Sweet baby boy and the hospital.

Today Owen was admitted to the hospital.  He has RSV, strep throat and possibly phenomena....if we ever get to get his xrays! It has been a long day. They put in a IV tube - with no IV hooked to it yet - which he thinks they gave him as a toy and so my entire evening has been trying to keep him away from this appealing plastic tube hanging off his hand.  I finally got him to fall asleep and here comes the nurse to take his temp....rectally. Not asleep anymore.

We did discover that Owen loves the sound of the webcam on the laptop....so here we are.  Horrible hat hair and everything.  I'l take my smiles from my sweet boy anyway that I can.

simone.trahan.photography blog

According to my blog, http://simonetrahanphotography.blogspot.com/ , I have one follower from Ukraine and 44 from Russia! That makes my heart happy - I have a special place for Ukraine in my heart.  The month I worked there will never been forgotten.  Plus! I know some pretty amazing little Ukrainians that are now part of our loving church family! Go adoption!

There's my 12:30 am happy moment.

Thank you.

This month a friend shared some very inspiring things with me - rather things about me.  She shared with me about how I was inspiring her and such wonderful kind words about myself as a person, a mother, a wife.

I am not sure how to convey how humbled I was to hear such things.  It took me a long time to write her back because I honestly didn't know what to say! Truth be told, I generally feel inadequate 99% of the time.  I feel like an inadequate wife, mother, worker, person.  I feel that I am always too busy or short tempered or inpatient.  I let the world beat me up.  I worry - constantly! I look around at all these wonderful, Godly women that I aspire to be like and I feel the ball stops short of the hole on my end.  So to hear that to someone else thinks that I am something to be aspired after was very humbling.  

Thank you, friend, for lifting my spirits this month.  I appreciate you more than you know.  

Make your own wipes!

In this house - we use wipes - for everything!! So when I heard about making our own for cheap I was on board....while the glue and paint are drying on our Advent Calendar, I thought I would show how we made our own wipes.  I know there are other blogs out there that have shown this - but this is an account of our experience!

 You will need : 1 roll of paper towels.  2 cups of distilled water (or boil 2 cups and then let them cool to room temperature).  2 tablespoons of baby wash and 1 table spoon of baby oil. One container with a lid - mine is a little excessive but its what I had! Total spent - $2.20 to make 204 wipes.  204 wipes store bought = $10.00 or more depending on brand.  

1 roll of paper towels - we liked using the Viva because they are soft.  I got the select a size roll for $2.20.  Baby oil and baby wash - which most of you probably already have!  

Use a sharp, serrated knife to cut your roll in half.  The blog I saw had the roll all pretty and clean when it was cut - mine did not.  :)  Here is what it actually looked like...and it only got worse.  Take the middle card board peice out.  Set one half aside for next time.

 Place the baby wash, oil and water in your container.  Place one half of your paper towel roll (cut side down) in the bottom and close the lid.  Let it sit until all the liquid is absorbed.  Turn your whole container up side down and let it sit this way for 10-20 minutes.  Turn right side up and enjoy!!

Honey....

I just showed my wonderful husband the new camera I want next year....I think he almost passed out.

D300...we will meet one day. love, Simone.

Friday, November 25th

I feel like I have been working non stop for the last two days with no sleep, almost got run over for some ipods, and had to scream at hundreds of people all day....oh  wait.  All of those things did happen.  I feel like crud. 

I will never understand how buying gifts for others brings out the worst in a person.  It's just things.  Gifts will all be forgotten - but the way you treat people remains.

On a happier note - my baby boy is 4 months old today.  I might be too tired to do anything else - but I can tell you there will be snuggling! 

Me and my little man yesterday.  LOVE HIM! He makes my heart smile.  

Pinterest

Anyone else addicted to Pinterest???  Just me?  Okay.  I heart pinterest - I even made a follow me link on the side of my blog (if you haven't noticed, its above our families pictures).  So to make better use of all the useful things I pin - I decided that every week I will make something new, try a new hair style, and organize somewhere in my house.  Sounds like a good plan - its not like I am super busy already or anything....

Week 1:

 I did a new hair style! Turned out super cute (even though my boss told me I looked like a hippy) and I will post a picture as soon as I can figure out how to upload from my new tablet.  As I have said many times - I am not technologically advanced! PS...when I did it...I was so super excited about it that I downloaded a camera app and toke pictures before work and was almost late!

Last night I made a book.  Really fun - very time consuming.  I got the idea from this post on pinterest:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/80417875/abc-scriptures-for-kids

Now, hers are much prettier than mine - but I don't use things that use scriptures out of context, manipulate them, or multipul versions so I made my own.  Thank you Photoshop! And thanks to a sale at Shutterfly - my books are on their way! Pictures of my own books will come soon.

Now I am off to organize my closet - which is in dire need! It may take me all day since I will have little helpers...but it will be fun.  

Happy Thanksgiving Eve - I work overnight tonight so I must organize and then sleep!