Let the baby shower prep begin!

My yearning for some craftiness has finally found an outlet!  The impending baby shower.  Okay, so my Florida shower isn't until October 13th, but with so many ideas it's time to get cracking.  First up, a pennant for decorating the main table at the shower.  

I found a quick and easy DIY tutorial here.  And this is how my pennant came together:

First I traced a template on all my fabric

Then I sewed the long sides of the pennant together, snipped the point off the bottom
and turned them inside out.

I ironed a grosgrain ribbon in half and pinned the pennants 3" apart.
Finally I sewed the top of the ribbon to secure the pennant.

And "Voila!"  Instant party ready pennant!

This will likely find it's permanent home in Baby Doyle's play room post-party

Ninja Doyle

Feeling Good - Feeling Squishy

Well it was a restful week in Naples!  Baby Doyle had his/her first pampering @ the Ritz which included a "mellow mamma" massage - it was not long enough so relaxing.  We found a great product line called Mama Mio while we were there.  One of the products is changing my pregnant life.  Let me introduce you to "Lucky Legs".  My swollen little beauties have been less than lucky these past 23 weeks.  Besides the water retention, they have enjoyed lovely sensations such as itching, tingling and numbness.  This little potion has brought relief (albeit temporary) from this not so fabulous symptom.  For all my mommas-in-waiting out there I highly recommend it!!  I might have also splurged on some of their other tinctures...Boob Tube, Get Waisted, Toning Serum, Tummy Butter, Hip/Thigh Cream...okay maybe I went a little overboard, but I'm trying to stay on top of this rapid body morphing.

In Pete news: No Tarpon!  The effort was there - 2 days/10+hrs on the water - but the elusive Tarpon managed to avoid Fisherman Doyle.  With Tarpon season closing, it looks as if our labor day Dairymen's trip will be his next hope for landing a fish!

In other news: I tried to put in a custom closet this weekend while Pete was golfing...

These were the type of shelves in the walk in that I ripped down

This is what Pete came home to Sunday afternoon - obvi immediate panic

After my heroic attempts...the contractor will be here on Thursday.

Double Deuces

Hot Summer Day = Swollen Pregnant Lady

WOW...it just keeps growing!  Can't believe another week has come and gone.  I tried to be creative and draw a spaghetti squash, but it really just looked like a skinny pumpkin. Some of these fruit and vegetable comparisons they come up with have me scratching my head - how did we go from banana to spaghetti squash?  I guess they are shooting for a comparison of length (head to rump) but still doesn't make much sense to me!

We are off to Naples on Tuesday through Saturday for work and play.  Pete has TWO tarpon trips that week so I will be making full use of the Ritz's facilities.  I believe a "mellow mamma" massage is in order!  Hope to report back with good beach pictures (no bathing suit shots for this bod) and a couple tarpon fights for Pete to brag about!