New Toy

The FedEx guy brought Adalie a little treat today. I saw how much Aaron loved these things in the nursery at church, so I thought I'd give it a try with Addie..... I think she likes it!!!

But only for a few minutes... I'm thinkin' maybe a month or so before she really grows into it. Her little muscles aren't quite up to the challenge yet.

I was a little worried about putting it together because when I was looking for an exersaucer and reading the reviews, several people mentioned how hard this particular one was to assemble... I don't know what they were smokin' cuz I had it all set up in about 10 minutes, and that was with 2 very anxious little helpers. So anyway, it was a piece of cake and I am sure it will see many, many hours of use.


And... here's a little sneak peek at what I've been workin' on.... we are just about to the quilting stage (the part I dread because I have NO clue what I'm doing). I like these simple square quilts... why haven't I tried one of these before? Duh!!!

8 weeks

My little Munchkin is 8 weeks old today... I can hardly believe how fast these weeks have gone. It's funny how the last couple weeks of June (waiting to meet her) seemed to last so much longer than these 8. This week has been especially fun. Adalie is beginning to get her own little personality, and it's so adorable! I could sit and talk with her all day just to watch her cute and funny expressions. This has also been a week of major growth... this little girlie is CHUNKY and getting chunkier by the minute! I love it! I am so thankful for this sweet little one.

These are the photos of the day...
I love that it is starting to cool down and we can spend more time outside.

I love my kiddos!

RED!

I never thought that I would have a redhead, but I do... and I am loving it! This little girl is so beautiful. We were eating dinner out at our picnic table tonight and I just thought her hair looked especially red and her eyes so blue.... so I had to run in and get the camera (of course!!!). I had to get a shot of those cute chubby rolls on her little legs too... lovin it! Can't believe she's already almost 2 months old... where does the time go?

yatzee!

When Grandpa and Grandma came to visit us last month, they brought along the old Childcraft books that Adam loved when he was a kid. Sam just loves them too... his favorite is the Make and Do one. Sam could spend hours everyday cutting, glueing, and coloring "projects." Yesterday afternoon he found the instructions for making a cube and was just dying to make one. So the moment Ad woke up (post-call), they got to work making a cube. Well, one cube turned into 5 and then 6... enough to play Yatzee and even Ziltch. Woohoo! So after our Friday Night Pizza we headed down to the (dry) basement and played a (terrible) game of Yatzee. None of us scored very well, but it was fun!

Patches

Several weeks ago I found a small tear in Seffer's sheet, and (as often happens around here) I made a mental note to fix that right away...

WELL... a couple days ago I finally decided I probably ought to do something with that little tear, which had by then turned into a HUGE tear (14in.). It was going to take a LOT of sewing to repair that one, so I thought I would just cover it up instead. I used some of that iron-on fusible stuff and then sewed around it, and I think it turned out pretty cool.... So did Sam, who decided he wanted to trade sheets with Seth, who of course wouldn't dream of doing that :) So, to prevent some mysterious tear from appearing in Sam's sheet in the next few days (I just know that's what would happen... mother's intuition), I decided to do one for him as well. It's pretty cute too, though I did realize AFTER I finished it that I put the shark swimming upside down... OOPS!

Their room is looking pretty good... Seffer's does finally have a bed, another $15 craigslist find. It is currently in the process of turning blue. It's my goal to have that done this weekend, but we will see. So much to do, so little time :)

1 1/2

Our little "Bug" is 1 1/2 today.... Happy Half-Birthday Aaron!!! Thank you to Patty for remembering this because I most assuredly would not have :). It's amazing how quickly a year and a half can just fly right by... so much has happened during his short, little life. He is so much fun and so good natured, keeps me laughing all the time... I absolutely LOVE this kid!

We spent half of the day doing normal everyday things like painting, reading, and cleaning (of course!), until I received Patty's email. Then, we decided we needed to celebrate. Patty left a little gift for him (some fun children's CDs... we've heard them both all the way thru already!) and then we headed upstairs to set up his "Big Boy Bed." He is is love with this bed and was really hoping to get to sleep in it tonight.... however, I would like to move him up slowly, maybe start with a couple of naps. I am not quite ready for my little man to grow up! Plus, Adalie still has a little while yet before she moves into her own room so we're really in no hurry.

This evening we went down south to pick up a carpet for our basement... we bought it from a couple that owns a townhome right on the Lake, so we stopped and picked up our dollar menu favorites from McD's and headed to a park just down the street. It was such beautiful night for it... in fact, it was actually a little chilly (I had almost forgotten what that felt like!). There were bazillions of dragonflies out... We are experiencing a record number of dragonflies migrating thru this year because of the warm and humid spring. It's incredible to see!

Hope you all have a wonderful night.... especially my sister-in-law, who is just about to meet her sweet little girl for the very first time. Praying for you Micah and Daniela!

Taco Tuesday!

I don't know about you all, but I get so tired of trying to come up with an idea for dinner each night. I am constantly texting Ad asking him what sounds good to him.... the usual reply being "food." Yeah, I know, but what kind of food? So we came up with the weekly menu idea... which we've actually tried before, somewhat successfully. It's never been completely successful, however, because I am one of those people that gets sick of something after having it more than a couple times in a short period of time. Another reason is because I get these cravings for certain things that don't happen to be on our menu. Sooo, I just give up.

Well, I've come up with a solution to my menu problems (I think... I'll let you know for sure in a month or two). I have left Saturday and Sunday as "FREE" days... so all those cravings for random foods will be made on the weekend. Also, I've left each meal pretty generic, I.E. Stir Fry can be any combination of meats and vegetables put with rice or noodles, tacos can be anything from chicken tacos to enchiladas to nachos (the possibilities here are endless), pasta can be Kraft macaroni and cheese with hot dogs (a favorite around here, especially when AWANA starts up and we're in a hurry) to lasagna, etc... You get my drift. So, now I have some kind of direction when trying to come up with a meal, and my texts to Ad will be much simpler, like "would you like chicken fajitas or beef?"

Yay for me! Well, I am off to get working on those Chicken Fajitas!