Tree Skirt

Since I can not be up walking on my foot I have decided to finish some stuff. Here is the tree skirt Hallie made for me for Christmas. You are suppose to put hand prints each year but I decided to make the foot/hand angel instead. I finished outlining KK's hand so now I will start on Jaxon's - Just wanted to share.

more toe update

OK so I went to the Dr today and he really really hurt me!!! Not while I was there but now that is has been awhile all the messing with it - it hurts as bad as the day i did it. So let's see what I did to my toe

1- Fractured the second section (the one under the joint) but he said that looks good



2- dislocated the joint - which is the problem. right now I have it slinted and wrapped. I have to keep it like this for 2 weeks, I am in a walking boot which he wants me to sleep in (yeah not sure that is going to happen) After 2 weeks we will do more x-rays and see if the slint is working if not then they will have to go in and remove the joint and fuse or put a metal plate in - this is a one time deal. If I did the rod then later on I may need to have the joint removed and a metal plate put in.
3 - sprand the joint where your toe and foot meet - this is really painful now that the slint is on because it is pushing on it.

So that is that. Needless to say I am not a happy person right now. I HURT
Here are some pictures of the overkill walking boot:

Shattered Toe

I finally went to the Dr today after 3 weeks of my big toe hurting - remember I landed on it wrong while in Texas on the stairs - well the Dr was just talking telling me how nobody breaks their toe by stepping wrong on it but he would x-ray it just because it had been 3 weeks and it was still red/purple and swollen. He came back in with a whole different tone - my toe was not only broken in one place but as he put it - it was shattered. OK now I know why it still hurts and I can't bend it. I did not see the x-rays but he made some calls and I have to go to the foot Dr in the morning and that Dr has me on crutches which suck (so I don't us them- what is one more day of walking on it!)
I may be in a walking boot for 6 weeks or if it is really bad I may need surgery!!!!!! FOR MY BIG TOE! CRAZY!
I'll let you know more tomorrow. Becareful on those stairs!

Saturday

This weekend has been busy so far. Friday b-day party for a boy in Jaxon's class, saturday morning b-day party and then we went to a parade downtown. KK loved it she was waving and so excited about getting beads. Between the 2 we caught 10 little bears - yes 10 bears that are all the same. Jaxon has a parade Friday at school so he will be throwing those. That is the bad part about the parade having one stuffed toy. But Jaxon did get 2 footballs and Kk got a dog that barks when you touch his belly. They had a blast!
KK is still sleeping in her toddler bed. She wants nothing to do with her crib which is bad at nap time. She yells now when I put her down for her nap so I am going to have to find a way to get her to take a nap. Last week she would wait till we got in the car to go pick of Jaxon. I did decide to keep her at the same MDO next year. The other school I was looking at did not get reviews from people I know who have their kids there. They all said it is not a learning center and they do not do all the fun stuff that BPECC does like skating.
I have been doing a photo class on http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com
I have learned a lot. It is a basic SLR class so you should check it out if you want to learn how to take pictures out of the auto mode.

a little update

This has been a busy week!
Katie decided she was going to start sleeping in her toddler bed. We had one set up because Jaxon use to sleep in her room. Well now she is sleeping in it. She is really good when it is bed time she runs in there and lays down. I tell her if she gets up she is going in the crib and we have had no problems. One night she did go visit Jaxon but I told her if she got up again she was going in the crib and since then no problems.
We had the Krewe of Jupiter's parade on Saturday - one of the coldest nights - but we had a great time. My friends watched Katie while Jaxon and I headed downtown with Jerry and Amanda and the girls. Everyone had a great time and we all warmed up once the parade started.
We have rearranged most of the house while Erik has been off work. After 6 months we have also gotten all our stuff from Jerry's house (thank you both for that. Now my extra room off our bedroom is a scrapbook/workout room and I love it!! The loft upstairs has a TV and 2 chairs so we Can send the kids up to play PS2 or watch TV if we need them to go. (which would have been nice during football season). We changed Jaxon's room a little also - just moved some stuff so he can have more room to play.
Our next project is to get pictures up on the walls. I am going to look for frames tomorrow.
I guess that is all for now. I hope everyone is having a great week!

Jupiter Ball

Last night was the annual Krewe of Jupiter Ball and we had a great time!
Once a year we get to go out as a family with friends and no kids and have a great time! This year there was too much drinking for some, too much food, a little dance and lot of fun! The gypsies were there painting faces and bodies again - I love glitter! Here are a few pictures, The girls, the boys, the group and then pictures of my artwork.

Fettuccini

I know a bunch of you are trying to eat heathly this year so I wanted to share an old fave with you. It is a lot of food for low points. Tonight we made it with shrimp and it was really good! If you have any thing please feel free to share!

Crawfish Fettuccini
4 servings (6 ½ pts)

6 oz Yolk free noodles
12 oz Bernard’s Crawfish Tails
1 can 98 % fat free cream of chicken soup
6 oz light Velveeta Cheese
Creole Seasoning Mix (onions, peppers, etc)
Olive oil spray
Tony’s to taste

Spray Skillet with olive oil spray
Sauté chopped seasoning for 5 min.
Add soup and crawfish
Cook on low for 5 min
Boil noodles until tender, drain, and mix with crawfish mix.

Thank you

I forgot to thank Tobie and Megan for all their help while we were at their house! Thank you for letting the family stay there and for helping me with KK when she was sick! You ROCK!!

Today is going good. Day 2 of being back on WW program. So we will see how that goes this time.I am ready to get into shape!
My foot is still hurting and it did not help that Jaxon stepped on it this morning - yes 45 lbs right on my toe - did not feel good. Then to top it off I am getting a cold!!!!!! AHHHHHHH

Good and Bad

Well this past weekend was full of fun, family and friends and at the same time it was full of hurt and sickness!
I took the kids to Texas Thursday through Sunday
Thursday we meet up with my cousin Peter and his family at the Health Museum in Huston. This was my first time to meet Drew (my Godson)so I was very excited. Dawn and the kids looked great!
Friday I went to IKEA - yes my fave store in Houston - we are almost done putting up everything. And I see I need more things!!
This is when the fun started. Jaxon woke up from his nap with a low fever but that was knocked out with some meds. But that night KK started to throw up. She spit up off and on all night so that was no fun for anyone.
But Saturday everyone seemed fine. We had a fun day just hanging out with the Labauves. Bobby, Hallie, and Maddie got there and we headed over to The Comeaux's house. We played and had great food then we headed to the church for Mass and then the Baptism. Jaxon and KK were so good - I was impressed!
The Baptism was great. Drew was great.
Then we go back to the house and everything was fine till KK threw up. ALL over me!
So end of party for us!
That night was fun after we put Jaxon and KK to sleep.
Then the best part of the weekend - HAHA -
Sunday morning I was walking down the stairs - KK in my arms and Jaxon on the step in front of me when I lost my footing and landed on my big toe! Yes what a crazy thing to happen. I was not able to walk on it till today. It really really hurt!! The best part about it is the ball is Saturday!! I have no idea what I am going to do!!!
So that is the good and the bad of the weekend!
Here is the link to the pictures I took


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oh and YEAh for the Tigers!! What a great game!!

KK can dance

Happy New Year!!



This is just funny - Tobie was playing Guitar Hero 3 and KK was just dancing away

Happy New Years Eve

Well the year is almost over and what a year it has been - started off really sad saying good-bye to some life long friends but the year ended much better then it started. As I get ready for the new year I thrown around some resolutions and finally decided on one - to get healthy. Not just weight but with everything in life - so I will let you know how that goes.
I did find a cool website that I wanted to share - it is called
photojojo.com it has all sorts of projects you can do with your photos I am very excited to try some of them like the photo journal of you new years resolution and the 365 photo year - where they want you to take a photo everyday so you can get better at taken pictures! That may be a hard one but still very cool idea.
I hope everyone is having a fun and safe New Years Eve - Everyone is sleeping in my house but me and the dogs that are scared to death of all the fireworks!
I don't think I told most of you but we ended up getting rid of Nurple our black and white cat - my Aunt Beth took him to become an outside cat. He would not adjust to our new house and would pee everywhere! It has been 6 months and he just would not stop, even the vet said it was probably behavioral so now he is living in the country!
Ok I am just going on and on about things that pop in my head so I am going to go - Happy New Year! I am looking forward to 2008!

Christmas Day

What a great day!!
Erik and I gave the kids their new rockers which they loved!!

Then they opened the gifts from Santa - Jaxon was so excited with each of his gifts!

KK just loved her Snap n style dolls and My little pony

they both loved their Bilibo things!


So we had a really good Christmas morning then we got dressed and headed to Lafayette to spend the rest of the day with the Hallie and his family!

Christmas update

We had a great Christmas! What else could you ask for but spending time with a wonderful family!
Christmas Eve we had dinner at Mom and Dad's house - yummy! As always too much to eat but it was so good. We sang Happy Birthday to Jesus.



Then we tried to get pictures of the kids and each family will that did not go over too good with the kids. It was actually pretty funny. We tried to get them to sit still:

Then Bobby got them to sit still with good old M&Ms!!



Then the madness of opening the gifts which was a lot of fun - KK actually got upset because she did not get a Barbie doll like all the other girls!


Last but not least we headed to the leeve to see the bon fires. We followed the GPS to Erik's firend's house - which was completely wrong and we ended up getting trapped in traffic on the river road. But the kids were able to get out and run along the leeve while the three drivers went really really slow down the road. But we still had a great time. I got to chit chat with Hallie and her sisters. Jaxon and KK got to play and see the Bon Fires so that was really great.



Once we got home I was able to get the kids to bed and put out all the Christmas presents from Santa.

Last minute

I hate to say it but I am going to be a last minute shopper! I was wrapping everything tonight and found out Jaxon does not have enough for Christmas. I think when I was shopping I stopped buying him stuff because He had so much stuff at home - well most of that was for his birthday so now I have to go out and get him something else - which is no big deal he has been asking for 2 things so I will just go get them. I had to put away 3 things of KK's - good thing her birthday is coming up in April. Just trying to be fair and keep the $$ amount about the same. Plus Jaxon is at that age where he would notice if he got 3 things and Katie got 7.
KK opened one of Jaxon's gifts tonight when I was ran downstairs for a minute ( the gifts and tree are upstairs so she would not mess them, they are only upstairs when we are- most of the time). Jaxon was so excited to see the trucks until I told them that was his present from KK and he had to wait till Christmas to open it.
OH well I guess that is all for now!

A way to say thanks

www.gratitudecampaign.org

Just wanted to share this

Play for free rice

http://www.freerice.com
I want to keep playing to see if I can actually figure out what the word means!

Gingerbread houses

Saturday we went to Ethan and Monica's to make Gingerbread house. We had fun - the kids like adding all the decorations to house -while all the Moms and Dads had the fun with building the houses. Next year maybe they will be able to do some of the building.


This one the one Katie worked on as you can tell I did most of the work.


This was Jaxon and Erik's they had a lot of fun building theirs with all the car out side.



Some places have snow angels - we made leaf angels! Love the 80 degree weather in mid december! Although today it is in the 40s - the temp changes so fast!

A Comeaux Christmas

This time of year I really do love being a large close extended family! We had a great time at the family party and I actually got 2 presents that I will use - OK Erik got one that we can use for the cats to drink out and I got the 2008 cooking light cookbook!!
Amy(Katie's Godmother and my Goddaughter) got Katie a super cute dress and an art kit that she is going to love. Santa gave Jaxon a set of pirate figurines and Katie got some dress up shoes which she had to put on right then. She actually took off her shoes to try on her new ones! But she would not go to Santa - cried and held on really tight! Maybe next year. Jaxon had a blast playing with all his cousins and extended cousins.
Amanda's Mom bought all the girls the pillowcase dresses. Thanks Margo!

Jaxon's cake

The in-laws are in so I will update later

Thursday

Sorry I have not been able to update in a while. I have been crazy busy. I turned in the 10 page application for Jaxon's school - yes Pre-K! Then helping out in the crazy class has gotten a little better but there is still a few that I have trouble with. But only 2 more weeks.
Oh and best of all I have a 4 year old! Jaxon's birthday was good. We had fun! He loves his scooter and the air hog he bought with his birthday money.