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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
My Big Girl
Well today we celebrated my oldest daughter's third birthday. Its not technically till the 20th but I wanted her grandparents to be able to participate and for her father to participate, he works swinging shifts so its hard to get those two times to intersect lol.
She got lots of fun gifts, I got her a ton of stuff, a scooter, a bunch of toys, a bunch of craft stuff, some new clothes and some new accesories for around 80 bucks over the last 3 or 4 months, I try to spread the shopping out lol, of course when I do that I usually end up with a lot of stuff for them. LOL.
We had cupcakes, and gifts, sliding and fun... all in all it was a good day.
She got lots of fun gifts, I got her a ton of stuff, a scooter, a bunch of toys, a bunch of craft stuff, some new clothes and some new accesories for around 80 bucks over the last 3 or 4 months, I try to spread the shopping out lol, of course when I do that I usually end up with a lot of stuff for them. LOL.
We had cupcakes, and gifts, sliding and fun... all in all it was a good day.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
My Oldest Squishling
My oldest squishling who is nearing 3 went peepee in her potty twice tonight. She kinda got what she was supposed to do after she peed in her highchair and I told her that was what the potty was for, you could kinda see a lightbulb come on. Yay for her I'm so proud of my little girl. Its hard to believe that this is happening it seem like just yesterday that she was a colicky little bean lol.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Woops!!
Okay so I haven't been writing. The squishlings have been keeping me soooo busy. We're in the middle of fighting with our management company, and we're also trying to find a job and housing in Yuma, AZ our new home of choice hopefully. We'll be moving within ooooh the next 3 months I'm terrified, I've never lived anywhere outside of the Northwest...ya know, trees, rain, clouds, coffee etc....this is terrifying to me.
Isabelle my oldest is growing like crazy, she's no longer a toddler she's a little girl. She's obsessed with Care Bears...when you try to leave a room without one...she cries out "BEAR BEAAAAAR" so then we have to go grab a few lol. Her new favorite phrase is NO WAY its soooo cute, it makes her saying no almost cute... lets just say it isn't annoying me as much as it was.
Abigail. Ah my smiley little Abby. Or Bee as Isabelle calls her. Bee is always happy, always smiling. Always running around saying Hurrah. Our main problem right now is the girl doesn't want to eat solid food.
Sarabeth is enormous, she is as big at 7 months as Isabelle was at 18 months. Sometimes I catch myself expecting more of her than I should just because I'm really not used to this big of a child not walking and talking. She's a sweetheart though. She loves to cuddle, she loves to get belly pokes and whisker kisses from daddy.
Chris and I are doing okay. We have weathered a bit of a marriage crisis. I'm not trying to sound like a witch but it truly was his doing. I think we're mostly past it and I'm just working on trusting his butt again lol.
Isabelle my oldest is growing like crazy, she's no longer a toddler she's a little girl. She's obsessed with Care Bears...when you try to leave a room without one...she cries out "BEAR BEAAAAAR" so then we have to go grab a few lol. Her new favorite phrase is NO WAY its soooo cute, it makes her saying no almost cute... lets just say it isn't annoying me as much as it was.
Abigail. Ah my smiley little Abby. Or Bee as Isabelle calls her. Bee is always happy, always smiling. Always running around saying Hurrah. Our main problem right now is the girl doesn't want to eat solid food.
Sarabeth is enormous, she is as big at 7 months as Isabelle was at 18 months. Sometimes I catch myself expecting more of her than I should just because I'm really not used to this big of a child not walking and talking. She's a sweetheart though. She loves to cuddle, she loves to get belly pokes and whisker kisses from daddy.
Chris and I are doing okay. We have weathered a bit of a marriage crisis. I'm not trying to sound like a witch but it truly was his doing. I think we're mostly past it and I'm just working on trusting his butt again lol.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Descriptions for My Shop
Squishling’s Specialties
Hi welcome to Squishling’s Specialties, where you will find cute and fun toys for your baby and toddler. My designs are all inspired by my little girls who I call my squishlings. When I had my second girl I went crazy trying to find toys that were safe and fun for them to play with together. Wooden blocks wouldn’t do, as they are hard sharp projectiles in the hands of an 18 month old. Plastic stackers are fun but when a kid just wants to stack they don’t necessarily figure out that the big one goes on the bottom now do they? They take that small ring and throw it across the room (or at baby sister lol). I then decided to make toys for them that aren’t dangerous in little hands, that are bright, that are one of a kind. I made a few and let them play. Then my second lil girl came up to her first birthday and I decided to make most of her birthday gifts. I don’t know about you but I don’t like running to my children’s toy box every time there is a recall hoping that they hadn’t chewed lead off of one of their toys. So I got to work and made a set of blocks for her. I made them out of all different fabrics, I put letters and appliqués on them. I put bells in some, rattles in others and left some plain. Not only did she love them but so did my 2 year old. I enjoyed making them and want to pass all the fun toys I’ve made for my little squishlings on to you.
Squishling’s Soft Block Set
This set of soft blocks is great for stacking, for linking, for building up and falling onto, for tossing around, for touching, feeling and exploring. Some rattle, some ring, some crinkle and some are quiet. You can link them together and pretend they are a train, you can hook them onto the baby carrier or stroller. Your toddler can count with them. They can be personalized with your little ones initials or embellished with sweet little sayings or pictures. Let me know if there is something special you want and we will work together to make the perfect set.
Squishling’s Soft Block
This is a single block. But it can be so much fun. It can be a pillow for dolly, a house for a little animal. It can teach colors or shapes or textures like soft and rough. It can make noise or be a quite toy for church or the doctor’s office. These blocks are great for on the go toys. They have little tags that can be hooked to a link, which can then be linked to your carrier, stroller, diaper bag or even on your purse. Let me know if there is something special you want and we can work together to make the perfect block for your little one.
Squishling’s Shapes
Squishling’s Stacker
Squishling’s Pals
Squishling’s Posh Posies
Squishling’s Soft Books
Hi welcome to Squishling’s Specialties, where you will find cute and fun toys for your baby and toddler. My designs are all inspired by my little girls who I call my squishlings. When I had my second girl I went crazy trying to find toys that were safe and fun for them to play with together. Wooden blocks wouldn’t do, as they are hard sharp projectiles in the hands of an 18 month old. Plastic stackers are fun but when a kid just wants to stack they don’t necessarily figure out that the big one goes on the bottom now do they? They take that small ring and throw it across the room (or at baby sister lol). I then decided to make toys for them that aren’t dangerous in little hands, that are bright, that are one of a kind. I made a few and let them play. Then my second lil girl came up to her first birthday and I decided to make most of her birthday gifts. I don’t know about you but I don’t like running to my children’s toy box every time there is a recall hoping that they hadn’t chewed lead off of one of their toys. So I got to work and made a set of blocks for her. I made them out of all different fabrics, I put letters and appliqués on them. I put bells in some, rattles in others and left some plain. Not only did she love them but so did my 2 year old. I enjoyed making them and want to pass all the fun toys I’ve made for my little squishlings on to you.
Squishling’s Soft Block Set
This set of soft blocks is great for stacking, for linking, for building up and falling onto, for tossing around, for touching, feeling and exploring. Some rattle, some ring, some crinkle and some are quiet. You can link them together and pretend they are a train, you can hook them onto the baby carrier or stroller. Your toddler can count with them. They can be personalized with your little ones initials or embellished with sweet little sayings or pictures. Let me know if there is something special you want and we will work together to make the perfect set.
Squishling’s Soft Block
This is a single block. But it can be so much fun. It can be a pillow for dolly, a house for a little animal. It can teach colors or shapes or textures like soft and rough. It can make noise or be a quite toy for church or the doctor’s office. These blocks are great for on the go toys. They have little tags that can be hooked to a link, which can then be linked to your carrier, stroller, diaper bag or even on your purse. Let me know if there is something special you want and we can work together to make the perfect block for your little one.
Squishling’s Shapes
Squishling’s Stacker
Squishling’s Pals
Squishling’s Posh Posies
Squishling’s Soft Books
What a Day
Well I'm sitting here rocking my littlest squishling, wishing I were asleep lol.
I have my sewing area set up, I got my sewing machine OMG its so pretty a Bernina in mint condition. I've got a bunch of blocks marked out and ready to stitch. A ton of fabric to cut and mark...I'm so excited to get these things rolling. I just need to practice a bit with my new machine when the pedal gets here yay. Then I will start posting pictures of my projects and putting them up in Etsy. I'm really hoping this works. How great to do something I love to support the family I love.
Here is a quote I saw on my birth board on BBS and loved
"Cleaning your house before your kids stop growing, is like shoveling your walk before it stops snowing!"
I have my sewing area set up, I got my sewing machine OMG its so pretty a Bernina in mint condition. I've got a bunch of blocks marked out and ready to stitch. A ton of fabric to cut and mark...I'm so excited to get these things rolling. I just need to practice a bit with my new machine when the pedal gets here yay. Then I will start posting pictures of my projects and putting them up in Etsy. I'm really hoping this works. How great to do something I love to support the family I love.
Here is a quote I saw on my birth board on BBS and loved
"Cleaning your house before your kids stop growing, is like shoveling your walk before it stops snowing!"
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Not A Productive Day
Well...got next to nothing done today. The girls were feeling needy, Isabelle has a cold and is getting her two year molars, Abby is teething and Sarabeth.....well she's 2 month old they're pretty much designed for neediness arent they?
The goal for tomorrow is to get all the solid colored fabrics cut and to start putting together blocks to be sewn.....
Here are my squishlings
The goal for tomorrow is to get all the solid colored fabrics cut and to start putting together blocks to be sewn.....
Here are my squishlings
Friday, February 22, 2008
Cutting..cutting...cutting...and you guessed it more cutting
Well I spent the day with my rotary cutter...I still have a ton more to cut. I'm waiting for my machine, a wonderful friend is giving me a Bernia I think thats what it's called. I cannot wait to begin putting these things together. I've come up with several different products. They include Squishlings Building Block Set, Squishling's Baby Banner, Squishling's Stacking Shapes, Squishling's Posh Posies (which are soft squishy flowers with a stuffed center that will have a cotton ball with some essential oil in lavender or maybe other scents sewn into it) I think eventually I'll also have balls but I need to perfect my pattern for those. The blocks are going to have several different themed sets. Sensory blocks, color blocks..etc. They will also have loops on them so they can link together for make believe play and for counting etc.
Chris is back at work tomorrow so I'll use some of that time to set up my crafting area into a lovely work area. We of course are 5 people in a tiny apartment so my "studio" will be squished between the back of our couch and our kitchen lol. I have a sweet little tea cart that my grandmother left me when she passed and a couple of little bookshelves which will be perfect for organizing. The only thing I'm going to eventually need is a more comfortable chair. I'll be swinging by Michael's to pick up some more of the beautiful photo boxes that they have, they are perfect for organizing all of my supplies. My final order of business is to rig it so none of my little squishlings wander into my little area.
While I was spending time rocking the baby I surfed around the I can Haz Cheezburger site OMG those kittens are so funny. I also spent time on BBC and with my wonderful internet sisters on the TK site. These are the most amazing women, we met on Baby Center on the Feb 2007 board, went through some drama together. Left and went to our own bulletin board, went through some drama, trolls, spies there and ended up where we are now, a tightly knit group of women who seemingly have nothing in common but mommy hood. Its a beautiful thing, we disagree on a number of things but manage quite well not to let it affect our friendship. When I had my third baby in less than three years and was feeling unloved and cut off from the world they basically threw me an online baby shower. We now have 2 more expectant mommies in our group and I look forward to doing the same for them. I seriously love these ladies like teachers. We live such different lives but are so close.
Chris is back at work tomorrow so I'll use some of that time to set up my crafting area into a lovely work area. We of course are 5 people in a tiny apartment so my "studio" will be squished between the back of our couch and our kitchen lol. I have a sweet little tea cart that my grandmother left me when she passed and a couple of little bookshelves which will be perfect for organizing. The only thing I'm going to eventually need is a more comfortable chair. I'll be swinging by Michael's to pick up some more of the beautiful photo boxes that they have, they are perfect for organizing all of my supplies. My final order of business is to rig it so none of my little squishlings wander into my little area.
While I was spending time rocking the baby I surfed around the I can Haz Cheezburger site OMG those kittens are so funny. I also spent time on BBC and with my wonderful internet sisters on the TK site. These are the most amazing women, we met on Baby Center on the Feb 2007 board, went through some drama together. Left and went to our own bulletin board, went through some drama, trolls, spies there and ended up where we are now, a tightly knit group of women who seemingly have nothing in common but mommy hood. Its a beautiful thing, we disagree on a number of things but manage quite well not to let it affect our friendship. When I had my third baby in less than three years and was feeling unloved and cut off from the world they basically threw me an online baby shower. We now have 2 more expectant mommies in our group and I look forward to doing the same for them. I seriously love these ladies like teachers. We live such different lives but are so close.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Busy Busy Busy
Before we get started let me properly introduce myself. I am Amber, I am married to Chris the love of my life. I have three darling girls who are as of this moment 2, 1 and 2 months. Yes I'm busy, yes I have my hands full and no we didnt wait the full 6 weeks lol. Those are the top three questions asked of me when people find out our children's ages. Isabelle my 2 year old is a hand full, she's turning into one of those leggy little girls with an attitude, I tell my mom that she's my 2 year old teenager since she seems to be going through adolesence early lol. My 1 year old is Abigail or Abby, she's my little cuddle munchkin and looks just like me and my side of the family, blonde hair, blue eyes and fair skin which makes her stand out from her sisters who got most of their genes from their daddy who is Mexican/PR. My last little one is Sarabeth, she's still little and a bit of a squishlump. She's started smiling and cooing a lot more now so everyone is much more interested in her.
Currently I'm working on the inventory and copy for my shop Squishling's Specialties. Squishling is a little word I made up to describe my babies when they were small, I called them squish, squishling and many other words combined with it. I started making toys for them when I realized that A) many baby toys are hard and potential missiles and B) I am sick of worrying that my child has ingested a large amount of lead.
Well the next two days are Chris's (my husband) days off. Its next to impossible to get anything useful done. Great news though he is letting me get a Gutterman thread collection for our anniversary gift. Not exactly the bottle of champagne he was envisioning but its what I really want. We are going to be setting up my crafting area today which is great I won't be shuffled all over the place any more, my crafting supplies won't be in little bins all over the house. They will be in little bins on a little bookshelf, and my fabric can finally come out of laundry baskets YAY.
A lovely friend of mine is giving me a new machine that I can hopefully form a better working relationship with. My fingers are crossed. My little Singer seems to hate me, and honestly I hate it too lol.
My girls are all doing great, they are growing like weeds and keeping me busy today I spent my day chasing them around convincing them that diapers should stay ON our booties or else the bootie cooties will bite them, they thought this was quite hillarious.....
I'm waiting on my fabric charms to come from the quilting site I ordered them from, it's the first tiem I'm getting to order designer fabrics so I'm unreasonably excited about them.
Currently I'm working on the inventory and copy for my shop Squishling's Specialties. Squishling is a little word I made up to describe my babies when they were small, I called them squish, squishling and many other words combined with it. I started making toys for them when I realized that A) many baby toys are hard and potential missiles and B) I am sick of worrying that my child has ingested a large amount of lead.
Well the next two days are Chris's (my husband) days off. Its next to impossible to get anything useful done. Great news though he is letting me get a Gutterman thread collection for our anniversary gift. Not exactly the bottle of champagne he was envisioning but its what I really want. We are going to be setting up my crafting area today which is great I won't be shuffled all over the place any more, my crafting supplies won't be in little bins all over the house. They will be in little bins on a little bookshelf, and my fabric can finally come out of laundry baskets YAY.
A lovely friend of mine is giving me a new machine that I can hopefully form a better working relationship with. My fingers are crossed. My little Singer seems to hate me, and honestly I hate it too lol.
My girls are all doing great, they are growing like weeds and keeping me busy today I spent my day chasing them around convincing them that diapers should stay ON our booties or else the bootie cooties will bite them, they thought this was quite hillarious.....
I'm waiting on my fabric charms to come from the quilting site I ordered them from, it's the first tiem I'm getting to order designer fabrics so I'm unreasonably excited about them.
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