No Stitches Thank You!

We were supposed to be having a fun filled day at the zoo with friends when Zach fell off one of the benches after the show. It was the Acrobat show so maybe he wanted to make his own show...who knows. At first we just saw that he bit his lip, but then we saw the nice gash he made into his chin. It was pretty deep so off to the emergency room we went.

He was such a trooper. Didn't cry a ton and was even being silly in the waiting room
The Dr. said he wanted to do stitches. Said it would most likely be around 3...hopefully.

Then we asked if we could do glue instead. Dr. said it would be more of a scar, but it was under his chin so you wouldn't really see it. I think he wanted to not have to do stitches as much as us. Just think about the screaming and the trauma. . . . So glad we could do glue instead. Zach was SO good when they were cleaning him up and applying the glue. (he knew he'd get candy after).

2 months ago I had to take him to urgent care because he fell out of a shopping cart and he got a CAT scan. Now he almost had to have stitches......I don't want this to be a pattern Please!

Santa Barbara Trip

We had a lot of fun on our mini vacation to Santa Barbara in July. We toured the city and saw all the sights. We had fun at the beach, the wharf, the mission, parks, zoo and we even went to the city of Solvang. Solvang is a little "dutch" town with lots of shops and yummy food.

Click on the pictures below to see and read better.

The only thing I wish would have been better on our trip is the weather. It was kinda cold and overcast most of the time.

10 Months Old

Madison is 10 months old today and this is how I like to see her. Sleeping . . . and so peaceful.

My baby girl is growing up so fast. To fast that I forgot to do her 9 month blog. Opppsss. Well over the past 2 months she's done a lot. She's walking around furniture so much better than before. She likes to just stand there without holding onto to anything, so I think she might be walking before 11 months. She now refuses to eat baby food, so it's been a challenge on figuring out what to feed her since she doesn't have any teeth yet. We just dropped her crib down today to the lowest setting since she's standing up in it. She is such a happier baby since she's able to get what she wants, when she wants, now that she crawls like a speed demon. (Zach doesn't like this very much though)

She says Hi and Mama (but only mama when she's mad or sad). Otherwise she jabbers all the time. I think we are going to have another little loud one like Zach.

To Much to Drink

8 Months Old

Love the boots
Little school girl

She loves herself in the mirror

Poor Kitty!

(but she's loving it)

Can't believe how the time is flying by. My baby is 8 months old today!

She can almost crawl. I believe by the end of the month she will have it down. She also loves to stand along the furniture, but falls a lot. She is growing up way to fast!

48 hr. Kitten

Jake found some kittens at an abandon home last friday so he brought one home. Jake doesn't like cats, but Zach does. He LOVES them. The poor kitten was skin and bones. We knew we weren't going to keep it (our dogs would have it for lunch) so we immediately found a home for it. We wanted to keep it for a few days for Zach, but told him from the beginning that the kitten was only visiting. I gave the poor kitten a bath because she didn't smell to pretty. Best cat in the world to give a bath too. She never tried to scratch me once. Than of course you have to tie a bow around their neck.

Here is our little kitty

Madison loved to cuddle with the kitten to her face because it was so soft

Zach LOVED the kitten

but he wasn't always the most gentle

This is where the kitten would hang out half the time. Under our coffee table, to get away from Zach

We only had one time the kitty scratched Zach

(because he tried to drag it out from under the coffee table)

Goodbye Kitty, you will be missed.

She is enjoying her new home with her new adoptive 9 brothers and sisters at the Hartvigsons
(we can visit her often)

Fun with Sidewalk Chalk

Look closely and tell me what you see. That's right a PINK dog

(Sadley to say I taught this to Zach)

We had to do chalk outlines
And Baby too

Zach is loving sidewalk chalk. Wish I would have brought it out sooner.

A few things I've been up too

I've been trying to get a few "projects" done this month that I've wanted to do for a while. This is just a few pictures of some of the stuff I've done.

I got the idea for this chocolate covered strawberries at a street fair in Oceanside. Putting them in a flower pot came to me because I was doing it for the first day of May (April showers bring May flowers) for the girls I visit teach.

They didn't turn out perfect and a few slid down there sticks while in delivery, but they were still cute. I want to do them again soon, but have learned from my mistakes.

I've been wanting to put up vinyl on the walls for a long time. Well I finally got around to cutting out and putting up two of the things I've been wanting to do. More to come later.

I saw this on I think How Does She.com and did two of them for a friend. You take your old formula cans and wrap them in fabric to make a cute utensil holder.

I also saw this on How Does She. It only has one handle because it is to hang over your headrest in the car. You can use it for toys or a trash bag, etc. (I also made this one for a friend)

I've also been working on 3 other things, but I can't post them yet since 2 of them are for my friends birthday (and I'm making one of the items for me as well)

I've also started working on my daughters 1st birthday. (I know it's not till October, but I want to get a head start)

Otherwise I've been keeping busy just playing with my two cutie pie kids.

Two in the Tub - Scrub a dub dub.

Zach is such a good big brother. He wants to make sure Madison is all clean.

She thinks he's the best
We have to get her head wet

Maybe Shamu will do a better job

It's Nice being able to give both my kids a bath at the same time, but stressful too. I'm so worried about Zach doing something to knock Madison down. (which did happen)

It's Potty Time!

Guess what we will be up to today (and all week) Potty Training.

Last week Zach picked out his underwear: Toy Story and Cars. He also got a potty seat too which is Cars. He's only kind of excited.

Is this how these things go on?

New Potty seat. You press a button and it makes "cars" noise.

He didn't actually want to put ON the underwear (at first)

Cute little behind!

Wish Us Luck!!

7 Months!

Can you believe she's 7 months old already.

She's been really sitting up all by herself now for a while and is much happier. She reaches for Everything and if she doesn't get it she's mad. She wants whatever we are eating, especially her brother's food. She's been teething the last couple of days so hopefully soon she'll have her first tooth. We just have to wait and see.

6 month Photo Shoot

Isn't she just the CUTEST!

I couldn't just choose one picture so I picked them all

Professional Easter Pictures

Aren't They CUTE!!!

One of all the Grandkids on my side