Spring Projects

Each one of these projects is worthy of it's own post but since I haven't blogged in a while, they will be jumbled up in one post. :) My friends Meredith and Alissa shared with me how to make a cute, inexpensive, easy burlap wreath. They found the directions here.



I used much more burlap than the directions said, probably about 3-4 times more.



The bow on my wreath is just a scrap of fabric, this wreath is hanging over our bed. :)

This is my first John John I have ever made! And second time doing button holes! After Christmas, my friend L.A. took me and some other friends to THE CUTEST LITTLE FABRIC STORE I'VE EVER SEEN in Hahira, Georgia. We spent a couple hours pouring over all the fabric and dreaming up stuff to do with it all. I got this turtle print and a similar one with crabs on it to make another John John. I got some other fabrics too, the dress below is a gift for someone special, I can't say who just yet. It is my best pillow case style dress to date. I even finished the inside seams with a zig zag stitch (since I don't have a surger, the zig zag makes it look more finished and less "home made").

About Daniel

This picture cracks me up and I just thought I would share. This post is more for my out of town family and for me to be able to remember some things about Daniel at this stage of his life (17 months). His vocabulary has really increased and here are some of the words he says:

ut oh
no
bye bye
oatmeal
all gone
Campbell
Nani
Pa
Mimi
Papa
Mommy
Daddy
Mike has been trying to get him to say "yo yo daddio" and it comes out "yo yo Daddy"
tractor
bubble
apple (he calls bananas apples)
cookie (in reference to goldfish or any other cracker that is in his snack container)
papi (meaning pacifier)
car
ball
ba (meaning sheep)
night night
good job
oooh wow
yeah
hot, cold (he is obsessed with saying these words when you put any food in front of him)
bird
down
cheese

He constantly cracks me up! Sometimes when I change his diaper, he will grab my left arm and hug it and simultaneously say, "hia gir" (aka Hi girl!) ha ha!!

He LOVES books! Yesterday morning after breakfast, I found him in his room looking at books (and pulling all of them off the shelf), there were books completely sorounding him! He LOVES LOVES LOVES his Bible story book and gets SO excited to read the stories!

He loves taking a bath and will sometimes lay on his tummy and kick his legs and arms like he's swimming.

He LOVES to be outside, he is a little explorer and definetely ALL BOY!!! That boy loves sticks, rocks, dirt, and to roam outside for hours (if I would let him).

He is VERY active and wants to constantly be on the move, he keeps me on my toes! :) I love you Daniel, more than I thought humanly possible! Thank you God for Daniel and the joy he brings us!

Happy Anniversary

We celebrated 7 years of marriage yesterday by going away for one night this past weekend. The weather was gorgeous and we decided to start our getaway by going to Torreya State Park for a picnic and hike.





Then we drove to Apalachicola. We checked into The Coombs House Inn, a beautiful bed and breakfast built in 1905, dropped off our stuff in the room and then went poking around the quaint little downtown. We stopped for an ice cream cone and then walked over to the river where some shrimp boats were docked.








We had dinner at the Owl Cafe, the same restaurant where we ate the night we got engaged. Our table was upstairs, in the corner by the window overlooking the Apalachicola river, it was perfect, as was our meal! Over dinner every year on our anniversary, we like to reminisce about the highs and lows from the past year of our marriage, we talk about the lows to remind us of how we've grown or what God has taught us from the rough times. We also like to remember the good times, my intention is to write these things down in a journal we have and I have never done it. This year I realized if I don't write this stuff down, I will forget a lot of it, it's already hard to remember the past 7 years and we hope there will be many many many more years and memories to come, so I better get writing!




We ate lunch at the Blue Parrot on St. George Island and went for a long walk on the beach before heading back home. It was another gorgeous day!!





You will notice the hills in the background of this photo, they are mounds of oyster shells, they were everywhere in Apalachicola!



Thank you babe for a wonderful anniversary celebration, and thank you Nani and Pa for watching Daniel for us! (this was the first time we had left him overnight and he did great!) I was tearful when we said our goodbyes but I did fine and only called once to check in on them. :) I am so thankful for the past 7 years, the low points and the high ones, and excited to see what God will do in our lives in the future. I love you Mike!!! XOXO