Crafty Thursday Obsessions #15

Hello everyone

Welcome back :)

I hope this past week has treated you well and you were able to get something awesome done!
I'm excited to say I was able to do some crafting and baking.
I've got some posts on that coming up soon to show you what I've been up to, so stay tuned!

 Thanks to everyone who stopped by last week and linked up their posts, our top 3 were 

Chevron Cork Board Frame Tutorial {Ashley's Dandelion Wishes}

My Favorite Free Summer Printables {Some of the Best Things in Life are Mistakes}
and
No-sew Curtains {Glitter, Glue and Paint}

the most viewed link was

Top 15 Space Saving Ideas {Pursuit of a Functional Home}
Make sure to check out our Pinterest board where all of these awesome ideas have been pinned.
You can check it out here.

26 Weeks

Hello all!

Notice a change with the chalkboard this week?
I feel like I am not super creative in coming up with cute things to write on the chalkboard, and then it hit me...Why do I need to write anything besides how far along I am...?

I actually really like it with just the # of weeks.
Anyways, let's see how I've been doing...
Weight gain? I am up to15 pounds!
Maternity clothes? Nope. In the pants department I only have one pair left that still fit. I'm glad the weather has warmed up because now I can wear my super comfy/cute capris, somehow those still fit really well! Yay!
Events: I think this is my last week in the second trimester! That's crazy. I can now use my belly as a table when I'm sitting on the couch, and my son now lays his head on my belly as his 'pillow' when we are cuddling  watching tv. :)
 Discomfort? Oh my yes.
It's a good thing I try to always lay on my left side when I sleep because this little guy LOVES to push his feet out (hard) on my right side.
My Braxton Hicks contractions are stronger and occur a lot more often, so that's fun.
I must say I am so thankful to have had a healthy pregnancy so far, and I am loving every minute of bonding with this little one :)

Crafty Thursday Obsessions #14

Welcome back everyone to Crafty Thursday Obsessions #14

Thanks to everyone for stopping by each week to share all of your awesome ideas!

Our top 3 from last week's party are

Twig Wreath {The First Year Blog}

Teacher Appreciation/Thank You Gift {Ashley's Dandelion Wishes}

Pina Colada Cupcakes {A Kitchen Hoor}

and the most viewed link was

My Favorite Free Printables-Part 3 {Some of the Best Things in Life Are Mistakes}

Make sure to check out the Pinterest board where all of these awesome ideas have been pinned to, check it out here.
Let's see what you've been up to this week!

Indoor S'mores

Hello everyone!

Today I thought I would share with you one of my guilty pleasures.

S'mores.

I love them!

The only problem with S'mores is it's not every day I can make a fire and roast marshmallows... 

So, we started making them in our microwave...I needed a chocolate fix people!

I also didn't always have the larger marshmallows, or the Hershey chocolate bars, so I just started using what I already had in my baking cupboards...wow, that makes me sound like I was getting crazy desperate, but I needed something sweet. :)

So, grab a graham cracker and break it in half. If you have large marshmallows just use one, but I only had small ones. 9 small marshmallows are perfect for this (they will expand in the microwave).

 On the other half place a handful of chocolate chips. I've done milk chocolate, semi-sweet, and even white chocolate chips, you can't really go wrong!

 Place the half with the marshmallows in the microwave for 15 seconds, (if you're doing the smaller ones. If you are using a large one you can microwave it for 19 seconds). Trust me people, I've done this a lot!
The marshmallows will start to expand.

 As soon as the microwave stops take the marshmallow half out and flip it over onto the chocolate half.

 And last but not least, enjoy!!

I love making these because I get something sweet, but I don't feel like I'm making a huge batch of something , it's an individual serving size!

Crafty Thursday Obsessions #13

Welcome everyone to Crafty Thursday Obsessions #13!!

There were so many wonderful posts linked up, our top 3 were

Button Minnie Mouse Hair Clips {Architecture of a Mom}

DIY Travel Chalk and Magnet Board {Sunny With a Chance of Sprinkles}

Oh Look What Love Can Do! {Denise..on a Whim}

and the most viewed link was

Bunny Lovey (Free Crochet Pattern) {The Stitchin Mommy}

These awesome ideas have been pinned to our pin board, you can follow that board here.

Thanks so much to everyone who stopped by last week and linked up, let's see what you've been up to this week!

Baseball Cookies

Hello hello! I hope you are all doing well :)

About a week ago we had a carnival day/fundraiser for the baseball league that my son's team is in.

They had lots of fun activities for the families, and of course lots of yummy looking treats :)

I volunteered to bring some baked goods. I baked the sugar cookies the day before, making just simple circle shapes, but for some reason I left the decorating until the morning of...

I wanted to originally do super hero designs or something along those lines, (like these sweet Justice League/Captain America cupcakes I had made a few months ago), but since we were short on time I had to come up with something else.

My son suggested I make baseball cookies.

(I had a total 'duh, why didn't I think of that?' moment, I mean they were for a fundraiser for baseball teams after all!...Oh well, it made me proud to see him come up with that idea on his own)

I'm so glad he did, because these were SO easy to decorate!

I just started out with frosting the cookies white.

 After tinting a small amount of frosting red I drew two curved lines on each cookie.

 Add the stitching detail, 

 And you are done!

Now you can have a baseball themed treat for anytime!

24 Weeks

Happy Sunday everyone!

I feel like this pregnancy is just flying by :)

Weight gain: 12 pounds now!!

Discomfort: YES. :) I feel like this little one is constantly stretching out and he is just trying to use all of the space he has in there! I'm also waking up a lot through out the night, just to toss and turn, which doesn't help my energy levels throughout the day...maybe my body is trying to get me used to not getting a full nights rest...thanks body...

Maternity clothes? Not yet. But, we have been going swimming more often, I might need to invest in a new swimsuit...my current one might not cover my belly much longer... :)

Events: We had our glucose testing appointment this last week, and I'm happy to say all of the blood work came back great, yay! My adorable son went with me to the appointment and as always the doctor's office was so good at letting him feel included. They let him squirt the jelly on my tummy, and then gave him the little heartbeat monitor and let him find the heartbeat, it was so cute.

So everything is going really well!