When a new baby arrives it is always a special time. But when a baby comes home after being in the NICU for awhile, it is so much sweeter when they come home, safe and sound. This little girl spent some time in that place and is now home and able to cuddle with her family. When held by her momma she would just gaze up at her, as if she couldn’t get enough of looking at mom. So sweet!
Welcome home little one! We are so happy to have you with your family!!
Lots more really great shots from this little girl and her siblings!
I still have a few b-day shots that never made it on here and lots more from Australia too. Oh my!!
So here’s another look at Ezra’s birthday. Enjoy!
When the kids arrived we had them removed their shoes, and socks (too slippery) and get to work catching flies. Mr. Miyagi style. I held the lantern with “flies” dangling around it on a sword while the kids each took a turn with the chopsticks. It’s too bad they don’t know who Mr. Miyagi is. Oh well.
Ez and I love macaroons… not too many kids like those. We found one in the bathroom trash. Hahaha! It was so bad they had to sneak it into the trash! I love these pretzel/rolo/pecan things. It’s nice I can make them with gluten free pretzels. The kids liked the ones without the nuts best… more for me!!
The cupcakes were made with gluten free cake mix along with gluten free brownies as the scarf/headband.
Ok, there’s still more. I am very slow these days. We’ll see when I can get back to this ol’ blog!
Ok, so I’m totally insane. Yes, I know… you already knew that. Just in case you are an unbeliever, I have lots of proof. First, I threw a huge birthday party for Ezra the Little Ninja. He loves that video game and wanted a ninja themed party for his 6th. So I did just about everything… thanks Pinterest for all the great ideas… we have a love-hate relationship, Pinterest and I. Zach came home from a week long business trip and asked what idea I didn’t use. Ha!! Here’s one image, showing the house. I’ll have to post the other shots once I get my head on straight… get over the crazy.
The next crazy thing I got caught up in is Valentines Day cards. Well, I am always drawn to a few things when it comes to cards:
cool design
paper
anything 3 dimensional
That’s why I had to do this:
Again, found on Pinterest… I think. It’s all a blur.
enjoy!
The week leading up to Christmas was pretty great. I made gluten free gingerbread so the kids could make houses and invite their friends to come make some too. Thursday, when all the house making was planned, there was a huge snowstorm (white Christmas!!) so the party was pushed back to Friday… and not as many kids could come. Zach couldn’t let the pieces go to waste, so there is a huge house sitting on our table waiting to be decorated with the candy we keep pilfering from the bowl. Will it ever happen? Who knows. The gingerbread is pretty tasty, but is much better with the frosting. I’m hoping, for my sake, that the candy and frosting make it on to the house.
The kid sized houses:
Ezra’s
and India’s.
While trying to photograph these, I discovered my main camera body is not working. The shutter fires (maybe) and the mirror flips up (I can hear that), but there is no detail in the file created. Probably the shutter isn’t firing or there’s something terribly wrong with the sensor. These are taken with my back-up body. Man, I sure hope this is a quick and easy fix.
Anyway, this year’s favorite gifts are pictured below. Mostly the home made ones. I’m a little biased towards them.
Zed kept asking for Zombie Underwear… whatever that is. So the older kids and I made some for him. Freezer paper fabric painting sure does come in handy. He wears these over his diapers for now, since he still refuses to sit on the toilet. Why or why is he so difficult?
Harry Potter has also been popular in our house this year. Zed kept asking for a black HP wand, since the one we have is light brown and not HP. So he got his wand and a pair of glasses that hopefully won’t break as easily as the more “real” ones. He had no idea how cool a hat and scarf could be until his Grandma made and sent them to him. He is a true Hogwarts student now… or USC fan.
While living in Australia for a month and watching a large amount of tv, mostly Ben 10, Ezra grew quite fond of the show. So India and I worked on this Omnitrix for him. I saw a few online that boasted holograms and moving parts. All things buit to break and disappoint. So I thought we should make one and make it simple. So that’s what we did. If this thing breaks, I can fix it.
India loves legos, so that was her favorite gift this year. Ezra and I had planned to make her a friendship bracelet kit, but she received a pretty cool clipboard from her teacher at church (with a skier on it). Instead we just got her floss and scissors. Kind of a cop-out, but all these home made gifts were being made at the last minute.
The last photo is of the kids opening their gifts from Aunt Teri. While in Australia we visited the Chinese Garden where the kids dressed up in traditional Chinese clothes. They loved it. So Avatar, especially with the staff. Since then they’ve asked for Chinese dress-ups. While looking online for something to purchase Teri called to ask what she could get the kids. I told her what I was working on and she offered to make them for me! So cool!! The kids love them and have been wearing them around the house. All except for Zed. He must be convinced that his is a cool color. What 2 year old is picky about clothes?? Mine! Maybe I’ll get all of them to wear them and take a photo. Also, maybe I’ll put up one of the shots from the Chinese Garden that inspired all this.