Some Firsts (lawn mowing, potty princess, mysterious blood)
Wednesday afternoon I went to get my hair trimmed. Phillip is a BIT clingy lately, my guess is due to the eye procedure trauma. He was only two feet away from me, crying his little head off. I popped him into my lap where his screams only intensified as the poor hair dresser tried to ignore his crying. I called Alison and Justin but both were busy. I even gave him a lollipop which only decreased his crying to frequent but intermittent screaming. He gave it up after I took a break and walked around with him outside. Once he stopped crying he was happy as a lark, cooing and giggling at the lady. Wierd. Amelia showed Phillip how to sit still while she got her bangs trimmed. Justin mowed the lawn for the first time in our married life! We've never had our own lawn to mow, our first was taken care of by the HOA.
Thursday evening Roxanne loaned me her cricut machine. I made a poster to display at the home-based business show on Saturday. Trissa lent me their copy of Avatar. Justin and I had a really fun evening watching the movie, me making the poster, and later being really silly. The movie itself, is really dumb, basically a grandiose dose of environmentalism. Towards the end the main characters were fighting the bad dudes. They communicated using throat microphones by holding two fingers over the mic while talking. It struck us as funny so now we talk to each other using pretend throat mics when we want to be silly. It was a nice comic relief.
Friday afternoon Phillip woke up from his nap with the right side of his head soaking in a bloody mess, focusing around his ear area. I thought for sure his ear drum had burst. I took out my otoscope and it appeared the blood came from his ear. I had him to the Dr office an hour before it closed. The Dr said his ear looked fine. We could not find any source for all that blood, no scratches, no nose bleed, no ear wounds, etc. I checked out Amelia too and could not find anything either. The Dr and I were completely flummoxed! Phillip must have killed a huge six inch mosquito or something. What else would produce a couple tablespoons of blood? I had to scurry in order to get everything at home in order to get my booth set up that evening.
Saturday I was at the Community Center by 8:45 for the "May Day Extravaganza" event as a vendor. I had examples of all the crochet hat styles folks can order, photography stuff, and a couple shirts from last year's event. Justin brought the kids over around 11:30 so I could nurse Phillip. I used a different approach than last year, since last year was not very successful. This year was even less effective. Only three items sold, two hair clips and one hat. Bummer. I get so many compliments and raves over the hats but no one wants to buy one. Not so sure I will participate again.
We packed up the kids once I got back from the event to get Justin to Cheyenne in time for stake priesthood session. The kids and I went to Once Upon a Child consignment store and Hobby Lobby. Phillip now has summer shorts and some pjs that fit. I stocked up on sewing supplies like thread, notions, and scissors at Hobby Lobby. We picked up Justin and then went to Chipotle's for dinner. Oh my, it was delish. The adult session was amazing. I actually got to listen this time! Phillip was pretty good, he only spit up sweet potatoes and turkey all over the back of my chair to the disgust of four single ladies behind us. The first counselor in the Stake Presidency spoke about making lemonade with the lemons of life using the sugar of the atonement and living water. This counsel hit me hard since this week seemed to be more lemons than lemonade. I have an ongoing struggle with trying to by Christlike and defeat my feelings of inadequacy. This week as Amelia potty trained, I finally understood that she reacts best to positive and consistent feedback. Unleashing the "no-no, bad girl" negativity was not working! Strange how I KNOW what to do but when the time comes to act I rely first on my emotions. The second talk focused on teaching our children on how to combat spiritual scorpions by teaching them to pray, study the scriptures, and having consistent family time. Our Stake President spoke on finding significance in your life. His message focused on a recent friendship he is making with a retired Army Colonel, who is struggling to find purpose after a life of military service. He included the sweet story of the Bett family from our ward. Brother Betts was baptized a year ago. They went through the temple April 24th to have their family sealed for eternity. Their new baby son was born three days later under the covenant. I was leaking tears like no tomorrow while nursing Phillip and listening to the talk in the Mother's Lounge. That is the purpose of life: our family and our family relationships. Everything we do should bring our family closer to God and eternal salvation. We drove back home because Sunday's session was going to be broadcast. Halfway home we received about 6 phone calls alerting us the broadcast was cancelled. We continued home. I am glad we at least made the Saturday session.
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