I know, I know

I know I direct you to this blog all the time, but really, she has a hug-normous giveaway going on for mother's day!

Happy Pi Day

Holy giveaway batman!

Oh my, you *have* to check out this giveaway. It's for... dunt, dunt, dunt... a brand new Canon 5d Mark II - or a $2500 giftcard to Southwest Airlines. Can you imagine winning? Holy cow!

So, go here!

Pretting stinkin' amazing. If you win, will you take me on vacation with you!?

Being so Overdramatic!!!!!!!!

The votes (mainly mine and my close friends) are in and the name of my new party business is.....

Overdramatic Party Girl

I'm super excited about it! I asked my friend Vanessa to do it with me because her craftiness is outstanding and lucky me, she said yes!

Close your eyes and imagine the next party you're throwing.... ok, you can open them now! What's the next party you're throwing? (Really, I'd like to know!) A kid's birthday? A baby shower? A bridal shower? Well, now there's help! The concept of Overdramatic Party Girl is that I'll do the party planning for you, the invitations, the party games, the favors, the prizes, the costumes, the thank you's - everything. You buy the party box, open it up, and throw a party! What could be better? More importantly, what could be easier!? Now you can throw a talked-about party without all the work!

Right now we're working up our inventory of different themes so you can just order and we can ship it out. However, if you can give us a little bit of notice, then we can do anything customized for you! Just email us at: OverdramaticPartyGirl@gmail.com and let us know what you want!

Also, the blog isn't finished yet - we're still the process of setting it up, but please feel free to visit us anyway :) Become a follower and stay updated with all the cool stuff that will happen when we do finish the set-up! We're already planning the tutorials, the giveaways, the general crafty-goodness! Stop on by and say hi! Also, let us know what kind of parties you'd like to see and we'll make it happen :)

Giveaway time!

I know I've already told you about Natalie and her wonderful style, but here I am again... ;)

If you want a chance to win a super cute Allora necklace, go here!

A blog after my own heart

Ok, so I have to share with you my secret little guilty pleasure. It's this blog that is right after my own heart - a fashion blog where they're just plain funny, quirky, and a little smart-alec. They do good fashion, bad fashion, and inbetween. I tell you, it's great. My friend Molly turned me onto it. Thank you Molly!

I love you more than life

I haven't posted in the last few days, so I thought I'd just do a quick blurp. I was listening to... someone today... I have Pandora Internet Radio on a LOT and so I don't really know who it was, but anyway, one of the lyrics was "I love you more than life." I can't help but think of my darlings when I hear that. How did I get so lucky to be their momma? They are such precious souls.

Of course this picture is reeeallly old... The end of Oct 2008, I think. Brielle would have been a month and a half and Sophie just 2 years, 4 months. I can't believe how little they are! And how big they are now. They are my angels.

Alexander McQueen!

I try to read the news on Yahoo every morning and today, I came across this:
British Fashion Designer McQueen found dead at 40.
How crazy! Apparently there is some debate as to whether it was "natural causes" like the police say or suicide. Either way, it's a sad day. You can see some of his RTW looks down below in another post. He also designed Lady Gaga's lobster shoes and Janet Jackson's super bowl outfit (the infamous wardrobe malfunction one) and a million other things that were fabulous and million others that were outrageous.

Charm bracelet give away

Have you noticed that charm bracelets are coming back in? I'm intrigued by this. I like the idea of getting a charm bracelet and then putting hand stamped disks w/ my kids' name on it. If you want to win a charm bracelet (who doesn't want to win stuff!?) - go to Design Dazzle and enter.

More Fashion Week

You thought I was done with Fashion week, at least for today, huh? Too bad. (You know you want more)



Just thought I'd give you a review of a few more designers while the baby still is napping. First off - pictures from Chapurin's spring 2010 RTW line will not be shown here... I clicked the "no adult content" button when signing up for my blog and let me tell you - there are a lot of nipples in that fashion show. A lot more than I ever wanted to see on a runway. Seriously - all the tops are see through! Like not even trying to NOT be see through. The mom in me groans very loudly.

However, Valentino's was simply amazing. They're gorgeous. In fact, it was hard for me to pick just three. I wanted to add them ALL here.

This is Louis Vitton. The best one out of the fashion show. Now we know why we only know them for their bags.

And because we know that everyone wants to see the Alexander McQueen collection.

I actually like this one - it's kinda ethereal.

I just wanted to know if this model got in trouble for not looking like she was going to eat the audience.

I think that this dress's shape is beautiful and would look great if it didn't look like you were looking into the inside of an alien's body.

Whew, fashion.

So fashion week is going on in NYC. Anyone else want to hop a plane and go? I'd love to go. I think it's something I'm going to add to my list of stuff I want to do before I die.

Anyway, want a recap of yesterday? Of cooooouuurrssssee you do. Although, a Thursday wasn't the big names, it certainly brought some.... interesting designs. I'm just reviewing so called RTW (Ready to Wear). Yeah, this is the stuff that's supposed to be more for me and you ;)

Ooookkkkkaaay. Don't you want this little number from Giles Deacon?

What? You wore this last Halloween? Well crap. Maybe you'll like the next one.

I sooo want that purse. Can't you just see yourself walking around town with a TRICERATOPS? AND shiny pants. I mean, it'd be like it ate Dora, Boots, and Cinderella - b/c that's what I have in my bag. What about you? But wait! Hold the phone -there is ALSO a spidery tshirt and crazy glasses!?! Speaks fashion to me. If my 3 yr old dressed me that day.

This hot little number comes straight from my sister's closet circa 1989. Or NYC RTW fashion week from Elie Saab. Either one.

John Galliano also showed yesterday, as well as Miu Miu, and Hermes. Hermes actually has some fun stuff. However, as a person who recently took up tennis last year, I find it hard to believe.

Ok, I feel bad leaving yet another fashion post in a negative light. I love fashion and just leaving the blog with negative commentary about it? Hmm, didn't seem right. Fashion should be uplifting. So, have you discovered Collette Dinnigan yet? Seriously you should check her out. She's huge in Australia, but not a household name here (she even has her own stamp in AU!)... yet.

How fun is this one?

Don't you think she's some mystical water maid coming to hand you a sword or something? It's so capturing!

And I absolutely adore this one. Reminds me of a modern Hepburn or something.

Mad Fashion

I don't mean mad fashion in a good way.

While I was looking through slideshows of the latest NYC Marc Jacobs (ready to wear) fashion show, Sophie come up behind me, looks over my shoulder, and asks "why are they all mad?"

She's right. All the models look pissed off. Maybe it's because they're stuck in these so called "ready to wear" designs.

Seriously Marc? You let me down. I'd be pissed off too if I was wearing that. In fact, when I had to pick a name to save this picture under in order to post it, I promptly named it "fashion ick." And that's what I think. And 99.9% of other fashionable women do too. Trust me.

Natalie's Sentiments

Have you guys tried out Natalie's blog? I kinda adore it. She's an lds lady in TN and does some great giveaways and whatnot. Right now she's doing a "Yellow and Gray" week, which I love. But more imporantly, she's like my fashion sister, lol.

The long neglected blog...

Man, I just never seem to find the time to post here and not sure if I see the point since you all are my friends in real life and on facebook. However, there are some exciting projects in the work and I soon will be blogging a lot more! One catch. Not on this blog. It'll be on our new party business blog :) Now you know where all of my time has been spent lately. Well, of course that and the kids, the hubby, the dog, the dishes. The never ending dishes. I will let you know when it's all up and running!

Blessings - Day 2

Here's our family's chosen blessings for today:

S: our house
B: mommy
A: playing with S
L: my girls

I love doing daily blessings :)

And I also love that Sophie is really starting to understand some scripture stories. We have a GAK and had been using that for FHE's but now we're using the new Gospel Art Book and either way, it works GREAT! She loves to look through it and learn about the different stories and then later tell me about them. Tonight we talked about the city of Enoch for FHE. Then later when she was flipping through the book, she goes "remember momma, it's the ark!" She does this all the time. She's such a sweet girl. <>

Thank You's

For the month of November, each of us list something that we are thankful for each day. Seeing as how today is Nov 1st, it was our first day of listing it out on our "Give Thanks" list on the fridge. Here are today's....

Barbies (guess whose that was)
Baby laughs (Daddy)
Snuggles (Mommy)
and Sophie decided that Brielle was thankful for all of her toys :)

A Growing Vocabulary

Brielle is really fussy today. Ok, she has been for the last week. I think it's this cold, plus teething. Anyway, she's been really fussing while I've been trying to get ready - ya know, showered, dressed, my hair combed, etc. Let's not kid ourselves - nothing fancy going on here. I get my pants and shirt on and promptly (not so promptly to her) pick her up, and she goes, "upppp." Ahh, the growing vocabulary of a one year old. Secretly I've been a little sad/worried b/c she hasn't been as quick as Sophie was to pick up new words. Yes, I know all kids are different, but it doesn't make the questioning stuff go away to me. "Am I talking enough to her? Reading enough? Am I spending enough time with just her instead of her and Sophie? ".... Anyway, of course I'm all happy when she says it and repeat it. To which she says, "Upp. Down." We play this game all the time - up, down; in, out; etc. I was so happy!


Unfortunately, Sophie's vocab has also grown in the last couple of weeks with the word "stupid." Uh-oh. Daddy has a tendency to say "stupid dog" or "stupid cat." Well, Sophie has said it probably 4 or 5 times lately and been sent to her room. Awesome. Hopefully it won't last long.

Quirky

So Sophie, my 3 yr old, has to have her spoon match the type of yogurt she's eating. She'll even trade what kind of yogurt she wants based on the availability of a certain spoon. What an odd kid :) I can't imagine how picky she's going to be about her hair and clothes when she's a teenager. Ahh, yeah, already looking forward to that....

Brielle on the other hand knows what she wants, but she's pretty easy going too. I have an inclinking that she'll be the easy(er) teen.

A chipped Smile.

I wish I could have gotten a picture of it, but poor Brielle is not allowing pictures today.... or at least not since the incident. Poor girl.

I was cleaning the top of the stove and she was walking into the kitchen with her blankie. (She loves her blankie. She cuddles it when she drinks a bottle and when she sleeps. It's too adorable!) Well, she must have stepped right on it and slipped b/c she fell FLAT on her face on the floor. No falling onto her diaper-cushioned butt or her knees or anything - just SMACK! on her face. Of course I whirled around, picked her up and started to comfort her. That's when I noticed that she was bleeding from somewhere. I didn't know where exactly at first. There was a lot on her finger so I thought maybe she bit her finger or something. I yelled for Aaron (he works from home, but alas, he was in a phone meeting). Then I ran her hand under cold water, which is the only thing that helped her to stop crying since the SMACK.

Well, it was not her finger, but she did like the water. I had a hard time figuring out where she was bleeding from - I'm still not 100% sure, but I think that she busted a tiny cut on her upper lip. However, I got an ice cube and let her suck on it... however, I thought I noticed something not right in her mouth. Was there blood on her tooth? So, I leaned her over (she likes to be upside down) and checked it out. Nope, not blood. However, her bottom tooth was chipped. Ugh. I said a quick prayer and checked again. Yup, I was right the first time. I ran to get her some Tylenol thinking "wow, that must have really hurt!" And called the dentist. They called right back and had me bring her in right away.

Luckily, it didn't get down to the fleshy part of her tooth, so it's just a comestic issue really. If it would have gotten down the to fleshy part, the only option they really would have had is to pull it! I am SO grateful that was not the case! So, she'll have a chip in her tooth (which they'll try to sand and make a little smoother when she's a little older) until she grows in her adult teeth (in like 7 years!) but it shouldn't affect the placement of her other teeth or hurt her, so it's as good as a chipped tooth can be really. AND it's on the bottom, so you won't be able to see it quite as much as you would if it were on the top.

Ok, I'm not re-reading this, I'm not proofreading it. I'm not doing anything but hitting 'publish.' Please forgive me if it's a little scatterbrained. With all of us being sick, not sleeping (bad dreams, but that's an ENTIRELY different post), and a little drained from the drama around here, my brain isn't fully functioning.

I am so grateful that it wasn't worse than it is. I am so grateful that we have insurance so we can know what to do (in this case, nothing). I am so grateful that Brielle isn't in pain and is napping quietly now. I am so grateful for my beautiful little girls and my wonderful hubby. And I hope this day gets better.

Doing a Few Things Right?

There are moments in the day or week where I think "wow, maybe we're doing something right with this parenting thing..." Of course, there are many days where I think that God is looking down laughing at my stumbles (in a loving way of course) and many more where I am disappointed in myself for not doing more or something different. BUT this is a positive post and I wanted to tell you of a couple of my "right" moments.

I am so happy that Sophie seems to be turning out as a responsible citizen who cares about doing what is right, not always what is convenient. For example, we were grocery shopping the other day and were getting some soda. Mixed in amongst the coke was a pumpkin. Sophie goes "What is this pumpkin doing here? Pumpkins don't go here. Silly pumpkin!" I said something about how someone must have decided they didn't want it after all and before I could suggest that we put it in the cart and take it back to the 'pumpkin section,' Sophie says the same thing. "We need to put it back! Come on little pumpkin! We'll take you back to your family!" Well, we were just starting grocery shopping and Sophie sat in the cart, holding the pumpkin all through shopping and when we got to the 'pumpkin section' she gingerly sets it down (thank you! I was worried about the fight of no - we cannot take the pumpkin home).

Also, last weekend we were at the parade for the Fruita Fall Fest. It was just Sophie and I as the baby was napping and Aaron gladly agreed to stay home with her. Anyway, after the parade ended, I let her eat the sucker that she got during the parade (I wouldn't let her eat it during b/c I was holding her so she could see. I am not a fan of sticky-slobbery-sugar on my shirt. I wonder why). We sat so she could eat it and she saw some trash on the sidewalk and asked what it was. I said "someone didn't put their trash where it's supposed to go." And her automatic answer is "that's not good. We need to put it up for them. You don't leave trash on the ground!"

I just wanted to hug her so tight! What a sweet little girl she is. I guess some things ARE getting through.

(This especially made me happy after seeing some of the kids during the parade. There were quite a few of them standing there, taking the wrapper off their candy and throwing it on the ground... repeatedly. It made me want to put them in timeout and take away their candy. Lucky for them, I am not their mom.)