hey guys! i have just made a tutorial for a nursing cover, it is my first time trying to explain how to make something. sew mama sew is having a contest and i just entered my tutorial. i would love to know what you think. is it clear enough? if you haven't seen the sew mama sew blog before you are in for a real treat. they have lovely fabric that i sit and stare at hoping for some of it to magically appear in my stash. they also have lots of really neat ideas and projects. go and check it out!

Ezra is 3!

Ok so i am a bad blogger and bad mommy. ezra turned 3 last saturday ( the 12th) and i have just been to tired to post anything. i got my lazy butt into gear and decided to post tonight. we went bowling with our families and then had a pizza party at our house. ezra got alot of really neat things, including a trampoline from dad and mom. i really can't believe that i have a 3 year old. and you better believe he is the best darn kid a mom could hope for ( most of the time!)ezra loves any form of transportation, anything disney related, pirates, pizza, and laying on the floor playing with cars.

ezra and my brother share the same birthday so we had a combined party with mike. on a similar ( but different)note- they are now saying that my due date is august 29, which just so happens to be my other brother sal's birthday.

ezra's first day of school

ezra is not even three yet ( his birthday is saturday!) and i already have him in preschool. no- i am not one of those crazy get your kids into everything type of mom. you see ezra has a " learning disability" i hate that they label him but if it gets him into free preschool i guess i'll live with it. ezra has always been on his own timetable with everything. he honestly had no desire to walk and didn't even attempt it until he was about 15 months old. he is also a late talker. we were never really worried because- (A) he is a boy and( B) he is ezra and he does what he wants when he wants. our pediatrician told us not to worry until he was 2 1/2 and not saying at least 50 words. at 2 1/2 i would say he was saying maybe 30 words. anyhow- we singed him up for early intervention. these cute ladies would come to our house and play and work with him. in 3 months his vocabulary grew to about 200- 300 words ( that's what they are estimating at least)! i don't know if it was because of them, ezra or a combo of both. i actually think alot of it had to do with ezra hanging around his cute and very talkative cousin margo.

well- sadly at 3 this particular program ends. they did some more testing and meetings and determined that ezra was eligible for free preschool though! the neat part is that they make a program that is individualized to ezra's needs. for the rest of this year i go with him once a week . next year he goes all by himself 2 times a week for 2 1/2 hours... yikes, i will really miss him and i can't even comprehend my baby going off by himself, but it really will be good for him. we got him a new lightening mcqueen backpack and he loves it. everyday he wants to go to preschool and talks about it all day. so mamas- if your kids ( under 3) have any delays that you are worried about ( not just speech) look into headstart/early intervention... it is a great program.

late easter photos

ok- i know these are really late but i was having trouble getting my pictures uploaded. i think the problem is our computer. it is old, i mean really old... like, my parents have had 3 new computers since this one old. maybe it is time to find something new.

we had a easter egg hunt at my granny sues and the boys loved it! my granny has this really neat backyard with a basketball court, three story treehouse a stream and a playground. it is really pretty and the kids love playing there.

3 brothers

I'm sorry for the lack of post. we are out of batteries so i haven't been able to upload pictures. up until now ( actually yesterday, i'm just lazy) i haven't had much to say. i don't know why, but i thought this picture of three brothers was silly. look at the poor brother with the girl hair... and what about the baby boy with the dress on. some historical things are odd eh? well to get to the point we found out that we are having another boy! james and i are both really excited and very relieved. we thought for sure that it was a girl this time. not that we have anything against girls or anything( we are actually hoping that the baby of the family will be a girl)but we thought 3 boys would be so fun.

win this!

do you want to win this beautiful quilt from old red barn company.? i surely do... want to learn more about her contest? look here for details.

while i'm at it...

i should mention that eli is walking all over the place now. i keep trying to film it but every time that i do he follows me around because he wants to see the camera and cries when i don't give it up. here is one more funny story... the other day ezra was in going potty and james and i were lying in bed, this is what we heard. " oh doh, ( yes i am aware that my child imitates homer Simpson, give me a break james is his dad, what did you expect) anyways back to the tale at hand. " oh doh, go away poo poo. you see ezra was really good about going poop in the toilet at first, then he had a 5 day break from going poop, do you see the problem here? now he is a bit nervous to go in the toilet ( tips would be greatly appreciated here, who am i kidding i am desperate tell me what to do... please). the conversation continued..." yeah pee pee, yeah! " while clapping, and then one more " you go away poo poo" followed by more clapping for his pee. it was definitely one of the most interesting one sided conversations i have heard.