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!

sarah jane studios

courtesy of sarah jane studios

i just spent the last 45 minutes drooling.  i definitely consider myself a blog-hopper, bouncing from one blog to the next, finding a link from this site to that site and pretty soon, have no idea where i started and how i ended up here.  i tried to retrace my steps (clicks), but don't know how i found this sweet site.  i've been all the way back to october on her blog, visited her etsy store, and couldn't find anything i didn't love. sweet illustrations, simple but perfect.  and some captions in french, who can argue with that?!  i don't usually post other sites i find/love on here, but i guess i had a little extra time this morning... enjoy. 

save the date

i finally found someone who loves paper and fonts as much as i do...  and luckily, she's one of my "clients."  i put it in quotes because it doesn't seem like the right word.  just like one of my friends whose invitations i'm designing.  she has more ideas than any bride i've worked with, and it's so great to know she cares as much as i do about what these will look like.  first step, save the date!  ivory linen cardstock + a great fall engagement picture + perfect fonts/colors... lovely.  can't wait for the invites!

eyelet installation with the hammer, on the atlas to prevent holes in the table

frank and fran

these little guys arrived in our mailbox last week from jane.  i love love love them!!  the babes are more chewing them than playing with them right now, but they definitely keep them close.  adorable. handmade gifts are my absolute favorite kind...  i guess jane used to sew and sell them in boutiques in los angeles, but got burnt out.  so glad we got a couple... :)