Well, Chris has been somewhere on the other half of the world (I cannot remember all the places off the top of my head, but I can tell you he can no longer count the different countries on two hands! He is still loving the travel, but hating the time away from home-can you blame him?!) We get to talk on skype often, so that helps make things as "normal" as they can be while he is away. Thankfully, he is able to be home for Thanksgiving (and actually was for Halloween too!)
We were "Cow Pokes" (people who tend to cattle...I think that's right...or sometheting like that. We were cowboys and needless to say, Theodore is our little cow!
On Halloween, we enjoyed all the little kids coming by the house. I think I had the most fun, seeing everyone all dressed up! SOOOOO many cute kiddo's. Ah what a fun night.
As many of you may remember, I started a quilt some time ago (oh-shortly after we got married...so about 2.75 years ago...but who is counting? Oh-wait-the person who the quilt is FOR!) So...said quilt-the Crown Royal one- is now COMPLETED! Yes, after many years of procrastonation, a handful of moves, a baby, and lots of other distractions, the quilt is now finished. (YAY!)
As you may know, Robin doesn't ever seem to do things the "easy way," so I took a design I liked and extrapolated it...and of course I had to edit the dimensions, make a few changes, and va-boom: I had a design for a queen-sized quilt. Now, I THINK the request was for a lap quilt...but what fun is that? I mean, really-a Crown Royal quilt to me sounds more like an awesome comforter or something...so I did just that: Queen size quilt it is!
And I quote, " It was well worth the wait." (Clint Augustin)
Thank you, dear friend! Here is a picture of my masterpiece: (yes, it is on-of-a-kind, and no, I'm not taking orders!! heeheee)
Oh, and of course, he came to see Theodore too:
Since completing the quilt, I have been at a bit of a loss for things to do (ok-not really-there are LOTS of things to do-but where to start?)
This past weekend we went to a wedding reception and Carol and Terry came to town to watch Theodore for us (I think they were looking for a good excuse to see their grandson...do you blame them!?). It was our first trip leaving our little one and also our first time away from home together since he was born. And, as sad as we were to leave for a day, we were happy we did. Teddy had a GREAT time with his grandparents, and Chris and I had a wonderful time with friends and enjoyed not having to worry about if our little kiddo. It was a win on all accounts! Theodore was a little tired when we returned, but I know it's because he had such a good time playing with Carol and Terry.
This week, we look forward to Thanksgiving. Jeremy and Ashley will be coming to town to celebrate with us this year. Additionally, since Jeremy and Ashley don't get to see the family that much, Carol and Terry decided to come in for Thanksgiving dinner Thursday! So we will have a full house!!! In an effort to have a place to put everyone, we opted to clean THE OFFICE.
Now...this OFFICE has been on our "to do" list since we moved in. And actually-when I was pregnant, I moved a number of the boxes from Teddy's room to the office-since I was not going to be going through them for awhile. Well, the time came-it was this weekend or never. SO....we decided we could have some of our guests stay in the office-once it was cleaned, and the other guests stay in our guest bed downstairs.
This is the before picture....
AND AFTER:
There IS carpet in here! I wasn't sure there still was!
And one last picture of the family. SMILE! Although it is a little out of focus, I think it's a rather good snapshot:
