I've got reasons...

I can think of a zillion reasons why I've neglected this blog (and my house, and my kids and Wade...):

1. The holidays.

2. The holidays.

3. The projects to finish before the holidays.

4. The holidays.

Ha ha. It's true. The holidays have been crazy. Not like crazy psycho crazy but crazy busy crazy.

There were the holiday neighbor gifts...

(I totally stole this picture off of the internet. We had a cuter card)

There were the cards to send out...

There was Charlotte's School Christmas program... (p.s. my camera wasn't charged.)

I was late to her program by a few minutes (dropping off Jack and Kate at a babysitters). When I sat down, Charlotte was doing one of her first numbers. They were ringing bells. It was so cute but this annoying child, named Dakota, kept bothering her. They were all sitting on stage and he just kept scooting next to her. She had tears running down her face. She was elbowing him constantly. But the stupid kid wouldn't stop. I went down to show her I was there and that things were okay. I wanted to stop the kid but at the same time felt the parents (who might I add, are thick rednecks) should've done something about it. I'm sure they thought it was hilarious, along with others. But for me, my heart was breaking.

After the dance finished, I followed her backstage. I noticed the HUGE bruise on her forehead. They left a message telling me that she had fallen. But this was so big. I think she was still trying to overcome the emotions from that and then stupid Dakota bothering her. Sorry, I'm using language like stupid but I have to. It's how I feel. Anywho. They said she was adament she wanted to stay. They said she said "I want to dance with my friends". And let me tell you. She did. And it was beautiful. The above picture, my wonderful friend Jenny took. Her son is in the program with Charlotte. It made me swell up. I didn't cry, I always fight crying in public. I don't know why. I do. I'm trying to overcome it. I need to let my emotions just happen. I mean, this was where she was:

And this is where she is now

(this picture was on the front page of the Cache Valley Newspaper. )

It was quite an emotional dance. So beautiful.

The theme was to the Polar Express movie. The boys tapped, she did ballet. It was cute and short. And we had a cute Christmas party afterwards.

Ok. And there were the projects to sew for Kate before Christmas...

Her hooded towel.

And her bedskirt and pillows. I wanted her to have her own. My friend, Nicki, did it for her girl and I thought, yeah! I'll just make a cute bedskirt!! Well, it started as that. Then I had to do cute pillows at that.

It might be hard to see but it's dark gray with little black polka dots. Let me tell you how HARD it was to choose fabric. So many colors and options. BLAH. Ha ha. It looks sooo cute in person.

That black pillow I love like crazy. I got the idea off of Kecia (SIL) who bought one. It was easy to make!!

Christmas Shopping. Christmas Eve preparations and Christmas Day dinner. And New years...oh this list is getting long!

And having 3 kids is killing me. Not literally. But organization/time wise. I just can't seem to grasp it. My house has been a pigsty. Kate's been teething and I can't get her to eat. The kids just were so excited for Christmas, they're going bananas and it just keeps going and going.

And now that it's January 13th GASP...It's come down to, trying to grasp the organization thingy, the lose weight thingy, and dealing with the fussy baby who doesn't like the food I give her thingy.

My organizational problem is a little from this: because I wasn't satisfied with Kate's bedskirt and pillows. It needed a sheet. And a blanket. And the bedskirt needed something else. SO because of my decision to add to her bedding 2 weeks ago, I haven't been cleaning well. And it makes me sick. BUT I finished the blanket today. I did the sheet like 8 days ago. AND it looks WONDERFUL. I'm so pleased with myself. And just FYI. SHEETS are so EASY to make!! And you can coordinate them with your bedding!! So, I think I'll make more, more often!

The sheet and pillows :)

Here it is all together. Ignore my storage underneath...haha It looks really awesome in person! Oh and notice the ric rac on the bedskirt? Yeah. It looks better. :)

And then, I had extra fabric. I had a photo board that needed to be repurposed. So Wade and I stapled and glued and redid it. Now it's a bow holder for both the girls. My other one was too small!!

Oh and today, had to do this last thing with all the extra fabric.

My lose weight thingy:

It's been going well. I hate cravings but that's generally my only problem. I don't give in. I've got a long way to go due to all the weight I gained from Kate. So, here I go. We've been doing awesome!! And exercise. I've been enjoying it!! I love Turbo Jam and our new little toy. You know, the thing I promised never would exist in our house. But I realized that video games aren't how they used to be. They involve the whole family. Especially when you laugh at the one doing the hula hoop. Good times. And good exercise!!

And my little missy moo. So fussy. It's been worse. It's been hard. I can't sit. I can't walk away from her. Unless I hold her. It was getting better but once she started teething before Christmas, it was AWFUL. Sleep was hard. Once she got her first tooth (on Christmas day!!) she was amazing. Until like 1 week later. She just popped a second one. So now, she's got one upper and one lower. So cute. And she's still grumpy, so I'm thinking another is on its way.

And this. This is my last project for awhile!! I might not get to it for a little bit. My kids need me. I want to be organized and keep up with blogging. And my house. Oh my house needs me too..

So, I'm going to be posting on Thanksgiving and then Christmas! And then I'll be caught up and regularly update the blog. I've got to be better! It's our family journal. And I DO apologize for not commenting on your blogs. I promise to be better at that too!!

If you want to make one too, click here for directions :) And if you do, TELL ME! I wanna see it!