some recent pictures

J found my canning rings, they entertained him for quite a while!



and he tried to drink from an empty canning jar :)



Lil Hot Rod... getting into things :)



i will try to get a video up of this... J likes to wrestle with his Bear :)



this is the day we heard a loud bang and came in to find that he had pulled the bowl of strawberries off the coffee table... and now is holding it up like "oh hey... look what i found"

look at me daddy!!!

J just suddenly figured out how to clap!

Getting into things :)

yesterday i found J here :) it reminded me of hearing about lish getting stuck under the highchair and of pictures i've seen of various babies under their crib. :)



and here's a video of J actually crawling... he's a pro now!

"Good morning Viet- Nashua!!!!" ~ Michael Scott

how J starts his mornings most days :)...

i say bye-bye to daddy when he crawls into a silver thing and it rolls away with him... and disappears behind the fence... i'm not sure what daddy does behind the fence all day...

what a fun family portrait :)

i walked into the living room on tuesday to find this... and he was standing in his crib yesterday... it's coming!!! :) ohh and since he sits himself up like a pro now, naps are getting a little more difficult. yesterday i went into check on him and he was sitting with his face smashed against the pack-n-play's netted side, he had obviously just passed out sitting up...

our garden is doing well :) we had baby turnips for dinner on thursday and have been eating salads with our own lettuce which has been delicious (who knew? right, dad?)

For your viewing pleasure: "J Drags Himself" (monday)

my birthday gift from jordan :)

i spent part of the 4th of july making a tall bike :)

jordan brought home two frames from "the hub" for me
we stripped them down, (took off the brakes, seats handlebars and the like)
then went to the shop and i grinded the parts we didn't need off
then jordan taught me how to weld (which was awesome!!!) i finally got to actually use the mask i saw my dad wear and played in growing up :) sorry we didn't get any pictures of that stage...


and here's my very own tall bike

as a little disclaimer... jordan did have to do some touch up welding... it's way easier to do a bunch of little circles in a row on a flat surface then on tubes... what a great gift though!!! quality time combined with new learning by my favorite teacher :)

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...