Desperate For Spring Time!

As this winter continues I become more and more anxious for the green grass and sunshine.  To appease me until then I bought a bag of earth and planted a couple herbs.  We use mostly rosemary and thyme in our cooking so these were the herbs of choice.  I am known for barely maintaining life of plants in our home.  I hope to develop a green thumb and be successful with my new herb garden.  I will keep you all updated of the progress.  Wish me luck!

Guess Who's Teething!

Boy is it rough keeping a teething baby smiling.  Bo started teething quite awhile ago but we first spotted an actual tooth for the first time today.  It is his bottom right that will be the first to come in.  He has slept poorly, been irritable, drooling, and needs Mommy all the time. Tylenol and Orajel are our new best friends.  To be honest I have had a tough time taking any pictures or videos for the last 3 weeks or so because Bo is requiring all of Mommy's time.  In the photo I posted you can see how he sucks on his bottom lip just ease his tender gums where that tooth is coming in.   

Happy 30th Wedding Anniversary Mom & Dad!

You two love birds are two peas in a pod.  I can't believe it has been 30 years!  You two are a good team.  Building a home, running a business, and running a weekend daycare(ha,ha), are just a few of the impressive tasks you two do so well.  Keep up the good work!  We love you both very much!  Thanks for all you do for our family.  

Look What Bo Learned From Cousin Harrison!

Luckily, this habit didn't last.  When cousin Harrison went back to the U.K. the thumb sucking went bye-bye too.  

Addison's Kisses Goodbye

We all met at the airport for the Dea Family departure.  They were here for 1 month.  We will be together again one year from now.  Addison Marie will be speaking sentences instead of her partial word fragments and cute mispronunciations.  Harrison will be walking and have a mouth full of teeth instead of his precious growl and gallons of drool.  We will be sure to keep touch with the use of Skype and the blogs we update frequently.  Kevin began growing a beard while in the states and left with a full beard.  He says he plans to maintain after returning to the UK.  Corrina will return home with updates to tell her girlfriends at tea time.  She left the states still struggling to get Harrison to take a bottle.  We wish her good luck with that.  We love you all and thank you for such a wonderful holiday season. Keep the family healthy!  

Cool Hat Picture!

Thanks Danny and Min ! 

Noises From Bo

Schafbuch Family Christmas

Schafbuch-Dea-Brandt-Christmas At The Cabin

We FINALLY got to exchange gifts at the Schafbuch cabin.  Grandma & Grandpa sure spoiled us.  Thank you Mom and Dad!  I got a little tearful when my sister handed me a very special gift.  She had made Bo a quiet book or a busy book.  It was a neatly stitched book of skills that Bo will need to master as he grows up.  He will learn how to zip zippers and snap snaps by using this brilliant, thoughtful gift.  You can tell she spent  a lot of time making this book.  I got so tearful as I turned each page.  Bo is going to love it!  We will use it until the stitches unravel Auntie Corrina...THANK YOU!   As if that weren't enough Corrina also put together a picture diary of my trip to England last June.  She had it printed out with some narration on the pages.  The pictures that I took in England are still sitting on a CD.  I haven't even blogged about it.  She must have known that I would never get to it.  Thanks again Corrina.  Love you!

Mr. Potato Head Glasses

I had to make this a blog entry because it was so funny.  Heath and I got our two nieces Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head Family for Christmas.  They both opened the over sized potato head container and spilled out all the pieces.  The first thing they both picked up were the glasses that go on Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head.  I happened to snap a picture of both of them so I thought I'd share our little nieces being so similar and so so cute!  We love you girls!