Later Gator!

Right now I am somewhere over America in a United Airlines jet. Let's hope I am on schedule and not subject to any delays on my 2 layover-each-way trip! I am headed to Oregon and a festival I have been going to since I was in the womb. Seriously, my mom went when she was pregnant with me! I have only missed 1 year since I was 6 years old. The best part of the trip is getting to see my family and friends, but the little added bonus of a mommy only trip is nice too. Yup, the boys will have to fend for themselves until I get back on Sunday night!

I used to hate flying. It was such a nuisance. But after making it through 4 separate trips with Natey in tow, I look forward to the almost 10 hours I have to read, do sudoku, nap, have my snacks and my seat to myself, zone out to my ipod. You know, all of those things that are an impossibility when you are traveling with a baby or toddler. I also have one suitcase and one carry on, which is doubling as my purse. Yep, I am traveling light people and it is going to be great.

Don't get me wrong, I am going to miss my boys desperately. I do every time I have to travel without them (usually for work). I even let Natey stay up late reading truck books and doing puzzles with me since I won't get to see him in the morning. I was also secretly happy when he woke up crying a few minutes ago and I went in and picked him up and rocked him back to sleep. Yes, I will miss them, but I will try my best to have a good time alone... ;o)

I wish I had a crackberry because, besides the twitter mobile updates, I will be shut off from my technology addiction. No blog {gasp} and no email {rip my eyes out why don't ya}. So you won't hear from me til Monday...unless you peek on my tweets. I have to stay connected SOMEHOW! Wish me luck in my travels and I will see y'all when I return!

Gettin Lucky!

Ok people, scoop those minds out of the gutter. Especially you, Nikki and Alicia! I know right where your thoughts wandered! ;o) I have won a few things, via giveaways and the like, in the last couple of months and thought I'd share my booty with the group. Sorry, my choice of words tonight is slightly misleading.
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The first giveaway I won was on a site I love called Little Birdie Secrets. They do all kinds of awesome tutorials and they hosted a huge giveaway and I won a custom print from a very talented woman over at Sweet World Photography. Check her Etsy site out because she has a lot of awesome artsy prints!

The second glorious thing I won was a beautiful felt headband from BlogBaby's mommy at Bubbalou bands. I participated in an auction of sorts for a really good cause and I was the winner! I won this before I found out I was having a girl. I looked at the gorgeous felt creations for a month and STILL didn't know what I was having, but I took a chance and picked one of my favorites in hopes I was in fact carrying a darling that could wear it. Low and behold I am, and she is going to look so precious in this (and the many more I plan to but before and after she comes) precious accessory. Oh, and of course I had to try it on Natey. He looked so sweet I left it on him until he started to mess with it and then I rescued it before any damage could be done! Daddy wasn't as amused as I was by the way!
I also won a $20 Amazon gift card from Rachel over at Once Upon a Miracle. I won't call this a giveaway, per say, because I had to really work for it!!! She did a blog trivia post where she asked a million questions about her life that could be answered in previous posts. I got them all right, and even corrected her on the month of one of the posts. Yep, I'm that anal thorough.

I am feeling so lucky at this point, lemme tell you! I just recently won Krissy's giveaway too! She went to Florida on vacation and put together a prize pack from her trip. It included a super cute burp cloth (which I think she added just cause I'm preggers!), a delicious smelling bar of goat's milk soap, a super cute beaded bracelet and some orange gum (not pictured cause I had already busted that yummy goodness open before I thought to take a pic). Check out her blog and her cutie-patootie son Drew. He's only a couple weeks younger than Natey and always smiling!

The last thing wasn't a giveaway, but I have to mention it because I am in love with these shoes! My cousin's wife Heather did a giveaway post that included Pediped shoes. I saw these on the website and fell in love. When she found out I was having a girl she sent them to me and I was so surprised. I love getting things in the mail that I'm not expecting!!

Thanks everyone for all of my awesome loot! Who doesn't love winning things and getting lovely little packages in the mail?? If you answered that question, feel free to kick yourself for me!

Overwhelming Response!!

Wow, I don't think I quite expected the response I got to these dresses!! I thought they were darling, and apparently you guys do too!! I have decided, in order to keep costs down, that I won't go through Etsy this time. It is just more fees on top of the Paypal fees! If you would like to order a dress, simply choose the size from the drop-down menu in the right sidebar and then let me know your fabric choices in the comment to seller. If you would like to talk to me beforehand about the available fabrics just email me at kscampoli@gmail.com and we can hash it out before you order!! Check out this post for some of the fabric options. I will also add a link to other fabric choices this evening so you can get an idea of what I have. I will customize to exactly what you want as well, so if you have specific colors in mind I can get the fabric if I don't already have it! If you would like a size larger than 7, let me know that as well as I can make them, I just don't have the option to add another size option tot hat button. A size 8 would be as much as a size 7.

The awesome thing about these dresses is that they start as dresses, but grow with your child and can be worn as a tunic like top after they are too short to be a dress. This way you get 2 or 3 years use out of them. I can't wait to dress my little darling in them when she gets here!!!

Sew, what have I been up to all week?

Besides making a bunch of onesies, I have been sewing my butt off making these dresses. I left out the repeats (I made multiples of some of the patterns) and one didn't get photographed for some reason, but this is what I have spent all of my spare time doing this week! As I have been yapping about lately, Liz and I are gearing up for the craft show in a couple of weeks and I still have many more of these dresses to make (and have to finish the ends of all the ribbons in these pics) and more onesies and tees to embellish!

Let's just hope this craft show is more fruitful than the only other one I did, or my sewing for profit days might be over. I can't take another blow like that!

Oh and if you would like one of these for your sweetie, let me know. I take special orders and have many different fabrics to choose from!!!

20 weeks

Alternatively titled: Oh crap is my belly growing fast.

20 weeks with Natey~~~~~~~~~~~~20 weeks with baby girl

Ready! Aim! Swap!

Woo hoo!Swap time has arrived! I participated in Mamarazi's Red, White & Blue swap this week and it was so much fun. This was my first time doing a swap and lemme tell you I am addicted already! Mamarazzi did an awesome job matching me with my swap partner Sara. We are both pregnant, we both love to craft & sew and are originally from the Pacific Northwest (she gets to move back there next month, no fair!). The package arrived with 5 smaller wrapped packages inside. I love how she had instructions on them for the order in which to open them up!So here is all my loot from the swap:

1. A package of Red Vines! I love these things! They are a west coast staple at the movies. I had to explain this to my hubby and his brother, as they are true east coasters, and love plastic tasting twizzlers (yuck). Natey quickly helped me out with this part of my package!

2. A festive pair of flip flops from Old Navy! Sara flattered me by getting me a size 8. :o) Oh how I wish I had smaller feet. Unfortunately I wear a whopping size 10, but Sara is smart and included a gift receipt so I can go trade them for the jumbo size this weekend!

3. Four handmade burp cloths. They are so cute and I love the fact that she made them for me. They are soft and the perfect shape to throw over your shoulder and get spit up on by my baby girl coming soon to a nursery near me!

4. A handmade changing pad. It is super cute, plastic lined and the perfect size to thrown in my diaper bag and take with me. Even my hubby was impressed by this, and it is not easy to get him excited about something sewn!!

5. Last but not least are 3 pieces of fabric. Like I said, we both love to sew and it was funny that we both sent each other fabric (and a handmade baby item too). I actually just ran out of the black and red one and went to Joann's to get more and they were out! Perfect timing Sara!

That sums it up. I had a great time playing along with Mamarazzi and Sara for this swap. I made a new bloggy friend and traded some really cute stuff at the same time. Check out Sara's blog- Outta This World to see what she got from 'lil ole me! I will definitely sign up to do this again.

Wordless Wednesday

Nothing beats naked time!

Sorry Daddy. No Bunk beds!!

Meet my little GIRL!!! You have probably already seen my tweets in the side bar, but it is official. I saw it with my own eyes! She wasn't very cooperative, I must say. She was breech, with her back to the camera when we started the ultrasound. I had a moment of panic like we were going to be told she couldn't see it or something! The tech tried for a couple of minutes and then said she would do all of the measurement stuff first and then we'd try again. Well, after 5-10 minutes of looking around we finally got a peek. It didn't help that when she did get in the right position she had her feet in her crotch!

I have always wanted one of each and am so happy it worked out this way. The hubbs, on the other hand, wanted a little brother for Natey. I would have been happy either way, but I really wanted ruffles and Bubbalou headbands in my life too. Aaron's aunt and uncle had a girl, 3 years ago in February. When I found out I was pregnant with Nate, they gave me all of her baby clothes (before I found out I was having a boy). I have had the boxes in my attic since then! You think I was holding out hope that I'd have a girl eventually?

The winner of the Baby {girl} Day Giveaway is random number generated 6. That would be Heidi at Sacred and Profane. Let me know which gift certificate you want and email me your address!

Thanks to everyone who sent pink, frilly thoughts my way!

The big day giveaway!

As you know, today is the day I find out what munchkin #2 is! I decided that a fun way to celebrate would be to have a giveaway! It will be short and sweet since my appointment is at 2pm EST. All you have to do to enter is post your guess as to what I'm having in the comments. You can get extra entries by following me and tweeting or posting about the giveaway. Leave a separate comment for each entry. The contest will close when get back from my appointment and reveal the answer!

Oh, you are wondering what the prize is. I see. The winner will get a $25 dollar gift card to one of several awesome stores. You can choose from Gap, Old Navy, Kohl's or Amazon.com. Ok people, get your guess on. You don't have much time!