Look who's crawling! Josie turned 8 months on Christmas Eve and started crawling on New Year's Eve! Time to baby proof the house even more. One thing I refuse to do is crisis management all day, every day. Something that has saved my sanity (and I use that phrase very loosly) is doing a thorough job on baby-proofing. This entails the use of lots of baby gates, cabinet locks, outlet covers, etc... You can tell by the pics of my little cutie pie that she's quite proud of her new found skill!
What could be better than some reading time with Daddy?! The funny endings to the Uncle Wiggily stories are loved by all (especially Daddy). Sometimes we make up our own silly endings!
Anna, 2yrs old and so cute!
I started this little lavendar dress for Anna quite a while ago and have been having trouble "finding time" to finish it. When I revamped our schedule using Managers of Their Homes and Schedule Breeze by Teri Maxwell, I knew needed to carve out some time to sew! I had to cut back on the "extras" like mindlessly surfing the internet and chatting with friends on facebook but now Anna has a cute little dress to show for it! Next up, finishing the Amish wallhanging that's been hanging out in the closet rather than on the wall since I need to finish hand quilting it. And, making a pinafore to go with Anna's dress!
At 3mo., Josie grows sweeter each day! She just started rolling from her tummy to her back and is trying to roll from her back to tummy. She is growing up way too fast! I'm enjoying her more than I could've imagined. Honestly, I was a bit freaked about the logistics of juggling another baby, not to mention 3 in diapers- but God is good and has blessed me abundantly with the grace I need to get through each day. It sure helps that little miss Josie sleeps 9hrs at night already, Praise the Lord!!!
Colton's dream is to become an award winning author and illustrator. He makes these "books" ALL....DAY! When we're not doing school or cooking or chores, he's writing books made with a construction paper cover and plain paper on the inside. Usually they have some sort of award or medal on them- Newberry, Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, you name it! This book, "Lucy", is about a girl named Jane, her horse Lucy, and her father who is a pastor (and pictured on the top of the cover- giving a sermon). In the book, Jane and Lucy must save Jane's family. We do get outside to play basketball and go for walks as well- but I'm sure he'd prefer to sit at the table and write :-) How fascinating it must be to live inside Colton's mind!
We needed something yummy for snacks so Colton and I got to work in the kitchen. Our yellow squash is finally producing so we made use of that. I found a great recipe for Zucchini muffins on allrecipes.com. It was supposed to have chocolate chips in it but we had just baked chocolate chip cookies for Daddy yesterday so we skipped that ingredient. They turned out delicious anyway! I figure if I put the time into teaching Colton how to cook and bake now, he'll be whipping up dinners for the family in no time (and I can have the night off of cooking once in a while)!