Build-A-Bear

One rainy Sunday afternoon, Brian took Zoey to Build-A-Bear for her first time.  He was playing with her with our Build-A-Bears we got from my nieces before we got married and decided Zoey needed one of her own. 

Daddy showing Zoey all the options.

Zoey picked out a Monkey to build! (There are about 20 different ones lined up on the wall and Brian showed her EVERYONE until she reacted the most to one.)

Waiting to stuff her monkey. (We put the monkey sound in the paw too.)

Stuffing monkey.

 

 

 

 

 

Putting the heart in the monkey.

Zola the Monkey!!

Zoey LOVES Zola!  She got upset when we had to give her to the lady to checkout; she did not want to let go of her. Brian is hoping Zola becomes her favorite stuffed animal.

Help Wanted.

As many know, I’m an avid crafter.  I always have about 10 projects (or so it feels) going on at once.  No exception now either; I have 3 in the works and need to start one more ASAP.  I honestly need a better way to manage all my projects and be able to complete them on time. Sadly most of them need to be completed now or right after each other and soon!!  I also have so many other projects waiting in the wings and will be so tempting come this fall.  Oh, those holiday crafts will tempt me sooo much starting next month.  I just know it.

I’m sure you are sitting there thinking, where is she going with this.  Honestly I’m not sure; just rambling right now.  Maybe I’m hoping that by putting all this down and creating a list of things I want to accomplish it will help me.  I know the top 4 will get done, but my main issue is, I get bored with those projects that take awhile to finish.  This is the main reason I have so many going at once.  Anyone have suggestions on how to continue to work on multiple projects without getting too bored with them?  I need something to help me along.  Oh, don’t forget I do have limited time to work on them due to a sweet little girl.

This weekend my sweet, thoughtful husband said I needed a Red Rooster trip.  Oh how I wish I could have this ASAP!!! My mom and sister have been going on these trips for a few years now.  Each go for different “reasons”.  Mom goes with her quilting guild for a few days of nothing but quilting while my sister goes with her friends for a few days of nothing but scrapbooking.  I have so much going on craft wise that I would love for something like this where I can stay up as late as I want working on items and not have to worry about Zoey or Brian.  Brian has planned for me to have this next weekend, but at home.  He will be gone Friday night, so he has asked his parents to keep Zoey so I can stay up late doing which ever craft I choose.  I’m torn a bit due to not spending time with my sweet girl.  Maybe I can convince him that she only needs to do this Friday night not both Friday & Saturday night.

On a different note, anyone up for getting a group together for next year to go to the Red Rooster? They have the Snowbird which is for smaller groups.  Everyone could just bring whatever they choose to work on for a few days of fun and crafting!!

Steak Night

A couple of weekends ago, Brian and I had a date night. A new restaurant, Neon Pig, in town was having a steak night. We had new clue what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. I didn't think to take a picture of the restaurant but I did get one of each course. The place is a convert local market/meat market and still has the meat market and very limited foods. They are the one of the few places in town that sell tons of the new beer. It is a bar as well as a cafe but you grab your beer from the fridge which they sell from. One of the owners/chef used to work at Hot & Hot Fish Club in Birmingham.

(Pictures are taken with my phone.)
First course: Bun Bowls. Broth with pork belly and homemade buns. I was surprised at how salty this was but I could have eaten a big bowl as a meal.



Second course: Hot & Hot Tomato salad. The chef altered this a bit by soaking it in soy instead of balsamic vinegar and topped with bean spouts instead of brussels spouts. It was divine.



Third course: Filet. Topped with bacon and mushrooms on a bed of fingerling potatoes with shaved horseradish. The horseradish was a delight.



Forth course: Peach cake with carmel icing in ginger lemongrass milk topped with a fig. Oh my!! This was the best cake I have had in a very long time. The carmel icing was to die for; I could not get enough of it. The milk tasted like milk after eating Fruity Pepples.




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Where in the world is Leah?

Wow, I cannot believe it’s been almost a month since I last posted.  Things have been a little crazy around here.  I know in the next few weeks it will be even more crazy! Here is a long recap of what we have been up to.

Two weeks ago was my 28 week check up and the lovely glucose test.  OH MY.  All I have to say is it sucked.  I barely choked down the lovely flat fruit punch “drink” in the allotted 10 minutes.  I felt worse after drinking the crap than I did going without food that morning. When I was waiting to see Dr. Hudson, I looked down at my hands at some point and they were very pale.  I can only imagine what my face looked like. I swear my blood sugar dropped more after drinking that crap than going up.  I really thought I was going to be starving afterwards, but by the time I left the office, I was no longer hungry.  The visit was great, I’m not anemic and I passed my test.  Well, I should say I’m assuming I did since it’s been 2 weeks and I never heard from them saying I failed.  Woo hoo!  Funny how now that I have that out of the way, I want cupcakes!  I guess I was more cautious about watching my intake of sweets than I realized. 

Last week (ok now it has been 2 weeks since I first started this post) I was in Seattle for SQL PASS.  Yes, I know.  I’m a geek, but I love it!  I had a good time and my brain was ready for me to come back.  It has been a long time since I sat in a classroom for 8 hours (not all back to back, but total) learning things.  It’s a lot different than working 8 hours a day.  Brian was able to take a week of vacation to come with me.  Granted he had more fun than I did and was able to see Seattle more, but we did get to do a few things at night. 

Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Before we left for Seattle, the nursery bedding was finally read and we picked it up.  I can’t wait to share it all set up with you!

I’m hoping by the middle of November to have the nursery all set up.  I find it amazing that I haven’t freaked out yet about it not being all ready.  We are ripping up carpet and moving furniture around this weekend.  I still have to figure out what all to put on the walls.  I do have a plan for some art work, aka initials, but other than zero ideas. 

This week (last week) starts my bi-weekly doctor’s appointments.  Yep, that means we only have 10 WEEKS left!  I’m sure going every 2 weeks will help speed up time, plus the holidays are about to be in full swing. 

Friday (last Friday) Mom and DeAnne are coming in town to go to Celebration Village.  Maybe I can add a few more gifts to my Christmas pile.  I have a good start on it, but not near where I was hoping to be by this time.