where have you been all my life????

Well, not that I have a huge following but for my ONE follower...SORRY!  So many things have been going on its hard to remember to write about it, or even remember to brush my teeth JK.  SO my creative juices are back...which make me ooooooo so happy.  I have been working on our little bundle of joys room for awhile now.  Found a cheap crib and painted it (not me) remade some BAD handmade bumper pads, found some other cute ones at a garage sale, got an old dresser from a family member (NOT free :(....).  Working on making some curtains for her room, which will be SO cute once I'm done...pictures are always nice but we will see how far I get on that one.  maybe if I had a good camera and knew HOW to take them....I mean, yeah I know how to take a picture, you push the button...I'm talking making the said picture look good..not just a blurry mess.  Back on track, found some cute old framed floral pictures at some flea markets around town for her room as well.  Trying to have a girly room without doing it all in pink too.  Its crazy how color coded things are for boys and girls.  When you start looking for something for a girls room its always in pink, I like pink but really?  Pink?  Pink this, pink that, pink whatever the heck that is....enough!  So we have of course PINK, yellow, white, blues, orange, and whatever else matches in there. 

On other parts of the house we have done some rearranging and ripping out of useless counter top space.  Now I have a little nook for a table and chairs IN the kitchen!!!!  Wahoo for being a pest!  My poor hubby had enough of listening to me ask "so have you thought about my idea?"  Hey a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do, ya know?  Found a cute little oak drop leaf table for $25 and 3 chairs for $7 each!  Now that was a find!  My house looks totally different now, living room has been moved around, no dinning room any more, made that into a sitting area.  SO FUN!  My sewing room is now in the laundry room, Jeremiahs room is moved around and taking on a big boy feel.  Pretty soon we are going to have to start thinking about potty training and big boy beds....YIKES!  I mean yippee for growing big and strong but yikes for mama and potty training, um, how do you do that again?  I had a hard enough time with my dang dog...this is a kiddo!  Lots of prayer...and starting now just to make sure He gets the hint that I need help. 

Got a fantastic looking garden...I say fantastic because I love it, and the walkers seem to love stopping and looking at it daily.  I even yell thru the window at them to come in and see it.  (no one has yet to take me up on it, they must think I'm nuts yelling at them thru the window)  So far the only thing I have eaten out of it has been a cherry tomato...BUT that is one tomato more than the squirrels...ha ha...boobie trapped the tomatoes and you can't get em (sing the "nah nah naboo boo" song as you read that, makes more sense).  Guess thats all for now....hope to not take so long between posts! 

Me

short and sweet..just like me (most of the time)

Its been a while hasn't it?  Still sick so thats my reasoning :)  I wish I could say that I wasn't sick, boy would that be nice.  Few more weeks hopefully.  Big news right now is that my sis is in the hospital, hopefully having a baby shortly.  She is in the EARLY stages and that could take a bit.  Last I heard was that they are walking the halls for 2 hours because they hadn't had any changes :(  I know what I will be doing all night....prayin!!!  Its so hard being here when I realllllly want to be there.  (just got off the phone with Jeff, her husband.  If things don't go anywhere in the next hour...sending her home :(....)  Either way its going to be a long night for Kels.  I wouldn't think you could get much sleep when you are having contractions, wouldn't know tho (took the easy road).  So, thats what I know...well I know more but my head is pounding so the pillow is looking more enjoyable than a computer screen at the moment.  Promise to try and post something tomorrow because i DO have a ton to talk about.  Missin my sis and my dear friends but lookin forward to the sunny day tomorrow!

Night all,
Me

sorry...sick

I know, I know...its been a while since I blogged anything.  That's what happens when you are sick 24/7.  I can tell ya its no fun, makes me really jealous of those women who don't get morning sickness.  Why do some get it and others don't, and why do some have it worse than others?  My thinking is its worse this time around, but I could be wrong, before I had the luxury of just sitting around and not doing anything, this time tho...got a toddler to chase around and feed!  The feedings the worst part.  I can't cook anything, chicken..YUCK, beef...yuck, eggs no thanks...meat of any kind, hot food of any kind...just not good!  Even my old stand by cheese and crackers...OUT.  So far I can do pickles, cheez its, pretzels, and.....well, that's about all.  I manage to eat something else hear and there but nothing of any value.  So poor Jeremiah isn't getting any home cooked meals...or if so, they are gross.  I am trying to sweet talk someone into cooking some chicken for him and then i can freeze it and thaw out what i need.  So far, no takers!    Ok, enough of trying to get everyone to feel sorry for me!  Something fun we did get to do before it turned cold again was play out in the garden!  Jeremiah ate tons of dirt, and had a blast doing it.  He would make a face but keep on chewing.  I made some of my boxes taller, and made a new one that's pretty long.  Found some muck baskets and drilled holes in the bottom and used those for my onions (which are planted) and 2 more sitting ready for some potatoes and carrots.  Need to find out when to plant the carrots tho...can't remember.  Its lookin kind of fun out there..need to have James take a good picture of it so you can see.  I stink at takin picutres I have decided.  Also I have tons of ideas for the back yard.  I want to put in some blackberry bushes and plant some of the seeds my mom gave me.  I got some off of the big rose of Charon that's a million years old.  Not really but it came from Pennsylvania when my Nana was a little girl and is from a very old tree there that came over from Germany with her family???  Something like that, its an old one and would be fun to have it growing here too.    Have to wait and see if it works.  Sometimes I have a green thumb that turns black.  Im going to run, startin to feel blukie.  Have fun all...

Caught...pjed

Why is it the one day that you are being a bum and are in your pjs at 11 am SOMEONE has to come see you?????  Dang, any other day im dressed and ready no later than 10.  Oh well, it was worth it.  It was our old neighbor and his daughter (not old as in old but used to live next to us lol), the one whose wife passed away a little over a week ago.  Well anyway, they came by to say thanks and give me my dish back.  One problem tho, she only gave me the dish and not the bag, towel, and lid...how do you tell em that?  I hate doing that!  Main reason I have no tupperware left...if I bring you something I will never, never ask for it back!  Guess that's a fine art huh?  Better get to learnin.  Other than that my morning is off to a good start, Jeremiah decided to sleep in a bit...like an hour and a half bit.  I love it, but then it gets me all mixed up thru the day.  (that was why I was in my pjs)  I want to run by this thrift store everyone has been talking about but sadly don't have a soul to go with me.  Bummer, oh well...maybe that means I will find really good steals?  Well, I better head on and clean up the house since that was part of my bummin too.  Hope you all had a good weekend and I will blog to ya soon.

Bye all

These are the pjs but I was NOT lookin this cute!

Things that are on my mind today

First off...HI, hope you are all doing well and enjoying your day so far.  I am, but feel very heavy hearted today.  Not sad, but not exactly..well, i don't' know.  I just have things that are worrying me.  First off is I am SO worried that after this new baby is born I will turn into the crazy again (already started going back to it since I got off my meds)  I don't want to go there.  It was horrible, no one, especially James, understands this.  The family looks at me like I am a cyclops and thinks I am one too, my mom is of NO help, I seclude myself from my friends and James and I fight allllllll the time.  Depression is NOT fun, lets repeat that...Depression is NOT fun!  To top it off I repeat myself over and over and over again..so they call that OCD with anxiety.  I kind of feel like I got gypped out of Jeremiah being a baby with that and the Torticollis.  I pray that God will help me and not let me slip to that dark, damp, unfriendly, unhappy, crazy place again.  SECOND, I hope this baby doesn't have Torticollis!  I switched doctors so maybe that will help, this one might help give me pointers (if its me) or not pull so hard that it rips muscles when its born.  I plan on not gaining so much weight, think that might help have a smaller baby and more room for them to grow.  THIRD the anxiety is already kicking in and I am freaking out about how I am going to get 2 kiddos out and about.  I have a hard enough time with just 1.  FOURTH I don't want Jeremiah feeling any less loved when this baby comes along and FIFTH is there even going to be a second baby?  I'm still having my troubles and its got me really nervous which isn't helping matters!  SO with all that said, its a fine day...Jeremiah is walking all over the place but is napping right now...yeah...and the sun is shinning and its a bit warmer than it has been, still not the average of 51 :( but 44 is good, right?  Ok, I think I said enough to make myself look crazy, I'm going to get off of here and do something....anything...maybe nothing.  Bye all, talk to you soon

The joys of being in your first trimester

Cute picture thats all.....

So yesterday started my stress levels out on a high note.  Started cramping and bleeding...not Aunt Flo but more than usual (or from last time).  Got worried, called the docs and they said to take it easy, no lifting (toddler included..yeah right) no vacuuming, and to go to the ER if it gets worse.  BUT there is nothing they can do for me in this early stage so if its going to happen its going to happen.  I am not going to say the word cus ITS not going to happen!  So there...Jenny said it, I said it and since 2 of us stand together...God says it wont happen.  Move mountain, move!  On a bright note...I AM sicker than a dog lol.  Why do we say "than a dog", how do we know how a sick dog feels anyway?  I haven't asked one in a while.....have you?  Oh well, im sick, bottom line.  Dizzy mostly, sick in my head if that makes sense, you know how when you have a bad headache or get motion sick and that makes your belly feel sick but really your head feels it...whatever ha ha, just sick!  Another bright note...Jeremiah is WALKING, he has been for a while but not like the last few days...he just takes off down the hall and around toys and thru the dinning room and to the cabinets, gets soemthing out then rearranges things for me, then walks over to his toys and plays.  SO fun!  I get so irritated when people say "oh thats so sad, he isn't a baby anymore"  NOPE, don't want him to be a baby either.  He and I have worked hard for this, let it be, he is happy and I am happy.  I know this sounds  bad but the baby stage was no fun.  I think because I didn't know anything, and when I say anything, I mean NOTHING.  Kels had to show me how to change a diaper.  Also the whole torticollis thing was absolutely no fun at all!  I can tell you with this baby, even if it has no neck problems at all...we WILL be moving his head from side to side and around ALL the time.  Just for the heck of it, can't hurt anyways.  I am also going to try and not have an 8 1/2 pounder either, that might have something to do with it.  We will see tho.  I know God was teaching me something in all of that...just not exactly sure what.  I do know I learned to turn to Him more, maybe that was all he wanted, or maybe it was to get me down to my lowest and seek help.  Depression is not something you can manage on your own.  Pray for me, I did end my meds just this month and am super worried I will go back down there...you know where there is...don't ask.  Trying to manage it the herbal way..taking lots of B's and Fish oil, started my minerals, and also St. Johns Wort.  In researching these things its made me want to learn all I can about herbs and their benefits.  Maybe I can become an Herbalist?  Just to help people, not to make anything from it.  Its really frustrating when you ask someone for help and they say "well for a fee I can sit down and go over your options" which usually turn out to be nothing at all.  They say diet and exercise is the best medacine...well...I think I am the only one on the block that eats Brussels sprouts, kiwi, butternut and tons of beans...add in running around after a toddler and cleaning house 24/7...yeah I think I got it all covered, now lets talk herbs please?  Oh well..thats my soap box, going to check it out anyway. 
Boy am I rambling today?  Got a ton to talk about...missin my friends and SPRING.  Just want to get outside and do something but its too stinkin cold!  So here I sit on the floor with a heating pad on my hips lookin outside wishin I saw blooms on the trees and thinking about what to plant in the ol dirt pile.  Got a huge list but we will see how far that gets.  Need to find someone that has scrap wood so I can make my boxes deeper.  Then ofcourse I will have to mix more dirt and find barrels for my other stuff.  WOW, I got a lot to do...and I feel like my wheels are spinning with all this snow and cold stuff happening.  Come on already...spring please come out and play....OK my butt is burning so I better get moving, just remembered my coffee is in the microwave for the 5th time this morning better do it some justice and drink it huh?  Hope you all have a good day...blog to ya soon. 

Bye all

So sad...

For some odd reason the pictures that Jenny took BEFORE the birthday party didn't get on the computer.  I know she took them, she even looked back thru them to make sure they were good...I saw her...SO what the heck happened between the computer and the camera...are they having a "tif" and just not wanting to work together..like so many other things in this house?  Makes me SOOOOO sad cus they pictures during the party dont show all my heard work...Oh well, you will just have to use your imagination.  Good luck.  I will highlight some of the things I worked on tho...candle holders, birthday banner, birthday flags along the windows and wall, birds, skittles in a paper wrapper, cake/ cupcakes, table all done up with skittles thrown all over (didn't last long with kiddos roaming) and balloons...thanks to Aunt Allie.  We did get some rockin toys and clothes for his birthday and managed to have everything in one piece when all was said and done.  Thank you Lord!

Been a few days...or weeks...sorry!

Well...if one could say its been a day then its been a day...or week..or month!  So much has happened, some good, some not so good.  We will go in order tho so I can get everything caught up....Had a dreaded dentist appointment on Monday the 8th...went fine but when she sat me up from the chair I about got sick.  Started turning pale and all, we laughed and talked about things, still felt ill, she said..."have you eaten?" I said "yea" then she said "huh...could you be pregnant?" I said ".....I don't know..."  that got me thinkin...when was aunt flo here?  So went home did the math and went...huh?  Really?  What?  Nah...?!?!?!!?  Next morning, guess what????  NOT aunt flo but two little blue lines on the stick I just peed on.....You would think if you have a kiddo already your heart would not stop and then beat out of your chest in the span of a few seconds BUT I can testify that it still does.  SO...we are having a baby...again :)  Our first doctors appointment is not until March 3rd because I switched doctors so we will for sure know then...not that I already don't, but you know...someone else telling you "you are" makes all the difference!  Been hungry, tired, sick and grumpy...also one of the many reasons I have not gotten around to sharing all my news with ya on here...sorry about that...really I am! 
SO NEXT....Had a birthday for my sis in law, the whole day was crazy, and the days leading up to it, in this family NO ONE can make plans...did I mention I am a bit on the grumpy side lol?  So I saved the day by getting her out of the house and on to more fun things, like flea markets!  Found a new one..some of it was great other parts were way over priced.   Found a tall green bud vase for .10...can't beat that!  Also found my mothers day present but still have to convince James it should come home with us.  This is also the bad day...its coming...SO after fun shopping, went home and put little man down for a nap, started feeling really sick (after telling my mother in law "i don't feel pregnant", I guess God was helping me to "feel" preggers)  missed going to the hospital to see our new addition to the cousin family, Elsa...cute name huh?  Did manage to get some things done and relax a bit but still suffering bad...ha ha...Went to Trish's birthday party where the birthday girl STILL had not showed up...stayed for as long as I could, really sick, and right before we go to leave the phone rings......Harriet answered and it was my dear friend Derrick (him and his wife used to live across the road from us and they LOVE Jeremiah.  We see them almost ever week, should have been more tho)...Derrick tells Harriet something and she gasps..then moves into the play room, I follow...My heart is pounding at this point cus I don't know what is going on.  He then asked to talk to me...At this point I get the most shocking news I have gotten in a long time, did not expect this at all!  His wife, Alta, who I just talked and joked to yesterday about her treating me like her granddaughter...passed away...BAM...what?  Passed away?  I just talked to her, saw her on Friday...she was fine...what the heck happened in less than 24 hours????  Well the "what happened" was that she had an aneurysm...Derrick had been telling me that he was worried about her because she was getting dizzy and falling....that she wouldn't go to the doctor because she thought it was nothing.  I am not sure what could have been done but it makes me sad to think there were pointers.  This is the second person that has slipped away without me being able to make sure they knew how much I loved them and to say good bye.  I know its selfish of me to want them back but I can't help wanting to make sure they know how I feel.  I made a chicken pot pie for Derrick and whoever was with him yesterday, its all I knew to do, she was the meal cooker, someone needed to cook for him!  James went with me and it was so sad, when we left, James said " that was one heartbroken man in there".  I can't imagine! He spent over 60 years with her...Ok, I am having a hard time, going to talk about something else....
One more not so fun news...this one makes me cry too.  Jenny my very near and dear friend is breaking up with me, she broke the news a few days ago.  How is she breaking up with me you ask?  WELL...she is getting a job, against her will and my own I might add.  Her store is not pulling in the funds it needs too and she has to make ends meet somehow...please everyone pray for her store to pick up and meet their needs.  I am loosing everyone close to me and I don't know what the heck to do with myself!  It all started with you Tif...ha ha, feel bad yet?  I hope not, I want you to do great things out there in Colorado..plus I need a fun place to steal away to every now and then.  With that said....I have been cleaning and sewing a ton to try and get my mind off of things, managed to get some of my quilt under wraps...its fun but I have to go to different things every once in a while because I need "instant gratification projects" not ones that take a month of Sundays lol.  Going to make an apron to fit my growing belly, need to knock out a sling and a blanket for friends and then after all of that, i need, need, NEED to get some important things mailed out!  One box to my sis, one to my dad, and one to a very dear far away friend!  Now that I have been typing away I am getting sick and need to get....come on...you know it......YUP, Crackin! Talk to you all soon...and for those of you that read this that are near and dear to me...I LOVE YOU AND YOU MEAN THE WORLD TO ME!!!!!  Don't forget it please!?!?!?!?!
Bye all... 

WOW!

SO....its all over!  Success!  (I hope)  Jeremiah is now a toddler, 1 year old and 2 days...Everything went smooth, I only had a few crazy kids that I had to deal with, Jeremiah and the younger kids had fun and I think all the parents had fun too.  Our little guy sure made out like a bandit.  Tons of fun stuff!  James videoed and took pictures, Jenny had Marc come take pictures and I believe Allie took pictures as well.  With that said, I have not a one downloaded yet so don't frown, I promise to get them on soon!  In just a weeks time I know of about 7 birthdays...actually less than a week, 3 days!  I had mine, Lincoln (nephew) had his, both on the 2nd, my favorite couple ever had theirs the 2nd and the 3rd, Tif's 2 nieces had theirs the 2nd and 3rd (I think) and then Jeremiah had his on the 5th!  Because mine was in the middle of the week we waited to do our "girls outing" until Saturday.  BOY was it fun!  I think about 2 years ago we started doing this on my birthday and then decided we needed to do it more often so it has grown to all the girls birthdays...I have a feeling its going to grow yet again.  We have too much fun!  Yesterday we went and ate at a great Mexican restaurant, then wondered over to a huge antique place, voted #1 in Springfield, I now know why...GREAT!  I hate its name tho...S.T.D...really?  Couldn't find a better name?  Oh well.  After that we all made a pit stop at my mom in laws to potty and then headed down to her booth in Ozark.  Oh and we had to stop at the Russell Stovers outlet to pick up heart boxes for the flower shop....they have ice cream in there too...so of course I had to have an ice cream cone!  Well worth it let me tell ya.  Only bad thing is that it was about 20 degrees outside, can we say brrrrr?  BRRRRRRRRR  Ok all, I guess I better get dressed and ready for the day.  Still in my pjs ha ha. 
Bye all!

One of those days

Do you ever have "one of those days"?  I know you know what I mean so don't even shake your head!  Well, today is one of those days for me.  Not necessarily bad but not really organized....I think.  I have the house in shambles because after going to my sister in laws house for my nephews 1st birthday, I realized mine is not up to par...that is, not up to par per her standards.  (this is all my doing, she is sweet and wouldn't say a word)  BUT you know when you have been some place and then you come home and think you have to keep up with the them?  Well, thats what I am doing, stupid I know, and God said not to covet...maybe off the mark on that one but its the only thing that keeps me going.  God wants me to  be happy with what He has given me...not what I can give myself...so why am I tearing the house apart?  Beats the heck out of me!!!  Maybe it is all the stress and crazy hair brained ideas catching up with me, or the fact that I have had coffee and brownies all day today...NOT the feast of champions!  So, sitting down looking at my madness and watching Leroy (the cat) go zooming by 90 and 0 from one end of the house to the other...I am trying to be satisfied...I am satisfied with everything God has given me, just not satisfied with myself...know what I mean?  Oh well...God gave me me...so I should be satisfied with that fact.  He knows whats going on in my head and in this house, its all good.  Thanks Lord for being there for me! 
On that note, I have managed to get some things done today.  Got a new sewing table situated (its a desk that I have painted and used for just about everything under the sun) Looks pretty cute and is functional (unlike me ha ha)  Found some table cloths that I forgot I had, and am trying out the idea of a table in our kitchen.  Using a card table so its pretty ugly.  Not bad sense I painted it and put a table cloth on it as well, but the chairs look bad (unpainted) and like fold up card table chairs.  (be satisfied..I am...no you are not...yes I am...)  Putting way too much stress on myself for this stinkin birthday party...grrrr...Its Jeremiahs first and he has tons to come so what the heck?  I have 2 options, either get some helpers, or nix the projects!  I will let you know what happens on Friday for sure!  Well, I bet you can guess what I am going to say next...so I won't say it! 

bye all, have a good one.

Sunday Morning....

So, the snow is packing down, looking pretty with the sun hittin it.  I'm having graham crackers with peanut butter and milk for breakfast and trying to talk myself into getting my bum in gear.  I think that's all I ever do sometimes!  James is in the living room listening to John Hagee...and Jeremiah is snoozing, can we say relaxing?  How am I supposed to want to work with all this calm around me?  BUT a must is a must...I MUST get to work!  Yesterday I think I did 2 birds, just sewing them, not stuffing and finishing them...and that's it!  But in my defence, Jeremiah was really clingy yesterday and James was out of the house most of the time being a good neighbor and shoveling drives. 
I love our little neighborhood.  Its so fun to see how everyone helps everyone else.  One neighbor (he is a crazy gardener like me) was out shoveling ALL the sidewalks!  We only have two main ones but really...who now days does that?  Everyone knows everyone and we all look out for each other.  If you are going to make me live in town this is the perfect place to put me!  Enough room in the yard (front and back) to run crazy, plant things, hang things, play games, and sit in the shade!  NOW, if only I could get all of my friends and family to live in this neighborhood...that might make it TOO perfect tho.  I wouldn't get anything done for sure.  Hard enough with my best friend living right next door and my mom in law up the road.  Ok, I am procrastinating....better get moving....grrrr....grrrr...GRRRRR (did you get that?) 

Bye all...have a good Sunday, and relax for me!

Is it clean yet?

So this morning Jeremiah's fever broke...wahoo...and here comes the itchy rash.  Poor guy!  I decided this morning after he went to bed that I was going to disinfect the house.  So one full can of Lysol, and half a bottle of Clorox later all toys have been or are being cleaned, bedding and stuffed animals AFTER he gets up, and all surfaces that little hands touch have been doused.  I hope!  Whew..my nose is on fire!  Was going to work on my projects but my eyes are going a bit crossed so I decided to wait a bit, my stitches are crooked enough as it is.  The clock is sure ticking on those tho, I always do this to myself, every time.  I have simple little ideas that take a long time to pull together.  Such as...making little stuffed birds for all the kiddos under 3, making cute little skittles dishes out of baby jars for the older ones and a birthday banner for Jeremiah that will hang all over the house.  Along with having everything you need to feed 70 some people dinner and cupcakes WITH ice cream (thanks to James) AND opening presents...that I haven't wrapped yet.  Oh and lets not forget the post crazed cleaning frenzy that started last week...and is going strong still...I am sure up until the very hour of the party.  Oh dear!  Still waiting for some takers on stuffers, cleaners and cookers, no one is stepping up to the plate willingly (I don't blame them tho)....Hope everyone is having a great Saturday...I gotta get crackin!!!!!

Bye all

HUH?

How do the weather people predict the weather?  You would think that they all follow the same formula or something, so how can they ALL have a different forecast?  Our foot of snow is turning out to be about 3 inches...bummer...I love snow!  BUT I wouldn't have enjoyed it anyway because our little man is sick...again...crap.  Has a fever and snots and coughs and teeth coming in, oh my, and the poor kiddo just wants his lovie, his mama or daddy, and his fingers to suck/chew on.  I hate that he is sick but this IS the only time he likes to just sit still and snuggle.  Makes my heart melt!  I love snuggle bunnies.....he loves his bunny too...ie the lovie.  I need to work on finding a twin or one that he will transition into a second lovie.  Been trying to pry the poor thing from his little chubby baby fingers so it can take a bath, if that happens I will take a picture of it....sad bunny...and stinky too...poor bunny!  Makes me think of the velveteen rabbit, maybe he is a real bunny now since little man loves him so much. 

Other than the snow, the sick kiddo and poor bunny, not much has gone on.  I have been working hard on some new "green" bags..pretty cute, pictures to come.  Made a tooth fairy pillow which is super cute and ran out of pink thread...DANG...I hate seeing the end of a spool of thread, but I DO love going to the fabric store.  Poor hubby has put me on a diet though, no more fabric until I sell something :(  With that said...anyone want to buy something?  Just kidding, I know everyone is as poor as I am...just a part of life huh?  Gives us character.....OR makes us wear the same shirt 5 different ways...that's character!  Well all...I better get to work, got tons of things to do for little mans birthday, a week from today...YIKES!  And as my best friend pointed out last night...mine is only in 3 days...double YIKES!  (I now know why people try and avoid their birthdays) 

Night all....

My far away friend sent me 9 pictures today that she took before she moved away..this is one of them and its just SO cute...I had to share! Hope you all had a great weekend!

What a life

Christmas 2009

So when talking to my poor husband who is stuck at work with no windows and just a cube and a desk surrounding him it dawned on me that I have one of the best lives a girl could ask for!  AND its all thanks to my wonderful husband who is stuck in gopher land.  Poor guy!  I hope one day he will have his dream of working for himself and having time to do whatever he wants whenever he wants to.  He sure deserves it.  Back to me tho...I do have a pretty good life!  I have a handsome little baby boy (who is napping right now, every mom will understand) I have a hard working husband who lets me stay home to raise that handsome little baby boy.  I married into a family with more personality and love than anyone could imagine.  My best friend lives across the street and my other best friend comes into town at least once a week to see me and hang out all day.  My sister and her husband are contemplating moving here, which just makes me go nuts thinking of how much fun we will have.  AND to top it all off I have the luxury of doing just about anything (with in reason) I want to do all day long!  Can we say wow?  WOW!  Just looked down at myself and realized I need to get out of my pjs and start my wonderful day!  What makes me even more happy is that its dark and rainy outside and I don't even care, which is a huge accomplishment for me!  I usually am feeling dark and rainy inside when its dark and rainy outside, if you know what I mean..... 

With that said, bye all, I got to live up today while its still today.

Pictures would help...

This is the sling I made for Betsy

and here is little Joshua Henry, born January 18, 2010 @ 10:44 am.  Weighing in at 10.1 lbs, 20 1/2 in, and a head full of dark hair!  He hadn't even had a bath yet...thats how new he was!

AT LAST!

Well...it happened!  Betsy, my sis in law had her baby...at last!  He was a whopping 10.1lbs.  The nurses laughed after he was born because he couldn't fit in the newborn outfit they had ready for him.  Took them an hour to find one that fit!  Got to leave the hospital today and it was my twin nephews birthday...Jake and Abe (which are Betsy's first born...or is it borns since there are two?)  Whatever.  I made her a sling today for the little guy to be cozy in and also a baby blanket and bird that I did not get pictures of...darn!  On a bright note...Got a whole stack of projects to work on for our little guys birthday on the 5th of February.  I can't believe he is turning 1...wow..it has been SO much fun.  I will try and remember to have my husband take pictures.  Key word is try.  Might be getting way over my head in this birthday planning thing, never planned one before so I have NO clue what to expect or do.  Kept me awake for hours last night.  Speaking of keeping awake, I guess I better get crackin on those projects or I will be kept awake for more nights than I intend to.  Night all!

What will today bring?

Today is one of my sister in laws big day...she hopes to have her baby today!  The due date was the 10th BUT she is measuring 49 weeks!  Can you imagine?  Its a little boy and this will be her 5th child, making 4 boys and 1 girl.  My mom in law and one of my other sister in laws (I have 4) and myself are all going out to help clean Betsy's (preggers) massive house.  I should take pictures, if you like Better Home & Gardens, this would fit right in!  Huge and SO beautiful.  It sounds like a chore to clean that house doesn't it?  I actually enjoy it!  Maybe because its so pretty and you get tons of inspiration to work with.  Although our house is not even close to that size, maybe one floor of it (has 4).  Still its pretty fun to imagine.  Guess I better hop in the shower and get my bum in gear.  It IS a chore to get all the needed things to tow an almost 1 year old around for a day.  Learning curve is what I keep repeating over and over and over and over...you get the hint.  If we have a baby I will be sure to let ya know.