Joan Ellen Cornell

9:47 PM

See ya!

9:47 PM

Tomorrow, Porter and I leave for IL for 8 days! I'm so excited to see my family, and for them to see Porter (it's been almost 4 mont...

Tomorrow, Porter and I leave for IL for 8 days! I'm so excited to see my family, and for them to see Porter (it's been almost 4 months since they've seen him in person)! I am going to try to blog, but we'll see what happens. My sister's bridal shower is Sunday, and I hope to see a few friends I haven't seen in a long time! Usually being home means spending lots of time at home though, which is exactly what i'm looking forward to :)

iPhone pics (Instagram really...) from the past week or so

From top left to right-

Porter chillin in his pj's on the deck

Sucking on an apple

Smiling for Daddy

Playing with the twins I nanny for

Waiting at the DMV

Water World!

Took the twins and Lily and dogs to the dog park

Being silly

Crafts

Cool dude :)

Invesco Field and Denver

Sleepy from Water World

Map

Pretty Lights

Oops double

109 outside at 5:30pm...redic.

4:38 PM

Jammies

4:38 PM

7:34 PM

Quilts

7:34 PM

I am lucky enough to have a mom (and grandma) who are amazing at sewing, and quilting. I wanted to share some of the quilts i've go...

I am lucky enough to have a mom (and grandma) who are amazing at sewing, and quilting. I wanted to share some of the quilts i've gotten over the years...

My mom made this for me a couple years ago...it's my favorite blanket- I sleep with it every night!

This one my grandma made for me while I was in college. It's made out of a bunch of my old jeans and some of hers too...another blanket I use almost daily.

This is a wall hanging quilt my mom made for me a couple years ago as well.

This one my grandma made for me when I was in high school. I hang it on the wall because I love how it looks...

This one's Porter's...my mom made it for his nursery before he was born :)

My mom made this for me a few years ago as well. I saw the fabrics in a quilt store I was in with her and she got them and made it for me :)

9:00 PM

Porter's eating "real" food!

9:00 PM

I haven't written about this yet, mostly because I was still a little bit lost about where I was at when it came to baby food. I have h...

I haven't written about this yet, mostly because I was still a little bit lost about where I was at when it came to baby food. I have had a Beaba Baby Food Maker since my baby shower (thanks to my Aunt Colleen), and i've planned on making my own food, I just haven't really looked much into it until recently. My friend Alyssa got me an awesome book for my baby shower as well, called Baby Love, and I read that and it really helped :) I've also decided to try to feed him as much organic as I can- not that I eat organic, far from it, but I can't justify putting anything harmful into his body when his body is growing and learning and forming...I want to start good eating habits from the beginning. I do realize this means that I need to eat healthier too- and I will. I will definitely try.

So when Porter was a little over 4 months, I started feeding him rice cereal (I talked about it in this post), but only with a spoon and not mixed into his bottles. He did awesome with the spoon- I made the cereal all different consistencies over a couple of weeks and he got the hang of the spoon thing real quick.

And then last week, I started mushing up bananas in his rice cereal and he LOVED IT. I did that a handful of times, and then today, he got to try carrots (which I made in my Beaba and loved loved loved how easy it was- i'll probably do a post on that itself soon...). He liked the carrots a lot too, not that you can tell that in these pics, haha, but I just love the faces he's making :)

And yes, Porter is not 6 months yet. He will be in 2 weeks. But he was ready, and he's loving it!

On a side note, Porter has discovered his feet :)

Carrot drunk. Haha.

8:20 PM

Adventures! v.5

8:20 PM

Morrison, CO Last Saturday night, my friend Jamie and a couple friends from MI that were here for the weekend and I went to ...

Morrison, CO

Last Saturday night, my friend Jamie and a couple friends from MI that were here for the weekend and I went to see Pretty Lights at Red Rocks. It was such an amazing show and a great time with my friends. It was warm there all night and we danced like crazy for hours :)

8:42 PM

Update on contest!

8:42 PM

So the contest we entered to get a free ticket to Pretty Lights/Gramatik at Red Rocks, the one I talked about in this post...well, WE WON!!...

So the contest we entered to get a free ticket to Pretty Lights/Gramatik at Red Rocks, the one I talked about in this post...well, WE WON!!! Woohoooo! We were head to head with this girl (who said she would show her boobs for the ticket, so lame) and in the end we had over a hundred likes and was only 3 under her. So Gramatik, such an amazing person, gave away two free tickets instead...one to that chick and one to Jeremy- and he's giving it to me!!!! Another WOOOHOOOOO!

I can't wait for tomorrow night. Can't WAIT!

12:15 AM

Flashback! v.5

12:15 AM

Last weekend in Tribune, KS while visiting Jeremy's parent's, Porter was lucky enough to get to sit and play in the high chair t...

Last weekend in Tribune, KS while visiting Jeremy's parent's, Porter was lucky enough to get to sit and play in the high chair that Jeremy and all 3 of his brother's used! It was so cute :) Porter loved it!!

11:49 PM

Haha

11:49 PM

I love that you can see what people search for that brings them to your blog. Sometimes they really crack me up. This one kinda does. Pregn...

I love that you can see what people search for that brings them to your blog. Sometimes they really crack me up. This one kinda does. Pregnant again? Don't think so!

3:25 PM

HELP ME!

3:25 PM

Ok so this is a shot in the dark and I'm not sure anyone will actually do this for me, but it would be AMAZING if you would. If you foll...

Ok so this is a shot in the dark and I'm not sure anyone will actually do this for me, but it would be AMAZING if you would. If you follow the steps below, you will help me to win a ticket to see Pretty Lights (amazing amazing music, check it out) at Red Rocks!!

If you have Facebook (let's admit it, you do)...follow these steps- PLEASE :)

Here's the link: Gramatik's Facebook Page
or just search for "Gramatik"

1. go to Gramatik's facebook page and like it.
2. Find the comment they posted today at 3:55ish...it starts with HEADS UP!!
3. scroll down until you see my comment (Joan Cornell)
4. Like my comment!

Thank you to all who help me, you are really really cool in my book :)

6:55 PM

Websites I know about and so should you!

6:55 PM

Over the years of perusing the internet, I've built up quite the list of bookmarks, and come across tons of websites that I get so excit...

Over the years of perusing the internet, I've built up quite the list of bookmarks, and come across tons of websites that I get so excited for! Some are websites that are selling something, some are so helpful in productivity, and some are just plain fun! I realize that many of you may have heard of some of these, but I'm sure there are a ton of people out there that haven't (I did not discover Google Reader for WAY longer than I should have...I wish someone would have told me about it way sooner!).

So here's a handful of websites that I think YOU should check out!

Pinterest.

The most amazing website EVER. If you want craft ideas, they're there, right along with food/recipe ideas, party ideas, fashion, hair, clothes, photography, babies, houses, landscapes, modern, vintage...you name it, it's there. Just go there, and request an invite. Or send me an email and I'll get you an invite asap! But beware- you may become addicted. Don't blame me :)

The Coffeshop Blog.

This blog is so great if you are a Photoshop user and like to take the easy route sometimes :) And to top it off, a ton of her actions and presets are FREE! Actions are editing steps to get to a certain look or effect that have been programmed. You simply download the actions, load them into Photoshop (or Photoshop Elements) and apply them to your picture like you would any other effect. She has really easy to follow directions to help complete the steps I just listed.

Blog2Print!

This website lets you upload your entire blog and they will print it into a book and ship it to you for free! How awesome is that?!!? You can choose color or black and white. I think I will get my blog printed after Porter's a year old...as a diary of his first year for him to have someday :)

Printstagram & Blurb.

Both of these websites let you upload your pictures directly from Instagram and will print them in a book for you. Printstagram prints a small book, where the pictures are about the same size as you would see them on your iphone. Blurb has more options and will print a much larger book with multiple pictures on each page (as you see in the first picture right above this paragraph).

12:15 AM

Confessions! v.5

12:15 AM

I am hoarding formula scoops. And the reason I say "hoarding" is because I'm saving them for no good reason. Haha. I...

I am hoarding formula scoops.

And the reason I say "hoarding" is because I'm saving them for no good reason. Haha. I just feel like someday for some reason I will find a use for those cute little scoops, so I can't bring myself to throw them away :) If you know of a good use for them, please share!!

10:16 PM

Tribune Fair 2011

10:16 PM

We had so much fun in Kansas this weekend! We went to Jeremy's hometown, Tribune, and this weekend was their yearly fair. It's a re...

We had so much fun in Kansas this weekend! We went to Jeremy's hometown, Tribune, and this weekend was their yearly fair. It's a really small town (like, 700 people). Jeremy's parents live right next to where the fair dance, 4H building, pool and carnival are...so it was easy to go back and forth. Porter did awesome! He didn't nap very well the first day, but every day after that he did great. Everyone loved seeing him and we had an awesome time :)