My Ray of Sunshine!

I was sick all week last week. SOOO not my week. I woke up Monday with a very sore throat and an ear ache. Since it was President's Day, both Instacare and my doctor's office were closed. So I spent the entire day in bed. On Tuesday I felt a little bit better, but still not enough to go to work. I went to the doctor's and it turns out that I had an ear infection and a sinus infection. I started antibiotics and was able to go to work for a few hours on Wednesday. Thursday I woke up with completely different symptoms and ended up back at the doctors for a new set of antibiotics. 

On Friday, Chelsea needed some help with Carson so she could get some things done, so I spent the morning at her house watching him. He is getting so big and changing so fast. He will be all grown up if we blink! It was a great way to start my day!

Update

I thought I would update on my week, so here goes. I survived the worst day of the year, Valentines Day, and only just made it through it by eating a personal pie that one of my piano students gave me and getting loves from my nephew when he came to visit that night. My parents went out of town on Wednesday, so it was just me and Chase. We went to Golden Corral for dinner, (I had coupons for 2 free meals) and then we worked on his essays for school and made a cake for Nyla's birthday. The cake didn't turn out the way that I wanted it to, but it was okay.

All this week I have had a headache that I just can't seem to shake, so I missed my cake decorating class. Hopefully I get a chance to work on some of the stuff before my next class on Thursday. I will post pictures when I get them done. Since I have been feeling worn out and have had a headache, I haven't been very productive. I figured that had to change so on Saturday I got right up and started sewing. These are the newest additions to my shop:

I did take a break in the middle of my sewing extravaganza to take Heather to meet Carson (and to kiss his cute face!). I was quite pleased with what I was able to accomplish yesterday despite having to make a caffeine run to try to take the edge off this headache.

A great afternoon

Today when I got home from work, Chelsea and Carson were over. Chelsea wanted him to stay awake so I couldn't hold him the way I usually do or he falls asleep. He loves to be on his side so I put him on his side and started rubbing his back. Turns out, he LOVES it. He was completely content, awake, and making sounds kind of like purring. Chelsea has decided that she is going to have to remember that to keep him calm. In fact, when I tried to turn him to his other side so that he was facing me, he got kind of cranky and tried to roll the other way. He really wanted his back rubbed! It was sooo cute.
Tomorrow is mom's birthday so I made her a cake this afternoon and since we are all busy tomorrow evening, we had the cake tonight.

More Cake Decorating...

Here are more of the items that I have learned how make and have done. So my current cake projects are daisies, blossoms, ivy leaves, roses, carnations, and calla lilies.

I am going to be making a couple of cakes this week for birthdays and I will be sure to take pictures of them. There are more great leaves, flowers, and pretties to learn in the next two weeks of lessons!

I Guess Being an Aunt Makes You Busy

My life has definitely gotten much busier since Carson was born. I am taking the last two cake decorating classes this month and while I was at my class last week, I got a text from mom saying that Chelsea was up at the hospital. That is when things got busy! 

Last week at class I made a bow and a gerber daisy. 

 

Saturday was filled with Chelsea, Connor, and Carson. Mom and I went and cleaned their house and put dinner in the crockpot and then went to hospital to see them. After that we ran a few errands for them and ended up back at the hospital and helped them get ready to go home. I took pictures of the nursery since I made the bedding and painted it. It turned out really cute!

 

On Sunday right after I got out of church I went over to hang out with Carson while Chelsea took a shower and Connor took a nap. We snuggled while watching a Shirley Temple movie. Then when I went home I helped Chase with homework and crashed. On Tuesday Chelsea and Carson stopped by work for a minute and I got to see him again. It felt like it had been forever since I had seen him. Then yesterday I had great plans to be productive, but when I got home and saw that Carson was there, I ended up curling up on the couch and snuggling with him for 2 hours!

 

After that, Dakota came over to help Chase get an assignment done. Chase had to plan activities, carry them out, and observe how Dakota reacted to them. It was pretty fun. 

Tonight is my next cake decorating class and I'm looking forward to what I get to learn!

The Chapter of Aunt Shanae Begins

EEK!! I'm so very excited. This morning at 5:26 am, my nephew, Carson Connor Balls, came into the world! He weighs 7 lbs 13 oz and is 19" long. He has golden hair and is so very cute! He also has a little dimple! Chelsea and Connor went to the hospital last night and so we were anticipating his arrival. This morning mom, dad, and I went to hospital to meet him and visit Chelsea and Connor. Chelsea is uncomfortable, but is doing well and Carson is doing just great!