My little weasel has a cold right now and isn't sleeping the greatest. And last night, he whined unless he was being held so I'm a little sleep deprived right now. You wouldn't know by looking at these pictures that he could be such a little weinie...

Ty made the coolest sock monkey for him - it's now living on Riv's book shelf.

In other news - I will be painting Azek for the house this weekend and trying to get the porch floor stained with the help of Brenda and my mother in law.

For those of you ordering Christmas gifts/pictures - there are lots of Labor Day sales online. Free shipping and if you are an ebates person, you get double cash back this weekend! :)

Baby baby

I love this kid! He just keeps getting cuter all the time...Is that enough maternal chattering?

I spring cleaned our bedroom today and filled in all the nail holes. Boring. I'm just going to go one room at a time and maybe I'll get it done. Ugh, it took me all day.

Tomorrow Wendy and I are doing salsa and sometime this week I need to do peaches.

The last picture of River is his expression while watching the lights swinging over the kitchen table. And the middle one is his 2 month picture. :) Love those Jafar lips!

Sweet lil' River

Riv has been a little angel baby today - he took a 2 1/2 hour nap this morning, he's back to pooping regularly, and he had a full tummy in the above pictures. No wonder he has a big grin, right? Thanks to his model behavior, I got about 50 thank yous, made, written, and sent today.

I accidentally deleted all the pictures that were on my camera this morning :( but most of them were from vacation so hopefully someone will share theirs with me.

This little dude is going to get a bath and then he'll get ready for church. Hopefully he'll be wearing some new shoes tonight!

Your stop for all things River...

He's one month old now! And starting to smile but only when he feels like it. :) I love him just a little more every day...he's getting more fun with time. And I have 10 more years to enjoy the fun stage according to Dad.

I made 100 little cups of panna cotta yesterday with the help of Jeana and Jenna. Wendy's offspring were also here being little pestilences. Except for Kenny who ate lunch without whining, picked up trash without whining, and carried in groceries without whining. He should get a tally mark for his good work.

Riv's dr. appt. was cancelled today because Dr. Austman was otherwise occupied at the hospital. So I go on Thursday. And then we leave Friday for Branson.

Isn't he the cutest little thing? Life with an infant is starting to be a little more normal. For instance, today Wendy and I actually froze green beans. And I made some food for the first time in like 3 weeks. Spaghetti carbonara for lunch. :) Soon, I hope, my life will find a routine. One where I actually get stuff done in a day, like I used to.

River Russell

My little turtle baby is doing pretty well. He doesn't sleep so great in his OLD crib thingie, not that I blame him. The mattress seems pretty uncomfortable so he ends up sleeping in bed with us a lot, especially since I know that he'll settle down and I can sleep for a little bit anyway.

Otherwise, it's business as usual. I tend to get up later than I used to and just eating breakfast this morning was a little bit tricky but we'll get all these things worked out.

Al is here right now - doing his little bit on the couch, Lisa! :)

Jenna got the mobile done so hopefully we'll be able to hang it up tonight. I'll post a picture later.

Thanks to all of you for the meals, gifts, and help! Nothing like family!

Progress

So...I'm interested in knowing what you think of the house color. Jeremy thinks it might be a little dark for him plus he's not sure it will look good with the shingle color now. I happen to be extremely fond of it. I think it looks like an east coast house although Jeremy was quick to point out that we don't live on the east coast. Whatever. I like it a lot.

Isn't this a sweet picture of Tory and Wendy? We ate at Reality Bites last Saturday night - a new experience for Tory. We need him to branch out just a little from his chain restaurants.

Roofing on Saturday. Thanks SO MUCH for helping on a roasting day. (And I hear that Jeremy wasn't in the finest of moods either.) We are indebted to our fine friends.

Anyone else wake up from the hurricane gale early this morning? I thought for sure something was going to blow away or get knocked over but my potted herbs miraculously survived and all the ladders and scaffolding are still in the same position this morning as they were last night.

And for the record, Simon is turning into a little weasel. He was making fun of Kenny yesterday for having to wear pull ups. I guess they can't stay sweet forever.