Flowers!!

Tis' the season for.....

LILAC'S!!

From Me to You

I love old books.  In fact, we collect them.  Old books are beautiful, like pieces of artwork.  Their covers worn and tattered, and the colors muted and dull (just like people).  I stumbled across a book that belonged to Michael's Great Great Grandma Agnes.  It was so beautiful-I had to take pictures!  It's title is From Me to You.  It is a collection of beautiful poems about friendship. 

I thought the inside print was so magnificent!  If it were fabric, I'd wear it!

In her own words.

Baby Crafts

I can't help but feed my addiction for embellishment. 

I suppose I could be addicted to a lot worse things.

A few things in the series of "FLOWERS"

This is an older project, but the same floral embellishment. 

Headbands!

I......

I..........

wake you

feed you

smile at you

change you

hold you

teach you

play with you

comfort you

tickle you

kiss you

hug you

laugh with you

laugh AT you

walk with you

talk with you

dress you

explain to you 

read to you

relax with you

explore with you

discover with you

learn with you

protect you

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY...

I love you.

JACKPOT

A few weeks ago Michael found a 1st edition copy of Norman Mailer's The Naked and The Dead in our apartments community room.  If your a Gilmore Girls fanatic, as I am, this would bring you immediate satisfaction (oh yeah, and if you're a fan of lit-er-ature). 

"NORRRMAAN MAAILLEERRR"

Just one of THOSE days

Yesterday morning started off pretty good.  We were all snuggling under the covers when I said "HEY- Doughnuts!"  Michael and I used to go out for doughnuts every once in a while before the little one arrived.  When she was a newborn and we were up to our eyeballs in spit up, diapers, and sleepless nights we would talk about how great it would be when she slept through the night (check), and not dealing with reflux issues (check) so that we could go out more, and do things like get doughnuts on a whim.  Yesterday morning she slept in until almost 7:30 (bliss), so we decided to head out in our pajamas and get doughnuts.  It was so fun, that is-until we locked the keys in the car.  We tried breaking into our own car, but inevitably had to call a locksmith to un-do the damage.  30 extra minutes, a baby who was starting to get hungry and tired, and $35.00 later we were back in our car!  We had little mishaps through out the day (just one of THOSE days), but we weren't letting it get us down!  We did laundry, baked cookies, and played with the baby....then, when everything was cleaned up for the night, and the baby was sound asleep in her crib.... I so gracefully managed to drop a container of juice all over the floor!  After it was cleaned up Michael & I were laughing trying to figure out how long I stood there, staring at the container of juice as it quickly emptied its contents onto our floor.....let's just say it was a while.  The good news is the floor got washed, and that hasn't been done since, well....before our "little one "arrived.  No matter how the day goes, we are always thankful that we have each other!

Just a bowl of carrots...

Who would expect that 1 bowl of carrots could evoke so much emotion......

It started with a smile...

But quickly began to change...

Uh-oh...

Here we go...

Wait...maybe we're okay

And it ends with a smile....

(okay, so that is not at all how it ended-but with pictures I can fake it)