I can't bring myself to cut it!!!!
16 years ago
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
More Cake Deocrating!
Well this time, I took a class. It was offered by a fellow military spouse FREE of charge! She mostly uses fondant, which I have never used, so this class was very interesting and FUN! I may have to incorporate this in some of my cakes in the future. I hope you enjoy these pics!
I can't bring myself to cut it!!!!
I can't bring myself to cut it!!!!
Chloe's Tummy
6: 30 Friday night, Chloe found some little button batteries on the living room floor and she swallowed not one, but TWO of them! Now, I know you're asking how she got them... Well, earlier in the day Lane was playing with a helicopter toy and he admittedly took the batteries out and left them on the floor. So when Chloe came across them, she naturally put them in her mouth and proceeded to eat them! Thank God that I saw her chewing on the 3rd one, or we might have never known she had them.
I rushed her to the ER where they sent us for an X-ray. Sure enough there they were in her little tummy. So at 11:15 pm we are driving to San Diego to Balboa Medical Center because that is where they have pediatric surgeons!
1:30 am we are getting another X-ray and the batteries are still in Chloe's stomach. 2:00 am we are all 4 finally getting to sleep in the tiny little hospital curtain! We were sharing a room with two other babies and so Lane and I slept on the tiny pull out chair and Paul slept on the Cold, Hard floor! We spend the next few hours waiting to talk to doctors and waiting to see if Chloe's batteries are going to pass and trying to nap as much as we can.
Around 11 am we go for another series of X-rays and find that the batteries are still in the stomach and the docotrs decide to take them out! We were told not to feed her anything until after the procedure.
By 4:00 pm, Chloe is fitted with a little tiny baby IV and we are headed to the OR to retrieve these pesky batteries. And 30 minutes later they are out and Chloe is AWAKE! The procedure was pretty straight forward: They put a tube down her throat with a little camera and a little net. They scooped each battery up and brought it out. One if not both batteries were leaking and had left little "scratches" on the lining of her stomach, so she will take Prevacid for the next two weeks to help those erosions heal. She was able to eat immediately after she woke up, in fact, I nursed her as she was waking up.
Around 8 pm we find out that they are discharging us so we pack up and wait for the papers and Chloe's Rx.
By 9 pm we are on the road home...And by 9:30 we are home and Chloe is getting into bed! Whew! Such a long day at the hospital, but we are glad that nothing too serious came from it. We are also very thankful for two healthy kids!!
Below are pics of Chloe's little stomach. I don't have any other pics of her ER or Hospital visit...I wasn't thinking about grabbing my camera at the time, however, I wish I had it with me! (You can enlarge these pics by clicking them.)
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I rushed her to the ER where they sent us for an X-ray. Sure enough there they were in her little tummy. So at 11:15 pm we are driving to San Diego to Balboa Medical Center because that is where they have pediatric surgeons!
1:30 am we are getting another X-ray and the batteries are still in Chloe's stomach. 2:00 am we are all 4 finally getting to sleep in the tiny little hospital curtain! We were sharing a room with two other babies and so Lane and I slept on the tiny pull out chair and Paul slept on the Cold, Hard floor! We spend the next few hours waiting to talk to doctors and waiting to see if Chloe's batteries are going to pass and trying to nap as much as we can.
Around 11 am we go for another series of X-rays and find that the batteries are still in the stomach and the docotrs decide to take them out! We were told not to feed her anything until after the procedure.
By 4:00 pm, Chloe is fitted with a little tiny baby IV and we are headed to the OR to retrieve these pesky batteries. And 30 minutes later they are out and Chloe is AWAKE! The procedure was pretty straight forward: They put a tube down her throat with a little camera and a little net. They scooped each battery up and brought it out. One if not both batteries were leaking and had left little "scratches" on the lining of her stomach, so she will take Prevacid for the next two weeks to help those erosions heal. She was able to eat immediately after she woke up, in fact, I nursed her as she was waking up.
Around 8 pm we find out that they are discharging us so we pack up and wait for the papers and Chloe's Rx.
By 9 pm we are on the road home...And by 9:30 we are home and Chloe is getting into bed! Whew! Such a long day at the hospital, but we are glad that nothing too serious came from it. We are also very thankful for two healthy kids!!
Below are pics of Chloe's little stomach. I don't have any other pics of her ER or Hospital visit...I wasn't thinking about grabbing my camera at the time, however, I wish I had it with me! (You can enlarge these pics by clicking them.)
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Paul's Promotion!
Finally, on Friday, March 20, Paul was promoted to Gunnery Sergeant. Affectionately called "Gunny" now, this is a milestone in his career that is well deserved and very much earned! We are so proud of you, Paul... er...Gunny Jensen!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Cake, Cake and More Cake!
Confession: I decorate cakes!
It all started when I was a kid and my Mom made all the cakes for us kids' birthdays. Next, as an adult when Paul and I lived in Utah I worked at Kencraft Candy, Inc and I decorated Lollipals. Then after Lane came along I made his first little cake and now I make one for him on each birthday. I have also made a cake for my neighbor's son for his last two birthdays and Chloe is next! I even had another neighbor ask me to make her cake for her birthday. I am by no means, a professional, but everyone seems to love the cakes and I get LOTS of compliments. I've been thinking about taking a cake decorating class for a while, so maybe I just need to do that. For now, I just wanted to share some pics of the cakes I have made.
**Lane's 1st Cake(s)...a little rough!
**Eli's Madagascar cake...Mom Frosted it, I decorated it.
**Cameron and William's Caterpillar Cakes...this idea came from their mom, Liz, who baked the cakes and frosted them. I just decorated them.
**Lane's 2nd Cake...this one was ALL my idea! (I made this one standing on one foot...literally. 7 days before Lane's party, I broke my foot!)
**Lane's 3rd Cake-Nemo...Lane wanted Nemo, so I did a little digging online and found a coloring page that I printed and traced to come up with this one. (I did this one while 3 months pregnant and nauseous!)
**Zach's (neighbor) Ratatouille Cake...That's what he wanted! I'm thinking, "A Rat on a Cake, this should be interesting!" This one I also searched online and came up with my own design. I was pretty proud of this one! If you look closely, I forgot to give him a tail. By the time I figured it out, I was too tired to care! (I did this one while 8 months pregnant!)
**Lane's 4th Cake-Bob the Builder...Found a bunch of ideas online and used a couple of them. This is a pull-apart cake, using cupcakes...very neat idea! The only problem I had was finding the Bob the Builder characters!
**Zach's Indiana Jones Cake...Found this idea online, as well. This was my first "stacked" cake and it turned out well. Next time, I will probably wait til the very last minute to decorate, though. I decorated the night before (the party was at 12:30pm) and by the time we cut into the cake, the layers were kind of sagging. I think the weight just became a little too much. It was great and everyone at the party was impressed!
That's it for now...next is Chloe's 1st Cake. I'm thinking I will make her a flower cake with pink and purple icing. And our neighbor Lexie (11) asked if I'd make her an iCarly cake for her birthday on April 26th. I will post those cakes when they are made!
It all started when I was a kid and my Mom made all the cakes for us kids' birthdays. Next, as an adult when Paul and I lived in Utah I worked at Kencraft Candy, Inc and I decorated Lollipals. Then after Lane came along I made his first little cake and now I make one for him on each birthday. I have also made a cake for my neighbor's son for his last two birthdays and Chloe is next! I even had another neighbor ask me to make her cake for her birthday. I am by no means, a professional, but everyone seems to love the cakes and I get LOTS of compliments. I've been thinking about taking a cake decorating class for a while, so maybe I just need to do that. For now, I just wanted to share some pics of the cakes I have made.
**Lane's 1st Cake(s)...a little rough!
**Eli's Madagascar cake...Mom Frosted it, I decorated it.
**Cameron and William's Caterpillar Cakes...this idea came from their mom, Liz, who baked the cakes and frosted them. I just decorated them.
**Lane's 2nd Cake...this one was ALL my idea! (I made this one standing on one foot...literally. 7 days before Lane's party, I broke my foot!)
**Lane's 3rd Cake-Nemo...Lane wanted Nemo, so I did a little digging online and found a coloring page that I printed and traced to come up with this one. (I did this one while 3 months pregnant and nauseous!)
**Zach's (neighbor) Ratatouille Cake...That's what he wanted! I'm thinking, "A Rat on a Cake, this should be interesting!" This one I also searched online and came up with my own design. I was pretty proud of this one! If you look closely, I forgot to give him a tail. By the time I figured it out, I was too tired to care! (I did this one while 8 months pregnant!)
**Lane's 4th Cake-Bob the Builder...Found a bunch of ideas online and used a couple of them. This is a pull-apart cake, using cupcakes...very neat idea! The only problem I had was finding the Bob the Builder characters!
**Zach's Indiana Jones Cake...Found this idea online, as well. This was my first "stacked" cake and it turned out well. Next time, I will probably wait til the very last minute to decorate, though. I decorated the night before (the party was at 12:30pm) and by the time we cut into the cake, the layers were kind of sagging. I think the weight just became a little too much. It was great and everyone at the party was impressed!
That's it for now...next is Chloe's 1st Cake. I'm thinking I will make her a flower cake with pink and purple icing. And our neighbor Lexie (11) asked if I'd make her an iCarly cake for her birthday on April 26th. I will post those cakes when they are made!
Gated Community!
Well, I've been dragging my feet on this one, I just keep thinking there isn't much going on, that's why. By far, the biggest news in our little world is that Chloe is pulling up! She started doing this on Paul's birthday right after he got home from work and he was the first one to see her do it! He thought that was the perfect birthday present.
She hasn't really started to "cruise" yet, but I think it will be soon. So, now we have the living room gated off so that she can't get into the kitchen. Funny thing is, that Lane is gated in, too!
Another big development is that Lane is FINALLY riding his bike! We got his little bike for him for his 3rd birthday and he hasn't shown much interest in it until lately. Even when he would get on it he wouldn't try to pedal and just sit there and then get off after a few minutes. All of a sudden one day, he was riding! Now we are trying to talk him into taking off the training wheels. And we are thinking he may need a bigger bike soon, too! Now, if we can just convince him that he needs to wear his helmet EVERY time!
And now, for a few more pics of just everyday silliness:
**Smiling AND Crying
**Getting in trouble
**Goofy kids!
She hasn't really started to "cruise" yet, but I think it will be soon. So, now we have the living room gated off so that she can't get into the kitchen. Funny thing is, that Lane is gated in, too!
Another big development is that Lane is FINALLY riding his bike! We got his little bike for him for his 3rd birthday and he hasn't shown much interest in it until lately. Even when he would get on it he wouldn't try to pedal and just sit there and then get off after a few minutes. All of a sudden one day, he was riding! Now we are trying to talk him into taking off the training wheels. And we are thinking he may need a bigger bike soon, too! Now, if we can just convince him that he needs to wear his helmet EVERY time!
And now, for a few more pics of just everyday silliness:
**Smiling AND Crying
**Getting in trouble
**Goofy kids!
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