Wedding Invitations

For those of you who don't know, I make wedding invitations, or baby announcements, or bridal shower invitations, art show booklets, magazine spreads, newspaper ads, fliers, business cards, photobooks, baby books- pretty much whatever you want. Eventually I'll probably create a separate blog for my designing portfolio, but for now, this will have to work. And, yes, spread the word, I am for hire.

This is my sister's invitation. It was a 5x7, double sided.

This one is from one of Ben's good friend's wedding. The red sides folded and met in the middle (there was a seam in the middle of the front). I want to say it was 4x6 or somewhere close to that.

This is my sister's bridal shower invitation. It's a 4x6 that we printed on photo paper.
I've done a few others that I'll have to find in my CD storage, which is probably in storage in Idaho.

Stolen Pictures

In lieu of actually posting pictures myself, I am stealing them from my mother's blog. It takes significantly less time and will have to do for now. I suppose you could just look at them on her blog, but I know many of you are not that ambitious.

One Day Trip

Friday, thanks to the help of Mica and Mom, Ben and I got a day away, without having to tote the child and her entourage. We drove to St. Louis, albeit not as early as we had originally planned due to the fact that Ben didn't get home from work until almost midnight and we also got hung up at the slowest McDonald's ever in Marshfield, so we missed the session we were aiming for. It really turned out great though, because we got to spend even more time at the temple, which was so nice because it feels like we never get to go, because it's a four hour drive, which means a long day at a babysitter's for Kennady. We had tons of other plans for the day- go to the arch, go to the science center, go to the Cheesecake Factory, go to Six Flags Hurricane Harbor- but it was so late when we got out and we were both so tired (not much sleep + lots of driving) that we whimped out of most of our plans. However, neither of us regrets it, because we had a lot of fun and didn't have to drive all the way across town and back in the crazy traffic. We did go to the Cheesecake Factory, which I would have regretted not doing, because it was fantastic. I'd never been before, but it's the best cheesecake I've ever had. In fact, we had them bring out the cheesecake before our dinner, and we loved having dessert first. I need to make cheesecake like that, then I will be the most popular person ever, at least with myself, and others who love cheesecake as much as I do. After that we walked around the mall and then went to Night at the Museum, in an overpriced theater with no student discounts and matinees only before 4:00. And then we drove home. We loved our day away.

Another Pcitureless Post

It's harder to blog in the summer. The weather is too nice and my baby is growing too fast. I think I forgot to post her checkup weight and height- 26 inches tall and 15 lbs 4 oz big. She is now really crawling and getting faster everyday. She pulls herself up to stand on things like the sofa and then cruises around. She loves to be standing up and yells and yells when she has to lay down. I, being the creative person I am, found the perfect solution. A round ottoman with storage, which with the lid off is the perfect size for Kennady, and she can stand, move around in circles, but she can't fall down. It's great. Yesterday Kennady found some paper on the floor and was ripping it to shreds, but when she went to eat it I said "No, Kennady, don't eat that." She stopped, looked at me, giggled and put it back in her mouth. Everytime I said the word "no," she just laughed and laughed. I thought they weren't supposed to do this until they are older. Monday she got to go for her first boat ride. She loved the boat, loved the water, but absolutely hated the life jacket, which is a necessity, so she wasn't the happiest baby. Yesterday we bought her a baby boat and went to the pool, and she just loved that, but yelled when we got out. And then last night she decided that she wanted popcorn, and as we all know, she is not old enough to have popcorn. She could not understand this. She yelled and screamed, grabbed handfuls, tried to dive into the bowl, and yelled some more. It was pretty much a two-year old fit. Maybe she'll just go through this phase early and then be done with it before she hits two. I can wish, right? Ok, well, I love blogging, but this is the only nap that Kennady has taken today, so I am going to go enjoy my peace. Pictures will have to be saved for another time. Sorry.

Kennady's First Ride

Ben and I took Kennady to Silver Dollar City on Wednesday. I was very surprised that there were any rides that Kennady could go on, even though I remember when Fire in the Hole used to have car seats. But we were able to ride the Great American Shootout. Kennady might have thought it was great fun, but she was exhausted and just wanted to go to sleep. We discovered SDC isn't quite as fun with an 8 month old. And crazy old ladies kept attacking us trying to touch Kennady, proclaiming things like "Oh how sweet", "Did you buy that here?" and "Can I take her home." Yikes. I don't know what it is about babies that makes everyone think they can invade personal space. My baby is a person too. I'm gonna go MC Hammer and make Kennady a shirt that says Can't Touch This. Or maybe I'll just start touching them and see how they like it. Eww. Gross.

Anyways, so this morning I was a taking a shower and I turned my neck and heard a pop and then excruciating pain. I am hoping it gets better with ice and that Kennady stays asleep for a long time because I am not a very good playmate today. If any doctors happen to read my blog please tell me how to fix it. It's a pain to be unable to turn my head to the left. I think this ruins our plans to go ride roller coasters anytime soon. Lame.

Monster Truck

My Aunt Diana gave us a stroller for Kennady, and it's a monster. I was hesitant to even take it because it's so gigantic (I'm pretty sure it won't even fit in the trunk of our car). But due to it's massive size, I thought Ben would think it was the greatest thing ever. I'll get a picture on here sometime, then you can see this thing. And Ben has been wanting a jogging stroller, and this thing has awesome shocks and stability. It also weighs upwards of 30 pounds. Well, today, home alone and bored, I thought we should test it out. So far Ben has been the only tester, and he thinks it is the coolest stroller ever. I think he would even push it around if we didn't have a kid. After wrestling with the thing for 15 minutes trying to get it to unfold, we were out the door. It's definitely an all-terrain stroller. We went for a walk for a few hours and Kennady loved it. And man, was it a workout for me. The first part is all uphill, so I was drenched in sweat by the first 10 minutes (might have something to do with the temperature outside). I thought downhill would be easier, but the thing weighs so much it was like walking a rambunctious Labrador retriever. We both had a lot of fun, and Kennady especially liked the reclining feature the last 15 minutes of the walk.

Wish I Was There...

Can I just say that I am very jealous of everyone's vacations? Occasionally I have a desire to travel the world. And then I remember how cranky I get after being in the car for more than 10 hours. If only there were teletransporters. Or it wasn't so dang expensive to fly. Perhaps I'll take up bicycling or buy a riding lawn mower. Then it would sure take a long time to get around the world. And I would need a hot air balloon for the oceans. Maybe hitchhiking is the answer. Good plan.