04/25/2003

Last weekend while in Ohio my sister in law made me a bracelet. I thought it was so cool that she could have a hobby like that while tending to three kids all day. She made it seem so easy. I knew I could probably do it but I have a horrible time tying tiny knots so other than that obstacle I thought it would be a fun hobby to take up. I loved the bracelet she made me. I am not a big jewelry person but I enjoy it, I just dont spend the money it on.

A few days after we were home, Caleb took back to trying to use the potty. I was happy since he hadnt tried since we went to Ohio. His favorite part is flushing the toilet. Well, I had let him hold my new “pretty” as he calls it, my bracelet, and sure enough before I knew what had happened he had flushed it down the toilet! If you ask him where it is now he will take you to the potty and point to it! I almost cried. Sure it wasnt a pricey gift, but to me it meant a lot. Not to mention I just loved the colors and patterns. Dean thought it was somewhat funny, but I am honestly still upset over it. but I know it is mostly my fault for entrusting it to Caleb’s care however breifly it may have been.

So last night we went to dinner w/ Dean’s co-worker and to Jo Ann’s Craft store to see what kind of beads and other jewelry making things they had. I found some great stuff and went home to make myself a bracelet to replace the one that got flushed. It wasnt too hard, but both Dean and I struggled w/ knotting it off, but finally we succeeded. I ended up making one bracelet and a necklace. I really like them both. Tonight we went to another craft store to get some different beads. We had never been to this store before and we were overwhelmed by how big it was. While in Ohio we were able to pick up my mother in laws sewing machine. Another hobby I’ve been wanting to pick up, we were just waiting to get the sewing machine. I never learned to sew in home ec or anything and ironically my hubby took several years of costuming courses so he was trying to show me how to work it. So while out tonight we found this store that had tons of fabric and even classes for sewing. I think I’d really like to make a quilt for Caleb’s birthday, nothing too heavy, but something that he can keep forever. So we went for beads, but looked at lots of stuff. Ending up spending $60 on tons of various things. Strangely though when I got home I was not at all motivated to bead anything, so instead I did something I have been slacking in for quite some time, I scrap booked. I stopped working on Caleb’s scrap book shortly after he turned one, I never even finished putting in his first birthday pics. So tonight I did. I cant do much else until I print out some digital pics because since then we dont have many actual hard copy pictures, everythings from the digital camera which makes scrapbooking hard. I am very motivated to get caught up on it before his second birthday rolls around. I like to be able to show my scrapbooks off when we have new friends over, and I think that is when it hit me. We had guests over this past Tuesday and I showed off the scrapbooks and Caleb’s was not complete. I have one that will go up until he turns one and then I started a new one w/ the pics from his first birthday party. So the first book is really focused on his newborn and baby stages whereas the second one will be his starting to be a toddler. I dont have any baby pics of myself so I feel a strong need to have something for Caleb when he is older that he can feel proud to show off to girlfriends and one day his own children.

meanwhile Dean is out clubbing, no really, well sort of. There’s a christian club in Bowie that a friend of ours is running and he went out there for the evening. Caleb didnt make it to sleep until well after 10, so since then I’ve been scrapbooking. I was amazed at how much I can get done w/ a little motivation!

We dont know what are plans are for the weekend, I want to get some of those digital pics printed out someplace so I can finish working on the scrapbook and get caught up to now, but thats 9 months worth of living to make up for! Shew , it’s so easy to get behind!

I have a drs appt next week to discuss how my medical conditions would affect having a second baby and if it’s possible to start working on that yet. I am very nervous about it and am afraid the dr will tell me we should wait. I was so car sick on the way to Ohio and sick while we were there that we thought maybe it was too late to ask for a drs opinion, especially when my period ended up being a few days late as well. But turns out we’re not preggo yet, which is probably good since I havent talked to the dr yet. Something I have been putting off, and really shouldnt be. It took us a long time to get preggo w/ Caleb and I dont want to have that struggle again, but I also know I should wait until my body is healthy enough. So we’ll see what the dr says next week. Did I mention I hate going to the dr!?

Well, its finally the weekend and for once we dont have a zillion things to do. So with any luck we’ll sit back relax and maybe get some things done around the house. but before Dean left he was already making plans to be up and out of the house early tomorrow, crazy man, staying out late and getting up early, but I know him well enough to know it’d take a lot to get him out of bed early on a Saturday, esp. after he’s been out late. Hope everyone has a great weekend!