Trees

Our little miss is a climber! And now we have a tree. She has so many bruises on her legs.

8 months (almost 9)
We are blessed once again with such a happy baby.

Working out with mommy


P.S. He is not always naked.

more baby shoes

I have sewn six pair of baby girl shoes for friends

James was getting a little jealous. My dad bought the buttons for me from an antique shop a while ago. I love them.

Dresser

Here is a before picture of a dresser I painted. I started painting the top and the sides of the dresser when my neighbor asks me a question.

While talking to my neighbor, I notice Olivia has paint on her feet. I return to my project to find this....

I took a picture because I told myself that one day I will laugh about it..

Sadly but true I had to wipe up Olivia's paint job and repaint. Here is the finished project.


In this one you can see her new curtains I made out of a shower certain I bought for .50 cents at a yard sale. I actually turned the curtain so the colored "moons" are going the width instead of the length and backed them so her room is dark at night.

Our first camping trip

Not only was it our first camping trip in Texas, it was our first camping trip alone as a family. Because we usually go with others, we had to buy a lot of our own camping gear; a tent, a lantern and our own food. We went to Fair-field lake, two hours south east of where we live. The lake had fresh water clams and was rather warm because it circulated through a nearby dam. The first night go bitterly cold and everyone but Olivia woke up throughout the night. James kept on moving around and I would find him feet from where we laid him down. We took a bird watching walk and saw a pelican. We also notices a bluish/greenish animal siting on a log in the lake. We went cross country to get a better look, but discovered it was only trash. Later that night, Seth was able to spot an armadillo in the bushes next to our camp site. I am happy to say we didn't see any scorpions, alligators or huge spiders. We had a great time, although we missed having our family to play with. We will probably go again before it gets real hot.






Swimming! Seth and I only went thigh high (No, we are not naked)

Olivia loved the water. She didn't want to get out. She loved to throw sea shells into the water. She also saw a green canoe and said "I wish I had a blue boat"



James thought the water was too cold, but he loved to eat the sand when I was taking pictures.




Trying to stay warm in the morning

S'mores