Different diaper cakes!

I found this here: http://www.sweetaprils.com/2011/08/diaper-motorcycle-tutorial-diy-how-to.html  Loved it!

Motorcycle Diaper Cake Tutorial {DIY-How to Make a Diaper Motorcycle}

I finally decided to share a tutorial on how to make this beautiful diaper motorcycle (Diaper cake). I hope you enjoy it! This would be the greatest baby shower gift ever! I promise you that :) Email me if you have any questions!

**This tutorial is for personal use only. Make as many as you want for yourself or to give as a gift. Instructions and pictures are not to be copied or duplicated. Please do not sell diaper motorcycles made from this tutorial. You can place my link on your blog/website if you would like to share this tutorial. Thank you! {wink}**

Materials: 34 diapers Pampers Swaddlers Size 1 (17 for each tire), 8" cake pan, 2 rubber bands, 2 receiving blankets, 2 bibs, 1 chain link toy, a pair of socks or mittens, a baby bottle, 1 washcloth, scissors, pins, a stuffed animal, and decorative ribbon.

Make sure the gab between each diaper is even. See above picture #5? They are not even.

Pic #6: With one hand on top of the diaper, use the other hand to start pulling each diaper to the right until they all are even. Pic #7 is looking better...but pic #8 is perfect!

For pic #13: wrap each tire with ribbon of your choice. Place a pink to secure ribbon. The pin will at be the bottom of the tire. Do the same for the other tire. PLEASE NOTICE THAT THE FOLLOWING PICTURES DON'T HAVE THE RIBBON AROUND THE TIRES BECAUSE I FORGOT!!! I WAS TOO EXCITED! But make sure the ribbon is around the tires for the rest of the instructions. :)

Pic #14: Fold first receiving blanket in half...and roll it up like in pic #15 

Pic #16: If you want you can secure the end of the rolled up blanket with a pin just until you place the blanket through the tire opening.  

Picture #20: PLEASE note that we are working on the BACK tire.

For pic #24: Pull both ends of the blanket (following the arrows) to make sure the 2 tires are tight and the blanket too. Not too tight but firm. This will hold your entire motorcycle! Remember we are still working on the back tire.

For pic #25 place a pin in the inside of the tire opening securing the 2 blankets against the diapers. Make sure the pin is all the way in! then tuck in the remaining of the 2 ends of the blanket in the opining of the tire. You can see the finished back tire on Pic# 29.

Pic #26 shows the front tire first.

We are going to work on the handle now...Pic #28: roll up the second blanket...

Pic #29: Place the rolled up blanket through the opening of the FRONT tire.

Pic #35: If you would like you can roll up the wash cloth around the baby bottle.

To make the handle bars more stable follow instructions on pic #37 and #38

Pic #39: Put tissue paper inside the sock or mittens...it just looks better!

Pic #42: Place the other bib on top of the back tire.

He is sitting

Nate can now sit up on his own for short periods of time! This is pretty exciting for him. I saw him push himself to sitting from laying on the boppy on the bed so it is only a matter of time till he figured it out! Go buddy bear!!!

Nathaniel is 6 months old

Happy half birthday buddy bear! Where have the last 6 months gone? He is such a happy and sweet boy, except when he is tired or hungry. He was 18.2 lbs and 28 inches at our last appointment. Watch out sister, he is looking to be bigger than you, soon.
He has started reaching and leaning towards the person he wants. He grabs at everything, earrings, hair, necklace, ears, you name it he wants it. He will also grab on to daddy's face and pull Jon to him with his mouth wide open like he wants to give him a kiss. He now loves his jumperoo, he gets to bouncing and laughing, the other day he wore himself out so much he fell asleep in the jumperoo. He has become so vocal, he coos, screaches, screams, anything to get your attention. Feeding is still chore, he wants to eat, but spits most of it back at me or starts screaming half way thru feeding. I can not just sit him in the high chair, he has to be eating if he is in there. He is not sitting up yet and refuses to hold a bottle so he is at the very demanding stage of wanting to play but not being able to do it on his own. So he has to be entertained. It does seem like he is trying very hard to start crawling already. He likes to be in his bed if he is sleeping, he wants to be on his back (hince the flat head) with his arms over his head when he sleeps. I have tried to lay him on his side or put him on his tummy, but he fusses. O-Well, it will all work itself out!
Nate loves Juliet very much, he is always happy when she is around him. He follows her around with his eyes and head if he can see her.
He has such a personality all his own and wins over everyone he meets. I love you Nate. Happy half birthday!!

Love, Mommy, Daddy and Juliet

Happy New Year 2012

Happy New Year everyone, I hope this year brings you blessings beyond your imagination.

Sweet Juliet Claire is 3

Where has the time gone?  Seems like yesterday you joined our family.  You are a precious gift and we love you so much and are so proud of you! You woke this morning to a room filled with balloons.  All I heard through the monitor was MOMMY, MOMMY come get me.  I didn't know if you were scared or excited.  Excited won, you couldn't get enough of the balloons.

We had Chick-fil-a for breakfast and lunch, where we opened presents and played.  Then it was on to Liberty to see Mama and Papa and celebrate with them.  You had a fun filled 3rd birthday.  I was so excited that you seemed to understand what was going on and that the day was for you. 

At 3 you:
Can spell your name and recognize it when it is written
Know your first and last name, along with the whole family
You know when your birthday is
Favorite colors are pink and purple
You have an active and entertaining imagination, your favorite thing right now is to rescue your ponies with pixie dust and the phrase "pixie dust away" (From Izzy on Jake and the neverland pirates)
You love your little brother, just don't like him to touch you
You know the days of the week and the months of the year
You have an incredible memory, especially with books and your memory verses
You love to play outside
Art is your favorite part of the school day
You love to sing songs and know most of the words to alot of songs, especially your school songs
You give really awesome hugs
You dislike being corrected, even for minor things, you cry very easily, but as for now mommy and daddy hugs and kisses fix most things
You have really gotten into having Buddy the Elf around, your eagle eye spots him very quick
You have recently found a love for chocolate and chocolate cake, no icing though
You love chicken nuggets, steak, strawberries, cheese, crackers, fruit snacks, gummie bears, apple juice, Papasito's rice, grapes,
You love dance class and did awesome in your first recital
You loved decorating the Christmas tree this year
Says "I think Yeah and Maybe Nope",  "I can not believe it",
You like girly things and really like it when you and your doll Lisa match clothing
You really love your daddy, he is special.

You are a really sweet girl, we love you so much.  Happy Birthday Princess Juliet!
Love,
Mommy, Daddy and Nate

Busy Busy

Where on earth have I been?  I had no idea I hadn't blogged!

So I wish I had a video of every cute thing the kids are doing to show you, but you would be doing nothing all day long but watching videos.

 

Juliet is now a pirate princess; just ask her she will tell you.  She loves Izzy off Jake and the Neverland Pirates.  She will play with her my little ponies and they will be stranded or in danger and one will have to save them.  She will throw pixie dust on them and say “pixie dust away” and they fly to safety.   She knows all their names and will play by herself with them for quite a while.  She had her first dance recital last Tuesday and she loved it.  She seems to be a natural at being cute and following instructions.  She did so good, I did not know what to expect from her and she did great!!

We also had her 3^rd birthday party at Jumpalooza so now she tells everyone she is 3.  We just let it go.   She loved her party, some of her friends from school came and so did Drew and all the kids loved jumping.

She has added to her list of Christmas songs for her party at school.  Now we know Santa Claus is coming to town, Jingle Bells and Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. 
Nate is getting so big, put him down on his back he rolls over to his tummy, is fine for a minute and then screams because he can't get back over to his back.  He apparently rolls around in his bed at school and sleeps on his tummy.  Not at home he prefers his back and a very warm blanket.  He prefers to sit or stand but not for long periods of time.  He has started laughing, it is such a precious sound, especially after lately when he wants to scream for long periods of time.  He is also super ticklish.  We have started him on solid foods, he seems to love carrots and apples and tolerates peaches, HATES sweet peas.
He played Baby Jesus in a Christmas Play put on by Northeast Christian Academy.  A friend's little girl was Mary.  He was so good, only whimpered a little bit when he started to slide into a laying position rather than sitting.

We took the kids to the zoo, Meme's company deal for the kids.  It was Juliet, Drew, Cooper, and Nate, that is in age order.  The two older had a BLAST while the babies slept.  Yes, Nate slept thru his first zoo trip.  As always, Juliet loved the giraffes and this time was not at all scared of the elephants.  I was so proud of her.
I don't think I have mentioned our new house guest until Christmas.  His name is Buddy, he is an Elf on the Shelf.  He watches the kids to see if they are bad or good and reports to Santa every night on how they behaved.  Juliet is having a blast with him, Nate of course has no clue what is going on.  You can follow Buddy by clicking on his name to flickr.

Three days and I still haven't posted this, here it comes, so much left out it makes me sad,  but I will just make a list and post that!