Joan Ellen Cornell

 Kid loves the water. He was even putting his face in and blowing bubbles!

Just hangin' out with my two favorites.

First bath in a looong long time. It was amazing.

He thinks going over speed bumps is hilarious :)

Stole my sprite...dang kid.

Lots of crafts to be done.

Done.

Super easy, and these 12 bars will last for a long time!

1. SD card reader for my iPad.

Here.

2. Scentsy bars. Any of them :)

Here.

3. Ugg Bailey Button Triplet boots.

Here.

4. A Casetagram gift card. You use your Instagram pics to create your own iPhone case!

Here.

5. MAC Nymphette Lipgloss.

Here.

6. Urban Decay Naked2 Palette. I have Naked and I love it :)

Here.

7. Nike Loafers.

Here.

8. Fisheye, Wide and Macro iPhone lenses!

Here.

That's it ;)

Porter's Christmas list soon to come!

 Stare down, ended in blood drawn, haha. Poor Lola.

 Sleeping baby

Sleepy baby

My fav view

Climbing stuff...

 Playing with a magnetic sand table at his vision/hearing appt

Trying to curl his eyelashes like I do :)

Loved :)

 Already drinking from the carton, uh oh

I got out of the shower and found him standing ON my desk

Mad because I made him get down :(

In his Dad's old treefort

 Denver

Cutthroats hockey!

At the game

Mascot

Sunset #nofilter

Beautiful

Random in....3....2........1......

- I painted my nails brown tonight. I haven't painted them brown since last winter-ish time and I LOVE brown nails. Last year, I looked at every store I went into that sold nail polish for the perfect brown color...after months of looking, I found it! :)

- As of tomorrow at about 10am, Porter will be with his Dad in Kansas until Sunday evening. I don't even know what i'm going to do for 5 days without that kiddo. Well, besides work 3 of them, of course.

- Thanksgiving will be spent with Jeff at his cousin's house. I'm sad that I can't be with my family, but when they live 3 states away, it's not so easy to be with them when I would necessarily like to be. So i'll make the best of it and at least I have him. I'm thankful.

- Speaking of going home, i'll be going back to IL after Christmas for 5 or 6 days. I am soooo excited to meet my nephew and see my other nephew :)

- P is getting closer and closer to the terrible two's every day. He is into EVERYTHING!!! He is now climbing onto things and getting into places that I thought were safe before. He's been climbing onto my sewing chair and getting into the cabinets that house all of my thread. He also took all of the pins off of the magnetic pin holder. He has taken all of the dvd's out of their cases and proceeded to decorate the entire basement with them. Then, when I tell him no and take things away from him that he shouldn't have, he literally throws himself onto the floor and "cries" for a second. UGH. But, there's good things too. He is mooing like a cow, he is ALMOST saying kitty kitty, when we call the dog in he yells "geeee" (like doggie I guess), and when he see me he says MOM! And the best thing ever? When I get him from bed in the morning, we usually hang out in the downstairs living room for a little bit. For the first 20 minutes or so when he's up, he will randomly come up and kiss me, on his own without me asking, like, 5 or 6 times. Like he missed me sooo much when he was sleeping :) And the other day, when I was attempting to nap on the couch while he played (which all of you parents know is pretty much impossible), he would come up and kiss me to wake me up...along with pulling up my eyelids and laughing, haha. I am going to be so sad the day he decides it's not so cool to kiss me anymore :( Yeah, sorry that paragraph was pretty long winded.

- I have really really been wanting to go ice skating lately...gotta plan that. Last time I went was when I was like, 4 months pregnant (and I went all by myself, it was great).

Aaaaand...that's all for tonight. I am now going to curl up on the couch and watch Parenthood, then join P in my bed (because yes, he's in there tonight) and get as many cuddles in as I can before he's gone for the weekend tomorrow :(

Goodnight.

 Directions:

1. Mix flour, vegetable oil, salt, and cream of tartar in a plastic bowl.

2. Add the boiling water.

3. Stir until it starts to become a play-doh-ish texture.

4. Add food coloring and glycerin.

5. Take it out of the bowl and knead it until it is no longer sticky. If it stays too sticky, add more flour until it reaches a good consistency.

PLAY!

 Waiting for me to pick him up from dad's house

Hangin out with dad

Enjoying the star pillows I made :)

 We got lost on our way somewhere, and ended up in the middle of a farm

Sieze every moment

Sleepin

Smashed face, haha

Homemade play-doh

Playing with the play-doh

Standing way too close to the tv...

My little Bronco baby :)

Once all of the star pieces are cut out, pin two to each other.

Repeat until they're all pinned.

Sew around each star, leaving about 3/4 an inch between the seam and the edge of the fabric.

Leave a 5 inch opening unsewn so you can stuff the pillow (shown in two pictures down).

Stuff.

I used about 1 1/2 50 gram bags of stuffing for 5 pillows.

Once the pillow is stuffed completely,

push the stuffing down into the star from the triangle that has the opening.

This way you can sew the opening shut using your machine and the stuffing won't get in the way.

Afterwards, I shook the star with the unstuffed triangle facing down in order to fill it back up.

Then I kind of pushed the stuffing around to even it all out.

You can't make everyone happy, you just can't. 

Especially when they won't even give you the chance to know you. 

I wish I could write so much more in detail of what I actually want to say in this post, but I can't. 

I didn't want to take anything away from anyone else, ever- and I never did that.

I just found something that not many people find and 

I wish it had been supported by the people who mean the most. 

It's going to hurt, because losing someone always does- but time heals I guess.

I will never begin to understand why a person wouldn't want to see the most 

important people in their life happy.

I'll never get it.

Two hearts are broken, 

and for what? 

You win. 

Even though it should never have had to be a choice between me and you,

you win. 

I will take the initiative to let go and walk away.

Acceptance.

I can only hope that I will be successful in teaching Porter that.

That's all.

Back soon with the Star Pillow Tutorial.

Here's a little preview...

(someone obviously really likes them)

:)

Goodnight my friends.