January 8, 2011

The Seahawks won the first round of the playoffs today!! It was an absolutely amazing game... totally exciting... a nail biter to the finish! They beat the Saints (last year's Super Bowl champs!) 41-36! Yeah! As I have several Saints fans as contacts on Facebook, I couldn't help but stop and take this picture when I saw it pop up on the television screen! GO HAWKS!!

January 7, 2011

For Christmas 2009 (or maybe it was his birthday last year), Ethan got a book called Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book. He had a little bit of fun with it but it quickly found its way to the bookshelf where it has lived ever since. Well he found it again and got out the inker and went to town. I think he's at a better age for it this year and has had a BLAST creating al sorts of fingerprint creatures! I have to say, I think he's talented! Now I want to get him the rest of Ed Emberley's books! This is what he drew on the way to school this morning. Yes, I'm a crazy mom... I pulled the car over to the side of the road and took a picture of it before he took it to school to share. I love that kid!

January 6, 2011

It's our friend Stephanie's birthday today! A bunch of us friends showed up to her house with a cupcake, a gift, and a loud rendition of the "Happy Birthday" song. Then we kidnapped her and took her to Menchie's for a birthday dessert. It was fun! In the Menchie's, there is a chalkboard that people can doodle on. I've actually walked in before and found messages from people I know! Stacy left a message for Stephanie on the board. I think it turned out cute!

January 5, 2011

I love this little baby bracelet. It belonged to my father. My grandmother relayed to me that this was the bracelet he wore in the hospital he was born in, in California in 1941. This is much cuter than the standard variety we give out today. I tried to do a little bit of research on the company listed on the box, Slavick's Los Angeles. I dug and dug and couldn't find too much. There were a couple of things I did discover. Apparently the company was founded in 1917 and was quite famous in Los Angeles. They were sold to Zales in 1964. I'm just glad I still have the bracelet and the box it came in!

January 4, 2011

This is a mug that belongs to someone I work with in the birth center. How appropriate for a birth center. I absolutely LOVE it. I love that it celebrates the beauty of a woman's pregnant body.

January 3, 2011

The snow looked so pretty in the grass this morning.

January 2, 2011

It was soooo snowy when I got out to my car this morning after a long night at work. I took tons of pictures but I thought the flakes looked best in this one. Pretty!