etsy love

Are you familiar with Etsy?

It is one of my favorite websites to window shop.

I've made a few purchases from there as well,

and have not been disappointed with product

or service yet.

Etsy's website says "Our mission

is to enable people to make a living

making things, and to reconnect makers

with buyers. Our vision is to build

a new economy and present a better

choice: Buy, Sell, and Live Handmade."

I love this!

If you are a maker/baker/crafter/creator/sewer/painter/etc.

you can create an online store

and sell your work on Etsy.

What a great concept.

Enabling, perhaps, a mom

to sell her awesome baby bibs

 or sugar butterfly cake toppers

from her home.

Or a graphics guru can sell

his/her custom stationary and

invitation services.

 

Just love it!

Here are some Etsy purchases I've made in the past:

Two pairs of monogrammed bloomers

(one for MMC and one for a baby gift)

 from YourWayEmbroidery

A custom burp cloth

(part of a baby gift)

from WhiteLaceDesigns

and most recently

this oh-so-cute Easter basket

for my little bunny:

from bat0702

I love that as you are searching around

you can mark items or sellers as your favorite

and then you have a quick list compiled

of all the things you just love, or might

want to keep an eye on.

Here are some items from my Favorites list:

Mainly Mint Simply Sweet Elastic Headband with Wool Blend Felt Flower

by bloomz

$8.50

Wool Felt Flower Clip or Skinny Elastic Headband - Spring Pink

by LadybugBowtique

$5.99

24 Small Glitter Gum Paste Flowers

by SweetPerfectionCakes

$12.00

Cotton Candy Tutu and Headband with Bow

by BrittanysBowtique

$18.00

Chic Petite Baby Pink Satin Fabric Floret Infant

Headband with Guinea Feather Accent

by HerRoyalFatness

$12.75

Luxurious Large Birthday Cenerpiece, Cupcake,

Sign, Party Accessories

by thepaperkingdom

$12.00

Some cute finds, huh?

baby swing

first ride in the baby swing

unsure at first, then smiling and loving it

enjoying the warm weather and a push from mom

all done

i'm full, no more banana for me!

how things go

hey mom, what ya doin?

i'm coming to see you

climbing on up

hey mom, i made it! aren't you happy to see me?

oooh, computer...gimme gimme, let me see,

I want to bite the side of the screen and drool on the keyboard

mom, daddy took the 'puter away from me

you two gimme that back!

fine, if you wanna play that game..

i'll just bite your leg and drool on your pants instead! :)

wordless wednesday

cart rider

Here's the little miss

riding high in the grocery cart today...

she was so excited, 

making cute little noises and faces

and flapping her arms like a little bird!

My little shuga shuga :)

makayla: 9 months

Miss Makayla turned 9 months old last week!

We call her wild monkey or crazy little monkey

at home now, because unless she is sleeping

she is on the move...crawling, pulling up to stand,

babbling, laughing, playing.

she realized I was taking her picture, coming to get the camera

We visited the doctor today for her

9 month well check.

Makayla weighed in at 17 lbs 7 oz

and is 26.5 inches long.

25% in weight

and 15-20% in height

We've all been battling with colds,

congestion, runny noses,

sinus infections, and coughs

for a while now so I'm

really hoping the weather will stay

warm soon and that will help get us all well!

So, as of now, the little miss

can crawl around pretty quickly.

If you walk away for a second

she will just crawl right after you.

She is talking up a storm,

her favorite phrase being "da da da da."

She can pull up on anything in about

2 seconds flat and stand there.

Here she is playing at her activity center...

complete with laptop, telephone, book and piano.

That thing has more equipment than I do at work!

When she is standing she will pull one hand away and turn

to look at something. Once I even saw her take both hands

away and balance for 1 little second, with a strange look

on her face. They she put both hands back before she toppled.

While standing, she will also lean over and try to pick

up toys or anything of interest on the floor. No fear!

No photo of it, at the moment,

but her new "trick" this past week

has been waving. Sometimes she just sticks

her hand up in the air when she sees you

and other times she will wave her fingers.

It is pretty cute...

As soon as we walk into her classroom,

in the mornings, she will wave at her teacher

and smile. When I leave her class

I will stand at the door and wave to her

through the glass and she will smile and wave back.

Precious!

There's that happy smile now,

as she was crawling into my lap

to try and snag the camera!

Oh, she loves standing up in her crib now, too.

When she wakes up from sleeping

(or doesn't want to nap)

 you know it because

she will stand up in her crib and call out to be picked up.

No sleepy time mommy!

Aren't I just the cutest?