Sunday, May 25, 2008


So for mother's day, Ryan asked what I would like, and I mentioned that I would like to have a sewing machine. So that's what I got. I finally got a chance to use it this weekend. I decided to try something simple, since I have no experience with a sewing machine. So I decided to try making a "grocery sack", you know kind of like the ones that all the stores are selling. I think it turned out pretty good. Check out the picture. I bought enough fabric to make 3 more bags. I am going to try to bring them with me everytime I go shopping so I can stop bringing home all those plastic bags. I try to use them as often as I can, but it seems like my cupboard is always overflowing. So hopefully my little sewing project will be somewhat useful. I'm really excited to start making some things. A few things on my list are: a new blanket for Brayden, curtains for the house....


Saturday, May 17, 2008

I think Brayden adjusting to his growing into his body, he seems to bump and fall into everything. So I thought I would share the latest incident… Brayden’s black eye, yep that’s right I said black eye. He was in the garage and I went inside to change into some shorts so we could wash the car and not more that 5 seconds after I stepped inside, I heard a CRASH, and then crying. He somehow ended up falling next to the jetski and his tricycle. He has a few scraps on his face plus a bruise and a black eye.

I don’t know how I am going to be able to handle these things as he gets older. I imagine we will have a few visits to the emergency room during his adolescence.

A few other things he’s learned how to do lately…

This past week he learned how to unlock the deadbolt on the front door. So off to Home Depot we go to figure out a solution to that. I swear just as soon as I put a fix on something he learns how to do something else. And the light switches. He thinks it’s the coolest thing that he can run around the house and turn off all the lights. I think it reminds him of movie night. Every once in a while Ryan, Brayden and I will gather on the couch and watch a movie in the dark. So now that Brayden will go around the house, turn off all the lights, and get his snuggie and park himself on the couch ready to watch some TV or a movie.

As I posted in the past, Brayden is sleeping in a big kid bed now. It’s been going great at night, but during nap time he sometimes has a tendency to keep getting up. So I got out the pack n play – and what do you know, he figured out how to climb in and out. So now he thinks it is soooo cool to get up on his rocking horse do something that resembles a somersault into the bed and then he climbs right back out and does it again and again. Check my stuntman in action!


He’s a good kid, but boy is strong willed and quick to learn.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Ryan and I had the chance to see Bon Jovi in Concert last month! They were so good. It's funny though, I never thought that they were getting old until I saw them on stage. It's kind of funny to see men in their late 40's wearing things that you only see on 20 year olds. The music was great. I have to say, I think I enjoyed Daughtry just a little bit more than Bon Jovi. If you ever get a chance to see Daughtry in concert, go for it. I am so glad he was on American Idol. I still don't understand how he didn't win American Idol! I hope the next time I see Daughtry in concert, they are the main act!! They are that good!