Maylees Birthday Party

There she is wondering all over moms house sniffing the air and seeing what we are doing in the kitchen.


Me and mommy are hard at work making the best damn cupcakes you ever ate.









Dont that look good? And thats BEFORE the homemade real butter and sugar icing...yep no stuff out of a can, its all made from scratch.









I wish the pictures hadnt come out so blurry I have very few clear ones unfortunately but just bear with me LOL







We made the best cupcakes ever with green and pink icing. There was a gallon of chocolate ice cream in the freezer that dad had bought about 3 days before he died. Mom said he had picked it up at the store cause he knew we was gonna need it for Maylee's birthday. Dads favorite was vanilla, but he bought chocolate cause he knew thats what I liked...I almost cried when mom told me, but I didnt I did good I held up thru the whole day...I knew I could do it. When mom told me he bought plastic spoons and paper plates I almost lost it again but I hung in there....Dad was always thinking ahead.





















I gave Maylee her presents that Tyler had wrapped in such a fashion I had trouble getting thru all the paper to the actual present inside...Tyler sure can wrap a present! LOL I got Maylee a really cool I Spy Bag from The Crafting Corner I also bought one more bag for my friends baby who is turning 1 a week after Maylee. I also got Maylee a cool ninja from Sandy's Dandy's I loved the ninja, so well made!! You can see it in this picture.



I also got in on shopping too late for Maylee so I bought her some "after birthday" presents. I got her A block from a local shop, Spool of Plenty I dont have a picture of the blocks in action yet but trust me, they are big and fluffy and VERY well made, and she even done the one I got for my friend with a custom embroidery! I highly recommend this shop if your looking for baby stuff, and she has more than big fluffy blocks too!




I also bought Maylee a little green baby doll from my sweet friend Patience who did an incredible job



You can see his legs hanging out of Maylees Halloween purse/bag I got a couple weeks ago from GinnyMacks Crafts . I could not get a good picture of her playing with him for nothing! She moves quicker than I do LOL.





My friend Patience makes all kinds of cool stuff and her shop can be found here

This is a picture of the cute lil guy from the listing she had for him. he is adorable in person. Maylee loves him a bunch!






I also got Maylee some shoes...not as a birthday present but because she needs them. I hate buying anything from a store that can be handmade, so I searched Etsy high and low for baby shoes to fit Maylee. I found a couple of pairs I liked and bought.



These came from kaboogie and are VERY well made, and perfect for a baby walking around outside and in stores and whatnot. Maylee wears these everywhere she goes, and I highly recommend this shop for shoes cause they are VERY well made. I have seen similar shoes in stores for babies...you know, the soft soled shoes....I like these better, and they are warm! There is a layer of flannel inside.





I also got these cute lil shoes for Maylee for just around the house so I can hear where she is at. These have bells on the sides and she sounds so cute walking around in these. These came from Bublico and are also very well made. I LOVE these lil shoes, and they come in a bunch of different baby sizes too!



So now Maylee has a bunch of nice toys, and some really awesome shoes to wear now that its cold outside and we NEED to protect her feet.




So that was Maylees birthday...she liked her two toys she got, and she ate a little bit of cupcake all by herself. That was pretty cool to watch, and she didnt get it all over her dad either! You go sweet baby!










She liked the cake a lot but the ice cream was just a bit too cold for her new teeth....


That face is priceless....

Chicago Trip WHAT FUN!

Here is Maylee standing next to a picture OF the sears tower INSIDE the sears tower. Thats one conceited tower!


The elevator to the top goes SO fast your ears pop and stuff. It goes 18 miles an hour! Its really fast and they play this dumb video with annoying cartoon characters to get your mind off the fact that if that cable broke your in a world of hurt cause they got like 20 people crammed in that elevator and its heavy....A little unnerving but nonetheless...











It was super cold in Chicago...not real bad but like in the low 60's and we are used to still sweating our butts off here in Kentucky. So thanks to Monkeylips I had this hat to put on Maylee cause it really is the Windy City up there and she would have got a bad ear ache if it wasnt for this hat, so thank you again! for the beautiful gift to my baby...I still cant thank you enough LOL




This is the view from the top of the Sears Tower. You can see Lake Michigan on the right and a whole buncha buildings to the left...this stretches as far as the eye can see. I live in Louisville, Ky and its a decent size town, but you can fit 40 of Louisville in this place, srsly.







We had the pleasure of staying in this place on Saturday night...this turned out to be one of those fine establishments that rents rooms out by the hour....and has "free movies" Unfortunately my kids found out what kind of movies as Noor gave them the keys to the room and let them go first...of course the coveted TV gets switched on first. I hear them exclaim about "porn" on TV and I immediately disconnect the cable...I was a wee bit mad cause the dude that rented us a room seen we had a van full of kids ya know....oh well. I will just mark this up as one of the "Ghetto" inns that we have stayed at over the years...some day we can get a ritzier place without fist fights upstairs in middle of the night, and men with scantily clad women going to and from the place all hours of the night....geez. It was the first place we could find and yes we were THAT desperate for a place to stay!


The motel may have sucked really bad, but the food...oh the food! When you get out on Devon Ave you can find ANYTHING you want to eat, and its cheap and good! I ate the best Dal curry of my life Sunday morning before we went to the Sears tower. This is a picture of the kids playing inside one of the fine establishments we ate at. My goodness the veggie curry was to die for...these people can cook SOOO good, I wish some of them would move here and open up a store on the corner of my street LOL. I love
Indian food, and there was plenty of it here.










This is the death trap we drove up there...cool huh?



















Cops really DO hang out at Dunkin Donuts!!!! Here is proof!














Tyler walking down a street after eating some awesome Indian food!











This is us at the Sears tower...Tyler took the picture, but thats Justin in the orange shirt, and me and Noor (hubby) holding Maylee....dont know who the guy in the stripedy shirt is....











And I gotta represent my heritage while I am hanging out here. I missed Shabbos cause we was driving around breaking the Shabbos looking for a motel LOL I found this cool sign on Saturday too....













Shabbos special...chinese food LOL. I HAD to take a picture of this one LOL.


















On our way home Sunday we stopped at this candy factory...they had a chocolate fountain inside, but it was blocked off in such a way I couldnt drink from it or swim in it...damn.

This place was so cool, and got 35 bucks of our hard earned money...THIS is why i am fat guys. Its the chocolate...if peanut butter and chocolate were illegal to eat, then I would be skinny...





I wish I could post more pictures, but I could take up my whole blog talking about this trip! LOL

I wanted to leave you with a lil something if you ever plan on going to Chicago be aware traffic feels just like this big knot all the time LOL. This is where a bunch of highways meet....we drove on this. In the deathtrap. It wasnt fun. Traffic is a nightmare, so be prepared! I love Chicago, but I would never live there. I love going to visit though. I honestly thought with our financial situation i would never get to see it again...and there I was over the weekend! You just really never know whats gonna happen!

Another lil update on my life for you guys that are constant readers...I came home from this trip to find out my father had passed away from a massive heart attack. He died instantly as far as the coroner could tell so thats a blessing he did not suffer one bit. If you could keep us in your prayers I would be most appreciative. I will still be making soap and making my pretty plus size clothes...I am just gonna be taking a break this week, and hoping to resume my normal work schedule this weekend. Thanks so much for the love guys.

Maylees new Halloween Bag

I been blogging a lot lately about other people stuff, thats one thing I LOVE to do is promote others work. The nice lady that made this bag does INCREDIBLE work and you guys HAVE to check out her shop if you need a bag for your kids for halloween. She ships out SUPER quick like next day kinda quick so you will get it in plenty of time for halloween. I present to you Maylee's new Halloween bag from Ginny Mack's Crafts











I followed Maylee around for a good 10 minutes while she was playing with her new bag and this is the best picture I could get. She wears it like a purse, she is so cute! I just love her to pieces!








Here you can see her bag a little better. It is SOOO well made and ready for tons of candy she is gonna get for her mama...er....I mean herself with her cute lil fairy outfit. I will have pics of the outfit soon. i got the tutu finished yesterday and I am gonna make the wings myself. She hates the tutu and cried when I put it on her LOL She tried to pull it off. So I can only imagine how the wings will go but thats what duct tape is for (smiles)




SO if you guys need a bag for your babies for halloween you should get one of these. Buy handmade! Support this country in the best way you can cause Lord knows its going to hell in a handbasket economically...but thats another blog post LOL

Maylees Hair Clips By Julibee Kitsch

Isnt she sweet? Perfectly innocent with those big dark eyes, and her almost black eye from her many adventures falling all over the house...she is a doll in the new flower hair clippie I got from the sweet Miss Juli who has the shop Julibee Kitsch on Etsy. I got these for Maylee at the awesome art and craft fair we were at together Saturday.Juli has many more fine pieces of jewelry and also more hair clippies! These are set on alligator clips which are GREAT for staying in fine silky hair like mine and Maylee's. I love the way it stays in Maylees fine silky hair...



Until she grabs it and yanks it out of her hair.


Then she hands it to me (sigh)


The clippie is wonderful and Maylee's actions in no way represent the quality or beauty of this item. If I was a baby I would totally wear it: