Etsy Store

As most of you know, I've been doing my little business called Baby Jayne's since Jayne was born and I decided to quit my job and stay home with her. I love it! I've had so much fun and learned so much. Now after having Ryan, I've decided to transition my business out of traditional boutiques and tradeshows and purely do custom products. I want to make and create different things instead of mass producing the same items all the time. This will fit with my life and ability to take care of my children the way I want much better. So, I've opened an Etsy store and will be selling there exclusively. My website now directs everyone to my Etsy store. I hope you'll check it out and tell your friends about it. By cutting out the retail store and selling directly to you the consumer, my prices are more than 50% off what they were selling for retail. Enjoy!

And check back in another week or so. I'll be adding some new products every few days!

The link to my store is on the side bar.

March Madness

March has been crazy. Along with trying to find a new job, our family has spent the month having every medical procedure we've ever thought about doing done. The most major being a thorough full body cancer scan for me. I have bloodwork done regularly but I haven't done a full body scan in over 5 years so I was due. I found out Tuesday morning that I am still cancer free! I wasn't too nervous about it overall, but you never know. It's great peace of mind! I did the procedure in LA with a Dr. I really like so we got to spend a few days back in Burbank with our friends! We loved it! We went to the Zoo with a bunch of friends and got to hang out and also got some quality time with Grandma and Grandpa. It was a fun week.

My mom went with me to LA for the actual scan on Friday while Jason took the kids for the day. When we got back to our house my mom loaded up the kids and took them with her for the night! Yep, that's right, the first solo over-night stay since Ryan was born! And let me tell you, we enjoyed every second until they came back the following night! Thanks Mom and Dad! We slept in till 10am! It felt like a vacation. And we needed it. It's been a very stressful month, topped off by this big scan. We went out to eat, played tennis, laid by the pool. It was wonderful. And they said the kids were really great and Ryan slept over 10 hours that night for them! I'm hoping they were so good that they'll have them back again soon :-)

On Sunday Jayne gave her first talk in Church! I made some visual aids to help her remember it and she did it! She memorized the entire several minute talk and did fantastic. I helped hold her visual aids after she held it up but otherwise she did it completely on her own! She wore her new Easter dress my mom made for her over the weekend and Jason's parents came down to see her. After church we went to Jen's for our nephew Jake's birthday. It was a very eventful weekend, but so much fun!!

Thanks to everyone for their help and well wishes this past month with everything we've been doing! On to Easter....

Jayne had so much fun seeing all of her LA friends again!
Jayne in her new Easter dress ready to give her first talk!
The kids had so much fun playing with their cousins. Happy Birthday Jake!

Look who's walking!

Ryan started trying to walk on his birthday but didn't get far. A week later he would take a few steps to one of us. Now 3 weeks later and he's cruising all over!! He'll actually walk from one room to the next and back again. He usually only falls if he steps on something in his way (usually toys). pretty good. He's still not totally stable, but another few weeks and I bet he's running! And he's learning to dance without holding on to anything. It's pretty funny to watch. He can't get quite as into it yet or he'll fall for sure, so you can see him trying to really bounce but not wanting to fall. Too cute!

Awesome Quote

“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.”

-Dr. Adrian Pierce Rogers (September 12, 1931 – November 15, 2005) of Love Worth Finding Ministries, Pastor Emeritus of Bellevue Baptist Church.

Thanks to my friends, the Badell's for this great find. So true.

Riding Bikes

Happy First Birthday Ryan!

For Ryan's actual Birthday day we had a little party with my mom, grandma, sister, and her little boy Ashton. We had lunch at our house, opened presents, and then hit our local park to play for a while. We had so much fun! Ryan LOVED his new Bike. It's from Cars and plays all these noises. He loves all the buttons and will sit on it forever. Hopefully he'll be riding it by his next birthday. He also loved his new hummer car that drives itself all over and plays music. We had a great day! Thanks to everyone for all their warm wishes!

His new bike from Grandma Sharyn and Grandpa Brian

Yummy cake!

With Grandma Sharyn at the Park

Playing with Great Grandmommy

Chick-fil-a

My new love... Chick-fil-a. It sounds so silly. We first heard of Chik-fil-a from our brother and sister in law from Indiana. They went on and on about it and said they go frequently on the "kids eat free" tuesday nights. I thought it was really funny that they liked it so much. Well, OC finally got 2 of them. Jason went for lunch one day and decided he had to bring me back since I like chicken and chicken sandwhiches. Well, the rest is history. It truly is the best chicken sandwhich I've ever had. Love all their dipping sauces. Kids love the chicken nuggets. And their chocolate shake taste's divine! So, of course we had to check out the "kids eat free" tuesday night since our kids (both of them) eat a ton, this actually saves us quite a bit. It was so much fun and really packed! Jayne got face painting (but on her arm), did a craft, and they both got a free kids meal that they both ate in entirety. It was a really fun night! And we'll be back!

And yes, Ryan ate an entire kids meal- All 4 chicken nuggets, the entire fruit cup (which is the best fruit cup I've ever seen at a fast food place), 1/2 his milk, some fries, and some licks of his ice cream cone.