A few updates

We usually take the girls to mall's play area a few times a month. Now that it's cold outside I'm sure I'll take them more often. Sophie and Ava both love to play there.

I remember when I first had Ava I thought having two kids was a piece of cake, busier but that's okay. I like busy. Then Ava got mobile and everything changed. Now I spend a good portion of my day pulling them off each other. Ava not quite old enough to "play" with Sophie, but wanting to be by her all the time. Sophie not wanting Ava by her. I hear it's normal, but it gets very frustrating....sigh. BUT, they were actually playing together a little bit yesterday. Sophie was putting her play blood pressure cuff on Ava, and Ava was holding her arm out laughing. It was so cute! I look forward to more of these moments and less fighting.

Sophie put on her snowpants for the first time yesterday to play outside in the snow, even though it's mostly melted now. She loves to eat snow. Right before coming inside she found a clean spot of snow in the center of the yard and made a snowball. Then she brought the snowball in and put it in a bowl so she could eat it. Silly girl!

Ava loves to climb in, under, on or through anything she can. I see her fun personality showing through more everyday. She's still not walking, but that's okay. Sophie started walking around 14 months and Ava is just a few days shy of 14 months. So I imagine it will be soon. Ava does walk around with her stroller and shopping cart. She just hasn't taken off by herself yet. Soon enough, I know. :)

My best friend Danielle (since the 9th grade) is having her first baby. It's a boy! I (along with her sister) hosted her baby shower at my house a few weeks ago. It went great. The nursery will have a puppy dog theme, so that is the theme we used for the shower. Here are a few pics of Danielle and the cute cakes. Melissa - your cakes taste better! I miss having you here already!

Had a Bootastic Halloween!

Halloween was fun for all of us. The next morning Sophie asked if we could "do it again". Here are some pics of us and our two pumpkins.

My New Office

Well, we got moved into my new office this weekend. Everything but the printer and cutter. Those are being moved Monday morning. So I'll be working out of there starting tomorrow. A big thanks to our parents for helping us move things, and watching the girls so we could be back and forth with no worries. All the pictures are before any cleaning, organizing or painting have been done, and before we moved any of our stuff in. Most of the clutter you see is stuff the owners had not yet removed. I will post more pics once I get the painting done. Hopefully in a few days!


This is the outside of the building. The whole thing is mine. About 2000 sq ft. Just needs a fresh coat of paint.




This will be my office.




Another shot of my office.




This will be the printing room.




Another shot of the printing room.




This is what I call the "showroom". I will eventually have invitations, note cards, etc that people can come in and buy. Along with a couple computers so they can browse my full catalog online and place orders through my website.




Another shot of the showroom.




The hallway leading into the big room. There is both a men and a women's bathroom.




This is what we call the "big room". Where I will do all my cutting, packing and shipping.




Another view of the big room. There is also a fridge, sink and counter area in this room.