Sick and Tired

That is what I have been for the last two weeks!
I am finally on the mend from a pretty aggressive sinus infection, but there is a lot of recovery left. I am so tired from not getting much sleep combined with the unending stresses of this past month.
For all of the good parts, I am so glad that Saturday's "Divine Brunch and Boutique" is over. I was already on empty the Thursday before so by the time we made it up to Fresno, after waking up around 4a with Elliot/to begin getting ready, all I wanted to do was curl up on the couch with my husband and baby and snuggle the day away. Alas, I spent the day chatting it up with a bunch of cool ladies...not quite the same.

I will hopefully have some more updates to make soon now that I have an antibiotic fighting my sickness for me. Until then, as always, some pictures:




I found these on my old Myspace blog that I was perusing last night. They are from mid-2007. I believe I am at my uncle's house. I'm holding my cousin, Aydan, and I just love that we were accidentally color-coordinated that day. Also notice my beautiful grandmother, Evelyn, in the background. I've been really missing her lately so it was bittersweet seeing her face in the photo.

Good Morning!

Here's What's Up

* Operation sewing machine is finally going to happen! I purchased some machine oil, set up a cute little corner in our living room after figuring out something to set up shop on (I am borrowing a tv tray from my parents) and have been taking time today to organize some of my fabric for the projects I've been waiting to start. I am quite excited...it's been too long.

* I have been furiously crocheting whenever possible. I have about 6 bibs, minus buttons, done and two pairs of booties. I need to finish up my flowers for the hair clips I plan to sell but everything else is undecided. Maybe some hats, blankets...not sure what I will have time to do. 

I really love the pattern for these booties but it is REALLY time consuming so not sure if I'm going to have time to make more.

This is still being worked on...I ran out of yarn.

I finally got around to organizing my growing collection of yarn, which (as you can see) is taller than Elliot. He thinks the boxes are his toys and gets very irritated when mommy starts to play with them. 

* Elliot turned 10 months on the 4th, meaning he is that much closer to turning 1...I can't believe it! I'm so excited to start planning his party and even more excited about spending the evening with his grandma and papa setting off an immoderate amount of fireworks!
His tenth month was a very busy one. He mastered crawling, almost immediately began pulling up on things and is standing on his own for small amounts of time. He even attempts to take a step at times which is a huge failure but completely adorable. He also had his first illness requiring an antibiotic, an ear infection in both ears that was AWFUL. He has his follow up appointment on Wednesday to see if everything has cleared up. 

Still no teeth yet but there are definite signs that some may be developing soon. Though honestly having no teeth has not stopped him from eating anything.
Right now I really love the silly faces he is starting to make:

This was the last bit of a snarl similar to the one in the previous picture, just caught at an awkward moment. I love it!

We watched the animated Tarzan together this evening and he was enthralled. 

* For mother's day I treated my mom and myself to a little spa time. We had a very nice mani/pedi followed by an hour massage. While my mom's unfortunately did not go as well as I had hoped, we still had a lot of fun spending the morning together. Candace was nice enough to watch Elliot...thanks again, friend!

* Coming up on the calender: Josh's father turns 50 on Sunday. Elliot has his appointment Wednesday. The Purely Divine brunch/boutique is on the 21st and both of our mom's have birthdays next month. I expect busyness through the beginning of July.

* Josh and I have about a million projects we are going to attempt to tackle this month. It stinks when you let yourself get behind. Now everything we haven't done has piled up and new things keep on coming. I will attempt to give better updates as we make some progress.

And that's about it. I will post more on any projects I get finished.

The Business of Eggs and Family

Wednesday: The Dying of the Eggs

My egg cozy. 

(can't tell we're related...)

Every picture of the three of us looks like this. We apparently felt very intense about the egg-dying experience. 

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Sunday: Easter Egg Hunt and General Good Time

Apparently 10 month old boys have more interest in grass than dyed eggs. 

After the egg hunt the boys moved the party into the sandbox.

Elliot dove face first into the sand...and thought it was hilarious until I had to dig sand out of his mouth, nose and ears.

This might be one of my favorite pictures ever of Elliot.

Landyn ran up and down the stairs to my parents' balcony looking for Robin, his toy Batman's sidekick. "WAAAAAAABIN, WHERE ARRRREE YOU?? YOR MUH BEST FWEND! IT'S ME, BATMAN!"
It's hard to capture the adorable way he talks, but you get the idea.

A friend of my brother brought her two girls, Brooklyn (left) and Hailey, over to join the fun. The lipgloss I gave them was a big hit. I think by the end of the visit Brooklyn's entire face sparkled.

All four kids playing together. Hailey put her arm around Elliot so he wouldn't fall.

Brooklyn flying like Superman.

And then we headed home. Easter 2011: Success!

Here's What's Up or "One Seriously Long Week"

It feels like way too much has happened to play that dreaded game of catch up I've been wanting to start, but here are a few recent highlights:

*Julie's visit was much too short, as always. It involved lots of catching up, me cutting her hair (after much begging), discussions on how to convince your friends you were actually future you visiting them in the past (reveal key Harry Potter plot points before the books come out, duh!) and lots of cute pictures. This one is my favorite:

* Elliot recently had his 9 month checkup. He now weighs in at just under 22 lbs, measures 30" long from head to toe and is right where he should be developmentally. He is crawling at unstoppable speeds, pulling up and then attempting to climb on top of just about everything, and standing alone for a few second at a time.
He has moved on from basic sounds of "Da Da" "Ma Ma" etc to his own little alien language of sounds that keeps me laughing all day long. One of his favorite things to do is crawl in the kitchen and watch our cat, Tiger Lily, through the slider while he repeats "Hi Kitty" after I say it.

* Elliot and I recently had a play date with Stephanie and her two adorable kids, my mom and my nephew Landyn. We headed over to the toddler park and played ourselves out! I love that the weather is warming up and get excited about all the fun park adventures to come.

* Monday the 18th was our 2 year wedding anniversary. Josh and I had planned to go away for the weekend to the coast but Elliot and I were both not feeling great so we stayed home instead. We did, however, wake up Monday morning together because Josh called in to work and then had a delicious breakfast (banana chocolate chip pancakes, eggs and bacon...yum!) at Mimi's.

(I really like these lights and was trying to be sneaky and not get in trouble for taking a picture of them)

* Elliot was still feeling awful by Wednesday so I took him to the doctor. He had a slight ear infection in both ears, plus we believe he is teething. This past week+ has been a long one and I'm definitely glad we are on the downhill side of things. Because I have been exhausted and Elliot has been so clingy I have achieved very little. Luckily he is just about 100% better, but look at this pitiful sick face:

* Easter pictures coming soon.