Couldn't resist. . .

. . .posting these cute pictures of Blake!

Weather and House Stuff

Yesterday felt so great! The weather was warm and we actually made it to the park. When Mike got home we broke out the bike trailer which doubles as our two-kid stroller. They were so cute as we went for a walk around the neighborhood.
The builder has made some progress with our house. They dug the hole for the basement, poured the footings and today they were putting in some stuff to start working on the foundation. Here's more pictures of that:

Movie Recommendation

I rarely recommend movies to others, but last night Mike and I watched Fireproof and I really liked it. It's a Christian-themed movie and has Kirk Cameron in it. The acting is not the best, but the overall movie is great. Rent it. Soon. It's good. I promise!

A House!

I'm excited to announce that we are buying a house. The only problem is that it hasn't been built yet. A minor detail, sort of. They are going to start digging the hole for the basement/foundation on Monday and I'm going to try to document the entire process in pictures. So, this probably won't be the last post about the house that you read. We expect to be finished sometime this summer. (I'm being vague so I won't be disappointed if it's not done by when the builder said it would be.)

Our Future Homestead!:

Valentine's Weekend

Decorating cookies with Aunt Shanae. Carson kept saying, "I'm decorating cookies, this is a party." He was excited to have a part in the festivities.
Carson riding in the sled with Grandpa Furniss while Derek drives.
All my Valentine's boys!

My Latest Creations

I sewed a denim quilt for my brother-in-law's family. It was a Christmas present, but they live in another state and so I was just able to give it to them when they came to visit a couple of weeks ago. My mom and I designed the pattern ourselves and it was a lot of fun to do.



Finding a place to put grocery bags was a problem at our house until a few years ago when Mike engineered this:


It was great and served its purpose, but then I got this idea from makeitandloveit.blogspot.com and created this:

A Tooth!

Blake had his first tooth poke through last week. We both felt like he's too little to have a tooth. It's just hard to accept how fast they grow up!

January

Some random pictures of the month:

Mike's parents gave us a huge tent for our birthdays. Mike set it up in our living room. It took up the whole room--we had to move our couch out. Then Carson and Mike slept in it.

Carson was entertaining Blake by singing and leading music last Sunday.

Carson always asks to hold Blake. This time Blake actually appears like he's enjoying it! :)

The Blake-ster

Blake is now 4 months old. He's so much fun and we all really love him. We took him to the doctor yesterday and found out some new stats:
Weight: 13 lbs. 11 ounces (18%)
Height: 25.5 inches (63%)

Some other stuff about Blake:
*He smiles a lot now, I love it when he looks at someone (especially me) and smiles. Good stuff!
*He laughs more often. When one of us gets him to laugh, the rest of us come running to watch.
*He has been more fussy these last two months (not a complaint, just a fact) but I think he's getting MUCH better. It could be that he just likes the familiarity of home, cuz he wasn't the happiest baby during our holiday travels.
*He's likes to suck and chew on toys and fingers (his own and others' if you let him!).
*He doesn't sleep through the night, but is getting closer, and I can't decide if I'm excited for him to sleep better or sad cuz I'll miss the extra cuddle time.
*I think he already admires Carson. For example, when they are in the car together, Blake will just stare at Carson and Carson can usually make Blake happy by singing a song.

Snow Much Fun

I'm so behind! Here are some pictures of the rest of our December (FINALLY! I know!).

We went to Island Park to celebrate Christmas at the cabin. It was tons of fun and there was tons of snow!

Christmas morning pictures:

We cut the top of our tree off and brought it. It added to the ambiance.

Blake was pretty excited to be there with us.

Blake and I modeling our new clothes.

When we woke up Christmas morning I was pleasantly surprised to see this much snow on our car: (Notice that you can still see the outline of the vehicles.)

Then I took the following picture at 1 pm. No one in my family had ever witnessed this much snowfall in such a short period of time.

Carson loved the cabin. He loved to play outside with his dad, uncles and grandpa.

One day we went sledding at a friend's cabin. That was great. Even Mike and I got in some of the action.

This is what we did mostly. Relaxed and spent some quality time together. Look how excited Carson is! :)