Showing 2014 who is boss... Hopefully

 

Now that Butter is a little older and I am slowly becoming less controlling... I am going to try and start blogging again, posting all my creations and custom orders. Also, I am going to be putting more effort into my Etsy and sewing, which above all is my greatest passion! 

So I think 2014 is the year of non stop barf, or thats at least how its going so far... 

I think I have already been barfed on 5-6 times. The joys of motherhood! 

Other than that I am really stoaked for 2014! My husband is really into setting goals this year, I love his zeal. I have never been a "New Year New You" type person. I am more of a, if you want to change or set goals-anytime is the best time to start. But this year I think I will indulge my husband and make some goals, it will probably help keep my ADD brain focused. 

Here is some of the work I did in 2013! 

I do have this giddy feeling when I think of 2014... It has a lot of hope and excitement. 

So I am going to do my best and accomplish all my goals, that I haven't set yet, and be a great wife & mother. 

I am going to show 2014 who is boss!  

Hopefully

Did You Know...

So this is going to sound like I am very crazed to some people, or maybe it will sound normal. But the average reaction I get is that I am crazed.  

At my house we don't have a microwave. 

I know it really isn't that big of a deal but when you think about it, an average person uses a microwave everyday. Most likely multiple times a day. We have been microwave-less for over two years! We are a microwave-less family because we had moved into a new apartment and it did not come with a microwave and at first we planned on getting one, but then I kind of enjoyed the idea of not cooking my food in a minute. 

At first it was so hard and difficult, now I don't even think twice about it. Why am I sharing the fact that we are microwave-less?? Because now I kind of want one... but I really don't want one, but I do.... See the problem! 

I am not worried about microwave radiation, even tho that does sound so scary as I type it. My thought behind it is, most of the food you cook in a microwave is food you really should not be eating anyways. Also, you can heat all your food up in the oven or stove top, yes it takes longer but its really not that much longer. Food tastes so much better when its not reheated in the microwave too! 

So why do I want one? Well the Hubbers will some times complain about wanting to reheat a cup of coffee and I some times will complain about softening butter in the over. On average I don't mind it at all and he really doesn't either. One of the most annoying things about not having a microwave is allot of foods only have microwave heating instructions! 

Baby Buttercup will be here in just a short time and some are saying I will need a microwave to heat up her bottles. I always thought you can run them under hot water to heat up as well. Yes, it will not be as fast as a zap in the microwave but it will be just as warm.

So its really not a big issue but I feel like if I get a microwave I am like going to become one of those lazy people that eats microwave dinners and cops out for dinner and lunches.  Hubbres will be eating all things frozen. EEWWWWW!!

Fresh and New

So this is what I have been dealing with lately..

A very new and empty apartment...I want a completely new house full of new furniture to go with it but we all know I am not a millionaire. So little things at a time. 

By the way--- check out those hard wood floors! SCORE! 

This is what you would call "Red-Neck". But we only went 7 blocks, so it worked perfectly. 

Here is Jack. Enjoying his new place. {He really needs an updated bed for the new place..I will jump right on that-in a year}

Yes it is Apartment Front- not A or 1- just Front. The pizza guy even said it was the first time he had heard of an "apartment front".

Family has been asking for an updated belly shot.. Here we go! 21 weeks pregnant! 

Curve Ball

Has life ever sent you a curve ball? Or it seems like life takes a huge u-turn? 

Hubbers and I experienced one of these big u-turns the other day.

Baby Buttercup, who we thought was a boy....

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

At my 18 week appointment the Doc asked me if I have already found out the sex and I said yes its a boy. He said lets just double check. The Doc froze an in-between the leg shot. I blurted out- "THATS A GIRL!!". {I had looked up online a couple of months ago the difference between male & female ultrasound photos. Why? Because I am just that crazed} My Doc said he did not see any boy parts that the baby is ALL girl. 

I then began to feel so at peace. I had always felt like Buttercup was a girl, and I was so shocked at the gender reveal party that the cupcakes were blue. Then I began to feel so stupid. I had this big party to celebrate that Buttercup was a boy- not a girl. I knew that having an ultrasound done at 13 weeks was so early, but I wanted to believe that I could find out that early. The technician did tell me she was 99% sure the baby was  a boy too. You can ready all about my boy gender reveal here. 

I joked with my mom on the way to the appointment that the Doc would say it was a girl. I guess my "mothers instinct" was right after all!

Most have been asking if we are upset about the change, but we are so so happy. We have always said- girl or boy it doesn't matter, we just want a healthy baby. 

Am I still hesitant to go out a buy a closet full of pink clothes?? Yes a little. Even tho I know in my heart Buttercup is a girl. I have another appointment in 2 weeks so I can just verify.

So heres to our family of 3!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

As you might have noticed a couple of changes around here.

Freshened up the page a tad. I feel it's easier to read from a white background. I want to eventually get a new blog header but that might take me 6 months so these little change are good for now.

So, besides the bright white background, we also have some new links to check out on the side tool bar area. New ways to stay updated on blog posts by direct email or following via Bloglovin'. 

Also, you can follow my personal Instagram & Pinterest

Just the little things that I am working on slowly, I'm not much of a computer wiz.

Ok so I will leave you with a photo of my dearest love bug, Jack, who was cuddling in bed with mommy when she had very bad morning sickness. Isn't he the cutest! 

Have a wonderful Friday! 

Gender Reveal Party & Video Reaction

So I went to one of those early gender ultra sound places and was able to find out the sex of Baby Buttercup at 13 weeks exactly. Are you a little skeptical..?? SO WAS I! But they say it 99% accuracy.... 

My sister Savannah was the only one who knew the gender of the baby, I had the technician write it down and hand the pictures to her. It was killing me that I had to wait a day to find out, but I wanted to find out with the rest of my family. It turned out to be a really special moment that we all shared together. 

We went with a mustaches vs bows instead of a typical girls vs boys. The colors, grey for boy and yellow for girl. I am not fan of the baby blue and bright pink thing.

****Please watch the video at the very bottom! 

Invitation that my amazing brother made

We all had a lot of fun with name ideas!

The food was all of my pregnancy cravings

 Savannah had put a blue or pink chocolate in the center of the cupcakes, so when we all took a bite...GENDER REVEAL!!! 

As you can see I was gender neutral-boy or girl I do not care, I am just happy with a baby! 

 We made these fun chocolate lollipops

Here is the vide of us all finding out together. I look upset but that is my shocked face. Finding out the gender of the baby made my pregnancy become very real, it was like I was finding out I was pregnant again. 

To be honest I wanted to cry and throw up all at the same time. I was so nervous and excited to find out the sex of our baby! 

I did not take a bite of the cupcake because 1. I was so nervous and I knew I was being recorded & 

2. sweets at that time made me a little nauseous.  

 Colour Her Hope is where we got some inspiration.

Spilling the beans... FINALLY

WOW WOW WOW I know it has been a while but there is a reason...

Introducing Baby:

Due Date: September 25 - our anniversary

Yes I have been MIA because I have been sick for the last 2  months. Literally all I could do was sleep and try not to throw up. Since I am almost into my 2nd trimester I have started to feel better and even got 10 hours of much needed sleep the other night, that was only interrupted twice for having to get up and go to the bathroom. Oh the joys of pregnancy.
I have come to find out there are many of these "joys of pregnancy"

1.Frequent constant potty breaks- all day & all night

2. Only going #1 and saying "so long to #2"

3. Bloating and lots of it- I looked almost 6 months pregnant after every meal

4. Good bye cooking, good bye grocery store, good bye perfume, good bye anything that has the slightest smell of any kind

5. Hello Zofran

6. Painful headaches that are not curable by Tylenol, the only kind of pain reliever you can take

7. Extreme fatigue

8. Followed by insomnia

9. Surge of tears & extreme emotions- It could be the door greeter at church that makes me cry or watching a commercial on t.v.

10. Acne- worse than jr high

OK so now you know what its really like and why I have been living under a rock for the past 2 months. I just thought you got morning sickness and that was it, but its actually all day sickness. What's so funny is, its all caused by a little miracle thats not even and inch long, now the baby is almost 3 inches long!

Yes and this little miracle took 10 months of trying!

So my last ultrasounds the baby actually looked like a baby and not a lentil bean. He/She was flipping kicking and hiccuping. A very active little person who would not stop moving. So stinking CUTE! Oh and that heartbeat! Its like the greatest melody on the plant earth, heart rate was 142-146. Which makes me think maybe its a boy.....but when I have dreams about the baby its always a girl.

News coming next week about the gender and the amazing party I am having to share it with my family!

First Feature of 2012

Hope we all had a wonderful Holiday! I know mine was! I feel so blessed by friends and family.

Over the Holiday Feathers on First got a feature from a fellow blogger, Tiffany Lane Handmade. I did a custom pillow for her and she was a doll to work with!

Check out the feature HERE!

It was all apart of this really cute gift she put together for a friend!

I love seeing how people use my pillows. Its so touching!

ALSO.... I know how most bloggers are doing a 2011 recap but allot of wonderful things happened to me in 2011. It would be hard to pick only a couple, or else you guys would be getting the worldest largets blog post- NOT FUN
But I will think about it... if I find time to think... I don't really have time for thinking anymore...

New Lovable Fabric

So I went to the fabric store last week and left with some great new fabrics. 

I am trying to get my shop full for the Holidays. 

Yes and I am actually behind most sellers! I should be preparing for the Holidays in August!! Jeezzz!

{BTW the Craft Fair was so fun!}

So take a look at what's to come at Feathers On 1st

{IPhone photos, which aren't too shabby}

And I do see that a lot of my choices are bright but hey, I live in California, we don't really have a winter. 

Felling Crafty???

Feathers On 1st will be at a Craft Fair in Long Beach 

this Saturday 9-4 

at

Faith Presbyterian Church
500 San Antonio Ave 

Long Beach, CA

The event is a fundraiser for the churches missions fund. They go all over and its a cool opportunity to get some holiday shopping done while knowing you are giving back.

Its all being put on by this girly Heather Kent

She has some really original jewelry designs. 

I am thinking about this one... 

There will be all different artist

Here are some of the items that caught my eye when I was browsing through shops

i Sewpose

Dani Vinokurov

Merry Blues Art

Vintage finds from Paper Jar

Because you must have a chunky neck scarf for fall from Classy Broad

ADORABLE children's headbands Sadie Birds Boutique

So needless to say there are some great items and I am just a tad stressed about getting all my stuff ready.

You don't even want to see my house right now.... just imagine a fabric store being in your living room... 

the Hubbers only has one spot to sit on the couch.. 

But hey, that one spot it better than no spot!

Mini Vaca Birthday Weekend.. Birthday Month

So I went to Catalina Island last weekend to celebrate by Birthday

Here are some of my favorite snap shots of the trip

In Catalina wild deer and kittens cats are family

The botanical gardens and hike to Wrigley Monument

Wrigley Monument

The Hubbers

Homemade breakfast crepe

Ahhhhhh this makes my hungry

Vanna and I at dinner

Beautiful view at dinner

I have an old photo of my grandma and grandpa standing on the pier just like this{now I just need to find the picture...}

Some great gifts!

Yum yum candle from Anthrogolie

Curling wand that I have wanted for EVER