Crafting

I finally caught the crafting bug (it's only been probably at least a year!). I Easterfied my kitchen mirror. I made these happy paper flowers (from craft paper @ Jo Ann Fabrics which is on sale for 5 sheets for $1 & usually costs .59 a page; so good deal!) & I glued a piece of ribbon to back & hung them on the mirror. I'm happy with the result! They were super easy to make. I also made my future niece a little headband with a flower on it. Now I'm working on a wreath that is going to take just shy of a year to finish @ the rate I'm going. I have to make about 4 million more little flowers to glue on it & they take a long time. Someday I'll post that finished project.

Ending feeling of yesterday's crafting? --I'm glad I set aside time to be artistic. Make's me feel good and realize how much I miss and enjoy it. :)

I used Easter Egg craft paper since it IS Easter.
It's really hard to take a picture of a mirror without getting yourself or your husband in the picture :)

Ooey-Goey Chocolate Chip Cookie Time!

Blake helped me this morning with his first batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies! Yum! He was a very good helper & enjoyed eating the dough (I use our chickens eggs, & I know what they eat & do all day so no, I'm not worried about the raw egg....) There was only 1 mishap. When I was taking the 1st batch out of the oven (of course Blake was totally excited to see the cookies coming out) I burned my finger on the pan and dropped ALL the cookies into the bottom of the oven into a big soft gooey pile that instantly started cooking & smoking like they were in a skillet. Ugh. So I scraped them out with a spatula w/out burning myself into the crack at the base of the oven door thinking when I close the door they'll fall out onto the floor. Well I forgot about the drawer of pots & pans under my oven & so all the now smashed cookies fell in there instead. Oh well, it was God's way of saying, "Becky, that drawer is really dirty and this is the only way your going to notice how gross it is. Clean it. " :) The end product was oh-so-yummy though!

Sticky fingers! He's helping make it into balls.
He's having fun
Mmmmm
You're never done making cookies until the spatula is licked clean!
He likes his ooey gooey chocolate chip yummies!

Spring Is Springing!

I love it when spring starts coming! I love being able to go outside and warm up on the sunny porch (yes, I warm up on my rock in the morning like a lizard) Everything is starting to come to life and I can open my windows and breathe fresh air that hasn't been circulating in my house for months. Something about spring coming makes me feel so motivated! I'm coming out of my winter slump! Ok, so we've had like 5 warm days, and the rest are cold with threats of snow (like tomorrow) but those 5 days have been great! Blake LOVES going outside and running around with the dogs & traveling with me down the see the duck & cows & chickens & horses. He really likes to feed the duck bread & when i get the bread out of the draw to make a sandwich for him he's like, "No mommy! Duckies!" The following pictures are Blake on our warm sunny day and his big blue ball. It was really windy and his ball kept blowing away, but he didn't mind; He thought it was fun.

Yes, his tongues out. He must be concentrating!
I can't believe how big he's getting!
I LOVE this picture!
I've been letting Blake do more and more "big boy" things. I don't want to rush him growing up or anything but he needs to do big boy things! He's loving it, too. He is so proud of his big boy bed & he has to show anyone that comes over that may not have seen it yet. He doesn't mind going to bed now in it, but it does take about 30 minutes to get him to STAY in bed. He just keeps climbing out and peeking out the door. If I'm not paying attention he's sneaks out into the living room and hides under a chair :) He's so quiet! Blake got to go on a tractor ride yesterday with out neighbor, Scott. That just made his day!

I have to get started turning out spare room /office/play room into Blake's new bedroom. The new baby is going in Blake's current room since its already a nursery & is significantly smaller than the current toy room. Need to start thinking of ideas! Fun fun!

Just Another Day

Today is a hum-drum day. I'm not in a bad mood, but I'm not in a great mood either. I feel like I'm just here. Sometimes I just get really tired of doing the same thing every day. I get up, very sleepy-like, get Blake's breakfast, get my breakfast & try to figure out where to start cleaning up first. The problem is I dont want to clean @ all. I'm not sure if there's anybody in the world who hates cleaning as much as I do. There's nothing that I like to clean. Thats the problem! I will get the house really clean and then have the mentality of "I'm going to keep it this way!" and I do for like a week....then I'm back to "ugh! I hate cleaning!" But I have to remember that nobody likes it but somebody has to do it and that somebody is me. SO, that being said, I better go get the bathrooms scrubbed before Blake wakes up so that when he is up we can play. That's something I DO like, playing with Blake. Maybe I should just always play with Blake and never clean again....I like that idea!

Yes, I Do Still Exist

This is Blake in the blizzard of February 2010. He's standing in the snow.
So yes, I know it has been forever since my last blog-post. Its really hard to post on a regular basis/or even semi regular when I don't have access to the internet @ my house. And in order to go to the library I have to take Blake and he's not so quiet. Enough with the excuses though; I'm blogging now and that's all that matters!
Blake's usual morning look
Update:
Blake is a crazy 2 year old who is indeed terrible (hence the title terrible twos) Actually for the most part he is so sweet and loving and funny. That kid make me laugh so much! and he laughs ALL the time. He's a very happy kid but he DOES get grumpy and when he's grumpy there's just nothing you can do to make him happy unless maybe you make belching or farting noises. Those are always funny to Blake.
This is after Blake was playing in the creek, his clothes were soaked so we went home in a diaper:)
We are having another baby! The due date is August 23. And we are not going to find out what it is this time. It shall be a surprise! I'm so excited! Except right now, i might be a little more excited to soon be done with morning sickness.....but i'm also really excited about a new baby! haha

I am working 2 1/2 days a week at the animal hospital. I enjoy working there for the most part. The animals are fun and i GUESS the people are too hehe. ;)

Travis was laid-off for about 10 or 11 months last year from Linde. He was working at the Rogers Feed Mill for a while, but Linde called him back last summer and he's been working 7 days a week since then. That's a lot of working and i wish he would take some days off. He is actually taking this weekend off though so that makes me very happy!!! :) :) :)

We are now regular attenders at Union Ridge Baptist Church. A very nice, very small church with bog ideas. They absolutely love Blake there and he loves all the attention from the older ladies.

We are still gardening and raising animals for food. We butchered a couple hogs last winter and now we're raising a couple cows we will probably butcher next summer or something, i don't really know, that's Travis' deal. One of the cows is for us & the other is getting split between my parents and Travis' parents. It should be pretty yummy! Besides that we just have the 3 dogs & 2 cats. (+ 1 ferrel cat that lives here but doesn't come close)

Well that's about all I can think of right now. Seeing how we FINALLY joined the current times and have the internet @ our house i should be keeping right up with the little blogger!

Videos!!!!

Yet another milestone in Blakes young life :)

Blake's first steps!!!!!

Horse pulls!
Horse pulls! So much fun

Super cute naked boy!

Blake's cool pool! He loves it. Its flat right now though....cat claws.

Look! Blake can walk! This is his 1st steps without us holding him. He's using Grandpa's walker. We stood him up to it thinking he's just stand there and he took off! Push play to watch it

August 1, 2009

This morning I went riding with Deneene! Yay! Besides running over the yellow jackets nest and getting stung along with the horses, it was a lot of fun! Nobody really got hurt though, just some bee stings. Luckily I'm not allergic. The poor horses got the brunt of it. What a crazy riding weekend, an incident on both rides :-/ It happens.

After the ride everyone was over at grandma's the rest of the evening. Blake and Elli went swimming in the little pool. Super cute! He sure loves the water (just like his mommy!). The rest of the eveing was pizza, family, fun, back to moms, put Blake to bed, talk to Travis:) and now I'm here! Getting ready to go to bed. Good night.

This is a video. Push Play!

This Entry is for Travis

This entry is for Travis :) Its his garden that he did a great job growing! (and his best doggie in the world, Red)

(Oh, and Dad is the toughest cookie of them all!!!!!!!!)




Awwwww Red! (no, she's not in trouble she's just happy)







Here's all of our squash type plants.
--pumpkins, acorn squash, butternut squash, eggplant, cantaloup,
watermelons, and zucchini. Yum!















Our little homestead view :)


















These were supposed to be cauliflower, but they turned out to be cabbage!














Lettuce!!
















Lots and lots of green tomatoes!
















Lots and Lots of peppers of all kinds.
:green and red bell, banana, jalapeneo, hungarian wax(?) etc...













Our first red tomatoes! Cherry tomatoes. Yummy!

Hank Video

Hank eating the water from the hose. He's special!

Nothing Much

Aren't my dogs so cute! Why was I not able to type in this yesterday? Why do those things always happen to me? So I'm down here in Vienna enjoying my visit with the family. Today I went over to Lois & Garlands to ride my girl Friday with Garland (he was riding Hank) Besides Hank rolling on top of Garland twice it was good. Your a tough cookie Garland! I know that had to hurt.....and still does.....and will for a few days. After all the dramatic events of the separation anxiety crazed horse, Friday and I enjoyed a lovely, much needed, ride around Ray's property. I miss her soooo much!!! Will someone please buy me a few more acres so I can get some horses again? Think of it as a gift for Blake---does that help my chances any? After that we went over to Grandma Burdette's and stayed for quite a while. We had a yummy dinner and played with who else but the entertaining Blake-mister (how do you spell that...my-ster???) Tomorrow is a trip to Grandma and Grandpa Riddle's and then who knows what. Heres some pics and a video of my doggies, Red and Hank, attacking the water-hose as fill up their pool

My Super Cute Herb Garden
Polo Game Travis and I went to with people from my work last weekend
Civil War reinactment we went to last weekend at Beaver Creek
Our first batch of pickles we made, ever! Too bad I hate pickles so don't ask me if they are good.
Our little family at our cousin's wedding
Aww poor Blake....he's so sad!




Here's my goofy dogs. Push Play

I'm coming to parkersburg on wednesday so i'll have more time to post pictures then.

OK, so i have no new pictures, but i can still type. but really, does anyone really care about what I write? The exciting part that you want to see is the pictures right? Well too bad!!!! Now your gonna listen to what i have to say! Just kidding.....theres not really much to type. I'm just keeping my blog updated so i dont lose the few readers that i do have. :) So Blake is now officially all over the house and climbing on everything. He is pulling all the way up to his feet now and has his first bruise to prove it. (its from falling and hitting his cheek on the stool legs. Sorry Blake, but there will be many more bruises to come.

New news: I am picking up some more hours at work. I'm now going to be working a long Tuesday 9am-8pm (the only day i have a free babysitter available all day so i gotta take advantage of it) and also Thursday evening from 5-8pm and then 2 saturday mornings a month from 9-1. Travis is going to watch Blake thursday nights and saturday mornings. A few more hours a week will suck as far a being away from Blake, but will be good for the wallet.

Pics next time, I promise.

peace

July 4th 2009

Happy July 4th (belated) everybody. Travis, Blake and I went to Josh and Jackie's for a party-harty. It was a lot of fun! I played bad-minton all day. Its a good work out! My butt cheek muscles are sore! ouch.....they still hurt.
Blake is a crawling machine now! He's all over the house at full speed and with full intentions of getting into things he isnt supposed to get into, even though every single toy he owns is on the floor. He doesn't want his toys, he wants the dvd player and the phone machine and the lamps and the cords and the curtains and the heating vents andeverything else he's been scoping out for the past 8 months thinking, "Wow! When I can move around i'm going to go play with that!!!!" He has pulling up to his knees mastered and is now working on pulling up to his feet. He pulled to his feet for the 1st time on july 4th. He pulled up on his Aunt Jackie(Butler) while she was laying on the floor. **there, jackie, you made it onto my blog!:)** He also loves to pull up in his crib and play with his mobile. Here's some cute pics! (when are they not cute?)
He isn't actually smiling in this pic....he was crying.
He loves pulling up on his purple bumbo chair. It's is favorite.

HI!!!!!

What a sweet face.

This is his new bath place....a tight squeeze huh?

Crawling Boy!

Well yesterday was finally the big day. Blake has been trying to crawl for quite a while now and everyday we've been saying he's definitely going to crawl today and he wouldn't. Yesterday it finally happened! Now, of course, he's traveling all over the house. He goes about 3 feet and then falls over, but he is certainly traveling by knees and hands. He's a little slow, and a little sloppy, but he's getting better each time. Here's a video of my big man shimmy/crawling to his toys this morning. It's not the best example of how well he does it but my camera died....go figure.

Doesn't Blake look comfy sleeping? This is at Barb's surprise 50th party
This is him is his new high chair (thank's mom!)

Go Blake Go!

more beach-time!