New Baby Items

So I've become very obsessed with making baby items...I wonder why?! Other than the fact that I am pregnant, Will and I have several friends that are also pregnant; thus I've been focusing much of my time working on baby gifts and gifts for the moms! I'll post many more in the near future, but here is a onesie/burp cloth set that I made for a friend's friend.

My favorite part is the ruffle detail especially on the bum!!!

Go Big or Go Home!

Don't you just LOVE the saying "Go Big or Go Home!"...it fits in so many situations.

Let my backtrack a little bit. Soon after New Years, I found out I was pregnant. Will and I were so happy, but I was too nervous to tell anyone or let myself get too excited, because there were some special circumstances. I had been spotting since the day I found out and I let it go on for about 3 weeks. After really thinking about it, I remembered that I was rh- and required a Rhogam shot with my first pregnancy and decided that if I was having a miscarriage, I needed to know. I called the doctor and explained the situation and they wanted to see me right away. So at 7 weeks, I went to the appointment expecting very disappointing news, but instead saw this beautiful picture on the ultrasound monitor.

No...your eyes are not deceiving you...I found out I am pregnant with TWINS!!!! I was and still am in complete shock! Twins were never even on my radar! I guess God has a different plan for the Cooper household and we are so blessed that we have been given such a precious gift!Here are the twins at 11 weeks and 4 days...what a difference a few weeks make! These sweet little ones will be arriving in late summer...we can't wait to meet them! So as you can see, "Go Big or Go Home" definitely fits for our household, or at least this pregnancy!

Doll Accessories

For Valentine's Day, Mini got these new shoes for her American Girl doll, that I purchased at AC Moore (I haven't figured out how to make shoes yet). Of course giving her doll new shoes just opened a can of worms because she wanted a matching dress.

So post Valentine's Day, I made this A-Line Dress inspired by lilblueboo. Mini loves it! If you've never seen lilblueboo's work, you must check her out...she is AMAZING!!!

Baby Gift

Continuing with my handmade gifts, I made some coordinating onesies and burp clothes for Will's cousin who has a handsome new baby boy named Owen. I'm very pleased with how they turned out and am really hoping that the new parents will be as excited as I am about them!

House Makeover

For those of you who know me, you know that I LOVE to have a yard sale. I don't know why I love them, it's not because I make a ton of money off them...I think it is the whole cleansing feeling I get when purging items. I clean out the house yearly, but last weekend, I made some BIG purges. After almost 4 years of marriage, Will and I finally decided to purchase a matching bedroom suite as well as a bigger bed. You see on Saturday mornings, Mini climbs in the bed with us as well as Frosty, our 102 pound white German Shepherd; needless to say, we have outgrown the queen size bed and were long overdue for an upgrade. I'm so excited to get rid of all the stuff that we no longer use and need, but I'm most excited about our bedroom makeover. I'll post pictures very soon.

Mini and Music

Mini LOVES music! Loves, Loves, Loves it! Her favorite songs are "Dynamite" and "All I Do is Win" and she tells everyone at school how to dance to these two songs! Apparently she now also likes drums. We went to a friend's house last weekend and she got to play on the drums...she was actually pretty good. Now, don't get any ideas...we like drums at other people's houses and ABSOLUTELY DO NOT need any at ours!

She was mad at me for this picture, because she wasn't ready to take the picture!

Birthday Fun

We were finally able to make one of Mini's friends birthday parties, which meant a last minute gift, so I made a personalized Car Keeper. It turned out to be the perfect gift since he was getting ready to go on a long trip! Here is the present and highlights from the party.

The small Car Keeper.

Mini loves "Jumpin' Parties" and we just heard that it was closing...bummer :(!