Ode to potatoes!

Lance and I got back from Duluth just in time to join in the festivites that are Barnesville's Potato Days. It is a huge festival/celebration that happens once a year in our town. Loads of fun, let me tell you!

Lance and his friend, Mike decided to run the 5K at about 11:30pm Friday night. The race started at 8am the next morning! Nothing like planning ahead and/or training!! With that said, they did great:) Here are some pics!

Should you be warming up??

Not that way!!!

Going going going...over half done here!

Crossing the finish line!!!

Lance getting some puppy love!

Busy week...

OK, I know I said I would update/post pics earlier but it's been a crazy week! So here are some pictures for you!!

I took pictures of my new scraproom (they are on the side bar) as I moved downstairs to make room for Lily/the nursery. We painted and moved everything early on in the pregnancy so my old scraproom (which is next to our bedroom) is sitting empty waiting for our second baby. I thought it would be hard to see the empty nursery every time I walk to our room but it's not. I know it will be filled soon. I can feel it in my heart.

The following is a picture of my first attempt at knitting a scarf (this is self-taught!):

If you look close (or not so close!), you can see that the scarf is getting wider as it gets longer! WTH?? You can also see a couple of larger holes and some added rows halfway through the scarf! EEK!!

The next pictures are after 1 -1hr lesson! What a difference!! I'm adding the fringe on the scarf today and moving on to the next project. Another scarf but one with a pattern and design!

The color didn't show up very well in these. The scarf is blue, green, purple & fuchsia. It's very pretty!

I also wanted to thank Jewels for nominating me for the Pink Rose Award.

Jewels and I unfortunately have some very close similarities in that we both just lost our baby girls. Jewels lost her sweet Angel Rose a couple of weeks after we lost Lily. My heart has ached for her as I know ~exactly~ what she was going through and all the pain and heartache she was feeling. I feel like we are bonded sisters now.

It is a beautiful day today! The sun in shining and I am happily huddled in my scraproom watching football and the oly.mpics while working on my BF's bachelorette invites. I have to get them done this weekend as Lance and I are off on another work trip this week. Must.get.them.mailed!!!

Ask... and you shall receive!

Guess who showed up this morning???

AF!


Let the TTC games begin!!

I'm sending her to you, Jewels, after I'm done with her!

Glorious rainy day!

It's raining cats and dogs here...and I love it! Except while Teddy, Lance and I walked to the post office to get the business mail and got caught in a downpour about 6 blocks away from home. Sprinting and I don't get along so much!! I'm much more of a jogger than actually runner. Aside from that, there is nothing better than spending a day at home when it's raining. I find the thunder to be comforting in an odd way. I'm also one of those people that stands in front of our 2-story bay window watching the lightning and rain as Lance is yelling at me to get away from the window while he's huddled in the basement with the animals! I've always loved storms!
I've got a bunch of pictures to show but alas they are still on my camera and I'm elbow deep in my to-do list. I'll add those tomorrow or tonight. I'll give you an update on the knitting (along with pictures) and how my first lesson yet. Thank God for that lesson! EEK!
My new blog picture is just one that I found online and loved. I love the bench and all the fall colors! We are having Lily's bench made by a local artist. He does fabulous custom mosaic tile. It won't be done until later this fall or winter, when things slow down for him. It's still high tourist season in the lakes country of MN!
I scheduled my 6 week post-partum appt with my OB but he's so busy that it will be more of a 10 week pp appt. Which is fine by me, so when he asks if we've had "relations" it won't be ~so~ against his rules! oops!! tee hee! I've actually been having a recurring dream that I'm waiting in the office and when my doc walks in, he looks at me and says "You look pregnant." (and not in a "your still fat" way either...a good way!) Wound't that be nice?! I think it's all wishful thinking!
A girl can hope, can't she?!!

1 month.

Wow.

I cannot believe Lily was born one month ago. It's seems like forever since I was pregnant. It seems like ages ago since we heard those horrible words..."We can't find a heartbeat".
It seems like just yesterday when I held our sweet little girl in my arms and watch Lance rock her in his arms. I still see her as clear as day in my memory. I'm very thankful for that.
Love you and miss you like crazy Miss Lily Ann Hope!

And now we are waiting again...waiting for AF to show, waiting for my 6 week post-partum appt, waiting to get that 1st normal cycle out of the way, waiting to TTC. Everyone keeps telling me that I am and will be extremely fertile. We'd like to use that to our advantage so we can get pregnant faster than the first time.

I am not good at waiting.

A lazy Saturday.... for some....

This is how the Haugen household looked for most of the morning. What a rough life they lead!

This is what I've been doing. I've always wanted to learn how to knit and Lily finally inspired me enough to try. I mean, what was I waiting for? Plus we received some amazing things from the hospital that were donated from people who had been in our same situation. I want to be able to recipricate the gifts to others that follow in our painful footsteps, in Lily's honor. Of course I wish for no one to ever have to go through that but that's like wishing for world peace...it's just not going to happen. So I've decided to teach myself how to knit. I can kind of crochet but I seem to get bored with that. It seems like you can do so many more things with knitting. I'm starting out with a scarf. I've also signed up for a beginner's class to get some professional instruction as I'm probably not doing it entirely correct.

I also got a new phone as my mot.orola Q sucks! Lovin' the green color, although it'd be better if it was purple!! How cute is it??


And one last pic as these are my favorite of all the flowers we received in Lily's honor. Aren't they precious? I love all the color and absolutely everything about them. The pot/vase is going to go in my scrapbook room when the flowers have died. I think I might actually try to recreate the whole arrangement in silk. We'll see:)

Have a great weekend!

What happens...

when you mix this furry puppy (Teddy)

(don't you love his booties!!)

with a lake?

Tadaaa...

He's naked! Poor Teddy! I think he actually likes his new "do". The cats aren't real sure what to think of him as Maui hissed at him immediately as Teddy walked into the house. Eventually he did warm up to him. Uggs just wants to sniff him and try to figure out who or what he is!!

In other news, things are going pretty well considering it's been the month from hell. The days are starting to get easier even though I do have my occasional flare up of emotion. I think it's to be expected and completely reasonable. I can't believe all the pregnant women I see lately....~sigh~ I am jealous of them as I really enjoyed being pregnant and hope to find myself in that same situation by the end of the year.
We started on Lily's garden last nite. The lilies that we received from friends were starting to look a little sad so we wanted to get them in the ground asap. They are looking better this morning already. I have a lot more rock to move and bushes and flowers to plant but a little at a time. I'm having a heck of a time with being dizzy. My mom said it's because of not being pregnant anymore and my bodies balance and inner ear is off. Is that right? Anyone heard of that? I'll have to look it up.