This is my life....

This is sad, but true.....and why I don't get anything done. Add to it that I am feeding a baby several hours a day. Sheesh!


C. A. A. D. D. Recently, I was diagnosed with C. A. A. D. D. - Child Activated Attention Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests: I decide to do the laundry. As I start toward the laundry room, I notice that there are cheerios all over the floor and my car keys are in the cereal bowl. I decide to pick up the cheerios before I do the laundry. I lay my car keys down on the counter, put the cheerios in the trash can under the counter, and notice that the trash can is full. So, I decide to take out the trash. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take out the trash I may as well pay the bills first. I take my checkbook off the table, and see that there is only one check left, my extra checks are in my desk in the office/playroom, so I go to my desk where I find a sippy cup full of juice. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I decide I should put sippy cup in the refrigerator to keep it cold. As I head toward the kitchen with the sippy cup, a vase of flowers on the counter catches my eye--they need to be watered. I set the sippy cup on the counter, and I discover baby wipes that I've been searching for all morning. I decide I better put them back in the bathroom, but first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the wipes back down, fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote, one of the kids left it on the kitchen table. I realize that when they go to watch TV, I will be looking for the remote as they fight over who lost it, but I won't remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back in the den where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I set the remote back down, get some paper towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to do.

At the end of the day: the laundry isn't washed, the bills aren't paid, there is a warm cup of juice sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the remote, I can't find the wipes, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.

California

We had a blast on our trip, I'll write more about it later, but aren't pictures worth a thousand words? :)

The Tooth fairy, travel pillows, and a ruffled blanket...

The Tooth Fairy
The tooth fairy visited Kylan last night. Yesterday we went to the Dentist to get a tooth pulled and came out with the toothless wonder :) We knew we had to pull the baby tooth, but when I was told that really it would be good to pull 6, I was shocked! The x-rays were the selling point, you could totally see all the permanent teeth coming up and the reason we went was that his bottom front permanent tooth was coming in behind the baby tooth. It wasn't even close enough to push the baby one out, and it was pushing against the one next to it also. So for the sake of some straight teeth, we just bit the bullet! haha It won't be long and the teeth will be coming into place, so for now, we just call him our little gummer :)

Here he is, showing off :)


Travel Pillows
I have been working on some travel pillows for our road trips coming up. I will spare you with the pictures, they're just the U shaped ones. But they are turning out great and now the kids (and I) won't have floppy heads while we're driving across America :) We'll be going to Houston, twice in the next two weeks. Driving home from California. Then probably to and from Wyoming later in the summer. And if we do Caleb's eye surgery then we'll have to go back to Houston for a three month check-up. So we will be getting some good use out of those babies! Yikes! That will be a lot of mileage :)


Ruffled blanket
My friend is about to have her fourth girl. I decided to be a nice person and help her girls, 12, 10, and 8 years old make something for their Mom and new sister. I helped them tie her a quilt. It didn't really take very long to do and they caught on fairly quickly. It turned out cute, but the best part about it was the what I found online. I had bought a remnant of pink satin, my friend likes the satiny blankets and I wanted part of it to be satin. So now I needed to find out how to incorporate it into the quilt. I had never made my own binding for a blanket before, so I didn't want to foul it up. Then I came across this awesome blog that gave a tutorial that was perfect! It's called Notes from the patch and whenever I try a link on here it never works so I will try to copy and paste.

http://patches.typepad.com/notes_from_the_patch/2009/11/tutorial-tuesday-2-satin-ruffles-or-how-to-tame-the-fabric-from-hell.html

It gives you the step by step instructions and it turned out fabulous! I didn't go out and buy the ruffler, but I might have to now, after making this blanket and seeing how cute it turned out, I would love to see one that had perfect ruffles :)

This is my attempt at serging, I don't have a serger, so I just did what she suggested. Hopefully the blanket won't fall apart ;)



Here's the finished project! I hope she'll love it! I'm really excited to give it to her!


On a side note, I have never really been that much of a "girly girl" But now I think I can say I am a member of the club. If you can make a ruffle for a blanket and love it, you must be pretty girly :) I guess deep down I really am! haha

Houston, we have a problem....

Well, for those of you who missed my comment on facebook, Caleb gets to have eye surgery. We found out the last time we visited the Pediatric Opthamologist that the patching of the eye just wasn't doing anything for him. So he referred us to a study that is going on in Houston. It's at Texas Children's Hospital and they have been doing it for 9 years. It is PRK, a laser surgery that takes off part of the cornea so it improves the vision. We get to go for a consultation with the Doctor and a pre-op visit on May 3rd. Then the surgery, which is only done every three months, is scheduled for May 10th. We have a lot of questions we need answered still, so we haven't really decided if we are going to do it or not. It really is his only option though, the poor kid has never had perfect vision. His eye started wandering at almost a year and who knows if he could really see before that. So now that he is almost 5, he may be able to see better, but probably will still need glasses. I guess we will find out. Plus if we don't do something about it now, he could lose the use of that eye completely. Since the brain has started shutting it down, it could happen totally if not taken care of by a certain age. So you can see why we are struggling. The cost is not really a problem, it's just the risks involved, and if he would have to have surgery again later on, or what....we don't really know. So there you have it.....Houston, we have a problem.....or it could be a solution....things that make you go hmmmmm? :)

Cookie cutter kids

A lot of people that knew Kylan as a baby have said that Olivia looks like him. I see it every day :) It is kind of eerie how much they look alike. These pictures kind of show it, but I haven't found that one picture that really does the trick yet. I guess you'd have to see it in my head :) Looking at her definately brings back memories of Kylan as a baby. Too bad they aren't looking the same direction :)


Olivia at 3 months


Kylan at 3 1/2 months

A little tip...

Like I've said before, my friend at Alittletipsy.com has some awesome ideas! Especially around the holidays. She does blog swaps with her friends too and I got a great idea from one of those. They're called Resurrection rolls and the kids loved them. It was fun to do for Easter, but it would also work for FHE treat too. You should totally try them. Check it out! smashedpeasandcarrots.blogspot.com

Thanks for the great ideas Michelle! I love your blog!

Making memories

While I was growing up we didn't take very many family photos(professional-like) so I guess I am trying to make up for that :) I probably take too many, but at least my kids will be able to see themselves in every stage, huh?

My Mom was able to come for another visit. She came during Spring Break and stayed for 10 days. We had a lot of fun hanging out with her. This is a picture that we took while she was here. Hannah wasn't really cooperating, so this was the best one :)