snow days

Hey guys! It snowed!!

We have been snowed {iced} in for 2 days! Matt was home from work on snow day #1, which was super fun. He had to go back to the office today {even though it is still icy and his office was *technically* closed...}, and Will and I started to get a wee bit stir crazy. Temps aren't supposed to get above freezing until Friday, so we may really run out of activities tomorrow. Here's what we've been up to:

Will got to play in the snow yesterday.

All was well until he decided to crawl to me...

Ow!! Cold!

But overall, still fun. :)

Today we practiced standing.

And chewing socks while standing.

Then we really got bored with the indoor toys, so I decided we needed a craft. I first thought fingerpainting could be fun, but then quickly remembered that Will would most likely immediately eat the paint. So I decided we would fingerpaint with applesauce. {even better - cranberry/raspberry applesauce, which is bright red}

A little unsure...

What IS this?

YUM!

Dude, this is awesome!

Messy, delicious, AND fun. Snow day success.

Next stop: bathtub!

{Don't think I've mentioned on the blog yet - Will has graduated to the big boy bathtub! Mostly because the yellow duck tub sprung a leak, but also because he loves it.}

Woohoo!

He points at everything these days.

When I was grabbing his towel, I noticed his robe in the drawer. He hasn't worn it much, as it was too big when I tried it on him last. It fits in the arms/body now, but I have to question its length. Is a shorty robe really appropriate? Ever?

Pretty hot look with the diaper, don't you think?

And no snow day would be complete without some quality time with Ally.

And of course, by "quality time," I mean harassment and tail pulling.

We hope your snow days have been as fun as ours!

{We also hope for warmer weather soon!}

coming soon...

So instead of cleaning house, doing laundry, or preparing the million things I need to do before Will's birthday party, I spent tonight designing a logo for my etsy shop. True, you don't need a logo to start a shop, but as a girl with marketing in my heart, I want one. Probably won't get the shop up till after Will's birthday, but here's a preview:

funny face monday

Will has learned how to make a new face:

We were strolling around the neighborhood in the wagon the other day, and I turned around to see what I thought was Will yawning. But I noticed that he wasn't stopping the yawn in a normal time...just making the "O" mouth, as if he was in awe of something. It totally cracked me up, but I couldn't get my phone out in time to get a picture. Never fear...he kept making the face all day, so I got some pictures before bed that night. Cracks me up!!

Happy funny face Monday!

we're back!

So last Monday, the hard drive on my laptop crashed and burned.

Luckily, Matt is a computer genius and was able to recover the pictures that I had not yet backed up {including Christmas...yikes!} and today we got a new laptop! I'm so glad to be connected to the world again {although my phone was a lifesaver for checking email this week}. I have learned my lesson....back up important files frequently!! At least last week was absolutely BEAUTIFUL weather. Who needs a computer when you can hang out at the arboretum on a 70 degree January day?!

{by the way, when did my baby turn into this little boy?!}

hootie hoot!!

Just a couple of footnotes to this photo:

1. OWL HATS!
2. I did not intend to make one for myself, but as always, the first one I made ended up way too big somehow. So now I have one, and I definitely wore it this evening to change the cat's litter box. Glamorous life here, folks.
3. Will is only wearing the pink-bordered hat with girly braids because I haven't made him a more gender-appropriate version yet. But it's on the list. Blue...no braids...you know, a manly owl.
4. When I searched on google images for pics of "baby owl hat," this was not really what I was expecting. But there it was:

crochet day

Soooo.....we all know that I can't leave well enough alone. Today I added to the hat craze by learning to crochet. I really just wanted to make bear ears for a brown hat I made yesterday. And I knew that those are really cute when crocheted. {is that how you spell that? totally not how you say it...} So anyway, went online to figure it out, and I learned 3 crochet stitches. Fun! So I made a hat. And I learned a few things:

1. I like to crochet.
2. There are so many things to learn! I ended up making a hat using just one kind of stitch, but there are lots!
3. Starting is sort of hard, because there's nothing to hold onto. I had lots of false starts that ended up with knotted balls of yarn.
4. When they suggest the size of crochet hook and thickness of yarn, it's not so much a suggestion, unless you want your hat to fit your baby like this:

Haha - oops! So my pattern called for normal skinny yarn {probably there is a technical term for that}, but since I'm new, I thought it would be easier to see what I was doing if I used fat yarn. And I do love fat yarn hats. No biggie, except that it made my "baby" sized hat into a big girl hat! It did seem big while I was chugging along with the crocheting, but hey, I'm new. So I kept going. And now I have a new hat!

There are some wonky spots, but not bad for a first attempt.

Crocheting....I'm in!

And don't worry - I did eventually get around to those bear ears. Definitely took less time than the hat I decided to start with! ;)

New hat = photo shoot time!

Will's favorite new expression. I love it.

And here are a few hats I've made recently:

Little hat, big flower...

or little flower!

Trying to make something similar to one of Will's newborn pics:

This is what I was going for.

{look closely...I think it's actually crochet!! Might have to try again!}

And a Texas Rangers hat:

Go Rangers!

{too bad baseball season isn't exactly hat wearing season in Texas...}

Stripes

And a teeny one with a knotted top. Looks like a little bell to me.

Thanks for bearing with me on all the hat posts...I just get excited! Who knew this was going to turn into a baby blog AND a hat blog?! Just think of how clean my house could be if I didn't spend all of my free time making hats...

vroom vroom!

I think this might be the first time Will has actually played with a friend:

Granted, Nolan was doing all of the work, but how cute are they? We had so much fun hanging out with the Whalens last night, and I know these guys are going to have a blast playing together as they get older.