as promised...

so here's some pics of the little man :)

he loves standing up looking out the front window...

he's also figured out how to snoop...

he is loving the strawberries that we planted in the parking strip...

jordan and kept looking up to see this little face peeking at us while we were working in the front yard... as an extra little bonus the reflection is pretty awesome too! :)
and this is jeriah in his halloween costume... getting started early :)

Home Sweet Home - the remix

well after being gone for a couple weeks in ohio we came home to a house that seemed very fresh and bright and ... cozy ... (to use the real estate term) :) and i just love our home!!!


i think i was feeling a little inspired yesterday i rearranged the living room... even more fresh and bright and some how more open even though i added another bookshelf (formerly known as a ladder) :)

this is the wall with the new ladder




i just love the way this looks, i wish the flowers would stay forever!!!



and this... something about C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia all snuggled up to coasters just whispers "grab a cup of tea and meet me on the couch"



this wash stand from my grammie and pap in ohio has been nothing more than a tv stand for the past two years i am so excited that it finally has the place it deserves!


i found the little old door frame at the restore... i was originally thinking picture frame but i just like it the way it is... the rust old knob still intact


i wasn't sure about this couch against the blue wall but it sure is workin' it :)

J has his very own bookshelf now ... so cute!!! and now he won't be pulling all of our books off... at least not quite yet :)

so that's it :) we will return to our normal "baby centered " programing next time...

happy father's day at mill creek park

who made this big mess?

when i was typing the title i must confess i was thinking of "the big comfy couch" an old tv show about "lunette and molly, a clown and her dolly"... welp i better go...

it's time for the 10 second tidy

who me?

one of J's most favorite new toys is the laundry basket :) lets hope that continues for another 17 years or so...

looking pretty ornery!

in scooting backward position...

sweet boy :)

he looks so old in this picture... i think it's the hair :)

making up for lost time

speaking of lost time... LOST... what a waste of my time!!! Good riddance old jacky poo!!!

in real life events...
our chickens are outside in their coop :) they love it!



you'll notice that there are 4... there used to be 3... and 2 are smaller than the other 2 :) well turns out we had a Houdini chicken who may or may not have become the neighbor cats breakfast... but did disappear with not a feather left behind so we got one more and she was lonely so we got one more :) thus 4 chickens! :) we like them!
also i officially named them today :) left to right we have:
Orpie, Glenda, Stripey (front), and Coaleen


ohh and this little guy... we like him too... but he has refused ever to lay eggs! ...
cracks me up sitting in the middle of the yard playing with his fingers :)


so our garden has been in for a week now ... the pictures would be rather boring so i'll spare you the dirt :) I'll spare you this photo as well but share the story :) while i was preping the garden last week J was playing in the yard with the grass and leaves and whatever he found and was a very good little boy!!! but the next day there was evidence in a poopy diaper that he had done more than play with a small leaf and flower petal!!! :)

In my imagination he was trying to hide it from me :)... which made me think of the story of Lish (my older sister, for any of the non-ohioan readers) cutting my hair and throwing it down the clothes chute so that mom wouldn't find it... :)

so it's been a little while

what a little ham!!! :)



look at all this hair coming in!

Jeriah and Oliver (they are 5 mos apart in age)

look at those cheeks! i think Dr. Gunningham will be impressed!

Just hanging out on the couch... a little wiggling and fake coughing (like grandpa) :) just kidding :)