Ouch!

While is at Meg's last week Eva had a little accident.  She was buckled into the booster seat (which was buckled to a chair) eating while I was at the bar cleaning up some lunch stuff.  My back was to her when I heard this huge noise and turned around to see that Eva had somehow managed to tip over the chair and her face had smacked the tile floor pretty hard.  Her arm was actually underneaht the chair and backwards.  She was screaming pretty hard and I thought she had broken her arm, but she didn't.  Thank goodness that babies are made of rubber! :)  She calmed down and seemed okay so I put her in the bath with Wyatt and when I got her out her lip looked like this:

She actually bit a hole in the back and now it looks really bruised.  Poor girl!

A Very Good Day

The reasons I had a great day...

I got some scrapbooking done and the more I use my scrapbook program the more I love it!  I'm almost done with my very first album and I'm excited to get it printed.  Doing scrapbooking makes me feel like I actually have some creative ability. :)

Dan, Deanna and Donovan came to play for a couple of hours.  It was so nice to visit with them and have some adult conversation.  Wyatt and Donovan both love to play with trains so they spent the afternoon building together.  It was great to get reacquainted with Dan and Deanna since they've been far away for the last couple of years.

And last, but not least...

Danny bought me a camera!  We've been looking for awhile but I just couldn't part with the money to buy one.  A friend of Danny's from work (Thank you, Rachel!!) just bought herself a new camera and offered to sell Danny her old (less than one year old) camera for a screaming deal. It's a Canon PowerShot S5IS.  It totally made my day! I've been taking pictures all night and I love it! Don't worry, I'm not planning on making my hobby photography.  I really just want the pictures that I take of my own little family to be a little better.  :)

Hair Cut

We've been letting Wyatt's hair grow out for the last couple of months, partly because I like the curls and partly because Wyatt is quite attached to his hair.  We took him to a salon about 2 months ago to get it cut, but because it made Wyatt so nervous we just ended up trimming and shaping it instead.  He kept telling the stylist, "Just a little bit, not all of it."  He even held his hands over his hair every time he thought she might be cutting too much.  Since that incident we have been prepping him to get it cut.  Talking about it and convincing him that it's okay.  We periodically ask him if he wants to cut his hair and his usual reply is, "Just a little bit." But yesterday when we asked he said, "Yeah, all of it." So we did.  

 

Before #1

Before #2

Getting Ready

Dad Cutting

Mandi Fixing (Thank you!)

All Done!

Five Things

In a lesson I gave in YW not too long ago, it talked about finding joy now and how to do that.  One thing it mentioned in the lesson is to start a "Thankful" journal and write things in it everyday.  The theory is this: If you know you have to write things down every night then you are more aware all day of the things around you.  I've heard this many times before but thought maybe now it was a good time to "practice what I preach." I'm going to try and list some of my things (big or small or silly) on here once a week and see what happens...

1. Getting to know old friends all over again.

2. After snowy and cloudy days having the sun come out, even if it's still cold, is so refreshing.

3. Wyatt and Eva almost always nap at the same time.

4. Danny has had less homework this week, which means more time with me.

5. Danny's job and tax returns.

Changes

So, yesterday we were lucky enough to have Danny's parents take the kids overnight.  We've been looking forward to this for a couple weeks.  Since Danny's schedule has been so hectic with school and work we haven't been able to spend much time together.  This was also the first time we have left Eva overnight with anyone.  

G & G picked up the kids at about 5.  It felt somewhat sureal to pack them up in the car and then see them drive  away.  We then left for dinner.  We didn't really have any plans.  We were just going to play it by ear.  A novel concept with a toddler and baby at home.  We ate dinner at a lovely little italian pizzeria.  We had planned on seeing a movie after but when it came down to it we realized we had no desire to sit in a crowded theater. 

Instead we drove over to the mall and went window shopping.  We walked into maybe 2 stores, but mostly we just enjoyed not have wressle the kids.  So nice!  We then wandered over to Target and did some more browsing.  We felt like we had wandered around for a while between the mall and target but it had only been about a hour.  It's surprising how much faster you get things done when you only have to put on your own seatbelt! 

Since it was still early we rented some movies, got milkshakes and headed home.  We watched one of the movies and thought we should probably go to bed since it was getting late.  Only we couldn't seem to go to sleep without our kids in the house!  Who'd have thought?  You see, we have this little routine every night. Right before I go to bed (Danny usually stays up later doing homework) we check on the kids.  We make sure they are tucked in and comfy and give them more kisses and cuddles.  It was very strange and kind of sad to think we wouldn't be doing that. 

So instead of going to bed we stayed up later and watched another movie.  About half way through Danny mentioned that maybe we should just go get the kids.  Even though I would have liked to :), I knew we shouldn't.  We stayed up until about 1 am and woke up at 7:30.  No alarm, just ready to get up and pick up the kids.  

If you had told me 3 years ago that I would be this attached to a little person I would have laughed at you!  It's incredible the changes that a child can cause.  Can you blame me though? Look at how cute they are!

Freebie Tag

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It will be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry (but probably not) or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows?
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on their blog. The first 5 people to do so, and leave a comment telling me they did, win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!

No guarantees, no returns!  Let the games bgin!

Meet Mugsy

Valerie took some pictures today of Jazz's (Mandi's friend) dog, Mugsy and she included Eva in her little shoot.  They turned out so cute!  Mugsy was such an adorable dog it almost made me want one!  Almost...

Photos courtesy of Simple Photography.

Etcetera...

Does it get any cuter than this?  Valerie, you are awesome!

Pictures courtesy of Simple Photography.

Fun in the Sun

The sun was up and cabin fever had set in, so we trekked outside for an hour of trail-making, failed snowmen, faceplants and wet gloves.  Oh, to be a kid again.   

Spring Cleaning

I know it's not really spring. I've just been feeling a little out of sorts the last couple of days and I needed a pick-me-up so I turned up the music, organized my troops, and we cleaned house. I feel much better now. The kids were worn out from "helping" me and are now napping. I'm snuggled on my couch with Lappy enjoying the sight of clean surfaces, vacuum lines in the carpet, the smell of pledge and complete silence.

And now on to Inkdeath (by Cornelia Funke) and possibly a small amount of sleep.

Oh, Joy.