M's Favorite Face

I thought I'd share with you M's favorite face of all time.

She makes this face when she is sad, happy, doesn't want to eat anymore, you name it.

I never get tired of it!

11 Months

M turned 11 months last Sunday. I thought I'd take some photos. She thought otherwise.
I felt like a paparazzo chasing her around trying to catch a smile.

She was too busy being herself to pay much attention to me.

I must have taken nearly a hundred photos and ended up with these for you.

Enjoy! We sure do. Love you, M!

A New Project

I have had this idea for a messenger bag for a really long time, and I finally made it today! Some of the pillow covers I originally made ended up slightly flawed in the corners, making them unusable for pillows. I didn't know what to do with them right at first, but I held onto them and came up with this.

It's hard to see in the photo, but I stitched the fabric onto the bag with fuchsia embroidery floss. With the red-orange fabric, the fuchsia is actually a bit toned down.

So glad to see this project turn out! I listed it in my Etsy shop.

Christmas Festivities

We had a some great Christmas parties and get-togethers with family this year. It was M's first Christmas! We spent Christmas Eve with Chris's family.



M got really into the sing-along. She bounced up and down to the beat and smiled the whole time.
We did a little bit of Christmas morning at home. M got some sweet toys, but she really loved the shiny bows on the packages the most. I also made her a new baby quilt.



Later on Christmas morning, we went up to my family's for the rest of the day.
Here's Grandpa with both of the babies, M and O.
Tom and Clark headed up the Christmas songs.
Once again, M loved the music.
Thanks for all the fun this year, everyone!

We really needed the break.

Long Awaited. . . Update and Finger Pics!

Ok, ok, I know it's been a while since our last post. Sorry! I thought I'd start things off right with some pictures of M. Look how long her hair is getting! She is a master crawler now, so we really have to be on our toes with what we leave lying around. She can pull up onto her knees, but we have only found her standing up in her crib once so far. It has been a crazy time around here. We started working on our basement the day after Thanksgiving. Now we are to the point of hanging sheetrock! We have three up on the ceiling, but Chris is going to take a break for a couple of weeks to get finished with school for the semester. I have had two boutiques, and I have another one today. Luckily, it's my last one before the holidays. Whew! Here's what else we've been up to. This is my latest craft project:I hung them above the stairs right under our family picture, with a lot of help from Chris. He's a lot taller than me. As many of you may know, Chris had a tiny incident with the siding and a shop knife. . . resulting in five stitches and a surgery next week! Here are the pictures we took of the stitches. There were photos taken of the actual wound, but I don't have them at the moment. In fact, I haven't even seen them, and to be honest I'm not sure I want to! So, drumroll please:

The same night that Chris cut himself, there was a ring around the moon (called a "moondog," or so I'm told). After Chris and Jon got back from the hospital, he thought it was so neat that he took a picture. I'm glad he did, cause I was in bed by that time!Once again, I hope you enjoyed our recent photos. We are hoping to have the basement completely finished by the end of the year. After finishing the framing, electrical, plumbing, and ducting all in a week, it seems a lot more possible! I'm hoping to get all my Christmas stuff up (thanks for the decor donation, Mom!) soon and take some pictures.