Pictures!

I have some major cat-chup to do here...I took my camera out to take pictures this morning and realized I hadn't uploaded pictures since BEFORE Thanksgiving! So, here they all are!

Hannah, who is 1, wearing a 3-6 month old GA cheerleader outfit. Can you tell?

The cousins! Minus The Puglise of course...

Hannah and Sarah

Matthew: "Aw, mom! Real men don't HUG!"

Will: "Aw mom! Real men don't hug Ga. fans!"

We recently found a great playground near our house...the kids love it.

Matthew being a wild man-as usual.

Hannah

This is one of their favorite things on the playground..it's spins and is impossible to hold on to.

Even Daddy likes it...

Going down!

And now...for the cats. Our neighbors cat, who likes to come down to Cafe Schroeder, recently had a litter of kittens and brought them down to visit...the kids are in HEAVEN!

This is the mommy...Emma...who is clearly exhausted and looking for a place to unload her children....

We have named them...just for fun...not because we are keeping ANY of them...(ha!). The black one...my favorite...is the only male. He is Bernard.

These are the three others...all female.

Matt's favorite: "Zooooooo-ey". Stalking around as if she (already) owns the place.

This one is "fatty Patty" ..Matthew' s favorite...a little on the chunky side, but probably the most social.

Mommy cat...napping on the job.

"Arlie"...Bumping up and down in Hannah's little red wagon.

Playful Bernard-

Out of Hibernation

So Im back! Aren't all two of you who still read my blog excited?!! I knew you would be.

Let's get right down to business.

Y'all remember this?
Our lovely television...with cords visible and looking a little naked right? Well...it is naked no longer:

No...not pottery barn. Or Ikea, or any other fancy schmancy furniture store. MATT'S DAD!! Yep. In a few short months he looked at this picture in a pottery barn catalog at a shelf Matt and I loved, and figured out exactly how to make it (and make it better) for our house...Check out another angle:



And the details:

Is that not gorgeous? I absolutely love it. The kids are as excited as we are and keep trying to put their important treasures (usually dragons) up on the shelves.

Dee, I know you don't like to be thanked...but thank you. A million times...this is an absolute work of art...and I really appreciate all the time, money and effort you spent on it for us. I would offer to reciprocate by making you something nice out of wood, but unfortunately the city does not provide you with a trash can large enough for the mess I would make of it :) So maybe some brownies?