Chickens & Trampolines & Babies

We have been keeping busy. I'm so so nearly done with our house renovations. Just one closet and the flooring to go. Yay! Work is going good, can't complain. We aquired 5 baby chicks at Coastal a month ago when we went there to let Juliet look at the baby critters. They were giving away free ones so we ended up getting some "temporarily" to give to my mom after they got too big. But we got attached and so we buildt them a cute little coop this weekend. Juliet loves critters of all kinds, including her baby chicks.
We also aquired a free trampoline on craigslist that needed a few tabs sewn back on. Did that and now Juliet loves hopping around on it. Mostly naked for some reason. I guess clothes just get in the way of a good jump?
Juliet is a sweet, smart little girl. We love her so much. She loves: babies and animals, the letter "O" (as in "go ducks"), counting things, reading her books, helping herself to things(her catchphrase is "I do that"), building towers with legos or blocks, coloring/painting, and nuggling with mom & dad while watching "baby cows"(ie: videos of baby animals on youtube). We are working on potty training, but I obviously don't know what I'm doing so we aren't making alot of progress.
Dan is working hard. Puts in alot of overtime most days being the head machinist now. It's hard work but he enjoys it and does it well. It sure is handy having a hubby who can make or fix anything, or even make a tool to do the job :) I love him so much. He is a great husband and such a sweet daddy.
And finally, we are expecting baby number two November 1st! I am 4 months along and get to have my ultrasound in about a month to find out what we are having. Everyone is betting on a boy, I don't really care either way. Juliet loves the idea of having a new baby and has been very understanding on mommy feeling sick for the past couple months. I should start showing here soon and then I can post some belly pics :) Being pregnant is so fun, for the most part.







16 weeks(or 4 months) pregnant :)

Too much time on Facebook.

Well here it is February. Lots went on, just not alot posted since as I stated in the title, I spend to much time Facebooking. Oh well. Today was lovely. I am feeling much better & the weather is beautiful so I took the girls out in the back yard for playing in the sandbox and also a picnic lunch. SO fun! I hope the weather stays nice. I don't care for winter & rain much. Rather have snow or sunshine.




Oh yeah, and I was there too :) Smiles!

Juliet is 2! and a Merry Christmas

Juliet had her second birthday on the 23rd. It has gone by so fast! I love my little girl. She is so sweet. Grandma Hallock had a little party for her and her favorite gift was.... yet another baby doll. She sure loves those things. Babies, dogs and other animals in general...those are her favorite things. Well besides mommy & daddy :)
She & I have been doing some water color painting, which is alot of fun. She does a great job at it too I think. I like this painting she did. I like the colors.
I also made her a new dress, blue gingham. I think it turned out pretty good. It came together in record time too. 2 hours! I think it would be fun to make & sell little dresses. I am going to make me a matching skirt so we can wear them on Sunday :)
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Scrimshawing it Up

Here is my lastest scrimshaw project. A commisioned piece for a guy in Oregon. I think the Joker is a little weird, but it it the symbol for his motorcycle group- so that's what he wanted. I like the back better. I love doing swirls & scrollwork. (And yes "sez" is spelled wrong, but it is supposed to be that way :)

Coloring

Mommy likes to color too! Juliet likes me to come hang out in her room & color with her. She is very particular which color I can use too.

I drew this picture today in colored pencil & a black copic marker. Not too bad.

Oh Man! What a Day!

Such a fun day!!! Dan & Dave got to go backstage with Gameday & meet the people and get cool free stuff. He also got to meet Chip, and I'm alittle jealous about that. I love Chip. So Dan & I got to go to the UO-Stanford game. It's becoming a bit of a tradition. Dan & I went to Stanford to the UO game when we were dating in 2004. Then we went to another UO-Stanford game at Autzen with Jordan Bair in 2008. And now this year too, with tickets we won no less-which makes it even sweeter. It was so exciting, lots of enthusiastic fans & noise. I had to put in makeshift earplugs though so I could enjoy it. A great comeback. Beautiful weather. It was a perfect night, a perfect day, a perfect weekend!

Win!

We won the Gameday signmaking contest at HomeDepot today. We have tried every time and always came in second place. So Dan gets to go backstage and have breakfast with the ESPN Gameday people and then we get tickets to go to the UO-Stanford game too. SO exciting!!!