Miss P the terror

Since Miss P is a master crawler these days, my daily life consists of picking up things off the floor, hiding the dog toys, removing wires from a mouth, hiding wires, vaccuming, sweeping, and cuddling crying baby after she has bonked her head. Yes its a busy life indeed. But just as I was getting used to my daily life, things got worse. I caught Miss P red handed pulling herself up to things. SAY WHAT!? The basket that was hiding the TV wires has now become another toy. Miss P sure loves to rip up old ensigns.

And then I thought to myself, "ok shes just sitting up pulling herself up. Its not standing..."

Did I forget to knock on wood?

Even though she has become quite the little terror I cant seem to hate her. Shes just so stinking cute.

In other news... I am a seamstress. Its true. Meet Roz.

Heck yes she has a name and heck yes I love her. Zach said you spelled it Ros. But seriously a girl with this much pizazz deserves a "Z". Why Roz? I''ll tell ya. When I was younger My grandma June would watch old Esther Williams movies with us girl cousins. Roz was the characters name on "On an Island with you" and My cousin Breeann and I would fight over who got to play her when we would swim(Esther Williams always played a swimmer in movies, cause she was just that in real life) So Breeann and I would always switch off or should I say Breeann was older and I was usually forced to give up playing Roz and play Yvonne the other girl.So now here I am an adult and I named my Sewing machine Roz because....I can. My granny has so kindly offered up sewing lessons and every Thursday I learn more and more. Im loving it.

Wanna See what Ive made so far?

These Darling little Miss P skirts. I love them!! Dont worry she is pretty much the most stylish girl I know.

P.s- She turns 7 months this week. Where has the time gone?

Trials

"The lord compenstes the faithful for EVERY loss..... every tear today will eventually be returned a hundred fold with tears of rejoicing and gratitude!"
-Elder Wirthlin

I read this quote on my cousins blog and Immediately started crying. There have been several events this past week that tears have been shed. Not only by myself but by friends and family as well. Sometimes we take for granted the blessings we have. My family is no stranger to trials. And although I may not have been effected personally this week of trials I have been reminded once again what a wonderful life I truly have. I have an amazing family who sticks by me through everything. I have a wonderful husband, a beyond beautiful healthy baby, and many more countless blessings. But most importantly I have Christ and without Him I have nothing. I am so grateful for the gospel. It strengthens me in ways I never knew possible.

Remember When

Dear Presley,

Remember when you looked like this?

And this?

Well you are a big girl now and I cant believe its been 6.5 months since you were in mama's belly.

You look like this now.

Please stop growing up. Soon you will be coming to me and saying you want to get married. I cant handle that. Lets just go one step at a time. For instance, Lets start with liking your green beans. How about that? And then we will come to terms with the fact that you are crawling like a maniac. And then lets talk about you batting those long, dark eyelashes at your daddy and I. We already give you everything you want. The Doctor said on Tuesday that those pretty blue eyes were yours for eternity. Seeing how your daddy and I have dark brown ones, it makes perfect sense. He said you get them from your Grandpa Deering since his eyes are lighter. One more thing that came from the Deering side. Its okay if you want to be clingy to your mama for a couple of days. They did poke you with 4 needles and make you drink yucky stuff. I promise to keep your drug supply up to Par. You little drug addict. Love you my little Love Bug.

Mama

Whats in a name anyway?

So I was looking at the Urban Dictionary and I decided to enter my name in. Heres what I got.

1.whitney
A girl that you definitely wanna take home to ma and pa... Amazing girl, that you should never let go!
Dang... that whitney girl is a keeeeeeeeper!
sexy bangin beautiful trophy wife stunning

2.
whitney
Another word used for cocaine.
"I got bobby by the pound, whitney by the key"

3.Whitney
1:no skill at checkers,but rocks up tic-tac-toe. 2: A totally wicked awsome lady who's name is whitney.
1: Steve: Wanna play tic-tac-toe? Timothy: Heck no! your a total Whitney... lets play checkers! 2: Harold: Hey look, its Whitney... she's totally wicked awsome!

Yep... Totally me to a "T". I seriously almost peed my pants.

Messy Much?

This is what happens when your baby thinks her rice cereal is much better with a side dish of fingers.

Oh Dont worry,There was a sneeze. And dont worry,Rice cereal was all over me. It was AWE-SOME!!

Meet Zoey

This is Zoey. Our first born. Hairy, I know. Dont be deceived by her cuteness because she has an alter ego named "worst dog ever" . Before Miss P joined out family Zoey was the center of attention. She got more love than a dog should. She was the princess. She came before anything and everything else. Now... Shes been put on the back burner and she doesnt quite like it. Does she still get more love and attention than most dogs? Yes. Yes she does. Does she think so? No. No she doesnt. She has turned into some psychotic dog. Being a house trained dog for several years now has decided that rules are meant to be broken. I let her out to go to the bathroom and she will go out and decide that right by the open door, in the house, on the carpet is a better spot. In fact, She just started to squat right by our bed in front of Zach and I. Uh...Zoey, not more than 3 minutes ago I let you out to go take care of your business. Why are you trying to poop right by my bed? Lately, Zoey has been getting on my nerves real bad. I feel bad for her. I just cant stand her and her bad dog syndrome she has developed. Im about one more poop, one more shredded diaper, one more shredded paper towel away from giving her away. And that makes me sad. Those with dogs, is this a normal feeling after having a baby? Any tricks to turn this dog back into a good one?

A Yo Yo "How To"

I have had a ton of requests for a "How To" for the Yo Yo's. This is no where near a professional tutorial but it will do. I hope.


Materials: Scissors, needle, thread, fabric, different size circles, and a pen. If you want to make a head pieces you will need glue( hot or fabric), a button and stretchy band.



Turn the fabric face down and place desired circle size on it. The bigger the circle the bigger the yo yo and vise versa. My personal opinion is dont do a very small circle because it is REALLY hard to sew. Trace around circle with a pen.

Cut out circle.

Thread needle. Fabric is still face down, Turn in outer edge of fabric and begin hand stitching. The Larger the stitch the smaller the opening will be in your Yo yo.

Once you have gone all the way around your yo yo, pull thread.

Make a few stitches to keep the thread in place.

Cut thread and WA-LA.

Finished Product: