P-A-R-T-Y

If you were to drive by our house on the night of November 24th, you would think to yourself that THOSE people MUST be having a party. You probably would not guess, however, that said party was for a 1 year old.
We had around 30 guests here, family and close friends, to celebrate! We had hors de vors, pizza, Elmo cake (thrown together at the very last minute by myself, even decorated it myself as that is required in the Mother's handbook), ice cream, and goody bags for the kiddos. Jack got 2 duplicate presents but all in all, made a haul! I told Jeremy our next house will have a play room, or at least a room large enough to hold about 35,000 tons worth of toys.

Thanksgiving '06

This is Holly expressing her excitement for this wonderful Holiday (what could be better? You don't have to buy any gifts, you don't have to go to any carnivals, and you don't have to send any cards)
It was so nice to have a "real" Thanksgiving again..since last year my Thanksgiving meal consisted of some sort of frozen meal that was possibly meant to resemble turkey if you live in such a place where you've never tasted real turkey. BUT- I did receive the greatest gift of my life- little Jack. Every Thanksgiving from now on, I know I will think of what a wonderful day that was to have a healthy baby boy placed in my arms. Our day THIS year consisted of course with lots of food, our annual tradition of "Bunco" (of which I always come in close to dead last--how is that possible??) an extremely loud game of "Pit", Buzzword, and more eating.

The big UNO

I spent this evening making these invites for Jack's Birthday. I canNOT belive he is going to be 1 YEARS OLD next week!!

Before and After

Just when you least expect it, you hear a splash, splash, splash. And giggles. While there's nothing cuter than baby giggles, having your baby covered to his elbow in toilet water sort of takes the nostalgia off.
Most important thing I learned tonight:
Close the bathroom door.

As If I didn't have enough going on..

I have started sewing! No, not like REAL sewing...not the kind where you actually have to match up all your seams perfectly and pin and fit, then pin some more and fit. No, I'm making a rag quilt. An Oh-So-Forgiving rag quilt. Val (my boss) so NICELY let me borrow her Bernina so with a lot of help from Jeremy (yes, my husband knows more about sewing than I do..SAD?!?) he set the machine up and look!! 3 rows done! The quilt is only going to be 36"x36" so it's definately a BABY quilt.
Also, I 've been practicing my crocheting more, I have been doing an adorable trim around burp cloths (I was trying to think of a cuter name for them..one that didn't involve the word "burp", "spit" or "rag" but gave up instantly) After those, I will tackle the blankets.

Cutest Frog in the World!

Jacks first Halloween was so fun! I don't know that HE thought it was that great..I mean, the kid can't eat candy yet nor can he truly enjoy the thrill of wearing something that Mom normally would not dress you in. I thought our ward was ONLY doing a Trunk or Treat so I didn't take him (Yeah..it was like 8 degrees outside. Literally.) BUT, they did a carnival INSIDE and of course I didnt find that out until later. And now, I wish I had taken him and loaded up on some candy for "Jack" because we're all out and it's sounding kind of good right now;)
It's been a while since I've posted, I hereby promise to do better.
What we've been up to:
-Jack is "walking" with his push-along dump truck
-I have been teaching myself to crochet (with help from Vicky, my MIL)
-I am working on a rag quilt for future baby boy (not mine..next friend to have a boy)
-I am working on something for sister Heidi (I drew her name for christmas, she brought me her crib quilt per my request) Heidi is adopting so she is preparing a gender nuetral nursery since we have no idea who she'll be blessed with yet. (Will post pic after christmas)
- Did some pumpkin carving at my Mom's house
-We just sold a closet job in Homer(Yay!!)
- We are getting ready for Christmas already..not decorating but SHOPPING!
- I am starting the process of preparing for Jack's birthday
-I have continued to work on the Lehnhausen Family Cookbook (at one time was a surpirse but not anymore)