Jackson was featured on Baby Blackbird’s Mini Street Style the other day:

Baby Blackbird is one of my favorite kiddie style blogs so I was super excited when I got the email telling me  Jackson was going to be on the site. Dressing boy’s is a bit more challenging being that a lot of places don’t offer thatmuch variety, compared to the girls section which usually takes up a whole side of a store.  I dress Jackson the way I wantto dress. I usually wear men’s button downs and always liked the menswear look. I also don’t spend more than $20 dollars on Jackson’s clothes, unless it’s for a special occasion or shoes(babies need good support),  I’m a thrifty mama and some of my favorite pieces of Jackson’s came from yard sales, thrift stores, consignment, hand me downs or ebay. I also go straight to the sale section of any store.  You don’t have to spend a lot to have great style. 

Thanks again to Brandy of  BBB  for having Jackon on your blog =)

Here’s the post I took the picture from:http://www.bubblegumponys.com/2011/10/falling-for-fall/

xoxo

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Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday ,ate some good food and had some happy family moments. My Thanksgiving was cool, we ate, watched the parade, played with toys, went for a walk and ate some more. It was a good day. I didn’t get too many pictures because Jackson was having an off day, I think he’s getting some molars and that makes for a cranky baby.

This year has had more ups than downs and I am so grateful for that. I thank god everyday for my baby, my family , my friends and my life. I know there are people out there who have nothing and noone and I don’t take my life for granted. Sure I have my bad days but I snap out of it knowing tomorrow is a new day and another chance to be happy and to make the ones I love happy and for that, I am thankful.

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In my journey of teaching myself how to sew I have about 50 tutorial’s bookmarked. My goal is to be able to make Jackson clothes as well as myself. So far I’ve made 5 zippered pouches with 3 different tutorial’s. This is my latest , and my best…if I do say so myself, that I made for my mom as part as a birthday gift (we got her a new camera and it fits perfectly in the pouch). I got the tutorial from NOODLEHEAD. It was pretty easy to follow and being a beginner the pictures helped.  This was also the first time I used interfacing and put in a tab for a keyring.

It’s not perfect, hello crazy zipper, but I like how it came out. I’m gonna see how many I can make before Christmas to give as gifts. Wish me luck =)

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I don’t remember ever loving fall as much as I do right now. It must be the whole parent “seeing things through my child’s eyes” thing. The joy Jackson gets out of picking up every leaf that passes him by, looking at weeds with such amazement or finding the right twig to add to his “treasures” is enough for me to stop and enjoy the moment that we are in. To take a break from all the stress and worry of everyday life, not to worry about how clean the house is or what to make for dinner. You know, all the annoying stuff that comes with being an adult.

Jackson’s not saying words yet but he is “talking”. And yelling. When we go to the playground he yells at the leaves. And the kids. Aye. Just part of learning and growing, for him and me. (more…)

It’s Saturday night, I’m home, and Snl isn’t that funny. So here are a few pics from the past week. Thank you Picnik for entertaining me.

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We had an awesome Halloween this year. We went trick or treating with my sister and Olive, who was a little devil, and collected $30 dollars for Unicef. I was shocked Jackson kept his costume on for as long as he did, even after he got a lollipop stuck to it =/ (more…)

Jackson’s new thing is to pick up every leaf, rock , twig, flower, basically anything on the floor and carry it around until he sees something new. It’s kinda cute…until he tries to pick up abc gum off the floor. eww.
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It’s been awhile since I stitched anything and I had this Sublime Stitching pattern for , oh I don’t know, a YEAR…so I finally decided to stitch it up.  It took me about 2 days to do it since the only time I get to any stitching is when Jackson is asleep. I think I’m going to add more hair but for now I think it came out cool.
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One of the best thing’s about being a parent is getting to do all the “kiddie” stuff again as an adult. I haven’t been pumpkin picking in forever so I was super excited to take Jackson. The weather was beautiful and the BF had off which made it even better. It was the cutest thing seeing Jackson trying to pick up the biggest pumpkins at the farm. After about a half hour he finally settled on a little pumpkin and carried it half way to the cashier. It was a great day and I can’t wait for Halloween =) (more…)

Jackson loves playing peek a boo with the dogs when they are outside (we have 6 of them) in the side yard. It puts a smile on my face to see him get so happy over the smallest things. Forget toys, all you need is a fence and some dogs to keep your baby happy. (more…)