"go on little girl... feet twirl... go and make him smile" -ryan adams

so...we finally watched "the secret" the other night. all of us girls sat down to find out what "the secret" really was. i've been seeing a mailbox full of pretty packages everytime i go to the mailbox. so as that i might see it true. when i kept finding junk mail day after day... i decided to do something about it. started ordering things. patterns, fabric, crafters creations, gifts, books... and they've started to arrive! it would have been alot funner if these treats had just surprised me and appeared in the mailbox everyday - but it's still pretty fun and i now consider myself a "secret" professional. i ordered the retro rocket kids fabric that i've been looking at since before luc was born. when it started disappearing on my fabric sites i decided that it was time to get myself a piece before it was discontinued. i finally found it at this obscure...strange website...but it's so cool! i already cut it into squares for the boy quilt i'm making and then made the scraps into toy bags for lucas's animal collection. the little space boys look just like my silly lucas dude. i love it. the quilt top is complete. it didn't take as long and i thought! now the tricky part. to put the back on...quilt it...and edge. i've never done that before. anyone out there that can help??

i had so much fun making these little toy bags. i made two and i think they will look so cute hanging on pegs in luc's room. if we ever get his room back. i love to see him drag them around the house. he's got quite the collection of animals so far. he's learning their names and their sounds.

next, i ordered this pattern from amy butler. i am in love with the nappy bag i made from her pattern and i'm so excited to finish this one. i've got the lovely fabric pieces cut out and will start sewing tomorrow, i think. (i spy with my little eye...someones toes!)

lucas and i ventured to salt lake with gina today to sort out her dress fiasco. such a sweet girl, that gina. i would so be pulling my hair out by now. she just said,"you know...this time next week, i'll be married and that's all that really matters" i miss that anticipation. the week before the wedding. sorting out the final details. the curiosity of what life will be like as his wife and getting to know him in a whole new way. the very beginning of such a fun wild adventure. she looked so pretty in her dress. she'll be such a lovely bride. jessie flies in this week and i was thinking that's it's been like 5 years since we've all been in the same room together. almost exactly 8 years since jess and lace and i took a trip in the honda our hands waving out the sunroof all the way to provo. we celebrated my birthday together and bought our silver rings knowing that things were going to change for us. and change they have.

lucas and i have been on a little adventure of our own. i'm feeling a bit guilty for wanting to wean him when it is very obvious that he is not ready. he won't eat "big boy" food - and i'm sure that it is just in protest. our nights have been so nutty. it's almost like he is nursing more now during the night than he was before?? i tried introducing him to a milk bottle. he thinks it's hilarious. what a fun game!

yeah, try giving him that same funny bottle in the middle of the night. a really fun game. and poor andrey has to go to work at 6 in the morning after our nightly chaos. i feel even worse when i finally give in to my wailing baby and nurse him back to sleep cause he's so sweet and cuddles right back up to me. advice anyone??

i hope you all are happy and well. send me some love...i'll be checkin' my mailbox!
love, lin