7 months old

Our sweet little boy is 7 months old today. I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by! He is such a sweetheart and makes us so happy. I took some pictures of him yesterday and can't believe how big he looks in them...he is just too cute!
Here are some things that he has been doing lately
1. Rolls everywhere, who needs to crawl when you can get to where you want by rolling!
2. Loves to play/jump in his jumperoo...and squeal.
3. Thinks he needs to eat whenever we are eating (even if I have just fed him).
4. Makes all of us smile all the time :)
5. Loves to play with toys
6. Loves to read books (especially when Janey reads them to him)

We are so grateful to have such a happy/sweet boy in our lives!

Snow!

I can't believe how much snow we have been getting this past weekend! It was beautiful to watch the snow fall, but I am sooo ready for Spring! I did get some great pictures though of Kevin and Janey playing in the snow. Janey was having the time of her life...she was laughing so hard as they were standing in the snow and the snow was getting all over her, it was pretty cute!
Besides the snow we had a great weekend. Kevin's mom came to visit, it was so nice having her around. Janey just had a ball showing off and playing with her. It was sad to have her go...we sure enjoyed having her here!
In other news...I am trying to potty train Janey so if any of you have any tips or tricks up your sleeves, please share them with me! Wish me luck!

Which is more worth your money?

Which would you think is the better deal, a sticker book containing 100 stickers for a dollar or two stickers for a dollar? It seems pretty obvious right...the sticker book with 100 stickers in it, that's what I thought! Awhile ago I bought Janey this sticker book thinking she would have fun with it. I have since regretted making this decision and now think that two stickers for a dollar would have been the way to go. She has definately been having fun with the stickers...but a little too much fun. I am finding them everywhere! She wants to play with them all the time and is pretty good about not putting them on things she is not supposed to, but they get dropped on the carpet and end up on the bottom of my shoes, all over my clothes, etc. So a warning to all you mothers out there who are thinking about buying a sticker book...I recommend buying just one sticker they can play with for awhile and then be done with it! :)

Getting things done

Kevin and I have been in the mood lately to get things done around our house. For those of you who don't know, we have been fixing up our house since the day we moved in 3 1/2 years ago. All the doors have since been replaced, including the garage door. All flooring has been replaced with the exception of the family room which had new carpet put in right before we moved in. Popcorn ceiling has been scraped, all walls have been repainted at least once, ceilings painted, new light fixtures on almost all lights. We even knocked out a wall to create one big room with our kitchen and family room and Kevin being an amazing do it yourself guy created a beautiful mantle for our fireplace! Needless to say we have been pretty busy since we moved in and are getting anxious to get EVERYTHING done and just enjoy it. So why is it that I keep adding new projects to our list? We recently upgraded our cable package so I now get HGTV and Kevin tells me I have been watching it too much because as of late I have a million new things I want to do. I have recently rearranged many rooms, gone through closets and decluttered, made Kevin help me repaint our bathroom (it is so much better now!) This last weekend we spent the whole day rearranging cupboards in our kitchen. It took forever but I don't know how I lived with it the way it was for so long. Needless to say, even though Kevin tells me I watch too much HGTV I know that he is secretly grateful that I do:) It just feels good to get rid of all our junk and live a little more simple. I will post pictures later, for some reason it's not cooperating right now.

Lucky You!

I have seen this on a few blogs and finally decided to join in on the fun...hope you do too! :)

{Lucky you!}The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done this year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!
5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.
The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!}

No Clever Title

I have never gone to a Salon/Spa to get a manicure/pedicure. Lately I have really been wanting to get one. Does anyone know of a good/inexpensive place to get a pedicure? If you do let me know....and if anyone wants to join me you are more than welcome!

GWL

What does GWL stand for you might ask? It stands for Great Wolf Lodge. We were able to spend an amazing night and day there this last Thursday! It was incredible to have a little day of summer in the middle of winter. For those of you who don't know, the Great Wolf Lodge has an indoor water park that is heated to 84 degrees....Heavenly! It's a small water park but they have everything you need to have fun and feel like it is summer. It took Janey awhile to warm up to playing in the water but she loved it. Russell loved it from the beginning...so much to look at and hear, what baby wouldn't be in heaven? Kevin and I have always had a hard time remembering the name of the Lodge but after spending almost 2 days looking at the back of Janey's life jacket with the initials GWL on it...it is now imprinted in my brain what it stands for. Afterward we continued on to Portland and spent the weekend with Kevin's sister. We were able to see her new twins be blessed. It was a wonderful weekend...hope you all had a good one too!