Here's a few shots of the new room. It definitely needs pillows on the bed and curtains but I'm really stuck on colour and pattern. (We haven't had a chance to drill a hole in the back of the tall shelves for that ugly black cord that's dangling down.)

Before and Afters

This was definitely the summer of working on the house so I thought I would send along a few before and after shots. It would have been nice if I had taken the after shots when my flowers were still alive and well but no such luck.

BEFORE

AFTER

March 2010

Well Maeve is 2. Hard to believe. Here are some of our most recent adventures.

the big day

THE FOUR GENERATIONS TRIP (Nana Vaillant, Mom, Me and Maeve)

aka our March "break" in Ruidoso (New Mexico) to visit Auntie Katie and Gotcha

we got so many great shots on their deck and I just couldn't edit any out

it wouldn't be auntie katie's without a crazy hat

st. patrick's day

st. patrick's day dessert

"ooking for deer" with gotcha



family day weekend in duluth

all of us enjoying meal time

(dora coma)

what maeve thinks of potty training (nope, no way)


her first (much needed) hair cut - good-bye neil young 'do


it's amazing how calm kids will be if there's a lollipop in it for them

Fall 09

Well it's been a few months since my last post and the seasons have definitely changed around here. The holidays have come and gone and at some point over the last couple of months our camera bit the dust. Mom has generously lent me her camera since the only thing around here lately that seems photoworthy is Maeve (although I think secretly we were all just looking for a good excuse to stop taking pictures of ourselves). Unfortunately I haven't quite developed the relationship with mom's camera that I had with ours and the photos lately aren't that great. (I'm convinced this is my problem and not the camera's since I researched and bought the camera for her so I know it's one of the best). Here are a few offerings from the last few months. Please excuse the blurriness and poor lighting, I'm working on it.

JANUARY

This is the growth chart I just put up tonight in Maeve's room. I got the idea from Pam who put it in Grace's room. I have been looking everywhere for a growth chart and haven't seen anything this cute.

the new vehicle

the damage done by the person who hit us and left while we were out for dinner celebrating the new vehicle

getting ready for the big game last weekend

the baths these days are pretty splashy













this is Maeve demanding "dora on tv"

and then kindly pointing out the living room where the tv is located (just in case I had forgotten)

and then lapsing into a 'dora coma'

CHRISTMAS

burning off a few more sugar calories. If I had a dime for every time I heard "Maeve want some more cookies..."

Christmas Day - sporting her new Dora shades

Christmas Day at Nana Nono's playing with her new kitchen.

Christmas morning brunch at our house.

christmas morning

Layla and Maeve showing off their Christmas pj's at the Crane's annual Christmas Eve party

looking for Santa

mom trying to get a photo for the Christmas card (unsuccessfully)

decorating the tree (before the stand started to leak and we had to take it down and replace the stand and redecorate it)

(making sure papa al didn't fall off the ladder)

Early Christmas celebration in Minneapolis with Auntie Katie and Gotcha

playdates with Sophie (aka trying to teach Maeve to share)

the firefighter's christmas party

all was well until the elderly clown showed up...

FALL

drinking from a cup/shot glass

these are the kind of pictures I find after nana kath and papa al babysit...

halloween

our annual trip to Belluz Farms to pick out a pumpkin

maeve 'smiling'

a few more fall days