Fears, Tears and a little bit of crafting

Today was the dreaded appointment. The one they all talk about. The shots appointment.  We spent most of the morning in bed cuddling, my stomach in knots, while she just laid next to me laughing and chattering away. Totally oblivious as to what was going to come later that day. I debated back and forth as to if I should make Brandon take her by himself or if I should just be an adult and take my child to the doctors for her shots like every other mother in America does and is just fine. (insert long sigh here) I decided about mid day that we should both go. If he fainted I could catch him and If I started hysterically crying he could maybe be the adult for the both of us. We arrived at her apt not a minute early and went right back.  We did the usual measurements and inspections with the Doc and before we knew it, in come the nurses with those scary sharp objects in their paws.  They gave her the oral vaccine first, which she took like a champ nbd. And then the one nurse says to me,

"Okay mom, hold her arms down"

Excuse me?

The worst 20 seconds ever.  I had to hold her sweet little arms on her chest as she's staring up at me with her big baby blues, happier then all get out.  I had to close my eyes. And then, they stabbed her. One in each leg. I opened my eyes just in time to see her bottom lip start to quiver, her face turn bright red and then the loudest cry I have ever heard her make. As soon as they finished putting those sparkly theonlythinggoodaboutthatappointment bandaids on, I swooped her up into my arms. I don't think I took a breath for quite a while.  I had given her baby tylenol a few hours before to help with any achiness she may experience. Luckily she calmed down without too much of a show, and has slept most of the day today.  It took a while for me to calm down though, I was extremely tense. The worst part? She didn't get one of the vaccines because it was on back order! So yes, we will be reliving this nightmare next week.

Followed by a bottle of wine.

The morning started off emotional when I realized Adelie was wearing a size 6m sleeper :*(

Lewis could sense the tension and came into the bed to offer his squirrel and his kisses.

Daddy Consoling Ad's

Her pretties

Night Night sweet girl

In other news, I have been getting my CRAFT ON recently. And No. I won't stop.  I think my recent crafting has rubbed off on everyone and I am seeing SO many people getting crafty. I LOVE IT!

I will even be hosting a painting party in the middle of next month!

Here are a few of my recent pretties, and few up and coming projects!!

My European wool should be coming any day now! ;)

The cutest little helper. Boy does she love looking at the color swatches at home depot ;)

Week 9

Baby A is officially 2 months old.  Life with her is SO much better then I ever imagined! She continues to be an incredibly laid back gowiththeflow baby, and we are still thanking our lucky stars ;)  This week she started blowing bubbles and majorly kicking her feet! I'm extremely lucky she's okay with our on-the-go type lifestyle because this last week, that is exactly what we did! We literally were all over the city picking up my treasure pieces aka cute cute furniture to feed my never ending desire for creating pretty things :)  I REALLY hope she enjoys doing these things with me as she gets older..In the midst of all our furniture findings, we also came across something I have been searching for 

f o r e v e r .

A cotton hammock to hang in our cluster of trees beside our house! Found one on Craigslist brandnewinbox $25. I may have shrieked when they said it was still available for purchase :)

So now, we have this sweet little set up, complete with hanging mason jars with candles in them for a relaxing late night swing, and obviously a cuddle with the cutie ;)

 We also went to the pool for a few days, basking up as much late summer sun as we could get I could get. Baby girl slept in the shade :) This next week is going to be so sad, as on thursday we go for her shots. <--idk if I can handle it, dad may have to take her. Poor Babes, guess we'll have to stop and get ice cream on the way home ;) ;)

  

Happy 2 month Birthday Adelie!

On Thursday we hoped in the car and drove to the Beach to celebrate my mothers Birthday, she would have been 48! :*) Adelie and I sat in the sand, watched lake Michigan's tide roll in and I told her stories of her grandma.  It was a perfectly warm day and the beach we went to was pretty deserted so we go right down to it and took her merbaby 2 month pictures. My mom would have LOVED to be a part of that, and In a way, she was. The purple shawl Ads is laying on was my mothers prayer shawl when she was going through treatment, its usually on Adelie's chair in the nursery, but I thought we'd take it along for our little trip :)

Sandy baby toes :)

In case you were wondering, yes we tried to let the dogs up with us. No it did not work. :( ha.

We usually meet up with daddy after golf at the pool :)

Picking out colors

To paint the new pieces

A few of the latest pieces we did :)

What the bed looks like when Brandon leaves in the morning....

Height & Weight: 12lbs 22 1/2''

Milestones: Blows bubbles, kicks feet like crazy, turns head and follows mommy

Feeding: 80%BF 20%Supplement every 3 hrs give or take. She likes to dilly dally when eating and only eat an ounce and a half, get distracted them get hungry and finish the rest a half hour later. wonder where she gets this distracting from... not me its definitely from me. Eating about 4oz at a time.

Sleeping: Sleeps through the night, usually 11-7 then takes naps around 10, 1 and 4

Lineman Rodeo

Jory's Lineman Rodeo

Trenton, GA

In case you have no idea what this is, I don't blame you. I had no idea either until I saw it in person! These guys chimmy up poles like it's their job. Well, technically it WILL be their job ;) The rodeo was based on 4 different challenges that allowed them to demonstrate the skills they learned all while trying to score the best time. They were paired off into teams of 4, each person completing one challenge. Jory's task was the hurt man rescue. He had to put on all his gear climb the pole, strap a dummy into a rescue harness and lower him to the ground with the quickest time. Crazy scary to watch, completely impressed.

The story behind this sign.

When my aunt JoLynn graduated from MSU our whole family went to watch. Since there were a bazillion people in the auditorium we were trying to come up with something funny/creative to yell when she walked across the stage. Little innocent 5year old Jory enthusiastically chimed in,

 "How about Animal Crazy!" 

An ode to Jolynn's love for all animals. We haven't let him forget it.

Jory's living quarters while at school

Self timer at its finest