easter 2009

Eli's 2nd birthday

I tried to get a lot of pics but these kids are just too fast!

Maya loves to jabber

New pics of maya and from the ice storm in January

New art

Here is some of the art I have recently completed.

Maya is going to be a big sister

I'm 16 weeks pregnant. I met the doctor, the last time it was the nurse practitioner, and I feel really confident that I'm in good hands. And he reassured me that it is "OK" to have a baby at 32 weeks, its when you have one in twenty something weeks that it is very worry some because then the baby has serious heath problems their whole life. So he said we will try to go full term but if we don't then at least get to a safe term. Plus he said I will know what the signs are that things are going wrong because they'll be written in my system like a computer so if any alarms go off in my head I'll be able to just make an appointment and go from there.

So enough on that subject:

Maya is really excited about being a big sister. She comes up to me and says "Mommy, can I see yours baby?" referring to my belly, which I will suppose will be my baby until no longer pregnant. So I say yeah, and she pulls my shirt up and leans in closer and says "Hi baby, its me Maya. I will not make you cry. I love you." and she kisses my belly. She does this fairly often telling the baby all sorts of things. It is so sweet, the baby will know who she is upon arrival.

how are you feeling?

I am having a lot of pressure so far. But not so nausiated any more. I already have to pee every 10 minutes! And i am tired. But all is normal so thats good.

The latest on my end of the world

Well, for those of you who don't know: I am 13 weeks pregnant today. This pregnancy so far has been quite miserable. I am constantly exhausted, and go from phases of being nauseated to phases of wanting to eat everything in sight.

Maya seems very interested in the whole situation. She says she has a baby in her belly too. When we ask her if she wants a brother or a sister sometimes she says brother sometimes sister, but one day she says "A brother and a sister".

Maya's imagination, medical practices, and more

Today Maya walked up to me and says 'Hi my name is Susie' I didn't know what to say so I say 'OK'. So she was 'Susie' for like 15 minutes, it was quite cute.

Maya sees a freckle on my arm and says "Oh mommy, you have an owwie, you need some butter." I say "Why do I need butter?" She doesn't reply just proceeds to put some slobber on her finger and rub it on my freckle, then she says "All better!" I said "Yeah, all better". And as time went by I have discovered not only that butter is actual slobber, but it has all kinds of healing abilities. If you have an owwie, chapped lips, a messy face, the possibilities are endless, just put some 'butter' on it. And could you guess who she could have possibly learned this from? None other than Mommy her self. We are headed out and I realize she has a small splotch of chocolate on her face, no wipes handy, so I lick my finger and rub it away. She looks at me and says "Mommy, you spit on me!" I say "It's OK I was just using a little slobber to clean your face". weeks later she cleans my face with slobber.

Sick

I have a cold, and everyone who knows me knows it takes me forever to fight them off. Work is going well. I was hired on as a temperary worker and I am hoping for a permenant position, but I did have to call in quite a few times and that may keep me from getting one. Blah!!

Busy, Busy, Busy!!

Man having a job is really wearing me out! My arms are so sore from all the lifting, and my fingers feel like they might fall right off. I will be glad to have christmas off! I had christmas cards made to send to everyone but only a handfull of people actually got them because i have been so busy, so to those who did not get one, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! From me and Maya.

Christmas

I want to down size some of my stuff in my-and-moms etsy shop. So This would be a great time for family members, and friends to let me know if any of the stuff might be on their wish list. I can not believe that christmas is right around the corner! And coming fast! here is a link to the shop, drop me some hints.

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5237752

Walmart

I got a job at walmart. I think it will be nice to work again not to mention the money.

Conversations with Maya

Maya: Maya wants a cookie!



Me: Say 'I want a cookie.'



Maya: Maya wants a cookie.



Me: Say 'I'



Maya: I



Me: 'want'



Maya: want



Me: 'a cookie"



Maya: No! Mama, Maya wants a cookie! Not Mama!

Ghost stories

On Halloween morning Maya comes to me in the bathroom and says, "Look it's a ghost mommy!" I say "where is it?" She looks into the bedroom, which is connected to the bathroom and says, in a friendly voice, "Come on ghost come in here with me and my friend Mommy, come on, it's OK, come on." The whole time waving her hand the way you would to show someone which way to go. Then she closes the bathroom door. I ask "Is it in here". She says "No he's still in the bedroom". I ask her what he looks like and she says "he is red...red and blue". I then decided it must be some sort of game because of the colors, and decide it's nothing, and I'll see if she brings it up again. So we go about her planned day, trick or treating and visiting Grammy. While we are at Grammy's house we take pictures of her in her costume in the back yard. Then we go home and go to bed.

The next day, I was in the kitchen fixing some breakfast, and I hear Maya say..."Not again!" She usually says this if she spills something, or makes some sort of accident. So I go in the room and ask her what happened. She replies "The ghost is in the bedroom, again" i ask her where he is, and she turns around like she knew where he was, and then says "Oh, he's gone now". That night I finally got around to taking the pictures from Halloween onto the computer, and when I was emailing them I noticed something strange...Here are the pics.






Pic number one:

Pic number 2:

Pic Number 3: ever hear about orbs. Well this apears to be a no mistake orb. I was telling Maya to blow the camera a kiss, and she just was not paying attention to me. At the time i had no idea why, but she seemed very distracted. She apears to be looking at this orb. Now I believe that she was busy trying to see this "orb".

Pic number 4: She looks behind her, almost in a double take.

Pic number 5: She beginns to play again

Pic number 6: She turns back toward the place where the orb was.

Pic 7: She finally blows the camera a kiss.

Pic 8: She plays a little longer then we go back in.

What do you think?

She hasn't brought it up again.

Some of my new creations

This one is inspired by my sister who bought a beaded bracelet on wire and said she wished it was dangly, so this one is on 4 strands of beading thread and should be pretty strong, and it dangly.

Care bears

Anyone who remembers Care Bears knows that the cubs often say "Goody-Goody-Gosh" all the time. Care Bears being one of Maya's favorite shows, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that after giving her some Pizza, which is her favorite thing lately, she says "Goody-Goody-Gosh", and then licks her lips. She is a character, and the characters that are her favorites seem to influence her character.

fog

Do you ever have a day that you feel like you are walking through a thick fog all day. The last few days have been like that for me, anyone know how I can get out?

Driving

Driving has been going well. We drove on some streets, and it was fun. I am truly getting excited about the next time I get to drive. It is great!

Raisin Fingers

The other day I let Maya take a bubble bath and let her play a while longer than usual because she was just having so much fun. Then I got her out, dried her off and dressed her, and went to make lunch. About five minutes later she came to me, already practically in tears, and said, "Mommy, Maya's fingers!" I looked at them and they looked normal except for being little raisins because of staying in the bath so long. I asked her "What happened to your fingers?" She replied, in a very angry voice, "The water did this!" Most kids like the raisin fingers, but Maya got very upset!