10 on Tuesday - of sorts

Our computer is broken, it won't stay on, just gives us the "blue screen of death."  I am taking it to my Bro-in-Law today so that he can, hopefully, fix it. Thank God that I backed all the important stuff up on the external hard drive about 3 weeks ago.  So...no pics today, just a little update on the House-O-Humphrey.

1. Mom and Tim came down this weekend and watched Rory so that Kevin and I could clean out the garage.  Whew...I am still sore!
2. Preparing for New Orleans in November for my Bestie Allison's wedding in November, Thanksgiving, Rory's 2nd birthday and Christmas in December.  This next weekend is our only free weekend for the next 6, then we have a 1 week break and don't have another break in weekend plans until after Christmas.  I am glad though, I wouldn't have it any other way!  We are loved so well, that is why we are so busy.
3. I had a bit of a health scare in September.  I was still having hives and so I went to a dermatologist at the Kirklin Clinic and he ran all sorts of scary tests (Lupus, C@ncer, Leukemi@, tumor markers, etc).  The Lupus test came back borderline, so I had more lab work done.  Praise God, those tests all came out fine. 
4. Rory has started to recognize both her emotions, and those of others, and feelings recently.  In the last few days we have heard the following phrases about 499 time
1. "I not skehd" (I'm not scared)
2. "Belle is sad" (Belle, as in  her Beauty and the Beast doll)
3. "Daddy/Mommy not sad" (We tell her we are sad when she acts up)
4. "I ky-ing" (I'm crying...you know, that no tears, fake cry)
5. "Rory isa happy gurl"
6. "Rory isa big gurl"
7. "Wanna take a nap" or more commonly, "Wanna go-da bed"
5. Rory has also gotten into coloring lately.  She calls it "Culla Culla."  To say that she is obsessed is an understatement.  Rory knows her basic shapes (circle, square, oval, triangle, heart) and her basic colors (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, pink) and she will drive you crazy with requests for you to "Culla Culla" a red square or a "geen" circle.  She tries so hard to draw them herself.
6. The Rory Bee is really starting to take off.  It is a lot of fun and I have enjoyed making stuff for other people, and of course Rory too!
7. Rory is getting a Kitchen and a TON of accessories for Christmas.  Santa is going a little crazy finding stuff to go in it.  Good thing Santa has all those elves...this stuff might be getting expensive...you know, if he actually had to PAY for it.
8. I am in the final stages of narrowing the party theme down for Rory's Birthday.  I can't believe that my tiny baby is almost 2.  It didn't think that it was possible, but the 2nd year went by faster than the first.
9. We started looking into preschool and Mother's Day Out programs.  Wow, a lot of choices and A LOT of good programs.  Rory is going to love it.  She LOVES Gymboree (to the point that she asks to "Go-da Gymbo-wee" and sings the songs constantly, so I know that she will just love being with other kiddos and doing fun stuff.
10. It has been beautiful out lately.  I think that I am going to take Rory to the park on Saturday and let her play.  She always enjoys being outside and I enjoy watching her explore and discover God's creation.  

Well, that is it for now, hopefully, I will be back with new pics soon!  Hope everyone has a great week and enjoys this wonderful, Fall weather!

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right - Eph 6:1

"Someone" was super busy before church on Sunday, but I did manage to snap one picture of her that wasn't blurry or with her eyes half closed.

(PS: Don't forget to check out the latest Rory Bee creations below!!!!)

The Rory Bee

I just got 2 of these 3 images from a customer that I did 3 outfits for.  Included all 3 (even though you have already seen 1 of them) since they all kinda go together.  Enjoy!

Pictures

First an update from the specialist I saw on Friday regarding my hives.  They drew 10 vials of blood and sent them off for a bunch of tests...all for really bad things (Lupus, tumors, Hep B, Hep C...not good stuff).  Please say your prayers that everything comes back fine.  I am pretty frightened. 

It's been a while since I put any pics on the ole' blog, so here we go.  I haven't taken a whole lot of pictures this past month, but I will show ya what I have taken.

This is the only picture I actually managed to take at the Decatur-Austin game.  You might not be able to tell from this picture, but we were the only "Austins" on the Decatur side.  Austin was visitor this year, so we sat on the Decatur side so that we could see the band.  We enjoyed it!  The whole way to Decatur, Rory and I worked on "GOOO BEARS".  Subsequently, every time the crowd cheered, Rory would Yell "Go Bears."  Haha...She was cute though.

Rory will get the camera and say "Take my Picta" and then she does this.  Cute right?

Kevin found these jammies at Target.  Rory was obsessed. They are her first pair of big girl jammies.  She wore them to bed last night.  She says that "Mimee Mouse on my jammies."  She was hamming it up for the camera, as you can see.

Now some of the stuff that I have been working on for the Rory Bee.

Long Time, No Blog

There has been a lot going on and honestly, I just haven't felt like blogging lately.  I will be back with normal occurances soon, but in the mean time, you will just have to deal with me dropping in and out from time to time.

How about a little "Five on Friday" action?

1. Rory and I are going to Decatur this weekend
2. We are going to the Austin vs Decatur game tonight.  Can I just say that I HATE that this is the 1st game of the season.  We always had Hunstville High for the first game and A-D game was always the last game of the regular season.  I don't know who decided to change it, but it STINKS!
3. Rory is carrying on conversations now, including fussing at us when she doesn't get her way. 
4. I have been doing a lot of sewing and embroidery lately.  If you need anything, or know of someone who does, you just let me know!
5. TGIF!

C is for Cookie

I am pretty sure that she enjoyed the cookie..Getting it off the cup later was an adventure to say the least.

I set out to try to get a picture of the new outfit that I did for Rory. Turns out, that is MUCH easier said than done. Rory had other plans. Mainly standing in her chair.

She isn't supposed to stand in the chair. She turned around and said "Hey Mommy. Sit down."  

A girl and her first Vera Br@dley. It is a beautiful thing.

Juice Break.

The Rory Bee Custom Monogramming and Embroidery

Light on words, heavy on pics! Loving my new machine, I have had a lot of fun making stuff for people.  There is also a really cute dress that I did for Rory with a frog on it, but I didn't get a picture of it.  I will try to do that today and add it when I get a chance.  Enjoy!

Also, check out my etsy store over there...------>  It is slim right now, but I am about to beef it up a bit.