It's Awesome's Birthday!

Before you were conceived I wanted you

Before you were born I loved you

Before you were here an hour I would die for you

This is the miracle of life.

                                                                                                   Maureen Hawkins

Today is Awesome man's 11th Birthday.  He will always be my baby.  I look at the little man he is becoming and wonder where the time went.  Welcoming him into my arms,  caressing his silky delicate face with a feather light touch and kissing his fuzzy head... breathing in his sweet innocence... a baby's aroma sent directly from Heaven...  I remember as if it were just yesterday.

I am so enthralled with my children; all that they are and will be.

Austin is sweet, kind, and loving.  He is a gentle soul who puts his heart and soul into all he does. 
I couldn't be prouder of this little man.

Happy Birthday Awesome Austin!

I took a few moments this morning and made this printable of Austin and his Dad having a reflective moment after one of his baseball games.  I know not what they were discussing but It was a heartwarming moment from Mommy's perspective!

"The child must know that he is a miracle, that since the beginning of the world there hasn't been, and until the end of the world there will not be, another child like him."
Pablo Casals

Our topsy turvy pot!

I guest posted on Monday at Hating Martha, figured I'd share here too in case you missed it!

Happy Monday to all you Hating Martha Fans!
I'm uber excited to be here... really, I'm thrilled I was asked to come out and play!  Who am I?
Well, I'm Kim from Tiaras and Bowties.  I am the crafty queen of my castle simply painting, DIYing and living the fairy tale.  You know the one; where princess meets the handsome prince, falls madly in love, has two lovely children - one of which has a rare genetic syndrome and is a medically complex special needs child, renting a castle in the burbs, struggling to make ends meet and living hapily ever after?  No?  Well, I'd love to have you stop by sometime and get to know us all better! 

The king {lol} has recently taken an interest in all of my crafty endevours but thought I had surely gone mad when I told him about the topsy turvy flower pot I wanted to create for our front porch.  You should have seen the eye rolls when I unloaded all of the supplies I would be needing to attempt to create the fab pots which had taken blog world by storm last summer.  I  painted each pot a different color from my stash of spray paints... added some fun polka dots, stripes, and stencils for a touch of whimsey then the king stepped in to help assemble the pot!  Here's how we did it and what you'll need!

3 Painted clay pots in descending size.  Mine were 12, 10 and 8 inches. {or close to that}
1 Painted clay pot base in the size that matches your largest pot.
1 metal threaded rod from the hardware store {about 2 ft, if you can't cut metel, have them do it}
Nuts and bolts to fit your rod.
Dirt
Flowers of your choice!
child and hubby laborers if you can get them.
{just jokin}

You'll need to drill a whole in the clay pot base large enough to get your threaded rod through.  Place the rod in the whole {we are using it upside down} and place a washer and a nut on the underside.

Flip it over and place another washer on before moving to step 2.

Carefully place the largest clay pot down over the rod, sitting flat on the base.

This is the part you step back and let the family help while you snap photos.

Place your next smaller pot down the rod and tilt it.  The rod will support it.  Add more dirt.

Lower your 3rd pot over the rod tilting it the other way.  I did not like the 'tilt' on this one so we added another nut and washer to lift it up a bit.  Add more dirt.

 When you have the pots as tipsy turvy as you want them, simply add some flowers!

Love the unexpected pop of color and whimsey it adds to the front porch.
Think you'll give this a whirl? 

Thanks for having me today!  Stop by and visit the castle sometime!