The Craig Family Logbook: I am going to be an AUNTIE again!

Jason and I are so excited that his brother and wife will be having a baby this September. Jason and Justin are very close, and being twins they grew up doing everything together. So naturally, I expect that our kids will be very close – more like brothers from another mother rather than cousins... I hope J

I wanted to make Mallori a little “survival kit” to help her through her pregnancy. We are SO excited for them, and I had fun doing this. I am looking forward doing lots of crafty things as we get ready for this special little baby! I figured I have 9 months (well 7 1/2 ;)) to buy for the baby, and Mom may really need some things until then. I talked to several friends at work and got the idea to make her a "survival kit." We came up with several things that we could not do without while we were pregnant to put in a gift basket for her. Here's what I started with: a basket, cinnamon hard candy, peppermints, lemons, saltine crackers, ginger ale, white cheddar popcorn, chex mix, Palmers Tummy butter, sick sacks, a personalized tumbler, Tums, a travel toothbrush and toothpaste, kleenex, and The Belly Book.

I tried to incorporate both things I know she likes (white cheddar popcorn & ginger ale vs sprite) and the go-to pregnancy must-haves. I also tried to come up with some cutesie sayings to go with each item. I tried finding some ideas on pinterest and google and didn't find much. (So- please post if you have ideas of better sayings or things to add!) Here is what I came up with ---

a basket: "A BASKET to help you keep it all together"

cinnamon hard candy: "CINNAMON to help light your fire"

peppermints: "to remind you that your job as a mommy is worth a MINT"

lemons: "when you feel like a LEMON"

saltine crackers: "CRACKERS to keep you from cracking"

ginger ale: "GINGER ALE to help with the bubbles"

white cheddar popcorn: "when you feel like you're gonna POP

chex mix: "to help MIX it up"

Palmers Tummy butter: "to help you STRETCH"

sick sacks: "SICK SACKS for when you feel like you're gonna loose it"

a personalized tumbler: "to always have a full CUP"

Tums: "TUMS for your tum-tum"

a travel toothbrush and toothpaste: "'cause sometimes you just gotta BRUSH (for your purse)"

kleenex: "Kleenex 'cause somedays are just gonna BLOW"

The Belly Book: " THE BELLY BOOK to help you remember every moment"

After coming up with some sayings ... (I know some of them are cheesy - I started running out of ideas at the end) I got my cricut out and got to work! I cut out tags for each item and wrote the saying on the tag (our printer only prints black and white). I also cut out the personalization for the tumbler and the cross for the front of the "survival kit."