Biter Biscuits

I haven't ever seen a cuter face than this... Unless maybe it's this one....

Wait a minute. This one has GOT to be the cutest face I've ever seen!

Per loves his biter biscuits. He is such a sweet little guy!

One of My Other Favorite Things!

This is my beautiful new sewing machine: Here are some things that I have made with my beautiful new sewing machine:

This is our bedroom curtain (sorry the pictures aren't very good, I am such an amateur). The patches on the curtain are leftover scraps from the quilt we have on our bed so they match. Isn't that special?
I made this curtain for one of the kitchen windows out of a pillowcase from the DI. That's right, it cost $2. (I want my two dollars! -- name that movie) What a thrifty girl I am!

This is a close-up of the living room curtain. I really like the funky paisley pattern.

I had trauma trying to get this one done (made out of sheets from the DI, also, if you can believe that), but luckily everything worked out and it turned out to be the best of the curtains I made! There are a few other things I have been working on but don't have pictures of -- bibs for Per, diaper-and-wipes holders, curtains for Per's room. Sewing has become my new favorite thing to do. I am sticking to pretty basic straight-line stitching for now, but am planning to make some fabric beach balls for Per as well as some headbands for myself. It's fun being kind of crafty!

Valentines Box Contest

This is the prize: (Thank you, James, for the very sweet valentine, and for providing the prize for our little contest! The translation is: "From James to Per and Aunt Sarah and Uncle Zak")

Box A

Box B

Here's the contest: Zak and I made Valentine's boxes as a Valentine's Day activity because it's something he really loved doing as a kid and something I have never done (at least that I can recall). Leave your vote for the best Valentine's box in the comments on this post. The contest goes through March 14th (at Zak's request) and whoever has the most votes at the end of the contest gets to put our awesome valentine from our nephew James in their box. Please join in the fun and vote!

My Favorite Things

Having a dishwasher is the BEST. Especially when you've been washing dishes by hand for five years.

A new vacuum is pretty nice, too. Per takes the cake, though. Look at those cheeks and lips. Don't you just want to pinch 'em?!

Playing in his room on the new carpet -- and loving it!

Such a sweetie.

Per will always be one of my favorite things.

Random Pics

This was Christmas morning. Not sure why Zak is making that face.
We went to Salt Lake to hang with Rhett, Burke, and Candyce! Per is in one of those sling-things restaurants provide.
A funny one of Zak = only fair to put a funny one of me on too

Zak is responsible for Per's ensemble. Nice.

The Big Move

Okay, okay. The first sign that said, "Don't move in here!!" should've been the dead mouse in the kitchen sink. And the other dead mouse behind the door in one of the bedrooms. But, I was 9 and a half months pregnant, and we had just found termites in our old place which was only one bedroom, and we needed two bedrooms, what with Per about to be born. We moved into what we call "The Rathole" in July last year. The carpet was horrible and it smelled funny. Like wet plaster and old funk. Whatever that is.
Not long after we moved in, Per was born and we brought him home. We planned to stay there for a while, chalking it up to one of those "when-we-were-first-married-we-lived-in-the-worst-apartment-but-we-survived" kind of stories. That was okay until one night, we realized that we were smelling cigarette smoke. I have nothing personally against smokers, but I don't want to live in their smell. And I certainly don't want my baby to be living in their smell and damaging his young lungs. So we moved his crib into our bedroom and the three of us became roomies. We began the hunt for a new apartment right away and shut the door to The Smokers' Lounge to try to prevent the smell from permeating through the whole apartment.
Nothing worked out until the end of January. We have finally found a new place and moved! We have new carpet and new paint and best of all -- no funky smells! We are so excited. And Per loves finally being able to be on the carpet!
The pictures above are, of course, of painting and cleaning the new place, not the Rathole. Who cares about the Rathole anymore anyway?

Dude Days

Like father, like son.
Both of them can fit their entire fists in their mouths. They are demonstrating this amazing talent above.
Yesterday was Zak's birthday and his brothers had the idea to make matching shirts for Zak and Per. Zak gets to stay with Per some days during the week and he calls those days "Dude Days" where they just hang out and have fun. Rhett designed these great shirts for Zak and Per. So cute!