Productivity

The last couple of days my creative juicy have been running, or I've just had a kick in the butt to actually do something... lol and really it's been a lot of fun. I've sewn, organized, and painted. I mean i do things all the time cleaning and picking up and all that jazz but it's nice having things to show for all your work. Creating is one of my great joys that God has given me... i think i need to do it more.

I was just stumbling through the internet the other day and found a super cute pattern for a little puppy stuffed animal... this is the 1st attempt so it's a little ragged the 2nd attempt was sent to my dear sweet sister who needed a long distant hug. (hope you liked it)

Here I pieced together a little dress for Sawyer for some wedding we have this summer including my mother's. I also for the second time only did a little embroidering. it turned out pretty good, though you can tell it was a novice attempt, hope it goes through the wash. and it's just super cute on sawyer... though i didn't get any pictures yet. ;) i will tho

Here is a cover out of an old pillow case. It hides a bunch of movies from view... more aesthetics than necessities.

This I've been working and for a little bit and with all the stuff that keeps coming up it took much longer than wanted to finish.... BUT it did get finished and it is my 2nd commissioned artwork ever! I'm very proud of it and think it turned out really well... i was scared for awhile... :)

here is some of the organizing I did in sawyer's room. they are on a shelf before and she would always take them and walk of with her shoes and head bands and such so i put them where she wouldn't get them and where i could always find them, and not have to go looking... kids are so crafty and we've got an extra mischievous one... lol

Speaking of the little girl here is her first ever ponytail... i just love that her hair is long enough to do this! and now if she's in a outfit that makes her gender ambiguous then i can add one of these and no one calls her a boy.... I just hate my little girl getting mistaken because i find her to be a beautiful little girl and not boyish. :)

This is just a cute sign i saw on a walk i went on... in the fast moving technology world the church is still trying to reach everyone... well i know i didn't have many pictures of us but I'm sure my next blog will be full of them... just wanted to share some of my recent accomplishments :D love you all!

Flood Waters

Well here in norfolk and in the surrounding areas has had a lot of rain. 2 or more inches a day for several days. the waters have started to recede now but for awhile many roads and houses were flooded from the nearby overflowing river. here are a few pictures from around town. These are after the waters started to receded a very little.

the river that overflowed here the waters are right below the bridge

a field south of town

in front of some businesses

our mall parking lot

Triathlon and such

So saturday morning i got up much earlier than normal to compete in a triathlon (a very short one.) I had never done one before and decided though i couldn't do the one i wanted, because i had sprained my ankle not long ago, i would still do one. it was actually really fun. my running was no good but i was expecting that from not running much. and though it wasn't long i still felt i accomplished something. it's always really nice getting that feeling. lately i've been very tired so i don't get it quite as much because i take a lot of naps. well i'm going to be getting a medal because i got first in my age group so thats kind of exciting and 11th overall. though there were many competitors.
sawyer has been busy busy as usual. burning off all her calorie intake. she loves climbing things and getting into everything. her newest infatuation is putting things inside of other things. like putting pens in cups or her sippy cup into a basket and then she get excited reaches in takes it out and does it all over herself. it's so fun to see her so pleased with what she can do and see her little mind working and figuring new things out. the other day she even put herself inside of casey's kennel. it was really cute but i had to help a little in getting her out... i forget how little she is...

A few videos

Here sawyer is eating and playing with her sippy cup. she sometimes gets distracted from what she's supposed to be doing during mealtimes. teehee


well we've been busy here... our air conditioner broke on friday night, our apt manager's office is closed on weekends and monday, being a holiday, they were also closed. so we had to wait till yesterday to get it fixed. it wasn't too bad only saturday was really hot. sunday and monday we had storms that cooled everything down and when it pretty nice, even without the ac. but also with that sunday night i got really sick with a lot of lower abdominal pain, cramping and runs to the bathroom, which made me extremely worried for our little one on the way. the doctors said to just up on fluids and take a little medicine but i maxed out on that in 6 hours and couldn't take anymore. it was not a very fun 24 hours or so, i think it was a little longer. i was able to get in to my midwife yesterday and we heard a very strong heartbeat and it eased my worries. i was very happy that all the pains also had gone away that morning.

so the end of may was kind of a stressful one with two big stresses with the baby and all these troubles, but june seems to be making everything better. and today sawyer is now 10 months old. she is just so funny. she's walking really well now sometimes taking off almost running. she's crazy.

lately i just feel extremely blessed. i shared the recent worries with micah and though i know he really felt them and was worried himself about them he really help calm me down and trust that God has a plan with all this. i just have a bigger appreciation for the husband i have been given. and with memorial day and just so very proud of him. through all the negative people say and being away from family and friends, he has had to give up so much and i just can't wait till he's home where i can finally show him how wonderful he's been for doing everything has done and on top of army and war still being able to be my support and best friend! just love my man. God is wonderful!

sawyer likes playing chase and runs or crawls down the hall away from me! here giggle is wonderful! though this isn't a very long laugh you still can appreciate it!