Lunch with Daddy

We were able to meet Daddy for lunch last month. Its nice that he works so close to home so we can have these special dates.

 We ate a Johnny Rockets that was across the freeway from his work.

 I love this picture of them!

 The food was okay and we might eat there again, but it wasn't a "wow". It was okay . I did like their ketcup display though.

Off to go home now! I think Lincoln enjoys seeing his Daddy during the day as much as I do! He always responds to his voice!

I think this is how Travis and I will be dating for the next several years....lunch dates with Lincoln!

Lincoln

Oh I love my little baby! He is 3 months now and I just remembered why I love this age so much! It is when they really start communicating with you!

 The many faces of Lincoln. I will have to try and find a baby picture of all my boys because they all look alike so much! At times I think he looks like Nathan, than Brandon than Kimball. But whatever it is....he's adorable!

 I love his smiles! He is getting so much better at it every day! He is the happiest in the morning once he wakes up!

 He has also started to grow into his hair!

I can't wait until it becomes warmer so that he can have his hands free. Right now we wear socks on them to keep them warm.

I just realized I haven't done any Monthly pictures of him...I didn't with the other boys and let me tell you how hard it is to try and do the same for each kid!!

Belated Birthday Party

Well since we had to postpone Brandon's birthday party due to a sick Lincoln, we were able to finally have it at the end of January. We had 5 boys from our local church come! I was so happy! Brandon had a blast and it was nice to see that the boys had a lot of patience with Brandon.

 Here are the treat bags that we made for the boys to take home. We sent out of total of 10 invitations so I made sure we had enough! The boys (my boys) were happy that there was left overs!

 His Creeper Cupcakes/Cakes :D

 Treats to go with our pizza lunch.

 Decorations...we had balloons and streamers everywhere.

 We did melting beads and minecraft heads.

 Here are some of the boys making melted beads.

 Eating cupcakes and ice cream

 I made a little creeper for Brandon and he just loved it!

It now resides in his bedroom along with a ghostly head.

I would say the only bad thing about the party was the fact that seeing boys Brandon's age I saw on a social level where Brandon should be and he was WAY below. But we can only go up from here. I love my Brandon! I'm very grateful that he has a few boys he can call friends and that they can come over whenever he would like. It's nice to see that there are some good kids out there!

Busy Busy Bee

Oh it feels so good to be sewing again! It makes me so happy!

 First I got myself a new to me little table that my sewing machine will sit on permanently! YEAH!

 I broke in my table working on some more old WIP's. Like my Carl Jr's drink? The power of Diet Coke.

 I just love my trimming piles!

 Than I decided that I needed to make a practice block for a commissioned quilt I am working on. So while I was waiting for the fabric I pulled some fabric from my stash and started working. Isn't it an adorable block?

 Than I got the fabric in and started cutting and making the million half square triangles.

The blocks are now now and the quilt top is actually put together now, just waiting to baste, quilt and do the binding!

Now for the Heart Sew and Swap ...

 I went and got some fabric...so pretty....

 and made this. Sorry the picture is so terrible but I was too excited to post some pictures online than wait till morning for better light.

 Than I had extras so I made my attempt to make some pin cushions.....well the first one is my first attempt and it's way too big. So I made the second one, just right. I think I am going to make the first one into a mini quilt and hang it on my wall...I am have great plans for MANY mini wall quilts for my home.  (Notice the diet coke, peanut M&M's and sudafed? Its what's getting me through these days!)

 Than my partner loves penguins so I made some attempts at some crocheted ones...

 Tried a different color....

 Well she likes the black ones so I made her some!

 Adorable right? But now I have a total of 5 penguins...some practice and than two that will be shipped off...I realized I have a little penguin family!

Than last but not the least... I finally designed a baby quilt for my newest niece! Her Mommy LOVES butterflies and so I decided to make that the theme of this quilt. I am thinking of maybe adding a teal butterfly to the mix, and than of course all the little blocks will be different hues of the the color out of many different fabrics. Make sense? Well as soon as I finish up the 3 to 4 quilts I am currently working on I will start it! But it will be a quick one. I can't wait to make it!

Turning 11 with Aspergers

My little man turned 11 this month! I can't believe how old he is getting! He is improving so much in some areas that it makes me so proud but than in others we are still stuck.

He decided that he wanted to have a Mine Craft party for his birthday and invited 5 boys from school. We had to give out the invites before the Winter Break at school so I was hoping that 2 weeks before the party wasn't too long of a time.

Well 2 boys said "no" right away (breaks my heart) and the other 3 said yes. Well the week of the party we had a little sickness in our house. Lincoln got RSV and we had a trip to the ER. But we decided that we needed to postpone the party until Lincoln was better. Well I had no way of getting a hold of 2 or the 3 boys for the party and since none of the 3 boys RSVPed I was left with only calling the one. I was hoping that they would show up on the party date and that their parents just didn't want to call. No such luck.

Now we haven't set a date for the party but I am not sure we will get one. Maybe we will just do a sleepover in a later month. But it's sad so see my little boy who is finally at the age of 11 wanting to make friends and his attempts have failed. I must try to focus on the positive and think that he is now trying and that soon he will have a friend that will stick by him, even when he can be a bit wild or silly.

So no friend party and having told all extended family to stay home so we wouldn't pass along our sickness we had a little family party. We melted beads into Mine Craft pieces and then we had a movie night with pizza, cake, ice cream and root beer floats! It was a fun!

I wish I could put a rock on my kids' head and make them stay little! But as they keep telling me, "no, Mom"!