Almost back

It's been a while, but not much has been going on. My little sweetie pie has been sick the past week.

Will be back soon.

Ode to Kaia

I have been meaning to blog about this for a while and when I say a while, I mean since Christmas morning.

Brandon and I received the best Christmas gifts this year. We couldn't have asked for anything better, and my sweet neice knew exactly what we wanted.

We were so excited to open her presents that we were overjoyed and over ecstatic at what we held in our precious hands.

First, I was given the greatest gift of Butt paste, yes that is correct. When she saw it she thought of me and knew that I would know what to do with it. It wasn't for Eamon mind you, but me.

The next best gift was for Brandon to open. To his surprise it was a very personal gift that only he has received. As he unwrapped his present he found a a little cotton ball. Not just any cotton ball, but Kaia's dried blood cotton ball.

When Kaia had gotten hurt and she dabbed her blood on the swab, the first thing she said was "I am going to give this to Brandon." I am so glad to know that Kaia esteems Brandon so much that she is willing to give him her blood.

We just love her!

What was I thinking?

So much for blogging highlights once a week. I think only a week has gone by and then I see that my last post was a long time ago.

As for the title of my blog, Brandon and Eamon had their first fathers and sons campout. Brandon was so excited to take him, and I couldn't have been happier. My night of sleep felt so good.

After they got back, Eamon was dirty from head to toe and I thought, why not give him a little trim since his hair can be pulled up in a pony tail. Well, I told Brandon to get the clippers and thinking that clippers gave trims, he started clipping. It was too late, our son's beautiful head of hair had been sliced down to a mere 3/4's inch. I was devastated, I cried, I got upset and last but not least I said we needed to stop. I couldn't muster up the strength to cut his goldy lock curls off. So our son is now sporting a mullet. It's not so bad, and I am getting used to it, but at least his curls are still intact.

Introducing, Eamon and the mullet cut! All the pictures are after his haircut. His hair is just wet so it looks different in all of them.

Take a look around

Last Monday, Brandon had the day off, so we decided to explore Florida. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing as we headed off to Flager Beach to spend a day of bike sight seeing. We rode through the cute beach town and then off to the tallest lighthouse in all of Florida, the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse. We climbed all 203 steps to the breathtaking view up top.

Following our exercise, we needed some good Florida seaside grub to fill us up. We went to this fun, scenic and local restaurant called Boondocks. The only vegetarian item on the menu was alfredo pasta, I wasn't feeling that so I ventured out and ate fish (a once in a lifetime miracle). I had a Basa blackened, garlic-seared sandwich. It was so delicious, and the greatest thing about it all was it didn't taste like fish. Not one bit, or I wouldn't have eaten it.

Yea for the day off!

I simply remember my favorite things!

Eamon has been so funny this week. He found a new love. MARKERS! As soon as he sees them they are in his hands and never letting go. He showers with them, gets dressed with them, sleeps with them, takes them shopping, in the stroller and all around the house.

Just yesterday, I was feeding him breakfast when he kept on bending down reaching and I thought he wanted to get out, I took him out and sure enough there was a marker right under the table.

It is so funny I don't know what it is, but all I know is they are his buddies.

My recent addictions!

So I have been going crazy doing lots of different crafts, or should I say thinking of wanting to do lots of different crafts.

My amazing sister, made me some beautiful crocheted headbands last year, and I decided I wanted to make them. I then thought well now that I can make them why not try a beanie, if I try a beanie why not try a scarf, if I try a scarf why not try a sweater, if a try a sweater why not try some valentine heart coasters. Anways, you probably get the idea by now.

So for those of you wanting to create some amazing decorations for your face or house, look no more because these websites are so fun to look at.

And believe me it's addicting so beware.

Project #1) Bow and flower headband with lots of other fun creations
http://www.creativeyarn.blogspot.com/

Project #2) Reusable Grocery Bags and No sew wreath
http://soyouthinkyourecrafty-tuts.blogspot.com/

Project #3) Eamons baby book

Project #4) Crochet Hook holder
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/7218/how-to-make-a-super-simple-roll-up-for-organizing-your-crochet-hooks

And if anyone thinks these look cute but can't crochet, believe me anything is possible with Youtube.

So stunning!

I can't believe how fast the time has flown by as Thanksgiving, Christmas and the new year came and went. I have looked back at my not so very good blogging skills and decided that my new blog will consist of a highlight of the week. I am way behind to blog about things of the past so I will start fresh.

We had a wonderful Christmas with all of my family and enjoyed good food, laughter and fun. One thing in particular that we did was get family pictures with the whole clan. I think the pictures turned out great.

So here is the highlight of the week!