15 month babes

a few pictures from yesterday... i couldn't find shirts that were the same, but different (same pattern, different colors), so they matched... but seriously, how cute.  i keep going back and forth between needing to cut liam's mullet and not wanting to get rid of his curls...  i'm so torn!  finn's hair isn't as long, and it's curlier, so i don't have this problem with his yet.  we finally got around to baby-proofing the whole ground floor, so the last couple pictures are of them enjoying their new favorite activity... taking everything out of their drawer in the kitchen and banging, banging, banging!  their germo-phobie daddy has a tiny issue with this, but it keeps them occupied so i don't really care. 

finn (top)

liam (bottom)

i like

i actually LOVE this.. so freaking cute.  you all know i have a slight, though serious obsession with birds/owls/etc... so it doesn't get much better than this, made by marian of sweetopia, posted by bake at 350.  now if i could only curb the baking blog obsession...

a splurge

because i have two babies, i don't very often get to splurge on clothes.  good thing i don't have two girls! it would be all over... however, i've been eyeing this romper at boden for awhile now.  i have a good friend, who will remain unnamed, who just furnished her boys' whole summer wardrobe from this catalog.  although i doubt she thinks it's their whole wardrobe.  she showed it all to me, and i couldn't resist coming home and buying these ADORABLE rompers for the guys.  i don't usually match them, and i don't usually go anywhere but old navy/sometimes gap on sale for their clothes... just got them in the mail today, and i'm in love.

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these new juice glasses from crate and barrel.  only 2.95 each! which you can see at the bottom of the picture, because i didn't want to to take the time to crop it! incorporating letters into my morning OJ is so my style.  and i don't really have style.

another new header

i have to admit, i didn't do this by myself.  but i got tired of looking at the "stick people" i drew.  plus, i didn't want to add hair to the babies, which they obviously have now.  i got this idea from elise, of enJOY it.  i love the idea of having the pictures in the header be a representation of what i put on this blog.  i put together the mosaic at bighugelabs.com, downloaded it, added the text in photoshop, and voila!  i think once i have a bit more time, i'll add more pictures...  in other words, you'll be able to enjoy it for awhile.

yoda

he seems to be making his way into a few of our pictures...  creepy. and sooo cute.  oh, and check out these blond curls!  so so grateful to have a husband with a full head of beautiful, curly hair that has been passed down to our babes...

we turn our backs for two seconds...

and these boys have made it over to the gate, demanding their release from the basement, which is turning into more of a jail as they get curiouser and curiouser.  don't worry, i don't think that's a real word.  my grandma came over the other day, and couldn't get over how adorable they were as she came around the corner.  she told me she'd love to have a picture of it, and knowing i hadn't missed the opportunity, snapped these the next time they landed there.  seriously. so cute.

in a few years...

courtesy of artofdessert

this would be the perfect cake for these boys' birthday party!

maybe by then, i'll know how to work with fondant... 

can i get an AMEN?!

for sunshine and temperatures above 30??!? i hardly ever miss fresno, but every time i would look at the weather there (yahoo doesn't seem to want to leave), i got a little jealous... okay, a lot jealous, i didn't see the sun for a month!!  maybe i'm exaggerating, but we've been under a serious cloud for a looonnng time and it's finally lifted.  i feel like jumping up and down and singing "the hills are alive!"  we've been able to get to the park several times, and our moods have definitely improved.  we were getting tired of the basement.  so here are a couple of pictures of these great boys - who i've not updated about in awhile... we have lots of teeth, we are cruising around on everything, but haven't decided we'd like to walk yet (mom didn't walk until she was 18 months and turned out to be great on her feet!), we're getting a tad pickier about what we eat and much more vocal about it.  mom's trying to transition us to one nap a day and it's not going well...  maybe we're not ready.  we have a kindermusik class that we go to every week that we LOVE, and have gotten a couple of hand drums to play with at home.  our hair is curly and our mom never wants to cut it...  but there's a certain little monkey (liam) who's bordering on mullet and we can't really have that and feel good about it.  we'll have our 15 month appointment in a couple of weeks and we'll probably weigh about 22-23 pounds...  here's a couple pictures of us on our favorite swings!

finn

liam

i like

courtesy of purl bee

aren't these a great improvement from the old plastic refrigerator magnets?  i have a feeling they wouldn't be pretty for long in my busy kitchen, though... once there are little hands to play with them.  we're almost walking, so it won't be long. yea!

paperlily blog

well, it's official.  i've branched out, i have a logo, i have a website, i have a tax-ID number, i'm working on the business license, and i have more clients than i can count on one hand! that makes it sound like a lot... which it is, for me.  especially when i don't have help (direct help, i certainly have help from my husband and sister, who watches the little ones while i work from home).  paperlily is here!  so i've decided to leave this blog to be my personal one, the one i originally started for all my friends in california to keep in touch with me as we clicked our heels and moved back home.  now that there's facebook, i'm not sure who reads this and who forgot about it... that's ok, because it's become more of a scrapbook/photo album than i've attempted in real life for the boys.  at least there's some record! so if you're interested, i've started another blog devoted to paperlily.  all paper, design, fun ideas for weddings, and anything else i decide to throw in. someone decided to take the name i needed a long, long time ago and hasn't posted anything since december of 2008!, so i ended up with http://thepaperlily.blogspot.com.  i'm hoping you go right now (ok, you can go later) and check it out.  i'm really excited to finally have this up and running!