Oh, these kids!

Today was an interesting day. First I made a bad choice by letting my son hang in his room diaperless (you know, that area absolutely needs some air as well) which resulted (TMI alert) in him taking a nice #2 on the floor. I'm sorry if this detail is offending you, but I can't help but laugh my behind off. So there was an unplanned bathing session in order. 

Btw we switched the rooms (something I was talking about here and here) without waiting on the floor being done. Ian actually explained my impatient head, that it's a winter with snow and rain, which makes it impossible to go outside and do all the cutting of paneling. Duhhh! Well, we did it last weekend and we are both thrilled how wonderful our "new" bedroom turned out. I even got to hang my DIY Mason Jar Pendant Lights. 

The reason, why I'm mentioning the room switching, is that because now the living room is much safer for Ethan to play in. We leave him there alone for quite some time when he is super busy. There are only two sofas and TV in it, with one door that has his baby gate in. The other door is blocked by one of the sofa I mentioned above. It's much smaller so he feels so much more confident walking around, since he can get from one side to another pretty quick. So while he was busy playing with some of his kitchen wear in the living-room  (kid has ton of toys but all he wants is ..NOT toys. haha) I had sometime to do a quick DIY project. A little in to it and I heard something I shouldn't be hearing. The door knob was making noses like someone was touching it. The only way for Ethan to do that is for him to be ON the sofa O_o I went in and yes, he was indeed on the sofa "dancing" with the big proud smile on his face lol Unfortunately his party was interrupted.

Well last but not least...Ethan now can open the doors and all of ours has old-school door knobs, it's quite tricky...so I have no clue how this almost 11 months old learned how to do that. Not to mention that he now, with no problem, can get off of the bed or sofa if he's hanging out with us. 

In 4 days exactly he will be 11 months old. I better get on to finishing the menu and making a trial cake. 

Ok, enough about us. Hope your week is going well! Stay healthy.

Quick update!

I am alive :) It's all Holidays fault haha Hope you had a great Xmas. Ours was special and very sweet. I'm happy it snowed the day before and we got to take a few pics of Ethan with his 1st snow. He didn't care much for it though :)

Tomorrow is my birthday so I'll be MIA for a few more days. But will be back with lots of blogging. Happy Holidays ya'll!

My day in photos - Tuesday

At the end of the day Ethan took 3-4 steps on his own when I reached my arms. Then I was "teasing" him with daddy's cool watch that he really wanted to chew on and he took few steps again! I got it on video!!! Ethan you rock!!! I may share the video..or may just keep it to myself ;)

And..here are some snaps of my day:

 

1. I do not like pink, but I think husband forgot about it when buying me cozy sleepers ;)

2. Trying to make plans for my birthday

3. Mother-in-law is a painter, I'm lucky because I get all sorts of goodies from her for no reason. Thanks Marge!

4. Boy was happy today. Now after 6 teeth came out I have fingers crossed he'll stay this way for a while - smiley and happy

5. Failed attempt making stenciled cards. Had to just paint it. Don't like it. Trying again tomorrow

6. Did few sketches in the sketch book in picture #3

7. Snaking late on some yummy kumato

8. Husband looking for a new car after his accident

Wish list - ankle booties

My last pair of boots I wore for years. It was a sad day when I had to take them to goodwill and say our  goodbuys. Since then I really haven't even tried to find a great pair...always buying something uncomfortable but beautiful, haha! I think it's time for me to invest in a good boots that I can wear whenever and with whatever and still feel hot in them.

Here's few pairs I found via polyvore...(some are flat..like combat boots, some are sexy with a small heel and some are adorable cowboy) I think every girl should have one of each! 

p.s. maybe I should get 2 pairs..one of them just have to be cowboy boots.  look how cute they are!

wish list - ankle booties by marixa featuring cowboy boots

My day in photos - Sunday funday!

 Lana is my girl now, listening her on repeat. 

 Doubleshot white chocolate - is my love!

 I love my watercolors!

 I doodled on my crafts table to make it pretty :)

 Working on my small DIY project - will share soon!

 Lunch for my munchkin! He loves brussels sprouts.

 Another child - Chihuahua Jack, he is 3 yo, he is nothing like typical Chihuahua and he is in love with my husband!

 My poor boy, teething non stop. He doesn't get a break at all. Just got his 3rd tooth. Apparently 4th decided to come in right after.

 He loves to go for walk. Never sleeps outside anymore, just watches the world.

 I love this tree! 

 Picked up some pretty leaves and will try to dry them and use them in my next project. 

Also a  good thing to have them home for reference when I paint.

Hope you had a lovely Sunday!

Sleeping pattern

I have a serious problem - I love to sleep! Another problem I have is that I want to go to sleep earlier so I can wake up earlier (before the kiddo) and do few things for myself - like Pilates and shower. Yeah, that's the big plan and it is a problem because I love sleep so much. I also feel like after Ethan goes to bed I need to stay up as long as possible so I can do fun things to feel like "taking care of the child" was not the only thing I did all day. Anyhow, this is a dilemma and any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. For now all I can try is to go to bed earlier. 12:30 is a little late, don't you think? My ideal sleep patter would be going to bed at 10pm and waking up at 6am. That way I'll have two whole hours (+30mins sometimes) to do my stuff and still will have 8 hours of sleep! To be honest I think 8 hours is too much for me, it is crazy but I feel way better if sleep 5, but I'll have to get into the routing first before going that crazy!

Watercolor doodles

I am one blessed woman with a great kid that actually lets me have my own time here and there to do things I love. 

A day off

Being a mother 24/7 is no joke. It is hard but it is incredible at the same time. I'm grateful that we are able to be in a position for me to be a stay at home mom. On the other hand I (like any other human being) absolutely have to have a break once in a while. So I had my break last Saturday and it was very refreshing.  I had a photoshoot with my beautiful friend that needed to update her headshots (she is a dancer), then I went shopping and bought few things I really wanted, then I had a crafty evening with my other friend where I did one of the DIYs I've been dying to do for a while (Pinterest such a great place) and then I had a dinner and a drink with my other couple of girl friends. Meanwhile husband stayed with the kiddo and had a blast himself. Here's some visuals :)

 

The shoot went so well! It was a great weather, not too cold and Jenn was a tough guy..she was pretty much half-naked jumping on those rock! Anything for the art, ha! These golden guys will go back on the jars that I will be suing for q-tips and some cotton balls and some other things..maybe make-up brushes and whatnot. Aren't they cute? 

Im hoping I'll have day offs more often..haha..but really, for my sanity!