The Payneful Truth

So here is the finished product. I lined the stockings and added the top trim and hook.

I can now put away the last of Christmas!!

…even though we can’t play outside much because of the cold (it doesn’t stop Luke, only Nat and Mom!), we are still finding plenty to do around the house. like see what one might look like with a red beard…

a little too red for my liking!

…most of the times we just explore the forgotten toys, scatter blocks, try and get Natalie to laugh…

…which usually isn’t too hard, but if we are boring… she finds her toes!

She definitely doesn’t like to be left alone. She knows a toy is just to distract her from being put down and she doesn’t like it!

…and it’s hard not scoop this little girl up!

She has been eating cereal all week and loving it.  It’s always such fun to begin food with the baby.  I can’t believe she is old enough! She is almost 6 months old.  I am sad that her hair has been falling out, glad that she still has quite a bit, and hopeful that it will stay more brown like mine (I think that’s why she looks more like me).

She is a lot like Luke was with the sleeping (or lack thereof), but we are working on it, always working on it.

On a side note, separate from my kids, I just want to say that I am loving studying the Old Testament. I don’t go to Sunday School because I am in Primary, but I am following along at home and for some reason I am just getting a kick out of reading it.  I am just enjoying these stories that I’m familiar with, I’ve heard more, I’ve read before, but never really read them like this! Oh to be a 100 and having kids… crazy! Glad I’m doing it a little bit younger, more energetic, I think.

And yes, I’m working on my new sewing machine and loving it. Pictures to come soon. No laughing at the simplicity of my projects though, remember my children who love to be held and have all my attention?!

When Natalie wakes up from a nap, Luke has to climb in and play with her. Makes for some startling awakenings sometimes, but she mostly loves it!

(I am loving Picasa 3 and the cool quick edits and collages you can make. …especially since I haven’t been able to use my scrapbooking software that I got for christmas b/c I don’t have a DVD driver now that we have windows 7…rrrrrr, can anyone help me with that?!)

p.s. I was reading my friend’s blog today, and loved the comment “it made for a funny journal entry,” I think I need to do a little more of that… journaling. my journal is way more neglected than my blog and for the few readers we still might have, you know that is bad! I’ll add it to my to do list… I’ll let you how it’s going!

I just wanted to take a minute to thank my wonderful husband for being such a great dad! He is busy all day, but when he comes home he immediately takes a kid out of arms, or off my leg, to give me a break. Luke and Natalie love him! He gets the biggest smiles from her! He jumps right in to help with dinner, pick up toys, or vacuum away the crumbs.  He helps with bedtime, timeouts, playtime. He doesn’t just sit back and watch the show.

Thanks hon!

story: the other day I was calling for Darin, “Honey where’d you go?” and when Darin came in, Luke said, “Hey honey. There you are honey!” and thoroughly enjoyed laughing with us about it!

Winter is kind of a drag, being inside so much, but Luke loves exploring… especially where he knows he probably shouldn’t go! I love him though. …and that sly grin he gives to get out of trouble!