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!