Splash of Color

He is coming! Ah I can't believe it, a little less than 3 months and I will be holding my little baby. Tay and I went and registered at Target and I was completely unimpressed with their baby stuff. I am very picky and it just was not working out between Target and I which is unusual. I only  had about 20 items on my list. Well then this lady came up to us because she heard me saying how I don't like any of the car seats and she purposed that I go to BuyBuy Baby! Never heard of it but onward I went and discovered awesome stuff! I am so excited, they are owned by BedBath & Beyond, they have such wonderful things! They are located by South Town mall so if anyone is having a baby soon I highly recommend going, all the employs are very helpful!

Anyways..even after going to BuyBuy Baby I was not that impressed with their section of bedding but I found a cute Owl bedding that has orange, turquoise, and lime green colors (I normal am not into owls but sometimes you just got to break out of your comfort bubble which I have totally done ever since I have started design school). I really like the bright colors and all these ideas went flowing in my head! So I am excited to put my ideas in action! 

Brief interruption of cute chubby baby! :) 

I really don't care to pay 300 dollars for a changing station so I want to make my own I am on a look out but I want to put together/make something like this:

But in orange not yellow.

Well that is it for now, I just wanted to blog while my hubby was working on his lesson for church tomorrow but he is done now so that makes me done with blogging.

have a fabulous weekend!:)

Amazing but not True

Better than Sex Cupcakes (but not really)

I made these for Tay's boss for her B-day and they turned out great! I don't recall the last time I made cupcakes, but it sure is fun! I think I will be baking a lot more cupcakes for people because it brings me so much joy and happiness. Just the name of cupcakes makes me smile, I wanted to be a cupcake for Halloween last year with my man but he is too cool for cupcakes so it never happened. Now it is too late because we are going to be parents and that just doesn't seem like the mature thing to do. 

ingredients:

chocolate cake mix {use duncan hines devil's food} 

heath toffee chips

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup butter, softened

4 cups powdered sugar

 2 teaspoons vanilla

1 can sweetened condensed milk {you only use a tiny bit, so buy the smallest can}

bake cupcakes according to the instructions on the box.  let them cool completely.  beat butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until smooth.  gradually add powdered sugar and mix well.  drizzle a small amount of sweetened condensed milk on top of each cupcake.  (I actually did not add the sweetened condensed milk and they were still way good) let the cupcakes sit for a few minutes before piping on the frosting  and sprinkle with toffee chips. 

Bunch of Yum folks!

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Precious Red Head:)

Today was a bitter sweet day.

Last week my Great Aunt Hortense died. Today was her funeral. 

She is married to the last patriarch of the LDS church, Eldred Smith. Together they have helped the church grow so much. They were really good friends with Thomas S. Monson (the Prophet of the Church of Latter Day Saints) So we had the great privilege to hear him speak at her funeral and also M Russell Ballard. The spirit was so strong. The thing I enjoyed about this funeral is that it was not sad, Hortense lived a very full, wonderful life. Like President Monson said, "She devoted and gave all of herself, that is all you can do is give of yourself". He said such wonderful things about her and it made me want to be a better person so that when the day comes that I die, I can know I gave this life my ALL. 

(You can kind of see my baby bump, my cute little individual is sure growing fast, gosh I love him! 

And you can see this is my cute red headed Aunt...age 93 and her hubby is 104 we all thought he would go first but he is still living his life to the fullest!)

Here is my cute Grams (on the left) and Mary. They lost their sister but Heaven gained a great missionary!:)

Tata till next post!

Cravings

I think it is cute when other women take pictures of the different stages of pregnancy but I must say I could care less to document myself right now. Although I am loving seeing my belly get big. Some days I like it more than others but today I was feeling extra proud of having this little man inside of me and so I snapped a shot. This is the first and will probably be the last (maybe one toward the end when I am like a giant balloon ready to pop). 

~So here I am at 5 1/2 months~

I have not bought any pregnancy pants yet..

Mostly because I don't think they are very cute and they are way expensive to only have for 4 months. All I want is dresses. I love dresses, if I could I would wear a pretty dress EVERYDAY. I hate jeans, I always have since I was little just ask my Dad and my sister (I would cry when ever they would put me in jeans, I just wanted to wear dresses all the time). I don't mind jeans in the winter but even then I prefer to be in a dress. So we will see, I am getting really big so I should probably just give in and get some.

 Anyone know where I can get some cute prego pants?

Cravings:

I have just been loving veggies like I have never loved before.

Especially broiled asparagus. 

Another craving:

homemade wheat bread with cheese and tomatoes! 

YUM! I have this like everyday for lunch.

Gosh I sure love food. If I don't eat for long periods of time well...I am not a happy individual. My doctor told me my blood pressure is really low and that is because I am either not drinking enough or eating enough but that just seems impossible, I EAT. So I better start gulping down more water. Which won't be hard to do I just hate having to go to the restroom every 20min. I was hoping that was just a myth of pregnancy.

Yeah.. Its not. 

A Door to do the Chore

I love old vintage doors. I was able to talk my hubby into buying one for me after looking days for a good deal I was able to find a door for $40.00 which was not to bad considering the great usage we are now getting out of it!

We took this old door and made it into...

a distressed/vintage coffee table and an end table..

 We just sawed the top of the door off. Thanks to my Dad's handy tools and help I was able to do this in just 4 days. Tay and I really loved how it turned out! The color is a bit dull because I took these photos with my phone. (We sold our camera to get a more simpler camera and so in the mean time we get to enjoy these dull looking pictures)

Building these two pieces of furniture was a lot of work but totally worth it! I love taking old or used things and making them into something functional. 

We are now in the process of finding a new rug and fabric to make couch pillows to go with our new furniture. When I get the whole look put together I will post more pictures:)

So do you still love him?

Well yes, I do.

Yesterday was our anniversary. 

We have been married for 2 years! We still have so many years ahead of us, I am excited! 

Marriage has taught me a lot about myself and also more about Tay. We have had our differences along the way but I have come to learn our core values are the same and that is what is the most important. I am glad we were able to enjoy two years with no children, I feel blessed we had that time with just us. 

To celebrate our wedding day we made each other's favorite breakfast for one another.

He made me whole wheat crepes with fruit and I made him waffles. 

We just relaxed and had a nice morning together.

In the evening we actually went fabric shopping for pillows (I am trying to find the right fabric for our couch pillows) It was actually Tay's Idea to go fabric shopping he has an eye for good looking things. He knows exactly what I am looking for. We then went to dinner at this awesome Chinese place in Millcreek area and then enjoyed an evening at home together.

This weekend we have free reward points to stay in a hotel in Park City so we are going to really celebrate this weekend and stay at the same hotel we did our wedding night! So that should be snazzy.

Here we are gazing into each others eyes, full of love and all that other good stuff.

oh the happy moments..(sorry I am feeling kind of cheesy right now)..

Next post will be awesome so stay tune! 

Shocker

What has been on my mind lately...

my little man!..Shocking huh:)

I have so much fun looking for little boy outfits.

Seriously..SO CUTE!!

My problem is everywhere we go I feel like they have WAY more girl stuff then little boy stuff.

I am pretty picky with clothes, I don't care for the little boy clothes that make them look like walking billboards. Although on the same note I know there are WAY more important things then dressing my kid nice and I will dress our kid with what ever we can afford. They grow out of their clothes so fast anyways so I don't believe it is necessary to dress them in $80 clothing.

These following outfits..I JUST LOVE! Mini man clothes:) 

Cute huh!? Well now that finals are over and I am feeling pretty good about the semester, I am going to celebrate by doing some spring cleaning! I am actually way excited, I enjoy organizing our things so I know where EVERYTHING is all the time. 

Oh and one more thing (I am like that lady that you want to just get off the phone with but I keep talking and talking..but in my defense I am home alone so I can't talk to Tay) ...have I mentioned that I love  watching my belly grow (I don't think I would ever say that but since I have a little man growing in me it makes it all okay)! 

Lastly...

Last weekend we celebrated Tay's B-day on his B-day. I decided to throw him a small party with some of our close friends. I think I out did myself..I was so exhausted by the time the party started. I spent hours making his Happy Birthday sign and decorations by scratch. Also getting everything made and ready for the chocolate fountain was a mess and time consuming. I thought it wouldn't be a big deal but doing it by myself really took forever! The thing is Tay is so simple he really doesn't care but I couldn't help myself! I wanted him to have a nice B-day!! I was proud though with the turn out and how everything went..thanks to all our friends that came!

I unfortunately did not take 1 picture. Really sad. Thanks to Mandi she captured one picture for me so I appreciate that. I really am going to start taking tons of pictures from now on, I love pictures they can capture some memories that other wise end up being forgotten.