{ Another Update! }

If you look closely at our family pumpkins you'll see why I haven't been blogging lately, why I've been "down and out." I'm ten weeks pregnant with number three and this baby has been kicking my booty with sickness and exhaustion. I'm looking forward to feeling better soon and getting some Christmas projects going and getting back to blogging. 

Thanks for checking in!

{ Down and Out, but Not Gone }

Hi everyone! I've been down and out sick and just trying to keep my household functioning on the most basic of levels the last week or two. I'm starting to feel a little better, so I'm hoping to be back up and blogging soon. Thanks for sticking around and checking in. I hope that you're having a beautiful fall.

{ Baby Shower Gift - Boy }

I'm working on a little shower for a friend of mine, so I have baby shower on the mind and I thought that I'd share one of my complete baby shower gifts since so often I show you little parts that I make. So here we go! The anatomy of a baby shower gift - let's unpack 'im:

{ Pacifier Weaning }

Well, the time has come for Miss Tabi to say goodbye to her pacifier. At 19 months old she's developed quite the attachment to her "bai" as she calls it. And as I know it, there are two ways to go about weaning her from her pacifier - cold turkey and cutting the tip. Going cold turkey theoretically is like ripping the band aide off it will hurt at first, but it will be over quicker - no need to draw out the process. Cutting the tip is more of a drawn out process that hopefully will lead to your kiddo giving up the paci on her own.

{ Embellished Onsie }

Well, I said I could knock it off and I did. Here it is, one of my most re-pinned pins from Pinterest:

I saw this onsie and headband set one day on Zulilly and immediately knew that I could knock it off for less and that it would make a great semi-handmade baby gift. So if you want to see how I went about "knocking off" this onsie read on!

{ My Favorite Tacos }

I call these "special occasion" tacos because we make them for friends and special evenings. These are not a typical evening dinner for us because they are a little intensive to make, but so worth the effort. I first had these tacos at friend's house for a large get together, our hostess said that her friend had fallen in love with taco truck tacos and that he had then set out on a mission to recreate them. His taco truck inspired tacos are the recipe I'm going to share with you today. Now poor yourself a margarita or pop a lime in your Corona and let's get cooking!

{ Baby 'Fashion Bibs' }

Now I call these "fashion bibs" or "a fashion statement" because they are for spit not food and will be worn like clothing; and if like my kiddos your little one never drools or spits up, it's really just for fashion that they'll ever wear one of these bibs. But whether a baby ever drools or not, bibs are a fun gift to give and quite simple to make.