Thinking Out Loud

Toddler craft... Owls

Aaron's Fall party is tomorrow and I made these cute little owls for a craft they will be doing. I plan on having the kids put their hand prints on an 8.5 x 11 horizontal sheet and then adding the owl to the middle so that the hand prints are the wings. I'll let ya know how it turns out. I used the hoot n holler cricut cartridge to cut them all.

See the blur?

That would be Dash (The Incredibles), aka Conner.

Halloween Costume... check.
Entertainment for the next three weeks... check. 

Bowling Fun

  

Conner loves to bowl on the Wii. Now, he loves to bowl at the "bowling store". We went with a few friends today and had a great time. 

No Wonder...

It's no wonder why I can never seem to get dishes done...

Enjoy the Moment

Thought #1:
I am so happy at this exact moment. Enjoy it. Lunch outside in our beautiful back yard. Wish Jason could be here to experience this moment of feeling truly blessed. The boys are playing nicely together and eating good. The have sunscreen on and I can just let them run and play. No worries. At this exact moment. Remember this.

Thought #2:
CONNER!! Leave your brother alone!! He can have that drink if he wants to! NO! Stop pushing him out of the four wheeler! Your going to run over him! AARON!! Come here! You can't run with a straw in your mouth!!!

Thought # 3:
So... I really hope you enjoyed that moment back there.

today (sigh)... monday (big sigh)...

Here is a few things that have been taking up my time...

(besides these two things)

A sweet girl's first birthday party. I have been thinking of getting into some sort of party planning, so this was an experiment. (I'll have more pictures in another post.)

... a work in progress. "Crayon Topiaries". Don't ask... this was something I thought was going to be fairly easy and let's just say - not so much.

Studio Update! I have changed it again since these pictures, but it's crazy messy. 

Tracy's Logo... finally! 

Dear Amanda... I haven't forgotten about you!!! It is next on deck! I promise! I told you I wasn't very good with time management. :)

and I took Conner to Disney World.

Whew! It's been a little crazy, as usual! We just finished traveling for two weekends in a row for Easter and I had to ship my kids off to Grammy's house yesterday for some recoup time and to regain some sanity.

Here's to hoping you have a fairly calm week.

 

 

 

Blog To-Do List

1. Take photos & Upload Christmas Album

2. Same for the Father's Day Book

3. Send out emails for people to come & see me :) 

4. I think I might hold a contest for people who leave me comments. More info coming soon...

(who doesn't like to win scrap stuff?)

5. Oh, I got my desk cleaned off and some pictures printed, so it's time to bust out some new LOs.

Conner is such a good big brother! If only I can get him to change a diaper.

Cracked Rib, Anyone?

I am so glad to finally feel somewhat normal again! I am starting to feel ambitious and want to get my house in order after this, oh so long, pregnancy. 

However, I think I fractured a rib during the ever lasting labor process. After thinking about the stress your body goes through, it seemed like something that may be common or at least heard of. Well, of course not. As with any medical issue I have I always am a "special case". Case and point.. I went to the doctor thinking I could just get some different drugs that would help the pain rather knock my ass out.

Of course my doc is out so I see the mid-wife/nurse or whatever. The lady who takes me back is telling me that she's never heard of such a thing. Finally, after waiting an eternity & agonizing over my rib pain- which standing up makes it hurt worse and sitting down is not really the best option (uh-you know) I finally am seen. After poking all over me she tells me it's a muscular/skeletal problem. Duh! 

She prescribes me this stuff and tells me it's an anti-inflamatory and it will work with tylenol. Great! So, I get in the car and tell Jason about it. He proceeds to tell me that it is NOT an anti-inflamatory and your NOT supposed to take it with Tylenol. Uggghhh! It's another drug that's going to knock my ass out! After much deliberating and phone calls from the mid-wife chick (who decides I should see my doctor on monday) I am back to taking Aleve and Tylenol. Great! 

Now, I understand that with a fractured rib or something of the sort, there's not a whole hell of a lot that you can do about it. I just want some drugs that won't, again, knock my ass out! I think I might be asking a little too much of the medical community. 

So, my question is - have any of you heard of this happening in labor? I would imagine I'm not the first. What do think?

Oh, and a little sneak peak of my new cutie...