Hammer Time

Monday, January 25, 2010

A Little Bit of This and That

I don't know about you, but I FINALLY feel like I'm getting back into a semi-normal routine after all the mayhem that surrounds the holidays! Nothing too exciting has happened in the past month......
  • The baby is growing, and so is my discomfort level! I really can't complain. I have (knock on wood) just about the easiest, pain-free pregnancies, but I've officially reached that "I-feel-like-a-beached-whale" stage where I would like my body to be back to normal :)


  • We've been having lots of fun with Mr. Kaden and Baby Brooks. Since Kelly is on her maternity leave, we've been seeing a lot more of them, including weekly trips to story time!

    (When cousins come to stay, you HAVE to do cool things like take naps in a "tent")


  • We attended baby Jordan's baptism. I am so honored to be his Godmother!

  • (Brandon, Josh, Father Mick and Jordan, Ana, and me)


  • Several batches of cookies and muffins have been made. Bailey loves to help out....otherwise known as making a giant mess of flour, sugar, and rice krispies that she dumps between measuring cups.
  • We (okay, Dain with a little help from Kale) painted over the dark purple, wildcat-themed walls in our bedroom that made me cringe every time I crawled into bed. It should be noted that I have nothing against "plum" colored walls, but it made our room seem very dark and gloomy!
(Before)

(After!)

Monday, January 11, 2010

Cowboy Casanova

It takes a real man to be able to rock KU basketball shorts and a cowboy hat at the same time!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

New Best Buddy

This is Sophia, one of my cousin Karren's kids. Isn't she cute?This is Miss Bailey, my own little cutie pie.We fully expected them to hit it off (given their wild-woman tendencies) and have a grand 'ole time at the Sutton Family Christmas gathering.
BUT
We over-looked one thing....
Kale He got to Sophia first...and has since appointed her to his best-buddy list.
(She is the first girl to join the ranks of Kaden, Josh, Grandpa Ballard, and Grandpa Hammy, Daddy and Uncle Brett).
Way to go Sophia!!!

After we left the party, Kale announced that he wanted to have a camp out with his new friend, Sophia.

Jon and Karren--you just let us know a date and we'll drop him at your front door :)

Friday, January 1, 2010

2010

Happy New Year from our family to yours!

[Don't look too closely at the pics or you'll notice that the picture of Dain and I is really just a cropped version of the larger photo :) I noticed the other day that I have a grand total of about 2 pictures of Dain and I without the kids from the past 4 years.....we take what we can get when it comes to "solo" shots :)]