while i've been away...

wilson grew two teeth... 

he learned how to sit up like a big boy...

he eats "solids"... 

sara fell in love with dancing... 

and wears her dancing skirts everywhere... 

i sewed some baby bedding... 

a matching pillow... 

some birthday bibs... 

a dress for sara...

one for her baby doll... 

lots of orders... 

and ryan FINISHED law school!!

 so now we are soaking up daddy time... 

going on family "adbentures" and just enjoying our time together

little girl...

i love your sweet heart.

i love watching you grow-up and try new things.

i love the way you have patience and love for your brother.

i love the way you imagine.

little girl, i love you.

little boy...

loves eating his toes and rolling over!

loves to melt my heart 

 and apparently loves to take only 45 minute naps!

(drives me crazy...until i see his sweet, sleepy, grin)

little boy, i love you.

5 months ago...

we welcomed this little guy into our family.

i miss this sweet man.

sara's easter dress

i found a dress about a month ago that was so inspiring... simple a-line with a great gathered, ruffley piece down the front.

i couldn't get it out of my head.

until i finally made this fun dress. 

i never found the "perfect" pattern so i winged it. 

and so happy i did!

 in the spirit of "winging it" i had to make a matching bunny for a certain little girl.

and one for a sweet little boy. 

who preferred to eat his instead of making it talk to the other bunnies.

happy (two days late) Easter

from our slightly cheesy, matchy family!

wilson milestones and "monkey put hay on him back"

wilson hit the four month mark with a few milestones. 

sweet boy (sara regularly refers to him as her "sweet boy") has successfully

mastered rolling over... 

tasted "real food" (he is big into trying to pull whatever is in my hands to his mouth)... 

sitting in the excersaucer and keeping himself entertained long enough for me to shower... 

and talking (or screeching) for extended periods of time... just letting us know he is here and has a voice...

this little boy has brought such joy to our family. what a blessing.

now to explain the "monkey put hay on him back" part to the post... if you have held any sort of conversation with sara over the past couple of weeks i am almost positive she has told you about how she saw a "monkey put hay on him back" at the zoo. so, for all of those who have graciously tried to piece together this random story, here are some pictures to give you a visual. 

here's the big guy himself... the "monkey"

"the monkey put hay on him back"

i love her

all aboard

i've been missing lately. a little explaining.... i went to mobile to spend time with my mom... with two kids by myself. (not sure what i was thinking! but it was great and we all survived... not sure if the people in the hotel room next to ours did but hey, we win some and loose some, right?!) while there, i helped host a baby shower for one of my dearest friends... and now i'm in the process of sewing her baby bedding. i can't wait to meet baby eli!

after a week of traveling with two kiddos, it was nice to see the daddy! sara has clung to him since we have been back, constantly asking him to play with her.

the most recent activity of choice is building a "dinosaur train" with blocks. sara has fallen in love with the new pbs show dinosaur train. it's a cute show about this family of dinosaurs who travel on a train to meet other dinos... complete with a cheesy song that is always stuck in my head!!! 

on sara's dinosaur train there is a special section for my little ponies and cinderella. 

 maybe one day there will be a little brother section.

he actually rolled over for the first time tonight... right after i left the house to go to a meeting. great. with the kid all day and he chose to have a "first" right after i left. good timing sweet boy. 

oh well, at least his daddy was there to cheer him on!

bubble skirt and buffalo chicken dip

i managed to make this bubble skirt for sara a couple weeks ago. works perfect with leggings now and will be great with chubby bare legs in the spring. 

i also made this yummy stuff last week.

buffalo. chicken. dip.... yummy! 

it was the perfect addition to a snowy day. find the recipe HERE.

look who's growing up... sweet boy.

snow day

last thursday we experienced our first big snow.

 

did you notice the baby doll? goes with us everywhere!

 

three things i learned:

-always have kid gloves on hand (no pun intended)

-buy the rain boots that have been in the cart and returned to the shelf multiple times

-i don't think i could live in the snow :)