I am SO in love with my new purse. I bough it at Old Navy (where else?). It wasn’t the best purse to take to Las Vegas, because it doesn’t have a shoulder strap and it got a little old carrying it everywhere with my heavy camera in it. I think my hand is STILL sore.
Isn’t it JUST so great?
It also comes in pink, but I’ve been so into green lately.
I also got these shoes at Old Navy.
AHHHH, Old Navy… What would I do with out you?
Honor has been up to his usual stinker self. His latest thing is to open up a box of tea bags and rip them open. He can find the biggest possible mess in ANYTHING. I made the mistake of leaving my empty tea cup by my bed and he managed to find it. He ripped open the wet tea bag and smeared it EVERYWHERE. What is it with this kid smearing things all over my bed? Until this stinker came along, I was sure I wanted to have 3 or 4 kids, now I’m wondering if I would survive four kids?
On the up side, he hasn’t had any more signs of asthma. He will go in for a follow up check up next week and we’ll see where the doctor wants to go from there.
Eden stayed at her friend Madison’s house last night for her first sleepover where her brother wasn’t there. I’m assuming that she had a great time, I haven’t got a call yet. I just can’t believe how BIG she’s getting.
Saturday we went to Target. Twice. (We really like Target.) The first trip was kind of a bust, but the second we came home with this.
Honor was SO fascinated with the fire, so I’m sure you can guess that we were busy all night trying to keep him away from it.
We had to stop for a booger break. (If you look closely you can see Jim’s grimace. He hates snot. He freaks out every time he has to wipe a runny nose, which is quite often. He’d rather deal with puke than snot. I, however would not and I will forever be the one that gets puked on EVERY SINGLE TIME.)
All I need to say about this is GRUMPY PANTS!
She did get a little sweeter, but only a little. She is such a three year old.
We finished off the night roasting marshmallows over our new fire. One small (really small) problem. All we had were mini marshmallows. But, hey, it worked…. kind of.
(You can’t say I didn’t warn you about the picture overload, I’m addicted to this Nikon!)
Monday
Farafalle with marinara and meatballs
Tuesday
Enchilada Casserole
Wednesday
Subway
Thursday
Tacos
Weekend Options
Hamburgers
Sweet and Sour Chicken
Saturday we’re going to switch our friends Adam and Melissa. This Saturday we get to go out on a date while they watch our kids and then the 3rd Saturday of the month, we’ll take their kiddos. Needless to say, I’m very excited about our date!
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We had a really nice trip. There’s so much to tell, I think I’ll just list out the highlights.
*There was a Starbucks 10 feet from our room (much to Brooke’s delight)
*I immedialty won $46. Brooke was getting frustrated with her machine because she wasn’t winning anything, so the first nickel I put in, I won 6 bucks. (That is pretty telling of how our whole gambling experience was.)
*It was too cold to swim (although some crazy people were) but we did get to sit by the pool and knit. I taught Brooke how to cable – she was shocked at how easy it is.
*Brooke almost called the front desk to ask what time Alias was on. Yes, she’s even more addicted than I am. I thought it was on at 9pm, she thought it was on at 7pm. She was right and we missed it during dinner.
*We discovered that riding the monorail in Vegas takes almost as much time as just walking would (since you have to walk through the whole casino to get to it). But it was fun anyway.
*The fountains at the Bellagio weren’t going because it was too windy, but here’s a picture of me and Brooke inside.
*Cesars Palace was a fun maze of shops, but it was quite pricey. I don’t understand how people can pay $500 for a Louis Vuitton bag. It has also more than tripled in size since I was last there, 9 years ago.
*We really enjoyed the Fashion Show Mall, it made us realize how truly pathetic our mall is here.
*Paris was our favorite casino. It was really relaxing and peaceful to walk around the shops. We didn’t want to pay NINE bucks to ride up the Eiffel Tower elevator, but now I kinda wish we would have.
*As we traveled back to Mesquite around 11pm, we were able to see all the lights of the city. Las Vegas is HUGE! It makes Grand Junction look like a teeny, tiny ghost town.
*Friday, before we left, we went and got our massages at the spa. Before hand we floated in the mineral pools. It was SO relaxing. Unfortunately, driving through two blizzards on the way home, kinda tensed me back up.
*And for the funniest part of the whole trip: As we waited in traffic, we watched a guy pick his nose and EAT IT.
I made this little clutch over the weekend. It’s a knock off of the Margaret and Nicole clutch.
I’m pretty proud of how it turned out, it’s Eden sized, but I think I’ll try to make a larger one too.
My friend Brooke and I are leaving early, early tomorrow for Mesquite, Nevada. You may not hear from me until Monday unless our hotel has wireless internet access. The forecast calls for rain Wed, Thurs and Friday, so keep your fingers crossed for us, we’ve both got brand new swimming suits that we’re wanting to break in.
Also, the menu will be back next week too, but I’ll tell you that Jim’s got a wide assortment of frozen pizzas and meals at his disposal to eat while I’m gone.
I spent the morning at the doctors office. Honor had an asthma attack. He’s never had one before. It started in the middle of the night last night with him sounding very congested. We’ve never dealt with this before, so we didn’t really know what was happening. When his wheezing got worse this morning, I took him into the doctors office.
He’s just so miserable, I feel so bad for him. The doctor sent us over to the out patient clinic next door so Honor could have a nebulizer treatment. It was awful. It took 3 of us to hold him down for the 10 minutes he had to have the breathing mask on. It was so hard to see him so scared, his face was red and he was screaming as huge alligator tears welled up underneath the mask. It helped him a lot though, he wasn’t wheezing at all by the time we left.
Unfortunately, the treatment didn’t last very long. By the time we were leaving the pharmacy, the wheezing had started up again. As soon as I got home, I gave him the liquid Albuterol and Prednisone. It’s been 45 minutes and his breathing is starting to sound better, but it’s not normal. I just feel so bad for the little guy, I just don’t really know what to do for him. It just makes me really sad that he’s probably going to have to deal with this for the rest of his life.
We brought the camera home from the office this weekend. I think I’m in love. It’s a Nikon D70, the same as Dooce uses.
Anyway, if I overload you with photos, you’ll know why. The thing I love best about the camera so far is that when I push the button it actually takes the photo, no delay. See, the good people at Nikon know that when photographing children, if you have even the slightest delay, you’ll end up getting a picture of them picking their noses instead of smiling so prettily.
Here I am with my little spud.
Eden blowing on a dandelion
Jim cleaning the blood off Honor’s face after he found a piece of BROKEN GLASS and tried to EAT IT (I have no words…)
Well, I only ended up with four kids today. I think I might survive! I just keep telling myself, this time next week, I’ll be laying by the pool in Mesquite, Nevada. My friend Brooke and I (and JUST my friend Brooke and I – no kids!!!) are leaving EARLY next Wednesday to say in Mesquite for a few days. We’ll probably drive the hour to Las Vegas for a day trip as well. I’m just excited to be laying by the pool. If anyone knows of a killer yarn store in Las Vegas or anywhere between Las Vegas and Grand Junction, Colorado, let me know. We all know that the trip will be THAT much better if there’s yarn involved.