I planned on waiting until I had a few more things ready but I just couldn't wait. I'm so excited to finally be able to tell you about Birds And The Beads! (Not to be confused with the birds and the bee's!)

Thanks to my friend Stephanie who got me started and showed me how I've been making baby jewelry for almost a year now. I love it so much that I've finally decided to start selling it. Please check it out and tell me what you think.

My Blog: http://birdsandthebeadsdesigns.blogspot.com

My Etsy Shop: http://birdsandbeadsdesigns.etsy.com

Since my last post there have been several more incidents. One involves me standing outside the passenger side door for a good ten minutes yelling at Ava (I mean trying to communicate to Ava) to "push the button" (the unlock button!). And though my week has been filled with craziness, scares, and "I'm so sorry" 's (that one involves me grabbing Ava by the hair to keep her from falling down....it was a reflex but it was NOT a good idea!) it has also been filled with a few moments like these:

It is so fun to see how much Ava loves her baby sister. And I see it in Sadie's eyes too. She loves Ava.

**Okay, I've never had a single scare with Ava! Now, twice in two days I've had them with Sadie! Just a minute ago I looked over and she had the cord from Chris's xbox controller wrapped around her neck like 3 times! Luckily they weren't choking her yet but they were pretty tight. Sheesh! It's really hard to keep my eyes on both of them at the same time. I was so focused on Ava because she woke up with a fever. Being a mom is scary! It's a good thing it's so rewarding too otherwise no one would do it!**

Today I had one of those moments....the one where two things happen simultaneously. The first thing that happened was my mommy instinct took over immediately. Without thinking my body knew exactly what to do...and did it. The second thing is that while my body was doing what it needed to my mind was thinking "please don't let this happen to me!"

Sadie started choking today. I had let her play with a candy bar wrapper (stupid me!) because she liked the crinkling noise it made. I have no excuse other than that sometimes I am brain dead (I get it from my mom.....love you mom!!). I just didn't think about the fact that she has teeth now and could easily rip the wrapper. Which is exactly what she did. And then proceeded to choke on it. (and not the kind where the kid gags a few times and then spits the food up, I mean the real kind). In full on mommy mode my finger immedietly went into her mouth, to the back or her throat, and did a sweep (exactly like I've always been taught I should do, without ever actually doing it).

I've never been so scared being a mom!

Sadie is fine. No permanant damage I hope. Mostly the scaring will just be on me.