one day, during a particularly long annababy nap (for which i held her the entire time), i did some cleaning out of my google reader… clearing out blogs that are quite stale and adding some new suggestions that google (big brother) suggested for me. amongst the new blogs was bake it in a cake. one […]
Collins Boy 2.0 Cupcakes
Made these for the baby shower of Mr. Ian M. Collins, the soon to be younger of two boys in the Collins family.
4 months (and a day)
anna turned four months yesterday. one third of a year under her belt. (by comparison, i have a third of a century under my belt). we went to the doc today for her checkup. she’s 26.5 inches long and 13.5 pounds. i didn’t catch the head circumference measurement, but saw one the chart that it’s […]
first frosting
Anna had her first lesson in frosting making today. And her first taste of frosting. 🙂
yay dirt.
after years of fighting with a stupid mound that runs along the length of our property, this weekend we FINALLY rented a skid steer and removed it. by we i mean derek. and by removed i mean leveled it into our yard. the freshly leveled ground proved to be a wonderful play area for a […]
anna on a blanket in the shade
while derek tended to some much needed yard work, isaac and anna and i camped out in the yard, observing. anna was being exceptionally cute (and isaac exceptionally camera shy), so i took advantage of the natural light and anna’s cute socks and snapped some pics…
meanwhile…
While Anna and Isaac and I lounged in the yard, Derek rented a skid steer (I think that’s what it’s called) and did this:
