My camera sd card broke!!

It has been a long time since I have posted. I am sorry about that.. I am sick about my card being broken. I have pictures on it from M2's 1st birthday and our trip to the outer banks last month. I am SICK about it. 

Since I don't have my own pics from M2's bday party my friend took some of the kids for me (M1 is 4, and M2 just turned 1). 

 These are showing up too great..I still have to get the hard copy from her. You get the gist though..they are cute.
More to come.

In a Week

This last week has been a lot of fun and we have had some crazy weather here. We have discovered that St. Louis is not very consistent and it can be frustrating. 

Last weekend we were able to host some friends from our past. One of our friends from our Philadelphia days and her newer husband (whom we had not met) are moving here this summer. I was so excited to see her and meet her hubby. What fun to catch up and she is one of those friends that you can just pick-up where we ended 4 years ago. We showed them around STL and they figured out where they want to live..very productive. Here is what happened the last day they were with us:

Our pretty blooming bush.

The snow was really wet and sticky so it made for great snowballs. 

 We ended up with 2+ inches!  A few days before this happened Matt asked me, "Do you think we can put away our winter coats?"  "Sure", I said. I think we were a little too hopeful.

Ryan and Sarah with M1. It was nice going out to eat even if it was wet and sticky outside.
Then 8 short days later here we were yesterday in 80 degree weather! 

On a picnic in Forest Park with Kayla and Cam. It was beautiful. 

The Art Museum

I love this picture! It captures him very well.  Can't believe my little man turns 1 this week.
More on him later in the week.

Have to Start Somewhere

Well, ladies and gentleman, here is my first DIY project that is complete:

                                                                             Before:

This has been an eye sore since we got it 6 years ago. Yes, it is that old. I have wanted a nicer one for a while but it is not high on the list right now. So, in the meantime this is what I did with it:

After:

What do you think? I am thinking of painting the handles back to black. Black or silver?

A New Obsession

Yes, I do! It is becoming a little ridiculous and I am starting to put myself on restrictions. 

I just had not idea about this world of DIY (do-it-yourself) projects. Well, I knew about them but 

not the blog world of DIY. WOW!! Let me just say ...WOW! There are just thousands of them (well, it seems like that). Don't worry I have not personally looked at that many but I will tell you that I have bookmarked 40+ already.  So, I have a list going of what I would love to do and it is growing by the day. 

I started my first tonight and messed up so I have to roll with it and try again. It isn't a big deal and I will show it to you this weekend when I can finish it. It is a very small project but hey, 

I gotta start somewhere, right?

So, I will be posting whenever I do something new or find a new look for something I already have. Granted I will be copying other people but I figure since they are putting up on their blogs they don't mind us trying to do it too. 

11 Months!

Well, our little man is one month from a year! Hard to believe that it is that close. I am just wondering why he is not sleeping through the night yet. WHY??? Besides the sleeping issue he is a wonderful baby. He is loving that it is getting nicer out so that we can be outside. It has been nice for us all to get out and just enjoy the weather. Here are some pics form the last month:

First time in the sandbox..he wasn't sure what to do, but he got into it after a few minutes.
I just had to make sure he wasn't eating it. 

This was his first swing ride. I knew he would love it and it was more than I expected. 

He was having the time of his life!

Some New Things:

~ He is laughing and babbling a lot now. Loves to say "mama, dada, and yaya."

~ He is signing "all done"..we are working on "more" and "please."

~ He still continues to refuse to crawl. 

~ He still has no teeth--I expect them any day now. 

~ He is my little cuddly man and loves to sit with mommy and daddy. 

~ He likes to stand and hang on to things and is starting to cruise around furniture.

~ He is starting to get upset about not getting around..he wants to walk everywhere; this is

not very fun for me since I have to hold his hands all of the time. 

~ He loves to eat and still makes his "mmmmm" sounds while eating. 

~ He seems to eat whatever we put in-front of him, which is a nice change from his sissy.

~ Whenever Matt is holding him everyone says how much he looks like him.

I know he is doing a lot more but I am a little tired right now and don't feel much like thinking too much about it. I will have a much better list at his 1 year!

A Birthday Party!!

We had M1's 4th birthday party last weekend and we all had a blast! We were so thankful that a few of M1's friends could come and celebrate with us.  We had a pool party..thats right a pool party in February.  

We belong to a complex that is a lot like a YMCA so they have a great indoor pool that is very accommodating to young kids. So, without delay here are some shots from the evening:

So fun!!

the pics didn't come out well because of the lighting..my photographer friend was even having trouble. 

Little man was loving the water. 

My good friend, Erin and M2's little friend, Finley.

I was pretty excited about this banner.. I had a good time making it. Will be making another for M2's birthday. 

I was uber excited about this cake!! My friend, Liana helped me. This was my first fondant experience and it went a lot better than I thought..it is not hard to work with. 

Everyone was excited about having cake. I have realized that my little girl is NOT a cake girl. She was supper excited to see it, but she only had one or two bites. She is like her mama...a ice cream girl. 

It was a great party..definitely one to remember. 

4 Years Old! WOW!

Can not believe that our little girl is 4 years old today. It is amazing to see how much she has grown both physically and mentally this year.  I have recently realized that she is not a toddler anymore...it made me a little sad to ponder that for a few moments. I went back and found some videos of her first year of life (tears)....I had forgotten so much.

She was only about 7 months old here in Williamsburg. 

Some milestones of the last year:

~ started dance classes

~ we did a lot of traveling through the year (Charlotte a couple of time, 

drove to Pittsburgh two times, returned to Taxes for a visit, and drove to Tulsa and Memphis

to visit friends)

~ started writing her letters

~ just started pre-school in Jan. 

~ her vocabulary seems to be growing daily

and the things that she says just makes me laugh. 

my favorite word she says is: tomollo (tomorrow)

~ loves having a brother around to love on

~ is getting good on the computer already with Zoodles and PBS

~ she is still a picky eater..she loves cereal and pb&j

~ she comes by her love of sugar honestly

She is a busy, active, and she loves to play, play, play. 

She is running circles around us (literally). 

There is probably a lot more but at this moment but both of my children are crying

 in their beds and I can't concentrate.