Last Minute Projects

 Our friend Sara graciously agreed to take time out of her schedule to paint a mural on the baby room wall! We simply gave her a small print-out of a cartoon giraffe and she went to work! (Stay tuned for the final product in the big nursery reveal!!)

Meanwhile, Mike got to work making the frame for our baby's laundry hamper.

Ta Da!! Mike made the frame and I made the bag!!

 When you have a big belly...why not have a little fun? 

We'll find out soon...

And finally, just a cute shot hanging out with my two favorite nieces. They were much more happy snuggling with me than this picture makes them out to be. :)

Magdalenne Turns 2

Magdalenne turned 2 years old on February 27th - where does the time go? Here are a few snap shots from her birthday celebration.

Here mamma got her the ultimate birthday cake - a purple cake with an owl on it. Two of Magdalenne's favorite things - in fact, when the birthday cake came out, she said, "this is my favorite owl cake!". Well, done Mommy.

Breadmaking Babes

On a nice little Saturday this winter, Kelley and I got together to try our hand at some old fashioned breadmaking.  Well, we were both going to try our hand at it until Kelley managed to take a chunk out of her finger during a routine chopping procedure leaving her unable to participate in the most rewarding part of the process - the kneading. But, I digress...let's get to the pictures.

Everyone is excited as we start the dough!

We gave each girl their own min-loaf to "knead" (a.k.a. play with)

Natural kneaders.

They looked pretty good before heading into the oven...fingers crossed on how they will turn out.

Kelley is acting like she participated in the entire process here...don't be fooled!!

They look good...but I am still skeptical

Wow! It looks like bread on the inside!!

We are now breadmakers.