Happy Birthday

To my baby, Mikey! Four years ago today, my life was turned upside down. Mikey has been challenging since he was just a tiny baby. I remember how much he would cry because he absolutely hated bathing or having his face cleaned or his clothes changed, ect, ect...lol, he did not like to be messed with. Which is funny because he's still like that to this day! Well, he's eased up...just a bit. He's my little drama maker, he's a tornado of energy, he's a smart and silly boy. He's also my snuggly boy who showers me with tons of hugs and kisses...TONS! He loves to be outside...doesn't matter if it's freezing cold or unbearably hot...he's definately an outdoor person..which I am not. He loves Nick Jr. and drawing and building things with his K'nex or his building blocks...he's very creative. Just like Elijah, he's mommy's boy :) Happy Birthday my little monkey! Mommy loves you so, so very much :)

George is getting frustrated!!!

WHEN will this be over?? Yesterday, I dared to go out of the house because I was going stir crazy and couldn't imagine staying in for a whole other week. So I ventured out with my crutches hoping it wouldn't be so bad...WRONG! The first place we went to was The Dollar Tree because Miguel wanted to get some stuff. I'm not kidding, it took me like five minutes just to get inside the store! And then once in there, I had to find something to lean against to rest. I had to hop another five minutes just to get somewhere out of the way that wasn't crowded with people. At this point...roughly about 10 minutes into my adventure...I wanted to go home. Shopping is NO fun when you have to hop on crutches :(:( I decided to go wait outside and then attempt to make it to the Michael's next door. It took me about twenty minutes to get there too. I stopped about four times to rest up against the building. Once inside, I think I spent all of like ten minutes hobbling around, resting, and trying to look...I walked down two aisles and then planted myself next to a K&Co. display and waited for Miguel to come find us...fun, fun, fun! I didn't even try to make it back to the truck. I waited at the curb for Miguel to come get me and boy did it feel GREAT to sit down and rest my legs. I say legs because it's not just my "bad" ankle that hurts. My "good" leg and foot were hurting horribly...I guess from carrying all my weight. Plus that was probably the most I'd "walked" since the accident last week because usually it's just a few feet to the bathroom then back to the couch or to the bed or stuff like that. Our next stop was Target and God bless Target for having those motorized cart thingies! Although I was bit scared of hitting someone, but I got the hang of it pretty quickly. Oh, and on my way in to the store, this dear, SWEET older woman saw me struggling across the crosswalk trying to catch up to Miguel who was walking ahead of me with Mikey and she slowed down to walk next to me and was talking to me and was like "you poor thing, sometimes it feels better just to have someone sympathize with you doesn't it?" I wanted to hug this woman! LOL I just thought it was so very sweet for a perfect stranger to show such compassion. So, I got Mikey a few gifts for his upcoming birthday next week and found the keyboard I want to get Lij, but they were out of it. Oh, and I got Miguel some headphones for the tv for Christmas or his birthday...they are just days apart. After we left there, I decided I had enough excitement for the day...or at least "walking" so we picked up some McD's for the kids, dropped them back off at home with my mom and headed out to dinner and a movie. We ate at Chili's and that was nice since it was just sitting. We watched "Four Christmases" which both me and Miguel had wanted to see. It was funny, but not as funny as I thought it was going to be from the previews. OH, before we entered the theaters, I was waiting for Miguel to park the truck, so I was making my way to the doors and then I had paused a ways from them and a young guy/boy...whatever, comes up to me and asks me if I need help with the door. I thanked him...twice..and said I was waiting for someone. Also, before we went in, I had to go to the bathroom and before I even got to the door, a young girl who worked there ran ahead of me and held the door open. It's things like that...when people do nice things "just because" that make me feel so good inside. There "are" still alot of good people in the world...wish there were more, but it gives me hope that maybe humanity is not totally lost. After the movie, we came home. We decided to put off our grocery shopping until today after we take Lij home. I sure hope the HEB we go to has those motorized carts or I'm waiting in the truck. Every part of my body hurts today...my hands, my arms, my abs, both my legs and of course my ankle. You should have seen my "bad" foot last night. I guess from all the moving it around and not having it elevated. It was HUGE!! Even my toes were swollen...I couldn't even move them! I should have taken a picture. I know that it could be worse. I could have broken a bone, Mikey could have gotten hurt too...I know that. I'm so very thankful to God that it was only a sprain and fracture, but I am getting so frustrated and impatient that I can't do what I want/need to do. Everything is a million times harder, takes that much longer. It is irking me to no end to not have the house in order the way I want it to be. I know it's trivial...it shouldn't matter as much as it does, but I can't help it...it does..that's just me. I can't function in disorder. It doesn't help me with everything else to have everything out of order on top of it. I just want to scream! And clean...but I can't. Please, please pray that I have a faster recovery so that I can keep my sanity. Here's a pic of how swollen my foot was the other day. I think you can even see how my toes look swollen too.

Oh, forgot to mention that I'm almost done with the Twilight book. I've been reading every chance I get....I have about 200 pages to go. I bet I'll finish by tomorrow!

A Surprise

Look what I got in the mail today! My dear, sweet friend Melissa sent it to me :) I wasn't even expecting it which makes it so much nicer! I IM with her just about every day and I had told her about my ankle and she sent me a sweet little note saying that she hoped this would give me something to do while I have to just sit around. SO thoughtful of her. I am so lucky to have her as my friend :) Thank you so much, Melissa :)

YAY! I did some scrapping today :)

I was thinking of an idea for a LO last night while I was laying in bed waiting to fall asleep. Last night was a treat...I got to sleep in our bed last night with Mikey instead of the very uncomfortable couch. Well, it's not uncomfortable, but three nights in a row of sleeping there is enough for me. I still propped my leg up on a pillow and it was fine. I did wake up around four a.m. in pain. I don't know if maybe I moved it around while I was asleep and hurt it, but I took some ibuprofen and went back to sleep. Anyway, getting back to the LO. I had the idea for it and it turned out just as I had pictured it. Still 8.5x11. I just LOVE those AC puffy thickers and see the cute little puffy owl sticker? Love it too! Got it at M's. My ankle is feeling alot better. Better enough that I can "rest" my foot flat on the floor or on the edge of my stool when I sit here. At first, I couldn't even touch it to anything without it hurting. I still can't step on it or put any weight on it...I've tried! Not my whole weight, but I was trying to just "lean" on it a bit and it hurt so I guess I'm not ready for that yet...baby steps I guess. But I'm getting there...yay. Hopefully by next weekend, I can walk on it even if I have to limp. As long as I can lose the crutches. We won't be going anywhere or doing anything this weekend other than hanging out at home since I can't move. So hopefully by next weekend, I can get out somewhere. I don't think I can go TWO weekends without going somewhere...I'll go stir crazy! Okay,that's all for now :)

Has it only been TWO days???

I cannot...I repeat...CANNOT be laid up and on crutches for three weeks! I can't even imagine another couple of days! It is SO hard! I can't move how I want...I can't move as fast as I want, I can't do what I want. I surely can't keep up with Mikey and his oh, soooo active ways. He is just all over the place and runs circles around me anytime I get up to walk on my crutches which is really just to go to the bathroom or to come sit here to give myself a little break from vegging on the couch. You'd think it would be nice to just lay on the couch and watch tv, but it's not! Maybe it would be if I could lay in a position other than with my leg elevated. And I have to lay on the same side of the couch with my bad ankle to the inside because if it's to the outside, I'm afraid Mikey will bump into it...which he has already done twice today. And I can't even come and sit at the computer or scrap like I thought I could because I can only keep my ankle "down" for a very short time before it starts hurting. So there IS a reason for keeping it elevated apparently! LOL Chon came over today to help me out with Mikey and it went pretty good. I really just need someone to help me with getting stuff for Mikey and well some stuff for me since I can't really "carry" anything and use my crutches at the same time. After my sister left, I did somehow manage to go into the kitchen and make myself a sandwich and pour Mikey some juice with a little help from Mikey and no spills :) My "good" ankle though which really isn't my "good" ankle because that's the one that had been hurting me from running on the treadmill is starting to hurt me too...I guess from putting all my weight on it when it's really not 100%. UGH, I feel so old and like all my parts are giving out! I know I've been told that I don't look my age, but at times like these...I sure feel it. Well, you look it...well, I feel it..well, you look it.. That's a little inside joke between me and my sis. Anyone know where that's from? It's not like my 37 year old body can take a fall and just get up and recover like I could say when I was 20. So many parts of my body hurt from the fall....makes it more real to me that I really "am" that old :( Anywho, that's my little pity party...you're all invited..and while you're here...can you grab that thing over there for me? Thanks :)

Look at what I went and did....

I fractured my ankle :( We were just getting home from dropping off Elijah at his dad's and had stopped at Wal Mart, HEB and Taco Cabana for some dinner to eat at home. Miguel had taken most of the bags down and I got Mikey and one bag. Anyway, I was carrying Mikey and must have lost my footing while stepping off the driveway (there's like a six or seven inch drop) and slipped and fell. Thankfully, when I felt myself slipping, I picked Mikey up higher so he was just fine (thank God), but my right ankle bent to the left and "popped" and bent to the right and "popped" and then I fell on top of it! Can you say OUCH?!? I just screamed for Miguel because he was already inside and he ran out and I got him to take Mikey in and then come back for me because I knew I wasn't going to be able to get up or walk on my own. I hopped into the kitchen on one foot and took off my shoe and my ankle and leg were huge and I was in SO much pain. I've twisted/sprained this same ankle before, but I don't remember the "popping" sound or this much pain so it must not have been that bad the last time. We went to the ER and thankfully, there was absolutely no one waiting and they took me right in, gave me some pain meds and took some xrays. The doctor said it was badly sprained and fractured...a little piece of bone is poking through the tendon or something like that. They gave me a splint and crutches and told me to stay off of it for a couple of weeks, keep it elevated, ice it and follow up with an ortho to make sure the bone went back to where it should be. I think I might have hurt my other ankle in the fall too because now that I've only been hopping on that one, I notice that it hurts so I'm trying to not even get up and move around at all. It does hurt pretty badly still on and off...more when I try to move it, but the pain meds they gave me make me really nauseous and I just HATE feeling nauseous so I decided I'm not taking those anymore. I'd rather be in pain than feel like puking. I am taking the Ibuprofen they gave me for the swelling. Sitting around and not being able to do anything is NOT easy for me at all. I want things a certain way and it's hard to not be able to do it. Maybe this is a sign that I need to slow down and not worry about those kinds of things so much. I have to admit, it's kind of nice having Miguel do things for me :) Mikey is getting a tad out of hand though knowing I can't get up. I keep telling him I'm not going to be laid up on the couch forever! So, that's what is going on with me. Maybe I can get some scrapping done now that I can't really do anything else! Please send some good vibes my way that I won't have to be on crutches for 3 weeks..I'll go nuts!! :)

A Good Day

So, today was a pretty good day. We all woke up early and Miguel got an early start on his leaf raking :) We got dressed and had breakfast and Miguel was done raking before we even left, so I left Mikey and Lij here with him...yay :) I got a couple of hours of kid free shopping...can't beat that!! We went by Target, but I didn't get anything there. Then we went by M's to use some coupons we had. I got that Martha Stewart simple scallop punch that I'd been wanting, but couldn't find anymore. They had it!! And with a coupon, it only came out to $4.80! You CANNOT beat that!! I also got some cool alpha stamps, some too cute puffy owl stickers and me and my sis split a tin of Prima Poinsettias.We came home for lunch and then we left to do our "family thang" :) We went by Big Lots to get a birthday gift and I went to the Dollar Tree right next door and found some of those awesome chipboard alpha stickers and those foam and chipboard accents that resemble the AC stuff...yay!! Then we took the kids to see "Bolt". It was a GREAT movie...loved it! We were laughing the whole time and so were the kids! Then we just did our grocery shopping, picked up some food and came home. Good day all in all. Here are some pics to share :)

Something is up with Blogger and I can't upload pics...will have to wait until tomorrow...night :)

Could it be??

That my mojo is returning?? Oh, please let it be so :) I managed to finish another LO tonight after I read to Mikey and put him to bed and Miguel and Lij were playing a video game. I really love it too! And it didn't seem stressful scrapping tonight...at all :) Maybe it's just hard for me to try to scrap while Mikey is awake and running around...too many distractions. Anyway, I used a bunch of different stuff on it...some new, some kind of old...some pretty old. LOOOOVE those American Crafts puffy Thickers!!! Do they only come in those four colors?? I'd love for them to come out with more colors...maybe even different fonts although I just LOVE this one. Kind of reminds me of a Doodlebug font. Anyway, no more scrapping at least for the weekend. Tomorrow, Miguel decided he wants to rake leaves...sigh...so I'm taking Mikey with me and going shopping with my Mom and sis. I will try not to go broke!! :)

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Finally...some scrapping

So I finally got some scrapping done today. Okay, I don't think "one" page constitutes as "some scrapping", but I'll take it! :) I really love it too! I'm still scrapping in the smaller size. I think right now that I've been feeling in a rut with my scrapping would probably not be the best time to go back to 12x12...too much space to fill...who needs the pressure? I was wanting to scrap some of the pics I took yesterday of me with the kids, but I don't want to push it. It took me about an hour or so just to do the one. But I was getting up and getting the kids stuff, doing other things...it was not uninterrupted scrap time. Maybe later tonight after the kids are in bed. Or maybe tomorrow after we come home and are done with our errands and stuff. We need to go get Mikey's hair cut tomorrow. Lij's is long too, but he doesn't really like when I get his hair cut short (I do love it). So I told him I'd let him grow it out for a while and see what it does. His hair tends to "poke out" and away from his head for a good while until it gets long enough to lay flat. The last part of his pokey hair is almost gone and it's laying flat nicely :) I told him we could leave it long, but take him somewhere to get it styled so that it doesn't just look like a big mop of hair. We'll probably take him next weekend. I think his hair will be good to go by then. Other than that, don't really have any plans for the weekend. We might take the kids to see "Bolt"...not sure. Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend :)