Looking over the phone

Just looking over the pictures on the phone I realized that I have a LOT of pictures of the Prince, and none of me or my hubby. Also that I have no pictures of the project I'm currently working on, so I cannot share them. Its a very pretty Shawl I made from a pattern in Crochet-World. I think its coming along great. Now I have to choose what to do with it. I mean, use it as a gift? or keep it for myself. Well I guess I must decide soon.

Its kinda late and I wanna get some organizing done before the prince is up for his nightly feeding.

DIY Garden

Just like every great masterpiece starts with a small step... so does too a Great Garden starts with a small seed.
To all you fellow Blogger behold the beginning of my Great Garden. I got the seed planters in a "seeder" and the ones that make it out get re-planted in a bigger pot. Note to self: if you again wish to "use" a "seeder" do write the names of the plants in a waterproof document. If not at the first rain the names will disappear and then its a "Surprise Garden". I wish I though of that before. Darn it!

Materials:
Seeds
Pots
Good planting Soil
Water

Fill 3/4 of the "Seeder" with soil and then water (don't be shy with the water) the soil. Put one to two (depending on the size) seeds in each slot and then cover with soil and water again. Depending on the seed you should see a sprout in as early at two weeks, but they may take months, so research the seed before planting so you know what to expect.

Hope you like it, I know I did.
Gilca M.

Puree Foods

Even before My Prince was born I decided to make my baby's food. It is really important for me to know what goes into this little guy. What comes out of him, well...that's a different stink story entirely.
The fruits have a double "job" since One is used for juice and the other for dessert.
So far he has eaten all the family of pumpkins, rice, beans, malanga, green beans, spinach, broccoli and chicken. (He also ate avocado, potatoes and carrots, but it didn't seat well with him.)
Except for the Malanga and chicken that were boiled, everything else was steamed. My in-laws gave me a steaming pot that works wonders. After they are steamed I just put it in the magick bullet and puree.
If its a new taste I add a little breast milk to help with the transition, if not just water to make it smooth.
He is a great eater and loves mostly everything.
It a hard job to make his dinner plus ours, but I hope that someday he can just eat all the things that we eat. I also hope that by that time we have started to eat better too.
I still have not done the crafting organizing exercise but will soon.

See ya,
G
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Fun in the Sun

We just celebrated our second year anniversary, and we got invited to Bahia Salinas in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico by my in-laws. We had a great time, but The Prince enjoyed it much more. He got to experience a pool for the first time and a lot of willing hands to pick him up. His mommy (aka ME) got to experience a pool filled with a natural salt? It used to me like a mud bath with the salts but they made it into this little pool with salts and oils that are supposed to be great for your skin. (Maybe you have to go everyday 'cause I didn't see any changes) But other than that we got to breastfeed at the beach while looking at the tranquil sea. The inn was only filled with our own party so it was really quiet and nice.

It did give me time to miss time of my own and crafting whenever I felt like it. Don't get me wrong I wouldn't change my life for anything in the world.

I do feel that I'm missing in a lot of things because I have not organized my life.

So, BEFORE I make any more crafts, I WILL first organize my time. But if I must choose between crafts and CPA study time, what am I going to do??

Well I must make this short and sweet because I need some shut eye. Tomorrow I must take the Prince to get some Labs done and maybe take him to the PED, he is acting really strange.

 

See Ya,

 

G

The Prince

This is my reason for life. This beautifull baby boy whom I love dearly. I always though he would have the most crocheted and crafted things ever, but reality is. I dont have enough time to make him tons. He does have a couple of blankets but its so HOT here that he doesnt use them at all. 

He is going to be 7 months next week and I'm' super excited. I have been working out on a plan to do the crafts that are needed to be done, but its going to take a lot of sleep out of my routine, so we will se.

For prosperity and all... I LOVE YOU my Boy.

Craftings

     While crafting includes ALL craft. I mainly dabble in crochet, knitting (rarely), mundillo (a type of lacing), kumihimo, jewelry making and scrapbooks.

 I made all my wedding adornments and keepsake. I made my own very adorn veil.

Lately since my prince was born my crafting time has been reduced to 0 and well that has been problematic for my blog.


I did get the duck project done while in a very short vacation. So must get more projects done. :)
I have various projects in mind.
Scrapbook: wedding, honeymoon, The prince
Crochet: christmas presents, 4 baby shower presents
Mundillo a dress for a soon to be born goddaughter.

Enough said. I have a lot of projects and very little time. Must set a goal for this.
Did I mention I'm also studying for the CPA exam?
Yep... that too.

Soon let me do a plan to get all of things done.

Duck

As I promised here are the pictures of the DYI crocheted duck. If I make this again I will do dome customization. But in general its pretty good.

Away for soo long

I've been away for a little while, since embarking on mommy hood. And really since this is more of an e-diary I don't think anyone will mind. I did make something thou, a duck, crocheted of course. See the work in progress. I first did the head and wings and while crocheting the blanket the head and wings got attached.

 

See you soon.

DYI Watering Can

This is an easy project I made last night due to the fact that my previous watering can was thrown around and I lost the lid, so here we go.

What will you need:
I used a fabric softener bottle because of the handle. (Note: it has to be cleaned because of the chemical and the smell)
Scissors

So first clean the bottle so there aren't any chemical residue that can harm the plants. Then take out the white "thing" inside the bottle. (Its not glued or anything its just put there)
After that just use the scissors to make a few holes in the cap. Fill it with water and you are done.

Pretty cool, right? Well more crafts later.

G

Vaccines

Today my son had his first set of vaccines. Before taking him I had already purchased some pain reliever/fever reducer and gave him some beforehand. He cried for a whole 30 second before I gave him his pacifier and he fell asleep. But now he is fussy and warm. So keep up .4ml every five hours. It breaks my heart to see him like that. But he is a trooper.

The trick with vaccines I guess is to go 2 people, so one can take care of the child and the other all the paper work and packages. And of course to give him/her some pain reliever beforehand. Take the day off so you can be with the child the whole day and make him feel comfortable. I let him nurse how often he wants and how many times he wants. If he wants just to cuddle I will give in.

 

Well I hope he feels better soon,

 

G

BreastFeedig

Who ever said that breast feeding was easy, lied. Breast feeding is not only painful, but its also complicated and hard. Or maybe I was born without that chip in my brain so I could instinctively do it. And if that's the case I passed that on to my son. We are still having a hard time with breast feeding and he keeps hurting mommy. But I will prevail and not give up. I want my kid to have the best things in life and that include Mommy's milk. I am also changing my diet for the better so he gets everything he needs from me. 
Another thing, a must have for breast feeding a boppy pillow honestly it makes a difference. My little one is still having trouble with breast feeding, he chews instead of suck, but we are working on it. My breasts don't like me anymore, but hey, mothering is sacrifice.
The other thing is a Hydrogel-Pads.


Well that's all for now,  

Birthday Cake Fixer

So, my bundle of joy turned One. One month that is. And mommy being the person that she is made a family get together and celebrated his first month of life.
I made him a cake from Pillsbury (devil chocolate) that was sooo good and tried to frost it. For some reason small pieces of chocolate mixed with the vanilla frosting and it lookes chocolate chip like, but ugly.
How to fix it? Sprinkles. Yes, sprinkles. It covered up the ugly parts and everyone thinks it was on purpose. And it matched the candle.

Until Next Time
GILCA

DYI Baby Wipes Case Cover

When you have a baby everything changes. You want everything to be perfect and nice. You want to show off your mothering skills and your crafting skills. Everyone assumes that you have to make things for your baby, and to an extent you do. We google and youtube information on how to do baby clothes and accessories to show off our baby in. I have always done crafts and crochet. So when I have my own bun in the oven and wish to make all sort of *cute* things for him. The drawback is that there aren't a lots of things to make for a boy. There is a lot of sexism in the crochet and crafting world. So I try to make the things that I can. Here I will be making (or covering up) a baby wipes case. The pamper's and huggies' little cases are perfect for this and relative inexpensive.

Materials:

Baby Wipes Case

Fabric

Ribbon embroider

Glue gun

Sissors

Use the wipe cover to measure and cut the fabric, then glue it on around the edges. Then do the same thing with the lace.

Its fairly simple you just have to be careful of not getting burn by the hot glue. 

Have I ever mentioned I love the glue gun. I will have to keep it out of reach when the Prince gets to the walking stage.

Well do e-mail me if you have any questions.

The Name Change Game

Well when changes have to be made, they have to BE made. I want to take my blog into another direction than the one it had so the name had to go.
I want to do and eventually sell my crafts and crochet I needed a new name.
And maybe all of my dreams will come true.

You can see a baby wipes case I made for my soon to come bundle of joy. Later I will post the entire process of this craft.

Thanks for reading.

De-Freezing Spaghetti

So, the experiment did nut turn out as I expected. I cooked a lot of spaghetti last week and froze half to give myself a break from cooking this week on Wednesday. Note to self: LET IT THAW. I took it out of the freezer and into the pot. It wasn't defrosting and it was burning, so I put some (quite a lot actually) of water in the pot to help it. I also added a bit of tomato sauce  for flavor. So what happened? It started to boil. BOIL. What happens to already boiled spaghetti that boils again, it turns to mush. SO we are eating mush spaghetti today. Because honestly my feet cannot stand anymore, and if Dear Hubby doesn't want it he can have Corn Flakes. This will not be my last attempt into freeze/unfreeze dilemma. I will survive. I will get better and eventually get the hang of it. Until then. Mush spaghetti will be.

DYI Changing Pad Cover

So, I will be 36 weeks this Sunday and the baby can come at any minute now. So I decided to do the last things on my list. I have a few to go still but I took care of the changing pad cover that I had not found in any store. I decided to make one since it's nor really complicated and I had some sewing fabric left over from the Nursing Cover Project. I took my measurements twice and cut the fabric. Honestly it's just like making a pillow cover. But when I sewed everything in place and put it on. Apparently I didn't take the measurements right. Note to self: next time measure 3 times. LOL.

Well here is a picture of the finished project:

 
So, I guess I will have to make another one later on. And remember to add more fabric.

35 Weeks and Counting

Already 35 Weeks have passed and my little one is starting to get ready to make his debut in a month. The nursery is almost ready. (Only a few finishing touches) but besides that everything else is ready but me. There are times during the day (mostly when he is active and doesn't let me breathe) when I wish I would go into labor soon and have him already. (This also happens when my feet hurt a lot) But most of the time I am scared, not only of childbirth, but of taking him home. What am I going to do with "it" when I get home. I mean they say that newborns eat, cry, sleep and poop. I plan on breastfeeding so I can't count on anyone else to feed him. I can delegate diaper changes but that's about it. I guess I am just scared of the unknown.

And another thing, what am I going to do about my family, specially my mom. This is her first grandchild and she is almost certain, and we have told her a LOT of times that it isn't going to happen, that she is coming to stay with me when he is born. My MIL is very excited too, this is her 4^th but this one is the closest to home.

How I am going to handle them all, without hurting anyone's feeling.

On a lighter note here are some pictures of the nursery.

This his changing table with everything needed at the sides. The Changing Mattress just needs a cover and we are done. I know there is stuff on the floor, those are the details I mentioned needed work. 

  So this is the closet and all the clothes are organized by size.

Except for a few items most of the decoration is from the baby shower. The clothespin line is from a game played at the Shower. And the carriage on the center is a giftcard holder.

So the balloon is from the shower but the little plaque is from a trip to Florida I made in September.

The bag is ready with diapers, pads, clothes and everything for the baby's First Outing or for the hospital. I am not quite sure what I need to bring to the hospital, so I made a bag. 

The crib needs to be set, but I figured that should be done when we get home from the hospital because it might get dust.

While I was on my Florida Vacation, my husband stayed home and made this with a friend. I always wanted a sky on the roof for the baby to look at and he made it for me. I was watching the birth of our niece and helping the mom. So, he stayed home.


 
Well that all the news for now.


 
Gilca

New Year Celebration...

We said goodbye to 2011 and welcomed 2012 at my Sister's house. Memorable, not just cause I was unable to walk because of my way swollen feet, but because we are a trio now. This is Baby Boy's First New Year. Even if he is just in the womb. On a side note he even got Christmas Presents, and they weren't from me. I made a secret resolution that I am posting online which means it is no longer secret, I want to have and raise a happy child. I also want to be happier. I sometimes find myself a little sad and melancholic but I want all that away for the birth of my son and I want him to be the happiest child ever. 
DH was very happy and excited to start the New Year because it means that the baby is soon to come. Which sometimes makes me feel like just an incubator, but hey at least he is happy. 
Here are some pictures of the night.

Dear Sister Pouring Champain

Of course they only gave me sparkling grape juice. (EWWW)

DH just woke up 10 minutes to 12

He went to rest his eyes and ended up sleeping for a couple of hours and then it was a nightmare to wake him. Here he is looking at the clock in the TV. 

Last Picture for 2011

Odd enough we didn't take the First Picture of 2012.

Fireworks!

Although they did not photograph well here are some fireworks. We didn't even have to pay for a show. The neighbor apparently spent thousand of dollars because he just kept on and on for like a half an hour. They were very pretty but I felt safer inside. Since becoming pregnant I also became a chicken.


Gilca