I Can Only Imagine

Here is another all over blog. I just have so much going on in this little brain of mine and I want everyone to know....so here goes!

First on the list M's Crawling
She's getting really good. She still goes slow which is good for me, it gives me plenty of time to stop her from getting into something. She's still jerky with the movements, but her therapist says that should go away with in a week or two. To make sure she will at lest have therapy for two more weeks to make sure after that I'm not sure, we'll see. Her therapist also said that she can feel the high muscle tone in her muscles, but it doesn't seem to be affecting her movements much which is good. Along with this new found freedom we have found some bad things....the girl maybe slow crawling, but if there's paper or small pea size anything in site she is lighting fast. The girl will have it in her mouth before you even knew there was something there. Needless to say we have had a few "choking" encounters. I get her at the first cough so she never really chokes on anything which is good. And now I have to vacuum like EVERY day. N never did that, then again he always had his binkie were M barely uses hers.

Next Christmas Pictures
I know you've all been waiting to see them. I got to pick them up on Wednesday but, I finally got the email on them. I'm so happy on how they came out!

My favorite one!
N giving M a kiss

This is our"Christmas Card" one

M's First Christmas

Then we have All About N

He has his speech evaluation appointment on the 12th. Which I'm nervous about, and happy at the same time. I get to see if someone can help me get him to talk more and figure out what he needs. At the moment it has been a lot of pointing and head shaking(yes and no). He also has been just getting upset for no reason and I can't figure out what he wants or if something hurts or what. Potty Training that isn't going so well. He's not really wanting to sit on the potty....really it's more of a game to him- he says no and runs around the house. We do the same thing when I need to change his diaper. I did get him in big boy underwear yesterday though he still didn't want to sit, and of course all hints of trying ended after I had to go to work. Other than that he isn't really liking M crawling. Every time she even touches one of his toys he starts crying even when he's not even playing with that toy. Then when you tell him that she's just using it to see him or something he gets upset more and runs to his room. I swear the boy puts himself in time out every time you tell him he can't have something or just a simple don't do that.

Last on my list I Can Only Imagine!
A few posts ago I wrote about my friend that is going through a really tough time right now. Well, it now looks like there is not much the doctors can do for her son. It's just wait and see how long his J-Tube lasts. I feel lost for words on what to tell her. But I pray that GOD gives her strength through this really tough time and peace that went he does take him that he helps her remember he will be safe and in good hands till she sees him again. Along with this I heard this song on the radio on Sunday and it has been stuck in my head all week. It's really good so I don't mind, but I think it's perfect for this part.....So for you Katie.....I give you strength and hope!

I'm Jumping in

So after some(ok lots of)thought and debating. I have decided to make some little girl dresses to sell online. Hubby and I talked about it, even if I just sell a few and make a few bucks on them what can it hurt as long as I ENJOY doing it. I'm still not sure if I'm going to go on Ebay or if I'm going to go use this crafting site that's like Ebay. Then there is the whole thing about if I should make a bunch in different sizes and sell them or just one to have M model then just make the sizes that people order. I have to think about that still. Today I went out and got about 10 yards of fabric, plus another 8 yards of lining. I didn't spend too much so if they don't go quickly it will not be to much of a big deal. Also, this way I'll at lest make a little something on them. I wanted to get black velvet so I could repeat M and S's dresses, but they only had crushed velvet. I didn't think that would look so good. I'm going to have to check this other store this week and see if they have some. Though Christmas is a month away so I may have missed that boat. The other fabric I got is pretty season neutral which is good. A friend suggested making a blog for selling the dresses, which I'm thinking about I just have to come up with a name I had a few, but most of them were taken by other online stores, though my last one hasn't been. I just want to run it by a few close friends to see what they think first. I'm excited and nervous all at the same time.

I also wanted to sure a video of M "crawling". It's really short since it was from my camera. She crawls like one of those old wind-up toys, it's funny. I have to talk to her therapist about here hips though I noticed today that she just sort of slides one of her hips along, not really using it to crawl. I think you can sort of see it in this video.

Well, enjoy my cutie pie!

Also, I wanted to let you know I know a few people asked about leaving comments (which of course I love), but I know not everyone knows how to use this site(heck I had to ask a friend how to leave a comment) so if you did at the bottom right corner of the post it says comment if you click on that. A screen will come up and says leave comment type what you want to say then click on the way you want to sign it other(which you can then type your name or family name) or anonymous. There is also one that you can do using your blog name, but most of you don't have that so skip that one. Ok hope that helped.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Happy Thanksgiving! My plan today was to stay home since 2 weeks ago I asked my good friend if her family wanted to come over since I knew they didn't have any family around here any more, but she said no cuz her hubby's dad was driving down. So I bought a little 5lb turkey, stuffing, everything for green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, and broccoli. I figured it would be nice for the kids and hubby would have a nice meal to come home to. Well, yesterday at work my friend asked me if the kids and I wanted to come over. So of course I said yes it would be great for the kids to play and I get to hang out. At 11a, this morning we left to head over there. N was really shy when we got there since he hadn't meet the dad or his girlfriend before, but he somewhat got over it and just played w/his best friend. They watched CARS and played. Neither one of them ate much. M and S sort of just watched each other which was cute. M wasn't sure what to make of her and S wasn't sure if she should play or just watch her. Madison tried some turkey which she liked, and she also had some banana w/strawberry. She LOVED that. Though it tasted like it had a lot of sugar so I didn't give her much. We stayed for about 4 hrs til N was getting tired and M was being a little fussy too. Unfortunately even after remembering to charge the camera last night, I forgot to bring it. So no pictures! I even had N and M in their cute new shirts that say "Best Big Brother" and "Best Little Sister". I'll just have to get a picture of that next time they wear them.

Well, I hope everyone had a great day and remembered to be thankful for something.

Mine....

My two beautiful children even if they drive me batty some times, My wonderful husband who is so supportive, Our health, and Our families!

Say Cheese!!

We had Christmas pictures today which went pretty good. M of course didn't smile but that's nothing new. She rarely smiles for pictures. N really wasn't into the whole thing, but he hung in there, for quite a while. I was really proud of him. We got one ADORABLE picture of N giving M a kiss (don't worry family you're all getting one of those). And the other picture we picked out was just a simple one, but N has a cute smile, that one is going out w/all the Christmas cards since you can see both their faces.

On a side note, if everyone could pray for a friend of mine. She's going through a really rough time right now. She just lost her mom at the beginning of November and now her youngest son who has Cerebral Palsy(along w/some other medical issues), isn't doing so well. He will be having surgery on Monday to see where they stand. Just pray for her and her family, please. Jake's website

Also, my dad went home from the hospital today. He seems to be doing good. He said that he'll have therapy 3 times a week at the house which is good, so he doesn't have to leave. I told him he was just trying to be like his Granddaughter, I thought it was funny he didn't. O'well! I'm off to do some dishes.

Keep on Trying

Today was M's third therapy appointment. She was pretty fussy and tired and just wanted me for most of it . So we tried to use that to get her to crawl. Which by the way she CRAWLED for the first time about an hour before the therapist came over. I was so excited, I clapped and told her good girl, she just looked at me like "What are you doing?" It was only two little movements forward and they were very jerky, but I'll take it! She keeps try, but she only gets about 2 in before she falls on her stomach like she's tired. N hasn't been liking it to much. Now she can get to his toys much easier. M has had a little set back. The last two days she hasn't been sitting as well, she will keep pushing back and getting stiff. You have to tell her "sit M, relax and sit" then she usually will. Though sometimes I just end up putting her on her back or tummy.

Oldies, but Goodies

Today I found my old Tupperware toy dishes! Along with an old tea pot set. I'm missing a few pieces, and the tea set all I have is the tea pot, one cup and saucer, and one spoon, but it's all in pretty good shape. So I washed them and let N play with them. Can I tell you he is having a ball! O' I also found 4 play casserole dishes, that aren't in the best shape, but he's getting some for Christmas(don't tell him). Till then I'll let him play with them. Hubby thinks I'm turning him into a girlie boy, but I told him N should learn to cook, plus it helps his imagination grow.

So now I'm on the hunt for some replacement pieces for the tupperware. I looked on Ebay and found some for decent prices to my surprise! Though I found out I'm missing the pitcher and cake dome too! I'm hoping my grandma as a set at her house that I can have, if not I may be getting the ones off Ebay!

Here's what the sets are suppose to have.
This person still has the original boxes too!

I'm just missing
one tall cup, one plate, the pitcher, cake server, and the cake carrier!

I still can't believe how much fun N is having with MY OLD TOYS! It's crazy!

Crazy Week

We really haven't been that busy around here it just seems like it. I guess it's cuz I have so much jumping around in my head.
What we are doing for Thanksgiving
Where to have N's Birthday party
What I still need to get for Christmas presents
What to get for the 3 birthday parties we have next month
Then a whole lot of other little everyday things..when to get the laundry done stuff like that

And to add to this......

My Dad had one of his hip surgeries today. I just got a call from my step-mom and she said everything went good, and he was in recovery. So that's good, he'll have to go back in a few months(or it was a few weeks, I can't remember) to work on the other hip.

I also did N and M's Christmas list, and N's birthday list. Which I didn't think would be so hard except I only had about 6 things I had thought of between the two of them, which is not even close to enough for all the people buying for them to choose from. So off to Target the kids and I went so N could pick out some toys. We did a Target Wish list, which was really nice, cuz now our family can go to any store, or online and buy things. Plus, I can return to the store if I need to, so that should be so much easier than last year. Well as long as everyone takes it off the registry and/or gets gift receipts that is. Anywho, he did really good, I told him we were just scanning what he wanted he would get them for his birthday and Christmas. He would point I would scan(ok for the most part there was a few things like a video system that didn't get scanned) I did let him push around this shopping cart, and he didn't even give me a fight putting it away when we are done. He pick out a wooden kitchen which I had been debating about wishing for earlier, cuz I wasn't sure how much he would like it. But he had to be playing w/it for 5mins before I had to pull him away from it. I'm sure he would have keep playing if I let him, but M was getting hungry.

I also most of the girls at work keep telling me I should make dresses like I made for M and my friend and sell them on Ebay. Right now I'm still up in the air about that one. I think it would be a good way to make a little extra money, I'm just not sure if I have THAT much extra time. Besides I'm sure I'd have to buy a ton of fabric so I could at less make a few dresses. I'm still up in the air about it.

Then I had to decide if I was going to have TMJ surgery to fix the muscles that got hurt in the car accident I was in 2 years ago. I'm so tired of having my jaw feeling so tight and stressed, getting headaches at lest once a week, and not being able to eat a cupcake(My Fave food in the world!) So, I'm having it, I told them I was waiting till after N's birthday, for one I don't want to miss any part of the Holidays or his birthday, and two, Hello, I work in retail there is no way I can get a week off, even if I am part-time. January is Inventory so that is pushing it enough. I haven't set it up yet that's next on my list of things to do after the party planing and Christmas shopping that is.

On Tuesday we have the kids pictures for Christmas, which I'm looking forward to. I'm hoping and praying that N will sit w/M. Everyone have their fingers crossed! I was hoping to have a professional photograph come to the house and take them, but I never got a call back, we were going to get a good deal since it's a friend of mine's mom. JCPenny has always done good pictures for us so I don't think it will be that bad I just thought it would be nice not to be rushed and the kids would be more relaxed.

This Monday M had her second therapy appointment, it went good. The therapist said she's looking good, and she was sad cuz she probably will not be working with her long. She thinks M is so cute and is fun to work with. M still isn't crossing her arms over to reach for something, or go back into a sitting position, but we found some things that she LOVES to do, and end up being GREAT exercises for her. She either can stand or kneel on the ground and then lean and hold onto my exercises ball to balance. Then we are to sit behind her and if she starts to fall, we gentle nug her hip so she know she's suppose move her hip to keep herself up. M thinks this is the best thing, she always laughs and smiles when she's doing it.

I think that's about it from around here. I'm sure I forgot something, but that's a lot of updates for one day.

Play Date

Today I drove the farthest I have without hubby since we moved down here. The kids and I drove over to Lakeland for a play date to meet some other January 05 kids. It was a little over an hour drive. N seemed to have fun even though he didn't really play with the other kids to much and keep to himself. That was after one of the kids pushed N out of his way. I think N just didn't want to deal with it. But after that little boy and another kid left N and the other little boy seemed to get along pretty good.
He was such a good boy today too. He was polite and listened the whole time, which for a two year old is really good. He's really not that bad of a kid over all, just some days he just doesn't listen, but I guess he's two it's excepted.

Poor M didn't have as much fun. She was pretty bored. She also got about 5 fire ant bites on her hand. I felt so bad. I had put her down so she could "stand" between my legs and against the trim for the mulch while I took pictures of the kids really quick. I looked to make sure I didn't see any ants, I just saw one big black one, but that kind are fine. And I knew she would grab some mulch and play with it in fact I was sort of hoping it would entertain her for a few minutes so I could take the pictures. Well, she did grab for the mulch and in doing so she put her hand right in a fire ant nest. THANKFULLY I noticed it as she was doing it and got the ants off her fast, so they just were on her hand, but she still got bite. Then again I wasn't that nice to them while getting them off!

Here are some pictures from today. I was a really bad mom and didn't take to many, but after the fire ants can you blame me!?

All the kids playing
Talking to MN walking across the metal bars

Watching the other kids in the tunnel

Now I Know?

You know how everyone always tells you everything happens for a reason.
I do believe this is true!

Since my Mom passed I've tried to figure out what her reason was. In the past I'm come up with she's my kids guardian angel to help God watch over them. I still believe this is true, but lately I'm starting to think that it's not the only reason. I started thinking about this after I found out a friend lost her Mom this week and I told her if she needed to talk I was here . It got me thinking that it's so I can help other people through the lose of their moms. I have two other friends that have lost their moms and have "helped" them through. I use the word help more cuz I can't think of another word to describe it. I guess it's like helping them along, giving them a shoulder to lean on, letting them know there is a light even if it's not as bright as before, that there is someone that understands.

I know how hard it is. How lost you feel. How it's like you just lost this feeling of being loved so unconditionally. How you never realized how much you needed your mom. How mad you are at God even though you don't really want to be and you know there's a reason why this happened, you just can't help it.

I don't claim to be an expert nor do I want to be. I've always been told that I'm easy to talk to, maybe that's why. I don't know! I don't mind it I'm happy that someone else can feel better from hearing they aren't alone. I wish I had that when I first lost my Mom.

Someday I'm sure there will come a time when it's like THAT'S WHY, but for now, I'll feel a little better cuz of my reasons. Either right or wrong, it will help me make it through for a little while. I guess that's all that really matter.

O'Christmas Dress

I finished M's and my friends daughter's Christmas dresses. I can't believe how good they came out. I brought them to work today to show some of the ladies and everyone was telling me I should make more and sell them on Ebay. And now one of the other girls at work may want me to make her daughter a dress too. Though I can't make it the same since the smallest size the pattern came in was the one I did for M and that little one is 2 sizes smaller.

Anyways, here's the finished pieces!I will not tell you who's is who's till we take Christmas pictures I want it to be a little surprise, thought I'm sure some of you may figure it out before then.

This is from the other day! N figured out how to climb into the crib.
This how I found him, so I told him that M would sleep in his bed.
She loved that idea!
He didn't really seem to care that much! I would have left her, but now she rolls onto her back and pushes around with her arms I thought she may push herself off the bed

7 Months Today

Today my little girl turned 7 MONTHS! I can't believe she's almost a year old. She's getting so big.

Therapy Update

The therapist called today M will start Monday. And will have it every Monday here at the house. Which is nice, cuz then I don't have to try and pack up the kids. I may see if grandpa wants to take N to the park or something. Just so N can have some one on one time too and not feel left out. Plus, I'm not sure what they do or if she'll need me to be right there or what so for at lest the first one it may be helpful. I know he'll be fine, in fact he probably would want to help. So now I have to tell work I can't work on Mondays, not like they really schedule me for that many Mondays anyways.

Pumpkin Carving

On Halloween Eve N and I carved the pumpkins. N was pretty interested, mostly the carving part or more the saw to carve with. He was not liking the scooping out of the seeds and insides. He just pointed and told me where the seeds were. After the first one was done N had had enough so off to play with his train he went and I sat on the floor finishing. They aren't that exciting. N did like them lite up, he thought it was cool.

Halloween

We started off the day with cinnamon rolls with orange colored frosting. N and Daddy watched Spiderman 3, though N keep trying to get Daddy to chase and tickle him about 45mins into the movie. M slept most of the day, she was starting to get a cold. And I did some dishes and finished reheming my costume. Then after N's nap we got dressed. While for the most part, N didn't want to wear his shirt or hat even after I redid the shirts Velcro, so he just had on a white shirt and his cooking utensils. Then it was off to the mall for trick or treating. I have learned over the last 4 Halloween's that the kids around here don't really go door to door, everyone goes to the mall. Which is kind of sad I use to like seeing everyone coming up the street.
Back on topic....Everyone LOVED M. We had tons of adults and little girls coming up to us saying she's so cute. We even had one of the food court ladies want to take her picture. N finally got the hang of the candy, he walk(or get pushed in the stroller) up to the store door, open his bag then say thank you. We still didn't learn TRICK OR TREAT. Though I had been trying all week to get him to learn it. N had fun and that's all that matters.

So here is the finish product of the costumes I made. And here is N looking at his "STASH" he got lots of stickers