Sleepy.

Oh, the Gibb. He totally fell asleep today watching The Incredibles. He looked so sweet. I had to snap some pics. I'm having a really hard time reading what's wrong with the poor little guy. He's not sleeping very well. He has these yucky cough attacks that are brought on by cold air, running around, and crying. I think he's missing school and hanging out with his cousins. He'll be back to good super-soon, and our lives can get back to normal. Oh, and he calls the puppy and binkie, puppabink. They're a duo. He has to have them both when he sleeps. We've been trying to let him know that when he turns 3 the binkie fairy will be coming to take his bink and give it to a baby who needs it. He's not buying it.

Too Much.

So.
Just overwhelmed and totally exhausted. The trip to Utah Vally didn't turn out so great. Gibby came down with the flu and we had to come home the next morning. I hate the flu. My poor little man was so very sick. The flu should be banned. Why did he get that flu shot again? So. We get home on Saturday afternoon and try to get last minute items wrapped up and take care of the sick boy. I decide to get the Feb peekies scratched off the list, but the camera is nowhere to be found. We searched every room in our house. My mom searched every room in her house (that's where we stayed the one night in Utah Valley)...apparently it disappeared. I totally started freaking out. There were tears. Lots. So Robb goes out to get a new camera. He brings home a 350D Rebel. I'm dumb-founded and shocked and totally left with this awesome camera that I don't know how to work. Lovely. Fast forward to today. Gibby is still sick. Now he's started with a horrid cough and a fever. I just need my little man to be well. It breaks my heart to see him so sick. AND on a more selfish note, it leaves me with no time because he can't (obviously) go to school. I don't know how to run a business and take care of a sick toddler. And I've already lost the lens cap to my new camera. Double lovely.

In other news: We did find our SUV tonight. It's pretty. A navy blue Durango. I'll have to post some pics of the Poppy-Ink-Package-Mobile super soon.

Here's to waking up with a better attitude, friends!
Heather

Lots of pretties.

So. I picked up this idea book at a fabric store. I totally freaked out! It's probably common knowledge--the whole making scrapbooks out of fabric thing, but I've never seen it done. I am SO going to put together a Poppy Project using Fabric as a base for a book! I recommend getting this book! There are some super-great ideas in here, and the colors combos are so very happy.

::sigh:: This is maybe one of the funnest boxes I've ever opened. Seriously. There are some sweeeeeet pretties in there. This product is going in the Poppy Project for February. It's called, "Pretty Please". So cute. " It's going to be a totally random album with a super-funky binding. :)



My little guy. Last week we had a perfect storm that brought tons of snow. Gibb was just so very psyched to play in it. Last year he wouldn't sled, but this year he didn't want to stop. I even went down once and I screamed and howled and laughed. It was so fun. I totally can't wait to do it again...we need more fluffy snow though. Oh, and he loves making angels. Every so often he'd just fall back and start swishing his legs back and forth. Gosh, he's cute. :)

AND. Happy mail day to me! I received an Anthropologie order. Lots of stuff on clearance over there. Here's a few things I picked up:
These are only $3.95. So cute and so inexpensive. I think they'd make cutie gifts, but I'm totally keeping mine!



I bought this too! Totally on sale and I think it's so very cute. I'm really loving the tunic length. AND it's called Paintbox. Fun stuff.



These are great! I can't wait to frame them for my scrappy space. Pretty colors. Pretty birdies.

Anyway, friends. I hope that you all are well and that you have a great weekend! We've been shopping around for a new SUV (to tote all the boxes to the PO) and we haven't found one we like so we're headed to Utah Valley where they have every car manufacturer ever, all in one place. Cross you fingers that we find something we like and something that we can afford!

"When we face the worst that can happen in any situation, we grow. When circumstances are at their worst, we can find our best."
--Elisabeth Kubler-Ross


Catch ya' later. ;)

Sweet Sonnet

Here's the peekie of the January Poppy Project that I promised. It's so very sweet. It'll make the perfect gift for your Valentine, and it even comes with it's own wrapping paper. I can't wait to show you the whole thing!

Here's my favorite sonnet:
Sonnet XVII
Pablo Neruda
I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving

but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.

Whoa.

So.
I'm not a very good blogger. Scratch that. I'm a blogger with good intentions, but not a lot of follow through. Blogging in a more regular fashion is at the top of my resolution list. It surely is. It's up there along with putting the wash away after folding it and putting the milk back in the fridge after using it. We'll see how it goes. ;)

Oh, Hawaii. What a sweeeet time that was. In some ways it wasn't really a "vacation" because we were sleeping in a 4 year olds room (thanks again, Hayley) on a blow-up mattress with Gibby sleeping 3 inches away on a toddler bed..so in that way, it was kinda more like "home for the holidays" than "tropical vacation." But we still had like this totally great time, and I'm so grateful to my Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law for letting us stay with them. Most of my photos are stuck on Robbie's laptop, but I have a few that were still on the camera...
This was our last beach day. We drove out to Sunset to check out the waves. So great.
The island shack. It's across the street from Sunset. We walked in and sat down and the waitress totally ignored us until Robb's sister started waving her menu in the air. She then sauntered over and took our order in a totally aloof way. So funny to me. Here we are in a shack without a floor and corrugated metal for walls and we're getting attitude from the waitress. It took an hour to get our plate lunch, and when it was over Gibby proceeded to swipe the plate onto the ground. And break it. I guess we lived up to her expectations. T

I've never been prouder of my little man. He was a bit freaked out abt the ocean. He loved the sand, but wasn't really sure abt the water. It took him abt 45 minutes to get in the first time we went. Later in the week Robb bought Gibb this board so he'd be able to see the fish. We took it to Hanama Bay, but he didn't want to get on. The next time we went to the beach he totally did it. This is sooo Gibby. He takes his time to do things, and does them on his own terms. I like that abt him.

Okay. I love this photo. This is Gibb at Waimea Bay. Perfect.

I'll be posting a sneaky peekie of the January Poppy Project on my blog tomorrow. I LOVE it! :)

Catch ya' later!