Mart's Christmas Project

Each year Martin and I try to make something for each other for Christmas. This year I have been at a total loss on what to make that wasn't my usual go to homemade gifts. I stumbled across this idea on Pinterest and knew that I wanted to make one for Mart, so I thought, why not now? So I got to work.

I'm not the most crafty person, so it took me a lot longer than it probably should have. All in all, I'm happy with it and think that he'll like it.

Wishing for this.

My furnace has been acting up. Granted, my house is 100+ years old, and my furnace is a good 50-60 years old. It needs a major update, but as it keeps running and I don't have the money to replace it quite yet ... well you see what I'm getting at. It will hopefully hang in there a little longer.

My house is still reasonably warm for the most part. Some moments it drops to like 68 and won't climb back up past 70, and other times it climbs up without problems. Having an older house, I have to keep my furnace hotter than an energy efficient house. 70 is a bit too breezy for me in the winter. So during the night when I'm working and start to get cold, I start with socks and a sweater. When I get cold after I am bundled ... then I start wishing for days like this:

I'm missing bare feet, sunshine, green grass and go play outside weather. I'm just not a snow bunny. I can handle snow long enough for Christmas and then I want it out of here. If only it snowed only in the mountains, or only on my grass and not on the road or the sidewalk, I could possibly change my mind. Frigid temperatures and me just don't get a long.

Enough complaining. I think I will just go gaze out my window and keep wishing my tulips were starting to come out of the ground.

A year in photos

Children grow up so fast! This last year I've tried to take a photo of Lincoln each month with his giraffe to show how much he changed each month. It was fun looking back seeing how small he used to be. He's grown up so much in the last year!

About an hour old



A day old




1 month



2 months



3 months



4 months



5 months



6 months



7 months



8 months



9 months



10 months



11 months



12 months

1st birthday!

I am still having a hard time thinking about my baby turning 1. It's strange thinking that this time last year I had a brand new little angel, and now he's a walking, babbling, running, giggling 1 year old! Flash back to last month:

October 21 my little man turned 1 year old! What did we decide was a good way to start a birthday? With birthday cake pancakes! Lincoln and Ethan each got their own beater to lick while I cooked the pancakes. (I haven't quite figured out how this is going to work if I ever have any more kids. ha ha)




Final result: Halloween birthday cake pancakes! They were a hit. Both boys went to town and filled up their tiny bellies.


We spent the rest of the day just hanging out. We went and got Lincoln some new boots and enjoyed each others company. Sunday we had a small family birthday dinner/party for Mr. Lincoln at my moms house.

Lincoln's monster cake: (There were a few mishaps with the cakes, but they still turned out cute. He doesn't care, he's only 1 afterall)


Lincoln's personal monster cake to devour all by himself.


He was very excited to get his hands on those marshmallow eye balls.





Happy baby!




He didn't care if there were cake problems, he loved it anyway!!


He even kind of got the hang of opening a few presents.



Playing with his new toys.


Dad and George had to have some car races too.


It was a good day. Now that he's 1, he can slow down an little and not grow up anymore! :) (If only it worked that way.) Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!