My Bugs

Glo Bug

2012-01-26T01:00:00.000-07:00

Glo bug and I had a date morning a few ago. We just ran errands but it was really nice to just have Glo Bug time. He is sooo funny. He put these glasses on himself and yelled for me to take a picture to show Bee and Dad.

Stroller

2012-01-25T01:00:00.000-07:00

This was ANOTHER Christmas present! My dad bought me a Double jogging stroller!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! Seriously, I L O V E it.

My goal is to get 500 miles in this year. With Chris' work schedule changing a bunch, I needed a way to take the boys out with me! So these boys ride in front, Dragonfly either rides in the middle, on the basket bottom or I wear my sling. Another solution is that Bee rides his bike and the little ones ride in the front. All the ways are wonderful to get out and enjoy this wonderful sunshine-y state!

Presents

2012-01-24T18:00:00.000-07:00

This year I bought some fabric with my birthday money! I literally spent it hours after I got the money!

Kelly made me this as a present to go with! It's a hot chocolate cup holder!! (awesomeness!)

I bought yardage of solids which I don't have pictures of, and told her to spend the rest of the money on dot fat quarters! Aren't they beautiful??! I love them.

All my fabric and goodies came in this bag SHE MADE for ME!!! I seriously have the best blog-friends ever!!

My birthday and Christmas were AWESOME this year!! Thanks guys!

Dragonfly

2012-01-23T22:42:00.001-07:00

This is Dragonfly waving! Love it!!

Quilt from Ann

2012-01-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

Look at this beautiful piece of art!!!

Ann, my friend from Denmark, made this JUST for ME!! Can you believe it? (Click the link to read the whole story)

Seriously could she have not done a better job of colors?!! Purples are my favorite FAVORITE!!

She made this for my birthday.

I'm just so shocked and grateful for such a perfect gift. Thank you Ann... I will love and cherish it forever!

Hunger games!

2012-01-10T23:06:00.001-07:00

For those of you that haven't read the Hunger Game series.... DO IT NOW!!!!

Seriously I was crazy not to read it before. It beats out Edward.

Yup I said it, Hunger Games is better than Edward. Seriously!!!

So my list of favorite series goes

1. Harry Potter
2. Hunger Games
3. Edward

I have heard that I need to read the mishap series?! Anyone heard of it?

Well that's the staying now.

I've read 3 books out of my 25. Maybe I should have gone with 50...

Goals for 2012

2011-12-31T08:58:00.001-07:00

My word for this year is HONEST.

I want to have the boys work on telling the truth. If they tell the truth, they get in less trouble. Also being honest with everything in life. Continuing to be honest with our bills, tithing, neighbors and friends.

My personal goals are

1. Family Home Evening once a month
2. Date night once a month
3. Finish a quilt once a month
4. No screen days (no computers, iPads, TV) twice a month.
5. Finish ALL of Erin's quilts
6. Bills on time
7. Run 500 miles
8. Read 25 books

Family home evening nights to play games with the boys or do something together as a family. Being in the military and Chris being home is a great blessing so we need to live it up!

Date nights are important to Chris so I need to make the effort to do it once a month. I need creative cheap date night ideas...help!!

I don't really have a list of which ones I want to finish but I figure 12 quilts finished is a good goal!

No screen days are something my friend, Mary, started with her boys and I love the idea! Days to just be real boys...playing in dirt, running and everything. I know computers are part of everyday life these days and will continue to be. I just want my boys to know what sand feels like in their hair.

I HAVE to finish her quilts. She has been patient with them sitting at my house but I'm sure she wants them back.

This is going to be an easy one but I need to see it. Pay bills on time. I have a bad case of procrastinations when it comes to bill paying.

I have a few people that are going to do this with me! I'm really excited about doing it with my sister though. If we don't reach 500 miles, we have to pay the other $100!! I hope she does 499! :)

Read 25 books. It doesn't seem like a lot but with 3 boys and lots to do, I think this will be a little tough for me.

What are your goals????

Shooting

2011-12-23T04:05:00.000-07:00

Chris had to sight in his gun before my dad got here for their Oryx hunt. So we made it a family outing.

Bee got to shoot cups with dad on the 22. He totally loved it. I think he's still too young to have one but this showed me he could be responsible.

Glo Bug and Daddy walking to check out the target... 350 yards away. (I counted)

Christmas with ompa and grrma

2011-12-21T14:27:00.000-07:00

While Grandpa and Grandma were here, we had to have Christmas! :)
Each of the boys got to open one present. TRACTORS!!!

Sadly this is the only picture I have of Christine! (next time I will be better)

Dad and Christine got pictures of the boys, and a digital picture frame with pictures of us on it already, coffee mugs. Christine got a Christmas ornament and Dad Bear Grylls knife.

Chris got money for a knife! And I got money for a double jogging stroller! I'm soooo excited. I ordered it and it's on it's way here!

Ompa and grrma visit

2011-12-20T14:27:00.000-07:00

Oompa with Dragonfly. I loved having Grandpa and Grandma around because I had Dragonfly feeders! He spits up a lot so its always best to have a towel and blanket around. Dragonfly was QUITE content with Grandpa and Grandma.

So cute!

Grandpa and Bee hiking up the white sand and snow. It was VERY cold. When we got in the truck it said it was 29 at 2pm. No wonder we were freezing!

My dad and Chris got to go hunting while they were here and shot an oryx. It's an African antelope. Google it if you wanna learn more. They are here in New Mexico because years ago someone got them as a gift and let them go. So now the state gives tags out but they are really hard to get. It's pretty amazing that Chris and Dad got to go!

The winner is...

2011-12-17T20:54:00.002-07:00

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i dont know where the number went but it was #81 who said...

Crunchy Con Mommy said...
Definitely Christmas! I feel like it should be Easter, since that's more important, but there wouldn't be Easter without Christmas, right? And Advent is so much more fun than Lent.

December 14, 2011 10:02 AM

i will be emailing crunchy con mom this evening!

thanks for all that played!

Snow

2011-12-16T04:03:00.000-07:00

We had a freak snow storm last week! It got cold, in the 20's, and snowed. It only stuck around for a day or so but it was fun!

Another bin

2011-12-15T04:05:00.000-07:00

My boys love their bins!

Quilt baby from flickr friends

2011-12-14T12:30:00.000-07:00

We got this quilt in the middle! It was a complete surprise. My friends on Flickr made it for Dragonfly. Popcorn1960 and Cbmurno8. How wonderful are they??!
We have already used and loved it. It's just perfect.

Thanks girls!

OH! My Stars Giveaway

2011-12-12T05:30:00.000-07:00

update....

i dont know where the number went but it was #81 who said...

Crunchy Con Mommy said...
Definitely Christmas! I feel like it should be Easter, since that's more important, but there wouldn't be Easter without Christmas, right? And Advent is so much more fun than Lent.

December 14, 2011 10:02 AM

i will be emailing crunchy con mom this evening!

thanks for all that played!

I'm having a giveaway! And like a gazillion other people too...Go HERE

http://www.sewmamasew.com/blog2/november2011/GiveawayDay.jpg

I'm giving away a kit for a table runner. It comes with directions and fabric.

Here's the fabric

To enter to win, leave a comment with your favorite holiday and you will be entered.

Thanks for stopping by!

Krista

I'll ship international
Giveaway ends December 16 @ 5pm

Swim

2011-12-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

I'm going through all my drafts so the next couple days are going to be of the past year. I'll try and put dates if I remember them.

This is in Seattle when the boys and I drove Nicci home in January.

That's Fireant in the swim top looking at the camera and Bee making bubbles.

Dads quilt

2011-12-06T04:00:00.000-07:00

When I quilted my Dad's quilt, i hid words that meant things to us in it. I love this quilt for that reason.

Fishing in Ruidoso

2011-12-06T03:30:00.000-07:00

We went fishing at Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso. This is a lunch break. 10/21/10

Erin's sister's quilt

2011-12-06T03:00:00.000-07:00

This quilt had a fish fabric so I decided to do swirls. I really like it. I believe I did this in October 2010.

Bee being Bee 10/21/10

2011-12-06T02:30:00.000-07:00

Random of Seattle Jan 2011

2011-12-06T01:30:00.000-07:00

Bee sleeps with Bee every night and uses Moose as his pillow. I can't believe how young he looks from just about a year ago.

We tagged along with Aimee and her playground when we were there. L to R..Bee, Ty, Aimee, P, Aileen, Broc and I don't know.

Glo Bug playing at Maimom's house

Aunt Jane and Bee at Chris' parents' house

Fireant, Bee and Rich

2011-12-06T01:00:00.000-07:00

lots of posts below this one...keep going!

This is Fireant, Bee and Rich playing at my Dad's house. They were wrestling and took a break to watch Cars.

Hunting

2011-12-04T00:30:00.000-07:00

Chris' elk. She was a big girl! No she isn't pregnant, just that fat!

This is Chris' deer. The picture is hard to see.

This is Chris' squirrel. Yes he ate it and is excited for Bee to start shooting so he can eat more. (i'll stick to the elk and cow, thank you!)

Long legs

2011-12-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

Love the crossed eyes!!

Auntie Kassie loves this shirt and thinks he needs to wear it, at least once a week!

Blocks for November that I haven't posted

2011-12-02T00:30:00.000-07:00

Ring of stars for bee

Notebook

2011-12-01T00:30:00.000-07:00

This is my notebook. My mom had one when I was growing up called her Brain. I didn't understand then why it was so important but now I do. I carry it every where and NEED it everywhere.

I have my lists to do that day, appts for the month, bills that need to be paid on certain days, grocery lists, addresses, and even more.

When I was in ABQ, I wrote down little notes every day so I could write it here when I got the time.

I'm so grateful for this little book. It makes my life a lot easier. Plus it's a great memory keeper for years to come. I've used a book like this since I have been married, off on on. Ive kept them and laugh at the memories when I come across one on the book shelf.

Do you guys have a notebook? Or do you use your phone? or computer?

Computer geeks

2011-11-30T11:00:00.000-07:00

Ducks

2011-11-29T00:30:00.000-07:00

Chris finally got his ducks back! He was like a kid in the candy store when we picked them up! They are very pretty. The taxidermy guy even won a prize with the green one.

Geese purple

2011-11-22T00:30:00.000-07:00

This one is for Ann. She's the leader of our "Geese in a ring" swap. She wanted berry colors. I think it turned out pretty cute.
These blocks take about an hour to 1.5 hours to make, total. So when they are done, it's a huge sigh of relief!

PS no I don't, can't, sit down and make one block all at once. Well maybe I could if I threw a few bottles and snacks in a closet and turned the radio up to cover the yelling! But I am pretty sure that's illegal. Plus I like my interruptions....most of the time.

Glo Bug checking out Dragonfly

2011-11-21T00:30:00.000-07:00

Chair

2011-11-20T00:30:00.000-07:00

This is the chair Marie bought us for $5 at a garage sale. I made the cushion to put on it for now. A better one is in the works!
This was my first attempt at a pillow.
The chair sits in Dragonfly's room for the late night feedings. It's well used!!

Ricks quilt

2011-11-14T11:06:00.000-07:00

This quilt is for Rick. He's serving our country this year, overseas. I cut out this fabric back in January in hopes to finish it before he left in feb. (then you remember I went home to Seattle and then got knocked up. Not good for making quilts, or making anything but a baby!)

So this quilt got put in a drawer. Well he is home on leave for like 5seconds so I had to hurry and finish this bad boy up!
I wasn't planning on the cowboys being the blue on the flag side. I had some star fabric that was perfect but it grew legs and walked. I have no idea where but it did.
The back was suppose to have more detailed star with white and blue big star but I used the blue for the flag so it had some changes but I think it worked well.
I asked lindsy, his wife, to have her and their kids write a saying and trace their hands so I could quilt it into the quilt. Well the handprints didn't look good so they got cut but the sayings are hidden in the quilting.

I hope he enjoys it. He definitely deserves it..

Glo bug at park

2011-11-11T23:16:00.001-07:00

After a few trips to abq and lots of carseat time logged in for the family, we had a park day Thursday. Dragonfly wasn't having the wind so he chilled in the truck with me, while glo bug and Bee played and got dirty and all things boy. There were other kids too which was really nice. Glo bug didn't wonder far from the edge where the truck was and kept an eye on me to make sure I wasn't going anywhere. Bee on the other hand, was up and down and in and out of everything in the first 2 mintues. note: no picture of Bee because of said squirrel movements!

Rug mug swap...dena

2011-11-11T23:06:00.001-07:00

I made this for Dena. She lives in ABQ so we quick hurried and made our mini quilts for each other so we could trade in person when we went up for Glo bug's follow up.
It was so fun meeting her! She's the second Internet friend I've met. (we know and love Erin!) Dena showed me ( and the boys) to hancocks and the quilt bug!!! I'm so going back to both. We only had a little time but it was like we were long lost friends, not a dull minute!
We are so getting together again, on our next trip up to ABQ! Or maybe I'll talk her into coming to the white sands!

Geese in a ring

2011-11-11T10:41:00.000-07:00

These are blocks for a little group that I'm in... Geese in a ring. I have to make 7 blocks using white fabric and the colors they chose. I asked for any colors so it will be exciting to see what I get in the mail!

Glo bug surgery pics

2011-11-10T12:46:00.000-07:00

Glo Bug's eye the day after surgery

Waiting for the doctors to come get him for surgery


	Knocking on the glass door for the FUN nurse to come back.

Glo Bug has had 3 eye surgeries this year. His left eye wasn't tracking with the right so the doctor was trying to move the left to match the right, on the first two surgeries. So this 3rd one, she decided to move the right eye to match the left, the one with a missing brow bone. This surgery seemed to make his eyes line up a bunch more often. It's not perfect but at least he can see straight ahead of him now. They will probably have to do another eye surgery after they fix his eyebrow, next year. But he's great for now!

Motorcycle diapers for Dragonfly

2011-11-09T12:46:00.003-07:00

We got this motorcycle made of diapers and blankets plus a bottle as the gas tank, and socks for the handle bars! Sooo stinking cute.

Chris' shop at work made this for us. Such a great idea!

Chris hunting

2011-11-09T12:46:00.000-07:00

First bath

2011-11-04T22:41:00.000-06:00

Dragonfly's first bath...in the kitchen sink!

Dragonfly 2 month stats

2011-11-04T00:30:00.000-06:00

Dragonfly had his 2 month appt 11/29. He actually is suppose to be 2 weeks old. So they adjust his age by 6 weeks to allow for his growing time.

Height 19.5 inches (76% percentile for 1 month old)
Weight 9 lbs, 9oz (28%)
Head 15.5 inches (54%)

I can't believe that he has gained 4 lbs since we brought him home from the hospital! He is growing like a weed!!!
Anyone know a trick to stop this? I dont want him big yet!

Halloween

2011-11-01T10:43:00.000-06:00

Meat

2011-10-22T20:56:00.000-06:00

This is Chris' elk. We processed it ourselves. Chris spent over 20hours cutting, grinding or packaging his elk. We had Helpers, Jason and George. I helped some but it was hard to do and be 34 weeks along. Chris did it Wednesday and Thursday before I got med-a-vac'd to ABQ. This could be the reason my cervix shrank so much!! Oh well! We now have a freezer FULL of deer and elk meat. Chris is guessing over 300lbs of steak, hamburger and stew meat. Way to go, Honey!!

We are HOME!!!!

2011-10-12T10:02:00.001-06:00

We are home! We got home Saturday evening. We surprised the boys.I've never been so grateful for my bed, my laundry room, food in the fridge and to be together with ALL my boys.We are taking it easy for a few. The doctors suggest we don't take Dragonfly out until his due date...Halloween. So it will be a few for church and anything else.Marie, my mother in law is here too, helping out with everything, I'm nervous about life after she leaves!I'll post more pictures in a few!What are you up to?

Detail of quilt

2011-10-07T22:36:00.000-06:00

Sorry the pics are upsidedown. I don't know how to change it.

1. The back of the little bird on one of the charm squares.

2. The front

3. The log I made for the bird next to my name

4. The whole bird

Chris brought this quilt for me to the hospital and I'm soooo grateful!! It was really nice to have the quilt I made especially for this time. I put it on my hospital bed every day we stayed there before I had Dragonfly and the 2 days after I had him. Chris slept on the bed, under the windows, which were really drafty so I would put the brown side out and put it over him. He didn't want the 'girly' quilt on his bed! LOL

The nurses would come in to check on me and would ask about the quilt. It was a good conversation starter. I was/am really proud of it. It will get even better when I can wash it more. It's still a little too firm for my liking.

Soccer

2011-10-06T22:36:00.000-06:00

This is Bee and his soccer uniform. The first picture is him counting how many times he kicked the ball. The second is him showing me his shoes. Third is him in the goalie. He got fired from being goalie shortly after this picture because he shared the ball....with the other team too. You can't get mad at him for sharing!! So he got to run around with the other kids instead of 'blocking' the goal.

I'm a proud mommy to know that, at least sometimes, Bee can share!

Bee got the bum deal out of me having Dragonfly. He isn't playing soccer anymore. His season ends October 15th. I'm hoping and praying that we are home for his last game. It's so sad when we pass a soccer field with kids and he asks to play. It breaks my heart. Hopefully we can sign him up for basketball or something in the winter season.

Brothers

2011-10-05T22:47:00.000-06:00

It's so hard having a my newborn in the hospital but it's moments like these two that shine light on a dark situation. Glo bug stayed and watched Chris feed Dragonfly for like 3 minutes (Which is a LONG time for Glo bug). And Bee watched Dragonfly just like that for quite awhile too. He had bar marks on his face.

It's so sweet to see these boys interested in their brother. It makes a mommy's heart beat with joy.

PS I had a huge long post about Dragonfly's story getting here and Blogger decided to eat it. I'm hoping that it will magically appear tomorrow. If not, it will be a few more days to hear the story.

Baby Edmond's baby quilt

2011-10-05T09:05:00.000-06:00

I tried a new pattern for my Bliss jelly roll before I had Mr. Dragonfly.

I brought it with to finish it.

It's a pattern on the Sweetwater blog. I can't find the link right now. I thought it was going to be ALOT bigger. But it's the perfect baby size quilt. Aimee is having a girl so I thought this would be perfect. It's a quilt as you go. I used alot of my fancy stitches on my machine. It was pretty fun to do!

If I was to do it again, I would double the length of each strip. So I would need 2 jelly rolls for an adult size quilt.

Anyway Aimee isn't due until the end of January so I have time to mail it but I better do it quick before the boys use it!!! :)

Side view of Mr. Dragonfly

2011-10-03T22:47:00.001-06:00

Isn't he perfect?? I'm kinda a fan.

Chocolate Molten cake

2011-10-02T22:53:00.001-06:00

I got out of the hospital Sunday morning. This has been the fastest and easiest recovery with all 3 boys. I was up and moving the morning after I had Dragonfly. Everything is healing nicely. (I'll have a girly post in a few, with details)

Christi and George Baker came up to see Dragonfly. They came Saturday. We made plans to go to Red Robin on Sunday for lunch! We don't have Red Robin anywhere near Alamogordo. This one up here is the closest. So it's a big deal to go when we go. Well the Baker's decided to go home early so we went to Chili's. (We have a Chili's in Alamo but it's not good....at all!)

So Chris and I have a tradition....we order our cake first! Our theory is we can take our entrees home and heat them up later but you can't take ice cream home and the chocolate doesn't heat up the same at home. So in celebration of having Dragonfly, getting out of the hospital and our probable last date night for quite a few, we got our cake!! Oh it was sooo delicious!

The pilgrims

2011-10-01T22:47:00.001-06:00

We have this guys with us again! Chris' dad, Don, came down to watch the boys while we were up here having a baby. Before that, Courtney, Amy and Susie watched them for 5 days! I soooooooo owe them!!

Anyway, Don drove up Tuesday and brought the boys. I missed them soo much. I knew I was going to miss them but not to the actual hurt-in-my-heart miss them.

It's not fun having them in a hotel but at least they are here. I just can't wait until we are ALL home. Sleeping in our own beds, doing our regular stuff, eating our regular food.

Glo bug has hurt his leg also. That has been fun too. He is doing better but for a few days he could barely walk. It doesn't seem to hurt in one spot, just his whole right leg. I'm thinking the boys were wrestling and it got twisted or something. If it's still drama on Monday, we will call Tricare. Having a whiny boy on top of this stress leaves me crying most every afternoon...then it's naptime and things seem a little better after a nap.

Dragonfly is doing great. He's eating well. Taking a bottle on half his feeds. He's gaining weight. Now we just have to wait until he eats all his food by bottle. We have no idea when that will be. It's up to the little guy.

Dragonfly is here!

2011-09-30T22:47:00.002-06:00

Guess what I went and did??! I had a baby!

His name is Dragonfly (on here). He weighed 5lbs 3oz and 18.5 inches long. He was born Friday Sept 23 at 10:24pm.

He was born with 96k platelets which was a huge miracle! And he comes with quite an arrival story too! But I will share later. For now, you can enjoy his first pictures. More to come soon!

Belly

2011-09-17T21:36:00.000-06:00

This is my belly at 33weeks. This is the biggest I've ever been. It's seriously crazy to have a stretched belly button since I don't have a real belly button. Now I really don't!! Lol

Kitty quilt

2011-09-09T22:38:00.000-06:00

I made this for the little quilt swap. You make a mini quilt, then post pictures. After the deadline, you go through the groups pictures and pick your favorites. Then wait. You see which one you get in the mail!

It's really fun and no pressure. If you don't finish, you can just play next round. I love that. So this is my quilt I added. It's new home is in Sweden. I hope it's loved!

Bee double spoon

2011-09-07T08:34:00.000-06:00

I wish we could all eat ice cream this way!

I just don't have the talent to do it!!! And chopsticks... Not so much! I'm glad Bee did get that gene!

My quilt

2011-09-02T19:21:00.001-06:00

I finished this quilt and I'm so proud. I can take something girly to the hospital now.

I baby stippled around the name and bird. I also quilted around a little birdie in one of the charm blocks on the bottom row. The rest of the quilt is quilted with loops. When I washed it, the big bird has fray around his edges. I totally forgot about that when I put it on, so that was a nice surprise. He looks fluffy!

I'm really happy with quilt. It makes me want to start another quilt.

But I've been having contractions already and have been barfing today so non quilting for me tonight. I'm really bummed but I qotta take it easy to keep this baby in there cooking.

I'll try and get better pictures soon.

Anyone wanna come play?

2011-08-25T19:55:00.000-06:00

Glo bug has started walking, more like running, after the tennis balls Ompa gave us on our Seattle trip. This is a common picture in our house.

He was a little thirsty!

2011-08-21T08:32:00.000-06:00

We played outside in the driveway on Thursday. I washed the truck, the boys helped. This was part of helping!

My truck looks worse than when I started. I didn't dry it as I went and now there's hard water spots. I love New Mexico. ;)

Little quilting

2011-08-20T07:39:00.000-06:00

This is a sneak peek of my quilt. I wrote my name and stippled crazy small in between to make the letters really stand out.

Glo Bug and lizzy helping

2011-08-16T21:58:00.003-06:00

Lizzy

2011-08-14T10:56:00.000-06:00

I haven't figured out the pictures. But anyway this one showed up so I'll use it!

This is our newest addition. I have been wanting a kitty. Chris had me searching craigslist last Friday for his new hobby, wood design or something. Anyway free was a frequent section I visited on local lists. Kittens are on said pages...so I called a few.
Chris and I had a babysitter set up for Friday night...but no plans. I thought we would do dinner and a movie. Instead we went to cruces, had dinner, got a new iPad (ours took a bath, but was still under our contract) and got a kitten!!!!

Lizzy is her name. She's a cuddler and helper of fabric! My dad suggested to call her queenie because she wasn't home ten minutes and she already thumped Diesel, our 90lbs black lab, on the nose. She is gonna rule this house. Which is exactly what we wanted. I didn't like Queenie, or Rocky...another suggestion. So I thought of the only queen I know, queen Elizabeth. Hence lizzy.

So here's to having another girl in this house!!

The beginning of my quilt

2011-08-13T20:54:00.003-06:00

I started sewing again after a huge break. I decided that I wanted to start with something for myself.

So after a day or few of finding a simple but fun pattern, I picked this one.

I don't know why that is so big but it won't be small so it's staying.

I used my very favorite line, Blush by basicgrey. It was hard to cut into.

Where the white is, I used ash and put my name and designed a bird that echoes the one in the fabrics.

I'm trying my hardest to get pictures here. I'll share when I do.

Phone...

2011-08-08T22:01:00.000-06:00

I'm having phone issues. It has all my pictures but it won't email the pictures to my own email account or even blogger. I want to post pictures with our doings but if I can't figure this out... It's going to be a picture less blog soon!

Any ideas???

Seattle trip

2011-07-16T11:23:00.000-06:00

We went to Seattle for V's 6th birthday. We left June 24th and were home July 8th.
We took the ranger to my dad's house so he can use it. It had sat in our trailer for the past two years only taken out to get to something else in the trailer. Hopefully dad will love it.
We celebrated V's birthday Monday with her by taking her to Dairy Queen. Then we got her from 11 am to 5pm Wednesday. Picked her up at 11am Thursday and she spent the night with us at the W's house. We all slept in the trailer. We had a party Friday for Clayton, Bee and V at the W's. We had burgers and all kinds of food. And then Costco cupcakes!!! It was a short party cause ms. V had to be back at 6pm.
We stayed at my dad's house and it was wonderful!!! Seriously so relaxing to just let Bee run for the most part. The stressful part was the dogs. They would run off like once a day. If I had my way, I would have had shock collars on both of them. But we only had one collar. We never made it up to mt. Vernon to get the collar. Or down to cabela's. Oh well. Next time we go, we will have 2 collars!
Diesel got into a fight with dad's neighbor dog. It was his fault. He went on their turf. He got holes in his right front leg, back left and around his collar. We took him to the vet when we got back and they just gave him antibiotics. $100 later. Ugh. Then we came home and Diesel bit the heck out of Hooch. Chris had to sew up his eyebrow with thread and needle. I just couldn't push the needle those his tough skin. It made me gag big time. So now they are both on antibiotic...Diesel's from the vet. Hooch's is fish mox. Same thing, different name and only 12 bucks.
We celebrated Bee's birthday with my Dad's birthday on the fourth by having a huge BBQ. It was so much fun. There was 12 dogs, 8 kids and lots of adults, eating lots of great food. None of the dogs fought, most of the kids behaved and all the big kids had a great time. Aimee and Nicci came up! I so wish I could bring them home with me. I miss them greatly. Aimee and I got to hang out one other night. Went to red robin and tried to get our nails done but I was too late in leaving the W's house so all the nail places were closed by the time red robin was done. I also went to her ultrasound appt on the 5th!! I got to see her little peanut!!! So fun!! Aimee and Megan are due around the same time. 2 new babies in January!
We went and saw cars 2 with rich and Fireant and Christine and dad. Glo bug went too but Chris ended up taking him out about halfway through. I hoped he would take a nap but no such luck. We hung out at dads house and played with the ranger and blew off fireworks and had s'mores and just took it easy.
There was some drama while we were there but it was only from one place. It made me realize that vacations are just that, vacations. A time to relax. So next time, I'm going to try and take Chris' advice and not plan a single thing. Just decide what to do that day. I'm not too sure Marysville is the place to do that. Maybe we need a real vacation to California or Vegas to play that way.
Well those are the highlights. I don't have a single picture of anything because I had to switch phones. I'll try and find some via Facebook.

Quick post

2011-07-12T22:16:00.000-06:00

I'm 24 weeks along now.

My body is actually MAKING platelets at 102. Up from 66.

We just got back from Seattle. Had a great time with the people we saw.

I actually sat down and sewed today!!

Chris is gearing up for his elk and deer hunts.

Glo bug is almost walking.

Bee is full of energy and is moving into the big room this week.

That's it for now.

Base pool

2011-06-21T14:18:00.000-06:00

The base pool

Glo bug enjoying the pool. The huge slide Bee loves in background.

Logan eye

2011-06-13T09:05:00.001-06:00

This is lo bug after his surgery.

He had eye surgery on tuesday in abq. They went in to move his eye muscle and found he only has four!! No wonder the other surgery didn't work. The eye muscles kinda of lean or use the other muscles to balance each other out. When Logan had surgery before they moved his lower eye muscles to push against the top ones. Well he doesnt have one of the top muscles so thats why his eye still looked off.
But now his eyes are straight and following each other. We have a follow up this week in abq to see if he will need more surgeries but we are hoping not. Until they fix his brow.

Mom notes: they gave him anti anxiety meds to go away from me plus sedation. He was terribly tired and cried for 3 whole hours after we got home.

3d ultrasound of baby #3

2011-06-11T09:10:00.000-06:00

He's sucking his thumb. After the picture was taken, he punched me and went back to sucking his thumb. Little punk!

Update

2011-06-06T12:59:00.036-06:00

So I haven't blogged about it yet but I'm el prego again!!!

This baby is definitely a surprise. It took us years and years to get pregnant with both Connor and Logan. And so I stopped taking my birth control to get an IUD in. I had a doctor's appt Tuesday to talk about different forms of IUD's. I took a pregnancy test the Friday before and it was POSITIVE!!

We are excited about this munchkin! We weren't planning on having another one because my pregnancies are so hard. But Heavenly Father had other ideas. I've always wanted 5 kids. But I was okay with 2 because I had such great boys and worked hard to get them here. Now we will have 3!!!!

So this pregnancy has been drama like my other ones. The end of April I couldn't keep anything down, including water, for 3 days so I went to the ER to get some fluids. It lasted a day and I went back on Saturday night. They drew my blood and my platelets were 33K. DRAMA! The other drama was I was 14 weeks pregnant. So when they called the OB doc, he said, "I don't do low platelets. Send her to ABQ." When they called the blood doc, he said, "I don't do pregnancy, send her to ABQ." So I was Med-A-Vac'd out of Alamogordo, up to ABQ. There I got an infusion of IGG. Chris drove up with the boys and I ended up staying 2 days in the hospital.

Now I have doctor's here in Alamogordo that will take my care and have had another infusion May 26th. I had to spend all day on the phone with Tricare to get my infusion improved but it's worth the blessings. They drew my blood before the infusion and my platelets were below 12K. The lab machine doesn't read below 12K so that's all we know. That's a scary low.

So I have to get my blood drawn every week. Infusions, probably, every 3 weeks until this baby is done cooking. I'm hoping to be able to grow this baby until his term.... 36 weeks. Some of the docs have other ideas but I'm pretty sure mommy rules in these cases.

Okay so I plan on blogging a lot more so come back for updates!

PS Check out previous post about Paying It Forward

I'm back..... Pay It Forward too

2011-06-05T12:59:00.000-06:00

Hi.

I'm going to start up blogging again with a Pay It Forward.

Here's the rules....

1. I will make a handmade something (it can be any kind of handmade) for 3 people who wish to participate and who tell me so in a comment on this post. It will be a surprise and I will send it without warning within the next 365 days.
2. You will agree to do the same thing for 3 readers of your blog.
3. When you get your "handmade something" you must post about your Pay it Forward on your blog and use the Pay it Forward button.

So I'm doing this from craftingatheart.blogspot.com blog. I blog stalked and she's too cute!

So who wants to play???

Elmo

2011-04-12T17:58:00.001-06:00

Elmo had a bad spill at our house the other day.
I was playing on the computer in bed when I here, "bad Elmo." And then lots of crashing.
Bee had found Elmo in my closet. For some reason Bee HATES Elmo. We have a tickle me Elmo that we bought years ago for him. He was waking up in the middle of the night, screaming. Finally we figured out it was Elmo and moved him to our closet, where he waited for another home.
Anyway back to the crime scene. Bee put Elmo at the top of the stairs and kicked him down.

I should have stopped laughing and got him in trouble. Instead, I almost peed my pants, laughing so hard.
Elmo received a broken leg due to the fall and was placed to peace in the trash bin OUTSIDE.

Erins quilt

2011-03-26T12:25:00.000-06:00

This is erin's scrappy quilt. She made each if these blocks while watching sex in the city, movie. Pretty awesome huh?

Cupcakes

2011-03-22T13:10:00.001-06:00

We made cupcakes for Glo bug's birthday. The chocolate kind. Here's my helpers.

I can't share my news with you yet because SOMEONE hasn't done their part. But I'll share soon.

WIP: Works in Progress

2011-02-23T18:54:00.001-07:00

New Projects: No new projects

Ongoing projects:
1. Doll Quilt Swap- got it cut out, just need to sew down
2. Monthly Bees blocks -4 left for Feb
~~3. Kitchen Swap - grocerybag holder. washcloths~~
~~4. Erin's purple quilt~~
Completed tops awaiting quilting:
1. Erin's Nautical & Nice
2. Erin's Green Sewing
3. Erin's Make Life
4. Erin's fig & Plum
5. Erin's Brown and Blue
6. Erin's Make Life Circles
7. Erin's Authentic back/blue quilt
8. Erin's Authentic quilt
~~9.Erin's Scrappy Purple~~Completed quilts awaiting binding:
Magic Quilt

On hold for now:
1. ShyAnn's quilt
2. Ethan's Quilt
3. Braydon's Quilt
4. Breast Cancer Pillowcses
5. Vinyl Bag for swap
6. Bee's quilt
7. Pink and Yellow Quilt
8. Chinese quilt
9. Black quilt
10. Halloween quilt for Krystle
11. Mystery small quilt
12. Oh my stars Table Runner
13. Fleece Tractor Blanket
14. yo-yo top
15. Freedom quilt
16. L'Mour Quilt
17. Rick's Quilt
18. Postage Stamp Along
19. Freedom blocks x 17
20. Erin's Red Blocks
21. Block of the Month- Kelly
22. Teeny Weeny PP Blocks x 6
23. Mosaic blocks- 10
24. Scrappy Square quilt
25. Heart Quilt
26.MMM Swap
27. Pincushion Swap
28. Christmas Quilt -ugh
29. Drunkard's Path
30. Don't Call Me Betsy Quilt Along
31. Blush Jellyroll
32. Quilt for Heather
33. Quilt for Shells
34. Quilt for Amanda
35. Quilt for Emily
36. Quilt for Jane
37. Quilt for Grandma
38. A string quilt
39. Aaron's quilt
40. Polka dot quilt

This week's stats:

New projects - 0

Completed projects - 2
Currently in progress - 51

Original list- 53

Go check out everyone else HERE

I'm grateful for sleeping boys...

2011-02-17T16:27:00.000-07:00

This is Bee sleeping at Maimom's house. He can't go to sleep with B (the blue thing) and Moose as his pillow. I heart this kid.

Works In Progress by Freshly Pieced

2011-02-16T21:27:00.000-07:00

New Projects:This is my first week so no new projects!

Ongoing projects:
1. Doll Quilt Swap- got it cut out, just need to sew down
2. Monthly Bees blocks -4 left for Feb
3. Kitchen Swap- I got washclothes done. Need to finish grocery bag holder
4. Quilting Erin's purple quilt

Completed tops awaiting quilting:
1. Erin's Nautical & Nice
2. Erin's Green Sewing
3. Erin's Make Life
4. Erin's fig & Plum
5. Erin's Brown and Blue
6. Erin's Make Life Circles
7. Erin's Authentic back/blue quilt
8. Erin's Authentic quilt
9. Erin's scrappy purple quilt

Completed quilts awaiting binding:
Magic Quilt

On hold for now:
1. ShyAnn's quilt
2. Ethan's Quilt
3. Braydon's Quilt
4. Breast Cancer Pillowcses
5. Vinyl Bag for swap
6. Bee's quilt
7. Pink and Yellow Quilt
8. Chinese quilt
9. Black quilt
10. Halloween quilt for Krystle
11. Mystery small quilt
12. Oh my stars Table Runner
13. Fleece Tractor Blanket
14. yo-yo top
15. Freedom quilt
16. L'Mour Quilt
17. Rick's Quilt
18. Postage Stamp Along
19. Freedom blocks x 17
20. Erin's Red Blocks
21. Block of the Month- Kelly
22. Teeny Weeny PP Blocks x 6
23. Mosaic blocks- 10
24. Scrappy Square quilt
25. Heart Quilt
26.MMM Swap
27. Pincushion Swap
28. Christmas Quilt -ugh
29. Drunkard's Path
30. Don't Call Me Betsy Quilt Along
31. Blush Jellyroll
32. Quilt for Heather
33. Quilt for Shells
34. Quilt for Amanda
35. Quilt for Emily
36. Quilt for Jane
37. Quilt for Grandma
38. A string quilt
39. Aaron's quilt
40. Polka dot quilt

This week's stats:

New projects - 0

Completed projects - 0
Currently in progress - 53

Pheonix airport

2011-02-16T16:30:00.001-07:00

This was my perfectly planned nap for Glo bug, gone wrong. We got to Phoenix from Seattle 15 minutes late. Our flight left 15 minutes early to get ahead of a storm and someone read the manifest wrong and didn't realize we had a connecting flight on that plane.

So we missed the plane. Totally sucked. I had naps planned so they were sleep on this flight, then we would see daddy and go out to dinner and then home!

Instead we had to wait 5 hours at the airport. Ugh.

Tractor

2011-02-13T01:56:00.001-07:00

Pictures from our trip to Seattle.

Fireant in the front, Bee in back and Ompa snoopervising!

Boys!

Dads house

2011-02-12T11:57:00.000-07:00

This is the front yard of my Dad's house. I miss the green of Seattle!

Glo bug helping

2011-02-11T06:16:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for little hands that sneek under doors and make you smile!

Lo and ompa

2011-02-07T23:41:00.000-07:00

This is my Dad at his house. And Glo bug on his lap. He liked Ompa's lap. I think Ompa kinda liked it too! The cats were upset they had to share. Oh well, it was just for the weekend.

I'm grateful for being able to express...

2011-02-07T22:29:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for being able to express my creativity through sewing.

I made washcloths and a oven mitt today. I know it's not amazing but I really enjoyed being able to have the knowledge and creativity to be able to make something I'm proud of. Here's just one.

Park with Aimee

2011-02-06T23:55:00.012-07:00

We went to the beach in Mulketio with Aimee and her friends. It was really fun. Bee loved throwing rocks.

Monthly block

2011-02-06T22:22:00.000-07:00

this is a block of the Month that I'm going to do with my friend, Kelly. She works at a fabric store and totally twisted my arm to do it......so here we go!

Where are we again?

2011-02-04T21:32:00.002-07:00

I'm grateful that we have water and electricity. Our heater was too cold to work. Kinda ironic huh?

My smart husband found us a heater in our kitchen in the form of an open oven!!

The weather here is crazy. It is flashbacks of Alaska with -20 temps.

Forget running. The boys and I still have colds from Seattle, which wasn't helped by our heater quitting.

Laugh a lot

2011-02-04T21:31:00.001-07:00

granny

2011-02-03T09:21:00.020-07:00

Remember this??

Well here is the story!

We are in a little town in Utah. (The town will remain unnamed because it might be someone's Grandma)

All of a sudden, traffic drops to 5 MPH.

On a highway.

I'm thinking there must be a horrible accident ahead or something of the sort. No road construction signs.

Finally after about 15 minutes of 5 MPH driving, I see the problem.

Granny, above, merged onto the highway with her electric wheelchair.

Yup.

Onto the highway!!!

Yes it's a 2 lane highway but people were slowing down. I took a picture!

How could I not??

And you know what Granny did?

Flew the bird!

I KNOW??!!!

And that is all.

Four things

2011-02-02T21:20:00.000-07:00

Four Shows I Watch
*Bachelor
*Chopped
*Mantracker
*Spongebob

Four things I’m passionate about
*My kids/family
*Sewing/quilting
*My faith
*Texting

Four phrases I use a lot
*Excellent!
*Awesome
*No worries
*Crap.

Four things I’ve learned from the past
*Play nice with the other kids
*Oreos make things better
*Running makes you feel better
*Tell people your big plans

Four places I’d love to go
*Grand Cayman Islands
*Take my hubby and kids to Disney.... (land or world)
*New York
*Hawaii

Four things I did today
*Started quilting a quilt
*made dinner
*Laundry
*Spent money! :)

Four things I love about winter
*Snow
*That it doesn't last forever in New Mexico
*Warm soups and chilis
*snuggling under blankets for naps

I'm grateful for great grandma

2011-02-01T10:07:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for vacations....

2011-01-31T20:41:00.000-07:00

I'm soooooo grateful for vacations!

I'm home doing laundry and catching up on everything! I will start blogging again tomorrow!

Story to come

2011-01-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for lists

2011-01-16T22:54:00.001-07:00

I'm grateful for lists. I would forget my shoes if I didn't have lists. Now I understand where my mom carried around her dayplanner, the "Brain." If it's not written down, it doesn't exist!!

I'm grateful for playpens....

2011-01-15T22:50:00.001-07:00

I'm grateful for play pens. Glo bug looks like he's in jail but he's enjoying himself. In there, he can eat his sandwich without a dog or older brother to help, or them running passed him and not saying "Hi!" It's in the kitchen where most of the action of the house is so he's enterained. Plus it let's me do what I need to do!!

I'm grateful for creativity...

2011-01-14T22:46:00.002-07:00

I made this for my Solid Bee Blocks. Natalie asked for triangles and that was it. So this is what I made. No pattern just a few pictures to go off of for ideas. I really enjoyed making this one.
I enjoy the freedom to do what we wanted. Thanks Natalie

I'm grateful for gift certificates

2011-01-13T22:45:00.001-07:00

I'm grateful for gift certificates. I would have spent the money else where, probably on food or other things we need. But I had to spend the gift certificate on a hair and eyebrows. So this is what I got.
Chopped off about 6 inches, layered it and got bangs!!
I love it....just enough change.

Kelly's block

2011-01-11T15:07:00.002-07:00

I'm grateful for good smelling shampoo

2011-01-11T08:59:00.000-07:00

Seems silly but when I get into the shower and smell my shampoo, it seems like everything will be okay for a few minutes.

I'm grateful for not drinking...

2011-01-10T22:54:00.008-07:00

I had a tough night last night. One of those nights that you question your being and stuff.
One of those that if I wasn't LDS, I probably would have drowned my sorrows in the bottle! He he

Then I would have had a hangover today and wouldn't have realized what I have.

So I'm grateful that I don't have alcohol in my house.

I'm grateful for patience

2011-01-09T23:16:00.005-07:00

I'm grateful for the patiences of people around me.

My kids weren't quiet today in church. Neither was my hubby with his stuffed up nose.

I'm thankful that no one turned around and yelled at us.

I hope next week is better.

I'm grateful for learning new things...

2011-01-08T23:09:00.000-07:00

I'm grateful for learning new things about my best friends.

I have learned that Aimee's favorite candy is black licroice.

I learned that Lindsy doesn't like dark chocolate.

I learned that Erin is so caring and loves an adventure.

Just so many things that I love about the important girls in my life.

I heart you girls

I'm grateful for 'mama bear attitudes'...

2011-01-06T23:16:00.000-07:00

Today, Connor, Logan and I met Nicci at McDonald's for lunch. I needed a coke and Connor needed to run off some energy.
So Connor played while Nicci and I chatted. Every once in awhile, I would hear Connor say STOP but thought nothing of it. (Connor can be a bossy bum when he has attitude.)

All of a sudden, Nicci stops mid-sentence and says, "That little girl just pushed and hit Connor!"

So we started to watch while we chatted. This like 5-6 year girl was beating up on Connor and he wasn't fighting back!!! (I love that kid!)

Don't get me wrong, there was a push to get her away but still...

Anyway time goes on and Nicci goes back to work. I'm rounding up everything and I go to tell Connor, 3 minutes. Just in time to see this girl take Connor out at the knees on a big step, making him land on his neck!!

He lays there, stunned. (I'm thinking he broke his neck or arm or....)

I run to him and pick him up. He's not broke.

SOoooOO Mama Bear Krista comes out.

I go find Mama of said Brat and said, "Your kid is a bully. She just knocked down my kid and has been picking on him for awhile."

Mom of Brat says, My kid wouldn't do that.

"Well, she did. I watched it."

Mom sitting across the room says, "Yeah, she's been picking on my kid too but I just watched her take that boy (Connor) out for no reason."

(Thank you to Mom across the room.)

Mom of Brat, "Well they must have started it."

Are you flipping kidding me??

I walked away with a look of disgust.

A few minutes later, Mom of Brat and Brat come to our table.... Tell that BOY you are SORRY.

sorrrrrrrry.

Connor doesn't answer so I say, You need to be nice to everyone but especially kids younger than you.

Mom throws a glare and coughs up a airball, turning to leave.

I'm grateful that Connor and I stood up for ourselves and didn't hit those Brats. (Even though they deserved it.)

What are you grateful for?