Crawling Mania

Erin is full speed ahead. Let the games begin.



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It's Official!

As of two days ago, Erin is officially crawling. She is a quick little sucker and loves to explore all ends of the house. This means trouble for mommy and daddy, but we are so proud of her! She also got her two bottom teeth a couple of weeks ago. We had no idea until we heard a clanging sound when she was trying to drink out of a glass. No fussing whatsoever :)

Mother's Day

I had a wonderful first Mother's Day! Bob spoiled me rotten and Erin was good as usual. My parents even came over for a nice dinner outside. Here are the three lovely ladies on Mother's Day.


Two weeks ago my good friend Sharri came to visit from Chicago. I finally met Makayla (who is already 15 months) and Sharri has another little one on the way. My how times have changed since we travelled in Australia together! I am so lucky to have such a great friend and I can only hope that Makayla and Erin will get to hang out again in the future. They had a blast together!! I just had to post this picture even though Makayla was a little angel with Erin about 99.9% of the time.

Erin Almost Crawling

Babbling Erin

Erin's first word:
Da da da da da da da da da da....
I think that qualifies for Daddy, right? Now we just need to work on Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma!

Busy, Busy, Busy

If the posts become few and far between, it's because we're busy! I was recently contacted by someone I used to work for who got moved onto a new project with my old parent company. She was looking for some help and wanted me to work part-time from home. Boy was I excited about this opportunity! It was a hard decision for me to leave work in the first place, but I knew it was all worth it to be at home with Erin. Now I get the best of both worlds....staying in the work force without having to leave my baby all day :) Although this is truly an ideal situation for me, it is also very time consuming and stressful at times. I'm a full-time mom, part-time employee, trying to start up my own little painting business, and trying to be a good wife and homemaker. Something has got to give! I try to work while Erin naps or after she goes to bed for the night, but that is when I used to paint or catch up on regular chores. I think this calls for a maid!!!!

Now onto the stuff you really care about.... Erin is just seconds away from crawling. She almost has it figured out and can do the army crawl quite well or just roll to get where she wants to go. She is getting into everything she possibly can, which means it is officially time to baby proof the house. She recently starting waving hi to people when they come to greet her. As of yesterday, her favorite new thing to do is pucker her lips like she is going to give you a smooch (although the way she furrows her eyebrows makes her look quite silly and mad). More pictures or videos coming soon!

How Do I Choose?

I am lucky enough to know a second, very talented photographer in Colorado Springs who wanted to exchange services. Kristi took amazing photos of Erin and I am working on some paintings for her son and daughter's bedrooms. The only question is...how am I going to choose which ones to print and frame? I LOVE them! Erin was so silly the day we took the photos. She woke up from her nap in a very blah mood. Wouldn't smile or laugh, but she wasn't upset either. You can see the mood in these photos...I just love the expressions on her face that day :) She looks so innocent. Here are just a few of my favorites....