I'm back! Cookies anyone?

Okay, so it has a been a while...a LONG while since I last blogged. It has been a fun, busy, short summer, so that's one of my excuses. My other excuse is that, if I'm being honest with myself, I'm not sure many people (outside of my lovely family) REALLY read it anyway. I'm going to dig back in, though, because I do think blogging is fun and I have tons to share about my summer happenings and projects. My pics today are of my most recent project. Iced sugar cookies. Can I say that they are an absolute BLAST to make. LOVE THEM!

Molly Claire has Teeth!

Molly has teeth! For about two weeks Molly was a BEAR. Nothing seemed to make her happy. Keep in mind that this is the easy going baby who RARELY cries. I was beginning to get nervous thinking that she "found her voice" and that it wasn't a very sweet one. THEN, two teeth popped up...and we got our sweet, easy going baby back. Life is good!

Photo Pendants

I posted a while back about the glass pendants that I started making just before Christmas. I mentioned in that post that I planned to put photos behind the glass and that I would give an update when I did. Well, I have been making the photo pendants for a while now and have literally been blown away by the response that I've gotten with them. I think I've easily made 30 pendants in the last three weeks...easily. And these were all local, word-of-mouth, orders that I've just gotten via e-mail. Anyway, I LOVE making them...I love seeing all the sweet little faces that I get to put behind glass. If anyone's interested, they're just $10 in my Etsy store.

Know a floozie???

You know a floozie who needs a koozie? If so, I'm your girl! :) Floozie koozies are the latest addition to Busy B's Bowtique. I can do ribbon, crystals, marabou...you name it! Oh, and I also do man koozies, too (we'll have to come up with a name for them!)--plain koozie, plain letters--still nice, but nothing compared to the floozie koozie!

To breastfeed or not to breastfeed, that is the question...

To breastfeed or not to breastfeed? Being that I have SIX friends/family members that are currently pregnant, this is a subject that has come up a lot lately. Some plan to try to nurse, and some don't. So, what's the answer? If you ask ME, I will ALWAYS say, and I BELIEVE, that it is the mother's choice. Period. Now, that being said, I also believe that it is important that whichever choice you make, it is important to be respectful to the opposite opinion.

Sooo, if it were that simple, it wouldn't be blog worthy, right? Unfortunately for both sides of the argument, it never does seem to be that simple. Even as a mother who has nursed two babies, I am careful to simply state what I said above...that "it is YOUR choice and you, as a mother, need to do what you feel most comfortable with". And, again, I say that not because it's what the person wants to hear, but because I BELIEVE it. I am always careful to leave the conversation at that because I know that every mother, as least the mothers that I'm usually having the conversations with, know "the facts". They've read the pros and cons and they are making their choice according to those facts and their personal comfort level. Which is what they SHOULD do, so...conversation over on my end. :)

Those who choose to breastfeed do so because they know it is recommended for their baby, they enjoy that form of bonding, and it gives some relief to the family finances. Those who don't breastfeed often don't because they have trouble with their babies nursing correctly from the beginning, they are uncomfortable with the physical idea of it, or it doesn't work well with their schedules.

So, in conclusion, do what's best for your baby and yourself. Just be careful, when discussing the subject, to remember to be respectful to the person who chooses differently than yourself. The non-nusing mother doesn't want to hear about how the Amercian Academy of Pediatrics strongly recommends it, and, on the flip-side, the nursing mother doesn't want to hear about how gross the non-nursing mother thinks it is. Bottom line, those comments are equally hurtful.

Happy, healthy pregnancies to all!

A Girl on the Go!

Well, it's official. My Molly Claire is mobile! Now, she's not mobile in the traditional, all fours crawling style, but she gets around just the same. See what I mean by watching this video. She WANTED that stroller! She is a funny, funny girl!

My Little Soccer Princess!

Look at my girl go! This is her first time to play soccer and she LOVES it! I was so proud watching her hustle...oh, and let me add, that she giggled and squealed EVERY time she had the ball or was close to the ball. It was so funny!