february was

showing his norwegian roots

true love

My sweet tooth and my penchant for baking up yummy treats come up with the wonderful idea of hosting a Dessert Party here ... and so last night, with a full house of 25 friends, we all tucked into a month's worth of calories and had a great time hanging out without our children for the evening! I hope to make this a yearly tradition and so I documented each couple with some paper hearts I had on hand ... {click on the photo to enlarge} ... and plan to have each year's collage up on display for a good laugh. True love, yes, true love ... for the spouse we are partnered with ... and for that perfect piece of chocolate cake!

Thanks for coming, everyone, and for bringing your fabulous desserts ... the bar has certainly been set for next year! We're so glad you're our friends.

so ... is it normal to see floating hearts??

us = love

what i see. part 3.

This is what I see these days after Walter wakes up from his nap.
Tummy time.
Big smiles, big talking, big blue eyes.

4 month-ers don't get much better than this.

what i see. part 2.

This is what I saw today as I clomped noisily on my hands and knees searching for Henry.
I saw him hiding behind the bed.
Pretty proud of himself.

He really makes my days fun.

what i see. part 1.

This is often what I see as I'm up on our bed feeding Walter.
Henry happily occupying himself with his books.
In his box.

I love that boy.

happy 60th birthday, grandma! we LOVE you!

around here. {the lazy indoor edition}

four months

Happy "a third" Birthday to you, dear boy ... you are growing up fast and you are finally getting to be quite fun, just like your brother at this age! And speaking of Henry ... look at his four month picture ... I just couldn't have planned that same drop of drool, I really couldn't have! You are the sweetest boy, I absolutely love your smile here. It is all you. Happy, happy 4 months, Walter.

We love you, Brown Bear.

happy february!

1. Happy Valentine's Day!!!, 2. Peppermint Twist Cupcake ICE Challenge December, 3. Wonderful Poppy, 4. hearts + bows + red + stripes = i am in love, 5. Clip Magnet - Red 2, 6. Keep Calm And Carry On, 7. Raspberries, 8. Molly's Gift Picks!, 9. yellow :: weeds, 10. peach_bowl, 11. Beautiful blue..., 12. Eat, 13. Bici, 14. Love Latte, 15. i love you, 16. red, 17. Festive + Fabric + Flats, 18. nicely bound, 19. little red (bird)house, 20. Capital Letter C (New York, NY), 21. The Red Bridge, 22. my kind of latte art, 23. Lime, 24. ivory wall clock, 25. karin + camilla