The Funny Little Moments

Hazel is so cute and she does funny little things all day long. Today was a slow day. Just us at home while Daddy had the car and was off at drill. Per request I had made some cookies last night and they were sitting on the counter. I let Hazel have one sweet thing a day, generally, so when she saw them she wanted one. I picked one out for her and when she got it she just kept turning it over and over in her hands, inspecting it. I said, "Go on, eat it."  To which she responded by licking the top of the cookie to test it. Her face was so cute I couldn't help but laugh a little. Oh boy, what a stinkin' cutie! :)

Hoot!

Over the past few days I've realized that I need some ear warmers to protect my beloved ears from the cold. So I found this really cute owl hat pattern on ralvery. I modified it a bit to turn it into an ear warmer. I think it looks great, but I think its a touch loose. I might try a smaller needle size.... Anyways, here's a picture, hope you enjoy!

Ps- if you're interested in making one its called Who on ralvery. Sorry you must be a member, but its free :)

Dress for Hazel

Hazel has grown into the next size up, which is good and awesome for her. But the problem comes at the fact that she has no Sunday dresses in that size. So I was fortunate enouh to get my hands on some patterns for dresses. And yesterday I finished the first one! :) I can't wait for her to wear it on Sunday; she looks absolutely adorable in it.

Winter Wonderland

Some people might think that I'm slightly crazy for saying this, but I truly think that the weather we are having is kind of amazing. :) I love this snowy, very cold weather. It just makes you want to curl up with a good book and snuggle in front of a fireplace. Too bad I don't have a fireplace....one day we will, *sigh*. It's especially good right now though because I haven't been feeling well, so it gives me a great excuse to curl up and knit or play games with my hubby. And I love to get all those extra snuggles from Hazel! So I hope that everyone is staying warm and cozy in this rather cold winter front! :)
This is the view from our bedroom window. You can't tell but the chimney has the picturesque smoke coming out. ;)

Happy New Year!

Whew! The presents are played with, the food has been eaten, and everyone is back home-safe and sound. This holiday has been lots of fun for us and we hope it has for ya'll too.
With the new year coming up Jamie and I decided that our family resolutions would be to be more active, try to keep our house organized, and invite the spirit into our home more often. We have lots of handy charts to help us with all of it and I am super excited :) and today I got to finish a project to help us keep Hazel's room neat. How does it look?

Happy New Year!

Fair Isle Knitting

Let me just say that I might be a bit slow in discovering this wonderful way of knitting. But I now love it!!! It is a style of knitting in colorwork that allows you to knit with multiple colors of yarn at once. I've never been brave enough to try this before, and I fell in love with a blanket pattern I stumbled across. While trying to figure everything out I came across a blog that called the blanket the "pattern from hell." At first I agreed, but now that I understand what's going on and how to read the pattern I have to disagree! The Love of Knitting pattern "Hot Chocolate Swirl" is simply devine. :) I just wish I had more time to work on in, but here is a little sneak preview ;)

Sorghum Festival

This year Jamie was put on the detail for the sorghum festival. It's been a year since the tornado that struck West Liberty, and I must say that they have come a long way. It was a lot of fun to be able to go down and spend some family time together at the festival while he was on breaks :) I found a couple of really cute things, but the purchase I am most excited about is the stocking hanger plaque that I found. Since we moved into our new place I've been so excited about all the holidays that we'll be spending here! And Christmas is my favorite. I'm am so excited to be able to finally take pride in decorating for it and the warm cheery air that comes with all the baking, music, and decorations. We usually spend the holidays with Jamie's family in Alabama. And its been great, but we said when we first got married that we would like to alternate holidays that we spend with them. Since my parents are a bit too far to visit we usually just spend Christmas with them. With that said, I never get to decorate and when we come home its depressing... But this year we get to switch and spend thanksgiving with them and Christmas up here. It's Hazel's first Christmas but we would only have four days to go down, whichever holiday we picked. So instead of a short Christmas we decided to go for a long thanksgiving. Now I get to do all my decorating, baking and music here in our new home! I'm so excited about it! And I can't wait for the family to come visit us for Christmas!  :)

Hazel is geared up and ready for the fall football season. She got a super cute set of onesies that are sporting our football team, courtesy of grandma and grandpa in AL. Here's a sweet sneak at the cuteness of our first little cheerleader ;)

Enjoy your week!