Hopefully our new beginning stays in the "dawn" range.
John had his last day today with his old practice.
We made some big decisions this month, sometimes it's hard being a grownup.
He is starting his own practice, and in this past month we've been very blessed. I think we experienced the "dark night", and now we're looking forward to the future!
Josie is about the sweetest girl. Ever. I enjoy her company so much that I will probably cry for a week the day she heads off to school all day. I truly don't know what I will do without her.
She makes me laugh every.single.day. Most the time I wonder where she came from.
Today at breakfast she made me laugh.
She looked at me all serious and said, "I really wish I was a princess." (after coloring this morning in a disney princess book)
I told her that she was a princess, she was my princess.
That wasn't good enough,
she said,
"But I don't have a crown, and I don't have a beautiful dress, and I don't have a fairy godmother, and I don't have a prince, and I don't have a glass slipper!"
I guess dress-ups aren't good enough, and I must not qualify as her fairy godmother.
This is Josie's favorite shirt. She would love to wear it everyday, and it explains her more perfectly than I ever could.
Definitely a girl after my own heart.
I think I am finally feeling better. Especially now that I have time to keep up with my housework and find time to read and finish projects. Here are a few sewing projects that I've finished up this month:
This is a table runner I started forever ago. 
I'm in love with the fabric I used in this and wish I would've made it bigger for a wall hanging so I could do this:
This is an apron that I made for my friend who is a room mom and wanted to give it to a teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week. I've never sewed a ruffle or a pocket before, or an apron for that matter. I love how it turned out and I'm in also in love with the fabric she gave me to use. It's called Wee Play for Moda.
My good friend is having a new baby boy next week and so I sewed her this car seat cover. It turned out really great and was easier than I remembered it being. 
As for now, I don't have anything else in the works. Which is kind of nice.
I was changing the sheets on Johnny's bed this morning, and this is what I found:
This was not the first time I've seen this. It makes me laugh every time! Especially when he can never find any socks!
Well, I just finished the longest series of my life. I'm not one to just quit a book, so I keep on going. I borrowed this series from a friend, having never read anything from this author before:
There are acutally FIVE books in this series, this being the first. It was like the longest Young Women's lesson I've ever sat through.
Before that book, I read this:
I loved it. It was a good, easy read.
Before I see the movie, I borrowed this book to read next:
I am a sucker for anything by Nicholas Sparks.
I'm going on a trip in a few weeks, and I plan on taking this book:
It's kind of like saving the best for last. I've heard great things about this Mortal Instruments Series. I'm really excited to read it and I'll let you know.
I was especially excited to see that this is coming out in June:
Have you read a good book lately? Any you want to recommend?
Here is the total of my Valentine's pictures. I wish I would've taken more. Mom, where are yours?? The first is my gift to John. (Thank you google search for the poem ... shhhhhhhh...) and at the back there was a giftcard for a new game for his PS3. The 2nd is Josie's hair. Definately better than last year, but it's a good thing I have 3 girls for practice.
Johnny had a great season this year. He really enjoys playing basketball. He's not very aggressive, but he loves to do it. He had a few friends on his team, which always helps. 
John celebrated his birthday right after Josie and he only wanted ONE thing. An expensive ONE thing ... He wanted a Playstation 3, 250 gb. So we went on the hunt, and they were hard to find. We didn't find one by his birthday so we took pictures of everything and wrapped them up with his favorite things. When we found one we drove all the way to Springville. But he's happy, and so we're all happy. It's crazy how quickly the birthdays come. I sure love this guy and look forward to many more birthdays!
We call Josie "Little Miss Fancy Pants" because she is the fanciest girl we know. If you know her you'll know that she loves shoes. Especially fancy flats. Her Grandma knows this and frequently adds to this obsession. Did you know all you have to do to be fancy is put on a nightgown and twirl? She does. And does it frequently.
Josie broke her elbow on SuperBowl Sunday on her way walking into church. She tripped up the curb. Monday was a crazy day, since it was her elbow we had to see an Orthopedic Surgeon. He told us that she broke it in just the right spot. If it would have been the other side, she would need surgery. Since there are lots of growth plates in the elbow she also had to have an x-ray each week to make sure it healed correctly.
She was such a trooper.
When the Doctor asked her which color of cast she wanted, she didn't even wait for him to tell her the colors before she said, "Pink".
After we got home, Maggie asked if she could sign Josie's cast. Josie was mortified. She didn't want ANYONE to sign it, she wanted it FANCY. So FANCY is what she got! 
If you have to have a cast, you may as well have a FANCY cast!
We celebrated our Josie turning 4. She had her first birthday party ever, with the sweetest bunch of girls ever.
And for her birthday she wanted a blue cake with a rainbow. So I did my best. She got a scooter, mermaid tail dress-up, and some prince barbies from her Grandma. She NEEDED prince barbies so they could dance with each other. Among other things. I told my friend when she played at her house, "Don't judge me by what you see Josie do with those barbies!" 
Annie is such a sweet little thing, but it took a long time. We wondered if life could ever be normal again, or if we would ever learn to not be so frazzled by the sound of her crying, or if we would ever get our bed back to ourselves-- since she didn't sleep, it was easier to at least lay in our bed and try to sleep. I was drowning in laundry, because not only did she go through many outfits because of the abundance of spit-up, it ended up all over us too! The kids didn't want to hold her, let alone be anywhere she was crying. We tried many different kinds of formula, sleeping positions, comfort items, you name it. FINALLY, at her 4 mo. appt. I mentioned to the Dr. our problem, and he gave us MAGIC in the form of:
Ahhhhh, heartburn.
Now she is happy, sleeping, eating, and amazing! Now we really LIKE her and want to hold her and play with her. The kids love making her laugh, and snuggling her. It took a long time, and who knew she had heartburn???
She is rolling, and chubbier than any of my other babies, she loves to eat EVERYTHING, and her mouth waters any time she sees our food.
Welcome to my life! This is me everyday, my "to-do" list gets shoved farther and farther behind until I am drowning in everything that I haven't done yet. I went in to the Doctor last week and had some blood taken for tests and on Friday found out that I have MONO! I was so relieved to know that it wasn't all in my head and that there actually is something wrong with me, I've been feeling TERRIBLE for a good couple of months now. My blog has suffered, along with everything else in my life right now, and we have lots to catch up on! Including a cute 5 month old baby, that is growing like a weed and smiling and laughing and so much fun. And a 4 year old with a broken elbow and a cast that is pink as pink can be and beautiful. Did you know a cast could be beautiful? And Johnny who has his last basketball game tonight. Guess how many I've been to and how many pictures I've taken. And Maggie that is making art and projects everyday to hang in her room and decorate our home with. All while I've been T-I-R-E-D. So, I'm hoping my body hurries and cooperates with my mind and quickly and gets better so that I can feel like a normal person and mom again. Until then ... I'll keep looking at all your blogs and wish I felt like updating mine.
These are a few of Annie's favotite things:
These are mine:
Pretty much I'm sure you'll know that I sit around in my Oobee's all day, eating cupcakes, playing on my I-Pod Touch. Sounds about right!
