Toothbrushes, toothpaste, and messes, oh my!

     I got sick and tired of finding toothbrushes all over the bathroom.. yuck.. and someone always leaves the cap off the toothpaste. I decided enough was enough, it was time to try something new.

The Skinny on my Skinny

     I'm often asked how I manage to stay skinny all the time. Let me tell you, skinny does not always equal healthy. I may have always been skinny, but I wasn't always the healthiest. I ate everything and anything. I didn't watch my diet. Some days I ate all day long. Some days I would forget to eat at all. Some days I ate nothing but candy or cake.

Wardrobe Malfunction

No nip slips here, I just realized that a few of my dresses are not breastfeeding friendly!!

Our home birth story

Many people have been asking to read about our first home birth experience

(after having 6 in the hospital)

so here it is.... 

the birth of our Alexa

(no gory details, I promise)

Our baby has arrived!

Introducing our newest chickadee

Alexa!

Born in the comfort of our home.

What's in a name?

     Trying to name this baby is next to impossible!! I have a list of possibilities, but Mr. Chickadee only likes the first name from the girls list. He's convinced it's a girl ❤

Peace

     When I was expecting our 6th child, I was anxious and scared and my mind was buzzing, "OMG we are going to have 6 kids!!! How am I going to do this??!" Not with this baby though. I have such peace about it and I am really looking forward to enjoying our 7 children. I must say though, God had been preparing me and opened my heart to receive this baby.

Oh Baby!!

We have been blessed once more!!

Baby Boy Chickadee

Baby Timothy Sergei, born September 27th, 2014
 

Our family is growing...

Upcycle | Sweater to Newborn Pants

There are so many different ways of turning a sweater (or shirt) into a pair of pants..

I thought I'd just show you one of my ways.

Upcycle | Baby Legs

Keeping my little chickadees in pants is a feat in it's own.
So I thought some leg warmers would solve this problem.

Baby Girl Chickadee

Baby Avigail Yelena, born February 27th, 2012

Who's it going to be?

     Today we found out the gender of our baby chickadee.. About two weeks ago the boys had come home from Sunday school and told me how they prayed for this baby to be a sister...

A Fathers Day surpise...

     For fathers day this year, Mr. Chickadee got a really neat wallet that I made.. He loves it and shows it off every chance he gets and brags how his wife made it specially for him ♥♥♥

However, that is not all that he got! I had another surprise waiting for him...

Diaper Cake for Vicky

A few weeks ago I made a cute
diaper cake for my sister-in-law.
Not following any directions or tutorials,
I looked at a few photos
and just started making it.
At the time I didn't even think to keep track of how.
Trust me though, there are plenty of other people who have,
all you have to do is search.