Thanksgiving

Des had a fun first Thanksgiving. He figured out how to army crawl like a champ just the day before. Now, there's no stopping him! He loved playing with his grandma Renee, grandpa Rob, and his aunts and uncle too:

He got to preview a Christmas present from grandma since his hands were so cold...

...all because he got to go on his FIRST FOUR-WHEELER RIDE! and he loved it! LOVED it. He had this same serious look on his face the whole time but as soon as we took him off he started yelling, or when auntie Jessi turned off the ignition. He didn't like that either. It was pretty funny.

So Thanksgiving was fun. Kolt's aunt Cindi and her family came over and it was super fun to see all them. They like to play crazy card games with Renee so they were all laughing pretty hard for most of the time. The food was good, company was great, and Des got his first taste of motorized action.

Today I'm missing...

My sister and her family....



...My baby brother Mike...

...this cute kid previously mentioned as the family of my sister...



...this cute kid too, also previously mentioned, and since aged (but its such a cute picture!!)...

Thank heavens I was able to visit my mom yesterday as well as my brother brian. We'll be spending Thanksgiving with Kolt's family and I'm super excited! Its going to be fun to have Des play aaaaaalll day with someone else! :D He'd get that at my house too, but the in-laws don't get to play as often so its extra fun. I'm just not going to get to see my sister this year since they're staying in NM. And Mike's been gone to college so I don't see him very often either. One thing I'm extra grateful is having such a great family on both sides. That's the blessing I count most often.

a jog down memory lane

Taffee asked me to post a picture of myself as a baby to see if des has any of my qualities. In the picture-finding process I came across a few others that made me smile.

So here's my baby photo. I was a year old at this point...you can see the little blue vein that goes across my nose. He has that. Go me!

This one made me laugh...I posted it for Jenna (and Britt if she reads my blog). Sr year. I'm only just recovering.

One of my most favorite pictures of all. My brother Todd (checking out his own boots), me, and my cousin Tige (or was it Shawn?) was that even spelled right? I'm so confused. Anyway...I remember he let me ride on his back and I was a cowgirl for reals!!

And we all remember this. The engagement photo. Love it. Love the white socks. And I LOVE my red hair...sniff. If I wasn't so poor and so attached to my healthy hair I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

So that's all for now folks! Today is a random day, I've sewn ties, played with the baby, set up a still-life to paint (took pictures of it because it won't be for a while), gone through my photos, blogged this...and its still before noon. Woh. I'm out of control!

grrrrr

my blog has been making my insides not happy. I guess we're having a hard time these days. Here's some random photos to make up for lost time.

awww, back in the day. and not edited. too bad.

this is the feet photo from the earlier post that didnt' work. although it was working the day before. whatever.

and des in a towel. eating a washcloth.

Some photos

I was busy blogging and then I turned around and this is where I found Des. Not sure how he managed to get UNDER the chair...I guess we need to get to work on baby proofing. And yes, I paused to snap a few incriminating photos before retrieving him. I'm a good mom, I swear!

Des has monkey toes. He uses his feet for everything! I caught him holding his bottle with his toes and laughed out loud!

What we've been doing

Mostly a lot of sitting around in our pj's. Des got some new ones the other day that are all fuzzy and warm so he won't freeze at night. And we got these ones out because, well, they fit now. Even though they're 12 month jammies. Yeaaah.

We played with Jaci the other day while her mommy was at the dr's. It was fun! They were bottle buddies. Des wasn't very hungry but as soon as Jaci wanted her bottle, so did Des. And when Des layed down on his blanket, Jaci wanted next to him! They had loads of fun!

And they played puzzles another night. Jaci is almost a year so she could actually try to stick the pieces back in. Des just thought they were a fun chew toy!

Spell it Naturally

Lately I've been helping my mother-in-law with her new business. (it runs in the family, I guess!) We've hit several craft fairs and sell my ties and her photography. It's called Spell It Naturally and you pretty much do just that. Jessi, her daughter (my sister-in-law) took a bunch of black and white pictures of stuff that makes letters and you spell out whatever you want. Cool, huh? Most people like to do their last name but some choose to do HOME or LOVE or whatever else they can think up that's shorter than 8 letters.

I've been putting together her website www.SpellitNaturally.com . Its still under construction but you could check it out. It makes fun Christmas presents and wedding presents. And her information is posted so yeah.