105.7

That's what the themometer read at 6am this morning when I checked Aiden's temperature. He started complaining yesterday evening that his ear was hurting, which quickly turned into screaming. So, I gave him a dose of Motrin to ease the pain and made a mental note to call the doctor first thing in the morning. Little did I know things would escalate so quickly. We were up and down most of the night so I'm operating on almost no sleep...the venti latte from Starbucks I had on the way back from the dr. is helping to keep me awake for the moment. I may have to make a pot of coffee here pretty soon to get me through the rest of the day.

I just wanted to update y'all so if you were waiting to hear back from me on something, you'd know why I haven't responded. I'm typing this from my phone since if I leave the room, Aiden won't stay on the couch and rest. Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks so much!

Update:

Aiden is doing much better. Thank you all for your get well wishes, hugs, and your prayers! I appreciate them soooooo much!! Now taking care of myself....well that's a whole different thing all together. Got so much going on right now, so that is becoming increasingly difficult. Just trying to hang in there and get through the next few weeks....then maybe I can breathe again! LOL! -- Love y'all!! xoxo

1st day of kindergarten...my little man's growing up

I can hardly believe that this day is already here....Aiden started kindergarten today!!! He was so excited....he actually got up out of bed almost immediately when I went in to wake him. Then he went straight in to have his bath....which never happens! He's usually so hard to get going in the morning.....but today was different. He was starting "big kid" school today.

Before leaving, he kept saying how he was so happy it was September because that meant he got to go back to school. Awwwwwwww :) That made me both happy and sad at the same time.....happy that he's so excited about this new chapter in his life, but sad that he'll be away from home  most of the day now during the week. Hard to believe that he's already five....seems just like a few months ago he was two. *sigh*

It's so strange with the house being so quiet. I've gotten used to the TV running in the background playing Noggin or Nick Jr. in the mornings while he sang along with the songs or participated in what ever was going on with the show....now there's total silence.

It's new chapter in my life as well.....one where I get time to myself on a regular basis. Feels unnatural at the moment in all honesty....but kinda nice at the same time. I'm sure I'll get used to it...especially once I get back to painting...something I've barely done in the last three months. Although today needs to be spent cleaning....something else that has fallen by the wayside for many, many months now.

Well I'd better get movin'....I haven't even managed a shower yet. LOL! And I'm gonna leave y'all with the pic Aiden took all by himself this morning. He was trying to take a picture of himself like Momma does and this was the result. Too cute!!! (You can see a bit of my studio in the background). Hope all you mommas out there with little ones starting school (or that have already started) are hanging in there. Even with getting this time back, it's hard to let them go.

Have a blessed day!!! xoxo

No time

Hey y'all! So sorry I haven't had time to blog much lately...no time for art either. I've had a crazy busy last few days and today isn't any different. I hope you can forgive me if I can't get to your personal emails in a timely manner. I'm not a quick answer kinda girl, so I like to wait until I can give people my full attention....which as a busy mom, is hard and my family has to come first. I appreciate each and every comment and email....I just can't always respond to every one individually. I wish I could, but then I would spend most of my days writing emails. LOL! I'm planning on putting together an FAQ page at some point, but that would require time that I just don't have to spare right now.

Okay, speaking of busy I gotta get back to it around here. I only had a little bit of time I could spend on the computer this afternoon and it was spent answering a couple of emails (sorry if yours wasn't one of them this time...I'm so far behind) and now I've got tons of errands. I'm hoping to find some way to regain my balance some time soon....wish me luck. I'm gonna leave ya with a link to Donna Downey's Inspired Artist Workshop event.....alumni registration has already started and open registration starts Aug. 1st. Hope to see some of you there! Click the logo below to visit Donna's site and get all the info. Love to y'all!!! xoxoxo

Coffee anyone?

Anybody need one of these as much as I did today? Gosh am I pooped! And it's only 1pm here. *sigh* Here's hoping this gets me through the rest of my jam packed day. Happy Thursday y'all! xoxo 

Etsy shop reopened....computer back up and running :)

Hey y'all! Just wanted to let everyone know that I have reopened my Etsy shop, so if you stopped by in the past few days to make a purchase please head on over to the shop and buy away. ;) :D It took two trips to the Apple store to get our computer fixed, but they ended up replacing the hard drive on our second trip (which is what we were hoping they'd do on the first visit) and now we've got all the data reloaded and it seems to be all good now. Whew! That was soooooo frustrating!!! And now of course I'm even further behind on things as a result. I appreciate your patience as I'm still feeling quite frazzled by the whole thing.

Thanks so much for stopping by and all your sweet comments. It seems that my Granny is doing a little better, but she'll be needing another procedure at the end of the month (right around my birthday) so please do keep her in your prayers.

xoxoxo