Birthday Birthday Birthday!

Harlee is turning one on June 26th and Ive been planning her CANDYLAND birthday party for months now. Unfortunately I cant make it as amazing as I would like due to funds but It is still going to be awesome. I created her Lollipop invitations and I believe they turned out adorable. I got the idea off of etsy, I believe they are done by the Tom Kat Studio. You can always purchase them there but im crafty and decided to make them myself. Here is the final product:




I also did some research on CANDYLAND birthday parties people had thrown to get more ideas. I seen dum dum topiaries on another blog and I cant remember the name of it now, but they were my inspiration for these:




I am absolutely in love with them. We still have tons of stuff to do like create the birthday banner, candy garland, cardboard characters, candy buffet and more... I Love planning Parties! Although it is very time consuming. Between work, school and my dumplin there is little time for crafting. :-(

Learning 2 Cook I

As you have probably already figured out from the title of the post I am not a seasoned cook by far. I like to bake things but cant cook to save my life. If there is no recipe in front of me (and that doesn't always help) than I'm a lost cause. I have always admired a person who can walk to the pantry grab some crazy ingredients, whip it together and VOILA! its the greatest thing you ever tasted. Me, that will probably never be likely. So, when I found out that I was pregnant in Oct. of 08' one of my fears was how my child would survive without food. Seriously I was nervous. I didn't want everything they ate to come from the freezer section of the grocery store and the hardest part to cooking it was setting the oven to right temperature. Plus, I want to teach my child how to cook, share those moments together. It was while I was pregnant that I decided I needed to teach myself a few things. I was very used to my Fiance cooking when on the weekends but during the week due to work its just not feasible. I then kicked him out of the kitchen and was adamant that I would take over cooking until the things I was making were somewhat edible. The first few things were a disaster, I have gotten better, but PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. I still have major screw ups, Like the other night I tried to make Shrimp and Angel Hair Pasta. Ugh, I added to much lemon or something-it tasted sour and no one would eat it.
On top of wanting to enhance my cooking skills, I am watching my weight. HAHA. Im pretty much been watching my weight for years but have only seen it go up! I want my meals to be healthy and want some type of variety. Tonight I went to best buy to pick up some DVD-RW for my video camera and found myself wondering to the book section. I seen a recipe book that looked interesting. "Hungry Girl 1-2-3 The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt Free Recipes on the Planet". I thought to myself- This is exactly what I want! Easy because I cant cook to save my life, delicious because I refuse to eat cardboard tasting diet food, and Guilt free because-well- who likes feeling guilty? They have chapters on one person meals, two person, crock pot, blended stuff...I was in heaven reading some of the recipes!
So tonight I got home and filled my crock pot up with what im hoping will turn out to be "Slow Cookin Mexican Chicken"- I didnt have every ingredient so I kind of tweaked the recipe a bit- Which has failed me many times.  By tomorrow evening I should know whether its two thumbs up or poured down the drain. Good Luck to me!

My Baby Girl Is Walking!

We got Harlee on video taking a few steps. They are not her first, but still very new and so exciting! To celebrate we went out for frozen yogurt at Cultive here in Vacaville. It is such a great place. I had heard a lot of great things about it but have never been myself. Now it is going to be a weekly stop im sure of it!
The cutest thing ive ever seen! My eyes welled up with tears! I cant believe how big she has gotten, I swear she was born yesterday.... my how time flies!

My fun weekend!

Im sad to see this weekend come to an end.  I had so much fun with Harlee. I have needed a weekend like this amongst all the stress of school and moving soon. Her cousin Holly (Hollywood) came to stay and we did lots of fun stuff! We colored with chalk, finger painted, and baked cupcakes for my friends bridal shower(didnt get pictures of this)
Here is a few pictures I snapped.

She had such a ball! She was covered head to toe! Dont worry-its non toxic :-)

We told Hollywood that Mikes broken Xbox headset was a device used to read minds! We told her she had to hold it up to her head and guess what we were thinking...she said "Number FOUR!" and we got all excited and pretended she had read our minds. She was blown away by this and it was cute how seriously she sat and focused! Good times :0)

Sad its over. Now back to the grind..............

Welcome to my Blog

I have no idea how to blog but im going to learn. (Bare with me). This blog is going to be about....well...a 20 something mommy. Oh, how hard but rewarding motherhood is! Add in work, school, and wifely duties-for lack of a better term- and its down right exhausting. I hope to connect with all the other mothers out there! I am surely open for any tips, tricks and hints. Well, here...we....go.