Happy Birthday {Hou-Hou} Houston!

Well, tomorrow (1.18.11) will be Houston's first birthday. But on Saturday, Erica and Matt had the family over for his very first birthday party. I had grad school from 9-7 and did not think I was going to make it. So, Edwin and I took Houston his birthday present on Friday night. Houston was excited about his new train set, HOWEVER, the boys were 10 times more as excited because it meant they got to put it all together.



On Saturday, I worked with my professor for my second class during our lunch time and was able to come to his BIRTHDAY PARTY! I was so excited because I really did not think I was going to be able to make it to see this cute face:





At the end of the party, Erica had made these cute favors. Everything was wonderful and super cute.





HAPPY {first} BIRTHDAY MR. HOUSTON BILLINGSLEY. We LOVE you! :)

{{baby love}}

Well, today was day 3 of being locked up in the house from this "snow storm" and I just couldn't take it ANYMORE!!!!!

So, my day began with lunch with Megan, Spense, Erica and Mr. Houston. We enjoyed our little time together. Adult interaction was just what we all needed.

We then began to venture downtown to get my books for Grad School and drop off a present for Ms. Lilly. Houston and Lilly sure enjoyed their time together!



That was until Houston got tired of Lilly pulling on him. Lilly has such a cute personality and is VERY outgoing... so, for Houston, that meant he had to be as excited as Lilly and it just wasn't happening...



As if all this baby love wasn't enough, we even stopped by to meet Mr. Landon for the first time. Ashley and Steven Cogburn's sweet boy!!!



Houston even enjoyed Landon for all of 2 seconds, then was instantly interested in the balls (or Christmas ornaments).



Landon is precious!!! :)

Boys Sledding :)

Yesterday, I posted some pictures of our snow day. BUT for some reason, it would only let me post one video at a time... so, I saved this one for today. Here is a video of the boys sledding behind the four-wheeler.

Snow FUN :)

Today was a beautiful day. It snowed all morning long and put a LARGE blanket of snow over all of South Carolina. Our house in the pretty snow! At about 9:00 AM we already had 5 1/2 inches of snow... and it kept on falling!! Not shortly after taking these pretty pictures, our neighbor, Trent, came by on the 4-wheeler ready to play. We put on our gear and hopped on the 4-wheeler. Only problem was that the boys did not have a sled. So, they put their heads together and created one out of scrap wood and a lid to a tupperware box. It ended up working out great!

After two days of being locked up, Chevy was dying to go outside. So, we put him out. Only problem was his little feet were not use to the cold snow... So, probably 2 seconds later, this is what we saw: Sweet little booger. Knocks at the door when he wants in or out. I LOVE IT. :)

sewing frenzy

I know I have been a little slack on this blogging thing... but I am trying to "pick it up" again. Since grad school, I have been spending most of my "free" time for myself and my family. So, that left very little time for other things... ha-ummm... THIS BLOG.

But now that I am only 6 more class meetings away from graduating, I am trying to find something that I want to spend my time doing and this is it...

{SEWING}

I am determined to get a sewing machine, get cute fabric, and go to town! In my family, it is a must to know how to sew... and I've done a few things here and there, but I have not taken it on full time. This summer, my goal is to master this task and create a lot of cute stuff for my house! The first thing I want to learn to make is a cute camera strap!



I've been looking around for cute fabric to get started with...





I have already conned my friend Megan in to making things with me. We've been talking about a lot of stuff we could make. Pillows, shirts, dresses, curtains, cute place mats, etc.

I thought about making a cute dog bed for Mr. Remmi...



I don't think he'll mind if it's girly... do you? :)