Things Are Happening

smiley (ida's newest nickname) is pretty much crawling



kaleb won't stop growing- he'll be 12 in a couple of weeks
mouth art by k-man- pizza crust turned into a dog



her new killer glasses from the gap


little pookie is pretty much a ballerina- check out her arabesque- i didn't teach her that- but we were watching PNB's Midsummer- i love how she wants me to dance with her at the end
p.s. don't mind the toilet paper role- i've been sick all week!

Soooo Bummed

my oldest 2 sisters where in town this past weekend & i totally failed to break out the camera! totally sucks. Anyhow we had a blast shopping at our local antique stores & eating at some local restaurants.



Some of the local antique stores we shopped.
Abode/ blog
Second Hand Chic/ blog
Now & Again/ blog

7 Months Today

I can't even believe Ida is already 7 months

she is soooo delightful. here are a few little updates

LOVES her baby food
does a sit up every time I change her diaper (started about 3 weeks ago) check out video below
still super smiley
makes lots of loud noises
struggles with sleeping through the night (we are struggling more...)
loves to put everything in her mouth
rocks on her knees
can fit into elsa's diaper
loves her high chair
scootches backwards & always ends up under our t.v. console





Upon some you tube investigation- it looks like a lot of baby's can do sit ups. (we thought our little gal was bam bam reincarnated)

i promise we don't work ida like this guy is working his little guy- i love the way he counts his fingers

Happy Anniversary Lover!

look what we have to show for these last 3 years- as elsa would say "cute!"

Not For The Weak Stomached

little pookie woke up drenched in throw-up- poor girl. she was crying the night before & we didn't get her up because we figured she was just having nightmares- in the past if we got her up to make her feel better it would just end up being this super long process- so we've learned to let her cry it out. i guess not anymore

Christmas 2009!

at my momz

FYI- it's usually impossible to get a picture of ralph- this day adam got 2! good job adam.

at the pauls

What A Lovely Time Of Year

i'm missing my family right now- not because of the time of year (because of nutcracker i never had enough time to travel home for christmas to be with family throughout my adult life) but because i didn't get to see them this past summer. having little I.J. during the summer kind of threw off our usual visit to Az.

LOVE you guys! know that i'm thinking about you.

here are some pics of our christmas house. one day we'll have a real tree again!

D.I.Y. Project 1 & 2

our second D.I.Y. project was super rad. we stole the idea from blue bird vintage i fell in love with her wreath the minute i saw it & immediately thought we needed a D.I.Y. Club meeting in december after all.




i'm thinking the deers totally make the wreath. i got them from the top of the boxes of stephanie higginbotham's MOST delicious cupcakes at the beehive bazaar. ohhh how i crave those yummy's... you can get them year round in highland, utah at dear lizzies a boutique & a bistro- genius -who doesn't get hungry while shopping