Getting pretty and festive

Keira, being a girl, has multiples of everything clothing and accessory related. :o) She also has several Christmas dresses. So she is going to wear one tomorrow for Thanksgiving as we are going to church in the morning and then to Mike's Aunt's house for dinner. Being a real girl she wanted to try everything on in advance to make sure it looked okay. So here she is modeling her hair bow that matches her dress of course.

Still snowing!!!

Its 12:15 pm and its still snowing although it appears to be tapering off.

First snowfall!!!

Its finally snowing- Not that its going to last as its supposed to turn to rain later today. I remember back in high school and college we always got our first snowfall by Halloween. Its almost Thanksgiving!! Global Warming maybe???

please excuse my mess....

A friend of mine from work came to visit today with her 3 month old son. She had never been to my house before. I couldn't help but think that she probably thought we were pretty redneck as she as greeted by this mess in the drive way.....

This mess in the front yard....

Drywall sheets in the kitchen....

And the rag over the windows ( so the neighbors can't see in at night- because we all know that Mike likes to walk around in his underwear in the morning before he gets in the shower)

(sigh) Yes its difficult when your house is under construction.. and yes I am excited to see the finished process but jeez.. its so messy. There is a sliding glass door in my front yard-MY FRONT YARD!!!!

Highchair

We brought out the highchair that friends Jay and Bernie Crawford gave us. Keira joined us for dinner and while we dined on tacos she dined on applesauce and water from a sippy cup. :o) She did try to eat the highchair tray though.

 
 
 
 

Keira and Sarah

While Mike and buddies were working on the kitchen Keira and I hung out with Sarah and Alexis. AS you can see Sarah thought Keira was fun to climb on and give hugs too. Keira didn't mind. :o)



 
 
 
 

After pics

A mere 12 hours later thanks to the help of some friends.. here is the end result. Of course it still needs drywall, flooring.. all the finishing touches. But the kitchen is bigger and brigther and that is a good thing!!!


 
 

Goodbye porch... before pics.

Here is the porch/kitchen this am BEFORE mike removed the sliding glass doors between the porch and kitchen and removed the wall separating the two room.


 
 
 
 

eating video

Keira eating Oatmeal for the first time!!! :o)

what to do...

OK, so I have to make a statement. Don't get me wrong, I am not complaining.

So for anyone that works for a living- I know I have the most stress less job in the world right now. I enjoy (almost) every min I have with my daughter, but seriously sometimes you can feel like a caged chicken. We are going on 2 straight days of rain, rain and more rain. The rain has finally stopped, but now its cold and windy.

I am running out of things to do. The house is clean, the laundry is done (even the sheets and towels), and the beds are made. I made cookies 2 days ago (a double batch) so I don't need to bake. I can't go anywhere because I can't find my wallet. I tried calling Mike at work for sheer lack of anything to do. He didn't answer either time I called.

Yesterday Keira and I went to the grocery store in the pouring rain and wandered up and down the aisles of food. We didn't need anything at the store but it was something to do. :o)

Even Keira is bored. She looks at all her toys and whines as if to say.. "Not you again!!" she is so bored she has taken up mindless nursing.. every half hour or so just because she is bored. We don't have TV so that isn't an option.... anyone have any suggestions to relieve our boredom.

Oh yeah...almost forgot, I have eaten 4 Oatmeal Raisin Cookies already and it is only 12:00!! I may end up having to bake after all or break into Mike's Oatmeal Chocolate Chip.

Tanya

mmmmmm

Thank goodness for ice cold- fresh from the fridge teething rings.

Sitting up!

Sitting up all by myself!!!!!

Falling over..... :o)

All comfy in bed

I always toss Keira in the middle of the bed in the morning while I make it (if I am feeling industrious) usually she squirms around and wiggles all over the place. Today she just sat there looking all comfy and ready to take a nap.


I

TV- Maybe??

So- Mike comes home from Lowe's with this antenna thingy. Apparently the fact that we have ZERO channels has finally sunk in after almost 6 months. This little thing was $17.00 and claims that "it is a great cable and satellite back-up"

Here is Mike and Keira breathlessly flipping through the channels to see which ones now come in- The result? It works no better than when Mike fiddles with the wires in the basement and we get a somewhat of a static picture for one channel. And the $ 17.00 Antenna? Its going back to Lowe's and we return to our TV less life.... with an occasional movie every now and then.

More pics

Apparently Keira finds the TV stand entertaining as she spent about 5 min pulling and grasping the legs- that's longer than the exersaucer entertains her for.

"What did you say???"

"Plastic- its whats for dinner"