Easter

I'm really late in posting these pictures. Scotty had a lot of fun with Easter festivities. Lucky boy got to go on 4 Easter egg hunts over a couple of weeks time. The first was the Primary Easter egg hunt they held the last Saturday in March. He got to wear "bunny ears" and thought it was so cool.

Here is Scotty patiently awaiting the hunt.

The whole group of the younger kids waiting.

They enjoyed a snack of cupcakes and milk after they had fought for eggs.

The second Easter egg hunt was at the mom's group party the first week of April. There was some cool stuff hiding out there. There were toys, bubbles, pencils, packs of stickers, plastic eggs filled with candy, and just random wrapped candies here and there. The kids would run by all of the cool bubbles, pencils, stickers......anything NOT in a plastic egg. They just wanted to grab those eggs. We had to keep telling them to grab the other stuff. It was pretty funny.

Here is Scotty at the beginning of the hunt.

Here he is with his bucket after he was finished.

Easter weekend we went to Gilbert for an interview that Derrick had. We also got to visit with family. Scotty had a fun time with cousins at the park Friday afternoon. Derrick and I went to dinner with Jamie, Brianne and Saleem and had a good time visiting with them. Grandma made it possible for Scotty to participate in her ward/neighborhood Easter Egg hunt that Saturday. It was raining that morning so we had Cierra and Kerry (Derrick's little sis and bro) come and tell us when they were about to do the egg hunt. Then we hurried over, Scotty hunted eggs, and then we hurried back to the house. I didn't take any pictures of any of these events even though my camera was in my purse the whole time. Scotty was also spoiled by his grandma with an Easter bag with toys, a movie and candy in it.

We drove home on Saturday evening and spent Easter at home. Scotty got to go on another Easter egg hunt at home by himself on Sunday evening. And again, no pictures. But, the spoiled little boy was happy with all of the fun he had.

The most terrible baby name EVER!!

We haven't decided on a name for our little baby boy yet (we still have awhile) and I picked up a baby name book at the library a couple of weeks ago. I was looking at it over the weekend and found the worst baby name in the world!

The winner is:

Harshit: 'Joyful', 'happy'

I don't know how anyone could be joyful or happy with a name like that. Needless to say that this one didn't make our list. So, it's pretty open for anyone out there who wants to use it!

Do it.

I dare you.

Modest Swimwear

Last year I posted here about some places to get modest swim suits. I had thought that some of the suits at LiME RiCKi were cute BUT...............this year, they are AMAZING!! I love the styles and colors and everything. And I'm coveting the zebra tankini and the white slit skirt cover-up. Okay, actually I'm loving a lot of the styles.

Enjoy!

Some of the back views

Skirt cover-ups




So, now that you're all in love with these suits as well, head over to Thirty Handmade Days and enter the giveaway for one of these great suits. Oh, and when you enter, let them know that you read my post and that I sent you. I know I'm pregnant and will be WAY too huge for these suits this summer but, I'd love to have something to work into for next summer. Then I'll have plenty of time and tons of motivation to have a killer bod by summer 2010!

Go now.....do it.

I will definitely be stealing these creative ideas!!

I've seen so many cute ideas for home decorating and baby stuff lately. But some of my favorites are:

1. This wonderful wall hanging from Brassy Apple. I would love to do something like this to hang on the wall behind my bed. It is lined with fabric in the back. You can change out the wreath or hang anything you want from it.

2. Another idea by Brassy Apple is this great picture frame. She put fabric that she likes that compliments her room in some of the photo spaces. I love how it looks with the black and white photos and then the pop of color and patterns in the fabric.

3. I've been looking at a lot of blogs/sites with baby stuff to get ideas for my own little baby. I haven't made anything yet because I haven't found out the sex of the baby yet.

But.......tomorrow is the big day!!!!

I'm so excited to find out so I can start sewing and creating fun things for my baby.

Lately I have been seeing a lot of blogs/sites with these adorable decorated wipes containers. Here is one I found quite adorable. I love the choice of colors (won't work so well if we're having a boy, but LOVE the colors anyway!) AND.......there is a tutorial on how to make one for yourself. Check it out at Make it and Love it.

4. Another from Make it and Love it.

There is also a tutorial on how to make one of these. I love this concept. You take a large frame and take the inserts out. Cover them with fabric and put them back in. Then you write on the glass with dry erase markers and you have yourself a custom dry erase board that matches your home.

After months and months of potty training, we STILL haven't learned yet. BUT, Scotty did finally go poo poo in the potty for the first time last evening. He still says that it is scary but at least he did it. He finally got the Wall-E movie that we've had sitting on the "big boy" shelf since November. And he got to choose a toy from the prize box! He has watched Wall-E about 5 times since last night. So, after he went poo poo in the potty and then ate dinner, I bathed him and put his jammies on. He was playing in his room and Derrick went in to play with him. Derrick's nose soon learned that Scotty went poop in his pull up. So, much for all the excitement from earlier, huh? Is my little guy EVER going to make it into "big boy undies?" He wants cool undies so bad................but not bad enough to actually go in the potty. Aaaarrrrggghhhhhh!

The BIG update!!!

I'M PREGNANT!!!!

Yes, as some may have guessed from all the complaining I did in my previous posts about not feeling up to much the past few months. I am now feeling a lot better with the exception of daily acid indigestion that doesn't respond well to Tums, Rolaids, Pepcid, and others. Oh, and I STILL don't like getting out of bed before 8:00 in the morning!! I am currently at 15 weeks and the due date is August 1st. We are excited to find out if this baby is a boy or a girl. We have a little while to wait before we find out though. Derrick is, of course, all ready calling it a boy because "Palmers don't have girls!" I had an ultrasound on Friday and got to see it moving around. It's always reassuring to see all the movement and to hear the heartbeat.