potty training.

was a horrible (messy) disaster.
everyone was right.

we'll try again when she's 12.

ohhhhh changes.

this is going to be a wordy, picture-less post. feel free to stop now and come back to the blog another day if you're not interested :)

well, things are changing around here.
2 things in particular.

1. daphne is potty training today.
am i crazy and does my sister keep telling me this? YES.
we did not want to potty train her this early (she's only 17.5 months) but she kept running to the bathroom, standing up to the toilet and unbuttoning her pants and i just couldn't tell her: "no, pee in your diaper" one more time. so far she's 5 hours in and we haven't had an accident. so that's good. the bad? she also hasn't gone in the toilet. she had a bath about 4 hours and i'm pretty sure she peed in the tub. now she's down for a nap and we'll see how that goes.

2. we're vegetarians.
about 3 weeks ago i had a gall bladder attack. it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. it was from 11pm-1am and i just curled up in my bed crying. it was awful. i had another attack from 3-4am. i don't have insurance and i knew what was going on (they saw gall stones in my ultrasound with daphne and warned me this would probably happen and that i should have my gall bladder removed after having her which i didn't and i haven't had any issues up that point) so, i just endured it but i knew i never wanted that to happen again. so, in the morning i looked up what to do to prevent gall bladder attacks. attacks are induced by fatty foods and so to ensure i wouldn't have an attack, i have to limit fat grams to 15-20 per day. that's about 1/4-1/3 of the recommend amount of fat we should have each day. the first couple of days were HORRIBLE! i was SO starving... i couldn't find anything to eat that would really leave me satisfied. but, i got used to it pretty quick and now it really isn't a huge issue. i can't eat out, eat most things that people eat, go to eat at other people's houses really or eat anything that is "quick" to make which is sometimes annoying. But, i am feeling much more healthy and have a better outlook on food (i think i was addicted?)

so, since i've started this new "diet" (i'm also not eating sugar for my headache-prevention diet...) i've been considering going vegetarian because pretty much all meat that i liked, i can't have anymore. hamburgers, ribs, pulled pork, bacon, CHICKEN STRIPS (my absolute favorite food ever) animal fat is the main cause of gall bladder problems so eliminating most of that out of my diet (though i am still eating dairy and eggs- if they can fit in my 15 grams of fat a day :)
seemed like the best way to go for me. nic has talked about going vegetarian before and was so supportive and wanted to do it with me. he is awesome.


so, that's what's up in our house.
i'll be better about blogging, promise :)

quote from julie

my sister is funny and her kids are freakishly funny.
i think most of my friends read her blogs (konchar family & julie konchar over there on the side) but in case you missed this gem here is a quote from her blog:

Monday evening we took a little family walk to Highland Point. It's about a mile each way, and the views of the Rocky Mountains at the end are breathtaking. I made Jon wear his shoes. He didn't wanna. His shoes, you see, are rather hideous. He's been wearing a certain $10 pair of Wal-Mart sneakers for the past few months and they have officially given up the ghost. A week before school ended, the sole of his right shoe filed for divorce from the upper. Some sweet lady at the office used duct tape to keep the shoe together until he got home. Good enough for me. I told him I'd buy him new shoes in two months. Jon isn't so excited, though, to wear the taped shoes. Did I mention the duct tape is neon pink?

So the shoes are ugly and pink. Jon isn't a fan. Pleading his case (which he lost, btw) he said "Mom. I can't go out in puberty like this! I look ridiculous!" I informed him that the word he was searching for was "public" not "puberty". And then Josie explained in a rather condescending tone, "Yeah Jon. Puberty is when you grow hair on your bladder."

Giving Josie and Jon the talk should bring a bounty of delightful misunderstandings.......all of which I will publish here.



oh my, i love my nieces and nephews (these 2 are 8.5 year old twins)

hansen's shower

some of our very best friends moved away a week ago. the problem with rexburg is that you make awesome friends and then they move. every time. since we're leaving in december i hope to make lots of great new friends and then leave them sad and lonely with only G's dairy to comfort them. (aren't i sweet? :)

chad and rebecca are wonderful and we miss them already (even though they are wedding photographers and were NEVER home anyway! they were always off to exotic places shooting stylish weddings, oh, the life) Rebecca is due in a couple of months so we combined a going away party with a baby boy (Christopher!) shower and invited their favorite girls (and BOYS!) to share in the event. It was so much fun to put this shower together. Rebecca and I have very similar aesthetics so i was never worried that the shower wouldn't look like her, it totally did. sweet, cute, modern with a bit of whimsy, just what we like :)

i did a crepe bar with lots of different fillings and toppings and so i spent most of the shower behind the griddle in the kitchen- but it really turned out well. nutella, crepes, buttermilk syrup and fruit... no one complained :) i also made homemade quiche, cupcakes, a fruit salad and fizzy limeaid (simply limeaid, pellegrino and sprite).




I had to find some way to incorporate my love for typewriters and the little collection i've begun. so, i had out 3 typewriters at the shower. one with instructions to tell baby Christopher why his mom was awesome, another to say why his dad was awesome and the last one was to share our favorite memories for Chad and Rebecca (not like our favorite childhood memories- but our favorite things we did with them) one of the typewriters quit working part way through the party but we adapted and it was really fun to hear everyone typing, complaining about the lack of spell check and making errors they couldn't delete. [LOTS of pictures of the typewriters... no one of the Hansens or their guests... OOPS!]

i found these large circles at artco for .25 each so i bought 8 and made a $2 modern mobile with some yarn.
I bought all the glassware for the crepe bar at D.I. everything was .50- $1 each, it was awesome. I'm REALLY going to miss D.I. when we move to Denver, nothing compares (especially with cheapness)
I added twine and a little card identifying each topping. i had the printer who prints our wedding invites print all this up for me the day before the shower.

and lastly... daph is awesome. we love her and can't believe she's already 17 months old.

baby june

this is the best baby picture ever.
don't you want to be friends with design mom?
i sure do.

tuesday wishlist

saw Liz's list on say yes to hoboken and decided to make my own.
i feel like i haven't had too much to blog about lately- i'm working, daphne is growing (despite my best efforts to stop her) and nic is incredibly busy with school- 20 credits, mostly difficult art classes. i hope we have some time to enjoy the nice weather we've been wanting for months!

so here it is- some things i've been dying over.

i'm redesigning our expedit shelf and these vintage letters would go perfect. from this shop.



oh my, this dress is amazing. from this shop



i asked her and she said she'd make a colorado one for me. i'm planning on it. from this shop






i love this entire outfit and i have the perfect celery sweater to go with the orange dress. planning outfits before you buy something is dangerous. both from Anthropologie



i can never look for myself without looking for daphne too. all from gap


so there it is - now create your own tuesday wishlist please, i'd like to see it :)

farmers market!

I'm so excited to be selling at the rexburg farmers market this year! i did it for the first time yesterday with only about 24 hours notice (i'm not a full-time seller so i can only do it when someone drops out for a week) so i had an insane time getting ready. thankfully Nic's mom Janell took daphne for the entire day and night (she even watched her till about midnight so we could go out with our friends afterward- it was so nice!) I (well, Nic's dad Dave really) painted the frames, I designed and had all the branding printed/laminated, baked 2 loaves of banana bread & 2 pans of rice krispie treats (all at 3 am for some weird reason) baked 35 indivudal cobblers in mini canning jars & a few other things. I was super stressed and crazy and if wasn't for the Bingham's help (including my Nic :) i never could have done it!

I was really happy with how our booth turned out and hope in the coming weeks we can make it look even more awesome :) it was really fun and though we didn't sell out as i had hoped (we have lots of baked goods if you want to come help us eat them!) it was still a good experience and i'd like to do it again and again. if you live in rexburg- please come next time!