Party in a Box!

So in regards to my last post...the top secret stuff we were doing while I was up at my parent's for the weekend was getting things together for Natalie's big birthday surprise.  Since Natalie no longer lives in Utah and this was her first birthday away from home, we decided to do something special. Unbeknown to Natalie, I was in ca-hoots with her boyfriend in planning a big birthday surprise.  My family decided to send her a Party in a Box.  Basically it has everything she needed to throw herself a birthday bash...Hutchison style.

And what's a party without a theme?  Can you guess what the theme was?

Asain Delight...that's right. We even made her signs that said Happy Birthday in Chinese (totally my idea!)

I also came up with a briliant idea.  As you all know we Hutchisons love us some awesome birthday cake.  So I made Natalie a step by step guide on how we wanted her to make her birthday cake.

It was a sushi roll and it was awesome.

I put it all together in a booklet.  If you can't read the title page...here is what it says. "How to Make a FABULOUS Birthday Cake by the Hutchisons. A step by step informational guide on how to make your birthday cake. Follow Directions Exactly. DO NOT look ahead. Most importantly have Fun! We love you and miss you...ya I rock! 

I even provided her with all the ingredients she needed to successfully pull this cake off.

My mom got Natalie this awesome tea pot as a birthday gift.  So cool right?

We put the rest of her presents in these.  Man, we are so freaking cool...if I do say so myself. 

So we boxed all this stuff up and sent it to Natalie's boyfriend's house.  On her birthday he picked her up and took her to his house where he had put up all the decorations.  She was totally shocked.  She kept asking him if one of us was going to pop out of the closet. Pretty much it was the best birthday she has ever had.  Your Welcome!  Then to top it off....get a load of this...her boyfriend bought her a plot of land in Scotland!  So she would have the title of "Lady"....seriously.  I'm not kidding.  Natalie is now officially Natalie Hutchison Lady of Guenivere (I dont' know how to spell the name of the place)  Who buys someone land for their birthday?!  There is even paper work to prove it.  Well, of course Natalie loved it...

While were getting all this stuff together Bennett and Eden decided to have some fun. Bennett totally crawls in there by himself and Eden was L.O.V.I.N.G. it

 

Then Ever decided to join the fun.

On a completely different and unrelated note...the other day I was watching Bronson and he kept begging me to go outside.  He kept saying, "I go to baseball practice"  So we bundled up and headed out.  Eden looked adorable as always and so I HAD to get a couple shots of her.  Love this girl!

Her daddy was so proud!

The hat is still a little big, I know, but what's a girl without a bow?

I could just eat her up!

Birthdays, Crafts and More..so much more!

First and foremost!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR NATALIE!!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU...

YYYYYYOOOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!

Now blow out your candles and make a wish!

See ya later, we love ya!

Lately I've been having a flare up of the crafties...I've been oh so crafty.  Here is the carseat cover I made Christy for the new babe... I think it turned out great.

She's having a little boy and I LOVED this fabric...so cute!

I even got fancy with the stitching.

We do buttons, not bows for boys.

I also wanted to make some onesies for my sisters that are with child.  I saw this on a blog and thought it would be cute and fun.  Plus, it was super easy.

I got some cute fabric from the store, along with some WonderUnder and I traced all my designed on the WonderUnder and then ironed it onto my fabric.

Then I just cut out my shapes

Next I ironed them onto my onesies

Marcia is having a girl so I did 12 different onesies

Lastly I just hand stitched around the shapes

I got crafty and stitched in some guitar strings to give it a little extra flare

I must credit Tracy and my mom for whipping up these two designs...I didn't like the ones I had so they just reached into their bag-o-tricks and pulled these out.

I am quite talented...I must say...

This weekend while I was up at my parents doing "TOP SECRET" stuff (more on this to come) We decided to get the kiddies together and take some Easter pictures.  It was a mad house.

This is the best picture I got...and it's only of Eden and Ever. It went down hill DRASTICALLY after this shot.

 

Here the kids are waiting patiently while we try and convince Brennen to take a picture.

Trying to keep the spirits up while we AGAIN wait for Brennen to grace up with his presence

This is what happened once Brennen decided to join us....mass chaos insued...

We ended on this note.

Lastly, and if you've made it this far, bless your heart.  My little baby isn't so little anymore and is 6 FREAKING months old.  How does this happen?! I swear we just brought her home yesterday.

We went to the doctor yesterday and here are her stats:

17lbs 8oz 75%

27in 95%

42.5cm 75%

Weight/Height Ratio: 45%

We got a big girl, she's about the size of a 9 month old.  I just hope she slows her growing down.  It's too fast for mommy.  I need her to be little a little bit longer. 

Here are the things Eden loves to do:

*Her diet now consist of peaches, pairs, bananas, apples and avacodos and she loves them all!

*She is a rolling machine.  I can't put her on the ground without her rolling over and then yelling at me to roll her back (we are still working on the belly to back roll)

*She loves to throw things and then have you bend her over to pick them up and then she promptly throws them again.  It's her favorite game

*Eden started swimming lessons this month and is already a fish.  She doesn't mind the water on her face or being dunked.  She merely bats her eyes and then kicks her arms and legs around.  She loves the water.

*Eden is a gabber gabber.  She just gabbers all day long.  It makes me laugh.

* I swear Eden can say "da da."  she says it all the time when Les isn't around.  I try and get her to say "ma ma" but she just smiles at me and does nothing. 

This picture cracks me up.  She was trying to reach her binki...I can just hear her saying "Gimmie that binki!!"

Almost got it!

"Got It!!"

I LOVE THIS BABY!!!

St. Patty's Day

So I wasn't as fun as I wanted to be for St. Patty's Day.  I had dreams of making green pancakes with green milk and the whole nine yards but since my child can't eat anything but baby food I settled for this...

Avacados...we tried them for the first time and Eden loves them.  She even opened her mouth really wide to get the next bite.

If she knew how to smack her lips she totally would

I wasn't feeding her fast enough, so she decided she needed to help mamma.

While I was trying to get ready to go for a walk (and before I got her dressed for the day) I found her like this in the living room.

She's in her purple jammies and she's reading her purple book...LOVE HER! She rolled over to get this book and it just so happen to be her purple book.  Cracks me up!

I just NEED this baby!!!  I can't imagine life without her.  She makes me smile.

On a different note, my cute friend Chelsey came over for a St. Patrick's Day walk.  After the walk Eden and Henry decided to chat it up on the couch.

They were so cute.  They would just sit and look at each other.  Eden would squeal and Henry would laugh at her.  It was so stinking cute!

I could not get them to both look at me and smile.  They were WAY to involved with looking and touching each other's arms to look at me for a picture.  I wish I had a video, cuz it was too funny.

Here is Eden going "What Mom?! I'm talking with my friend...." Henry was just all giggles....Aren't they a cute pair?

Sorry one more picture of my baby.  I seriously love this little girl.  I love everything about her.  I even love her when she screams. I just can't get enough.  I'm going to echo my friend Mitzi....even though she depends on me for everything...I mean everything....I still think I need her a little more than she needs me. 

Top of the Morin' to Ya!

This is what I sent to the grandparents...yes, I know...I'm awesome!

Un-Private

Okay so I was private but now I'm not anymore...with this whole link to the side that tells you when people update their blog...I feel like no one checks my blog...maybe I'm wrong, but I hardly check my friend's blog that are private cuz it doesn't automatically tell me when they update and so I forget...I'm lame, I know.

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