Sewing Project

Ok, I admit it, I am NOT a housekeeper, or a homemaker!!! I still wonder if I am cut out for being a stay-at-home mom. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE it, but it can be SOOO boring sometimes! Especially when he sleeps. So, I am trying to pick up on different projects. This one was a blanket for Bubba. I saw a blanket that my nephew DK had like this, and I fell in love with it! I looked EVERYWHERE for one! So instead of continuing my pursuit for a blanket, I decided to try and make one. I went and found the fabric, sat down, put it together, and sewed it. (I had a lot of help from my mother still, thank heavens...or I might not have made it :-)) The blue side is a satin type fabric, so really soft and silky, and the green side is a fuzzy type fabric. I love it, and will probably end up making more. Muhahaha..wait.

Ok, so here are some pictures of the finished product. Bubba LOVES it, and falls asleep with it at night and for naps. It is the one he grabs. So it makes it well worth it! Let me know what you think!

Sam's Foot

On Monday I received a call early in the morning from Sam saying "Don't be alarmed, but I am going to have to go to the hospital, or doctors office or something, because I smashed my foot" Come to find out he was at work and they were carrying a large rock (Sam's estimates that it weighed 300 lbs about). He told the boys that if they were tired, to let him know so they could set it down and take a break. Well a few minutes later, the boys said "we're tired. 1-2-3 drop" and they dropped the rock. Sam was mid stride, the rock fell and it was forced out of his hands and onto his foot. He was beginning to think that it was just bruised, but after visiting Insta-Care, and after X-Rays, we found out his big toe has 3 fractures in it. He has to see a specialist because the fracture runs through his joint, so we will be going there next week to make sure it will heal properly. His foot is also REALLY swollen. Usually you can see his bones across the top of his foot, and now you can't. And his skin feels SO tight across there! All the way up to his ankle. It seriously looks like he has cankles. :-) And now I have to wrap it 3-4 times a day, and make sure the hole in his toenail doesn't get an infection. Bleh. But, of course I had to take pictures. Warning, it is kind of gross, so only look if you don't have a weak stomach. :-)

This is his toe. Sam NEVER bruises, so to see it bruised this bad was suprising. They had to put a hole in his nail to drain the blood, so that is why the hole is there. The bruise runs all the way to his middle toe. You can't really see it in this picture, but it does.

This is a picture from the underside of his foot. You can see from here that it runs across the toes.

This is his toe on Tuesday. The bruising is a little bit worse, but still about the same.

This is from the top. A lot of blood got pressed up to the top of his foot, so he has like blood blisters at the top of his feet.

So there you have it. That is his foot. And you wouldn't think, but he has to wear a boot, and use crutches when he can, and has to have it booted for 6-8 weeks. Yeah..a TOE! But alas, I guess it hurts. When Sam ALMOST cries, I know there is pain. ;-) So that has been our week. Yee haw!

And please keep praying for us to get this job in Virginia. It would help us out a ton. So please pray that we get it!

A Little Frosting Giveaway

I have a friend who makes the CUTEST headbands, and clips for girls and they are having a giveaway!!
So if you want to enter the giveaway, go to http://www.alilfrosting.blogspot.com/ and enter! I would enter a million times, but I have no girls, so it wouldn't do me much good. But when I DO get a girl, you can bet I will be ordering from here!
Anyway, head over there, enter, and GOOD LUCK!

Found this..

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”-Marianne Williamson

I found this quote from my friend Brooke. It really struck me and made me think. Hopefully it will do the same for you. Let me know what you think.

Walking

The quality on this video isn't the best, because it was taken on my phone, but it still shows it. Here is Bubba walking! He is getting better and better every day and is starting to try and figure out how to stand on his own. I will try to get better video, but for now this will have to do! Enjoy!

10 Months

I can NOT believe that Bubba is 10 months old. He is getting SO big! He is learning to walk, and will walk across a room if he puts his mind to it. He usually decides that crawling is faster, and will end up on his hands and knees. He tries to climb DOWN stairs, (which will make any mother have a heart attack!) and loves to play. He loves the movie Madigascar, and Finding Nemo. He loves to snuggle to go to sleep. He also tries to climb through things with his head, and everything STILL goes INTO his mouth! He has to taste all the different colors. He talks all the time, usually mumbles, but it is still talking. He enjoys playing peek-a-boo, and getting into everything he isn't supposed to! So this is Bubba at 10 months old. A box is quite entertaining...

Anywho, there you have it. Sorry I haven't been updating, I have been back and forth! Hopefully things will get more interesting so I can update more. Muhahahahaha

Job Interview

Sam has a job interview tomorrow in Bountiful. We are really crossing our fingers in hope that he gets it, because it will pay him more, and it will also be in his graduated field. So PLEASE keep us in your prayers and thoughts hoping everything goes well! Thanks!