Colts Lost

Bummer! The Colts lost, but we still had fun. Rick, Michelle, Riley & Kayla came over and we had a party! We made homemade pizzas, Mikey smoked Riley's turkey he killed last spring and we had a Colts cookie. Riley really got into the game. He was yelling Losers at the Saints. And hooping and hollering for the Colts. The kids got the football out and passed it around all the while Josie just ran around in circles yelling "Go Olts!". It was really cute.

I also took Josie's 18 month photo Saturday. We didn't make it into Sears because of the snow, so after she woke up from her nap, I took some and they turned out really good if I do say so myself.

This Photo is the one everyone will get.

I love this one! This is so her!!! With that face.

18 Months & ABC's

So today Josie is 18 months old. I really don't know how I feel about that. I am glad she is getting more independent every day and easier to deal with for a Mom with no patience. But on the other hand I miss my little baby. Just rocking her tonight I thought to myself I better enjoy every minute of this cause in another 18 months she may not want to be rocked to sleep. And I say "May"! You never know. I hope she stays my little cuddle bug, at least until she's 18! :-)

Last night while I was giving her a bath, I sung the ABC's. I was just being silly and stopping at "P" and the little terd said "QRS". So I continued singing it over and over and she also said "YZ" and "HIJK,blahblahblah, P". It is truly amazing how quickly they pick these things up.

She also knows what "2" is and uses it to get her M&M's. Cause who can resist those chubby cheeks, when she comes to you, bends over at her waist, and puts her fingers up, and says "two"! I know I can't. She can't quite count yet, but when you count the steps as you go down them, I have heard her say "eight" and "thirteen". So we are getting there.

She is getting really good at her blocks. Just tonight, she stacked them up with me holding them until she couldn't reach the top anymore. I had Daddy take a picture so I'll get that up on here soon.

I have also been working on finishing up my 2009 Scrapbook layouts and am almost to the end of October. Simply amazing how much quicker it is digitally. Don't get me wrong, I still love the traditional and crafting but it is only the beginning of February 2010 and I am already to October 2009. Never has this happened and I hope I can keep them up like this for her. However, I will have to go back and finish up 2008! :-) I guess I can put that on my list.

February 1, 2010

Wow! I can't believe it is already February! How time flies, Josie will be 18 months on Wednesday and she is learning new things daily. She is saying the funniest things and the things she can say really well such as ,"It's cold", she will repeat 50 million times. At least that's what it seems like! :-)

She is absolutely obsessed with Elmo and I think Elmo is going to have to be restricted a little. However, you put one of her Elmo DVD's in and she will watch for about 10-15 minutes and then off she goes. But if you shut it off, she is immediately back to the TV questioning where Elmo is. On the days and nights that Elmo is annoying Daddy & Mommy or we feel she has watched enough, we tell her Elmo is sleeping. It use to stop with that but now she goes through all the characters she knows and we tell her they are all sleeping. But it is nice when Mommy needs to get something done, that I can just pop in Elmo.

She is really into playing with her dolls now. She will "ocky, ocky, teetop" them and she has also begun putting them together and they kiss. Her teddy and dolls also go to the potty now. And she will stand there and ask them if they are "Done?" It is so cute!!!

We got ourselves moved to the basement this weekend and last night was our first night of sleeping down there. I told Mike I felt like I was moving to a new home or something when I went to bed last night. That and the whole 15 years that we have been married, I sleep on the Left side of the bed, which has always been by the door of our rooms. Well in this room, Mike is by the door. When I mentioned this, he got to laughing and I asked what was so funny. He asked me if I was going to get up in the middle of the night and run into the wall. I only had to get up once last night and all was well! So there!!! but we do need a nightlight, cause I see some tripping happening over toys.

Dad had his heart cat this morning. To much relief, I guess, he only has one artery 50% blocked and they don't do anything until they are 80-90% blocked. Which makes no sense, but anyway, all they did was put him on beta blockers and he didn't need a stint. Now we just got to get the clot in his leg figured out and his sleep apnea test. Hopefully they will be able to take care of these two items as easily.

Finally I can get some recent photos on here!

01-03-10

01-07-10 Check out the tattoo! Her first rubon.

01-10-10 We celebrated Daddy's birthday with the family on Sunday.

01-13-10 Playing in the snow with Daddy & Mommy

01-14-10 Playing in Mommy's shoes

01-15-10 Cupcakes at Granny Glodyne's 79th Bday

January 21, 2010

I took this test that I found through http://www.jessicasprague.com/ on one of her blog posts and I thought I would share. You can find the test here: http://www.sproost.com/

My results really didn't come as any surprise to me, I mean come on I live in a log cabin in the woods. Granted both of those were my husbands idea, but I didn't balk much.

I thought maybe this site would give me some great ideas for our "new" bedroom once we get moved down there.

Anyway, here are the results I got:

Traditional Country

Even if your backyard isn't acres of farmland and you don't actually have a chicken coop, your house sure brings you back to a time when that was the case. You love spaces that feel casual and lived in. Furniture is practical and comfortable, and yet at the same time it's very stylish. The best part of country style is how much it highlights collection and found objects. Antiques here, garage sale finds there, Aunt Milly's hand-me-downs throughout. Unique items that used to serve very practical purposes are now on display, and their history seems to permeate the home. Each space in the home seems to invite friends and family to come in and stay a while. There is a true sense of home felt throughout.

Materials

When it comes to materials in Traditional Country homes, think rustic, warm and comfortable. Wood or natural tile floors, natural or painted wood tables and chairs, and natural materials on the soft furnishings. Stripes, plaids and florals are popular and often all are mixed in one room. Soft vintage leather and suede are common, and wrought and rusty iron also reinforce the rustic nature of the rooms. Large wood pieces of furniture are very common, and help manage storage throughout the home. Wallpaper is very popular and most often highlights floral patterns. For traditional country, the concept of minimalism is avoided at all costs. It's the collections that give the space character and reinforce the lived-in nature of the spaces.

Colors

For color, spaces can go either bright and airy or soft and muted. Think of the countryside in spring and summer with yellows, bright greens and blues. Or you can go for more of a fall country day, and go a bit darker but still stay in the earth tones. Dark browns, reds and greens. Either direction you go in, be it light or dark, the key is warmth. Traditional country rooms rarely, if ever, feel cold.

Well this all fits my entire house. The only bold color I have in my home now is in Josie's playroom and it is turquoise and lime green. With pink accents. I love this room and it makes me want to bring more color in.

Our new room has a beige color wall and instead of painting the whole thing, one because of the shelves around the top of the room, two because of money, I think I will be painting the bottom some shade of brown. I am thinking a chocolate color and then have accents of red in our room. And I'm talking RED, everything in my home is blue, burgundy, and green and I'm over it!!! I am slowly trying to redo things and have actually used some things I have to redo it. I also plan on crafting as much of it I can myself. With my new sewing machine and all! :-)
That's it for now!

January 18, 2010

Well unfortunately I do not get Martin Luther Kind day off. So I am here at work, doing nothing and twiddling my thumbs.
I've been trying to figure out something to start a business up on Etsy. I've wanted to do this for a while but after Josie was born I just didn't have the time. Now that she is a little older, she is allowing me to do some of my own things. Or it's easier to pacify her. I don't know which! :-)
Anyway, I was thinking either sewing some kind of things, but that one I'm new to so I don't' think that would be a wise decision until I get my sewing machine down pat. So then I thought about doing some miniature scrapbooks. Maybe like a theme scrapbook that a person would buy and then put their own pictures in. Which that one I am still leaning towards, because I love doing it and that I know I am good at. I would really enjoy it if I could figure out how to also do it digitally like I am doing with Josie's books to date. So much quicker. But I do really like the little theme albums.
Then I also thought about cupcakes! I absolutely love cupcakes. Give me a cupcake any day over a full cake. So I went to Barnes & Nobles not with this in mind at all. I had this idea several months ago but talked myself out of it. Knowing all the "food" rules with my Mom being a Unit Leader in the cafeteria for so many years. But then I ran across this book and it got me thinking about that again. I mean what is the difference between that and all of these wedding cake decoraters that do that in the house as well. Plus I don't' have any inside animals anymore, unless you count Mikey! :-) So why not?!
So I have convoed someone on Etsy about this and how to get started. So we'll wait and see. Now I just need to come up with a name but with cupcakes being my main store and the scrapbooks being a secondary item. Any suggestions?!

This weekend it had warmed up out so Mikey put Josie's coat on her and let her go out and run around the deck. Levi is loose and on the deck. Last fall she was scared of him if he got to close. But not now. Mikey knocked on the window for me to look and she was yelling at "Evi" to "itdown!". It was so cute. She looked so small standing next to Levi. She was doing really good with him, didn't mind him much and he didn't mind her either. But then he got in her face sniffing and done his snorting and that was all she wrote. Mike had to bring her in and she came crying to me "Mommy, Evi, (raspberries), Evi, (raspberries)" It was funny! But then about 10 minutes later she was back at yelling for him through the windows.
She is learning so much right now and I absolutely love it!!! We were playing this weekend and she was signing Ring around the Rosie, you can really understand the Ashes, Ashes part and the Fall Down part.
She is also playing with her Lego blocks and actually connecting them and stacking. Then when we were done and we were cleaning up, we sing the clean up song, because Kayla does that. And she has said Clean up for quite sometime, but while we were singing it, she also said Everybody. Stopped me in my tracks, and I asked Mike if he heard her. Which he didn't and she hasn't said it since.
Really is making me not want to be at work, because I don't want to miss anything she is doing and learning. But I know I have to be here. Sorry baby girl!!! :-(
Well that's it for now. I'm in the process of working on my photos so that should be coming up soon as a post.