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well hey there

I'm having a bit of a rough time this morning so I'll leave you with some pictures I took (and destry took) the other day. It was an attempt to get some 18 month shots of Gray but he was feeling grumpy so it didn't pan out too well...

our morning activity

awa-awa-awa! lol

cutie patutie

Lets tour my living room/dining room!

OK! I finally, finally got a rug for my living room. It was dang cheap and huge and turned out just about perfect. Its soft, thin, tough enough for two boys, but cheap enough for me to not have a conniption when they ruin it.


My art table is hidden behind the rocker, you can see my crate/display case poking out...

The mantel. (Carrie, look! I actually used the string I stole from you.) And the view into the dining room.
We are currently working on painting our bedroom and I hope we can build our headboard in the next few weeks. Then I'll give you a tour of that space.

Merry Christmas!

We had a glorious Christmas this past week.  Hope you did too.

The night before, the kids were pretty stoked
 





Then the big day came. Des saw his present from santa



which quickly turned into



You can't win 'em all I suppose. (his day was an emotional roller coaster. When did I get a 12 year old girl for a child??)

Gray loved his gift



so that's good.
Be back in January.

xoxo

Coming up for air

Well, hey there! I can't believe its been a month. But I just finished my last Christmas portrait for My Sweet Rose and it feels great. I've painted 18 house portraits now and I still love it. But I do feel a need to step back and take a break after cranking them out these past few weeks (which more than half of those have been painted.) My eyeballs hurt.

Things at the Davies' have been a little interesting lately. We've been to the dr's way too often and have paid so. many. co-pays. Its a little ridiculous. But I have high hopes! We have a cream for pretty much anything you can think of and we're pro's when it comes to "how close to death can a baby get before you really need medical attention". At least when it comes to dehydration and what-not. I really hope 2013 is a healthier year all around.

On a lighter note, we went on our annual "Davies Tree-Hunt" earlier this month. It was 20 minutes of awesome. Usually we have to trek around in a foot of snow and hike up the mountain and back before finding an acceptable tree. Not this time. It was two minutes of walking in when we found it, then we walked around for another 15 minutes just to make sure it was the best option. Oh and it was generally nice weather and zero snow. yeah!

Des was pretty excited for his own little tree.

Gray was just happy to be there.

some pants-less decorating happened

And just for kicks this was the boys last year: