7 years ago today...

We were married.

cousins

We get a kick out of taking Lillie and Isaac's picture together. The first attempt, Lillie was only two weeks old and Isaac was about 4 1/2 months. We did it again the other day, and boy howdy it's getting harder and harder to get a good shot. With the ability to pull hair, knock each other over, grab, poke, point each other creates crazy blurred pictures. Have a gander at these, then we're going to stroll down memory lane a little...













Speaking of cousins, our nephew Marcelo graduated this weekend. He's going off to college at Warren Wilson College in Ashville. We'll miss him, but it sounds like the coolest college in existance. I guess we'll just have to go visit!

Do you hear that? It's the sound of time flying by...

The Lovely Miss Lil is 7 months old today. I know everyone says it, but time really does fly. I started to update this blog and I had to sit a few minutes and think about all of what's been going on. The days all just kind of blur together, yet at the same time each individual moment seems to last forever. WAIT...I'm getting derailed and sentimental...if I do that, I'll never finish this post!



Lil's newest "tricks"

• She wants to pull up on everything. She tries soooo hard (it's kind of funny to see her try and figure stuff out and get frustrated because she's not there yet). She can pull up on her crib (see the pictures below) and a couple of othere things. She tried to pull up using Isaac's love handles the other day. It was so funny yet looked so painful!


• She's making all kinds of new sounds. Over the weekend she said "la la la" a lot. Now it's "nay nay nay na na na" over and over and over and over


• She's so close to crawling, but not quite there yet. She does these crazy yoga positions and the splits in an effort to propell herself forward. She gets into position and then just doesn't know what to do. She gets frustrated and starts to fuss. Or other times she face plants and cries. She's slowly learning to catch herself or do a soft kind of roll to land better. She's amazingly strong.


• She has good rhythm. At auntie Lo's house she plays the piano, tamborine, and shakers. Her and Isaac are going to make us all big money with their hit rock band...seriously.

my model

Look, she used another of my pictures that I entered on this page!

a non-lillie post

Ok, here's a non-Lillie post for once. I've had a really good past couple of days and want to share!

First, on Sunday my boss hosted an event for store owners where they came and made samples, watched demonstrations on different products, were able to chat with other store owners, and also to place orders (YEAH!). I had several of my stores attend (6 I think), one I had never met before, and another was a new owner. I haven't spent all day on my feet since leaving the retail world last year. It was also the longest I've been without Lillie. I also scheduled two teaching gigs within the next couple of months. Looks like my Saturdays are just about booked through the end of September. Today, I spent the whole day entering orders (such a lovely problem to have).

Secondly, I entered a father's day photo contest and won second place! The contest was sponsored by a local lady who sells cloth diapers, baby wearing gear, and other great baby items. I entered this picture

and got second place! Yeah, how cool is that? Her website is Go Baby Go. Scroll down to the bottom to see the photo contest. I won a pair of sandals for Lillie.

Another lovely thing happened...I made my first sale on Etsy!! I opened the account ages ago and never did anything with it. I finally took pictures of all the charms I have laying around and uploaded them. I have lots of other goodies just taking up space that I need to sell too. Having a first purchase so fast is encouraging me to make it happen sooner than later.

And one of the things I am the most excited about is an email from Ellen today. My heart has warm fuzzies.

"before" pics

Got some of the before pictures from the haircut...





beginning to melt down...

All were able to get was her bangs. She passed out and we did the rest when she woke up. This picture doesn't do her justice! She was completely spread eagle, hanging off of the couch. Gotta love the hand behind the head...