Baby Kiss

This is a tiny clip of Noelle giving Corey a "kiss".  Noelle's version of a kiss is opening her mouth and lunging at your face.  You have to be careful because sometimes she will bite, now that she has teeth.

Mini-Quilt

Shhh.  Don't tell Noelle.  I made her a mini-quilt (maybe for Christmas?).  I had a lot of leftover pinwheels so I decided to make her a tag quilt.  I think she will like it as she is gravitated towards anything with a tag on it.

Along with the pinwheels I used fleece for the back to make it soft (didn't use batting), and then various ribbons I had already.  I decided to quilt it for fun.

What about the other quilt I made her?  Don't worry about it.  I might still be finishing the binding. ..

I have a few other projects I hope to get done before Christmas is here.  Hopefully I can fit them in.  Happy December!

Odds and Ends

I could make a few short posts, but I'll just stick everything in one larger post :)

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving.  We had been planning on having our own Thanksgiving dinner, but at the beginning of the week got invited to dinner in Mesa by one of Corey's classmates.  It was nice to get out of town and enjoy some good food.  They have grass in Mesa!

On Friday we put up the tree.  Really I did, but Corey helped me get it out of the shed (there are spiders in there).  We snapped a few pictures when we got Noelle up from her nap.  She had fun looking at the tree and likes to grab the branches.

Noelle's new favorite kind of toys are un-toys.  Anything that really isn't a toy is so cool.  Be it a roll of tape, pen, glasses, or chapstick (look mom--I think she's going to like chapstick too).  

We try not to let her play with things that aren't toys (so she'll learn what is a toy and what isn't), but sometimes we still let her. 

Seven Months!

The months seem to be flying by.  We can hardly believe our little Noelle is already seven months old!

She's growing up before our eyes.  She loves when we read to her, when we play peak-a-boo, dance, and recently she's loved being "tossed" in the air (I use "toss" loosely here as she doesn't even leave our hands).

She has discovered the world is an interesting place and wants to hold and eat anything she can.  Especially things that she notices Mom and Dad use (watches, remotes, phones, etc).  Her most favorite thing on her toys are tags.  She still likes her binky--only to chew on the ribbon that's holding it.  Silly girl :)


She has recently discovered that she can reach for things she wants.

She's dying to play with the camera.  It's making it harder to get good pictures.  Look at the determination on her face.

We love those cheeks.  We kiss them as often as Noelle lets us.

Introducing...

Sabrina! (Sorry, we don't have any pictures of her yet!)

We were very excited to meet the newest member of our family last night.  Gavin and Lesa had their first yesterday.  Here's Aunt Lesa with Noelle seven months ago.

We got to Skype with Ms. Sabrina (or Bri for short) just a few hours after she was born, and she is adorable.  It looks like she might have gotten Lesa's pretty blond hair.  Noelle was so excited to meet her very first cousin that she babbled for most of the chat (making it a little hard to hear the grown-ups talking).  It will be very fun to see and hold her in person and see these two cuties together in a few weeks.

Unannounced Visitor

We had a surprise today.


We opened our door and found this little guy.

There might have been some school girl yelps and some quick thinking (binder trap).


We finally got him back outside where he belongs.

Poor thing.  We think it literally had a heart attack as it sat in the same spot outside for quite a while.  Then after some time elapsed Corey stepped by and it was off like a rocket.


Good luck little lizard.  Next time you want to visit, call ahead please.

Hang Ten

Sometimes we find Noelle in funny positions when we go to get her up from a nap.

Socks half off, feet hanging over the edge.  Silly girl :)


On an unrelated note, do you like these jeans?  I made them.  Aren't the back pockets cute?

Well, they don't fit.  I actually don't know why I made these.  I just thought one day.  Hey, I'll make Noelle a pair of jeans out of my old jeans.  I was going fast and used some knit pants as a guide to make these and they ended up too high in the front and too low in the back.  Oh well!  I'm going to hem them up short and they can be dress up clothes for a teddy bear or doll.


Also.  Her quilt is almost done.  Yay!  The question is should I give it to her now or wait for Christmas or her birthday?  I haven't decided.