I'm back...again! What did I miss?

Have you ever heard the sayin',
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder?"

I find this to be true with bloggin'.

I took another hiatus.

It wasn't you...it was me.

I had really good intentions of stickin' with bloggin' this past 

school year and then you know...life.

I have news though.

Jerm and I are buyin' a house and closin' on July 8th.

Because....

I'm growin' a human in my belly.

She is due on October 10th.

We are so flippin' over the moon about htis.

I'm overwhelmed with the generosity of everyone 

around us.  We have been blessed beyond measure already

to receive some incredible things for our little girl.

If there is one thing I've learned, people cannot resist 

buyin' little girl stuff.

All the pink stuff...it's the cuteness!

What better way to get myself back into bloggin'

than to make somethin' for Monday Made It.

I'm linkin' up with my sweet friend, Tara, from 4th Grade Frolics.

Of course I had to make somethin' for baby girl.

When I told my best friend that I was goin' to have a baby

she quickly decided we needed a code word when discussin'
all things baby.

She promptly came up with the nickname "Tippy" for our 

Tip-Top Secret.

At that point we didn't know if Tippy was a boy or a girl, 

but the name stuck.
If I didn't like somethin'....I would say,
"Tippy doesn't like that" or "Tippy has a headache"...etc.

We have officially given Tippy a proper name now.

Kinslea Rose Evans

I have looked at every pin on Pinterest ever made for

little girl's nurseries and I want it all.

I originally wanted the colors to be pink and gray and to look somethin'

like this gorgeous little room.

(Source)

And then....I stumbled across this pin and decided

I would definitely need to make this for Kinslea Rose's room.

(Source)

Jerm and I went to Michael's and bought some letters

because they were havin' a 50% off of A to Z letters.

Tryin' to spell out a name all in the same style is harder 

than you think.  

We also bought flowers for 50% to 70% off.

Pickin' out colors was not easy.

Dark pink, light pink, coral, white...so much to choose from.

This turned into all day project.  

I placed the flowers and 

Jerm burned his fingers while doin' all the hot gluin'.

I put a teaser up on Instagram last Monday, but we ran
out of flowers and had to go get more at Hobby Lobby since
we cleaned Michael's out of all their colorful selections.

And now...the reveal.

I can't wait to get into the new house and get these up on the wall! 

Now I'm considerin' doin' the nursery in pinks and corals.

Time to start makin' some decisions and do some online shoppin'.

My second Made It was actually made for me.

Well...not for me, but for Kinslea!

My sweet 5th Graders and their parents threw me a surprise

baby shower at the end of the school year.

I, of course, burst into tears when I walked into my

beautifully decorated classroom and 

was greeted by an explosion of pink

and excited smilin' faces!

We had so much fun tastin' different baby foods

(squash, peas, and green beans are so gross!)

and sniffin' diapers to see which candy bars were placed inside.
We unscrambled some baby words and my students each took
their thumb prints and put them in pink paint to put on
the letter "K".

Isn't this so special?

Now I have something to hang in Kinslea's nursery
from my Rockstars.

We will cherish this gift forever!

I certainly am goin' to miss my babies, but have

already been assured that I have lots of babysitters

ready and waitin'!

Be sure to head over to Tara's blog to see the other MMI's.

I have a common assessments trainin' today.

Wish me luck!

Happy Monday, friends!