Sweep, Sweep

Our little helper, doing her part to help get her new home ready for move in this weekend.

Rocking the Bumbo

I can't believe my little man is big enough to sit in the Bumbo chair. Feels like just yesterday he was just a tiny little thing, and now he's sitting up so well.

Update on our new home

We are excited to say that we finally closed escrow last week. March 4th to be exact. AHHHH!! I can't believe we are finally home owners. God is so good!!! All the time!! This past week the painters have been in the house painting and the floor guys arrive tomorrow to buff, stain and seal the floors. We are a day or two behind schedule, so Kyle and I will move the kitchen and dinning room in on Friday because there are no wood floors in the kitchen and then we'll move everything else in on Saturday. The house is looking amazing and we've been taking lots of pictures. I'll post a slide show of before and after pictures once we have everything finished. Thanks for all your continued prayers as we embark on this new chapter of our lives.

Love, A

Lunch with the Thomas' & Markos'

Sunday afternoon we had our good friends the Thomas' and the Markos' over for lunch at the new home. They hadn't met Brayden yet and so they were excited to get some time with our little man. He was all smiles and coo's, flirting with the girls. I can't wait till Ashlee and Madeline have little ones so all our kids can run around the yard playing together. *hint, hint* Get to it girls. Then I can make you some stylish Rags to Stitches accessories to carry around. It's been so much fun showing the house to our friends even though it's not completely finished. It's hard to believe that we're finally going to be completely moved in by this time next week. Even Katelyn's excited, every time we get in the car she always wants to go to, "our house."

Brayden flirting with Madeline

Ashlee and Chris

Goodnight Moon

I used to read the book "Goodnight Moon" to Katelyn when she was a baby, but as she's gotten older she's picked out her own favorites that we read together. Yesterday she was sitting in the Bumbo, a chair she is much to big for and often gets stuck in, reading "Goodnight Moon." As she's reading she's flipping through each page one at a time and waving "night night" to all the animals on the pages, I had to get a few pictures. She a little smarty pants figuring out that the book was about saying goodnight, especially since we haven't read it in the last year. I'm constantly amazed how toddlers are able to observe in books things they have learned about their environment.

Friendships...

A little less than a year ago I blogged about our friends, The Fransz's, felt God was calling them to move to Georgia. The headquarters' for Mike's job is there and they felt that moving would allow Mike to have an office to work out of, and for them to buy a home. I know this was a tough decision for them, but there is so much blessing that comes with following God's direction for our lives. This week Jessica returned to CA with her daughter's Ella and Savannah for a visit. She is such a good friend and has done an amazing job making sure to visit all her friends while she was here. I was so excited that we were able to meet up at the our new house, enjoy some lunch and watch Katelyn and Ella run around the backyard. They loved spending time together, running around the yard laughing and screaming. Brayden and Savannah being less mobile, played on a blanket and watched their sisters running around.

This is my FAVORITE shot of the girls. Who knew that the rundown, old fence on our side yard that was built in the 50's would make such an amazing backdrop for a picture. Can you tell that I'm going to be using it a whole lot more? I might have to loan my backyard out to photographers.

Rachel's Baby Shower

My good friend Rachel is pregnant with her first baby boy due at the end of March. Last Saturday her friends hosted a baby shower for her. It was so cute!! My friend Patty, (pictured below) made all the adorable party favors and my friend Jessica made the deliciously adorable cupcakes. I can't wait to meet baby Jacob. Congrats Rosh and Rachel!

Here is the gift I made for Rachel. I think this has to be one of my favorite collections I've made to date.