April

Eve had a little friend, Catherine, over today. Eve (whining): "Mommy, Catherine wont say sorry to me." Me: "You look like you're doing alright" Eve: "No I'm not, Catherine hurt my cute buns and wont say sorry to me. My poor cute buns".

On another note. Tim and I had Dining Out at the Naval Academy. It's a super fun formal event that we go to with friends. For those who aren't on Facebook, here are a few photos.

Another "March"

So, a fabulous thing happened to the "Vivi Dupioni" side of my life in March. Aunt Penny and Uncle Tom got me a serger. There are several things I love about my first serger. 1. It sews SO fast 2. It finishes the seams WAY better than my other machine did which means I was doing Hong Kong finishes - now, I only have to do those for extra $$$$. 3. Virtually no clipping seams 4. Two feed dogs - fabric goes through smoothly - it's truly amazing 4. There is a ton of other little tricks that can be done with a serger.... just waiting for time to try more out.

Above are some photos of dresses I'm working on this month. They don't really fit my form, but you get the idea.

Thank you Aunt Penny and Uncle Tom!!

March

Stop Bouncing on Me Mamul!

The sound is important.... the "hidden" camera shows who the real instigator usually is.

February

The most precious thing that happened this month is when I asked Eve what she thought about having another baby in the house. (I'm NOT pregnant, just curious as to what she would think). At first she smiled and said that she would like another baby. Then, she got all sad and said "Can we keep Mamal (Samuel)? I want to keep him". I said, "Of course we can keep Samuel". After that confirmation, she affirmed that she would definatly like a new baby..... a baby sister for a change. When Tim came home from work, Eve told him that she'd like a new baby but that she'd get to keep Mamal too.
Here are some photos from the month. As you can see, Sam gets his hair cut in style. And, Eve and her little friend, Catherine, ended up with the same rain coats. Can't beat that $9.98 deal at Sams.

January

So, the secret is out... I don't like to write. This is why I married Tim and why I'm such a TERRIBLE blogger. I'd much rather arrange photos of my kids or edit them for someone else than sit down and write about my day.

I did register Eve for Pre-school this morning. She'll be in 3 days a week for 2.5 hours each day. It sounds like a lot, but she's ready for it. And, her teachers agree. She's quick to learn and even quicker to get bored. I think it will work out very well for her. And, pre-school is at our church which is a mile from our house so, it couldn't be better for me.

October

Here are a few highlights from October. Eve and I were both butterfly themed for Halloween. We both did our OWN make-up.

Sam does not disappoint when it comes to being a typical boy. He LOVES anything that's big, has wheels and is noisy. He seeks machinery and sits on it. This is a problem, especially since he's so stealthy and the neighbors have recently rented a log splitter.

Samuel hasn't yet gotten over the sucking motion. Anytime something comes in contact with his face, he licks it....all day. Samuel was a frog for Halloween.

Tim had a ton of fun carving our pumpkin this year. It's one of those things you have an excuse to do when you have kids.

Flower Girl Dress

So, here is one of the flower girl dresses that I'm designing. I think it will look better with the model in it

Still Here

Yes, the Feist Family is still here. Things have just been a bit crazy (mostly self inflicted but also inflicted by natural disaster - see first photo).
Samuel fractured his leg a month ago. He only had his cast on for 2 weeks but during that 2 weeks, he tried hard to break the other leg. It did NOT slow him down only added to his drive to do more daring adventures. As you can see from the second photo, he's up and going again. Samuel's favorite past time (when not breaking body parts) is to torment his sister.

Eve and Tim love making pancakes that look like fish. It's kind of a Saturday morning treat that they both love. I finialy captured it on digital.

And, Sam is trying to learn how to eat like a civilized human. Or, perhaps, I'm trying to impose civility on him. Either way, flatware is in the house.

As for me, I'm starting to design and make flower girl dresses out of my silk. I wonder why I haven't done it before, it's just so much fun. The reason I'm so busy with it is that I've taken out an ad in What's Up Annapolis Weddings that was so expensive that I screamed all the way to my checkbook. I've got to make it work so, designing a couple of dresses and getting great photos of them is in order. Of course, I"ll post the photos when I'm done. I'm also working on some bridesmaid seperates to be up and running before the ad hits in the Spring.

WANTED:

So, the only reason that I know I'm not loosing my entire mind is that I have this empty "See Kai Run" shoe box. In the box, there is supposed to be a brand new pair of shoes that I ordered off the Internet for Samuel. At one point, the box did indeed have shoes in it. And, I can verify that they were on the premises for at least an hour. During that hour, I was letting Eve play with them. Now, they are no where to be found and for the past 2 days I've been going crazy. I think I've looked everywhere at least 5 times. I've made up so many scenario possibilities that I can't tell truth from fiction any more. I've looked in the oven, the freezer, and all the usual places. I HAVE thought that, in a moment of cleaning up panic, I put them somewhere. But, there are only so many places one can put two toddler shoes in a 1400 square foot house.
It's mind boggling. If you find them, please let me know.

Water and Webers

The second leg of our Oklahoma adventure was with the Weber side of the family. We got to spend some fun time at the lake with my parents and by brother Nathan, sister-in-law Amanda and their 4 girls. The entire Weber crew.

The boys ready for a boat ride.

At my parent's place in Owasso

Going down the ramp to the dock.

Eve's my girl, she loves the water.

Going up to the cabin to dry off.

Riley and Eve playing tag

Eve LOVED fishing, petting the fish and throwing it back in the water.

Fun with the Feists

We've been having a wonderful time in Oklahoma. The first part of our trip was spent with the Feist side of the family. The ultimate highlight (besides seeing everyone) was going to the Oklahoma Aquarium. Before you wonder just how great an aquarium in Oklahoma can be, let me just say that it's amazing. Eve is obcessed with fish and this was the biggest and best "fish house" that she's ever seen.

Walking in the shark tunnel. Note the shark swimming toward Eve on the left. This experience has caused Eve to like sharks even more. I haven't yet told her about Jaws. And, it's nice that way.

Paw Paw, Cousin Mia, Tim and Samuel

Turtles!

Some Recent Photos

Eve loves her Lammie and I love these photos of her with Lammie that my friend, Rita, took. She also got THE CUTEST photos of Samuel crawling. Hope you can see thier personalities in the photos as much as I can.
We're heading to Oklahoma to see the clans out there and looking forward to it (well, maybe not the "heading out" part). We're not sure if we're insane or not. We're here in Maryland, complaining about the 95 degree weather and we're heading to Oklahoma in JULY of all months. Hmmmmm.....

For those of you who don't know

For anyone who hasn't gotten the word, I'm having a nursing cover-up giveaway at Vivi Uptown Infants. They make great gifts so, even if you don't need one, enter and I'll write up a gift certificate so the mom you know can pick out her own on her own time.
Vivi Uptown Infants

Samuel

Out on our deck, enjoying the beautiful Spring day while Eve is napping.

Eve + Sam + Sprinkler

Yes, it's summer and that means water and lots of it. Sprinklers are always a hit and this year they're even better because Samuel can get involved.

As you can see, taking video is still a bit of a challenge because Eve can't resist the urge to put her nose on the camera lense and say "cheese".

Zoo Trip

Several photos of our little trip to the zoo today. We met Aunt Nancy and the usual fun was had. The flamingos are a spring favorite as they make lots of noise and they're very pretty. We had a panda siting (always a plus).