In a wheelchair is not how you want to EVER see your children. Nor do you want to see them gushing blood. But alas this is how we spent last Wednesday the 11th. Our baby girl decided to not take heed the warnings her parents gave her on a daily basis, and went outside to play without shoes on. It was right after she had gotten home from school, and I was putting away groceries from the shopping trip I had just made before meeting the bus. I never even noticed that she had slipped off her shoes and socks when called out that she was going outside and headed out the door. It was only about 10 min later when she came hobbling in crying that she was bleeding. I picked her up and carried her to the tub, and in that instant i knew. I knew we were heading to the E.R. She was going to need stitches for sure. I grabbed a wash rag, held it to her foot and headed out the door with her, calling for her brother to HURRY and get in. We spend to the hospital, (I will not relay what the speedometer or my GPS said. my GPS that Alarmingly goes off once you pass a certain speed. um thanks honey)
By the time we checked in the washcloth was completely red and I won’t lie I was pretty freaked. Christian had stitches before and it was such a nightmare, I was really dreading isabelle having to go through it too. We waited our turn, they bandaged her up to try to stop some of the bleeding and we waited our turn.
where we got to watch lots and lots of preteen tv shows
We finally got a room and what do ya know, more waiting. She had calmed down by then which was good and we did everything we could to keep her calm and busy
(thats her reading one of my cake books I had in the car, lol)
The doctor came in took one look at it and almost immediately said the words sutures, needed, flap, and now. I quickly agreed, after all this was why we were here! I really have to say that this doctor was amazing. He informed isabelle exactly what he was going to do at each step, told her what would hurt and what wouldn’t, and even told her it was ok to cry. He did an amazing job. She screamed through the numbing part, but the doctor had done such a good job and it was easy sailing from there. In fact she was giggling and watching tv the whole time he was sewing her up. And in no time at all she had joined the Frankenstein family with her five stitches and was dubbed “hopalong” for the next week of waddling. We left with a prescription of antibiotics and are heading back at the end of the week to get them removed. I will definitely be using that hospital again. (btw when my hubby worked in the field he actually helped build that E.R. a few years back, and I must say, he did a great job 
Anyhow, Isabelle is doing great!
The “Better” part
Valentine’s Day was two days ago. I must say it was a pretty great day all around. Valentine’s day is also the anniversary of our first date. The date that I never left, So I must still be on it We’ve officially been together twelve years. I can’t believe its already been that long. It’s been such an amazing journey together. Anyway, back to Valentine’s day. There were chocolates and Teddy bears (marks gift to isabelle), gift bags of frappachinos and candy (my gifts to the boys, which went over Extremely well since its something they rarely get to indulge in! the magic age here is 13 where you get to have one cup of coffee on weekends only, so this was an especially big treat for seth who rarely gets the stuff. ) I got mark some much needed woodworking tools for his workshop he is creating in his garage. But I think mark won the prize on gifts this year. He surprised me with a Dell 27 inch HD Ultrasharp Wide screen Computer Monitor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this thing is a MONSTER. It’s crazy insane huge. I’ve never seen one this big before. It’s so sharp, the colors are GORGEOUS! I’m spoiled I tell you SPOILED! Its incredible, the things I can do on this monitor. It’s crazy insane I tell you, crazy insane. He was able to get it for a SMOKING deal through his company. Apparently its the same type monitor the Architects use there. It was such a huge suprise (Pun intended
So after presents and a big breakfast, we went puttering around. Went to a few stores and did some furniture shopping, looked at stuff for the hot tub, had lunch at chili’s, and ended up at Lowes. Ahhhhh one of our most favorite places! There we planned, pick out things, and made the finishing details of our Entertainment center Mark is building in the upcoming weeks. He decided to make us a new dresser too. whoo hoo, I’m lovin this! Then we came home and moved some furniture around, rearranged some things, and then just crashed and had good ole’ family time! we got tons done, and had a great relaxing time, all in one. It was a great day!
Hope Eveyone else had a great Valentine’s Day!
my purse is made out of this fabric
This is my apron. I’m still trying to find out what the name of this fabric is
My camera strap is made out of this fabric. I am looking into ways to incorperate this pattern into my business once I get it up and running. It will also incorperate blues and browns, as you can see from these fabrics its my favorite colors 
