January.. so far

I started a business that I do from home called Hopper's Toppers. I make crochet accessories. When I started it I figured that it would be an easy way to write off my hobby and do a few orders here and there. I got an order placed at Gardner Village my first month and then after that things kinda slowed down. I got a large order in December from a lady who wanted crochet legwarmers for her grandkids. WHAT A HEADACHE!! They were really cute, but sooooo time consuming. Dark yarn is hard to see anyway, and she wanted 3 brown leg warmers. Well my husband sent me a picture of something he liked. He NEVER tells me what he wants or likes, he is kinda selfless that way... here it is:

So I took this picture and thought to myself.. how am I going to make this? The hat is clearly knitted. The mustache just made me go.. Whaaaa?? yeah.. it was a challenge. I put it on the back burner and thought I will get to this in a little bit after some more research. Then my brother sends me the same picture and says you HAVE to make this for me. geez....
so after some trial and error, here is my interpretation:

 Could be better, but I think it's cute :) he looks like a lumber jack. lol.  My brother's both want one as well as my nephew and our friend Jay. Needless to say.. I'm busy again.

On to other news.  Phynley was sick this month. We thought she had another UTI. She had pinkish discharge and a stinky smell to her urine and a high fever (105-106) with advil. :( The same thing happened about a month or 2 ago. So we took her to the instacare and they cath-d her and took a culture. They put her on Omnicef and sent us on our way.  about 3 days into the antibiotic she started to get these little red bumps everywhere on her back. Not uncommon for her... it looked like a heat rash. She wasn't itching it and it didn't seem to be anywhere other than her back. AT FIRST....

Day 2:

 Day 3 it spread to her face, girly parts, and pretty much all over.  We took her BACK to instacare.. since this was after hours. Come to find out she is allergic to Omnicef. Benadryl for 3 days and back home we went.  Here are some pics of her at the Doctor's office. She was delirious after getting the Benadryl, and like I said, the rash didn't seem to bother her at all. Here are some fun pics :

This is her new face. We see her making this face all the time. I don't understand the fascination of biting her upper lip, but whatever..

Everything cleared up within 36 hours and she was back to "normal".



Also.. we have had a very busy month because we have roommates now too. Stephen's sister Melinda and her son Peighton live with us. It has been QUITE an adjustment for us. We moved from our little apartment in Midvale to a little house that only has 1 bathroom. It has been crazy. The plus side is that Phynley and peighton get along most of the time and Melinda has been a big help. We found out by Stephen's mad googling skills that Peighton has a Milk allergy. He had diarrhea and was a "leaky faucet" when he got here. Very VERY VERY whiny, clingy, wouldn't eat and soooo irritable. We have been eliminating it from his diet for 4 days now. It is like a totally different little boy. He still is a toddler and hitting his terrible 2's, but the tantrums have pretty much stopped and he doesn't leak anymore. Here is a video of the little stinkers playin:

Finally.. just a quick thing. Phynley's hair has gotten really thick and long in the last month. Crazy how fast time flies... here is a pic of her with her "phynley loo hoo" look :)