First Week of Twenty Ten

• Monday

Kids back at school + Husband back to work= Ikea

My dear friend Megan and I couldn't wait to

get ourselves to the Ikea sale and took the first chance we had.

We both bought baskets, super cute cups and plastic tubs.

On top of that I bought an add on to Milo's train set,

and Megan got herself some yummy Swedish Fish.

We of course had lunch!

WARNING

Ikea is not for the faint of heart!

• Tuesday

Mike's last Dr apt. for his broken finger.

So So So happy it healed up great all on its own and there

was no need for surgery.

Also this Tuesday was Pack meeting for Mike's scouts.

Um yeah lets just say what a fun night!!!

I so look forward to it and can hardly stand the fact that

it is only one night a month!!!

(please note the sarcasm).

• Wednesday
  

Dallin's Geography Bee!!!!

Dallin did great and I think you can tell that it started

at 7:30 am by poor Dallin's glossed over look.

Lets just say I think we all had this look.

• Thursday
  

Lunch with friends at McDonald's.

Dallin got the first three Fablehavens for Christmas

and Thursday night I finished book #2

• Friday
  

Milo's 12 mth well-child check up.

First off I have the worlds best pediatrician.

I can't believe how lucky I got when I found him.

I must also amit that I choose him because I liked

his name Dr King Hom. He is wonderful, especially if

you have a child with Asthma and lets just say that when

Dallin was a little man we saw Dr Hom weekly .

Ok back to Mr Milo.

You would have thought he was on a sugar high. He ran around that

Dr office like he was on speed! Tried to steal everything Dr Hom

put in front of him. Milo doesn't believe in stranger danger.

He Weighed in at 20 lbs and is almost 30 inches.

That's the 14% for weight and 46% for height.


This was the look I got when I put him in his car seat!

and this is why. In my hurry to be able to comfort him

after his shots I sorta didn't realise that I had shoved both legs

into one leg hole. Sorry Lo.

P.S. I also found a great store today (not to worry there will be a post
shortly about it) and also those big baskets from Ikea were normally $35
on sale for $9.99.

Mi1o turns 1

That's right my baby is now one!!!!!

I have no idea how this could already be,

yesterday I swear I just brought him home

from the hospital and today he is running and jumping

(I don't know if you can call it jumping when his feet never leave the floor).

He can say dad, ball and if he is mad mama!!!

I get told no at least once a day now.

Mr smarty pants can go up or down the stairs.

How can my baby be one?

Once I faced facts and got one with planning the

big #1 birthday part we all had a blast!

The theme was M for Monster Milo!

I made him a monster birthday shirt.

(a tutorial will becoming soon)

A monster cake.

(also a tutorial will soon becoming)

We had my parents over for dinner.

I made yummy fajitas because he is one

and can't veto my pregnant cravings with pizza

like his older siblings. In fact Dallin asked why

we weren't having pizza (because its not

your birthday and I watch throw down with Bobby Flay so now I really wanted fajitas)

Justin's parents sadly weren't able to come.

He loved all of his presents and I loved him!!!!

I am so grateful to be blessed with this little man.

I couldn't ask for a better baby, he is happy and loving.

So easy going and quick to laugh.

Thank you baby Milo.

A.K.A

Ilo

Amy's low

Your Low

LoLo

Bubbalub

No Baby

Chubs

Los
Little man

Regret

Regret!!!!!

Christmas morning came and our 4 little ones

were more then happy with Santa and what he brought for them.

But this post is titled regret and here is why!!!!

I handed my super fly husband my camera and said hold this

while I go and get a quick drink of water.

I return from the kitchen and we open presents and

their is joy and laughter by all. Well

almost by all for their is a lonely cry and a tear

from my camera as it lays forgotten beside my husband.

So my regret is that I did not capture one

Christmas morning smile. I wish I could

blame my super fly husband for not taking pictures

but for the past 12 years this has been my job!!!!

and I sadly now have to live with regret!!!!

I think that I will blame my pregnant brain, or that I

didn't have enough sleep or maybe a south poll elf

hide my camera and then sat there and laughed as

my camera cried out but no one heard because of all the

Christmas joy and laughter!!!!

Regret!!!!!

Merry Christmas Silhouttes Tutorial

This year I decided to make silhouettes of my kids

for Grandparent gifts,

and as a Christmas gift to all of you

here is a very easy tutorial.

First off hang a white sheet over a bright window.

Next take a side view photo of your child in front of the window.

Here is Milo's.

Next in photoshop make it a black and white.

Then bump up the contrast all the way and bump down

the red, green and blue until the person is completely black.

I found newspaper worked best for this.

Now you can be done if your ok with the grey background.

If not use your lasso set at 50% feather and lasso

everything but the person. After that go to layer, then new

and select new layer via copy. Chose a color ( I stuck with good old white)

click your paint bucket and fill in the lasso area.

Their you have it!!! Crazy easy!!!

If you have any ?????? let me know.


Dallin

Mike

Lauren

Milo

Baby Girl Thompson

Merry Christmas

Headband

My Dearest Friend,

I know that we have never meet and don't even know

each others name, but all the same I feel

that you should be one of my closest friends.

Anyone with the talent and craftiness to create

my new favorite way to adorn my head

should be and deserves to be a friend.

So friend here I am at a cross roads, and it is all because of you!

For I now realise why I should knit and somehow the

power still avoids me. I want to find someones Grandma

and have her show me all that I have missed in this world.

Or ask my Mother why she never learned and chose not to teach

her children, but alas it will not do to blame my Mother

for my lack of knowledge. So here we are and I

now have my first New Years Resolution.

I will learn to knit in 2010!!!!!

Thank you for the desire and for sharing your talent

in the form of my headband.

Your Friend

Kem

Advent Calender and DI finds

When I found these tins at Dollar Tree, I knew that they

must become my advent calender!!!!!

That was the easy part next came finding the perfect

paper and numbers which still wasn't the hard part!!!!!

The hard part was what to turn them into?

I could make them a Christmas tree or maybe I could

hang them from a ribbon and make them into a banner

Oh wait a minute I know I could put them on a magnet board?

Nothing seemed right until I decided to make them ornaments for

my tree and here they are!!!

My Advent Calender Ornaments

What can I say I love them. How about you?

Now on to my D.I. finds!!!!

Love that store. First off I found this amazing vintage record

I really want to turn it into something spectacular, but I'm not sure just what. Any ideas???

Then came Mr Cookie Man.

How could I say no to him with all his vintage glory and Honor?
Nope had to have him, partly because he was only $2.50.

I also found this clock which will find a home in my boy's room,

as soon as their father is done framing and dry walling and carpeting it!


Last but not least Baby girl boots!!!!
Megan found these while we where at the D.I.
together and we both agreed that baby girl Thompson
needed these for when she left the womb and joined the world.
If I was her these fluffy white boots would convince me to leave the womb like
I don't know a week or two early. Wishful thinking.

P.S. If you are still looking for that perfect Christmas present take a gander at Megan's

tassells. She is super talented and I am amazed at her creations. Someone said that tassel making is more any art then a craft and I fully agree. Go and get yourself a unique one of a kind piece of art.

Just Some Randomness

To start off this random post. I post a random ??? is randomness

a word? Just asking.

Now on to one random post.

Last night me, Megan and that mad Mama Monster

Jackie head on down to Kaysville theater to see

Julie and Julia

This is my ever so wanted and highly waited for review.

It made me hungry!!!!

I know very thought out, but it did and not just hungry but hungry for burscheta (not sure I spelled that right).

So after I am done with this post I will be eating some. Oh and just so you know all three

of us gals thought that it was long but that might be because it was, but also because we went to the 9:30 pm show and I am a old pregnant lady and that Meg and Jackie O have been crafty into the wee hours of the morning.

Lucky for us I just happened to have brought these yummy

candy cane truffles from Food of the Gods Chocolate, which went well

with our popcorn. I am loving my deal with the creator of this

amazing chocolate!!! He gets my mad photography skills and I

get to gain even more weight because of his mad chocolate skills!!!

Before the show Justin had his work party, where Milo had

cherry cheese cake for the first time which I am sure you can tell he loves!!

Santa on the other hand, not so much! The candy cane Santa gave him was a big hit!

Now for the last of my random post. This is what I beheld this morning.

I wish the snow would have realised that it was grocery day and that it really

should have been done by the time I had to leave and maybe it could have saved it self for

a day when I could cuddle up in my blanket with a book and hot coco but nope. So thank you snow for choosing the day that I had a billion things to do!!!!!

A few things to look forward to.

• My advent calender
• One Amazing master bedroom make over
• Home made stockings
• Pictures and some more Pictures