Scripture Covers

so, you know this crafting addiction that i have? well, it turns out i need to find a means of funding it. i've decided to add new items to my etsy shop. i'll also be phasing out the headbands and selling the crocheted flowers on a clip instead. i'll be adding one new item each week from now through february. each time i list a new item, i will list 5 of them for 20% off. once they're gone, i'll re-list the item at regular price. sound fun? it does to me! so here is item #1:

a scripture cover! i love this. it helps me remember to bring my scriptures to Church (i know, that's bad). you can have one too! find the listing HERE. i wanted to add a monogram embellishment to the front but my husband said it was too "highschool-ish." maybe it would be cuter on a fabric that's a little less busy. what do you think?

First Time Sledding

she loved it and didn't want to stop even though the poor thing's phalanges were about frozen!

yep, daddy sent her down alone. loved it.

owen watched patiently from the car.

this is the first bag that i've made. i just used some fabric i've had lying around so it's kinda funky! i think you've all figured out by now that i'm a little obsessed with damask. anyway, my intention was to designate it a "sunday" bag that doesn't get touched during the week so i'm not running around on sunday mornings packing a diaper bag for church. i like it, but i don't know what i was thinking, it barely fits norah's things. hello, i'm going to have two kids in a few months! i'll make another, this time three times the size of this one :)

I Have a Fear

this post is mostly for me. it's a pure pregnancy blab, so if you're not into that kinda thing i suggest you click away and maybe try one of my favorite blogs here. i blogged about my first pregnancy (although not as much as i wish i would have) and don't want this one to feel left out (i do want to get our blog printed into a book.. someday).

my fear might seem irrational to some. to me, it's very real and the nightmare i had last night solidified that. you all know how fast my labor was with norah (if not, read it here). i didn't know i was a 7, people. i didn't know i was in labor. what would've happened if i didn't have a doctor's appointment that day? so here's my fear: i am terrified of having to give birth to this baby (or any baby for that matter) at home/in the car/anywhere that's not a hospital. i've heard three stories of the news of it happening within the last month and i've had two friends tell me "oh my aunt had to do that." thanks. that helps. as soon as my doctor walked into the room at my first visit, i made him well aware of the possibility. he agreed and proceeded to joke to joe about bringing lots of towels. thanks. that helps. what does help is that we live 1.4 miles from the nearest hospital. phew. (although, it's not the one my doctor delivers at. bummer.)

i don't remember craving anything when i was pregnant with norah. this one is a different story. i ate a whole cucumber today (and yesterday).

[side note: i found a really cool website after looking up the nutritional value of cucumbers and wondering if it is healthy to devour a whole cucumber, everyday. it's called Nutrition Data. check it out here.]

anyway, other things i have been eating like crazy include apples. peeled (i know, i know there goes the nutritional value). sliced thin. daily. peppered beef jerky. i'll eat it 'til my sinuses are burning. jack link's brand only. the last thing on my list of consumption is chicken. double yuck.

i finally felt this baby move. with norah, i swear i felt her at 12 weeks. i am now 17 weeks and just barely feeling the little peanut squirm. i'm hoping this means one thing and one thing only: that this baby is a little more laid back than our lovely sassa-frass (love her, by the way).

it's true what they say, your core muscles "remember" pregnancy and just give in once another one comes around. the ugly truth: my garments come up to my belly button and i can't button my pants.

guess it's time to whip out the maternity clothes.

or make some.

hm.

A Gift From Daddy

there are few things i love more than seeing the relationship between joe and norah. he is such a great dad (i know i've said that a million times, and i'll say it a million more) and the way he loves his little girl is really special. norah's face lights up every times he comes home. last night he brought home this stool from the thrift store (one of her valentine's gifts from daddy) and she, of course, was thrilled.

and yes, don't you worry, this is all she wants to do all day long now.

Catch Up

tonight i realized i haven't uploaded the pictures on my camera since the beginning of november. i completely forgot about them. so here is a catch up post with a bunch of random pictures.

this first one is kinda funny. we have friends who announced their first pregnancy to their families by getting together for a picture and the picture-taker would say, "so and so is pregnant!" right before snapping the shot. obviously capturing the reactions on camera. joe thought this was genious. so with this pregnancy, he wanted to do the same thing with his (local) family. we happened to be getting together so joe gathered the picture and here is the response:
yep, that's right, nothin! haha it was classic. i mean really, this is baby #30-something! aaron (top right) was really the only one who had any type of reaction (afterwards). it was funny.

here is cousin meg feeding norah a late-night snack in vegas during thanksgiving:

the boys, playing in the desert:

cruising on my sister in law's beach cruiser. yes folks, this is the first time i had ridden a bike since i was 8 or something, seriously:

the night we brought our Christmas tree home.

the night we ditched our Christmas tree. joe grew up with a fake tree so he thought getting a real one was pretty special and got kind of attached to it:

first snow storm:

this is really sad because it's a terrible quality of picture but it's too cute not to post. norah praying:

gettin big:

in other news, i started my online classes through USU yesterday (9 credits) so that will take up much of my free time.
at norah's 15-month check-up we found out that she had an ear infection, a sinus infection and bronchiolitis.
poor thing, we had no idea!
joe has been sick for the past two days. he had this same type of sickness while i was pregnant with norah. i think it's Heavenly Father's way of giving him

a little appreciation for what I feel like most of the time :)
we have an official date for finding out the sex of the baby
(february 8th).
i hope norah gets a little sister (i'm secretly, but not so secretly hoping),
but if it's a little brother that's ok too :)