Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Meet Octavius

This...

is Octavius... He's the little guy. He's number eight. Known to the general public as "Baby O"... no, Octavius is not his real name. But, then, none of my kids really have real names. They, like me and my siblings, are called by whatever name comes to mind first. Luckily, I have not resorted to calling them the dog's name as my mother did... yet. But that's probably because I have a hard time remembering the dog's name. Most of the time I want to call HER Gert~ the name of our dog when I was growing up. Yes. I am a LOT like my mother... can't help it. But this post is not about me... it's about Baby O.



Contrary to popular belief, O does not wear a hat 24/7. As a matter of fact, there were several times when I could NOT find a hat to put on his head! He does love to model, though. As soon as there's a hat on his head and a camera pointing at his face, he gives the biggest smiles you ever did see. I like to say he has a bit of his Great Grandpa John in him... He's just a bit of a show off. ;)



Being number eight, O thinks he's part of the crowd. Ever since day one, he has much preferred hanging, no~dangling, from my arm than facing in and resting his cuddly little head on my shoulder. Nah! There's way too much going on to bury your little head in your mother's shoulders.... You just might miss something. I'm certain he'll grow up to be a sky diver - or have some job hanging off of buildings or towers or something. I do not approve. I want my children to stay on the ground. When he's not hanging from my right arm trying to grab everything we walk by, O can be found sitting on my back pulling my hair out. It's not like I haven't lost enough of my hair already. Those backpack things should come with hoods - for the mother, not just for the child. The least he could do is just pick out the gray ones.



Another thing O loves to do is play guitar with Daddy. As you can see in the picture, he no longer falls asleep to Daddy's guitar playing. That was a nice stage. Daddy plays guitar, baby goes to sleep, Mommy Tweets. :) Now he likes to play WITH Daddy. Not as nice of a situation. Daddy doesn't get much playing in with baby muting the strings. Baby doesn't sleep. Mommy still Tweets. ;)


Tall, slender, blonde hair, sparkling blue eyes, bright smile, greatly loved and adored by his family~bringing joy to his Mamma's heart daily!



And, of course, if you need to see more pictures of him, clicky , he's in my shop trying to sell some hats! :)

Monday, January 31, 2011

The first in a series...


I thought I'd take a bit of time over the next few days... NOT the next few MONTHS (I promise to be a better blogger)... and introduce you to these wonderful little people. This picture gives just a little hint of what might be in store - be prepared. You just never know.....
Any votes on where to start?
The Nutty Prof, Little Joe, Mini Mellon, Twitchy, Jr., Teeny, Hulkbaby, or Baby O?

Friday, December 3, 2010

We've Been Busy

Decorating, of course!
Festive! Very festive! I mean, the entire house should look ...ummm.... Christmasy???
My 5 year old did this. Not sure why. Not sure I should ask. Should I be worried? First it's our own toilet, next thing you know it's the neighbor's yard? Maybe she has a career? Boy am I in trouble!

Sunday, November 7, 2010

sometimes you have to improvise

just sayin'
since when does a package of caramel NOT come with popcicle sticks???

Monday, October 18, 2010

What better way....

to start a Sunday morning, than to let all of the chickens out right before it's time to leave for church?
Exactly what my 8 year old did yesterday morning. I watched as all of the chickens just marched right out of the open door. The rooster was so proud standing there on the front lawn...
Speaking of 8 year olds, we'll have two of them for a month starting Wednesday! Yes... "Little Joe" will be turning 8... and "The absent minded professor" (the one who let the chickens out) will not be nine until November.

Friday, October 15, 2010

Too Cute!


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Originally uploaded by Our Lady of the Snows
I thought this picture was too cute not to post... Baby O was so happy to model my newest basset hound hat! I still need to work on my photo editing skills. LOL!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Our New Home

We're finally moved in to our new home and connected to the world wide web once again. YAY! I'm going to try to be a better blogger now. The house came with a few extras... a garden full of veggies (my brother proclaimed that I reap what I did not sow!), some chickens (we're getting five eggs a day!), and a cute little doggie....


Okay, so she's not little, but she really is cute!



Speaking of cute little doggies, anywear and I are working on some matching sets for boy and dog....

Our first set... the dino boy and his dino dog soon to appear on etsy. Whadda ya think?