I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!

Well.......It's custard actually, and our scales will be oh....so.....thankful that we don't live too close to this little custard place ;)

It was a hit with Emerson, as you can see by all the goggly eyes and silly faces.

downtown girls and boy :)

My parents are in between homes right now (but closing on their new house this week, if all goes well!) they are renting an apartment in Downtown Portsmouth. So we picked a warm day to spend downtown, we felt like big city girls and boy......it was great!

love these herringbone pavers!

picket fence with a jasmine covered arbor

my mom and I called this a conversation bench and if I had money to burn I would have gotten this beaut!

Emerson is a big boy now and he LOVES to walk! The best part is holding his hand, because he wants to there is no forcing involved

If you're downtown check out The Queen Bee, it's a quaint little shop with great finds

I took a picture of this because I wanted to show Greg, but I didn't take pictures of our splurges....but I will! My splurge will show up when I show our room done!!! one day :)

We did some relaxing and dancing in a courtyard

And took a walk along the waterfront, while obeying the signs, on the way back to my parents temporary home 

change

Cha-cha-cha-change will do you good!

Let's hope so!

So, I have this running list of things to do inside the house that I was going to work on, before the lovely spring weather arrived....well it hasn't even gotten cold here except for a few days. So I've been working on in between being sick, trips to the zoo, attempting to help my parents move (hard to do with the wee one), hanging out with friends and family and getting ready to start school.

Here's my list.........

1. make Emerson a beanbag chair-done

2. go to Ikea for the first time ever in my 27 years of life!!!!-done and awesome!

3. Organize toys for living room-done, thank you ikea

4. Organize my office/craft area-coming along

5. Go through our clothes and donate-done

6. Redo Em's closet-done

7. lighting for dining area-got it, just needs to be hung

8. clean out and organize spare bedroom/office-done

9. finish dresser-almost

10. details in our room and spare bedroom

11. laundry room-looking for wall cabinets to paint for storage

12. make a raised bed for a garden

13. redo deck

My husband shutters at the mention of the "list" because he knows once these things are done, I'll just think of more :) Although I think he felt great after de-cluttering the office this weekend!

I'll try and remember to take some pictures of all the finished things. I find our house is hard to photograph but it takes practice, right?

Here's the beanbag chair I made by hand for Emerson and guess what? It hasn't fallen apart yet! I'm so impressed with myself! When I set out to learn to sew I thought it would be an epic fail......who knew?

Here's the link if you want to check it out!
http://www.dana-made-it.com/2010/01/rollie-pollie-is-here.html
(it's a washable slipcover, ideal for little ones)

Please pardon our backyard it's in major need of an overhaul, but it's great for exploring :/

Em has a good ol' time walking around with his wagon, picking up sticks and rocks, blowing bubbles and posing for the camera :)

Greg has a really nice camera, I say it's his because he's had it since before we were married, anyway I really want to know all the ins and outs of.....so I can take awesome pictures of this little guy!

migration

The past few weeks have been a little bit of a struggle. Because of several circumstances all out of her control, my best friend had to move back to her hometown of Fondulac, WI. As hard as all this was for me, I can't even begin to imagine what she's going through. 

Here are some pictures of the boys playing at the park on a beautiful day in February!

We'll miss you, but now we have a few really good reasons to visit WI!

would you be mine?

Here are a few outtakes from our Valentine card photo shoot!

It's hard to explain to a toddler how to hold up a faux moustache!

But very entertaining :)