks while it heals all the way.

BEDROOM : BEFORE + AFTER

...more before and after photos...I post this one because I finally got some bedding. It's all from Dwell. But I found the duvet cover on ebay, for a pretty good deal, and the bedskirt on clearance at Anthropologie. I made the green bird pillow. I never thought I would still be looking at that awful ceiling fan, but I am...slowly but surely things will be changed!!