It's a Party....a SHOE Party!!!

Miss Beth over at The Stories of A to Z is having another party, a Shoe Party! What woman doesn't love shoes? I know I do...they are so versatile and most importantly, they always fit! I feel much less stress about this party then the last one! There are so many great post's over there so please go check them out!






But first I need to address a few orders of business before we get to the PAR-TAY!
Numero Uno: Last friday the Little Lady had her 2nd Birthday! I know, I can't believe it either! We had a great day and a fun trip to the zoo!
And B: On the same last friday that Little Miss turned 2, we went to the doctor for a sonogram and found out....

IT'S A BOY!!!

Ok- Now that we got the bussiness out of the way...Let's party our shoes off!

This first pair of shoes are my ABSOLUTE favorite, and seriously are the most comfortable heels evvvveeerrr! I got them at Tar-Jay probably four years ago, (can you tell?) and I am still in love with them after all these years!

The second pair I choose to share are the A-DOR-A-BLE wedges! I don't even remember where they came from, but I'm sure they were cheap and a 10 on the cuteness factor so that's why they live in my closet now :)

These are my favorite pair of flats at the moment...

My favorite Tennies...

And finally, I would like to indroduce you to Flip and Flop, they love me so much because I named them. They are $3 Old Navy ones, and they are probably what you will find me in most days....

 unless it's this! Pregnant and bare-foot is how I like to be!

Ooooh....here is a pair that I found to add to my Shoe Wish List... What?! You don't have a Shoe Wish List? Shame on you.... ;)

P.S. It's not very easy to take pictures of your feet when your prego, so sorry for any wonky pics! This it what I see when I look down!

Green Eggs and Ham a` la Sam-I-Am

Today is the Birthday of the great Dr. Seuss, so in his honor why not make your little ones Green Eggs and Ham?! And read them this book-

(Or any book!)

Ingredients:

1-2 tablespoons of butter or margarine
4 slices of ham
8 eggs
2 tablespoons of milk
1-2 drops of green food coloring
1/4 teaspoon of salt
1/4 teaspoon of pepper


1. Melt a teaspoon of butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add sliced ham and brown until edges are slightly crisp. Remove the ham from the pan, cover with aluminum foil, and set aside.

2. In a medium-size mixing bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Beat with a whisk until frothy. Then add 1-2 drops of green food coloring until you reach the desired shade of green.

3. Heat a tablespoon of butter or margarine in a large frying pan over medium heat until the butter begins to sizzle. Then add the egg mixture to the pan.

4. Stir the egg mixture with a spatula until the eggs are firm and not too runny.

5. Transfer the eggs to individual plates. Garnish with a sprig of parsley. Add the ham prepared earlier. Serve with toast or warm rolls.

Feeds 4 hungry green-egg lovers.
 
*This recipe is found on the Seussville website. There are lots of great projects and activities there. http://www.seussville.com/
 
Have fun and enjoy!

Get your (brave) face on!

The very wonderful Beth over at The Stories of A to Z issued a challenge, where you show EVERYONE in the blogosphere your nakey face and then show the steps to how you put your face on.  At first I thought the woman had lost her marbles! Show people my bare/pimple infested/swollen pregnancy face?? Uhhhh....No thank you! But then I realized a couple of things. 1. I'm not going to be the only person showing people my nakey face. And 2. I only have 5 followers, so showing the whole blogosphere might be a little dramatic. So here goes:

So here I am straight out of the shower, with a squeeeeeky clean face. How did it get so clean you ask?

Why, with this little bar of soap of course! It's seriously the best thing I have ever used to wash my face. My Grandma always used Ivory soap to wash her face, so I like to think of this as the soap of the 21st century.

(I'm not sure why this is side-ways)

On really oily days I use this and just rub it on with a cotton ball. I also use it alot at night, when I too lazy to wash my face and I know I need to get my make-up off.

Next is concealer/foundation/powder. In case you haven't figured it out yet- I have really oily skin. And with this pregnancy, I have had alot of break-outs.  It's hard for me to commit to a foundation because it seems like they all make me oily- even if they claim not to! But I am loving this Covergirl Clean make-up. It's new, and it's also fragrance and oil free. I've only been using it a couple of weeks, but so far, so good! I use a concealer stick under my eyes and to cover pimples. First, I apply the foundation with one of these:

Then I apply the concealer, and finally pressed powder to set.

I'm not big on blush, and I honestly have no idea what kind this is. I just swirl the brush around all three colors and apply it to my apples. I've also been known to do this before I put powder on so that it looks less like blush and more like a natural rosy glow.

I got this eye-shadow pallet on the right for Christmas and I LOVE IT! It's so much fun! The eye shadow on the left is a mineral one that is light pink. I apply it all over my lids and line along the bottom. Then I apply one of the darker shades in the crease of my lids and blend it with a Q-tip. Then I add a lighter shade right above my lashes.  A tip I learned from who knows where is to apply white eye shadow in the inside corner of your eyes to make them "pop". Sometimes I do this if I remember.

I then apply a brown eye liner pencil on top and bottom. And I use this:

to smudge the top eye liner a little. Then a coat of mascara, and I use a toothbrush (from Jr. High...Seriously!) to brush my lashes and eye brows. Then apply another coat of mascara. I love Max Factor 2000 Calorie.

And finally, my kisser. I just use and eye liner pencil to line and fill in my lips. This one is from Ulta, it's Flesh on one end and Rose on the other. I don't pay attention to which end is which, so sometimes I'm fleshy and sometimes I'm rosey! Then I add my Burts Bees and call it good.

Then I'm done. My hair is still wet, but I couldn't fix it because of this:

You guessed it- I do my make-up while this little lady is in the tub beside me! This routine takes me about five minutes. On nights that I'm going out with the Hubby I switch it up a little and use some bronzer and a smokey eye look. But this above is how you will see me most days. (Except with dry hair!)

Thanks again Beth- this really was fun!!

{Update on the Little Lady}

There have been lots of exciting things happening in the Phillips household lately. Our Little Lady is becoming a toddler in every aspect of the word! We started potty training after New Year's, it lasted about a week and then she started crying, screaming, and refusing to sit on the potty. I read that when this happens, you should stop, wait a week and try again...which I did and had no success. Does anyone have any potty training advice for me? I know I'm not supposed to try and rush the process, but I am really hoping to not have to buy two sizes of diapers come July!

Other toddler happenings consist of counting, counting, and counting! She counts EVERYTHING from her books, to snacks, to the stains on the carpet! Little Miss can count to eleven, but she skips 8, not sure why, but at this point I'm not really concerned, I just correct her and let her go on her way. Maybe after she's two we will work on it more. She can say her ABC's most of the way through, doesn't sing them, says them. She also recognizes most letters and can point them out when you ask. We are working on sounds and so far the only ones she knows are "O", "T", and "Z".  Little Miss also knows almost all of her shapes. She can draw a circle and square when asked, and can point out a triangle, rectangle, star, crescent, hexagon, heart, octagon, and oval.

Showing you her teeth!

Miss T is also a talking fool! She love talking on her calculator phone, and had a pretty extensive language. It's amazing! She is learning her manners, and says "Excuse me" when she burps. "Peease" and "Thank Jou", She says "Yes Sir" no matter who she's talking to, apparently we need to work on the "Ma'am" part! She also calls people by their names, i.e. she calls me "Chelsy" and not Mommy. This goes for Daddy and Grandma and Grandpa too! On a not-so-happy note, she has started talking back. When I ask her to do something, she tells me "NO", I'm not sure if this is a normal thing or if our child is preparing us for her teen years early. She is very independent and quite stubborn so if she decides she doesn't want to do something there is no way around it!

In case you can't tell, we are quite proud of our little girl, and love showing off all of her tricks! I'm curious to see how much things change with a new baby in the house. And new babies in the family- apparently there is something in the water down here in Texas, because we have 8 new babies (including ours) making their big debut this summer. I've started crocheting blankets, and hopefully I will get some burpies, and cloth blocks sewn up before I run out of time! Maybe I can make a nice little tutorial for the blankets I'm making- we'll see!

Happy Monday,

Help for Haiti

I still haven't got out of my crafting funk. Between the kid running around like a crazy lady, and this little one inside me I have been thoroughly exhausted! I thought today I would post a few great crafts I have seen here and there, until I came across a some even greater posts about Haiti. I haven't recieved permission from everyone to repost their stories, since I decided to do this on a whim, but I'm praying that they will forgive me, since I am after all trying to get the word out to a few more people!

First, Lindsay over at Living with Lindsay has a great post about a friend of hers who is selling necklaces to help Haiti. For every necklace she sells she will donate $10 to Compassion International, which is currently working to help those in Haiti. These necklaces are really beautiful, and they are a constant reminder of how blessed we really are.  Please go to Lindsay's blog and read her post, she give all the details on how to get your necklace.

Kari, over at U Create is getting the word out about Craft Hope in her post here. Craft Hope is an Etsy store that is full of wonderful goodies that have been donated by some very talented people. The proceeds from sales At Craft Hope go to help Doctors without Borders.  They are also excepting donations for any handmade items that can be added to their Etsy store. You can get more info about donating by going to their website: http://www.crafthope.com/

You can also go and check out the Hope for Haiti blog. This blog was set up to take donations and give out information on how you can help. Donations made to the Hope for Haiti blog with go to either the Red Cross or Compassion International. They also have many donated items that can be purchased to help Haiti. I know that these are only a few of the wonderful people and places that are advocating to help Haiti.  I also know that times are tough for many Americans, and alot of people can't afford to help, and if that is the case then I encourage you to pray. Prayers are free and welcomed with open arms. If you have any other great sites that are trying to help Haiti please let me know and I will add them to this list.

Happy Wednesday,

Oh- Don't forget you can text the word "Haiti" to 90999 to donate $10 to the American Red Cross. The $10 is added onto you cell phone bill, so you don't have to worry about any CC info floating around the universe :)

Three word Thursday

Grey's/Private Practice!!

Just a little update...

I didn't realize it, but apparently I have been MIA for a while. It wasn't by choice, however, but I did miss you all! 

We all had a wonderful Christmas many wonderful Christmases. The little lady was about pooped out from opening presents. In fact, at one point she said "All done" and went to sit on the couch by herself! We had losts of great food and my excersise bike had been going non-stop since.  We also let our little "secret" out of the bag and told all of the family that our little lady is going to be a big sister in July! That's another reason for my absence, me and the porcelin down the hall have been spending some great quality time together. 

I have gotten a little discouraged lately because I haven't felt like making anything new, or creating something unique, but I am hoping to post a fun new project later this week. It's not completely my own idea, it's tweaked a bit from someone else's genius brain, so as soon as I hear back from her I will let you all in on the fun! And I am hoping that the morning all-day sickness will end soon and I can back into my regular routine.

In other household news- We started potty training after New Year's, I don't usually make resolutions, but I knew this was one I could stick to. Little Miss can say her ABC's quite well now. She can count to 10 with only a little help between 6 and 7! She loves to jump, especially on the bed when I will let her,  she also loves to run and try to skip. And her vocabulary is increasing daily. It amazes me when she says something completely unexpected and so grown up!  I hope everyone has had a great start to the new year, I can't wait to get caught back up on everything I've missed!