Ohhh....She's....Cute.....?

So, since I am less than 7 weeks away from becoming a parent; I have been wondering to myself if all mothers think their baby is the cutest baby they had ever seen.  OR if you are able to see flaws and be realistic if the baby is less than adorable.  I know, I know, "all babies are cute" but lets be serious...not all babies are beautiful.  I have seen babies who are less cherubic and more chupacabra and I wonder if the parents see it too.  I am curious if my own little baby will be the cutest thing I have ever seen or somewhere in the top 10.  Don't get me wrong, cute or not, I will love her more than anything, but maybe I will emphasize her personality rather than entering her in Toddlers & Tiara's.  Who knows.

I like this baby....

With all this said, I had a little dog when I was in high school who did happen to be the cutest dog I had ever seen.  I moved away to college and filled my dorm walls with pictures of Peanut and let friends admire her.  When I moved, my parents became Peanuts new mom and dad and they loved her with all their hearts.  When they took Peanut on walks, kids would stop them and ask "what is that?"  We thought they just couldn't tell a dog from a cat or something.  Some of my friends were reluctant to pet her or stare her directly in the eye and I would get so upset, because to me she was the cutest, cuddliest, most adorable little angel. 

Today, however, I was looking at old pictures with my mom and came across one of Peanut.....

So I have officially answered my question, and the answer is Yes, no matter what, you will think your little one is the cutest thing you have ever seen in your whole life....which is nice.

New Years Resolution Smesholution

So I am totally over the "365 Days of Awesomeness" that I wanted to do this year.  I love blogging.  It makes me happy and I gotta say that already I am not happy.  I only made it to the Day 5 and I am so over it.  I found myself not wanting to blog and it started to feel forced.  That is horrible.  It's only January 14!  So, I am going to pretend that the 365 day thing never existed and from now on I will just blog about the awesomeness that I usually blog about.  

Like these naughty cookie cutters:

It's not really hard to figure out what is happening in these festive cookie cutters.  BUT the real difficulty comes when it's time to decorate and eat them.  I would feel like a pervert decorating these.  I suppose you could just frost them so the images blur and you wouldn't know if you were eating an acrobatic sexual position or say, a giraffe.  Although, I personally cannot just smear frosting on cookies.  I like to be ornate and outline, really give my cookies the detail they deserve.  If I decorated these I can guarantee you would be able to tell the reverse cowgirl cookie from the group of Christmas carolers cookie.  I usually make cookies with my mom and while prudes we are not, I don't want to break out the candies and nonpareils in order to really capture their faces.  I don't want to look over at my mom and ask if she can tell that the girl is enjoying herself or have I created a whole new set of problems?  Regardless, I would like to see someone's finished product....or would that make me a peeping tom?  Oh the politics of these cookie cutters, I just don't think I am mentally mature enough to handle these.  Let alone eat one...

I've Been Spotted!

So, my Little Cherries Necklace was featured on Indie Spotting today!!  Yay!  Click on the picture below or the owl above to check out Indie Spotting and how you to can get spotted.   Check out my etsy shop Chickmunk Funk where you can have your own Sweet Little Cherries.

That's Andre "I'm in the Hall of Fame" Dawson To You

Andre Dawson is finally going into the Hall of Fame!  He is Adam's all time favorite player and he cannot be more ecstatic!  So therefore, he is my Day 5 of Awesomness...

Don't mind the dog...

he likes it in there.   So, for my Day 4 of Awesomeness, I introduce you to the Pet Crate End Table.

 
For those who like their animals to be smelled and heard but not seen.  Seriously?  I don't get this product, but oh that wonderful Sky Mall sells these babies for $200!  I guess when you are having guests over, you just put your canine companion "away", like you would toys or left over pizza boxes.  I mean, no one wants to leave their pets lying around; people could trip over them or even, GASP, pet them.  Ewwww!  Besides, it is so much better to lock your dog in the end table next to the couch, where you may place your food and drink than to have them begging at your feet.  This way they can just go crazy trying to get that plate of hot cocktail wieners you left so innocently atop his hideaway.  I suppose this product isn't just for when company comes over, but for when you are so sick and tired of extending your arm to scratch under Fido's chin or throw that damn rubber ball just one more time, that the only possible solution is to lock him in your table.  This way, you can FINALLY enjoy his company in the same room.  awesome.

Day 3 of Awesomness

Adam + Transformer's Pajamas = AWESOME!

Day 2 of Awesomness - Fidel's Christmas Excitement

This was Fidel's first real Christmas and he asked if he could surprise his grandma and grandpa by wrapping himself up in a present...

 

He even showed me how quite and still he could be, but I told him how dark it would get in the box and so he decided against it.

On Christmas morning, he was so excited to get over to his grandma's house, that he was struggling to get into his sweater.  This is not his "Holiday Sweater" that I had bought specifically for Christmas morning, but he prefers this one.  It's small and shows off his beach muscles.

With his sweater finally on, we headed up to my mom's house (his grandma).

He likes to ride up front so he can see all the action, like if there are people walking on the street with out his permission or if there are any detours on the way to grandma's that he has no prior knowledge of.

Looks like the trip is going well...

 AND finally Christmas morning with grandma and grandpa!!!!