Monday, January 31, 2011
Family Pictures
While we were shopping at Wal-Mart today, the photo studio guy came up and asked if we would like some family portraits done. He didn't have any appointments and wanted to do some practice shots, and just basically fill his time. Well, we haven't had family photos done in practically forever, so we agreed. I'm so glad we did! We got some wonderful shots and we all had a good time. Here are some of my favorites:
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
So Good to Get Out!
Ever since last Monday I've been sick. Cough, sore throat, fever, chills, stuffy runny nose, aching muscles and joints, the whole works. I couldn't even go to church on Sunday because I wasn't well enough. The past couple of days it's finally been getting better. Last night I was finally feeling well enough to get out of the house - and go to a Relief Society activity. It was so nice to get out and be able to hang out with a bunch of other women. We talked about visit teaching, and had a really yummy potato bar dinner.
Unfortunately, now Zaylee seems to have caught whatever I had. Yesterday she had a fever and a hoarse throat. Today, it's 10:30 in the morning and she still hasn't gotten out of bed. She's awake, but she just wants to lie in bed and rest. Oh Zaylee, well do I understand, since that's all I wanted to do when I was sick too! Well, at least this week Jeff is home from work, and I'm well enough to care for Zaylee as well.
Unfortunately, now Zaylee seems to have caught whatever I had. Yesterday she had a fever and a hoarse throat. Today, it's 10:30 in the morning and she still hasn't gotten out of bed. She's awake, but she just wants to lie in bed and rest. Oh Zaylee, well do I understand, since that's all I wanted to do when I was sick too! Well, at least this week Jeff is home from work, and I'm well enough to care for Zaylee as well.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Uppy-Datey (or I could boringly call it Update)
Time for an update, I suppose. Let's see, I guess I'll start with the youngest and go from there.
Audrey is now standing a lot. She can get to standing from anywhere, she doesn't have to be holding onto furniture anymore. She has ventured to take a couple steps here and there, but ends up falling after one or two steps. Still, it's very cute and exciting for us to watch. Zaylee loves to announce, "The baby is standing!" every time she sees Audrey stand up. She also has a voracious appetite, and especially loves bananas, bread, cups of water, and she loves to be able to eat what everyone else is eating.
Thomas likes to say that he is a big boy. He doesn't refer to himself by pointing to his chest - he points to his cheek instead. It's so cute to see him point at his little cheek and proudly say, "I big boy!" We haven't really started him potty training; we're still focusing more on just being able to communicate with him. But I have made him a couple pairs of underwear that he likes to wear on occasion. He's very sweet and loves to give kisses.
Zaylee has been going through a growing up phase - alternating between being helpful and being defiant. Personally I like the helping better! If I get ready to start cooking or baking something, she'll run and grab an apron for me and one for herself. She helps with stirring, counting, measuring, scooping, and whatever else she can. She also helps unload the dishwasher, wipe the table, pick up toys and books, throw away trash. It's really nice. But when she's being defiant, that's a different story. She does like to pick on Thomas, and on the cat, and time-outs are becoming fairly frequent. Hopefully it'll sink in eventually that it's not okay to pull the cat's tail and hit Thomas with books. Sigh.
Jeff just started his week off. We both really like his work schedule, halfway. He works ten hours a day for seven days, then has the next seven days off. His work week gets really tiring and by the end of it we're all ready for a week of vacation! But his week off is usually really nice, so we're looking forward to having him home for the next seven days.
As for me, I've been having more fun with Google SketchUp, and have designed a table, a whatnot (Victorian stacking shelves), and a little bookcase. I wish I could build these things as fast as I design them, but so far I haven't built any of it. Waiting for the weather to thaw, I guess. I've also been reading the Little House books, which I got for Christmas. I just finished reading The Long Winter, and it makes me feel so thankful for our warm house and plentiful food. And for the fact that we don't have fiercely huge blizzards lasting 3-4 days each with only a day or two in between for the entire winter.
Audrey is now standing a lot. She can get to standing from anywhere, she doesn't have to be holding onto furniture anymore. She has ventured to take a couple steps here and there, but ends up falling after one or two steps. Still, it's very cute and exciting for us to watch. Zaylee loves to announce, "The baby is standing!" every time she sees Audrey stand up. She also has a voracious appetite, and especially loves bananas, bread, cups of water, and she loves to be able to eat what everyone else is eating.
Thomas likes to say that he is a big boy. He doesn't refer to himself by pointing to his chest - he points to his cheek instead. It's so cute to see him point at his little cheek and proudly say, "I big boy!" We haven't really started him potty training; we're still focusing more on just being able to communicate with him. But I have made him a couple pairs of underwear that he likes to wear on occasion. He's very sweet and loves to give kisses.
Zaylee has been going through a growing up phase - alternating between being helpful and being defiant. Personally I like the helping better! If I get ready to start cooking or baking something, she'll run and grab an apron for me and one for herself. She helps with stirring, counting, measuring, scooping, and whatever else she can. She also helps unload the dishwasher, wipe the table, pick up toys and books, throw away trash. It's really nice. But when she's being defiant, that's a different story. She does like to pick on Thomas, and on the cat, and time-outs are becoming fairly frequent. Hopefully it'll sink in eventually that it's not okay to pull the cat's tail and hit Thomas with books. Sigh.
Jeff just started his week off. We both really like his work schedule, halfway. He works ten hours a day for seven days, then has the next seven days off. His work week gets really tiring and by the end of it we're all ready for a week of vacation! But his week off is usually really nice, so we're looking forward to having him home for the next seven days.
As for me, I've been having more fun with Google SketchUp, and have designed a table, a whatnot (Victorian stacking shelves), and a little bookcase. I wish I could build these things as fast as I design them, but so far I haven't built any of it. Waiting for the weather to thaw, I guess. I've also been reading the Little House books, which I got for Christmas. I just finished reading The Long Winter, and it makes me feel so thankful for our warm house and plentiful food. And for the fact that we don't have fiercely huge blizzards lasting 3-4 days each with only a day or two in between for the entire winter.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Look What I Did...
Ana-White.com just put up a great tutorial. A vast majority of her posts are instructions for how to build furniture. But this latest was not how to build one of the pieces of furniture she designed, but how to design your own furniture using a free downloadable program called Google Sketchup. I was so excited about this tutorial! Now look what I've designed:
How awesome is this little storage cube? I based it on this cube by Pottery Barn. It's like a cute little side table, but the lid lifts off to show a convenient storage space. I want to build it and use it as a toy box or something. I haven't created actual instructions for how to make it, but I want to give that a shot at some point. Eek, I love this little thing, it's just so beautiful!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
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