06/29/08 10:45PM

there is a huge crazy world of Bow Making out there that some of you know exactly what i'm talking about and for the rest of you, just trust me when i say its intense..... anyways, i attempted to make my beautiful niece a bow made with love by her auntie, even though i got none of the creative genes in my family, here is the outcome....



Ruby's favorite peacock bow... compliments of her


heres just a fun picture of a pregnant Ruby texting on her phone


  • fauxbelle
    Haha....those are so cute.
    by fauxbelle at 06/29/08 11:17PM
  • hennypenny
    THe bottom picture cracks me up! The miniature version of what she might looks like in 20-something years.
    by hennypenny at 06/29/08 11:23PM
  • DessertDiva
    She's such a beautiful little girl! Your bow was really cute!
    by DessertDiva at 06/29/08 11:27PM
  • ewalker
    Wow, good job on the bow. Guess you got some creative genes :)
    by ewalker at 06/30/08 9:39AM
  • princessjaime
    I love the world of bow-making... I can't wait til I get to see Ruby wear all of her bows in person!!!
    by princessjaime at 06/30/08 11:07AM
  • jesspico
    You did an awesome job on that bow! I'd say you're pretty talented. Um..that preggo pic is ADORABLE!! Can't wait to see you in 3 days!!!
    by jesspico at 06/30/08 1:58PM
  • lsanford
    Hey, how's the south? Hot enough for ya? Ruby and Cade are as cute together as ever! Of course, Cade's attire doesn't hold a candle to our little fashionista! Can't believe the trip Amber has planned...maybe she should bring some benadryl. =^)
    by lsanford at 06/30/08 2:27PM
  • vinegar
    I love the bows! and I think the bottem one is funny!=)
    by vinegar at 07/01/08 7:26PM
  • vinegar
    I don't think I can make it to the wedding.
    by vinegar at 07/01/08 7:27PM
  • minders
    Thanks! I am pretty excited about it! It is just a lot of work right now! My parents are excited but sad that I won't be living there after all. Hope things are going well for you too!!
    by minders at 07/26/08 9:26AM
  • justpunkin
    tag! see my blog
    by justpunkin at 10/11/08 3:36PM
  • jesspico
    Well, your post is officially ONE YEAR OLD. We need an update, woman!

    Miss you...
    by jesspico at 06/29/09 12:54PM
  • princessjaime
    HAHA^
    by princessjaime at 06/29/09 6:07PM

Ruby turns 1 year old

This post is a month late but better late then never.
Ruby Bliss turned 1 year old on March 30th. She had a great turn out for her "Ruby Red" themed birthday party where everyone had to wear Red. Here are some pictures of her eating her ladybug cake that her mom made





Ruby and her Oreo Mustache

she loved the cake

Ruby and her friends

Ruby and more friends

Ruby LOVES Raina

Ruby and her Auntie have matching socks

After a long day of parting

  • vinegar
    I love the oreos on the cake!
    by vinegar at 05/05/08 8:30PM
  • mom247365
    precious and i do like the matching socks!!!
    by mom247365 at 05/06/08 12:48AM
  • jesspico
    AW!!! Your Ruby is too cute..especially with that oreo mustache:) And of COURSE she loves her Auntie Shala!!

    I know what you mean about Dollywood...you know what this means, though...we have to reschedule!! We need our girl time! :)
    by jesspico at 05/06/08 3:02PM
  • adwestphal
    Hi Shala, glad to hear you had a good time. Mom and Dick are fun to be around! Its even better when i'm there~!
    by adwestphal at 05/06/08 3:20PM
  • mom247365
    No he NEVER looks at pleonast, but you can find him on facebook and possibly mySpace!
    by mom247365 at 05/06/08 11:47PM
  • DessertDiva
    Sooo cute. I can't believe I forgot about the party. Who knows what David did with the invitation - but I was planning to go! Looks like she had a great time :)
    by DessertDiva at 05/07/08 1:53PM
  • princessjaime
    so cute! I wish K & I could have been there.
    by princessjaime at 05/07/08 6:11PM
  • fauxbelle
    Congrats on the new job!!!!!!
    by fauxbelle at 05/07/08 7:03PM
  • mktmom4
    Glad you got to see D&D...I know the older D is always an experience...HA
    by mktmom4 at 05/09/08 1:58PM
  • lsanford
    Hey -- how's the south treatin' ya? My Cade's getting cuter and cuter, if that's even possible!
    by lsanford at 05/10/08 10:49PM
  • meggypeg
    the hunt is going well...I have a couple leads on specific positions...am just waiting to hear back. It was great seeing you at the party! Hope everything is going well for you down South!
    by meggypeg at 05/12/08 2:53PM
  • tdcpc4life
    hello there, ruby is very cute.
    by tdcpc4life at 05/15/08 3:25AM
  • rebeccabloom
    Hi Shala!! How are you doing?
    by rebeccabloom at 05/16/08 4:11PM
  • clynch
    We are actually looking kent to tacoma and snohomish to everett. So are we going to eat lunch together or what?
    by clynch at 05/16/08 4:42PM
  • heidiho
    I am getting married June 28th!!!! here in Kentucky. how are you doing?
    by heidiho at 05/19/08 9:29AM
  • mistamjo
    Hi Shala, this is Tammy. I'm babysittin' your so sweet niece. I love all your pictures, - can sure tell what's important to you!! Thanks for sharing.
    by mistamjo at 05/19/08 10:38AM
  • basketballlover
    Hey Shala, this is Caroline Allen from church.
    by basketballlover at 05/21/08 2:07PM
  • basketballlover
    I love the pictures of her eating the cake.
    by basketballlover at 05/24/08 3:04PM
  • basketballlover
    They remind me of what my brother looked like at his first birthday. MESSY!!!!!!!!!!!
    by basketballlover at 05/24/08 3:05PM

Ruby has a cold :(

Shes still happy as a clam but the poor baby is dealing with alot these days. She has to put up with her Mom, Grammie and Auntie CONSTANTLY wiping her nose, shes dealing with the dreaded blue sucky ball that keeps getting shoved up her nose to suck out whatever is up there, having to sleep in her bed which is now propped up with a bunch of pillows under her mattress on one side so she has to sleep uphill but i think the WORST thing she is dealing with is not being able to breathe when shes sucking her thumb. The poor thing does not understand why when she sucks her thumb, which shes done her whole life, all of a sudden she can't breathe now.

Oh yeah and she also has to deal with her Auntie taking pictures of her with a cherrio stuck in her snot which still to this day she didn't even know it was there...hehe


  • mrswestphal
    aw poor little one!! she still looks happy though.
    by mrswestphal at 01/31/08 1:06PM
  • princessjaime
    I love those pictures! poor Kennedy has been having to deal with the dreaded blue sucky ball a lot lately too, she HATES it!!! :(
    by princessjaime at 01/31/08 1:54PM
  • vinegar
    worst thing when I get a cold is I can't sleep, and my nose gets all stuffed up and I can't blow it out! So it drives me crazy.
    by vinegar at 01/31/08 2:02PM
  • fauxbelle
    Yes! Come! I hope you can stand all of us!
    by fauxbelle at 02/01/08 2:18AM
  • clynch
    Hey...where in seattle do you work?
    by clynch at 02/01/08 11:11AM
  • clynch
    I work in the Municiple Building 5th and Cherry
    by clynch at 02/01/08 4:26PM
  • fauxbelle
    Woo-hoo....I bought all the bedding for your bed today. Did you know that you will get an actual bed while you're here??? None of this "mattress on the floor" stuff for Shala. No sireee...only the best for you!!
    by fauxbelle at 02/13/08 1:25PM
  • mktmom4
    2 teeth on the bottom, 2 on top and a 3rd on top just popped thru. They are sharp too....ha
    by mktmom4 at 02/15/08 6:43PM
  • mom247365
    hey Shala! how are ya!!!!
    by mom247365 at 03/21/08 8:26PM

Here is a fun little something with BFF's Ruby Biss and Kennedy Jade

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1151196928
  • DessertDiva
    by DessertDiva at 12/03/07 5:37PM
  • DessertDiva
    ^^the link :)
    by DessertDiva at 12/03/07 5:37PM
  • DessertDiva
    It's VERY cute :)
    by DessertDiva at 12/03/07 5:39PM
  • princessjaime
    I LOVE IT!!!
    by princessjaime at 12/03/07 5:41PM
  • mktmom4
    HAHA, that is hilarious.....
    by mktmom4 at 12/03/07 5:45PM
  • mom247365
    Fun!!!! The ladybug costume is absolutly darling. The photo's are so perfect in the leaves!!!
    by mom247365 at 12/03/07 10:30PM
  • matthewdickey
    that was awesome!
    by matthewdickey at 12/04/07 5:20PM
  • princessjaime
    yay! I am sooo excited for you to get to CA and for you to meet K. plus, the BFFs Ruby Bliss and Kennedy Jade will finally meet! :)
    by princessjaime at 12/04/07 10:31PM
  • mktmom4
    hehe, yeah they laugh so big you can't see their eyes....so funny
    by mktmom4 at 12/10/07 8:29PM
  • shellmarie22
    Yeah...we get home from Oregon that Saturday, so we will see you that Sunday!
    by shellmarie22 at 12/11/07 10:53AM
  • justpunkin
    Just watched the video. Very cute. Thanks for sending the link up :)
    by justpunkin at 12/15/07 11:08PM
  • fauxbelle
    I wish I could be there to see K and R have their first visit as BFF's. Take lots of pics...as if I even had to say that...haha...love you!
    by fauxbelle at 12/17/07 2:41PM
  • fauxbelle
    It would be so fun if you could be here. We're enjoying K so much...I know you will have a blast with her and Ruby together.
    by fauxbelle at 12/18/07 9:56PM
  • mom247365
    Have fun in California! Mike is trying to go to CA with Rochelle and Zac that same weekend.
    by mom247365 at 12/18/07 10:36PM
  • shellmarie22
    Lets change that to Mikey IS coming to CA that weekend!
    by shellmarie22 at 12/21/07 4:04PM
  • mom247365
    yep. he bought a plane ticket.
    by mom247365 at 12/22/07 2:40AM
  • clynch
    Thanks. We will be back Jan 20 or so. It has been a long time.
    by clynch at 12/27/07 6:54PM
  • fauxbelle
    I just watched Ruby feeding herself cheerios on Amber's vimeo. So cute....

    I'm sure you guys are having so much fun with her.
    by fauxbelle at 12/29/07 10:37AM
  • fauxbelle
    I wish I could be there with all of you!! I'm sure you're having a great time!!!! Miss you too!!
    by fauxbelle at 01/01/08 12:34AM
  • ewalker
    She is so adorable!
    by ewalker at 01/21/08 9:40PM

Happy Halloween!!!!

As most of you know i have always had a love for Ladybugs so of course for Ruby's first Halloween she had to be a Ladybug and make her auntie proud.

My sister Amber got all of the creative genes in our family and made the cutest costume for little Miss Ruby.





  • shellmarie22
    AWWWWW! Precious!
    by shellmarie22 at 10/31/07 3:24PM
  • fauxbelle
    So cute! She's a sweet little lady bug!
    by fauxbelle at 10/31/07 3:33PM
  • princessjaime
    I love these pictures!!! they should be in a magazine or something.
    by princessjaime at 10/31/07 3:36PM
  • justpunkin
    I agree with jamie & val!
    by justpunkin at 10/31/07 5:57PM
  • clynch
    Hey, I am here. I met your neice on Sunday...where were you?
    by clynch at 10/31/07 6:02PM
  • clynch
    Yep. We might be back again soon...who knows.
    by clynch at 10/31/07 6:07PM
  • DessertDiva
    I saw these pictures when Amber sent them out...I can't believe she made the costume! She's so crafty! Ruby is a DOLLLLL as usual! :)
    by DessertDiva at 10/31/07 6:16PM
  • clynch
    It went well, but alas I was second...so no go. Too bad.
    by clynch at 11/01/07 3:08PM
  • DessertDiva
    It was supposed to be for tonight. I haven't heard from her but I ended up getting sick - fever and all that. I don't want to get anyone sick so I emailed Amber and cancelled. I hope we can reschedule! :)
    by DessertDiva at 11/02/07 7:55PM
  • mktmom4
    Ruby is sooooo cute
    by mktmom4 at 11/03/07 1:06AM
  • clynch
    Hey,
    by clynch at 11/06/07 3:41PM
  • clynch
    How is it going? Scot and Jeremy are in west wa...Scot is a fireman in Bonney Lake area and Jeremy is doing bricks somewhere over there...Sean, he is still in Fla. So what do you do?
    by clynch at 11/06/07 3:42PM
  • mktmom4
    Not crawling yet...just rolling all over the place
    by mktmom4 at 11/07/07 8:15PM
  • princessjaime
    I am so excited for you to meet K next month!
    by princessjaime at 11/12/07 2:05PM
  • jesspico
    How CUTE!! Absolutely adorable... your sis is definitely talented:)
    by jesspico at 11/13/07 9:12PM
  • mktmom4
    I think they just know that aunties and uncles are more people that love them alot and love to play with them.
    by mktmom4 at 11/20/07 12:36AM
  • fauxbelle
    I wish you could be here too!! Thanksgiving just hasn't been the same since you've stopped coming!
    by fauxbelle at 11/22/07 11:01AM
  • clynch
    Whats up yo!
    by clynch at 11/30/07 6:58PM