Mommy I'm Tired

Today at work Marshy-marsh was so fussy. He kept falling asleep for a second and then sitting up because something (mainly me walking across the room) would wake him up. He finally fell asleep on top of his lovey puppy. I quickly snapped a picture once I realized he was sleeping and then laid him back down in his stroller. Thankfully he didn't wake up!

Things I've Learned From My In-Laws in Africa

I've learned some rather interesting, and helpful, information today. Mike's parents are serving an LDS mission in Africa, and they learned this bit of information and passed it on to us today.

1 - If you have athlete's foot, your urine can help it get better....but it is only your urine, not someone elses.

2 - Urine can also help you if you have a sore throat. Just drink it!

3 - If you have an eye infection, it can also be used to help cure it.

4 - Now you don't have to worry about always having a sterile anti-biotic in your emergency first aid kit. Should an emergency arise, you will always have a supply as long as you have plenty of liquid! haha

Two Quilts Down...

So, I don't know if you'll recall, but I have 3 baby quilts that need to be made. Well, I finished the one for my friend Taylor, and was working on the one for my cousin Jean. I got a little side-tracked though. First there was sick baby. Then there was sick me. Then there was Valentine's week. Then there was Pride and Prejudice on PBS. Then there was sick baby again. I know, lots of things to keep me busy and away from my quilting.

WELL! Tonight Marshy went to bed a little early and I figured, since there was nothing on TV, that I would hurry and finish the quilt top for my cousin's baby quilt. What do you know? It only took me 15 minutes! Now why had I put it off for so long?? I'm sure I could've found 15 minutes to spare somewhere....yeah right!

Anyway, it is done, the back is seamed, and it is ready to go up and be put on the Gammil. Hooray!

I used the 'Lil Dude pattern from one of my issues of Fons and Porter's Love of Quilting. The pattern calls for two borders, but I did one like this for Marshy without the borders and it is actually a really nice size, especially if you have to fit it in the diaper bag!

This is a closeup of what the fabrics look like. It is a lot of yellows and pinks, but I think that the greens and purples help make it not too overpowering. The backing fabric is a bright green with circles that vary in color from the green to almost a yellow. Not sure what I'm going to use for binding, but we'll figure that out when we get there!

Best Puppy Friends

For Christmas Marshy-marsh got this gy-normous stuffed puppy dog. Sparky has never really liked it. In fact, he growled at it for the first week, and is usually terrified of it. Now apparently he has decided to become best puppy friends with it! So cute!

UPDATE: Marshy-marsh is doing a lot better after a day of mega-medication and rest. He actually ate some spaghettios tonight before going to bed! YAY!

Oh what a fun night!! . . . NOT!

So this afternoon I went up to my parents house with Marshy-Marsh. He started getting fussy and having a fever, so we went home. When we got home, as I was taking him upstairs to go to bed I noticed that he was kind of limp and his eyes were rolling back into his head! I immediately ran downstairs with him, laid him on the living room floor, and called 9-1-1. About 5 minutes later the policeman showed up, and a few minutes after that the paramedics showed up. They gave Marshy-marsh some oxygen and loaded us up in the ambulance. Yes, that's right. We rode in an ambulance. Marshy-marsh freaked out the whole way.

Fortunately, my dear friend Lola met me at the hospital and was there to help me keep calm....sorta. Needless to say I was somewhat hysterical. She held Marshy while I gave the nurse all of our information and described what happened and what his symptoms have been for the last few days.

Luckily, we had the BEST on-call doctor at Mountain View (so I'm told...but I thought he was really nice). Turns out my dear little angel has a double ear infection which caused the fever which caused the seizure. The doctore prescribed some antibiotics for the ear infection. They kept him there for ovservation for about an hour, and then sent us home.

Thanks Lola for keeping me calm and giving us a ride home!

Here are some pics of our hospital stay:

I {heart} Pride and Prejudice

Oh how I love A&E's version of Pride and Prejudice. So much so that I almost want to run out to Wal-mart as I type and purchase the DVD. I have just finished watching part 2 of a three part series on the PBS Complete Jane Austen. {sigh} How I love Mr. Darcy (played by Colin Firth)!!

The book is pretty good, but the movie is AWESOME!!

We got it! We got it! YAY!!

In an earlier post I mentioned we had fallen in love with an apartment in Provo. Well, on Thursday during a break in the Valentine's Day rush I called the owner to see if she had made a decision. I didn't hear back from her until today. She said that she was willing to rent it to us and that we needed to come up and get the paperwork and pay the deposit to reserve our place. We drove up to Provo, filled out the credit check application and paid the deposit. WE ARE SO EXCITED!! :):):) Hopefully all will go well, and we will be able to move in sometime in the middle of March.