Uniqua Cake (Backyardigans)

God! I don't even know if anyone outside the U.S.A. knows who Uniqua is! Actually, I don't know if anyone IN the U.S.A. without a 2yr old knows who she is either! LOL. But I was asked to make this cake and I made $25 on it. It was really easy and I have to say one of my all time favorites - she's sooo cute.

Things I Am Currently Addicted To

American Idol!! My favorites are Jason Castro (he's from Rockwall,Tx - I used to live there)I've watched his last song about...20 times - no exaggeration! My girlfriends don't get it - since he has dreadlocks, but I think he's awesome! I also like David Archuleta, Danny Noriega, Michael Johns (he's Australian and he rocks!) I have to admit that I've also watched his performance about 10 times - I am going to put the obsession down to having gone without sex for 6 months! LOL. For the girls, I like Carly Smithson and Syesha Mercardo.

Scrabble on my LG phone. I try to keep it to 3 games before I got to sleep...I can't explain this addiction and I don't have any excuses for it. I just joined scrabulous.com thanks to a suggestion from Auntie Vicki - now I can play real people!

South Beach Diet "Tide Me Over" Tropical drink. Yummy, yummy yummy. It reminds me of orange/mango cordial from Australia.

6 Month Mark

Well...6 months is such a huge amount of time to say we've put behind us and it feels good to say we've made it this far. However, we have 9 months to go. So, whenever I think to myself "wow 6 months down", I am proud of all of us for getting this far and also sad that we still have so long to go - it literally brings tears to my eyes every time. I just can't believe that the government feels its o.k. to remove a person from teir families for 15 months. Deployments just shouldn't be longer than 12 months! I mean, 1 year away from your family is more than enough time - especially when you are living in a war zone. Eric left when Wyatt was one and will return when he's 3 - its depressing and frustrating.

Latest Cakes

Wyatt in the Bath with Sabrina and Gianna

These two girls are Wyatt's best friends. Their mother is one of my best friends. We spend the night at their house sometimes and have a big sleepover. In fact, we often get together for an afternoon playdate, that turns into dinner and a bath for the kids. They love it! Its so great to have such a good friend to spend time with here. I really need to get a nice picture of Sandi and I to post...

Jello Incident

He looks scared right? Little shit!

Deployment Crazies

I am writing this to officially admit I have gone crazy! cuckoo! lost the plot! nuts!

My floors are filthy, my pantry and kitchen cabinets are in array. I have pen marks on my couch from Wyatt making "pretties" for the third time in a month! My child gate was somehow ripped from its hinges by a two year old and lays against the wall waiting repair. My neighbor's decided to get 2 puppies because, evidently, the weekly complaints I make to the Humane Society about their existing dog isn't enough fun for them. 2 rooms have pink stains on the carpet that I cannot remove, as a result of my son vomiting cranberry juice. My cat has furballs. My sheets have pen on them (guess the couch wasn't enough). My car is full of goldfish, teddy grahams and milk stains and the car seat needs to be replaced because after repeated vomiting/washing its falling to bits. I washed Wyatt's curtains and they are now 6 inches shorter than the sheers. How come after washing and ironing curtains twice they STILL have creases from being packaged?! I still haven't painted the purple guest room. I've lost the power drill I need for countless projects. The stairs to my basement and the den in the basement look like I'm preparing for a garage sale, when in fact I've just been throwing things down there so I don't have to look at them on my main floor. Wyatt still needs referrals to specialists that the moron in the Drs office can't seem to process. Tricare sent me a bill for a covered visit in Denver. Eric's 15 year old daughter in dating at 17yr old. I cannot figure out for the life of me how to download McAfee onto my laptop. I have a pair of jeans that, after 4 visits to the tailor, still don't fit right. Wyatt has a double ear infection and a cough that wont go away. The fluid in my windshield wipers is empty and I don't know how to replace it, there's a patch of bare floor where my cat has been trapped in Wyatt's bedroom, my back sliding glass door won't close and lock for some reason, I just realised that I never applied for the rebate on my phone, the magnet on the back sliding glass door is missing and so I can't arm the alarm, there are finger prints on EVERY mirror in the house.

Here's the thing. I know that I am not dealing with any more than the rest of you. My laundry is done, my fridge is stocked, my dishes are clean, my bills are paid. But, here's where I think I've gone a little crazy.. I tore out the carpet in my master bathroom and am now trying to figure out how to remove the toilet so that I can remove the existing linoleum in there and paint too. Have I gone insane? I know what it is...its the need to stay busy, overwhelmingly busy, so that I don't have time to sit still and think.

...and after I wrote all of this I got up and went and got dressed in order to cross some of this pathetic stuff from my "to do" list. When I came back down Wyatt has opened a jello packet on my couch and was swimming in it...its not necessarily the deployment - its having a 2yr old boy on my own during deployment. The destruction, the mess, the constant running from one pig sty to the next. Its driving me nuts! LOL

Anyway, I felt the compelling need to admit this to everyone in order to dispel any guilt I have about the current state of my life and my house. LOL! I AM in control, I AM in control, I AM in control...:-)

Wyatt Being His Cute Self

A Moment...

Royal Gorge in February

My friend, Katie, came out to visit us and keep us company. We went for a hike at Garden of the Gods and spent the day at Royal Gorge.

Oscar The Grouch Cake

I just made this cake with 12 dirt cupcakes and gummy worms for $45.

Baby Shower Cake and Cookies

I made this for my friend's baby shower. As you can see, the theme was butterflies.

Recent Bath Pic

Riding His Bike and Mum and Dad's House

I got the bike at the thrift store for $4. I was proud of that purchase. Wyatt liked trying to ride his bike although he didn't quite get the hang of it. Maybe this summer.

Busch Gardens in Tampa

Wyatt kept up with everything Christopher did. No ride was too scary for him - he didn't think twice - if Christopher was doing it, he was going to do it too.

Wyatt and Christopher

Wyatt really enjoyed my friend's son, Christopher. It made me think about having our next baby soon. They were so cute together. Wyatt is 2 and Christopher is 5. Wyatt definately annoyed Christopher at times (on purpose the little shit!), but all in all they really got a long well.

Skating in Georgia

My friend's had a skating party earlier in Sept and, surprisingly, Wyatt enjoyed trying to skate. So while we were in Georiga we took Wyatt skating again. He loved it and had a fit when it was time to leave. Its very tiring trying to skate and hold up at 2yr old so the rest of us were more than ready to go.

Chillin With Auntie DD

We broke down on the way from Tampa back to Georgia. Here's a pic of Wyatt sitting on my sister's lap watching a DVD in the mechanic's office.

Photos of Savannah

Wyatt in Uncle Pat's Fireman Suit

4.5 Months Down

So Eric's been gone for almost 5 months and then we can say that we are a third of the way through deployment. I suppose, when you think about it, that's quite an accomplishment. I wasn't sure how I would cope with being back in Colorado with no school to keep me busy and a whole year to get through. So far its been really good. I've been home for 2.5 weeks and I have been really busy. Almost too busy. The thing is that I tend to overbook myself because I hate sitting in the house - its depressing. I feel kind of aimless when I'm not doing something.

Since I've been back I've been trying to finish decorating Wyatt Elmo themed room. The curtains have been killing me - I can't seem to find any I like. I'll post a pic as soon as I am finished.

I've started booking cakes again. My latest is below. I was very happy with it - except for the Rockies logo - it isn't as good as it could be - but oh well, the customer was happy.

We have a baby shower in a week and I am helping plan the shower and make the cake and favours as well as some of the decorations - that will keep me busy for the next week. Plus I few of us are getting together to decorate pillow cases for the single soldiers in our troop for Valentines Day.

Baseball Field Cake

3 Months Down

12 months to go. At least this month will go by faster while its the holidays and we are with family in GA.

OMG!

I know I already posted about the weather, but it just amazes me! Today the high will feel like 26F or 1C! Tomorrow the high will feel like 21F or -6C. Isnt that crazy!

The Winter Weather HAs Finally Hit

Luckily, I am headed down South for Christmas and New Years so I will escape a month of this. Don't get me wrong - I love the snow! I'm sad to leave the snow during Christmas, because it just adds to the festive feeling of the holidays. But by Feb and March it gets really old. So to have a month off from the cold is welcome! Here is the forcast for this week:

C Hi/Lo F Hi/Lo
Sat 3 / -7 37/19
Sun -4/-10 24/14
Mon 2/-9 36/16
Tue -2/-12 29/11
Wed 3/-9 38/15
Thu 3/-9 38/15
Fri 6/-5 42/10

O.K. Did you check out Sunday? 24F or -4 as out high! We won't be leaving the house. Its snowing right now so I'll take some pics and post them - its gorgeous.