Way back in July

I was supposed to post Emmett's 3 month pictures a long long time ago. But since the water damage happened I lost his official 3 month pics. So.....here they are!!! Alex put them away somewhere where I never would have found them: where all the pictures that need filing go. These pics are obviously pre-haircutting pics.





More CURRENT pictures later!!!

My Quilts

FYI: For some reason the stupid blog won't let me put an umlaut over the "e" in Zoe. Real nice.

I'm sure this is part I of future blogs - but this one will be my ode to quilts. My home has a few special treasures around each room that I couldn't part with. One of my treasures are my quilts! I just treasure gifts that I know took a LONG time to make. I can't put all of them up - but here are some of my favorites.


Wedding present. 12 blocks of bible stories - each containing a heart symbolizing Christ in the story


A quilt pillow that was given to Zoe for her 2nd birthday



Emmett's ABC quilt for his birth



Another quilt of Zoe’s that was given for her birth.




Right now we have 5 quilts actually hanging up on our walls and hopefully MORE some day. I just love them! I don't have time to do a close up of them so you can see the details. But they are awesome!!! (subtle hint anyone?)

Handy Man

WHY WE ARE REPLACING THE CARPET!!
and why you should never buy a house that had a puppy before
...and why we'll never GET a puppy.

I'd show you more but I don't want to make you sick.

Alex has always been handy - but the past few weeks he has gone above and beyond the call of duty - or the call of a dirty house. My mom came to visit a few weeks ago to help out, but she unfortunately let me borrow the Twilight books and of course I read them all instead of helping out around the house. Poor Alex had to clean, work on the house AND not have a wife around while I finished the books as soon as possible :) Actually, I did try to only read the books while I nursed Emmett. They're a quick read!

Here is a perfect example of how awesome he is.
He finished the kitchen floor just in time to do the dishes!!!
I can't wait for a new black table (may be 3 years from now?) and a new rug for the floor.

Here is the before shot - and the partially after shot of the hallway.