Thursday, December 25, 2008
1st Christmas!
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Story Time at the book store!
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Thursday Evenings
I'm so glad that we live so close, and Sweetpea is able to spend so much time with my awesome family! Even now, as we speak, she's busy chewing on Nan's gold chain. What a lucky kid!!
No pictures for this post, maybe next time! :)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Getting Stuff Done
Now if only I had a cupboard like this in every room!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
Yesterday, though the weather was beautiful, it really started to feel like Christmas is on its way.
We started out the day with one of my favorite Holiday traditions: Waiting in line for our KBCO Studio C cd. We got there at 10:00am and found line was moving pretty quick - even though the line was wrapped around the building. We got out of there by 11:30 with our discs in hand. This year was the 20th Anniversary of KBCO's studio C so, it was a special 2 disc volume. I'm only missing 5 or 6 discs out of the 20. I think SweetPea enjoyed their time in line, people watching and getting some fresh air. We did miss Berlin, as he was our usual company for the event.
Last night we continued in the Christmas spirit by getting out all of our decorations and putting up our tree. SweetPea likes the tree, but not as much as Chewy, who is glad to have another comfy spot to lay.
This morning, I volunteered with the Humane Society for their annual Photos with Santa. I loved seeing everyone dressed up for their Holiday card pictures.
SweetPea and her dad met me for lunch at our favorite burger joint, The Mountain Sun, on Pearl Street. We enjoyed the very unseasonable weather walking on the mall and got coffees from the bookstore coffee shop. Unfortunately, we forgot our camera.
It was an all together perfect weekend except on our way home from Pearl St., something happened to the clutch of our care. Luckily, we were close enough to my car to get that, and get the other car to the Subaru dealership. We'll find out what's wrong with in tomorrow.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Keeping Her Busy
So far we've been lucky with how good she is in the grocery cart and in resteraunts...
Tomorrow should be interesting... we're flying to Austin, just a couple hours before her bedtime... right at her crankiest!! And I don't think the plane will be quite as empty as it was on our first plane ride in August!!
Wish us luck!!
And Happy Thanksgiving!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Wave Bye-Bye
I know, it doesn't seem like much, but it was such a perfect little wave, with her hand up, and her little hand opening and closing... it just couldn't be mistaken for anything else!
We were visiting our neighbors who have a new baby, and when we went to leave, I told her to wave bye-bye to the baby, (who she'd been watching since we arrived). So I waved, and then Sweetpea's little hand went up and she did too!
Well, anyway, I just couldn't be prouder!
And since I don't have a picture, I'll just post one of the cat, in the "outfit" I got him off the Halloween clearance rack at Target. Why else does one have a blog if not to share pictures like this!?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Kitty Friend
She is fascinated by him.
And he's just not one to turn down a cuddle-buddy.
It was really cute when she started to wake up... she reached down and scatched his head, just like he likes it.
Just luck, I know, but I think she's starting to grow on him.
Hiking means something different now...
Monday, November 3, 2008
First Swim Lesson
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Whatever happens to all those old trees....
They had beautiful wooden art pieces on display, and craftsmen building furniture. We walked around the property and checked out all the trees they had sectioned. It was really cool. Made me want to build something! I'm sure I could use a new coffee table, or a couple of benches!! If only my house were bigger! Here are some spare bandsaw blades!!
Happy Halloween!!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
First Election!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Laughing at Chewy
Sweetpea has been interested in Chewy for a while now, but this is the first time she's laughed at him!! It started last night when we tossed a candy corn across the floor for chewy to chase... he slid and ran, and Sweetpea thought it was hilarious!! So we got out the feather, and a bit belatedly, the camera, and took this short video before the cat got sick of playing.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Shoes, Naps, Dogs, and Hair
She's been taking shorter and shorter naps lately... but I guess sometimes that lack of sleep just catches up with her! Here she is totally zonked right in the middle of some tummy time.
The same day, must have been Monday, my dad came over and we went for a walk with his dogs around the lake right by our house. Sweetpea is as fascinated with the dogs as she is with the cat! They provide endless entertainment!
And one more pic... I almost made a separate post just for some of these bath time pics!! Her hair is getting so long.... well, some of her hairs!! And I don't think we could ever be accused of starving the child!! I love her stout little body!
Okay, that's all for now!! Tomorrow I'm hosting a Halloween themed baby shower for Amy, and Sweetpea will be dressing up in her costume!! I'll post some pictures of that soon!!
Pumpkin Shopping
Here she is looking cute with her dad. He's actually busy carving the last of the pumpkins right now!! I'll post pictures of our jack o' lanterns another time!!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Our Budding Artiste!
I've seen Sweetpea's works on the wall... there's a lovely joint effort piece with her footprints across it in orange. Like fall leaves.
Here's her most recent work.