another year...

so we celebrated carter's 2nd birthday on sunday... his actual birthday was thursday. he is in LOVE with mickey mouse clubhouse... hence the cake. he is also in LOVE with the cake... as i type this, he is looking at the picture on my screen, touching the screen, then licking his fingers and saying "mmm mom!" oh yeah, and he and i both enjoyed it again for breakfast this morning!
after an almost catastrophe (one of my bags of party stuff got left at party city... i almost cried. then my brother picked it up on his way to my house and all was well with the universe) the party was great! it was typical family chaos... we are a really loud bunch of people! jen actually thanked me for letting her finally experience one of the family parties she hears so much about! we may have finally completely frightened our neighbors though...
i decided to add a video clip because 1. i have never done one before and wanted to try it. and 2. it will give you a taste of the chaos that i call my family...

and then there are his gifts... a dirt bike/snowmobile helmet is a normal gift for a 2 year old right???there was a plethora of other toys... trucks with trailers, quad toys, play dough, tractor toys etc.
then there was jen and heffay's toy... a dirt bike that makes dirt bike noises. i told jen that this would be what woke me up this morning... she thought i was kidding. i wasn't. i woke up this morning to this dirt bike toy being revved up on my left cheek. boys... such interesting creatures!

we had so much fun yesterday at carter's party... thanks to everyone for everything! i am home with him today (i must have gotten a little "sick" from all the cleaning and preparing i did this weekend!)

now i need to get myself back into sewing again (i say that a lot don't i?) but for now, we have dirt bikes to play with...

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ADDENDUM!!!

as i was sweeping/mopping the kitchen floor, carter was VERY quiet in the living room. he had been playing very quietly with his new presents so i didn't really think much of it. then the smell hit me. i guess he's on his way to start potty training because he took his diaper off BEFORE pooping... but he pooped all over the floor. as if that were not enough, he then decided to smear the poop ALL OVER MY LEATHER COUCHES!!! did i mention i just had my carpets cleaned on saturday???

let me just say that i'm so glad i took today off to hang out with him (sarcasm).

quick update...

so crazy pants lost his other front tooth... he and his brother were pretending to be dogs and were crawling around in the living room. clay tried to bite carter in the leg and oops! his other tooth fell out! let me also point out that they got their hair cut yesterday... so now the school pictures will be complete with a haircut and both missing teeth...

move over x games...

so as you can see, clay cut his hair this weekend. he said he was mad that his brother ripped his art project he had been working on. so apparently the solution to that anger was to cut his own hair. now don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that i wish he had cut his brother's hair, but wouldn't that make more sense??? oh yeah, and guess when school pictures are... FRIDAY!!! guess who is getting a haircut this week (probably a buzz cut)...
then there is carter... he also needs a haircut. i have such a hard time cutting his hair though... i LOVE those curls! as you can see in this picture, he apparently also needs a bath! he was loving life yesterday running around in the yard and playing with the hose.

look at the eyes on grace (stella)... don't let her sweet little face fool you though!

and then there is this sweet little guy...

so this week thursday is carter's 2nd birthday... just wait til you all see the cake i have planned!!!

i'm so greedy

so i actually accomplished another bag last night! ok, ok, so i made it for my big fat selfish self... but anyhoo, i still made something right? my machine was sounding a little overworked going through all that denim, but she pulled through like a champ!

not too much else to say! school is back in session and is STARTING to get into the routine of things... clay is a big 1st grader, and his teacher has reported that he has been awesome!!! i'm so glad... he's been a titch mouthy lately. i think he gets it from his father! ;) does anyone out there have any good back to school stories? is anyone out there actually reading this blog?

well folks, i'm gonna keep on keepin on... i have a lot of sewing planned for this weekend... let's see if it happens!

did i really say that???

so yeah, we are rednecks. i know this picture is kind of blurry, but the gist of it is this... clay is holding a dead squirrel. gerry and clay were SO excited sunday to go squirrel hunting... they got all camo-ed up and headed out into the woods behind our house with gerry's 22. now don't let me fool you... i know NOTHING about guns, the only reason i know they took a 22 is because clay told me over and over again that "we got a squirrel with my dad's 22!" as a side note, i find it so funny that he always refers to gerry as "my dad", i am "my mom", carter is "my brother". it's cute... anyhoo, he was so excited that when he woke up the next morning he told my sister in law, as he waited for the bus, that mom was going to cook his squirrel for dinner... any parent knows that sometimes you say things to your kids that you NEVER in your life thought you would ever say... this was one of those times. i had to crush his hopes and dreams and tell him "we will NEVER eat squirrel buddy".

miracles DO happen!

so i actually did some sewing today! gasp! it's a miracle! and i will tell you what, as i sat there stitching away, i remembered how much fun it is. it's very relaxing (sort of) and mind erasing. i sat there, watching the *mtv vma's and making the bag that i was supposed to make a month ago for gerry's little cousin's birthday gift. oops! sorry lex!

i love this denim i used... and i added a little pleat type thing in the front which i think is pretty cute. the denim has a little stretch to it and is softer and not as tough as regular denim... BUT it seems as though i should have washed it first...

hopefully this has now inspired me to get sewing again... i have LOTS to do! :)

*i have to say, that i am thoroughly enjoying this year's awards... i am finding lil wayne strangely attractive... and t.i.? forget about it!!! ;)

for those of you unsure of who in the world i'm talking about (yeah tina, i'm talking to you!)

this is lil wayne (i think it's the tattoos that get me!)

and this is t.i.

is it seriously september???

so today was the first day back to school. how was it you may ask??? i can answer that in one word... disorganized. that's all i'm going to say about that.

we had a fabulous labor day weekend at the land... aka last weekend of freedom. really i'm happy to be back to work... i need the structure and schedule. you know who else needs that structure? that would be clay... who by the way lost his front tooth! (notice the mud on his forehead!)

how cute is he? every time he smiles or talks, i giggle! he starts first grade tomorrow. yeah, FIRST GRADE! i'm not sure why, but first grade seems 47 years older than kindergarden... not sure why, but it's freaking me out!

on the sewing front, tina and i decided to skip this month's indie market... thank goodness! i have done NOTHING!!! i need to get on it. can anyone motivate me???