Ni-night by the pool

Stacy's House

A friend of mine in Lubbock gave her living-room set to her newlywed daughter. She needed new fun things so she emailed me and said, "Got anything?"

Last time I went to Lubbock I stopped off at her house and we played with fabric for a while. Then she said, Ok. Go for it.

I picked out some fabrics and emailed this to her.

I know, in your mind you're saying, I thought you were doing this for her, not you.

It is so me.

If I were to order a dream sofa, I would use all of these fabrics. These are my favorite colors.

It was easy.

So I designed a sofa, chair and a half and then we did the cutest little burlap chair in the world.

It arrived at her home week before last. Tell me she doesn't have the cutest home ever.

The sofa is all squishy and downy. The fabrics are soft and totally hard-core. Those babies aren't going to wear out.

Look at that cutest-chair-in-the-world!

There are 7 different fabrics on the sofa. All different textures. And check out the killer mini-ruffles. Not too frilly, but enough to be awesome.

My favorite is the cherry-blossom, of course.

Camera shot

And check out the cool post office piece she got in Canton.

So fun. I get to design stuff for the store all the time, but rarely for real live people who love funkiness.

Thank you Stacy!

Sleeping during church

Check out my little Maxter-pants snuggling with a dolly in the crib at church.

He was conked out.

The first week is the hardest

7 days down on our 21-day diet.

In honor of my cravings, which, among other things, include hamburgers and cake, I have posted a picture of a hamburger cake.

Looks disgusting, no?

I would totally devour the entire thing if I was in the same room with it! I'd plant my face in the center and start chewing.

We finally got a scale and I officially weigh at least 10 pounds less than I did 3 weeks ago.

(Yes!)

So I am on the right track. No cake face-plants for a while.

Maximus

He is 6 months old today. Fwew. Got the hardest part of baby-hood over with. Now he is fat and cuddly and talky and rolley.

There are so many sides to the Maxter of Disaxter.

He sits in rapt attention any time I put Dora on. He smiles and squeals and sits on the edge of his bumbo in anticipation of the next song.

There is his intellectual side, demonstrated here by his Mr. Potato Head glasses.

Sometimes the Maxterpants just wants to cut loose and wear his swim diaper on his head.

Here he was bouncing so violently in his bumbo that the swim diaper took on the shape of the pope's hat. Wolfgang couldn't control his laughter.

I really need to start taking pictures with my camera. Either that or get a better phone....(yes!).

Various things

We started a detox diet today. I've never willingly dieted before, but it is now time. I have baby-weight to shed and ailments to cure and bad habits to break. I wish I loved healthy food but I don't. I love hot dogs. And butter. And funnel cakes. And cokes. I could live on breakfast food. Bacon, eggs, pancakes. Or really just pancakes. Or really just butter....

So this diet terrifies me. 21 days. A smoothie in the morning, a light lunch and pulverized soup for dinner. All within a rigid menu of items. Thank you Lord for letting me marry a man who knows how to make ANYTHING taste good. He can work with lentils.

Aside from that, big changes.

We are trying new beverages.

Perusing new literature.

Poor Wolf has been hitting things left and right. No matter how many obstacles we remove, he always finds something the collide with. Its an uncanny talent.

All he wants to do is "Wun!" and "Jup!"

"Mommy, Mommy, Wun!"

Its really a fast stumble across the living room, but he can do it.

Most of the time....

This little shiner was given to him courtesy of an end table that we put in our room. Right now its the ONLY thing in our room besides Max's crib. And Wolf's eye met its corner. My heart stopped.

But nothing daunts him. He has the best attitude in the world.

And afterwards, he is back to his old quirky self.

Hot Summer

This is the hottest summer ever!

Look at that flushed face!

We've been busy? Distracted? Something like that.

Our mattress has been in the living room for the past 2 weeks. Trying to train Maxter-Pants to sleep through the night. He's doing great. Pretty soon we'll be able to rearrange again. Its just easier when he's screaming in a different room. Know what I mean?

The boys lounge and watch Dora.

(these are all phone shots. Blurry and washed out. Nice!)

Max is my constant companion. I clean the house and wheel him around.

He still does quite a bit of this, though.

Wolfgang is On! The! Move!

He will do this for an hour straight.

Step up, step down. Step up, step down. Step up, step down.

Makes my rear end sore just watching him

We've done quite a bit of swimming. Just to cool off.

All 5 of the cousins were here for a week, too.

That was loads of crazy fun.

I've been painting my brains out. Procrastinating on projects that have been lining up. I whipped this one out (to earn a swimsuit).

Then I have a fun table top to paint. I have it drawn! I'm also working on a painting that Randy has wanted for years. Psalm 1.

I've also been working at night. I moved this bed halfway across the showroom. Sometimes I just can't live with a piece of furniture until I move it 47 million yards.

Its not that its heavy, its that I have to move 2 beds, 4 sofas and a dining table just to make a path.

New Peruvian stuff. Fun fun.

Most of the time our life is sitting around in our PJ's playing Baseball Game. Wolfs new fave.

Fun for him anyway. :)