Day 23 & 24

 The music corner in his room is expanding... 

we have to put a blanket on them to make them go to sleep:)

 I've let it become my little hobby to add to our Christmas book collection.  

Such little goofs.  She torments while he tries to endure it.  The best picture we could get of them.  

Our Christmas 8 month old. 

Day 21 & 22

 What Olive Garden meal would be complete without the olive fingers.  

She's a cruisin' girl now.  

By the way, she is 8 months old now!  

Those pics to be coming soon as I get around to deciding what she should wear for them.

Day 17, 18, 19, & 20

 We finally have leaves on the ground.  

 Bubble time with Aunt JoJo.  London was too busy pretending to conduct the Military Band.

 We made one killer train track.

Pardon the drool, she has who knows how many teeth coming in.  

At the moment the count is up to 4.

Day 16

I step out of the kitchen and I see this.  

Makes my day.

Day 15

Biblical-Math Genius.  

Day 14

Tonight we went to a bell concert that one of our friends is the director of.  

They let us explore the instruments after and we got out the big guns.  

 London managed to capture a few good shots.

And then he played "ductor".  

Day 13

The only snow we are going to see here. 

 Today I had shorts and t-shirt on and still had to take shade breaks.  Thank you Tucson.  

Day 12

Peek!  

Such a silly girl.  

She's already pulling herself up.  Caught her standing in her crib this morning.  

I guess its time to lower the crib:(

Day 11

This is how I find him some nights.  

And this is what I found as I downloaded pictures for today... Thanks London.

Day 10

 Really, Really!  2 nights of going out and doing Christmas things around town and 2 nights of leaving the camera at home!!  We were left with using the phone. So sad:( 

ZooLights.  A middle school band was playing and yep that is what excited London the most.    Such a funny kid.

One of our outdoor malls gives a snowfall on the weekend at Christmastime.  Its  actually some sort of  bubble concoction as we found out by attempting to catch it in our mouth.  Cariad loved it!

In an attempt to redeem the horrible pictures I'm adding an extra picture from the other night:)

Day 9

Thank you Target Dollar Section for saving my Advent dilemma for the year.

Each day I have been putting in a preplanned activity for us to do.    

I've been scouring blogs for what I want to do for next year and if I will make or buy a new one.

Any tips on how you countdown?

Day 8

My excuse for being late to work today. 

 She fell asleep after feeding this morning (7, not sure why she felt she was tired again) so we had a good 15 minute snuggle time then she continued her crash on the floor while I made my lunch and got packed up.  Sorry PE students, soccer will wait for this preciousness:)

Day 6 & 7

He came to visit me at work and he tried to take a shortcut down the stairs...

I love that he works the camera:)  Ha!  

Pinecones and glitter.  Can't go wrong there.  

Thanks to Josh for climbing all those trees to get our pinecones.  

Day 5

Last night we went dancing.  

The belly still isn't settled so I had to quickly steer the boy away from the twirls and spins.  

Day 4

My helper today.  

She's been a teething, crawling, coughing, dripping mess but who would have guessed with a face like that.  She hasn't let it stop her one bit:)

Day 3

I may need to nurse her in another room from now on...

Day 2

The new little girl needed a new girlie stocking.  So I hit up the remnants bins and made her one.  I went to put it up on the remaining hook and realized that it said "Joy" for my little Cariad Joy.

(I've told myself I am not allowed to do any crafts this week, the house was beginning to suffer)

http://www.tredways.org/december-photo-project/

Day 1

 I'm going to give the December Photo Project a shot.  Here's some fruits of my editing today.

I'm excited to plot tomorrows picture...that's if this tummy bug decides to stay at bay...

A quilting we will go

I hit up a thrift store and it was loaded with plaid.  I couldn't resist so narrowed it down to these.  I'm going to make an attempt at my very first quilt beyond pot holder size.  I'm going to try to stay simple and follow an 

Amy Butler pattern. 

 

What Daddy-time entails in this house

Quality time with the Les Paul (yes, he has trained and tested me to make sure I know what each one is called)

We like to start them early.

And of course he now likes to show that he can do the "I'm not happy face" now.  

Taking pictures would not be finished without the London take a picture shot.  

Weekend in SV

Grammy works a Children's Place now,   we will be matching away.

First official ride in rusty with the boys.

London Robson Photography

Our Album Cover shot.