Trip to the Fair

*This post is mostly for Matt, as he is out of town and wanted some pictures from our adventure*

Its fair time in NM. Some friends of ours invited Cami and I to tag along to the fair with them this weekend. I think they felt bad because I am husbandless this weekend (lol), regardless of the reason we joined them and had a great time!

We started out by taking in a dog show. Cami even got to 'participate' in the show by throwing a Frisbee to the dogs. I am proud to saw not only did she get it over the fence, but airborne as well. Our little athlete!

We also saw a lion exhibit. We didn't stay there long, despite my daughters affection for the creatures. There was one lioness who took particular interest in my daughter and I had no intention on allowing her to be lunch.

Cami and Mommy hanging out at the fair! We had a great time, but we sure missed Daddy!

After catching a couple of 'shows' we headed to see the animals. It was the big draw for our toddlers.
Here are Cami and Piper at the 4-H exhibit with a baby donkey.

Checking out the sheep.

We were able to walk through this area called McDonald's Farm, it was designed for kiddos to 'experience' snippets of farm life. Picking fruits and veggies (fake ones), sitting on a big tractor (which we skipped as Cami wasn't impressed if she couldn't hear it and drive it, like she gets to at Papa's), collecting eggs and milking a cow.
Here is Cami getting ready to milk the cow. A pretend one of course.
Giddy-Up horsey
Looking like a cute cowgirl!

Next up was the petting zoo. She was able to feed the animals as well as pet them. If you ask her, she got to feed goats and sheep. It was fun getting up close with the animals. Cami wasn't very happy that she had to feed the cow with a spoon. She looked at me and said ' I feed cows with my hand at my Papa's house'.
Petting the goats

After the petting zoo, we ate some delicious fair food and walked around a bit more. We then got caught in torrential downpour on the way to the car. I'm talking soaked through all my clothes kinda rain.

Overall all a great day. Needless to say we are a couple of tired girls! Thanks to the Hauquitz Family and the Altman Family for a great day!

What I've been up to lately

I have been very into crafting, organizing and sewing lately. I am going to try and deflect some of the blame and call it early nesting. In reality, most of the blame falls onto the new addiction that I have called Pinterest. Because of this new addiction I somehow convinced my wonderful husband that I needed a sewing machine!

Look what I found all wrapped up when I got home from Florida a couple of weeks ago!!!

My brand new sewing Machine. Which I love and is incredibly easier to use....much easier than the old one of my grandmothers (that broke several months ago) and to Matt's delight, Much lighter.

My first project was to make spare toilet paper roll holders for the downstairs bath and the guest/Cami's bathroom. As most of you know our house is on the smallish side for our ever expanding family, so I am doing everything I can to optimize space before the new baby comes.
I trimmed a towel with matching fabric. Not perfect by any means, but pretty good for a beginner.
Spare toilet paper holder. Friends and family do not be surprised if you see these in your Christmas gift....LOL
For Cami's / Guest bathroom upstairs.

Next project is a wreath. As most of you know Matt is a diehard K-State fan. He played golf there, and will pretty much cheer for any sport team from there. I think he has even brainwashed me into thinking I went there.

Anyhow, since we live in NM and can rarely if ever find K-State items I either have to make my own, wait until we go back to KS or send my mother in law in search of items (a task she is very willing to help with). I found this idea on pinterest, the original was an Alabama wreath....I feel my K-State adaptation turned out pretty well. Matt was pleased!

Go Wildcats!

Like I said before, Organization has been on the top of my priority list. For those of you who have little girls, probably have/had the same problem I did trying to figure out how to tame and organize the endless supply of headbands. Well folks, I found the solution...
I still need to finish the lid, but you can get the major drift. A oat box with some modge podged scrapbook paper and taa-daa an instant headband holder.

Next came Cami's closet. With a new baby on the way, and the inevitability of our kids sharing a room, I thought now was the time to re-organize and purge unneeded items. I spent the better part of a day getting rid of stuff and cleaning out drawers. The finishing touch making and adding closet size organizers.
With cardstock, scrapbook paper and modepodge I already had at the house....this project cost me literally ...zero extra dollars! They are definitely not perfect, but they are doing the job nicely!

Well as for my busy two (almost and a half) year old. There are even benefits for her because of my pinerest addiction... a never ending supply of art project ideas. She loves doing art projects! We spend a good portion of the day using side walk chalk, coloring and doing art projects. She even just loves to play with my craft items, going through the jewels, ribbons and brads is so fun!

So here are a couple of her latest projects....
A tree.
and an Owl.

Florida Trip

September already.

I noticed as I was posting this blog that my blog history for the last couple of months has been a little shabby. There is a perfectly good explanation, Matt and I are expecting again! We will be welcoming a baby sometime around the middle of March. We could not be more thrilled! With that said, I have been feeling lousy the past couple of months and haven't done anything extra...at all. Luckily we are entering our second trimester and things are starting to improve! So hopefully blogging will become less sporadic.

Now for our trip to Florida!

Many of you know, my parents have decided to make FL their full time home. It is nice for us to have a great and fun place to visit, even though it is far away.

We left Sunday afternoon (after a small drama of Cami getting an ear infection and getting no sleep the night before. Locating an urgent care that is actually open on Sunday morning...phew). Luckily the flight wasn't full and Cami and I had an entire row to ourselves. We even arrived about 45 minutes early. Nana met us at the airport and we headed for Port Orange.

The next day we awoke bright and early and headed back to Orlando to go to Sea World. My half-sister Crista (who is also currently residing in FL) went with us and we met my Uncle Dan and his wife Kelly there. We had a blast!

Right at the gate was Shamu! the line was short so we decided to take the opportunity to meet and have our picture made!
Next up was the Dolphin area. They were in the huge pool and we were able to get very close. Great first stop at Sea World!
More dolphin watching.

Next up, the Shamu Show! It was great. We even got splashed by one of the whales after the show! IT definitely left an impression on Cam and hopefully a slew of great memories!
There she is anxious for it to start!

Whales!

After the Shamu show we went to lunch at this underwater shark cafe. It was literally like eating inside a giant aquarium! Very Fun!
Next was penguins
At the Pirate / Seal / Walrus show .....we were pretty tired by this point in the afternoon.

Overall we had a great time at Sea World. It wasn't terribly hot, lots of walking and way more than we could see on a single day! Did I mention that Cam decided that she no longer wants to wear diapers...even at sea world, not a single accident! Way to go big girl!

Tuesday, we were all still pretty wiped out from the big time on Monday. We decided to stay close to home. In the neighborhood where my parents live there is a great community area with a pool and playground. As you can imagine this was a big hit for my fish of a daughter!
Baking with Pop was very high on the priority list! They made delicious yellow cupcakes

with chocolate frosting
Always spoiling this girl, my parents bought her a spray attachment for the hose.
Cami wasn't the only one who loved it! The dog thought it was awesome!

Towards the end of the week we decided to stay around the Port Orange / Daytona Beach area. We went to the beach! It was a hit....so much so that we went 2 days in a row! Cami loved playing in the sand and loved getting tossed around by the waves! Searching for seashells was a huge hit too!
Venturing out towards the water. She couldn't really play in the water by herself because the tide was coming in and was very very very strong....not to mention there have been a lot of shark sightings and bites recently. Needless to say we stay very shallow.
We sat in water where are tushies were covered and just let the waves pound us. Believe it or not the waves were strong enough to fully turn me around.

More splashing!
Digging and searching for shells. While Nana, Cami and I were playing in the water, Pop was searching for shells, hence Cami's large collection!
taking a break to 'Cheese" for the camera!
After the first day at the beach, Cami noticed a lot of people fishing on the near by pier. She then asked Pop if we could come back tomorrow and fish. You can probably guess how that went over....Pop smiled from ear to ear.
We enjoyed the fishing...not any catching though.

We had a great time! It was so nice to spend quality time with my parents and visit with a lot of the other family in the area. We missed Matt terribly, but enjoyed our trip. We even snuck in a trip to the outlet mall and Ikea! Thanks again Nana and Pop for treating us like Princesses ....WE LOVE YOU!