January 30, 2012 - Oh Happy Daze

A “Sweet Addition”

Now I don’t think my blog has enough clout that folks actually notice when I don’t post for a while, but I still feel bad! Hopefully this post will serve as an explanation for my absence in this blog. As you may have guessed, Chris and I have a very special announcement:

We are beyond excited about this growing family that God has given us. The past few months have been…interesting. I’ll just say this – it is very difficult to be subtle and keep a pregnancy secret at work when you are busy yucking in the commode every hour.

Thank you for all of the love and support we have received so far! I certainly hope to be updating in my blog more often once I start feeling human again.

November 6, 2011 - Oh Happy Daze

C is for Cookie

October was full of celebrations for our family. Baxter’s first birthday and our first wedding anniversary (you can find the excitingly detailed photographic recount of these events here and here). My nephew’s 2nd birthday was at the end of the month and I am sadly just now getting to this post.

Bare with me, I’m trying out writing this post in my actual WordPress page… it’s a bit difficult and I’m struggling to get words into the places I want them – which seems simple, but somehow is not. So, as usual, I will just let the photos do the talking. The party was Sesame Street themed and my sister made everything (food, decor) using her own crafty DIY mind. It was a great day, and I am so glad my brother was able to celebrate with us before he went back to boot camp.

Happy Birthday Sweet Nephew!!!

October 25, 2011 - Oh Happy Daze

Baxter Turns One!

You remember our little doggy Baxter?

He turned ONE today!

I wrote about our adventure in getting him and how we decided on his name here.

We have tried to be very good parents to Baxter by exposing him to a lot of experiences, taking him to obedience classes, and working on training (like roll over, sit, stay, etc.).

He has grown up so fast, but is still very much a puppy (thank goodness).

To celebrate I made a special hat for the birthday boy. Of course, he was scared of it at first. Not to worry, I practically have a bachelors degree in psychology (jk, I really do), but I never thought I’d be using it on my dog (and maybe occasionally my husband).

I allowed Baxter to engage (a speech therapist term, for sure) with the hat on his own terms – you know, sniffing and stalking around it for a few minutes. I also let him play with it in the car on the way to the ‘photo-shoot’ (AKA: my parent’s house).

By the time we were ready for some pictures he didn’t even bat an eyelash when I stretched that elastic over his head. So proud to wear his birthday hat.

Of course, we let him run around my parent’s house, harassing the goats and nephews.

It makes me a little nervous to let him off his leash with so much un-fenced space to run, but he always comes running when I call his name…and that makes me so proud that he is such a good listener!

October 22, 2011 - admin

Fall at the Farm

My friend Tiffany and sister Melissa both brought their boys to ‘Papa and Honey’s farm’ to run off some energy and play with the animals. I used the opportunity to practice my photography skills on my nephews (even some in full manual mode!) and wrangled Baxter into a photo shoot for something coming up next week… here’s a bit of a sneak peek: