Drum Roll Please...

Every girl needs a little glitz in her life right?

I LOVE IT!

Progress but not totally complete

Just wanted to share this almost finished project. I finally got Audrey the bed I wanted for her. Free I might add, It is a full size so there is plenty of room for her to grow into it. Or plenty of room for us to cuddle with her and fall asleep with her on! Oh well, maybe just me to fall asleep with her on. There was one night Charles fell asleep with her and apparently he found her on the floor! at 2 am! SEE SEE...I am totally not a bed hogger. He steals bed space from a baby!!

Anyway. I got a nice padded mattress pad and made a super soft sheet out of a fleece blanket (this is the best thing to sleep on, and way cheaper, ask me how I will tell you, it's easy to make one!) The bedskirt looks like a little girly tutu made of tulle. Love it, will probably add a white ruffle layer under it though so that you can't see the box spring through the tulle. I am still in the process of making the headboard. I have to order the buttons I want to do the tufting with. Used an old plywood board from scenery stuff, hand-drew an arch shape, ran over to a very generous friends house to use the jigsaw, bought the batting at 40% off and already had some leftover fabric. The buttons will be the most expensive part but still the whole project should come in at around $50! Course I am not using foam. Technically you are suppose to use foam that is what gives tufting that deeper look, but, I just used three layers of batting, hopefully it all turns out FABULOUS. I think it will. I am excited.

WHAT DO YOU THINK??

I will update in a few weeks with the final project!

Spring is in the Air

BLAST that dang Nursery . I feel like my kids have been sick FOREVER! We are battling a mean cough right now. I swear Audrey will be fine, she gets sick on Tuesday and I know someone sent a sick kid into nursery!

Today was not a good day so I needed something sweet to remember that they are cute and I love them. (ok, I always know this, just after 45 minutes of bouncing and sore feet trying to get Ethan to sleep, I forget a little)

Amazing that this cute boy can still smile so brightly right after a coughing bout that I can tell hurts his poor little throat.

Just wanted to show you the love of a sister. This is usually how I find her when she isn't on TOP of him 'Kaulking (talking)' to Ethan. She loves to hold his hand when they are lying together cuddling, or in the car. She can barley reach his little hand and loves to hold it. SO CUTE!

Spring is HERE

It is so nice outside right now. However, I do feel like the sun jumped from being winter intensity to summer intensity just about over night. Maybe it is just me. Audrey loves to be outside and so to distract her from watching another movie, we went outside to eat our lunch. So fun.

Audrey wanted to lie down like grandpa, but it was a little bright

Audrey loves to explore in the yard and climb rocks and throw grass and pick flowers

St. Patrick's Day

Fun Holiday. My mom always does the whole nine yards and makes corn beef and green mashed potatoes and the lot. I made roasted zucchini and green cupcakes with the yummiest whipped cream cheese frosting ever. I got inspired by all these crazy blogs I see where people do cute stuff to their kids clothes and made Audrey this little applique shamrock shirt. It was fun and turned out pretty cute!

A blessing- and- I need a little help please

A quick story for all my friends that would like to help.

I had my second choking experience with my children. Audrey was standing by Ethan as he was in his swing and she decided to be such a good big sister and share her grapes. I was in the other room for two seconds and the next thing I hear is choking. I ran in and grabbed him out of the swing and turned him upside down and was slapping his back before I even knew what I was doing. It thankfully was not down very far and only took a couple whacks before I heard his little cry. Then I had to reach into his mouth and get it out like it was bigger than he was used to opening.

THE BLESSING:

When Audrey choked (at about 15 months old) I had had a dream a week or so in advance about choking. I don’t remember the dream now, but it had caused me to think about learned skills I have had at various stages all my life of what to do in the emergency situation with a child. When it happened, I just reacted on instinct. It was a blessing that I had been taught several times what to do, but even more so that I had just reviewed it in my mind. The crazy blessing is that two days before this happened with Ethan; I had a dream about him choking. Not a pleasant thing but I once again had been going over in my mind what to do and was completely ready for it like I knew it was going to happen. The Lord truly helps us by personal revelation about what is important if we are worthy!

If you have not taken the time to prepare yourself for the unexpected with your children you MUST do this, because it can happen in an instant, and you might not have time to get help!

THE PROBLEM:

I looked Audrey very sternly in the face and with all the seriousness in my voice that I could muster told her that that was a big big no no and that I appreciated her wanting to share but that she was not to ever put things in Ethan’s mouth. I think she understood that she did something wrong, but I don’t know that she understands what just yet. I tried to talk to her seriously about it later again that day to get the message across and she wouldn’t really listen. She was kind of joking around and I had to put her on timeout to get her to realize it was important. I don’t know what I am doing wrong that she doesn’t react well to my trying to be serious. Maybe I try too often. How do I have a different serious tone for things like me wanting her to obey me and do something I ask, and then a different even more serious urgent tone when she needs to stop immediately what she is doing. I need some kind of freeze command that triggers complete attention. How do I do that? I don’t know. Like crying wolf, you have to save it for the things that you really mean it for. I don’t know. Is two too young to understand these serious principles? I don't think so, but I need to know what to do?! Any help????

To the most precious things I hold most dear in my life. I am so grateful for you and that you are ok!

Ethan's THREE Months!

Took me a couple days to get him in the mood to take some good ones because he was sick, but I think we finally succeeded with some good ones. Mind you these are pretty much unedited thanks to no longer having a real Photoshop on my computer.

MY LITTLE CABBAGE PATCH BABY

MY KIDS ALWAYS DO THIS WITH THEIR TOES. LOVE IT

I TOOK THIS PIC BECAUSE I THINK IT IS FUNNY HOW BABIES ALWAYS HAVE THEIR FEET TUCKED UP, EVEN WHEN THEY LIE ON THEIR BACKS. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO LIE THAT WAY? NOT EASY AS AN ADULT!

GOT A PRETTY CUTE ONE OF HIM SLEEPING, ALTHOUGH NOT SO EASILY!

Favorite friends

Can you tell who Audrey"s favorites are?

Personally I always thought Rabbit should be a girl anyway!

CUTE AND PLAYING!

DISASTER STRIKES WHEN THE EARING CAME OFF AND IT SNAPPED TOO TIGHT ON HER LITTLE EAR SO IT HURT WHEN I TRIED TO PUT IT BACK ON, BUT SHE STILL WANTED IT ON?! HOW DO WE SOLVE THIS PROBLEM?

AUDREY, LOOK AT THE CAMERA!