Happy 4th Birthday to my Little Monkey!!!

Jack and his "Professor Snowman"

~Stacy

Abby's Diabetes Doll

Abby now has the insulin pump for her diabetes and has been wishing for a doll that had a pump "like her". I came across Pump Wear Inc., a website that makes stuffed toy pumps and pump packs (little fanny-pack type things to hold their pumps in). I also remembered seeing these cute-but-not-too-babyish dolls at Pottery Barn Kids in the past. I put 2 and 2 together to come up with this doll that will be under the tree for Abby on Christmas!

I sewed little heart-shaped buttons from JoAnne Fabrics onto her index fingers to show where Abby (and the doll) prick herself to test her glucose.

I even took a standard MedAlert bracelet found at CVS and altered it to fit the doll's wrist.

I found these velcro dots also at JoAnn Fabric and adhered them to the doll in all the spots where Abby usually has her pump sites infused...

and stuck the other end of the velcro dot to the faux infusion set (the round blue circle at the end of the "tube" that comes from the "pump". The stuffed pump is made to fit inside the doll's pump pack - just like Abby's! (Click on the link above for information on how to get a pump pack like the dolls or like Abby's.)

Here she is all dressed and ready to go!

Hope you like her!

~Stacy

J'Adore!

Love these. A lot. You?

~Stacy

2009 Walk to Cure Diabetes

First, Thank you all SO much for all of your warm love regarding our little bun in the oven. We could not be more excited!

Speaking of excited, I am so excited to show you all the t-shirts I have been working hard on making for the diabetes walk we are doing Saturday! So many of you know our story and have been asking for an update... and I promise it is coming. In short, Abby is doing well and has since switched from needle injections to an insulin pump (essentially an IV tube that is inserted in her and connected to a pump that feeds her insulin) which better monitors her diabetes. I will definitely tell more about it in the update, as I have become a big fan of our pump.


As I mentioned, we are doing the 2009 Walk to Cure Diabetes in Boston on Saturday. Its something Abby and the whole family is really looking forward to and putting our hearts into. Friends and family alike have joined with us to help the cause and show Abby that she is not alone in this fight and that we WILL someday find a cure.




We have 12 people walking with us and our team has raised over $2,000. I'm so proud of Abby's Allies! Here are the shirts we will be wearing:

FRONT OF SHIRT

BACK OF SHIRT

Wish us luck! We need a cure for juvenile diabetes!

~Stacy

And Baby makes 5.

Hello everyone!

Wanted to share the news that 19 Butternut is about to expand by one! We are so happy to announce that we are going to have baby number 3 on or around May 26th! I am a little over one month along and couldn't be more excited, terrified, and nervously thrilled.

Its funny how you forget all the little things that come along with pregnancy after a while. Nature's way, I suppose! So, now its on to figuring out where to put another child in our house (perhaps an expansion is required? LOL), dreaming up names, and waiting (im)patiently!

More to come!

~Stacy

Where My Baby-Steppers At?

Hey everyone!

We are working hard here at 19 Butternut. Projects are finally getting completed and pics will be following soon. The Firecracker is chugging away at 1st grade (and for those of you who have asked, I will be posting a diabetes update soon. xoxo) and The Monkey starts Preschool tomorrow. AGGGHHHHH!

I am posting today to ask if anyone has followed Dave Ramsey's financial plan at all? Hubster and I stumbled across it and bought his book and are currently on Baby Step 2. Just wanted to know if anyone else wanted to share in the-misery-that-is-not-spending with me!

Let me know! And I'll be back soon!

~Stacy

Answer:

You might recall that we took one large room in our cape style house and split it into two rooms when we moved in so that we would have a room for our son and a room for our daughter. Well, it worked out great (and pics of the hallway that splits them are soon to come) but Jack, our son, was stuck with a pretty small room. If you know or have a preschooler you know the amount of toys they amass.

To save room we got him this slightly-larger-than-a toddler bed at Ikea, rather than a twin bed. When he gets to be too big for it we will change out to a loft bed if we haven't added a room onto our house by then. For now, this works. I have lifted it up with bed risers hidden by a linen bedskirt to make it more the height of a "big boy bed".

There was still the issue of the toys, however. Thus, the answer to that riddle in the previous post:

Two $29 bookcases, three $15 2-cubby units, a 12" wide pine board for $10, crown moulding (under $10), and ticking fabric in place of the fake looking back panel that comes with these bookshelves all come together to make this wall storage unit for under $150.

A cool art canvas of our home team and a PB Kids wall sconce above the bed make the headboard.

Hope you like it!

~Stacy