new year, new dress

I was itching to try a new dress pattern and decided to jump in with the Blue Ribbon from Little Lizard Patterns.  It was a little challenging since it involves making a knit top and I've never done that before, but it worked out well in the end!  I'll be making more of these for sure.  :-)

january happenings: weeks three and four

On Fridays Asher doesn't have school and I really cherish our slow mornings at home together.  These two have been playing together more and more as Hadley gets older.  I love finding them hanging out and becoming friends.

I took both kids to see Paddington and they loved it!  it was Hadley's first movie in the theater and she did great.  I kept the snacks coming and she was happy to sit on my lap.  Asher thought it was SO funny - love seeing him laugh.  :-)

Pom pom hat and sweatshirt weather is my favorite!

It's only a matter of time before she's too embarrassed to be seen with me so I had to declare our BFF status to the world ASAP.  Love her!!

This is my kids and me every. single. day.  They can smell a single chocolate chip from a mile away I tell ya.

Speaking of chocolate…this.  ha!

Full arms, full heart.  She always needs #allthebabies #anddogs #anddaisyduck

Last Friday I took Asher and Hadley to the kids' museum for a morning of fun.  They love it there!  Sure, Asher got the flu the next day, but I'm sure it was worth it.  Um, not really.  But we did have fun!

See how much fun we had - someone did NOT want to leave.  #sadley

january happenings: week two

After our beautiful weather we had some rain, but that was fun too because Hadley got to wear her new rain gear that she got for Christmas!  Lady bug perfection

I was getting dressed one mooring and when I came out of the bathroom I saw this.  She told me "shhh, mommy.  I am night night" :-)

Little Miss took a slip and fall on some hardwood floors one night and got her first major fat lip.  Bless her!

Asher asked for some tattoos one morning and went on to tell me which ones he needed and where to put them.  This scene was totally of his creation - 3 tattoos layered together.  He's so creative.  ha!

Sometimes Asher likes to "play baby" so I decided to take a new comparison shot while he was all snuggled up.  One week old vs. 356 weeks old.  Precious boy :-)

We had a living room picnic one night as a special treat.  I don't know why we haven't done this before!  The kids loved sitting on the floor and watching a movie while they ate dinner.  Sometimes it's the little things, you know?

Drew and I had a night on our own one Friday.  Asher and Hadley were just a little bit excited for their Grammy to come and get them.  :-)

january happenings: week one

Going back a few weeks to catch up on what we've been doing this month…

Asher started taking tennis lessons and has been doing great!  The class is really too big so we don't love that there's a lot of standing around and waiting for 5 year olds.  Hoping that next season we can get him into some semi-private lessons so there's more practice time.  Overall he does really well with the eye-hand coordination, though!

Hadley and I came to watch and cheer him on one morning.  She was a fan of the fan snacks.

We've had some really nice, warm days.  As a northern girl, going to the park in a sweatshirt in January is crazy talk.  This is fantastic!

My parents came over for dinner one Sunday and the next day Hadley asked for Pop-Pop every 15 minutes.  He sent her a sweet video from work to say hi.  We watched it a couple (dozen) times.  :-)

Little sisters to big brothers often have to make do with what they can find.  Spiderman shopping buddy?  Sure thing.

Snow monster shopping buddy?  No problem.

This little beggar needs to go to work for the Salvation Army next winter.  Their red buckets will overflow.  Who can say no to this face??

I've been working on some shirts for the kids for a special trip we have coming up.  Love this one.

Sunday sibling sweetness - say that 5 times fast.  ;-)

the new year

Confession:  Instagram ate my blog.  I used to be so faithful about blogging, but, to be honest, between IG and other things that keep me busy the time for the blog kind of slipped away.  I really miss having a record of our day-to-day, though, so I'm trying to make more of an effort to get on here more frequently.

Drew gave me a new tripod for Christmas so we gave it a try the other day.  The kids get a kick out of the self-timer flashing, which ended up being great for pictures!

Here's to seeing the blog more often - happy 2015!