Archive for December, 2009

You know that old saying.. “There is one in every crowd”.. I’m not sure that applies to my family. I think for some reason the combination of The Man and my genes have made our children weird.  If there is a ruckus going on.. my children are some how involved.

Before going into this really cool toy store at Crown Center I saw

this sign.  Apparently #3 saw the sign too.

I think he just wanted a picture with Hello Kitty.

Exactly.. point out the obvious #4.

Closing the door is not going to help, #5.  By the way.. nice Ben 10

jacket and Omnitrex watch.

While I was making gravy today I thought.. “Good Gravy! (and it was good gravy) I forgot to send out Christmas Cards!  If you didn’t get a card from me.. (and we know you didn’t)..  Please accept my apology..  and know that it would look something like this.

I love quilts.   My love for them started when I was little.  My grandmother had a couple quilts here and there.  I wish I would have asked her about them.  About a year into selling stuff on eBay I wanted to sell just quilts.  We are suppose to get 6″ to 8″ of snow tomorrow.  It’s a great time to look at quilts!

1. Historical Antique Circus Quilt See it HERE.  I love this quilts colors!  It has quite the history too!  This quilt is made from velvet scraps from Barnum and Baily’s Circus costumes. The pattern is a Lone Star.

2. 1850′s Princess Feather Quilt See it HERE.  This quilt is an applique.  The red and green “feathers” are appliqued or sewn onto the white fabric.

3. 1880′s Irish Chain Quilt.  See it HERE. The colors of this quilt would look really good in my home.

4. Antique Star Quilt 1890′s. See it HERE.  Holy Smokes.. this quilt is pretty fabulous.. I love the dark green background and the calico fabric  that was used.

5. 1930′s Marie Webster Tulip Quilt. See it HERE. #1 would love this quilt.  The pastel colors.. the applique is fabulous!  The quilting is awesome!

Fourteen years ago today.. I was waiting for the arrival of my first son to be born.  I went into the hospital on December 20, 1995 with high blood pressure brought on by well.. being pregnant with #2.  He was born at 11:11pm on December 22.  I had been there so long, I didn’t care that my mother, 19 yr old sister, 18 yr old brother, his girlfriend and 18 yr old cousin were in the room watching it all.  (The Man was there too.. but he was supposed to be there)

I always wanted 8 children.  I was pretty sure I would adopt them… and along came #2.

This isn’t a baby picture of him.. but I thought it was fitting to show.

Here he is when he was about 4, sitting in the wagon in his underwear

with the sacred “Candy Night-Night”. He loved that blanket.

When he went to pre-school he suffered from separation anxiety.

He would scream.. kick.. run away.. whatever it took because he wanted me to stay.

He didn’t do it for just a week or two, he did it each time I dropped him off for the

WHOLE YEAR!  His separation anxiety freaked me out SO BAD I didn’t

send another kid to preschool.

He would stick his tongue out at me.. all the time.

I cried when he lost his first teeth.. (it was more like sobbing.. but don’t tell anyone).

Sometimes he can REALLY annoy me.. Like when I want to

take a photo and he’s the ONLY child that won’t “be normal”.

He will do just about anything to make me laugh.. like ride a fake bull.

Or put on his sister’s tutu..

Here he was doing his best impression of my favorite South Park character..

Can you name the one?

I love this photo.. he came into the bathroom and just sat down

on the Elmo potty seat to chat.  His BIG PADDLE feet KILL ME.

When he was teeny tiny I used to kiss those feet!

At Halloween parties.. he’ll hug anyone you tell him too.

He’ll put on anything you tell him too.. even a 4T Harley Davidson

Motorcycle jacket.

See the thing on his waist?  That’s a dog collar.

EAT A SANDWICH!

He’ll model just about anything you tell him too…

I had these shoes to sell on eBay, a buyer wanted a photo of them

on someone’s foot.  The shoes were to big for me and to small for

#1.. so #2 agreed to model them. (we didn’t show the buyer this view…

she probably would have died if she would have known she bought

shoes a 12 year old boy modeled)

The same thing happened when he was about 10 or 11. The boots,

I had him model, the reflective gear… was all him.

He’s so sweet to his family…

He loves his sisters…

He always had time for his brothers.. if it’s to wrestle…

Give them a piggy back ride…

or battle Link.

He’s been known to carry his father around on his royal throne…

He’s never too embarrassed for a hug from his mother..

Happy Birthday #2..

(nice flat top and awesome gold chain)

I can’t believe you’ve been in my life for 14 years!

I love you!