{discovering} life

Absent

I have been hiding! :) I am sick....horrible cold and something weird is going on with my stomach. I always feel sick - like I'm gonna puke. And no, I'm not preggers. Trust me, I wondered the same thing! LOL! I'm gonna try to get myself to a Dr. next week to find out what is going on in there.

So, a little blog break. I need to take photos of all the fun stuff I snatched up in AZ and post about that so I will do that this week - it's just been a rough past week. Sorry.

Anyone grab any Martha goodies at Michaels yet? I'm dying to get some - but our store won't have things up until Saturday or next week! Stinks!!! I always get so anxious! :) Did you submit to her contest? I think that will be fun to see who she picks as the winners.

Anyway - thanks for still reading if you do. I'll be back soon! :)

April 23, 2007

Today, my little boy turns 3 years old! Where has the time gone? I just can't believe that my youngest little baby is now 3!!

I love this kid so so so much! He is a little cuddle bug - loves to give me kisses and lets me kiss those soft cheeks all day long.

He loves his Leapster right now - plays it all the time and is so smart with his letters and figuring out all the games.

He says the cutest little things and I love hearing his new expressions and words each day! This is such a fun time with him!!

He knows how to get what he wants...he throws little tantrums and little poutty faces - it's so funny.

He is also a very sensitive little boy! Often whiny, but we hope that that will pass.

He loves trains...still obsessed with Thomas and all things choo-choo. He loves trucks, loves to read books, loves to play 'Captian Hook', loves his 'diesel 10' train and to get his sissy (who absolutely freaks out and hates that game!), he loves his Milk - nothing has changed there, he loves Goldfish, Frosted Animal cookies, and sometimes 'Reese's' cereal. He loves to go to the park and for walks, loves to jump on the tramp, and loves to go to stores (definetly my kid! LOL!).

I love this little guy! I can't believe today he is three - where did my baby go? It's so crazy!! He doesn't quite get all excited over the whole birthday thing - I gotta get him excited somehow! :)

We got home last night and the kids were so sweet and so excited to see us. I couldn't stop cuddling and kissing them all night long. It's good to be home - something about coming home to your own home, your own bed, there is just nothing quite like it. It feels good.

We had a wonderful time in Phoenix. I bought lots of fun things that I'll share this week - want to take some fun pictures so I'll do that and share. It was great to spend time with Ryan - we needed it and it was so nice to just go where ever we wanted and not have to worry about little kiddos.  We did miss them though! It's funny how I need a break, but still think and worry about them. I guess all mom's do right! :)

SO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUDSON!!!

We love you buddy!!!

Oh - I listed two huge ebay auctions last week - they close in two days if you want to check them out. If you win, let me know you found the auction from my blog and I'll throw in some extra goodies for ya!

Hugs! Happy Monday! :)

Outta here...

I'm off tomorrow to Phoenix and I can't wait! A few days of time alone with my hubby - no kiddos....that's blissful enough! Isn't it funny how it's always so great to get away and get a little break...but all you do is think about the kids and worry about them. That's me! I love them to pieces and will miss them dearly.

Anyway - quick post. Thanks to those of you that said hello! I hope that your all doing well! I'm trying to get ready so I thought I would post a circle journal that I did for an assignment last year for the Creating Keepsakes book 'Creating Keepsakes' . I loved the way they photographed the book, but I noticed that they didn't give me credit for the project. So, I thought I would share it here.

Do you do Circle Journals? I started one with some awesome girls a long while back and we never finished it! Life just got in the way. But, I totally love the concept and think it's such a fun thing to do.

The theme of this one: Happy! What makes you happy!

Hope you all have a great weekend!
Hugs!

Easter and more!

Wow - I can't believe it's been this long since I have posted. Do you ever feel like you just don't have anything excited to write about? That's been me - just not sure what to write about! :)

We had a wonderful time at my parents for Easter. The kids just love going there - so many fun things to do and they just love my parents so much! My Mom goes all out for holidays - amazing table settings, food, things for the kids....just amazing. It's always such a treat to be there with them and see all her creations. We were super busy the whole time - which is not normal for us going up there - we are usually just hanging out at the house. But, we ran from my sister-in-laws Lacross game, to dinner, to my sisters easter egg hunt at her church, to her house to watch Oprah's show about Autism (which was so fabulous! So glad she did that!!), to my other sisters house that she was just moving into that week, to a birthday party for my neice Brooklyn, church, another easter egg hunt and more! It was nuts! But the kids did awesome and had such a fun time!!

This photo of Hudson cracks me up! This is his new way of smiling for me - he puts his head down on his shoulder and looks away - so cute!! So silly!

Not the best photo of Madi but I still love it! Love her sweet smile! :)

This week has been fairly slow...which feels good. I've been trying to get my room cleaned up a bit - I don't know if I dare take a picture of what it looks like right now - it's so bad!

I'll just say....lots of ebay listings coming up for me!!

We are going to Phoenix this weekend...part business for my hubby and then the rest is just a little anniversary getaway for us. We wanted to do something in March and just couldn't make it work. So, this will be fun! Just spending some quiet time together - shopping and having fun!

I'm going to try to go to the store that I bought my 'be creative' metal stamps in my banner from and get some more words. If you are interested in me picking something out for you, drop me and email and we can chat about it.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter weekend! I actually got a bit sick Friday night so I've just been taking it easy - hope that it all clears out today and I feel better. But, for a moment, I'll go work on my room again! Gotta get that thing under control!

Thanks for stopping by - I know it's been awhile. Say hi! I'd love to hear if anyone still reads this thing! LOL! Hugs!

Kiddos and layout

The Hero Arts site is finally back up and running. It has been down since the end of December and it was great to see it go back up this week!! Plus, the new Spring Catalog was just released - fun stuff. I have a layout and card combo up over there this week if your interested in checking it out.

And, we've had some great success this week with my kids sleeping issues! Yahooo! I had this idea last week to move Madi's bed into Hudson's room and see if that would help her to not be scared. She is always afraid to go in her bed and for me to leave her so I wondered if this would help.

So, Sunday, during LDS Conference sessions, we moved Madisyn's bed into Hudson's room. We had to take down his big Thomas Train set so we could get it all in there (and he was sad about that), but we got it to work and it looks great. We moved her dresser too - so it's their sleeping room now.

Her room, the bigger of the two, is now a big playroom and they love it! I was a bit sad because I had such cute stuff for both of their rooms and now I don't know how to decorate! LOL! Oh well! We just need to do what works for them right now so this is how it will be.

Anyway - that night, we went in there with both of them at 7:30 pm, read them books, sang songs, prayer and bed. Hudson threw a fit - wanted to go back on the floor - but I got him to sleep in there. Madisyn - went right to bed! At 8pm both our kids were asleep, IN THEIR OWN BEDS!!! It was amazing to me!!!

Madi woke up and cried for 2 hours later that night but then went to bed. It's been pretty good ever since. They still wake up - Hudson has been coming out on the floor each night - we've got to work on him. But, I'm so glad that Madi is in her  bed - sleeping - not next to me on the floor - but in her own bed! Amazing!!!

Any fun Easter plans? We are thinking of going to my parents - my sister and her 5 kiddos just moved back from NYC and Madi is dying to see them. Swimming, easter egg hunts...lots of cousins....it will be fun! Hope you have a good one!