What's that noise???

I woke up around 4:45 this morning to the sounds of Tegan coughing. This isn't unusual b/c he has recently had a pretty bad cold. He would cough his head off in his sleep but never wake up. So I just kept laying there in hopes the noise would go away even though I was pretty sure it sounded like the kind of cough you hear when someone is choking. Well after making him suffer long enough, I got up to check on him. When I opened the door I saw RED!!! RED pizza and koolaide coming back up out of my sons little body. I was immediately nauseous. I was pretty sure we would both just lay down in the floor and throw up all over each other:( I jerked him out of bed and so the day began with me catching vomit in a towel over and over again. For some reason God doesn't allow 2 year olds to know how to throw up in a trash can or a bowl. So needless to say I had to practically chase his mouth around with a towel as he was trying to resist throwing up. This happened over and over and over again until sometime near lunch when he just stopped....I mean really, just like that he just stopped. I'm not sure if the Gatorade was some sort of magic cure or what but from the point he took his first drink of Gatorade it was just over! He then took about a 3 1/2 hour nap (and so did I). Got up, ate super and talked about how his belly ache was GONE! Thank goodness for him....I can only hope the rest of us will be so lucky. This was his first stomach virus EVER and I am pretty glad we got that behind us. Now if he will just wait another 2 years and 5 months before getting another one then maybe he can hit the trashcan!
For those of you who know me, I'm sure you are laughing. B/c you know that I can just talk to someone over the phone and they say they have a stomach virus and I swear I caught it thru the phone. So needless to say I am waiting on my time to come since at several points I was catching his throw up in my bare hands!!!! Kids bounce back so easy...I'm sure if I get it then I will be on my death bed for at least a week.
I am just glad the little guy seems to be drinking a lot and feeling better! That was my day...bet you can't beat that!

Polka Dot Pixie

POLKA DOT PIXIE

Being back to my own shop is feeling really good. I have really been trying to balance my school work with my sewing and getting a lot done. I've just gotten two rather large orders for burp cloths so I am getting to really try out my new sewing machine...I LOVE IT! I will be having a small memorial service for my old sewing machine out by the dumpster later this week:(

I was trying to post one new item a day on my etsy shop but now that I am getting some orders I am trying to fill those. Above is a new diaper bag with a really cute fabric I have never used before. I also finally figured out how to put the ribbon where it will tie in a cute little bow...this is the perfect gift.

I am working on lots of new stuff so be sure to keep checking in on me and follow my blog b/c I will start back my giveaways soon!

My How Time FLIES...

Well it's happening whether I like it or not:( Today my little girl....my toddler....turns SEVEN! Seriously, how on earth does something like this happen. Just yesterday she was walking around in a diaper and now she won't even let me in the bathroom when she is in there. I've been telling her for some time that seven was it for her and I couldn't allow her to age anymore. I beg her daily to not grown up and her response "Mama, I can't help it...I just don't know how to stop!" Then when I ask her if she will just live with me forever she informs me "all people need their own space mama" as a tear rolls down my cheek.

This little girl right here is very sweet! She will do anything you ask her to at home and she is a HUGE help with her little brother. She does wonderful at school and LOVES to read. She has lost her first three teeth this year although just Friday night she lost the first one on her own...the other two were pulled at the dentist. The next morning after finding her $2 she informs me that other kids at school get $10 for ONE tooth...she must not have the same tooth fairy as those kids.

She is a Ham and has no fear when it comes to performing. She will sing anything, anytime in front of anyone. This past year she has sung alone in front of our entire church with no music on Cohen's Day, then again in front of a huge church full at her recital, again in front of a packed house for the Christmas program and finally in front of her entire school grades K-5th for their Christmas program. Not to mention she puts on side shows for numerous family members.

She is very sneaking and when cleaning up her room that proves to be true as I find hidden candy wrapper after hidden candy wrapper....she isn't suppose to eat in her room. She likes to sneak things to school that we have told her that she can't take. She gets her pawpaw to come take her out to eat, only to con him in to stopping by Wal-mart to buy her whatever her heart desires. If she wants it....she will find a way to get it!

She has this look she gives....like this one above. Its the go away you are embarrassing me look. This look was one that I wasn't expecting until she was at least 12. She can be so sweet and precious at home but once out and around others...she thinks she can get away with anything. Listening to me is out the window until I threaten her and she is suddenly my sweet girl again. I guess I asked for it b/c she is me made over in that way!

She adores her brother! She tells him all the time that she "loves him more than anything" and when I ask what about me she says "oh you too"....gee thanks! She gets on to him when he is doing something he shouldn't, she blames him for stuff she does wrong, she endures him hitting (yes he has a small hitting problem) her without hitting him back even though I think we are going to have to teach her to do that b/c he won't leave her alone. She still crawls over in to his baby bed and plays with him on Sat. and Sun. mornings. She gives him ANYTHING he wants almost all the time....she has flat out spoiled him! She is our little princess! The only person who has been teaching her one brother about her angel brother. The curious girl who ask questions about death and life in general. She loves her mommy, fights a lot with her daddy (her strong will and attitude is a little much for him) and adores her brother. She LOVES TV which she also gets from me..oops. She has big dreams and I know she is going to make them come true...remember, she knows what she wants and knows how to get it!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful little daughter! I love you!

BLAME

Stop...you might want to roll your pants up b/c it may get pretty deep in here! I haven't slept well recently and have had lots of stuff on my mind/heart so what better place to put it than here! I'm sure this is the first of many "vent" post.

O.k...go ahead.

So today I was watching a Little TV while eating my lunch and probably three times the same advertisement came on. You know the you, with that lawyer asking if your child was injured during birth and if so it is probably someone else's fault. I don't know why but that commercial just rubs me the wrong way. Not b/c of what they are talking about but about blame in general. I do not believe that there are any accidents. I honestly believe that everything, no matter how small, happens to us because GOD lets it. Maybe I don't believe that our entire path is planned but I do believe the path choices are prepared for us by GOD.
Anyways, my point is this...why when something goes wrong in our lives we are always looking for someone to blame. Don't get me wrong, I'm just as guilty of this as the next guy but why. I will give you a few examples...one is when I lost Cohen during pregnancy. Of course that must be my fault because he was in my body and I was responsible for him. Another is when Tegan began to show signs that he wasn't hitting his milestones at first I blamed myself. But then I wanted to blame the medications that they gave me to keep me pregnant when he was trying to make his great escape at just 20 weeks or maybe it was the oxygen that they gave him for five days in the NICU to keep him alive and to prevent organ and brain damage. My point is...how can anyone be to blame for things that happen day to day in our lives. I am in my situation because it is "THE SITUATION" that I am suppose to be in at that time no matter how small the lesson is. I didn't ask for the bad things that have happened in my life but I do feel that if I don't try to learn something and take something away from it then the whole bad thing happened for no reason. Look at it this way, I wanted to blame Tegan's issues on something (anything) but yet the things (besides myself) that I was blaming it on are all things that helped him. I mean, had they not given me those medicines or put me to sleep and did surgery then I would have almost definitely lost him. I mean I would rather have him just the way he is than not at all although I must say he is a perfectly healthy guy who happens to have a very small vision issue. As far as losing Cohen...well at this point I still don't feel like GOD has used me and the purpose of that situation but I do whole heatedly believe that at some point in the near future he will. I'm still trying to recover on a day to day basis of being forced to trade one son for the other because had I had Cohen, I wouldn't have Tegan right now! And I have to tell you one thing...I wouldn't trade that Tegan for anything (or my sweet Rylee either)!
Don't take this post as that it is just about children or losing children, it is about everything. Are you unemployed....who is to blame for that. You didn't walk in and ask your company to downsize just as your company didn't ask it's customers to fall off the map just as those customers didn't ask for rough economic times. I think you get the picture.
I guess what I am saying is that the way you think may make or create your situation. Should you do this or should you do that. The what ifs are constant in my head as I am sure they are in yours. But letting go of things is a goal (resolution) I have and I can already tell this is going to be a rough one. I am tired of blaming others for my (our) situation....Are YOU?

Maybe I should re-think this...

Well I sat down last night and got to work on making some beaded bracelets. I mean how hard can it be...well it took me three hours to make 4 bracelets. In three hours time I could have made 3 1/2 diaper bags! I mean, maybe I will get better at it the more I do it and figure out a lot of the little tricks but we will just have to see on that. So go HERE and check out this...

Do you like what you see?

I'm back to work in my own Etsy shop these days. Me and Jessica put in a good effort but with my schedule between school and kids and her schedule of a child and about to add another one (that makes two kids 18 months and younger) we just decided to go back to what we were doing before. She will still offer items under the business name we had together and I am going back to my Polka Dot Pixie etsy shop. I think going back to my own shop has renewed the interest of creating that I was looking for. Of course when my college classes start back tomorrow...I'm sure I will be singing a different tune. I posted a few new diaper bags today and hope to be able to add lots more items to restock my store. One of the newest things I am working on is very inexpensive jewelry. I'm not a jewelry person so I don't know how well that will go but I'm going to try my hand at it. So hopefully you will see diaper bags, tote bags, purses, bibs, burp cloths, baby blankets, necklaces and bracelets. So be sure to come by my SHOP and let me know what you think in the weeks to come.

Oh and if you like what you see here

you are welcome to purchase it HERE:)

Happy Shopping!