Gage

Gage Marion Scow has joined our family.

 

Adam is super excited to have a baby boy.

 

Cheznie adores him! She was very upset when a nurse came in to give the baby a bath and she kind of freaked out that they were taking her new brother away.

I got a new camera for my birthday, so Cheznie has been playing with my old one. So we brought her camera so she could take pictures of her new little baby brother.

 

Gage had a photo shoot. Adam and I set up the front room and it took us 2 days to get it done, because we have a two year old helping out. He is the best little sleeper. Also I hope his hair stays dark.

Cheznie even got in on the action. She loves having her picture taken but doesn't hold still very well.

Here is some of the things going on behind the scenes.

Chez even tried to dress the baby.

Then we took some fun Halloween ones.

We tried to take some pictures with us in them but unfortunately we are not very good photographers. But we had fun trying.

For Halloween Cheznie was a zookeeper. Because she loves animals so much and also because we have soooo many stuffed animals. Also I found a newborn bear costume at a yardsale this summer. We only used the wagon at the trunk or treat and Cheznie loved carrying her animals around trick or treating with Adam. 

 

Some one said it was creepy that we put Gage in the wagon with the toys. But I think he was cute.

And this is either Cheznie wanting to be with her brother or she wants to be the baby. I am not really sure which it is yet.

Not quite a pinterest challange

So my little sisters like to take the things they see on pinterest and try to do so many of them in a couple of weeks. I on the other hand am trying my hardest to get some things done before this little man decides to join us next week. So I thought I would put some of what I have been working on for all to see. Some of the things or ideas did come from pinterest.

Adam actually made this, but it came from one of my pins so I thought I would put it on. It was suppose to be for my birthday but it was about 3 weeks late. But that is how I am use to my birthday stuff because all my siblings are in October so people usually remember my birthday then. Anyway it was super good, I would just suggest cutting the strawberries up more and you have to let it sit out of the freezer for about 15 min before you can cut it.

These are some burp cloths that I made. My sister in law gave me a couple of old ones made out of towels like these and they are my favorite. So I took a couple of old towels and cut them up and put a binding on them, and the plus side they were cheep. Super easy? You would think so, but putting binding on a towel is not as easy as it sounds. So they don't look the greatest but I think they will suffice. I didn't have enough binding so I found some old flannel and put it on one side of a couple of them.

 

I saw this on pinterest. I really hated my small piece of fabric that they call a nursing cover. I am not a small girl and putting a baby under it did not work. So I am excited about this.

These are some receiving blankets I made out of scraps of fabric that my mom had. I only had to buy backing for them.

I learned how to put this fun border on a premade quilt and I love it.

This is what I made before Conference on Saturday. I saw a pin that showed how to make crispy hashbrowns so I thought I would give it a try because no one ever makes them crispy enough for my husband. Well I succeeded, the one he ate he said was a little too crispy but the ones pictured here were not enough. Now I need to find a happy medium. The waffles were actually from 2 different recipes from pinterest. I sort of made them my own way, and they were a hit. I probably won't make them both at the same again though. I thought I could just switch back and forth when needed but then the hashbrowns are either cold or the waffle is.

 

This is a yummy cereal that I found a recipe for. I am still trying to use up our food, even though I am not sure we are ever going to move. But this was great with barley, oats, cracked wheat, fruit and nuts.

 



These are something I found for Adam's breakfast. He leaves before I am up in the morning so he needs something he can grab and go. Next time we will have to just muffin cups though because the egg stuck really bad.

For Adam's birthday I made a list of 100 things I love about my husband and filled a couple of buckets with some of the silly stuff from the lists. I think he liked it, because he told everyone he saw about it.

 

 

This is what Adam worked on all week. His is the one on the right but he worked on all 3.



 

Now this is me trying to get the baby to come by going on long walks. Really all it does is make me hurt less, so I guess it is a good alternative.

 

 

Now the baby is going to be here soon and I think we are as ready as we can get. Even though I still have projects I need to get done.