Long Overdue Catch Up Post....

Hello my dear friends...I never intended to step away from this space for so long...it just kind of happened.  I blogged a private space for Asher's first year and it was hard enough to keep up with that, I guess it seemed like so much work to jump over here too.  I haven't even looked at blogs in ages... the ease of instagram from my phone lured me in. But I do miss this and I am going to try to make space in the day to come here.

There is so many pictures to catch up with that it will take several days worth of posts...so we will start with the most important subject matter first ;)  the baby!!   He has grown so much and is such a sweet, lovable, huggable  dare devil!!    Here are the last 6 months in a nutshell....

Mother's Day....

Wild man hair!!

Father's Day...

Oldest big brother came home for a visit....all 8 kiddos together :)

4th of July...

First pontoon boat ride...

2nd pontoon boat ride...he loves boating.

First birthday...22lbs 11oz, 30.25" long and full of lovable spunk!

Living history event....

Our crazy family :)

With love and hugs,

Tiff

Asher is 7 months old today...

I'm taking weekly pictures of him to make a flip book, but I'm also doing monthly ones to make into a calendar.  Here he is at 7 months old, all ready for St. Patrick's day :)

Yarn Along...

I'm joining Ginny at Small Things in her weekly Yarn Along....

I finished up my Lovey Lamb!!  He was destined for Asher's Easter basket but there are two problems...one, he is HUGE!! He came out much larger than the 9" height the pattern says(my fault I'm sure because I'm not the best at following a pattern), and two, all the other kids want him too. So I think he will just live in the family room as a cute sofa pillow :)

If you want to make your own Lovey Lamb(or bunny) head over to Posie Gets Cozy for the pattern.

I modified it a bit and did different arms and legs because I thought less floppy ones would last longer in my house.

Have a beautiful day,

Tiff

Yarn Along...

Joining Ginny at Small Things for her weekly Yarn Along.

I'm working on a Lovey Lamb, pattern by Alicia Paulson over at Posie Gets Cozy.  Very easy to follow pattern so far.  He does seem to be coming out quite large though. I used the correct size hook for the brown top but the even smaller recommended hook was too small for the cream part, so I went bigger, but I don't think that explains how big the top is...maybe he is just supposed to be this big.  He will be a pillow on the sofa I think :)




Happy Wednesday to you,

Tiff

An Apple for an Apple...

My babies love apples...

Mason at 7 months...

And Asher last night at 6.5 months...

Have a wonderful day!

Tiff

Happy Valentine's Day...

I hope you have a Loving day :)  
My hubby made me a wonderful video of me for me :)

Tiff

Look Who is 6 Months Old !!

I can't believe he is 6 months old already! He is seriously the sweetest little man ever.

Yarn Along...

Joining Ginny over at Small Things for her weekly Yarn Along...

I'm working on a new scarf pattern I found on pinterest from My Hobby is Crochet.  It's coming along quite nicely and I hope to finish it up today.

And just because I really LOVE cows...I had to add this sweet picture.

Happy Wednesday,

Tiff

Jaunaury Bulletin Board...

The January bulletin board for the elementary school went up on the 4th when the kids returned to school.  The theme for this month was the "One School, One Book" they are reading...The One and Only Ivan.  The gorilla's face looks better in person, the paper has a bulge in it and it photographed it distorted:(  Realistic animals are hard to paint in large scale!

5 Months Old...

I must say that we make some pretty darn cute snowmen here in Maine!

Happy Wednesday to you,

Tiff

2015 Recap...Happy New Year!!

A new year and a new goal for me... To be grateful for at least one thing everyday.  I bought myself a journal for this and every night before bed I will write it down.

I went through my blog of the past year and pulled one picture from each month that represented the the time...

January...

February...

March...

April...

                                                                            May...

June...

July...

August...

September...

October...

November...

December...

Wishing you all the very best for the this New Year...May 2016 Bless you all with happiness, good health, and great adventures!

Love,

Tiff

Christmas 2015...

Our Christmas tradition begins with the kids camping out in our room on Christmas eve. There is no early morning rising, 8 or 9 is the usual time, but this Christmas it was early at around 7:30. James and I are the first to leave our room and we have our cameras ready....we have to get our stair picture. After torturing the kids for the right picture for about 5 minutes, we all head to the kitchen. 

Asher's First Christmas morning...we actually had to wake him up :)

His Santa present...

  Everyone has their stocking and an unwrapped Santa present waiting for them.  I start breakfast while everyone digs in their stockings. This year we had Panettone french toast casserole, scrambled egg, bacon, sausage, ham, and hash.
This isn't the best family pic, but it is priceless, especially with Samantha's hair flip...

By the time breakfast made it to the table, Asher was out for his morning nap...

 After breakfast, we clean up the kitchen and put away the leftovers.  It's then time to open up the gifts. We go around one at a time from youngest to oldest.  I totally forgot to take a picture of all of us in front of the tree, I also forgot to get one of the set table...it was a forgetful picture year for me :(

Asher was awake for the presents and we were suprised that he actually reached for his and started ripping the paper!

Mason loved his archer outfit and bow and arrow...this was the main thing that he wanted.

At around 2pm, we skyped Cameron and Kellsea in Hawaii...it was 80 degrees there and they said it didn't feel like Christmas. Well, it was 61 degrees here and it really didn't feel like Christmas time either.

I wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!  With love from my family to yours,

Tiff