Letters...

I posted awhile back about the letter for Aliya's room. I decided I didn't like them so now I'm re-doing them. They were a mauve color with green polka dots & green ribbon on them. They matched her color scheme perfect in her nursery but for some reason I just hated looking at them. lol. So I'm doing the project again. My BFF Ellen did her son's letters a super easy way so I'm going to copy her. You just trace the letter onto the back of paper (any color or print you want), then cut them out and glue it to the front on the letter. So easy! I'm doing a black & white damask print paper which will go with her bumper fabric & valance perfectly. I think they'll look awesome but I'm worried I have to much black & white in her room & I'm trying to figure out a way to add some more color. I'm not completely done with them. Obviously tha last A is missing but you get the point. :) I might add some ribbon or rhinestones on them too but I haven't decided yet.

By the way... Ellen is pregnant with baby # 2!!! She's been trying for awhile & it finally happened. I'm so excited for her & her family & I'm hoping it's a girl. :)

Time flys by...

Yesterday we took Aliya to her 4 month appointment. She had to get some immunizations & check her height & weight. She weighs 18.2lbs & 26 1/4 inches long! Of course she's in the 100th percentile for both. haha she's a big girl girl but very healthy! Aliya rolled over from her tummy to back a couple weeks ago & she's been working on holding her own bottle. Can't wait for her to master that. She's growing so fast & I can't believe I was pregnant 4 months ago. When I had her, I had this overwhelming feeling & all I could think about was that she was finanlly here! 39 weeks of being pregnant went by so slow & now time is flying by. Now she's eating baby food once a day, rolling over, playing & grasping her toys, laughing & smiling constantly. It's just amazing. Being a Mom is life's greatest gift! Now we just got to work on growing some hair. I think she's slowly working on it. Here's a couple new pictures of her. Hope everyone had a fantastic Valentine's day!

Where does the time go?

I'm horrible at this blogging thing. I started this to keep my friends and family updated and now I can't seem to find any time to blog. Aliya fills my day up and then when I have some free time it's usually spent cleaning. It seems my house never stays clean. The holidays went good. I'm glad they're over. It's such a hectic time of the year. Josh and I both have big families so we were running all over the place the last two weeks of December. I think we had 7 different Christmas dinners! It was really hard on Aliya too so I don't know how the holidays will go this year. I'd rather just stay home. Aliya is growing and changing so much. She had her first laugh and rolled over yesterday! She's so much fun now and I know it's just going to get better. She started teething though. So far she's still sleeping really good. Aliya has an awesome schedule so I'm trying to keep her on it.

Some more new news... Josh proposed on Christmas! Finally we're engaged. It's so exciting and I've been busy planning our wedding. To save money, I'm making almost everything so it will keep me busy. I've also found time to work on my scrapbooking! I love scrapbooking so I try to set aside at least an hour a day just for me and my scrapbook. I feel so much better when I actually accomplish something!

Well I'm going to try to update this at least every other week but we'll see how that goes. I'm going to add some pictures in the next couple of days also so keep checking back!