Coffee Filter " E " Wall Monogram - DIY

I've been busy at work putting together my co-ed nursery. I have set out to do as much of it on my own as possible, pulling ideas from Magazines, Pinterest,
etc. Here's one of my first go's at the DIY thing, a Large Sized letter " E " made out of Coffee Filters - To be used as wall decor!

Things you will need:

A simple How - To:

1.) Find yourself a good size piece of Cardboard, or in my case I used a diaper box < as I have plenty of them around here >. 

2.) Draw out your letter on your Cardboard - Make sure you're font design & size leave you with plenty of surface to stick the Coffee Filters too, and for support. 

3.) Cut out your letter from the Cardboard.

4.) Start gluing Coffee Filters to Cardboard. Put pen into Coffee Filter, like pictured above. Apply glue to Coffee Filter cover tip of pen. Then stick to Cardboard. 

5.) Cover entire surface of Cardboard. Glue excess or loose pieces of Coffee Filter where need be to keep shape of Letter. 

6.) Cut 2 pieces of Ribbon that will sit at the length you want the Letter to hang when tied in a Bow.

7.) Glue each piece of Ribbon to the back of the Letter. Make sure you're patterned side of your Ribbon is facing out. 

8.) Tie Ribbon in bow & VOILA! 

Finished Product! 

 

Weigh In - 20 Weeks Postpartum

Weight: 168lbs.

Not going to go into detail.
Let's just leave it at, Mommy is losing weight!
Hallelujah!

When does a Mommy get to Nap?

So at the beginning of having 2 kids too close together it worked out perfectly, I could coax Emma easily into taking a nap by merely throwing a TeeT in her mouth. I would do this anytime Brother went down for his morning nap so I too could catch a few ZZ.s,

Nowadays Emma is totally onto me.
She has learned that although I feed her, and her tummy is full, that does not mean she is required to fall asleep immediately.

Now instead of drifting off to dreamland she smiles, coos, takes a giant shit, or that of the like.

I'm totally cool with her boycotting nap time for the main reason that she sleeps like a pro at night. However. Even though Mommy gets 8 hours of sleep a night, she still has to get up at least once for a matter of minutes with Teo & she has to get up for a matter of minutes to feed Emma at least once. So! As you can imagine, if you NEVER get an entire night of uninterrupted sleep - YOU ARE TIRED.

SO now, I have no other choice, I have to learn a different way to coax this little Diva into napping at the times of my choice. Mommy needs beauty sleep, bitches. Ain't nobody got time for Dark Circles!