JOHN DEERE

So I finally finished my project a couple of weeks ago. I keep forgetting to post my finished project, so here it is. Lizette's John Deere dress and Tyler's matching tie. I made a blanket for Lizette out of that fabric, and I had so much left over I decided to make a dress for Lizette. Then Tyler wanted me to make him a tie. With directions from my mother-in-law I was able to complete my project. I am happy that it is done. I think it turned out all right. I want to continue to improve my sewing skill, since Lizette can't really complain about what she wears right now she is the perfect person to sew for. So wish me luck on my quest to learn how to sew.
(While we where taking pictures, Lizette was more interested in the grass than anything else.)

Thanksgiving with the Bartons

This year we had Thanksgiving with the Bartons. There was only 25 people over there for dinner. Tyler's siblings: Julie, Scott, Holly, and Ashley and their families. This was our first year in California for Thanksgiving. We usually visit my dad, but this year we visited him in October instead. Lizette had a great Thanksgiving. She LOVES playing with all her cousins, she really hit it off with Chase, Tyler's oldest sister's son. She also always loves her cousin Chloe. Lizette is still learning how to share. She cries when she has to share toys with Chloe. Tyler also took some glamor shots. And it wouldn't be a Barton get together without a competition. This Thanksgiving was a Barton "Fight Club". You had to choose someone to try to wrestle with. If you where larger than the other person then you couldn't use your hands. It was funny to watch. Overall it was a delicious Thanksgiving.

Squash & Bubbles

Lizette is so messy when she eats. It is unbelievable. When I feed her solids she loves to grab her hair and play with it which leads to an ever messier baby. Right now I am only feeding her solids once a day. And usually a bath is soon after the meal. I can't image feeding her solids more than once a day, because that means she will need a bath three times a day. So the other day, after her messy meal, we had no other option than to give her a bath. Tyler really wanted to give her a bubble bath, this was her first one. She loved it. She loved to splash and get bubbles everywhere. She would chew on her frog and get a mouth full of bubbles. We tried for her not to do that, so we finally had to take it away. She also likes the shower head on so she can try to get some water in her mouth. She thinks it is so funny and she laughs.

(You can see her two teeth in the top picture if you click on it to make it bigger)

I am back...

So my internet has been down since Sunday. I have been very sad. I forgot on how much I really on the internet. We have the Verizon Fios internet, and luckily my cousin by marriage, Jeremy works for Verizon. After a couple of days of trying to get someone to come and take a look. I called Jeremy while he was working so he could come and fix it. The first day he tried everything, about 2.5 hours later it was working... Then 20 minutes later it stopped working. He had to go to another job, but he said he would put me down for the next day and I would be first on his work order. So today he came by and in a half an hour it was fixed. I am so happy. I am happy that I have a family connection to Verizon. I would probably still not have internet if it wasn't for Jeremy.

Thanks Jeremy. You are the greatest.

(I have so many postings to do)

Party Palace

So I need to rant for a couple of minutes. Yesterday I opened my front door and I noticed that there were 4 cars parked out in my drive way. I thought that it was really weird and I thought that I would give them a couple of seconds to move. About 45 minutes later I was getting Lizette's things together so we could go run a couple of errands and the 4 trucks were still there. I was really annoyed. I know that Tyler and I live in a ghetto house but who parks in someone else's drive way for almost an hour... It isn't like there isn't room on the street for them to park. I finally asked them to leave because I needed to leave the house. About 15 minutes later they were all gone. I just thought it was so rude. Then I was thinking that maybe they thought that the house was abandoned, but my car was parked out front. I just was really upset that people would do that. I would never park in someone else driveway, only if I get permission..

So our house that we are renting is really little, about 640 sq feet, but at least the rent is cheap (for socal), and I can stay home with Lizette and still work the Dave Ramsey Plan... Someone from my ward told us a story on how he went to a party and it was at our house (about 20 years ago) and his brother threw up on the floor somewhere in the house.. The carpet that was in the house was 25 plus years old. So needless to say we asked for the carpet to be changed shortly after. About a month ago we met some new members who moved into our ward, and they live 2 houses down. I told them that we lived on the same street, I told them that we had the really long gravel driveway. They told me that they were wondering about that house. I told them not to worry that it wasn't a drug dealer's house. And the husband said, don't worry drug dealers have nicer houses, and we laughed, because it is true.

I took a couple of pictures of our house that we are renting. I am standing on the other side of the street with the zoom lense and you can barley see Tyler waving.

Halloween

Yesterday, Tyler came home for work at 6:15 and asked what we were going to be for Halloween. I had no idea, because I have been working hard on finishing my other project. We knew that Lizette had a puppy dog jacket. So Tyler was trying to think of costumes that we could be to match Lizette. And he thought of one. Can anyone guess what it is????

Lizette was a Junk Yard Dog
Tyler was a Junk Yard Owner
and I was someone who has Junk in their TRUNK.
(I wore Tyler's old high school sweats and he stuffed 2 pillows down my pants)

Just like Cristin said. It is horrible having to explain to other people what you are. I am glad that it is over. I just need to think of a better costume for next year so Tyler doesn't have to dress me up...