{He's Here!!!}

Cash Thomas Lathroum
23 May 2011 • 6:06 PM
6 lbs. 4 oz. • 19 in.

In what is, as far as I can tell, the first guest post on Jessie's blog, I am overjoyed to announce Tom and Jessie's new addition.

I am Jessie's oldest brother, Matthew, and I am so happy for Jessie and Tom and glad that they decided to come back to Texas. Cash is sooooooo precious!!!!

Jessie, I love you so much and I wish you, Tom and Cash years and years of happiness. I know you will be such a great mother.

For all of the blog followers, don't worry, Jessie will be back with her great posts and better pictures.

{Better Late Than Never,..???}

Happy Easter!!!

Funny story,... kinda. So, I bought these beautiful egg "wrappers" the last time I went to NYC from this super cute little Ukrainian store. I have been holding on to them for dear life this whole time waiting,.............. and waiting,......... for Easter.

I even packed them in the car when the Mr. and I drove here in February so I knew that they would be here for Easter egg decorating.

And then I lost them.

I was SO mad! It is actually pretty embarrassing how mad I was about these silly egg thingies. I had my Mom searching her house, I was searching mine,.... nothing.

Not until Easter day anyway. I walked into my parents house and went to a bag that I had left over there with some fabric and sewing supplies and VOILA!!! There they were. Now my Mom was mad,.... Mom: "Man! I could have totally been the hero!"

So here they are,... I just finished them up today, only 5 days after the Easter holiday. There was NO way I was going to wait to make these until next Easter. :) SO,... I hope you all had wonderful Easter holidays with your families. :)

{36.5 Weeks}

Not much to say here but "Whoaaaaahh BELLY!" I am SO ready to meet my little guy! Just a few more weeks.

{Whatever You Do, DON'T Smile!}

These beautiful children are my niece & nephew. We went out to a park/garden a couple weeks ago and it was like pulling teeth to get them to smile for the camera,... luckily, they are precious with or without smiles. :)

{Kristie, Rich & Lexi}

Snuck in a last photo shoot before leaving Baltimore one last time.

This is Kristie, Rich and their pup, Lexi. It was a fun shoot, but don't be fooled by the beautiful sunshine, it was pretty chilly out still!

Folks, let me tell you, since we got back to Dallas three weeks ago, I have been majorly pregnant, surrounded by mess and boxes, no television, no internet, no vehicle. I apologize for yet another disappearance, but we just got internet hooked up yesterday! I missed all of you and I have a few catch up posts to do! Talk soon :)

{Bits & Pieces}

Here are just a few of my favorite things I have either picked up or received as gifts for my little guy.

I ordered these gilded vintage "CASH" blocks from Cabin 7.

This is Sophie the Giraffe Teether that I received from my niece, Sofie, this past weekend at my Maryland baby shower!

And this bear belonged to my husband when he was little. My Mother-In-Law gave it to us for our little one! I love him. (side note: that cowboy hat was a gift from me to my husband on my first visit to Maryland after we met,.... I doubt he has ever worn it. It has resided in his parents basement since I gave it to him) :)

So, I spent the last seven days in Maryland getting the move underway. I took some pictures for friends, had a baby shower, a going away party, packers, movers, some sad feelings of leaving, happy feelings of Texas and a last look at our first little home. I will post more about it soon.

XOXO

{Nursery Inspiration Board}

Inspired by the completely AWESOME Lay Baby Lay blog, I decided to make an inspiration board for Cash's nursery. These are some of the items and inspiration I am using to create the little man's fabulous room! Linkage below. (oh, and he has a fabulous refinished dresser/changing table that I couldn't find a picture of, but it's currently the only piece of furniture in his room! :) )

ZigZag Rug. Stork Print. Love Someone Print. Antique Gold Letters. Glass Lamp. Jenny Lind Crib. Upholstered Rocker. Keep Calm & Carry On Print. Bunting.

{A Tiny Quilt For My Boy}

I made this tiny crib quilt for my little guy! I collected fabrics in aqua, lime green and grey (probably enough for like FIVE quilts) and used this pattern from the Moda Bake Shop.

I am pleased with the result but I think next time, I will photograph the quilt BEFORE I wash it. I mean,... I love the crinkly goodness here, but it makes it kind of difficult to see the piecing details.

So, I was going to have the bedding,... bumper and crib skirt custom made to match the quilt fabrics, but my mom talked me into letting her me make it. I think that my sewing skillz are just not good enough for something like this,... after all the mistakes and seam ripping, I'm thinking it's not worth it and might have someone else do it for our next child. :)

So this is the quilt with the bumper which is still not complete, and it definitely looks adorable, but like I said, not so easy for me. This is not the crib for the nursery either. This is at my parent's house. Cash's crib will be black. What do you think? Any readers hand make crib bedding and have any helpful tips? Right now I am trying to figure out how the heck I'm going to close the top of this bumper. I am seeing lots of hand stitching in my future.

{Vintage Fabric Patchwork Quilt}

OH!! HI THERE!! :) Thought I fell off the planet did you?? Well, kinda,... a little, maybe? I've been moving, painting, visiting with family, furniture hunting (on a budget) and SEWING. :) This is a pretty little quilt I made just for the heck of it. It's made from a stack of charm squares that I won from a little giveaway on Miss Rose Hip's blog. If you haven't checked it out,... do, you won't regret it, her pictures and creations are so beautiful!

I went strictly patchwork with this one. After I had all the squares together it was a bit small so I hunted down some more (larger) vintage fabrics (sheets) from thrift stores for some sashing and backing. I like the result.

This is the first straight line quilting I have attempted since this debacle. I did draw out straight lines and used the walking foot and everything turned out just perfect.

Looks like a nice little picnic blanket doesn't it?? So,... I've been in Texas now for about 5ish weeks, the Mr. is still in Baltimore and I am about to meet up with him there this week to get our house packed up and headed out this way. He will be joining me here at the beginning of April when we will move into our temporary home here in DFW. (did I mention that he is doing the 23 hour drive AGAIN??? ALONE??? Well,... with TWO DOGS??? Good luck with that!) ;) I also have a couple photo shoots and a BABY SHOWER while I'm in Maryland! Yay! I wonder what kind of cool stuff my little guy is going to get! I can't wait to see my man and my friends and family in Baltimore again!

Stay tuned for a little baby boy quilt! :)

{23 Hours to Texas from Maryland}

It's been a while huh?? So,.... two and a half weeks ago Tom and I made the 23 hour journey from Maryland to Texas! Needless to say, the trip back to Texas was WAY less torturous than the trip from Texas to Maryland almost 5 years ago. I don't think I ever explained this story, so,..... we hired movers to load, move and unload my stuff in MD. They turned out to be uber shady and showed up like THREE DAYS late! We turned them away when they tried to charge us double what we were quoted AND tried to tell us that it would take over 30 days before my stuff would be delivered. We got a UHaul, loaded it up pretty late in the afternoon and Tom took off in the UHaul with me behind him in my car with my little kitty Chance. I Don't remember exactly how long it took, but I'm thinking like 3 or 4 days,.... in June,.... with no AC in the UHaul (poor Tom). It was miserable.

This time was a little better planned. We loaded my car with essentials I might need over the next six weeks, i.e. clothes, undies, socks,... fabric, sewing machine, baby items, plants, our fancy dishes, cake plates,..... you know, the IMPORTANT stuff ;) Then we took off early in the morning on a Saturday with our kitties Cecilia and Audrey. These pictures are of Audrey, she was pretty confident in the car and posted herself up as our Co-Pilot for a good portion of the ride.

When she wasn't looking out for traffic jams, she was perfectly happy sleeping in the sun on top of the mounds of "very important stuff" I PROMISE Cece was in there too, she wasn't quite as sure about the ride as Audrey was, but she made it and she is perfectly happy in Texas.

Tom did all the driving (thank goodness) and I got to relax and sew while he "blue steel'd" for pictures. How many Hexagons do you think you can sew on a 23ish hour car ride,..... well, I didn't exactly count, but it's a LOT! :) Progress was moving quickly on the hexagon quilt I started a million years ago.

Anyway, we made it! After stopping Saturday night in Nashville, sneaking our kitties into the hotel and spending some time in the AWESOME hotel bar (drinking water), we got to Texas Sunday night,.... right on time! I have been here living with my parents and kitties for almost three weeks and Tom headed back to MD the day after we got here to get our house, things and work ready to go! Our house is leased (which is a little bittersweet), we have found a temporary home here in DFW, we have movers (of the NON-sketchy variety) coming at the end of the month to pack, load and deliver our belongings AND the BEST part is that the pooches are still in MD which makes Cece (and me) quite happy for now. :)

I have been working on Cash Monkey's crib quilt,.... slowly, but surely,... and I will post some peeks later of what I have so far. I literally hunted down enough fabric for like FIVE quilts,... but I'll start with the one for now.

I am on my way out for a nice walk in this BEAUTIFUL Texas weather!

xoxo

{24 Weeks}

24 Weeks along and after a rather large, completely yummy croque madame for lunch,... here is my little guy! Growing like a weed!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! Next week, our journey to Texas begins!

{Little Man Cameron}

OMG!!! LOOK at that FACE! I just love photographing newborns!

This is Cameron, he's about a month old!

He was so sweet to photograph. I can't WAIT to take pictures of my baby boy! I just know I am going to end up with hundreds and hundreds of pictures of him! (I have already gotten like eleventy hats for that little guy!)

For hats like the ones in these pictures, you can go to Etsy. Teddy hat from Studio514 and the elf hat is from MadAboutColour and comes in every color you can think of!

{Kitty Crayons???}

Look at these cute little kitty crayons I received from my wonderful friend, Megan!! Aren't they just so cute!?!?!

(Crayons from KittyBabyLove on etsy)

{A Giveaway from Camille}

There is a rumor going around that Camille is doing an awesome giveaway over on her blog. I was reluctant to post about it in hopes that no one would notice it and I would end up the big winner. BUT I decided to be a good person and let everyone know about it. (That and if I posted it on my blog, I got an extra entry). So,... go check it out! It's a good one, you won't be sorry ;)

{Holiday Baking}

I know this post is slightly overdue,.... but better late than never right? I just had to share these pictures. My Mom and I did some holiday baking when I went home for Christmas. I think we got a little too ambitious,.... I was only home for 4 days and we had what seemed like hundreds of cookies that we wanted to make!

This is the dough for Spritz that I died green and red,..... and then we never made. :)

Check out this OLD cookbook that my Mom has! I photographed this page because I remember it from my childhood. I always thought those Galaxy Cookies were sooooo neat looking and always wanted to make them, but we never did. I guess we will have to get on that, just for fun one day.

We were also going to make these Rosettes,.... never did. :)

This is the making of Rozki. Super Secret Recipe,.... sorry.

And these are Date Filled Cookies. YUM.

It appears that I never took any pictures of the actual baked cookies. Not sure what happened there, sorry about that, but you can imagine what these turned out like,.... yup, DELICIOUS.