Happy birthday Brenna!

Brenna turned 1 year old yesterday! How, bitter sweet! We had a fun little birthday party for her at our house on Saturday with our awesome friends and family. It was a blast! We let Brenna attack her birthday cake, which was actually her first real taste of dessert. Needless to say she loved it!








Brenna is such a fun a fun and happy little girl. I sure love being her mom! Her skills include climbing the stairs, speed crawling and walking with her push walker, playing peek-a-boo, clapping for herself and saying "yeah", saying "wow" "uh-oh" "what's that?" "mama" and "dada".

a "do it yourself christmas" this year

I got this brilliant idea this year to make handcrafted gifts for everyone. It seemed like such a great idea, until I got started and realized how hard it is to get much of anything done with an 11 month old wanted to do whatever mommy is doing. In the end I think things turned out alright.

I made 4 of these fabric Christmas wreaths:





I bought some old shutters on Craig's list and converted them into neato home decor:
such as this headboard for my in-laws




this fireplace guard for my dad (it will sure be nice to not have to worry about Brenna's curiosity about the fireplace when we go over there anymore ;)



this mail sorter for my little brother and his wife (I also made one for us, I just cannot seem to stay on top of organizing my mail!)


And finally a scrapbook calendar for my mom. If any of you are into digital scrapbooking you should really check out my friend Christine's print design company , they print digital scrapbooking and it is the best quality and a really great price.