happenings

• Isabella's been feeling better. no fevers, no puking. one molar is all the way through. but i wonder, does that mean she'll fever & puke when every single molar comes in?? that's a fear of mine. she's still a bit cranky though. and since she's walking everywhere she's into everything. wants to touch everything, eat everything, take everything.
• Douglas doesn't want to wear pants. 
• mathew's been home since this post. talk about a little too much time together.
• last tuesday i went to PF Changs with a few of my "mommy friends". didn't see anyone or go anywhere else the rest of the week. well except my in-laws but they don't really count do they??! but last night Liz & i did get to hang out for a bit. {pictures to come} and today we're going over to Amanda's for a little playdate. i think the kids need  out of this house as much as i do.
• Billy.
• i have a cape order to fill, a long with an order for 5 "beary cute" hats, and 2 Isabella hats with bows. all this on top of the bedding set i'm working on for liz. 
• i have so many drafts started for blog posts. but then these children and people keep needing food, or their butts wiped. well the kids need their butts wiped.
• oh! mathew did change a poopy diaper last night while i was out. Isabella is the middle of the night pooper.
• last night i went grocery shopping. like super late. after my "date" with liz. as soon as i got my groceries put in the car a couple of guys pulled in to the space close to me and one of the guys, a nice looking one, asked me for my cart, he put it in the cart thing for me. it's a toss up in my head of whether he was hitting on me or thought i was pregnant & needed help. lets go with the hitting on me one. 
• i don't miss facebook. i feel cleansed.

that's whats been happening! 

if it's not one thing it's another

all weekend I've been thinking I might bleed to death. being a girl, with girl problems is a pain. literaly. I've felt useless. paged my doc, because everything has to happen on the weekend, & he helped me feel a little less "freaked out". still gotta call him on Monday to follow up though..

now this:

swollen eyes. stuffed/runny nose. clingy. allergies? a cold because of this crazy weather? who knows.

she's a cuddle bug & I'm kind of incapable of doing anything that takes more than 10 or 15 minutes. that is if I can get 10 or 15 minutes without having to wipe a nose, butt, feed someone, eat something so I don't pass out, or clean up a mess. I don't mind. cuddling with this one is one of my favorite things to do. she's beautiful. she's almost one. unbelievable. the only thing I regret, is being in the middle of "spring cleaning". I have stuff out. just out. because I was organizing. now it's just out there. a picture is leaning against the wall in the hallway, just looking at me. wondering why i took it down 4 days ago & haven't done anything with it. sheets need to be put away, things need to be organized, cleaned. I was half way done with the upstairs. now I'll have to start over. weird thing is. I'm kind of looking forward to it. I also want to plant a small garden (D's idea). who by the way is the best child ever. he's a great helper. a great brother. my favorite little boy.

I've read the next 2 chapters in Created To Be A Help Meet, just haven't had a chance to type up my commentary for you. I will though. I promise. it's just kinda difficult with a1 yr old pounding on the keyboard!

focus

I love making things.. all sorts of thing.
I'm very crafty.
my friends & I started Created to sell some of our items.
I'm all over the place. if it looks easy & cute, I can make it!
because I love making cakes also I have a branch of Created named babe.E.cakes.

My friend Jenni told me that I need to pick a focus group. I need to know who I'm targeting & what I want to sell. but I like to do everything. everything!

but she's right.

I've decided to focus on "kid's accessories & mommy must-haves!"

I will offer things like:

this bag handle by make it and love it. Now that I've got 2 kids this is a "mommy must-have"

crayon rolls

tutus, hats, bows

quilts

& capes. definitely capes

I will also satisfy my "learn how to do everything" craving by making myself things & custom orders for the previously mentioned Jenni & you if you'd like. 

for babe.E.cakes I will focus on kid's parties. examples here & here. but again will also do custom orders for other events as well.

it's gonna be great! :)

when did this happen?!

Tuesday, we got a pet rabbit. Someone found it and thought Douglas would like it. He does. He says, "I love my rabbit." name: "A Bunny Rabbit"

Thursday Douglas & I were taking the poop out of the rabbit's box (haven't even gotten him a cage yet) and went to dump it outside

i live out in the country if you didn't know...  I lived in California for 10 years, then in North West Arkansas. NEVER in the country. I get itchy just stepping outside. bugs gross me out and animals scare me. we don't live in the country country though, like where you could get lost and don't know who's field you're in. i'm still close enough to town that it's not too bad. but we don't get our trash picked up out here so I dump our "slop" over the fence. that's were we were taking the rabbit poop. the next few things happened without my complete comprehension. we saw this.

then i saw this

now we have this

name: it's between "A Dinosaur" and "A Horse"

oh joy!

"busy, busy, busy"

I've been busy.
on June 13th (a Sunday) my brother came to stay with us for the 2nd weekend in a row.
I love my brother.
He left on Thursday June 17th because he had to work.
Friday, June 18th (The day Toy Story 3 came out) I got a phone call from my mother in law, her words were: "Mathew hurt his back really, really bad we need you to bring the Tahoe". I'm told it's not in me to panic so I just say, "ok I'll be right there" and head that way.
He reinjured a disk in his back that he hurt last year.
but more about that later.
right now i want to talk about me.
maybe even whine a little bit.
notice the day of the day Billy was here, June 13th.
Mathew has been living on the couch since June 18th.
Billy came back to spend time with him so he wouldn't get bored out of his mind Sunday June 20 through Wednesday June 23rd.
He came back again yesterday, Sunday June 27th.
He'll be here til Thursday July 1st!!!
Mathew is still hurt.
I haven't had the house to myself (with just the kids) in 15 days.
Things aren't looking up for me.
I don't know if I'll survive.
I did get to go to Arkansas to visit my family & Plato's Closet (with Billy) this last Saturday.
But I can't seem to keep up with the housework.
I live in my kitchen.
So, at fore mentioned Plato's Closet I bought myself this magnet for my fridge.
I deserved it.
it makes me smile.
I love it.

please take it seriously.
I'm begging.
although there is no point.
someone wants to eat something every second of every day.
Today alone I cooked a dozen eggs.
a few slices of bacon. I don't cook bacon so it was the microwave kind (maybe one day I'll tell you the story of why I don't cook bacon. It involves pig nipples and almost getting knocked down with a pig belly)
4 pieces of toast.
I cut up a very large (and very sweet and perfect) watermelon into small squares
I made a lasagna (I'll do a tutorial on it because it's amazing as well)
an apple pie (I'll do a tutorial on it too because it's perfect)
I put together 1 peanut butter & Jelly sandwhich
I served 4 plates of HOT apple pie al a mode
prepared 6 bottles
I think that's it
my poor kitchen
someone...
please...
call for help....


ps i think we might finally go watch Toy Story 3 tomorrow. We'll see... maybe

little diva

if you take this 

and these

and put them together, you get this

oh, and this

aren't they great?!

abuela x2

I hadn't seen my grandma in over 2 years. She lived in California but has now moved in with my mom about an hour and a half from where I live! Monday her & my mom came for a visit.

this is my mom playing with D. he loves it when someone else swings at the same time as him.

This is my abuelita meeting Isabella.

According to her, she is the most gorgeous little girl she's ever seen (i think she forgot about me when i was a little girl.. ha! just kidding!). My mom mostly played with Douglas & fed & held Isabella, they are the main reason she comes to visit. But my grandma spent most of her time with me. I love visiting with her. We both have a love for sewing, though we are both amateurs. Of course her sewing is all done by hand (CRAZY!! I know!). I got to show her my "sewing area" and tell her about the shelves & desks & sewing everything I want to work my way up to. She told me stories about giving birth to 5 kids, a stillbirth, and a miscarriage. I told her about my crazy ordeal when Isabella was born (I still need to share all that with you don't I?). We made plans for her to come stay for a few days some time & sew together. I love my grandma. I've missed my grandma.

FINALLY!!

I haven't written in a couple of days because (drum roll please!) I got some sleep! good sleep. Now I feel exhausted, kinda like I got too much sleep. HA HA guess its better than not getting enough. 


Also, Monday at around 11:50am I got a contraction that lasted about a minute. Then an hour later I got another one, then so on for 6 hours! every hour lasting about a minute. At 7 I felt one and it was a little stronger than the previous ones but only lasted about 20-30 seconds. Then the same thing at around 8, then 9, 10, and 11!!! I took a quick shower (no hair washing) to relax before i tried to sleep I figured one night of good sleep would probably be all i was allowed to enjoy. I went to bed a little after 12 & actually fell asleep. Mathew had just gotten home so he stayed up watching a little tv. He hates coming home, eating, showering and going to bed, just to do it again the next day. I would too. I woke up around 2 to pee but didn't feel any contractions. Then woke up around 4:30, the same. Then didn't wake up til 8!!! =) talk about bliss! then I just laid in bed for another hour or so. Guess what?! No contractions. if this is any indication of what having a girl will be like, which I've been terrified of anyway, I will be (hope I don't offend you)... pretty much screwed. So far, having a girl is a pain. i never thought I'd be this pregnant! some one please help me! Docs appointment is tomorrow at 10am so I'll keep you posted! have a good day!


Oh! me & D picked some flowers today! they smell wonderful!