"More, Peez?"

This morning as I dressed Sofie for the day she was distracted by all her pretty bows. So, I put one in her hair. She continued to insist on "more?" (which is a word and a sign that she's got down pat) After 5 bows I decided that would be enough for now :) So darling!

A little fancy for breakfast, but she was pretty pleased with herself!

A doppleganger to be proud of!

Not a darling picture of Sofie, but Bon Jovi was the first thing that came to my mind when I got her out of her crib this morning!! A good laugh!

Yay! I Did Something Crafty!

And it WORKED!!

A darling little dress for Sofie

(made out of.....drumroll.....an old pillowcase!!)

link here

Detail from the bottom of the pillowcase/dress

My messy little model (nearly impossible to get a shot). She loves it!
I made it big enough for her to grow into this summer.

Merry Christmas Happy Birthday to me!!

Some of you may know that I have a tendency to hang on to money and gift cards that I get at birthday times and Christmas. I just so rarely get to spend money on "whatever" that I have to make sure it's a really good purchase. Make it absolutely worth it. So, today I received in the mail one of those absolutely worth it purchases! I had cash from my last birthday (9 mos ago) and a JC Penney gift card from 2 Christmases ago (thank you Ronica!!), and used some thriftiness of online discount codes, and a good find. And got this for free!! I'M SOOOOO THRILLED! Derek and I have never had a real bedspread, not to mention a matching skirt and shams!

Here's the whole getup. We got the spread, skirt and 2 shams. (picture courtesy jcp.com)

Here's one of the shams, my camera doesn't do the sage any justice. It looks blue in this pic. I'm just so happy that I finally have a bedspread that will match all my random Chinese junk!

And.....drumroll please......I have been given the OK to buy a new mattress! Yay!! Mine is a NIGHTMARE! New bedspread+newmattress=best Valentine's ever!