Another move!

It's been awhile since I have been on here. Now it's going to be even a little tougher. We are super excited for our move to Paradise Valley. Maricopa has been good to us, great home, nice neighbors, but we are really missing our friends and the culture/life of the city. We have some remodeling to do on our new home and are hoping for an official move date of Sept 11-13th. I am busy selling pretty much ALL our furniture and decorative items on craiglist as I will be going "modern" in the new house. We had Liz's bridal shower last weekend. What a beautiful event, and she got some amazing gifts! Looking forward to the big day in Vegas next month.

Some of our recent picture are above. Stellan got his first bottom tooth, and he is crawling like a madman!! I think he'll walk early, he's already pulling himself up on things. It is so amazing to watch him development, yet sad, because I already feel like he's not a "baby" anymore. We also got him to say Dada the other morning and when he cries he says "mmmmmmaaaaaaaaa" but doesn't get the 2nd ma in~maybe soon! Love you all! :)

Our New Pool

Not really...but maybe ONE day we will have a pool again. This summer has definitely been tough without one! I bought a $5 pool yesterday at Walmart for Stellan and we had a little "splash" party in the backyard. He really liked it and it kept him entertained for about 20 minutes. Jinxy was not too happy about it though...I think I need to buy a play pool for her too!

Besides that we are busy house hunting in the Scottsdale, Paradise Valley area...hoping we find something that works for us, and of course a renter for our home. I just keep praying that if it's meant to be, then it will all play out. Here's a picture of our splash day!

And here is another one of Stellan "eating" his book...does anyone see a trend here?

Got my new camera

Well my new camera finally came...going to take me a while to learn to use it but here's a couple new photos. Stellan is officially obsessed with his toes. And he is learning to sit up, with help from a stuffed animal or toy in front of him. And yes...he loves to put his fingers in his food...typical boy.

Red Velvet Cupcakes in a Jar-yes to that!!

Just saw this blog on another website...and think this is such a cute idea...plus how yummy is this?

Red Velvet Cupcakes in a Jar~http://mycakies.blogspot.com/2010/03/diy-cupcake-in-jar.html

My new camera

So my mom bought us a nice camera for Christmas...but I was unhappy with a few of the features. Finally I fessed up and told her, so she returned it and we ordered a new one. Thanks for Liz for doing all the research before hand, and an apology for getting the same exact camera as you!! It's in the mail and as soon as we get it I will take some new pictures and post!

In other news we are getting very excited for our upcoming Michigan trip. Can't wait to leave the heat, but also a little apprehensive about flying 5 hours with a 6 month old! I am also looking forward to redoing my coffee table when some fabric I ordered gets here next week. It will be one of my 1st larger projects...I am hoping it's going to turn out great! Look forward to blogging with you soon!

Love, Lia

Big Boy and His Solid Food

Jason had me totally cracking up today when I was watching him feed Stellan. We were having a bit of a problem with Stellan continually looking down while eating and basically couldn't get the spoon in his mouth. Leave it up to Jason to find a way to get his son to recognize the spoon! Stellan now is keeping his mouth open the entire feeding just waiting for his spoonful of food. Stellan is going to be a giant continuing to eat like this! I love seeing that he has a great appetite like his Dad and Mom. Here's a funny little video....

It's official-Stellan's 1st Haircut!

So I know it's not too exciting...but I have always wanted my son to have long cute surfer boy hair. One day he will have it...I'm vowing to not cut it again till it's SUPER long, but he had a case of "old man hair." His hair started falling out on the top and he had these two chunks on the side of his head that were long. Everywhere we went people laughed at him, in a loving way of course.

I will miss the days of our pretend Donald Trump combovers, and the days were he was acting bad and I made horns with those long pieces of hair! His new hair growing in is super blonde and thick so we took it down to one length to allow my surfer boy hair to grow. I kept his hair for his baby book and almost shed a tear! He'll be 5 months next week~where did the time go??

Before:

After:

And the official video: