working hard, or hardly working....

Shower update: As I said last time I have center pieces done. Three total. Thank you cards are ready for her. I have a guest book that includes "advice for happy marriage" section for each guest to fill out. I have a few other decorations as well. I have the Invites picked out awaiting ordering. But my big recent creative moment was the "banner" I decided to make. I'm gonna take photos of individual letters (spelling out Robin & Seth) lace a long ribbon through them and use it as a banner. I just ordered print outs of the photos. This is what it will look like... All I have to do now is get plates and cups and that sort of thing. I'm thinking of contacting Robin's mom and asking her to get the sheet cake. I called around to the local bakeries and they didn't have a website where i could view cake designs. So I think if someone local could go and pick out a pretty design I'd feel better about it. Then it could be ordered ahead of time.

When I received the shower package from my good friend Danielle, there was a beautiful angel inside, I thought was for decoration. I have been having a very rough week. We have about 2 whole months before the doctors says we can start trying for baby number 2 again and it just seems like SO far away. And I have a support group of ladies who are also trying to conceive and 3 of them this week have found out that they are pregnant. Well I was looking through the box again and I found a letter that I did not see before from Danielle and in that letter she mentions that the Angel was for me. I cried, and I love it. It is hanging in my bedroom. Thank you, Danielle.

Baby update: You already know some of it. My Ultrasound said that everything was fine. So the doctor said to wait 2 more months then try again. So we are now playing another version of the waiting game.

making progress

I am moving right along with Robin's bridal shower. I have thank you cards, and the center pieces done. I have also picked out the invitations I will use. I am excited about those because I am getting them from Shutterfly.com. I Love that website! and I picked a great photo to put on the invites. AND they are cheeper there than any other place I've seen nice invites. I am so proud of the center pieces as well. I hope she likes how they've turned out. I also have a green one made too.

Thank you Shelly Bean...

So I would like to send out a great big THANK YOU to Danielle "shelly bean" Chrisman for sending me the awesome bridal shower care package. I now have all the thank you cards she will need for the shower and I even have a guest book for it. (and confetti and do-dads and game ideas)

Also I am well on the way to getting the center pieces done. Hopefully I'll have enough to make about 5 pieces! If not I can always make more. I may post pictures when finished I may not. I'm thinking of keeping it a secret so it will be a surprise. I have not decided yet.

Other good news, I think the camera cake might be a go! I found out that the Michael's carries black fondant so I won't have to make my own. Woo hoo!!!! So I'm thinking that in a few weeks I might give it a try. Those pictures I will post!

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Also, in future baby news. All my tests came back normal so now I have to schedule a sonogram and then.....well that is to be announced. But I will most def keep you posted.

Gotta get crackin'

I actually really like blogging. Even though most of them are rather short.

Project number 1: I am anxiously awaiting a package from my friend Danielle (shelly bean). She is sending me some of her supplies and check lists for when she gave my bridal shower. I am excited to get started. So far I have food planned I have a few games. I hope Danielle has more ideas for games. I also have ideas for decorations and center pieces. I'm thinking about gift bags as well. I need to get ahold of Robin's mother so nail down a place. And my mom is willing to accept packages of supplies that I make up here.

Project number 2: camera cake........yeah I'm thinking more and more about having someone else do it I'm just worried I won't be able to do it... But I will try. And, robin, if you read this can you send me the fondant recipe?

In other news all my blood work came back normal. That is the story of my life, normal but not. I have to have the sonogram done in a few weeks and if that is normal I guess we'll go from there.

Just keep swimming...

I went to the doctor about the problems we have been having trying to conceive and they are still waiting on one more test to come back then they will call me. I hate the waiting game. I wish the nurse had just told me the results of the tests that HAD come in. Im going out of my mind

I'm starting graduate school in about 2 weeks but can't seen to get excited about it. Too much other stuff to worry about and keeping my mind occupied. Hopefully after all these tests are in and we get the baby making worked out I'll feel better about classes. Or maybe after classes start I feel better. Who knows?!?!

On a lighter note I have started to plan Robin's bridal shower. I am super excited about it. I have a grand design in my head hope I can make it come true. She deserves that. Projects are good for me. Hope I don't bite off more than I can chew.

New project!

Ok this blog is on a much lighter note than my previous blogs. I have a new project that I would like to acomplish. I want to make a 3D camera cake. I want to do it myself because i don't know anyone professionally who can do this....So if anyone knows of any great cake decorators in the southern Indiana area or central illinois area please let me know incase it doesn't turn out too well. I would love to be able to make one for my best friend Robin for either her bridal shower or her wedding... I don't want it to feed lots of people mostly just for her. so I want it similar to scale. Basically I need to learn how to carve a cake. And how to use fondant. how to use a piping bags. and a number of other things. So you can see how many ways this can go wrong. I'm gonna need lessons and a book and someone who can be on call for advise! so who's in?????/

Holy moly

After a visit with a specialist about my miscarriages we are now playing the waiting game. I am having blood work done, so we are waiting on those results and a few other tests that need to be done in the near future. So really we received no answers so far which doesn't give us much hope of seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm sure we will but it just seems like so far away. I hate waiting. I could just scream. That is all.