25 weeks

Well, today I'm officially 25 weeks closer to having our baby Boy here! Here are some highlights and lows of months 5-6

Good things

*Most of the time I look pregnant and not just chubby

*I don't have to pee as often (but still all the time)

* You can see my belly move when the baby kicks (and others can feel him now)

*Things I love: Hot baths, breakfast sandwiches, Orange Juice, Laying down, fruit, sherbet, special K cereal, hamburgers and WATER, my winter boots

Bad Things

* Sometimes my hands are a little swollen

* I feel like I waddle

*My feet are sore

some random pictures

Darick and Jayne looking cute, Jayne is in this really cute stage (she's always cute) but she giggles and laughs and tells funny stories... and is just crazy, we love her!

Jayne hung out with Dampa and Gamma this weekend. She wanted nothing to do with Darick or me. It was really cute, every time Darick's dad left the room, Jayne would run around yelling "Dampa, are you?! C'mere" She wouldn't let them them out of her sight

Here's Jayne singing and dancing in the living room, she has some really sweet moves

Jayne got a little recliner, like a child size one, and Cindy likes so sleep in it. Normally it has a blanket or something there too, and Cindy just curls up in it. Cindy's pretty old, and we're going to be sad when she kicks it, she's such a sweet little dog

I'm not a dog person by any means, but who couldn't love that face?

Congrats Jared!!

Darick's step brother, Jared, graduated from BYU-Idaho today with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. We're so proud of him! Here are a few pictures from the big event

Sister Clark, Pres. Clark and Elder Scott at the Start of Graduation

Jared waiting for the big moment

Jared receiving his diploma cover from Elder Scott, and Pres. Clark

Jared after he got his diploma cover

Elder Scott and the Carpenters

Pretty!!

Jayne was all dressed up for church today, she looked really cute! So we went outside to take some quick pictures. Our little girl is so big now!

She was getting kind of cold, and being really funny, making all kinds of cute faces

She's winking in this one, so funny!

City Mat Winner

Thanks for all the name suggestions! Some of them included some of my favorite names, and others were fun to read, but I don't think I'd use them... I'm more of a "traditional" names person. And thank you for all the comments! I love comments and was hoping to get 25 of them, I was shocked and excited to break 100...122 to be precise! Thanks again!! I know I spelled school wrong, totally my bad, I just mixed up my letters when I was sewing them on, I'll fix it before I mail it out.
So without anymore delay, the winner is comment number 32
Eema-le said...
I would love to win this. I've always liked Cole or Cade.
Congrats, and thanks again to all who entered my giveaway!

Sew Mama Sew Giveaway... City Play Mat

Hello friends! I've always wanted to participate in the Sew Mama Sew Giveaway day... and now I am! Make sure to check out the other bloggers having a giveaway too

OK so lets get to the goods... I'm having a baby boy in a few months, and I've already been thinking about boy gift ideas. Let me tell you, I have a very girly little girl, so it's quite a change of thinking. This play mat was my trial to see if I can do boy... I think it was a success! Made out of scrap fabric and felt, this little town could keep your little man entertained at church, in the car, at home, in a plane... I think just about anywhere. There are buildings, cars, trees, a boat, pond and roads to explore. All the pieces fit into a pocket on the back for easy storage!

To win this play mat all you have to do is leave a comment (please no "PICK MEs"), and if you feel so inclined share with me some Boy names, because I have no idea what we should name our little man. You have until Dec. 6th to enter, I'll announce the winner on the 7th... Oh please leave me someway to contact you, if I don't hear back from the winner by the 8th, I'll pick someone new. Sorry, no international shipping this time. I guess that's it...thanks for stopping by!

It's a....

BOY!! My appointment went well today, everything about or little man looks perfect so far. He's a little cuddle bug though. He was pretty much as far down as he could get, and was scrunched up into a tiny little ball. Every time the ultrasound tech tried to get him to move, he would get into a tighter ball, and put his chin to his chest. He was pretty much hiding his face. So here is a pregnancy picture, I'm 21 weeks.... YAY for BOYS!

Surprise!

Well, some people might not be surprised who have seen me cause it's pretty obvious when you you get a good look that I'm pregnant... 5 months pregnant to be exact! We're excited to have a new little baby. So far this has been a pretty easy pregnancy. I was REALLY tired, but not sick at all. Although I'm a nap person by nature, they have been a must up until about a month ago. So here are some highs and lows of the pregnancy right now...

Good things

* I only have 19 more weeks

*The baby moves a lot, especially at night

*Darick felt the baby move last night

* I am loving bagels and pears

*We find out what kind of baby we get on Tuesday

Bad things

*I'm always cold (aren't babies suppose to make you hot?)

*a ton of food I know I like grosses me out

*I already am out of breath all the time

* I get "jimmy legs" every night

*I have some pretty intense headaches

*I get charlie horses at least twice a week

Chistmas Stockings

I've been sewing this weekend, but most of it is top secret and can't be posted on the good ol' blog...
My mom has 10 kids, she's pretty much amazing. And she made each of us 10 kids a Christmas stocking out of felt. Several of us kids want those same kind of stockings for our families.... and I am one of them, our stockings can be seen here. I also made stockings for Darick's sister's family last year (check them out here) and helped Courtney make her family some, and her brother in law's family. They're fun to make, but time consuming! And it's hard to come up with new ideas. When I get asked to make them for others, I don't really know what to say (I always say yes- but I'm not making any promises here). I think part of the reason my mom's stockings are so cool, is because we all know she made them for us, and that's why we all love them so much. So when I make a stocking for someone, I always make sure I put that same love and thought my mom put into ours. So here's the stockings I started working on for my sister Rebekah's family, they still need some work, but the basic foundation is finished...

Another funny moment brought to you by Jayne

Jayne is getting so funny. She totally cracks us up with her little stories, playing with Cindy, her cute expressions, and even her attitude (sometimes). About a week ago, Jayne was sitting on Darick's lap, and I’ll admit I was jealous... so I started poking her, pulling her and tickling her, but no amount of love was getting her to switch laps... and she was getting a little annoyed with me. Darick decided to take matters into his own hands and taught Jayne the phrase "Mom, you're buggin' me" She used this on me several times, all while Darick was smiling and encouraging her. Well last night I was the parent of choice, and Jayne was totally cuddling with me, she wanted very little to do with Darick, except wanting a drink of his water. So Darick tried the same thing I was doing, and started poking, tickling, and trying to pull Jayne to his lap. Suddenly, Jayne sat straight up and turned to Darick, and then she said "Dad, you're buggin' me!" It was so funny I about died laughing. After all, it's been a whole week, and I didn't even tell Jayne to do it. Man I love my little girl!

(This picture has nothing to do with the post, but I thought I'd share)

I'm Sad...

Jayne fell asleep this afternoon while we were watching Lion king, This is her sleeping position about 45 minutes before she woke up. I told her we could watch a movie before her nap, but I guess she was just way too tired. After she fell asleep started watching Super Man.... and when she woke up I had about 1/2 an hour left. Jayne was totally devastated. She missed lion king, and now there was a totally uncool movie on. She said to me "I sad, cause muh eyes (she had some tears)... mom, uh lion king, pleeeeeease." With how sad she was, I put Lion king back on... and eventually she perked up.

Snickerdoodles

Darick Loves snickerdoodles. They are number one in his cookie world. Since the Holiday season has officially begun, here's the snickerdoodle recipe I make, and they are GOOD.

Cream together:

1 1/2 C. Sugar

1 C. Butter Flavor CRISCO (key ingredient, don't go for cheap here) shortening

2 eggs

2 TBS. Milk

1 ts. Vanilla

Combine in separate bowl

2 3/4 C. flour

2 tsp Cream of Tartar

1 tsp Baking Soda
3/4 tsp Salt

Add dry ingredients to cream mix slowly

In a plastic zip lock bag mix

1/2 C. sugar

2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon

Make Dough into balls, and drop in bag O Cini-Sugar. coat and place on a cookie sheet
bake cookies @ 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes

*DO NOT OVER COOK, cool for 2 minutes, remove from cookie sheet and enjoy!

Midterm Project...

For those of you that don't know, I'm taking a pattern making class. I can't even tell you how much I love it. Its fun to have an idea in your head, and actually know how to make it happen on paper. So I made this jacket prototype for my midterm.. Its in half scale, so it would actually fit an American Girl doll. But I think I might make a full scale version for myself. I think it would look really cute in a tweed or corduroy. Right now we're learning about skirts on my class, and its really awesome... did I mention how much I am loving this class? SERIOUSLY.

Deer Slayer REPOST

My dad is really good at telling stories, and this incident happened to him earlier this year... this morning I got an update on "Deer Slayer II" (my dad's car)... and asked dad if he would email me the whole story. You're in for a treat folks, here is a real life incident, facts have not been left out to protect the innocent.
Dad speaking.... Late last winter I needed to take the projector back to the church. After taking Nan to Seminary, I proceeded to the church. I have traveled this road so many times that it can be done without much brain activity and I think the car knows the way. I came around the curve by the Dam and WHAM! I could not imagine what I hit and the first thought was that I hit someone in the road. What idiot would be walking in the road was my thought. Then I saw the deer rolling over the hood and flying into the other lane of traffic. Cars swerving all over the road. I pulled over to assess the damage. First thought was it's not too bad I can probably drive it home. Then I looked over at the deer in the prone position in the west bound lane. Cars were taking evasive action so they did not run over it. I glanced back at the car and it still looked OK, not smoking or on fire. Just crinkled. A citizen pulled over and I determined it was a she. Sticking her head out the window with a stokie hanging out and a cloud of smoke she in a deep gravel type voice said "we gotta get it out of the road before it causes an accident." OK I said. She opened the door to her car and climbed out while pulling on gloves. My thought was I don't have any gloves, did not realize this was going to be glove type work, figured I could go at it without gloves, shouldn't take much to haul this thing off the road. We made the trek to the deer. Didn't take long since it was only 15 feet away. She grabbed the back feet. I guess deer don't have feet they have hooves. Well she started pulling on the deer. All I could do is look at the carnage laying on the road, fluid leaking out and forming a puddle, it's eyes were open and seemed to look right at me. I know the deer was gone probably because of the fluid on the road, considered that to be not good for the deer. As the citizen assist was dragging the deer off the road and I was just standing there staring back at the deer, it's eyes seemed to follow me - I was not moving but the deer was. My assistant in moving the deer reported she was done - "that'll be good." and I grunted something like "yep" Felt pretty good about what I did which was to make sure the deer didn't try to run or something, you know, I kept my eye on it. As we finished the Bonner County Sheriff pulled up. The citizen assist person waved him through stopping all other traffic while she walked back across the road. I followed figuring the traffic would also wait for me to clear the road. Upon arriving back at the car, I noticed some fluid on the ground toward the front of the car. What is this - fluid leaking from the car, kinda looks similar to what was leaking from the deer. Does that mean my car is dead also! The sheriff visited with me for a while and indicated the car needed to be hauled away. I looked for the citizen assist that helped me drag the deer off the road - she was gone as fast as she appeared. I'm on my own and I don't have any gloves. Who do you want to tow the car? I said Jerry's and he said you mean Bill's - yep. Called mom to come and rescue me. The Fire truck and ambulance showed up. Told the ambulance people that I was OK but they might want to check out the deer. They confirmed the deer was gone. We had a moment of silence... not for the deer but for my car. The fire truck cleaned up the fluid leaking from the car - that was nice of them. Mom and the tow truck arrived. A couple of days later the insurance confirmed the car was also gone or as they put it totaled. With skilled craftsman we got parts from other cars and replaced the fluid that was lost. Good as new. Since Mom hit a deer and her car was totaled also and we resurrected it (Deer Slayer I) This is now Deer Slayer 2. We're driving cars that are both salvage vehicles. These are the facts as I remember.
That's what happened earlier this year, and here is the update
Dad speaking... Here is an update on the Deer incident. As you know, Deer Slayer 2 got all fixed which I can't say that the deer got fixed. In any event, as you know the deer have been cruising by the house on several occasions. There was a group the other day just moseying by and every so often one would look at the car. I'm sure they were discussing the deer slaying of a few weeks earlier. Well the other day I was on the way to work and from out behind the trees came a deer at a full charge. Now, the way I figure it there was a meeting where all the deer figured if they made a side impact it would take out deer slayer 2. This is based on the fact that deer slayer 2 is on the road again and not leaking fluid any more. Can't say that about the deer. So lets call this deer "Harv" yep Harv was a bit late to the meeting and got volunteered to be the one. Just bust out from behind the trees and ram into the side of the white beast, you won't get hurt and it will knock it off the road. So here comes Harv at a full run. WHAM! Harv goes flying off and Deer Slayer stays on the road. No real damage - a slight dent in the left front quarter panel but still drivable. As for Harv, well, I believe the impact scared him soo much that he had an accident. Kind of embarrassing, Deer Slayer 2 is now also know as "The Poo Car" The poo is still on the car as a trophy and warning to other deer who may want to have a go at taking out Deer Slayer 2, aka Poo Car! Since the first Deer Slayer II incident, several members of my my family across the US have been "watched" by deer, they just show up and stare us down. I would like to invite those family members to leave their own deer experiences in the comment section.

Muh Eyes!

Last night I made enchiladas for dinner. Darick has been asking for them for about 3 weeks now. So I spent the time making them, and we sat down to the table to eat (I was having a bowl of cereal because I don't like enchiladas) and Jayne and darick take a bite. Darick asks if I did anything different, I say no. All the sudden Jayne sticks out her tongue, her eyes are all red and she's crying. Then she starts repeating the phrase "Muh Eyes!" over and over because she was tearing up really bad. Darick got a glass of milk for both of them, and looked at the can of diced green chilies I used, which turned out to be diced Jalapeño peppers. Those enchiladas we just a tad bit spicy, darick took three more bites and was out. I don't think Jayne knew what was happening to her, she just kept repeating "Muh Eyes!" and drinking milk. So we all ended up having cereal for dinner.

Dear Neighbor....

Dear Neighbor....
It is not my fault you took your fence out and your dog wonders into my yard. It is not my fault you drive your loud, huge remote control car in my yard, and proceed to wake my daughter up from her nap because of the loud engine. It is not my fault I have almost hit your dog because you let her run down the road, beside your car as you drive, instead of taking her for walks. It is not my fault you park your motor vehicles 4 inches in my yard because we share a property line. It's not my fault your little boy knocks on my door for money at least once a month, he's an only child. It's not my fault you decide to use your power tools at midnight when the city has a quiet after 10:00pm ordinance. It's not my fault you blare your music while hammering away at midnight. It's not my fault you don't listen when asked to stop all the above. It is my fault when I call animal control to pick up your dog, her poo by my tree is gross. It is my fault I called the police to report your noise. I really am a nice person, maybe it's you that isn't so nice?
Thanks you for your time!
Sharon

Baby K

My sister Shaina is having a baby. We're all really excited for a new little edition to our family. But Baby K has a heart problem, so he'll need to be in the hospital for a while, and babies in the hospital don't really get to wear clothes... there's just too many tubes , wires and such. Just thinking about Baby K makes me want to hold him and love him, but since I can't, I'll do what I can, which is make him cute things for his hospital stay. Here's a little hat, functional and unique, and I can just picture how cute Baby K will look in it.
to read more about Baby k, click Here, Here and Here.

My daddy

I know that everyone else is probably of the same opinion, but I know at least 9 other people who totally agree with me, I have the best dad. He's one of those quiet super funny types. When my dad tells a story, the world stops to listen, even if it's just about hitting a deer on the highway. My dad is super smart too, he's an engineer, really good at math, takes awesome pictures, can entertain little kids, is an awesome cook, wakes up really early, shaves everyday (unless he's sick) smells good, jingles when he walks (because of the keys on his belt) has some sweet dance moves, can fix about anything.. holy cow the list goes on and on. I just want to say that I love my dad, he's the best!

Homeward Bound

I wrote a poem to express the way I feel about these little creatures that take up residence in my house. I went with a haiku style of poem, because they normally represent and focus on nature.

Hobo
eight legged creatures
Fast, creepy, gross, dangerous
the Hobo Spider

eight staring eyeballs
venomous heebee jeebies
hiding in corners

Death to the hobos
I don't want them in my house
die.die.die.die.DIE

oh the good times

He's a picture of my little brother Ian and me. We use to hide in cupboards, climb trees, lay on bookshelves, play in the snow.... and basically do all the things little kids like to do. I'm on the bottom shelf, and Ian's on the top... just as a side note, I think that Jayne has my eyes, can you see it maybe just a little... i like to think she maybe looks a little like me, but really she's just the girl version of Darick

Top 10 Reason's Why....

I Love Darick....
A little background to this post...
I met Darick 5 years ago this month, so I thought he deserved a post. We met in a dance class, my very first semester of College. He thought I was a long haired crazy lady (my hair use to touch my butt, it was pretty long, and I would curl it and then pull it halfway back, or wear a headband, and I was swing dancing, so my hair was flying everywhere...) but then I cha cha-ed my way into his heart, and he took my embarrassment about "shaking it" at him as sweet, and instantly fell in love (well, we got married almost 2 years later, and after a pretty funny dating story...) so honey, this is for you!

Reasons I love Darick...
1. He's got some pretty sweet dance moves, or defensive moves, i.e. THE UNSTOPPABLE!
2. He's my best friend (I never get tired of talking to him, we can hang out and do nothing, and we're still entertained! And we both like to do a lot of the same things, we have a lot in common... he's cool, I’m cool, we're cool)
3. We are both from Washington, need I say more?
4. Darick is super cute, he has a cute smile; he's cute when he wakes up and only opens one eye, and he always dresses really cute, am I allowed to say cute to describe my husband? Well I did
5. He's an awesome daddy, when he gets home, it's like I don't even exist in Jayne’s world (unless she gets hurt, or is sad) Jayne loves to play with daddy
6. Darick has some pretty fantastic computer skills, like programming skills, gamer skills, fixing problems skills, just some pretty sweet skills
7. Darick does the dishes, and I hate doing dishes, so this is a definite plus
8. He makes really great breakfasts.... basically any breakfast food, he can make. My personal favorites are crepes and Breakfast burritos
9. He's really supportive of my creative side, every time I make something, he thinks it’s the greatest ever, and I think he's the greatest ever!
10. He's the love of my life, and I get to be with him forever!

Working at the car wash...

Jayne really likes to help. She demands we let her help, it's cute really, and I know she'll grow out if it someday and hate doing the dishes as much as I do:) Darick washed the cars recently, and Jayne was really proud of herself "clean" "pretty" "more water" and "bubbles" were the words she kept repeating. Here's are a few pics of our not so little girl. Is it just me or is she seriously THAT cute?

2 years...

Two years ago today I started my Blog. I don't really blog about everything I do, mostly I blog about Jayne and things I make. I didn't really know what to do to celebrate, so I think I’ll just do a normal post...I mean, a get to know me better post. So here we go

Top 10 things you didn't know about me...
1. I get embarrassed when people think I can "make anything," it’s kind of intimidating being so admired, I make a lot of mistakes, I just don't post them
2. I love candy, I loved it when I was little and I love it now. When I go on long car trips, I love Wonka chewy candy (Runts, spree, gobstoppers....)
3. Darick and hardly ever go to the movies, but we watch a ton at home, and we pretty much always have the new releases.
4. I love audio books; my momma read to me (and my siblings) when we were little, and even now when I visit... I love to be read to, and an easy solution is books on CD. (In fact, when we were dating Darick read to me, and I fell in love with him)
5. I don't really want to have any sons... don't get me wrong, I love other peoples little boys, but I would rather have girls... and it's not because I have 6 sisters, because my closest friend growing up was my little brother, I just like the drama of girls I guess.
6. I hate yard work, but I want a pretty yard...
7. I hate doing the dishes, and I love cleaning bathrooms
8. I like to climb trees
9. I like to go to the bookstore, pick a book and just sit there and read the whole thing
10. I like the smell of paper, books, newspaper, wrapping paper, magazines... maybe because my dad works at a paper mill?

Purple Bling

My sister Shaina is having her 2 year bloggerversary, and she's having some pretty sweet give-aways over the next couple of days, including this little number. I would totally recommend checking out her blog if you want to win it. Oh, did I mention I made it? You could pretty much say I’d do anything for my sisters, including helping them celebrate 2 years of blogging! So here are some fun facts about Shaina...
1. She's a REALLY good cook, seriously.
2. She has the best hair in the Family
3. Her hands are pretty, nothing like the man hands inherited
4. She's super crafty and talented
5. She's really patient
6. She has a cute nose
7. She has some pretty sweet dance moves
8. She chews on ice when she's pregnant
9. She loves Chinese food
10. She can sew too
So head over to Shaina's blog to win the wallet!

Lizzie's visit

My niece Lizzie is here visiting for the weekend, so we decided to make her an outfit... we made a corduroy skirt, which she helped design and sew

Today I made a shirt that matches, but could also be worn alone. I think they turned out cute. we didn't have a pattern, we sorta winged it :) but that just makes it more fun

Tonight we're having a movie night, and I think tomorrow we might go to the Titanic exhibit at the museum, and maybe the park... who knows

Purple Pocket Skirt

Yesterday when I was trying to find a church outfit for Jayne I realized that she has grown a lot this summer. All of her little dresses are too short now! So today I decided to make her a new skirt. I put pockets on it because she LOVES pockets. It is made out of brown corduroy, has a box pleat in front, a waist band (with elastic in just the back) and homemade bias tape around the bottom, and of course purple pockets. After Jayne woke up from her nap, I put it on her to take some pictures, and she didn't want to take it off. I think we're in love, and not just with Jayne. I'm almost OK with Jayne getting bigger.

Goodnight moon

Jayne loves the moon, maybe it's because she only sees it once a day... or maybe because she sees it when she gets to stay up late, or the occasional time it can be seen during the day. Who knows, but she has a deep true love for it. When she reads her books, she finds pictures of the moon and says "hi moon" one of our cereal boxes had a moon on it, and she was really excited about it "mom, ook (look) mooooooooooooooon!"And just now she came up to me and said, "Moon sleepin', I’m sad" I hope she becomes an astronomer.

An Orange Wallet

I liked the yellow wallet so much, I made an orange one:) and somehow SHAVONNE's name got put on it, and I only know one Shavonne... so this happy orange creation is for her.

Love you sister!

A Yellow Wallet

I was playing around with my sewing machine today while Jayne was taking a nap... and I came up with this little wallet. I think it turned out pretty cute, and I love the fabric. I have 4 more cut out but not sewn yet (out of different fabric). I was also playing with the alphabet feature on my machine, and there's really only one person named REBEKAH in my life, so you guessed it, this happy yellow creation in for her... I love you sister!

*cash money not included:)

Why I love The "Chantry" Girls

When I was growing up in Newport Washington, a new family moved into town.... the Chantrys. Soon each of us Webers made friends with a Chantry, we all had a friend our age. It was awesome. Over the years we've kept those friendships, and three (that's right 3) of the Chantry girls are now photographers. I have had the pleasure of having two of them take my family pictures this year.

Wynona (she's my age, and we were (are) best friends growing up) took these pictures back in May... she lives in Ogden Utah... and is totally amazing. And I should add how much I love her, she's the best. Check out her website and blog

Sarah, is a couple of years older than me, and she took our Family pictures just last week. She's so gifted, and was really fun to work with. Right now she lives in Newport, but before this fall she is moving down here to Southern Idaho! Check out her website, and blog. I can't wait for Sarah to live closer to me, she's so fun to hang out with, I love her too!