Boo Bash

We had a great weekend in our household. Friday I went to the shop and hung out with my mom, I miss that my dad is never there when I am there but his hard work will soon be the best thing ever when our cabin is finally done. Dad you are such a hard worker and an amazing person! If you read this even! But Friday night my parents had a booth at the Boo Bash in Inver Grove Heights. It was fun there was local businesses there and a DJ with lots of fun things to do such as a bounce house dancing games and also a hula hooping contest. If my mom was between the ages of 3 and 13 she would have won for sure. Well, my Grandma, Aunt Annegret and her three children, Emma (Princess fairy), Lou (Dragon) and also Johann (Tigger) came also. My mom was piglet, I was Pooh Bear and you Trig was Eeyore. It was so fun. Here are a few pictures. We have a great support system at the shop with employees and one of our Employee's wife Nina helps us with all functions we do at or for the shop she is amazing. Thanks Nina!

 Johann and Trig

 Johann but I can't flip the picture.

Emma.

 

 Johann, Emma, Tamora, Trig, Lou and Gina.

 Tamora and Lou.

Pooh's Family.

 Nana and Trig

 Nina and Trig

Saturday was a very busy day for us. We got up in the morning and headed out with Aunt Jamie to a craft sale in Blooming and got a few cool things. Trig got his on wooded lawn chair and also the Pig from Scentsy. He loves those stuffed animals from there. I got my sweater mittens that I love and I also got Shirley Temple magnets. Shirley Temple was my favorite as a kid. I have porcelain dolls of her and every movie ever made I think. But we couldn't leave without buying something for Chad so he got some lefsa. Than went and did chores and headed over to Chad's parents for dinner and had pizza before I dropped Trig off at his parents so I could attend a baby shower for a friend. It was fun to get away but I sure do have anxiety leaving Trig. Chad and I got to go to dinner by ourselves with Jeff and Jamie at the Geneva Bar and Grill thanks to Katie the neighbor for coming to watch Trig while he slept. It was so cool all the amazing costumes that showed up.

Today we got up and went to a big Birthday bash in Coon Rapids and that took up the whole day and it must have wore Trig out because he slept the whole two hour ride home.

Tomorrow is Halloween and I can't wait to capture picture of all the kids and post them. I love seeing all the kids dressed up and having a good time. I hope all the children have fun Halloween Parties at school tomorrow. Until next time my friends and family I hope that you are all healthy and in good spirits!

Wednesday and Thursday

Well the last two days have been pretty good. We will start with Wednesday. Well we didn't do to much today. We did our normal we did chores which was pretty interesting and what happened made Trig laugh so hard. I sure wish I knew exactly what he was thinking. I put Trig in his stroller in the barn as I always to and go and grab my rubbers to put over my shoes as I am sick of ruining shoes stepping in cow crap. Well after I grab my rubbers I sit down an the hay bale as I always do to put them on and what happens I get hit on the top of my head. I am looking around and can't figure out just what happened and Trig is laughing. It took me a second and those seconds felt like minutes but what happened was a cat jumped out of the hay loft as the hole to the hay loft is right above my head and fell on my head. Well it gets better. I am filling up my pails of feed to feed the cows and every time I go down to scoop up in the pail a see a bat that keeps swooping down. I look up and it is gone it is only when I go to scoop up the pails. Well after the seven pail is filled and I am getting spooked out because there is not only cats falling out of the ceiling but a bat now. Well I figured it out. Are you ready....... It was a piece of straw that was stuck in my hair from the darn cat and it was the shadow that I was seeing. But needless to say we made it out of the barn all in one piece but had a major headache.

But the last two days Trig has been crabby. I really think that he will have teeth real soon. He won't nap unless he does it on his own. The morning nap was with his new pig that Aunt Jamie got him and his afternoon nap was while he was playing.

Morning nap with my pig. I can't even think that would be comfortable. He slept like that for over an hour.



Afternoon nap. He looks comfy though. This nap was not too long but at least I could get something done.

But the best part of the day was Chad came home for supper as I made Spaghetti and I kept asking him if he was going to leave for the farm anytime soon. Well it was 7:30p and I asked him again as he said he was leaving when I asked 30 minutes prior to this and he finally said do you want to do something or what. I did want to run to the fabric store and to Target to get wrapping so I could wrap the kids Halloween presents. To my surprise he said well than go, I will finish putting Trig to sleep. It was bitter sweet for me to get out of the house. First, putting Trig to sleep is my favorite thing to do, not because it is bedtime but because it is cuddle time. Second, I have a hard time leaving Trig, I don't know if it is because I am with him all day or what. Third, Chad was home and when he is home I just want to spend time as a family as this doesn't happen very often. But Trig doesn't like the fabric store and it was nice to go and get what I needed. The bad part was I just needed some black and white fabric to make a two nun habits for some Halloween costumes. I wish I needed to actually look for fabric by myself. So I was home by 9p and watched a little TV with Chad while I wrapped the Halloween presents.

So on to Thursday. Today was a little more busy for us. We managed to make it to Blooming Prairie not only once but twice today. I went into town this morning to order my sweatshirts for T's and P Escape for the craft sales and Chad even wanted a sweatshirt also so that was a good feeling. I hope my new business does good. We also had to drop off box tops at the school and run to the grocery store. Than we went back and went to lunch with Lynsee at The Roost. I actually like the restaurant and want to go back. Than we came home and I was cleaning up as we were having company for dinner and while I was cleaning Trig got really quiet and I went to check on him because all parents know when it is quiet it never really means anything good so I find him behind the chair. The laptop is on the floor but propped up by the end table and right as I am going to grab him he pulls the laptop over and it hits him in the head. I think I cried harder than him he only cried for like 10 seconds. He is a Strong little boy. He also got himself stuck between the toilet and the vanity today. I now shut the door and he crawls over to the door to the bathroom and screams at it like the door will open on its own because he is telling it to. But we had dinner and our company left, Chad came home to visit for a few minutes and left as it is Thursday and that means guys night. Trig loves bath time so I gave him a bath, which I will leave you a few pictures of his happy face in the bath. But I better sign off as I need to get the bags packed for tomorrow. We are going to my parents shop to work and than going to the Boo Bash trick or treating. I am sure there will be a lot of pictures of that my next post. But the house is spotless and I am going to bed. Night all!

 Happy Face. How can you not smile at that?

Playing with my feet!

Oh My...

I will name this blog oh My... because it was such a great last few days. And also because my mom was here tonight and you never know what will happen when she comes. I will start us off with a picture and might I add she forbid me to put this picture on. I had a better one but she deleted that one so I took another and didn't give her the camera. I know we love each other!

She comes down once a week to play with Trig. As Trig is her world now. She didn't get down until almost 6pm tonight and Trig goes to bed a little after 7pm. And we had dinner. I am becoming a Betty Crocker. I made Chicken and Rice Casserole, she must of liked it she took the left overs home for lunch tomorrow. But I get Trig to sleep and said, "Mom, I really need to get that desktop going again I have a line up of iPods here that need to have some downloads done to them." So Chad nicely brings it upstairs for us and sets it up before he left for the farm after dinner. I get Trig to sleep and we are on the line with Dell Support and after about 30 minutes I start on the dishes and cleaning up the living room my normal after Trig goes to bed, and all the sudden I hear my mom go oh my... And what happened I asked she says the phone just died and it never even gave me any beeps or nothing. So we get the other cordless phone and call back but I guess my phones are too high tech for my mom and she can't figure it out so I take care of it and I am talking to someone when the phone beeps to tell me I have an incoming call and I take the call and it is someone but not the person that we were talking to we are laughing really hard now and than some other guy gets on the phone. Well needless to say mom and I were laughing so hard I think he was getting annoyed with us that he put me on hold several times. I love when my mom comes. I can't wait for that day each and ever week. It brightens my day. She is an awesome person and I love her to pieces. I wish she came three times a week. But I know that her schedule is a very busy one. Mom thanks for all you do for me. Dad if you read this thank you also!

Well my company left on Sunday afternoon a little before 1pm and it was sad. I loved having company for the weekend. Mary and Erika were here Friday and Saturday night.

Trig took a 2 hour nap on Sunday which never happens. I think the company exhausted him. I wish they were still here though. We watched Soul Surfer on Saturday night and just laughed about things. Saturday during the day we went shopping for most of the day. Than Sunday we just relaxed before they had to leave. I hope they come back again soon.

After they left we went to Aunt Jamie's and Uncle Jeff's house for a little bit to drop some stuff off that she needed and also to talk about her wedding. I can't wait for this wedding to get here it is going to be so much fun. Jamie I know you read this and I am very thankful for you. Even when you drive me nuts. Jamie and I fight like sisters and we have so much fun though. She can holler at me and I can holler at her. I can't tell her exactly what I am thinking and she can do the same but in the end we get over our grudges. (which never takes to long) We can go a week without talking and pick right back up where we left. But while we were at Jamie's on Sunday she gave Trig a very special gift. She gave him a pig piggy bank that her Grandma had actually made. Trig is very lucky to have people like Aunt Jamie in his life. I asked Jamie not once but twice why she wasn't keeping it for her kids and she said, "I don't live on a hog farm like Trig does." I was just so nice that she thinks about him. We love you Auntie and Sister. Let the wedding planning begin!

Jamie and I when we had nothing to worry about but ourselves. Now we have significant other's one has a child and our schedules get so busy we don't get to see each other like we used to. But when we do we have fun no matter what!



Trig and Jamie. He loves his Jamie!

Well I better sign off now that I have been blogging and since my mom reads this and will already see the picture I posted of her and also because I have been working from home the last few days I need to get back to work before Chad gets home so I can complete my task at hand. Until next time folks. 

Pumpkin Patch

Sorry, I haven't had time to get on here with field work and everything in the middle. But Thursday we enjoyed a day at Twiete's Pumpkin Patch in Byron, Minnesota with my sister Jordan and her boyfriend Cody. We had fun even though Trig slept through most of it but we were there for almost two hours and there was so much to do. We watched a magic show, went through the Girl Scout Corn Maze, went down big slides walked through the Enchanted Forest and went on a hay ride to just name a few of the things that we did. I can't wait until next year when Trig is a little bit older and can enjoy it more. He sat in the stroller and was very good and also took a good nap. I will post some pictures now so you can see our adventure.

 Trig sitting with the pumpkins at the pumpkin patch.

 Cody, Me Tamora and also of course Jordon!

 Cody driving Trig and Jordan around on the Train.

 Trig is getting so big sitting in there all by himself.

Jordan and Cody in the bottom two.

 Trig sitting on the wrong color tractor!

 Getting ready to attend the pumpkin patch thinking to himself what am I getting myself into here?

 Measuring the clan so we can remeasure next year.

 Trig getting eaten by a shark.

 Mom and Trig getting ready for the magic show.

Cody and Jordan's new friend Jackel.

We had a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch. Cody and Jordan had a lot of fun also I think. Well at least I hope. They are two fun kids to be around and make me laugh so hard.

Friday we didn't do much of anything I sewed a little bit and than Chad had a half a day of work only so we got to ride in the combine with him for a little bit before coming back home to get a nap and eat some food. We went back again around 6pm to ride a little bit before dinner. It was great to spend a little bit of time with Chad. I than came home put Trig to bed and than my company arrived. My aunt and cousin came for the weekend.

Saturday we got up and played for a bit before our company got up. We let them sleep in. We than got ready and went to lunch and went shopping at the Medford Outlet Mall and had a lot of fun. After about 3 hours of shopping we left and they came and watched chores while I did them. They wanted to help but I didn't want them to get all dirty with feed. They both did manage to step in cow poop though, rather funny if you as me. It only happens when you only have shoes on. I have managed to step in it many times as I was feeding the cows and last Saturday I told Chad that I need a pair of rubbers for the barn and guess what since he got them for me I haven't step in it. Go figure. I had everyone over for lasagna tonight from the field and it was fun. We got a surprise and my other cousin Ryan showed up also. And for dinner we also got to have Lexi and Grady so that was fun also.

Hope you are all having a great Saturday night!

Not to much..

It was kind of a boring day for us. We did chores which Trig was not into at all today as he got himself in a little trouble. He wouldn't keep his mittens or hat on so he didn't get to go in the barn with me to complete the task at hand. The second I put his mittens on he took them right off. My mom said he is going to outsmart me and to be honest I think he already did. But we had such a good day. I got a lot of sewing done once again. He played and found himself a new little hiding spot which made me laugh really hard. He is so smart. Here is the picture.

Yeah my name is Trig and I am so cool. I found a new hiding place and I just put my feet up and relax. It was so funny!

One other funny thing that happen today, I don't care who you are and if you don't believe me but my child knows the word NO. When I say it he always stops. But today he was trying to get the cords to my sewing machine and I in a deep voice said, "NO TRIG NO." He than looked at me and laughed and turned around and tried to play it off like he wasn't doing anything wrong and started having a hollering match with the chair because he couldn't get it to move. Here is the picture, it was rather funny. He can't always get his way as he is learning with my example above with the chores.



Than tonight I made goulash for the everyone in the field so they came over to eat. That is always fun to have everyone over for a hot meal. My little sister Jordan was over tonight also and she is so amazing. She always kicks my butt into gear to get something done. We cleaned the spare bedroom and made it look nice so when people come over they don't see a huge mess in there. She is so amazing to me and is so darn funny she makes me laugh really hard.

But to be honest we didn't do much today and it was rather a boring day. I am off to do the dishes and finish cleaning the kitchen. We have a big day tomorrow as we are going to the Pumpkin Patch and I am so very excited for this. I have a feeling Trig will be in heaven. I can't wait to blog tomorrow night on our outing and I am sure there will be a lot of pictures also.



Shattered or not shattered will be the question...

Today was a great day! I got a lot of sewing done thanks to stations in our home. We had floor time, walker time, Saucer time and also Johnny Jumper time. Here are some picture from today in our stations. The walker photo cut off half the picture for some reason uploading it and I tried three times so I gave up.

We also got to enjoy a dinner date with some of my family. We went to the Boathouse in Waseca and it was really good. I got a good picture of Trig smiling during dinner. He is such a cute child. He is so good when we are out and about. I couldn't ask for a better child.

One of the shows that I am totally into right now is The X-Factor. It is so great to watch that show and see not only the talent but the hopes and dreams of people come true. They all want it so bad. My top three are Stacey, Chris Rene, and also Rachel Crow. Stacey is amazing, he dad passed away the day she arrived at boot camp and she stayed because she said her dad would want this for her. That takes a lot to miss your dad's funeral, that to me shows you how much she wants this. Than you have Chris, he has been sober 5 months now and he wants it so bad. I know he can stay sober if he follows his dreams and boy he can sing. I think that he hits home so much because alcohol is a huge thing within my life. I have had friends and family with this problem and it takes a lot to beat the screaming noise in your head to stop and think about the good you actually have in your life that that is exactly what Chris is doing. Than you have Rachel my all time FAVORITE. If I could I would buy her she is so darn cute. She is 14 with a head of hair that is so cute. She has personality that I have never seen and she is an amazing artist she has the vocals to make herself something. But now you ask me why do I blog about this today because, as of today I am 27 years old and I look back to what I have hoped and dreamed for over the years and they may not have came true yet but the three people that I have talked about above are 14-42 years old. I may think that it is hard to complete my hopes and dreams. As of right now I am hoping that I can manage to have T's and P Escape blast off, but after watching this show I get so emotional because there is a lot of people that have had their hopes and dreams shattered tonight and that may just happen to me with T's and P Escape. You can never be sure on how things with go. But if I was Rachel's age of 14 again and looking into the future when I was her age, I would be almost done with Doctor School as I was going to be a brain surgeon. That crashed down when my hopes and dreams changed to become a nurse. I tried that route for a while but I couldn't pass Chemistry. I just couldn't comprehend that subject for the life of me and I became an accountant. And look now I am a homemaker, yes it is a big job as I look back on it in the last few days. I keep the house clean, I cook meals, I make sure our house runs smoothly. There are bumps in the road. But this may not be what I have ever thought would be my life but it is my life and I love it. Every life has bumps in the road and I will ride the bumps out, whether my hopes and dreams as of right now come true or they fall through. I can manage to do it all with my support system that I have. I can only give it my all and hope it is what others think is my all and that I can accomplish what I want to happen.

Until next time my friends, good night!

Friends that mean something...

I will start this post out with a picture that I took today and just fell in love with. It is funny because Chad loves getting pictures of Trig through out the day and so I try really hard not to forget to send one each day and this is the picture that I sent him today.

We have been in the field and the last two nights I have made dinner, Sunday Roast and potatoes and tonight tater tot hotdish. I had Chad's family over to eat with us. Which always gives me a sick feeling because his mom can cook and I am trying so hard to be a cook like her. But anyways what I am trying to get at with this picture is that. Chad isn't home much and tonight he made a comment as he was leaving to head back out to the combine and said to me, "Thanks so much for the picture today, it was amazing and his smile was so big, I just kept looking at it all day." It really made me feel good that he said that for some reason and I am still getting teary eyed just talking about it. I don't know if it has something to do with the fact that I am really missing him lately. I don't know. And trust me he doesn't just get good pictures he gets bad ones also. He needs to know it isn't always peaches and cream during the day.

After my last post, I had a friend that I don't know really well but it was to my amazement that she sent me a message and asked that I call her, she to is a stay at home mom. She said in the message that she had the same feelings as I do now about a year ago when her child was the same age as Trig. She talked to me for about an hour and it brought a lot of things to my attention. She was amazing to talk with and also that she sought me out to talk. I have friends but I can honestly say no one really does that for me. Why is it so hard to go through these changes.It is kinda like my friends just don't understand anymore. You can't just go out at the drop of a hat. But I was never that kind of person to start with. (trust me my friends don't get it but niether just Chad sometimes) Chad will come home at like 8pm some nights and say let go for dinner. I just look at him like are you nuts, Trig has been sleeping for a half an hour.

My friend gave me some good pointers. Like making a list of what I need to get done each week. This is a good one and check them off as I get them done. Go to story time with Trig and also to see if I can find a stay at home mom's group. The problem that I have is I love staying at home with Trig but I am a social butterfly so it is hard for me not to have the interaction with others.

I was having a really hard time focusing lately in my home. It was because it was a disaster. I couldn't beleive what I was seeing. Since I have moved my sewing headquarters into the middle of our dining room and started sewing on our kitchen table it was a pitiful mess. I was having anxiety over it. It was horrible and I just couldn't come up with the energy to clean it. I have terry cloth dust everywhere and 9 totes of fabric all over my dining room. But last night Trig went to bed at I did it. I spent 5 hours cleaning. I got the kitchen, living room and also the dining room spotless. I felt accomplished. Chad came home and was stunned. It is just I can always find more things to do after Trig goes to sleep. So I did it and it felt amazing.

I got up early this morning and started on the bathroom and completed that. I than called my mom and asked her if she could join us for lunch if we drove up to her and she said of course, that is the answer that is always associated with there is a little boy named Trig involved. So we drove up and went to lunch with her and dropped her back off at work and headed to Best Buy, since the move I can't find my camera charger so no pictures of Trig have been taken on a camera. Got that one checked off the list. So today was a running day so that means that the rest of the week is sewing during the day.

So all in all I am trying really hard to come to the understanding with myself and that I am now a homemaker and a mom that stays home. It will get better I just need to seek out other people that have the same interests as me and area also doing the same things as me and understand me. I think that as week get older things change and so do people and I have lost a lot of my friends as I just didn't want to deal with a lot of the drama that as associated with them. I have a family now and an amazing guy that would do anything for me, even when I am really upset with him he would do anything for me. I know that and I don't try to take things out on him and feel bad when I do but it is just me. I am a weird person that makes no sense so I will sign out now before I get a twisted tounge and make no sense at all.

Bitter and Sweet kind of day

Today has been a very weird day for me. Over the last few weeks I have found myself looking into things and finding things out. I have been doing some searching for myself. I am having a very hard time finding myself now that I am a stay at home mom. I feel like I have no sense of anything. I feel now that since I am only a stay at home mom, I don't accomplish anything. I don't have a job so I can't have that under my belt. I don't know if you can understand what I am saying but all I can find within myself is I am Trig's mom. I am trying to find my hopes and dreams but they always seem so distant. You try so hard to accomplish things and I feel like I haven't or can't accomplish what I want. I am having a really hard time with this. I have also been living down here in the Blooming Prairie area for the last five years and I have loved it. But I am now finding now that I have a little child that no one understands. I have found out who my real friends are and who just ask for things. I have had to let go of many friends because I just didn't want the drama anymore. But now with Trig I really wish I lived by my parents or should I just say closer to my parents. I am a lost soul down here with no friends or family that includes me. If I was closer to home I could have things to do besides sit at home and do nothing. But I know this is just a bump in the road and I hope that it becomes smoother for me. But all in all I know I am a strong person and need to get these resentments out of my system because they only hurt me and come to the realization that I can't change any of it. It doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt inside or cut a hole within you. And like I said before I don't have a job that I can talk to other people or go out with other people and do something with people from work. I have Trig which don't get me wrong is my world but I would love to do things with others also and feel like I have a sense of belonging. Well that was the bitter part of the day.

The sweet part of the day was: Well lots of things. We got our family pictures taken by TBG Photography today this morning with my Mom, Dad, Tyler, Marisa, Chad, Trig and myself. I can't wait to get them back. We than went to Fleet Farm to do a little Christmas shopping (well that is what I will call it) I got the two things I wanted to grab while Chad got his parts for the farm. Than came home and played with Trig for a while before Chad called and asked if we wanted to join him and watching him fix some stuff. So I said yeah of course, anything to spend time with Chad. I just had to eat a little something and finish feeding Trig. I had to go and feed cows also before I made it there and so Trig and I got our stuff together and did what we needed to do before we met up with Chad.

This was Trig today as we fed the Cows. He is my Carhartt boy. Just like his daddy!

After we completed the chores with the cows we went to see Chad and unloaded a load of corn with him and boy Trig thought that was amazing. He thought he would drive dad's Grain Truck for him which I found to be the cutest thing ever and got a picture of that right away. Trig always seems to amaze me and melt my heart. It is so awesome. He is going to be the next Klemmensen that farms I believe.

He is getting so big he is trying to drive again. He holds himself up in the seat and all.



After we completed that with daddy we chose to go home and get some food in Trig's tummy before we ventured on our next adventure. And this would be the first time Trig would ever ride in the combine. It was so amazing to see that he enjoys the combine as much as his mom and dad.

He had a front row seat in the combine.



Well we were in the combine for one round before Grandpa Rick called to say that dinner was ready for us and we needed to take a break and head home for a food. So we unloaded everything and headed out. We ate and were on our way back to combine as I told Chad we could only combine until 8pm as Trig would need to get to bed so we are driving the 3 miles back to the field and what happens...... are you guessing.... We hit a deer. I look over at Chad and he looks like something was totally wrong. (yes I know we just hit a deer) I look at him and say repeatedly "it's ok." He later brings this up as we are picking corn and I just laugh he says you never say things like that. He said he was worried about Trig but let me tell you he didn't even notice anything I don't think he just sat in his seat and played with his toys. There wasn't much damage done I don't think as we could see in the dark. The bumper is a little screwed up but I do think as were we looking at the dead deer his partner in crime ran into the other side of the Yukon but we will see in the morning when it is light out.

Well that is the day in Tamora's World for today! But I know that all the things that upset me and make me sad are all outbeat by the things that make me happy and everything inbetween but we all have feelings and have moments that take us for a rollercoaster ride. Mine just seems to be going around and around these days. It will get better I just know it.

T's and P Escape

I have started a new business and thought that I would just throw a few pictures on here to show you a few of my things. I make Burp Rags, Nursing Covers and Taggies as of right now. I am adding things after I get through the first couple of craft sales.

I make burp rags. They are a fabric on the front and terrycloth on the back. You tell me if you want girl, boy or unisex and I make them according to your needs. They are $5.00 a peice but if you buy 4 I give you the 5th free.

Nursing Covers are reversable and have mink for the nexk peice that goes around your neck for a very soft and comfortable wear. They are $30.00.

I also make taggies. They are a fabric on the front and mink on the back. They have four ribbions on each side and the ribbions are patterned around the sides and have different feelings for the sensory skills. They are $12.00.

I will than send you an invoice through paypals and you buy the stuff and I ship it out that next day.

Here are a few of the pictures of my stuff, If you are interested in anything please contact me by email. tamora.larson@gmail.com

 Front of Burp Rag

 Back of Burp Rag

 Front and Back of Burp Rag

 Reversable Nursing Cover

 Front of Taggie

 Back of Taggie

 Reverseable Nursing Cover

 Reverseable Nursing Cover

I also do baskets of whatever you would like. This is the basket that I make for the Jennifer Nace the lady that has been taking Trig's pictures as I bought a Bebe Package which covers Newborn, 6 month and 1 year picures. As you can tell she is having a girl so I made a girl basket.

This week....

This week has been a roller coaster I feel like. I am starting a business and I have to get my inventory up for a few craft sales that I have entered. Trig I believe is getting a tooth and has been so clingy which really isn't him. Since he figured out how to crawl he is a very independant little man. So Monday I didn't get much done. Tuesday my mom came down (she comes one night a week) to watch Trig while I sewed. Wednesday was a didn't get anything done day. Thursday we had Trig's 6 month pictures taken with Jennifer Nace Photography out of Waseca so that day was pretty much shot. So today is Friday and I got up before Trig this morning started getting my cleaning done and than I figured I would get to sewing after my cleaning was done. Well Trig woke up and that was the end of cleaning and the end of sewing for the day. He had to have my undivided attention all day. He did take a little nap today but the minute I would set him down he would scream so I had to hold him for his nap. Than he woke up and I chose to let him scream for a little bit while I went to put on my farm clothes, I was gone maybe 3 minutes and came back out of the bathroom and what do I find a sleeping baby. So I turn back around and head to the bathroom to take my farm clothes back off get back to the living room and what to I now find.... Thats right Trig is up and just starting to scream, so I head back to the bathroom and put my farm clothes back on. This is all within 8 minutes. I pack Trig up and head the mile and a half up the road to feed the cows. When I get there Trig is sleeping so I let him sleep. I go in and open the gate and turn the lights on. I than go back to the Yukon and check on him and he has now heard the cows bellering and he is pretty upset with me that I would let him sleep through chores. So I put his hat and mittens on and plug him in the stroller so he can watch. He loves doing chores. The best is though that I seriously never knew cats were so funny. He laughs so hard at the cats. I wish I knew what they were doing that was so funny. So we completed our chores and I pack Trig back up in the Yukon and we head home. We get home and I thought well I will try to get this house cleaned one more time. Sewing is getting hard when all I can look at is this mess in the house. Trig still needed my undivided attention. So I still got nothing done. It is now 9:36pm and I just got a shower for the day. This time of year is hard because Chad is in the field and still working at his normal job also so I don't get much help around here this time of year so it does get a little overwhelming. This is our week in a nut shell. I will post pictures to show how our week has gone. I just hope this tooth comes soon as I am to be sewing 25 burp rags a day, 2 nursing covers and 6 taggies and I only got a total of 36 burp rags done this week. Looks like I will be a sewing machine this weekend I pray!

Here are a few sneak peaks at Trig's 6 month Pictures.

 See the Cats really are that funny!

 I tried reading the paper while mom was sewing.

 I did get to have a little bit of fun with daddy as he had a rain day half a day on Wednesday. My mom almost didn't let me go outside though because I didn't want to keep my clothes on. So she wrapped me in a blanket as she wanted to take a shower and I wasn't allowing it.

And this is the game I played with mom while she thought we would go and do chores and I thought I would fall asleep for just a few mintues long enough for her to go and get dressed and undressed three times.