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Ribbit

Now taking custom orders for hats at By the Moonlight Creations

All Done

Thanks for the input on the hat.  Even though Audrey doesn't normally like wearing hats, she thought this one was funny enough to wear.  She even had a smile for me which is rare when I take pictures of her.  Actually, she had a few smiles...

Next hat project, FROGGY.

Input Needed

I need some input on a recent project.  Just not sure how I feel about it....

Sock Monkey Hat

Social Butterfly

So Audrey's day turned into Audrey's Week.  My quiet mighty mite has been quite busy meeting new people and reconnecting with old.  It's late and I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night so I'm going to have to make this a quick post.

We started the week with our visit to the Atlantis Play Center.  That ended up being a lot of fun.  We had a few moments of insecurity when two buses full of kids from a daycamp showed up, but Audrey survived and found things at the park to make her happy, away from hoards of children.

Yesterday we finally ended up getting together with Brenda, aka Secret Agent Josephine, and Baby Bug.  We have made many attempts to meet up with each other and it finally came to fruition.  Within 5 minutes of us all meeting each other Audrey was traumatized by an escalator and I thought her screaming would never stop.  Remember the SHUT DOWN mode I mentioned in the park pictures?  Well we were in FULL SHUT DOWN MODE.  That would be Audrey standing stiff as a board with her hands to her side and opening her mouth as wide as she can to scream for what seems like, oh, forever.  Eventually the screaming stopped and we had such a great time.  Brenda is one of the nicest people I have ever met and Baby Bug is the cutest little kiddo.  Her and Audrey hit it off so well.  They had each other belly laughing with each other's antics.  I honestly have never heard Audrey laugh so much.

We wrapped up this week with a visit from the little girl that I used to babysit.  Oh my, she has grown so much.  It's only been a few months but I almost teared up realizing how quickly these kids grow up on us.  Audrey and her picked up like there had been no time between their last visit together.  They must have missed each other because they truly enjoyed being together today.

Audrey has been very timid for a while and hasn't really ever been one to just talk for the sake of talking.  This week has been so good for her.  With all the interaction she had this week, she's been talking up a storm all day today.  It's been a great week.

Thrilled

I'm so excited.  I recently had Secret Agent Josephine work on banner and business card images for me.  I received them yesterday and I LOVE them.  Now my blog/shop is getting some love.  If you'd like to take a peek...  By the Moonlight Creations.  Jeremy is now working on a pretty new site just for me.  Designed from scratch.  What is that saying about the cobbler's children have no shoes?  Well, this software developer's wife has no website, UNTIL NOW.  Hopefully by the time the final site is completed you won't be tired of clicking on links that I share :P

Audrey's Day

Audrey and I had a lot of fun together today.  It's getting late and I have some projects to work on.  For now I have pictures.  Audrey and Mama's DAY OF FUN!

Taking out the Middle

Tomorrow (Tuesday) I want to take Audrey out on an outing all by herself.  Just her and mama time.  I don't think this has ever happened before, aside from trips to the grocery store every once and a while.  I do remember taking her to a playdate when she was just a wee baby.  Nothing that she would remember.

Honestly, I feel like taking her to Disneyland for the day but Jeremy won't let me.  I think he thinks it's not fair to anyone that I do such a thing.  I think that life should be full of surprises like that.  Audrey and I could always remember our special day.  She wouldn't be able to tell anyone about it, so I know that Emily would never find out.  Emily had her trip to Disneyland all by herself before the youngins were a part of our lives. 

Since I can't get the OK from Jeremy I'm most likely going to check out a park that I've been wanting to visit for a while now.  It's supposed to be a great place for kids to enjoy.

Wheels!

In an effort to keep the girls active through the rest of the summer I picked up some bikes for AC and Emily today.  This is Emily's first 2 wheel bike, with training wheels of course.  Emily has been slow at getting used to any type of ride on toy but she's blossomed this summer and she took to her bike like a duck to water.  Audrey didn't quite get that she had to pedal to move her trike.  She was getting really frustrated and I was getting a sore back from bending over and pushing her.  I ended up grabbing a broom from the garage to push her with.  We were good to go from that point on.

Emily loves her bike.  It really is just a cheapy, but I wanted something for her to practice with.  I'm hoping that Santa gets us all bikes for Christmas :)

Stuff

Click here to see what the girls have been up to this summer.  I'm waiting patiently for the UPS truck to come with my new computer.  Once it arrives I'll actually take them away from our house to do something fun. 

Typing with a Schmoo-driver

Sooooooo, last night when Jeremy and I went to bed I had the hardest time going to sleep.  I kept thinking about all sorts of creepy things.   Like the lady in Texas who cut off her baby's arms.  The man in San Diego who kidnapped and killed his neighbor's daughter.  Andrea Yates.  All sorts of horrible things that wouldn't allow me to sleep.  I started to have a panic attack and asked Jeremy to check all the locks to the doors of the house, twice.  In an effort to avoid that anxiety this evening I decided that maybe a night cap would ward off such thoughts.  I have some cheap vodka but no orange juice.  Sadly, I had to make a screwdriver out of substandard vodka and Sunny Delight.  Salud and goodnight.

PS Remind me tomorrow to tell you about the new acquaintance in my life who keeps saying bad things about Mexicans.  UGH.  How do I tell her I'm one of the people she speaks of?