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Easy Dirt Cupcakes

My oldest daughter turned 6 last week!  I can't believe it! 

She wanted us to come to school and bring cupcakes for her class.  My husband 

convinced her she wanted dirt cupcakes.  Okay Dad.  At first I was thinking

could you just have picked something easier, Mommy is still dealing with morning 

sickness all day long.  Labor intensive cupcakes were not sounding very fun.  They ended 

up being extremely easy to make though.  Most importantly my girl loved them, and so did

 the kids in her class. So win, win!

To Make:

I bought chocolate cake mix and followed the directions for cupcakes.

I then iced them with cream cheese frosting.

I put a bunch of oreo's in a plastic bag and crushed them with a mallet. 

I poured the crushed oreo's in a bowl and turned the iced cupcakes upside down and just dipped them till they were dirty enough.

I added a gummy worm for the finishing touches, and that's it!

I will be sharing her Birthday party decorations soon.  She had an Art themed party ( I know nothing to do with worms or dirt, lol!) 

Have a great day!

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Comforts Baby Formula Review

I have been thinking about everything I need to get to prepare for our baby coming in early October. 

I want to start out nursing, with my youngest daughter we switched her to formula at six months. Nursing with a one year old running around was just too much for me. We eventually switched her over to a soy based formula because she was fussy. I nursed my oldest daughter for ten months till she stopped growing. I was not producing enough milk so we had to switch her to formula for two months. So I know I need to think about formula in case I will need to use it again.

I was contacted by Comforts Baby to try some formula out. I was surprised to learn about the wide range of formulas they offer. Which is great because every baby has different needs. They offer Premium, Soy Based, Organic, Gentle, Advantage, Toddler, and Tender formulas. You can read more about each one here.  Each one compares to popular brands, but at a better price. If you have ever had a to pay for baby formula you know how expensive it can be. Every little bit of savings is important!

If you are looking into formula for your future babe, or thinking of switching brands check Comforts Infant formula out. 

Comforts Infant formula is available exclusively at:

Ralphs, Kroger, King Scoopers, QFC, Dillons, Fry's, Food4Less, Smith's, and Fred Meyer. 

15 weeks

I was sort of hoping that I would feel better at 15 weeks. I started off the day with my head in the toilet, so no such luck. On the bright side, only 10 days till we find out the gender!

I found some chevron baby flannel at Joann's and I can't wait to make something for the baby. I'm going to wait till I know what colors to buy though. I'm not a gender neutral baby gear type of person. My girls were always dressed in super girly clothes and blankets. 

I am loving these blankets and leggings! Oh my, so cute!!

Little Hip Squeaks is such a cute shop, I love the modern prints!

The maxi skirt I'm wearing was made using this pattern from Leanne Barlow's etsy shop. Luckily I got the pattern back when it was free, yay for me! But it is so worth $12! I have a few skirts I made from the pattern and I love them! They easily stretch to accommodate my belly which is awesome.

Some Good News!

I'm happy to announce I'm pregnant! 

I am almost 15 weeks along, and it is such a huge blessing! 

Two years ago I was diagnosed with a partial molar pregnancy, we found out at 10 weeks. The baby had stopped growing very early on, but I had an irregular growth that was continuing to grow. I had to go through two rounds of chemo to get rid of the cancerous growth in my uterus. Then we had to wait for a year before trying to conceive again. It took longer than expected, and then we found out why. I was going to start clomid the week I found out I was pregnant. So I feel like this is a miracle baby for sure! I am still nervous that something will go wrong. I think after a miscarriage everyone is a little more cautious and worried. But we are praying everything will go well, so far all signs lead to a healthy baby. 

 This is also one of the reasons for the lack of blogging. With my girls I was sick for around 16-17 weeks, and it is the same this time around. So hopefully I will be feeling better soon! We are finding out the gender in two weeks and I am so excited. After that I will be starting some baby projects. We are hoping for a boy since we have two girls and this will more than likely be our last baby, but I'm guessing it's another girl. I just hope the baby is healthy!

Here's a picture from a few weeks ago, I started showing really quick this time around!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! 

It finally felt like Spring today, it was amazing!

DIY Mixer Cover

I decided to upgrade my mixer cover. I made one over a year ago with some extra fabric I had. It's a little kiddy and does not go with my decor. I bought this chevron fabric at Hobby Lobby and made my girls skirts out of it. I had just enough left over to make a new mixer cover. I am so excited they have chevron fabric at Hobby Lobby now (I'm obsessed)! This material is cotton, they also had black and white. The first cover I made was from duck cloth, which is probably a better choice. They also had some different colors of chevron in duck cloth there. This is an easy beginner sewing project.

So here is what I did: 

Step 1 and 2:  I just placed my old cover over the material and cut around it. It measured 21inches long 16 1/2 inches high. I curved the top edges. You can make a template out of tissue paper if you would like. 

Step 3: (This part is optional) I took one piece of the fabric and monogrammed our initial on it.

Step 4: Place both pieces of fabric together with right sides facing each other. Sew around the curve of the fabric from the bottom of the left side around the curve of the fabric to the bottom of the right side. Then fold the bottom of the cover over twice and sew all the way around it. 

Now you are done! Enjoy your custom mixer cover! It's great for keeping dust out of your mixer, and making it match the rest of your kitchen. (My mixer is red, and nothing else in my house is red)

This would also make a great gift!

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