Five Months

Recent Accomplishments:

+ Rolling from back to stomach and scooting herself just the tiniest bit on the ground

+ Getting to know her Sophie giraffe toy and nearly ripping its poor head off (thanks Jenny, she loves it!)

+ Playing with our faces and touching our lips so we'll kiss her fingers...so sweet!

+ Getting more social, giggly, and interactive all the time. She also has no idea yet that staring is rude, so don't be alarmed if she gives you no personal space.

+ Throwing fits already, which consists of looking straight at us and screaming as loud as she can to let us know that she is not pleased with the situation (yikes--what does this mean for our future?)

Bed Head

You know you're a loser when...

the door bell jolts you awake at a shameful 9.45, you jump out of bed, throw on clothes, and rush downstairs just in time to catch the plumber who takes one look at you and asks, "Did I wake you up?"

Heh heh. I thought I was getting "beauty" rest but apparently not.

Nursery Love

Poppy finally has a real nursery! After almost five months of being stuffed in a car seat and toted around the ends of the earth, we made sure her room was first on our list of house projects. It's not completely done, but she actually has a room of her own...with a crib. Gasp.

It was definitely a group effort. For starters, the crib

was a free gift from a friend at church. (Thank you, Carrie!)

Bry's mom made the beautiful quilt and bedskirt. She also helped paint...doing the painful trimming while I worked on the damask designs.

And Bryan installed the light all on his own. I was impressed.

Her toy box bench. I wish you could see the glass knobs better in this picture. I may just have to do another post (lucky you).

The homemade star mobile...don't look too close at the sketchy and somewhat hazardous construction.

The antique carousel rocking horse, and of course the circus trunk changing table that I insisted on dragging home in the snow three years ago because it wouldn't fit in our car and I just had to have it for my imaginary little girl's room...And look, here it is.

The beginnings of her library. I hope she'll love books as much as I do.

Dear 2010

Before January is over, I wanted to acknowledge 2010 in some way. It was a very special year and I have many, many good memories. Some people came up with the brilliant idea to post their top 12 pictures from the year so I'm going to do something similar.

Here is my list of 12 BEAUTIFUL THINGS I SAW in 2010...

-JANUARY-

Poppy is on her way!

-FEBRUARY-

Luke and Jen bring home my new nephew Avo from Ethiopia

-MARCH-

Celebrating my birthday at one of my favorite Broad Ripple places--the Jazz Kitchen

-APRIL-

Exploring Cumberland Island, GA with Bry

-MAY-

My family trip

-JUNE-

My baby garden party at my sister An's

-JULY-

Mackinac Island with Bry's family

-AUGUST-

Seeing Poppy's face for the first time

-SEPTEMBER-

The love of family helping us move

-OCTOBER-

More time with family while waiting for our house to be built

-NOVEMBER-

Poppy getting lots of love on her first vacation

-DECEMBER-

The magic of a first Christmas

Thank you 2010 for being such a breathtaking year. Best wishes to all for 2011!

I can crochet!

My first crochet project (that I actually finished). I started out making leg warmers for Poppy and wound up with tiny toy fruit. I guess the yarn decides what it wants to become.

So we have a strawberry...

a persimmon...

and some cherries

Aww...my little bitty basket of fruit.