Shutterfly!

At our house we take a lot of pictures. I have recently been introduced to Shutterfly.com for printing pictures. I am going to order Iris's birth announcements from their site. A friend of ours recently used them for her baby boy's birth announcement and they turned out so cute! They have a ton of adorable designs to choose from. Their Christmas cards are really cute too, but I think since Iris will be joining us around Christmas we may save our greetings for after she arrives. If I was going to do a Christmas card though, I love this one...

I love the colors and the option of including more than one picture. I always have a hard time choosing just one photo.

A couple of years ago I started making a year in review photo book. Shutterfly has great prices on their books and the cover options are really cute. Go check out www.shutterfly.com for your next prints!

The cutest Lumberjack you've ever seen!

When thinking about Jeremiah's costume for this year I knew I wanted three things; cheap, comfortable and warm. My mom sent us a box of clothes and shoes for Jeremiah that she picked up for him at a consignment sale and in that box was this plaid flannel shirt and a pair of "work" boots. With those items in hand I set out to make the perfect lumberjack outfit for him. Well, actually I started planning and then did nothing until Saturday. :) I couldn't find suspenders in his size so I made some from scrap fabric. The hat is his new warm winter hat which happened to look perfect with the outfit and Jeremiah's Uncle Matt made him his special axe, (ok, I did plan ahead with that). I love costumes that come straight from the closet. There wasn't another kid at trunk or treat dressed like our lumberjack! The beard was a last minute addition thanks to my old liquid eyeliner.

Jeremiah collected lots of candy for Al & I to eat. It pays to not introduce your kid to sugar! He didn't even know what he was missing, he just loved all the bright colored packages people kept handing him.

A sneak peek...

This weekend my mom & younger sister came into town for a visit. We had so much fun and we managed to sneak in some time for a family photo shoot at one of our favorite parks where the leaves are changing and falling right now. Two of Jeremiah's favorite things are books and apples, they both made their way into our shoot. We hope you enjoy this sneak peek! The mark on his forehead is from a fall at church that morning.

Wordless Wednesday

Nigh-Nigh Bear

Before Jeremiah was born I used to think I didn't want him to get attached to any bedtime items. Mostly because I was attached to a bear until I was, well, too old to be attached to a teddy bear. Someone told me that if he became attached it would come naturally and there wouldn't be much we could do about it. Boy were they right! Jeremiah is attached to a teddy bear that his Great Grandma Roselle Pearson gave him for Christmas last year. It was the first and only Christmas gift he would get from his Grandma Pearson, she passed away just a few weeks ago, but he will have his bear to remind us every day how much she loved us. I can say that I love the attachment because he can take his bed everywhere as long as he has his bear & his paci. Now when he is tired he goes to his bed and pulls his bear down and says, Nigh-nigh, Momma. His bear gets up with him, watches Praise Baby with him and right now Daddy, Jeremiah and Nigh-Nigh Bear are playing blocks. I look forward to seeing who Iris chooses as her special cuddly friend.

Jeremiah is walking all over the place now and he loves it! He is so much happier now that he can move around more and get where he wants to go with things in his hands. He loves to kick balls, play blocks and read books.

Meeting Nigh-Nigh Bear


Trying to catch some zzz's with Nigh-Nigh


Playtime with Nigh-Nigh




Nigh-Nigh Bear even got to go with us to Uncle Matt's graduation!


Back for a visit with Great Grandma

Jeremiah is going to have a sister!

Iris received an A+ on her ultrasound. She is doing great and is right on schedule with her growth and development. We are so excited to have a little girl!

Jeremiah is a year old!

We went to Chuck E Cheese for his birthday for a fun outing and he loved it!

His birthday cake was a delicious carrot and pineapple cake. If you're looking for a cake with minimal sugar and lots of good ingredients, this is the one! It was yummy!


Wow, I can't believe it has been a year! What an amazing year it has been...

At a year old Jeremiah:
*loves to play Daddy's drums
*takes a couple independent steps at a time, but still hangs on to the furniture
*loves bath time
*eats most anything you give him, but he's not a fan of Goldfish or Cheerios
*gets so excited when Daddy comes home from work
*doesn't care for car rides
*loved youth camp and did amazingly well the whole week
*is going to have a baby sister
*loves to play cars, blocks and balls
*drinks whole milk and loves it
*doesn't like when anyone is on the computer and he's not allowed to touch (which is why I am so slow about updating our blog)