Who Doesn't Love Sufjan and Babies?

When we saw this preview in the theater I bawled my eyes out. I can't wait to see it. You really can't go wrong with a movie about babies.

A Photo Journal of Our Trip To Florida

We had a great Thanksgiving trip to Florida to visit my Dad and Debbie. Here are the little angels (just a little hint of sarcasm) on Thanksgiving day...Mezmur's first Thanksgiving.

What joy a ball can bring...

We visited a few great sites in Naples. This is at the Botanical Garden. This is right before the butterfly crawled onto his hand. A really big deal for any child.

We had a couple memorable beach trips...Rhett's favorite part of the trip. Mez wasn't too sure of the waves, but loved playing in the sand and chasing the birds and she didn't eat the sand!

We were able to take a trip to Corkscrew Audubon Sanctuary. It was my highlight. It was so much fun to hike on the 2 mile boardwalk and search for creatures. We saw many beautiful birds and one alligator. We even saw a hawk swoop down for a snake.

We took Rhett and Mez to play mini-golf. Rhett loves a good game of mini-golf.

We had lots of special time with Dad and Debbie and the kids only broke a couple things at their house. Now we are home freezing our buns off.

All About ME

A couple of my favorite bloggers gave me "awards." No, I didn't win anything, you did. That's right, you now get to gaze upon 7 interesting facts about ME. Now aren't you glad you stopped by?

You may remember I'm not a big fan of being "awarded" and you may remember this...but, because these two bloggers are so awesome I will comply. One of the bloggers is my sister-in-law Anne, who has a blog with her friend called Life in Pencil. There, Anne shares her skills for writing with the world. The other blogger is the lovely/bad ass woman behind Cloverland Farms. It is with respect for these women that I bring to you 7 things about ME.

1. My favorite parts of the day are 7-9 am and after 8 pm. In the morning I have my coffee, Rhett watches his two shows, I get ready for the day, clean, check my email, and this is when I usually do a blog post. After 8 pm the kids are in bed and we settle in for an evening of wine, a DVD, and knitting (me, not Dan).

2. A few of the DVDs we like to watch are: Dexter, True Blood, Big Love, Breaking Bad (yikes and awesome), Weeds, Mad Men, and my guilty pleasure...Grey's Anatomy.

3. I have a Bachelors degree in Human Development and plan on going back to school one day to study art therapy, speech therapy, or occupational therapy.

4. We want 3-4 kids. We would start the adoption process tomorrow if we had a money tree.

5. My favorite breakfast at home is anything sweet. I love a delicious crepe with Nutella and toasted almonds. My favorite breakfast out is a German Pancake at Helser's. For lunch at home I love a tomato paste and mozzarella quesadilla and lunch out is usually a picnic or soup at the grocery store. For dinner at home my favorite is pizza with homemade olive oil dough and tomato paste sauce and my favorite dinner out (or take out) is Thai Noon (how we love you Panang curry).

6. I'm a fair weather person. I don't like to be too hot or too cold. Give me a day in the 70's and I'm a very happy mama. Rhett knows that mama gets "grumpy" if she is too hot or too cold.

7. In college I worked at a bead store and was crazy about beads. I beaded then the way I sew and knit now. While Dan was in law school I was working for a trust fund guy who opened a gallery in the Pearl District. With high hopes I worked for him making jewelry and running the gallery. I made bracelets, rings, necklaces, and earrings out of gold, platinum, and sapphire beads. I spent hours-days-weeks on all that beading and spent hours-days-weeks driving from Salem to Portland everyday to open and close the gallery. He sold my bracelets for $6,000...YIKES! Then, the economy went down hill and the first place he decided to cut corners was my pay checks. I quit. Thanks to Dan and his new law school education I threatened to sue him. He owed me a lot of money. I can no longer stand beads or beading...thanks a lot dude.

This Is The Life

Greetings From Florida

We are so thankful.

Holiday Cheer Music

Oh, Bob Dylan.

Baby in a Basket

This baby likes to find small spaces with natural light to read her books.

One Year Ago Today

A year ago today we saw this face for the first time. We fell in love.

Her name means "song", which couldn't have been more perfect for our family.
These were the only two pictures we had until the end of February. We memorized everything about our baby girl from these two pictures.

That Was Fun

We went to Elliot's party yesterday. I can't believe he is 3!

I was a crazy camera woman at the party. The lighting was great and the subjects were perfect, so it had to be done. What was fun about Elliot's party?

Little boys who are terrified of carousels. At least I thought this was fun and cute. Seriously, who is afraid of carousels?

Carousels. (Rhett is riding safe on the bench.)

Birthday boys who prefer to go by "Bob."

Cupcakes and party hats.

Balloons.

Wax mustaches.

After the party Mezmur passed out at the restaurant. If only she would pass out at night than we would be great.

A Few Christmas Gifts For Those Who Can't Read Yet

Here are a few Christmas gifts that I'm very excited about and I really hope the kids will be excited too. They will, right?

This is such a cute book. I LOVE the illustrations.

I love this tree. You build each of the pieces. I just think it is beautiful and I hope Rhett is as excited about this as I am.
Here is a doll stroller for Mezmur. I think she will love it. She loves her little dolls and animals and she loves to push strollers around her friend's houses, so I thought she would like her own. I plan on a new special little doll for her stroller.