Ha-App-y Holidays Blog Party

So my friend Ariel was invited to a bloggers party that our friend Cherie, the Queen of Free and Verizon were having at the Creation Cafe downtown. And since I have a blog, she thought I should go. I didn't really think I was a serious enough blogger to actually attend, but I'm glad Ariel kept hounding me to sign up. And once we got there, we really did have a fun night out and came home with lots of fun things. 

We got to sit and eat yummy desserts and play with new phones. As part of the event, Verizon gave all the bloggers new smartphones to play with over the holidays. We had to answer a survey beforehand so that we were matched up with the right phone. I came home with the Droid 2, and Ariel got a Droid X. I'm in love! It'll be hard to send it back. I'm having a blast and can't wait to try out the Grocery IQ app the next time I go grocery shopping. Oh and Swype, how I love you!!

Stay tuned, I'll update as I find super cool apps to share. Nic is pretty jealous that I get to have a smart phone, but I'm sure he'll play with it too.

Here we are playing with our phones.

Christmas Cards

Every year I'm faced with the decision to design Christmas cards or not. Which of course leads the hassle of finding pictures good enough to use and then designing the card. As a graphic designer I feel obligated to design my own cards. However it just never gets done because it's like the plumber's sink, it's always the last to get fixed. I can never find time to design my own stuff.

I've been a customer of Shutterfly for a long time. Every year I print all our pictures up into a photobook and every Christmas I print up calendars for the grandparents (which reminds me that I need to finish those while I still have a $10 off coupon at Shutterfly). I've always been happy with their quality.

Well Christmas cards might actually get done this year by using Shutterfly's Christmas cards designs. They have awesome designs and they pass my picky standards. They are offering a great deal right now where they will give you 50 free Christmas cards. Check it out here.

Poor guy

I remember having a moment with Belle when I was like "well there goes my mother of the year award". I believe she was an infant and I just watched as she fell off the bed. Never a good sound to hear your baby hit the floor. She of course was fine cause kids are resilient like that. It is also not a good sound to hear your child scream out in complete pain because he is getting his arm set back into place. Even worse when they have to try to do it 3x.

Poor Ethan had to go to the ER today because he threw a tantrum at a friends house and I'm not quite sure what happened. Either he threw himself down while I had a hold of his wrist or I might have pulled him towards me. Either way they think he got nursemaid's elbow. However when they set it, it never seemed to fix the problem. Ethan still cried out in pain and didn't want to use his arm. So they think there is a small fracture. Nothing is broken and all looks fine on the xray. So we are off to the orthopedist on Monday. So he was sent home in a soft cast sort of thing and a sling. Yea right, a two year old keep a sling on. Not a chance!

But knowing Ethan, nothing will keep him down for long. He was already climbing on things and not doing things he should with his arm. I always knew he'd end up in the ER, I just didn't think it would be my fault. Oh well, who needs a mother of the year award anyway. =)

Here he is rocking the cast and gown that they gave him to come home in. No idea what he's going to wear for the next couple days. Excuse the peaches in his mouth.





Update: He's just fine. We went to the orthopedist and his xrays looked fine to him and once the bandage came off Ethan had full use of his arm. He was thinking that maybe it was just really sore and had to heal up before he'd use it. The diagnosis of Nursemaid's elbow stood. Whew!!