Sylvi's first birthday!

and so it is... the Roo is officially a year old! we started the day with an early morning rendition of the Happy Birthday Song, which she thought was really funny and even gave us an applause. later in the day, we celebrated with cake and presents. this part seemed to baffle her a bit! as you can see from the photos, she wasn't quite sure what was going on. she seemed to have this look on her face that said, "why are you all staring at me, handing me a green flaming frog and then giving me paper to rip apart?" aside from holding it, she wanted no part of the cake, although she did eat a little icing before it was all said and done. she enjoyed the gifts though and was very, very excited to open a box full of baby dolls! books? wooden toys? cake? songs? who cares! but babies? give the girl some babies!

it's hard to believe that it's been a year, but it must be so! stay tuned on monday for more. she has her well baby visit and we'll talk more about what Sylvi is like at twelve months. in the meantime... HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYLVI! WE LOVE YOU!

A year in pictures...

here's a little slideshow birthday love. more to come!

a very special Flashback Friday...

this time last year we were patiently awaiting the arrival of sweet sylvia harper! she was born the day after Thanksgiving, so the meal the day before seemed even more special. Papa Bubba was here to celebrate (and cook!) and it was our last night as a family of three. hard to believe it's been a year. i know people say things like that all of the time, but really, it's hard to believe how fast it goes. so here is a special photo of Isa and her Bubba from turkey day 2008. tomorrow we will celebrate sylvi's birth and be thankful all over again!

Turkey Day pics

here are some pictures from yesterday's festivities out at the Shoutis' place. we're all still groggy from too much food and fun, but you'll get the idea from this little slideshow post!

happy thanksgiving!

happy turkey day everyone! count your blessings! we'll catch up with you all after alot of food and hopefully some good naps. in the meantime, here's some toddler Thanksgiving art :)

bunk beds!

this installment of Goose and Roo, Too is brought to you by Bub and Queen! well, kind of. it's actually a special THANK YOU to Bub and Queen for the awesome (early) Christmas gift to the girls... bunk beds! we found these really nice wooden bunk beds on the local listserve this weekend, after having just discussed it the night before. gotta love the local listserve-- we've gotten a whole lot of cool stuff that way, from furniture to toys to even our cat Otter. we had been thinking of getting some sort of bunk/loft arrangement for a while but hadn't seen many affordable ones and weren't sure when the girls would be ready for them. but these are perfect, and a really good deal which is even better! the original idea was to have sylvi's crib underneath the lofted bed, but it just didn't fit quite right. mostly because i was worried that i would knock myself out as i was trying to get sylvi out in the middle of the night! ouch. but their room isn't that big and we had a ceiling fan to contend with, so there was really only one arrangement that would work. this wouldn't have been my first choice but it's growing on me. and they both seem to love it so i won't complain about that. when the crib is no longer needed, we'll most likely set them up as a true bunk bed and they can duke it out over who gets to sleep on the top!

speaking of... we weren't so sure how isa would do sleeping up there, but so far so good. the main concern is that she doesn't slip on the ladder in the dark, so we are trying to instill a "stay in your bed when the lights are out!" policy until she gets used to it. and we are looking for some glow in the dark stickers to make them more visible as well. but she LOVES it already and isn't the least bit scared to be up there at night. she also really likes the cozy little place space underneath, as does sylvi! as you can see from this photo, sylvi is no longer content to sit on the sidelines-- she has to be into everything at all times. including pictures.

so a THANK YOU once again for the very fun and very useful gift, we are all very excited about it!

holiday headstart

yes, we are still here. just busy, busy, busy... hence the lack of blogging. between the sickies (which have been hanging around here since September!) and work and life in general, it's been really hectic around here for a while now. but hopefully we're digging ourselves out of the craziness and will be enjoying a calm and peaceful holiday season soon! of course this is the busiest time of year for the shop, but that's nothing new and we're rolling with it just fine for now.

we'll be spending Thanksgiving day with good friends here in town and have no big plans other than that. same goes for Christmas. no travel plans, just some good ole fashion fun here in wyoming. so far it's been a really mild winter, but we're hoping for just enough snow for some sledding. after that? i'd be quite content with 40F and sunny from now until May!

there you have it, the holiday season headstart-- complete with some christmas card trial photos too! enjoy!