Melisa's Life

I had one of those "find something cute while I'm surfing the web and think I can do it myself" moments again this morning. Here is the result:

There are a couple of spots where it isn't quite right, but I think I did pretty good for my first try. I'm trying to decide if I should find a way to make him a smile or to just leave it. The shorts are my own design that I'm working on sizing right now :)

We're on day 4 of no binky! Wahoo!!

What's up with Wendy's new commercials? They talk about themselves being "meatatarians." Their new sandwich sounds absolutely disgusting. It's a heart attack in a bun. Of course, this is just my opinion, but ewwww.

I thought I would write a little update about what we've been doing lately. First pic: A couple of weeks ago, I took the kids to East Canyon with my sister and my mom. We went swimming and to the playground. The next day we went to Park City. I took Saige on the Alpine Coaster again. She totally loved it. I didn't use the break at all I hope Chris doesn't read this :) I got video of the whole thing. You can hear her in the video saying "I've never had this much fun mom!"Second pic: Saige started swim lessons last week. She goes Mon-Thurs for 45 min each day. She is getting really good. I want to keep her going with this. It's good for her. She has been needing something like this.
Third pic: Me, my sister and mom took the kids to the Gateway and let them play in the fountain. Zach loved it more than anyone! He laughed the whole time. I got a veggie corn dog at Hot Dog on a Stick, so I was happy :)

Last pics: Wednesday night drive in...in our backyard. Chris bought a projector on Craigslist that we have rigged to the gazebo so that we can watch movies. We even hooked it up at his bday party and played Guitar Hero and Karaoke. It was WAY fun! Anyway, this is becoming one of our favorite summertime traditions.

We went to Antelope Island and Jordanelle last weekend. Of course, I forgot my camera. It was exhausting, but fun. Saige is such a daredevil. She went with Chris on the tube behind the boat. She did great.

Kade is walking full force now. He's learning to run now. He looks at me and says "Run run run!" and then takes off. He is talking a bunch too. He loves to get you and say "tickle tickle" says "more" and points to his mouth when he's hungry, says "who is it" when the doorbell rings, and my favorite thing is when he makes a mess, he looks at it and says "oh no" all dramatic. He LOVES to sing and dance! It's the cutest thing ever!

Disneyland is in less than a week! I'm excited, but I have a lot to do to get ready this week. I'm going to take tons of pictures!

...today at least. You know the scene in comedies where someone goes to open a door and it hits their foot and it bounces off and hits them in the face? That was me today coming out of the bathroom at work. Then, I was trying to open a Clif bar(yes, another one) and it literally flew out of the package and landed on the desk. Then, I went to wash my face with a paper towel and scratched my eyeball.
Whatever, at least I can laugh at myself.

I am officially addicted to Clif bars, Vitamin water and the vegetarian gummy bears I found at the health food store. I'm going through a sugar phase...

I ordered some PUL(waterproof fabric) and some organic bamboo/cotton fleece to make some more all-in-one diapers today. *happy dance*

I have started making all-in-one diapers, which are diapers that are used just like disposables, except they are washed and used over and over again. I've been messing around with patterns and I have finally found one that I like. I've made a few for Kade and I LOVE them! I'm really excited to start sizing them and selling them. The cover in the picture is a custom I made for a friend of a friend. It turned out better than I could have hoped.
The second thing I'm working on is a diaper bag. This one I made from fabric I had lying around. I want to make more that are bigger, pockets on the outside for bottles, have a waterproof fabric inside and a better handle. This one is more like a purse, but it turned out really cute.

Kade has had a high fever for over 3 days now. The Dr couldn't find anything physically wrong with him. It finally broke this morning and he is acting better. I was getting really tired of the clingy, crying kid I had. I couldn't get him to eat anything but strawberries. Anyway, to help with the fever, I had him sleeping on the main level with the ceiling fan going. Yesterday, I was tired of holding him, so I had him lay on the couch with Saige. They ended up falling asleep together :)

Further passed away this afternoon. It was really the best thing for him, he was miserable. He had heart attacks from a mass on his heart and a mass on his spleen. I'm going to miss taking him for hikes in the mountains and watching him run all over the place. He went through a lot in his 12 years. This is hard for me for many reasons...one, because that means Circe is getting old. She's almost 10. Further was her buddy, she followed him around all the time. I don't want her to be next.