Baby has arrived! - I saved this as a draft back in February. I'll go ahead and post it. Totally forgot I wrote this!

Who would have known my last post on the 25 of November was just 2.5 days before our baby was born?  I've been super busy and super tired!  The first few weeks of having our baby were so easy - being sleep deprived didn't matter because we were just in awe every time we held and looked at our baby.  Pain from my stitches? Didn't even feel it. Of course that may be due to the Oxycontin. ;)  While my baby boy still surprises me every day, and every minute I just love him even more than the last, I have been feeling the effects of sleep deprivation.  The most consecutive hours of sleep I've gotten has been a little over four hours. For a person who's always enjoyed and needs 8 hours, 4 leaves me with the inability to hold a coherent conversation for more than 20 minutes.  My husband tells me to sleep while he's home from work. That's hard to do, since when he is home, I want to jump in the shower, do a quick clean in the kitchen, do laundry and fold some baby clothes, to name just a few chores. All which is just a little too hard when my baby is asking me for attention (either very very loudly and not quite so pleasant or by asking with his darling coos and gigantic, heart melting smiles).


Here is what is what I've had time to work on (and have had to make time). I've received a number of custom orders - it's been fun! 

Design your photo pendants 


I'm sitting here with my baby as I type. I love my desktop PC and not really a lap top type of girl, but since I've come to rely on the laptop and Ipad. So much easier to snuggle with my baby and still try to do some work.  I won't be able to write much more, as since the baby is awake, he'll need changed and he'll be demanding another meal soon.  Ah, as I write this the time has arrived. It's time baby time. 

It's been a wild ride!

Well now! It has been months since I've posted.  I'm a new mommy! Our baby arrived a few days early according to the Dr.'s and just one day early according to me. :) I believed he was due on November 29. I had him in the late evening on the 28th, so just a few hours off.

Before having our sweet little bundle of joy and diapers, I had thought that after he was born I'd continue to create more designs, update my blogs, Facebook, take pictures of and list my newly created items in my shop on Etsy  .... all while he was napping. I will say that we have been lucky in that our baby son is quite well mannered. Not a lot of crying - just when he thinks we're taking our time with his food, and an occasional grumbling if we've not noticed his diaper is in need of a change.  What I didn't really understand, despite all my reading and listening to new moms, is that I would be TIRED! No designing for me. As it turns out, when he napped, I napped, with usually a plea for this nap to last 2 hours ... please please please. lol  For the last month and a half, he's been sleeping through the night (about 6 hours). For the last month and a half, I've still been waking up 2 - 3 times a night checking on him.  Making sure he's breathing, not sleeping on his tummy, that sort of stuff. 

I feel pretty good though. Recently it has been quite nice to be able to sleep for 5 hours straight. So now, it's back to work.

I've created a few things in the last few months. I've finished a few Tree of Life pendants which are created from copper and gemstones. I've created more gemstone ponytail hair bands. I've discovered a new way to bake photos into clay and have made a few wedding bouquet charms. My earring inventory has increased by quite a bit. Now I just need to photograph everything and create the listings on Etsy.

So, off to the grind! I hope your summer is starting out as wonderful as mine is!