Valentine's Treats

Sophia had a Valentine's party at preschool last Thursday. She had princess valentines and Tinkerbell valentines for all her friends. She had special valentines for her teachers. Here she is ready for school.

Here are the little valentines we made for her teachers and for our family.

These are the yummy treats we made for her teachers.

Chocolate covered strawberry marshmallows with sprinkles.

We made some extras for our own Valentine's party at home.

My Birthday

31 - YIKES!! It just sounds weird. We had a fun little party at home with the family. I was spoiled with a new laptop (among other things)!

Although I love to decorate cakes, I don't care for it that much.

Brownies and pie are actually some of my favorites, so Sophia

and I made brownies in my mini-cupcake pan for my special day this year.

Here's just a cute random pic. I love that they are playing

together a little bit now that Griffin is mobile.
And in case you've ever noticed,

pants are always optional at our house.

Most pics have at least one kid without them! ;o)

Very True

I saw this little cartoon and it is very fitting, especially the last couple weeks. Sophia was sick, and now better, but then Griffin was sick and then I was sick. Well Sophia noticed the extra attention Griffin was demanding, and then she likes to demand a little more also... And I just want to go lock the bedroom door and take a nap!

Who Are These People!?!?

I've been meaning to do this post for a while. Before Christmas we received this card from people we DO NOT know! The return address label was from Ms. Angie Gentry in Yorktown, Virginia and it was simply addressed to us as the Hussey Family.

Someone help!

Baby Laughs

What is better than listening to a baby laughing?! Not much. :o)

Haircuts

Griffin and Sophia both had their first professional haircut last Monday at Jack & Jill's in Tumwater.  I was lucky to have Deniece & Marisa there since it was a holiday.  Grandma treated and Aunt Risa took ADORABLE pictures!  Check out the album on Kodak.  Here are a few of my favorites.

Aaahhh....

I don't remember the last time I had this feeling...  Kyle took both kiddies to watch football over at his parents house for the day and the house is silent.  Sure we have quiet times with the kids here - but never silence.  There's always a baby monitor at least humming in my ear.  And sure Kyle has taken both kids before and given me some free time, but my mind is usually still buzzing because I'm thinking about nursing or napping.  But I'm done nursing, and Griffin is doing very well falling alseep on his own for naps.  So I don't even have a worry in my mind.

It's almost eerie.

We're Expecting....

Our first Godchild, that is!  Kyle and I are honored that Kim & Zach asked us to be Abby's Godparents.  We can't wait to see her next weekend!

There's a Big Boy!

Griffin is already 9 months old and just the cutest thing on Earth.  He can now crawl backwards all over the living room, and stand up hanging on to something - but sometimes he forgets he standing and just lets go and...  Timber!...

Baby Kennedy

Earlier this month we drove down to Beaverton, OR and visited our friends Shawn & Tressa and finally got meet their new baby girl, Kennedy.  Kennedy was about 5 weeks old in these pictures.  It was a fun day - we hope to get down for another visit soon!

First Tooth

Two teeth, actually!  Griffin cut his bottom two teeth last Tuesday, December 29th.   He was a little fussy for a couple days and up quite a bit for about three or four nights.  But now all is well and I was finally able to get a few pictures of them.  His tongue is so busy all the time I can't ever get a shot of his teeth!

Click on the pictures to enlarge for a better view.

On the 12th Day of Christmas...

Christmas morning...  Does it get any better?!

Christmas afternoon was spent with the Husseys.  Good times and lots of gifts there, too.

I hope everyone else had such a wonderful Christmas!  Check my photo albums for more pictures.

Now it's time to get all of our new stuff organized...