Like father, Like Son

Tyler LOVES trains just like his daddy.

We have Thomas the Tank everywhere in the house. So while we were away we have Thomas the Tank all over the house at my aunts. She even went out and bought more Thomas stuff and track so Tyler could play.

He are a few pics of Ty tinkering with Thomas.






I thought I had some pics of Matt tinkering with his trains but I don't. So you will have to wait for those.

I am going to try to get a few pics of Matt and Ty playing Thomas together.

Thanks for looking!

One crazy weekend

I picked up Matt at the airport and was in and out in record time.

Got out to Sayre around dinner time. So we checked in and ran to our friends house for pizza. The kids ran around like 3 nuts. Which Ty needed after the 4 hour drive. We head back to the hotel and went to bed around 900 because we were all so tired.

Tyler slept like a champ. The noise drunk people did not wake him. The alarm from the stuck elevator(sp) did not wake him. The drunk people at 2am did not wake him. But Matt I wake up every time he heard anything out of sorts.

So Ty was up at 730 and so were we. Matt showered first. Then I took Ty in with my to shower. We get out and I give Ty to Matt to dress. Ty jumps off the bed and runs into the bathroom and locks himself INSIDE. I get dressed Matt gets the maintenance man. While this is going on I hear a crash. I just know it is the glass from the vanity. Then I hear the scream and then the cry.

Now I am standing at the door pleading with a toddler to open the door. I just know he has cut him self some how. So Matt comes in then the maintenance man and then Ty opens the door.

I walk in and there is blood everywhere. I pick him up and look at his feet. He has about 7 cuts bleeding on his two little feet. I get him in the tub to rinse and check for glass. Matt starts cleaning up. I get his feet wrapped and in his socks and call our friends to see if they have a first aid kit. They do. So we finish packing and check out.

We cleaned his cuts out some more and my friends sister checks him out(she is a nurse) and he was fine. THANK GOODNESS!!!!

SO now comes the drive home in the what we thought was just going to be some flurries. Nope it started to SNOW once we got on the Turnpike. We couldn't even see the lanes in the road and no one was going over 30 MPH. Once we got past the Pocono Mts we were fine.

It took over 6 hrs to get home. NOT fun with a toddler.

So that was our fun weekend.

I am so happy to be home!!!!

We are not planning much travel in the next few weeks so we can recoup.

WOW

I have not blogged in like 2 weeks.

SO what have I been doing the past two weeks.

I spent a week in Washington state. I went to visit my aunt. I helped her with her grand opening show for the jewelry we sell. I also got to meet some gals from scrapgal.com .



It was great to meet these ladies in person. I hope to catch up with them again the next time I am out west. I am hoping that it I can make it work out so I can crop with them!

Ty did great on the plane both ways!!!! I was so happy he did not freak out on the plane. Here are a picture if him on the plane and one of the two of us..




Once in Washington Ty did not believe is sleeping.

So this is how we spent most nights.




The flight back was one of the most turbulent flight I have ever been on. We bounced and shook for over 2 hrs of the 3 hr 40 min flight.

I am still trying to catch up on sleep and resting my banged up bones.

Halloween Fun

On Tuesday at 4:35 I decided we had to carve a pumpkin for Wednesday night. So off in the car Tyler and I went to find a pumpkin. We found a pumpkin finally at one orchard. It was not the prettiest in the back but it carved up nice.

Matt and I working hard.




Here is our fine work.



Tyler loved being a firemen. He had his costume on for 2 days. We had playgroup one day and then Trick or Treat the next.

So here is our little fireman.

Family Fun Afternoon

Yesterday when Matt got home he wanted to go to the park for some family fun time.

Boy did we have fun. Tyler loves going up and down the slide. I got some really cute pictures of Tyler at play. I also got a cute one of Matt and Tyler coming down the slide. I love watching the two of them play together. I see so much joy in Matt's eyes when they do thing together.

If the weather holds out we may try to head to the park again today. We have get Tyler tired during the day so he sleeps at night. So far the playground is working.

Here are a few pictures from yesterday.


Matt and Tyler going down the slide


Tyler just looking as cute as every.

This last picture is of my wall. Yes my son is removing my wall paper. So That means the living room moves higher on the rooms that need to be redo list. We are currently looking for a contractor for the bathrooms. We are going to update the kitchen ourselves and now the living room. I have no idea when we are going to start up stairs. I have to take wall paper down in one room and paint the other two.

Oh the joys of home ownership.

Oh what a day

Well I started off yesterday like it was a normal day. It was state holiday so I had to work. I get to work start working on projects and I get a call at 10 am from dad's aid. He had a seizure and was about to start another one. His aid had already called the paramedics and they were on their way. I closed up the office and headed to the hospital. When I got there he had a third seizure in the ambulance an the way there. There were 4 nurses, 3 doctors and the ambulance crew. He was still pretty out of it and twitching. I sat with him for 2 hours while they ran tests. Everything came back within normal range. So they admitted him.

I truly have no idea how my dad deals with this time and time again. I pray that the doctors can come up with a better treatment plan for him. I know this is hard on him. He had just got out of the hospital on September 26 and now he is back in.

The last year and half had been so hard on all of us. I know he wants to live because he keeps fighting. Please say a little pray for my dad.

The YMCA and Weight Watchers

So I am back on the weight loss ban wagon.

I joined Weight Watchers this week and I joined the Y last week.

I am going to weigh in on Wednesdays and I am hoping to hit the Y 3 days a week. I am so happy that I have made the decision to get healthy. I know this is not going to be easy. I have a lot to loss and it is going to be a long road. But I have a great support system. Matt is so supportive and helpful when it comes to the whole we need to find a new way to eat. Plus Tyler is going to eat better. I hope he grows up to be a good eater of a well balanced diet.

Here is a picture of Tyler at the Train Museum last week. He was all over the new kid play area with Thomas wooden rails and GeoTrax. It was a challenge to get him out of the room.

October is here

I can not believe it is the 4th of October already! Where does the time go?

So I have been busy planning my next few months of show for Silpada. This is a busy time a year for shows and orders being placed for the up coming holiday season. I am trying to get a few more shows booked so we don't have to worry about spending money on Christmas this year.

I am also hoping that we get out refinance done before December too. I would love to have our credit cards consolidated and money put away for retirement by the end of the year. I would also like to get our household on a budget. I would like to start 2008 with a fresh financial start!

I have also started a new business venture. I have a travel website. You can book flights, hotels, rental cars and all-inclusive vacations all on my site. So if you know anyone who wants to go on a vacation please direct them to my website.


I did not make it to round 2 for the scrapping challenge at Ilove2create.com. But I have a great time with round 1! Here are my cards from my last challenge. They are not as great as I would have liked and they are all basically the same but I was not in the creative mood with my sinus/ear infection. But I am going to use them for my Silpada mailing.

Bad, bad blogger

I am such a bad blogger lately.

We have been so busy. Dad came home from the hospital on Wednesday and he is doing great! It is amazing how when your meds are off you are a different person. Tyler has had a cold all week. So he has not been sleeping well so that means we don't not sleep well. I have a sinus and ear infection and feel yucky.

I also joined the YMCA this week. My friend Erin and I are going to start going on Tuesdays and Thursday while her daughter Ellie is in school. The Y has a baby sitting room so that is where Ty will spend his time.

I am hoping I feel better tomorrow so I can take some time and play with Tyler outside.

I also have to get some cards out to ladies I meet at vendor event last weekend. I like to follow up with a note and then in a week or so a phone call. I am hoping to get some more bookings on the calendar before Thanksgiving. I am also working getting a travel store set up online so we can make a little extra money.

I am leaving you with some of my latest creations. They are for the Scrappin Survivor contest over at ilove2create.com.





Hope you are having a great weekend!

What a week so far

So I most of spent yesterday sitting in the ER with my dad. His meds were all out of whack. One of his levels was so high it was toxic. So he is going to spend the next few days in the hospital so they can get his levels back within the normal range.

Yesterday I had to get 2 layouts uploaded to ilove2create.com by 11:59pm. I am participating in a Scrappin Survivor challenge.

Here are my first two layouts:



Tomorrow I am heading to my cousins house for some family time and a trip to the mall in King of Prussia.

Friday I have to take Tyler down to his nana and pop pop's house for the weekend. It is going to be a fun ride down because it is NASCAR weekend here. So lots of busy traffic.

So in between all that running around I have to clean the house, go to work, cook and work on my next layout for the challenge. I may go to a crop on Friday.

Final 2 layouts

Here are the final 2 layout I created for the page a day challenege over at Scrapgal.







Thanks for looking!

Oh I have been busy

So on Friday Matt and I took a trip to Brooklyn, NY for my best friends engagement party. We got to get dress up and had a great time! Congrats again Dayna and EJ!

Saturday I had work until 4:30. After work I came home and cooked dinner and clean up the downstairs.

I worked again today and I still don't know what we are having for dinner. After we eat I am going to give the downstairs a quick once over and then I have to scrap my page for day.

Over at Scrapgal we have a page a day challenge going on and there are only 2 days left. I am hoping to complete the last two tonight. So I have all day tomorrow to get my scrap space in order.

I also have to work on my little presentation for my jewelry team meeting on Tuesday night.

I am going to leave you with the last few lo's I have completed for the PAD challenge.





Thanks for looking!

Scrappin the day away

I have been one busy scrapper today.

I got two LO's done! Scrapgal.com is having a page a day challenge. I did today's and tomorrows. I am not sure how much time I will have tomorrow so I wanted to make sure I a LO done.

I am also on MOJO super high with new kit I got from ILove2Create.com . It is there 4th anniversary too. There is going to be so much going on that site this month! I hope I have enough time to get it all in!

SO here are my 2 new creations.

September 1st

I can not believe it is September 1st already.

I just wanted to post a few LO's I did the other day.

One is of tyler doing a yoga like pose and the other is a close up if tyler.

Thanks for Looking!

Vacation

Matt and I just got back from vacation!

This has been a trip we have really needed. We have so much happen over the last year, we need us time.

We took a trip to a couple's only resort in the Pocono Mts.

We had a get 2 and half days together! We went for walks and talked without interruption from a toddler or from my dad.

We saw The Wrecker's while we were there and they were great!

But boy did I miss Tyler. We had not seen in almost a week. So when we got home Matt meet his parents half way and picked up our little man. I think he missed us! We sure missed him!

Now we are counting down the until our next trip the Pocono Mts. in October.

Here is a picture of Matt and I all dressed up for the concert.



Here is a picture of Joel and Kate. It was Kate's idea for the 2 day trip. She really wanted to see The Wrecker's.




Here is a picture of the four of us.

What we did on Tueday

On Tuesday Tyler and I drove in the pouring rain to visit my very best friend and Tyler's godmother Dayna. We had a great time sitting around and catching on our lives and watching Tyler play. It was well worth the long drive in the pouring rain.

I miss Dayna so much since we live so far apart. I remember not being able to go to the corner store without each other and now we live 2 hours away from each other. But we have the phone, email and text messaging to keep in touch.

Here is Dayna and Tyler.



I have also been on a creative strike. I have completed 3 lo's the last 3 days and made a tag for Carly's Birthday over at Scrapgal.com.

I am up to 45 LO's for the year. I am almost half way to my goal over 100.

These two LO's show Tyler's growth over his first year. She is growing so fast. I don't normally do 2 pager's but I have so many pictures that I had to do one. I am not 100% happy with but I love those pictures of Tyler!






This one is of Ty and my dad at Tyler's first birthday party. Dad loves to hug and kiss Ty.




This is the tag I made for Carly. I am not very good at tags but I think this one came out pretty good.



Thanks for Looking!

Flowers

I got flowers for my Birthday yesterday! Matt never buys me flowers. He calls them weeds, but yesterday he came home with a dozen red roses.

Here is a picture of them!

My mom

My mom passed away 4 years ago in Jan. Last night was the first time I have ever scrapped a page about her. I scrapped the last picture we took of her. It was taken at Christmas, her favorite holiday, she passed away a month later. I miss he so much some days but I know it was the biggest blessing the day she passed away. She has so many health problems and none of the problems were reversible. She had cancer and she was in renal failure. SO she is in a much better place.

SO here is my layout about my mom:






The journaling reads:
My mom passed away Jan. 2003. She had a lot of health problems. so we felt her passing was a blessing. But with that said I miss her so much. I missed her ar my wedding. I missed her the day Ty was born. I miss her every Christmas. It was her favorite holiday. I wonder what she would think of Matt? I wonder what she would think of her grandson? I miss her telling me what to do (never thought I would say that). I hope she is proud of me. I hope she is looking down and smiling at the grand baby she always wanted to have. I know one thing she is our angel above! I miss you Mom!

Happy Belated Birthday Mom!

Her birthday was August 5th. She would have been 59.

I Love 2 Create

I got my kit from Ilove2create.com on Friday and I could not wait to tear into it.

This kit had Rusty Pickle pattern paper, Twinkling H20 Radiant Rain (awesome), and a really cool doodle template.

So when I got back last night from dh and I's night away I broke out the kit and got creative! I did two 6 x 12 LO's. I have never scrapped that size. It was fun!

SO here are my creations:





This LO was created from this months sketch at ilove2create.



This LO is for Rachael's August Challenge.



This LO was to use the other half of the 6 x 12 cardstock and other scraps.


Our weekend was great! We had a great time at Matt's friends house. But I got no pictures. We got there to late and most people had take off there toga's.

We even got a jump on the Ty Christmas shopping. We are going to buy a one present a paycheck. I am hoping we will have Ty's shopping complete by the end of November.

I will try to update again tomorrow!

Happy first day of August!

I am so excited it is finally August! Matt and I have to trips planned this month for just the two of us! I am really looking forward to having so us time. Most days it is about everyone else around us. So it should be nice.

Our first little trip is an over night this weekend. We are going to a friend's house in Hershey, PA for a party and we are staying over in a hotel. The funny part is it is a toga party. Matt wants to dress up so look for pictures next week!

I hoping to finish a project tomorrow. I will post it then.

Have a great night!