Busy Busy Busy

I cannot believe I haven't blogged in a whole month!

It's been very busy around our house lately.  The end of the semester passed, I earned a B+ in my class--considering all that we had going on, I am at peace with that grade.  My younger brother got married, and work is as busy as ever for the both of us. 

We had a great memorial day weekend--very relaxing. Jon was able to catch up with highschool friends on a golf trip, and Arie and I went to the farmer's market in downtown Saint Paul to purchase flower plants for our front yard.  We also decided on starting a veggie garden in the back.  We're finally starting to work on making our house a home.  It's very exciting. 
   
Aurelia went through a phase of being absolutely fascinated by earth worms... she loved picking them up, squeezing them, and putting them back to "night night" in the dirt.  She's also more and more verbal these days... her little conversations are so cute!

I finally finished those curtains for Arie's big girl room... and am in the process of making items for the Handmade MN Summer Market in July!  Check out my new "re-branded" business site!  http://www.clarahaycraftdesigns.com/.

Arie had fun playing with her cousins...Ammie who is a year older and Mila Boo who is a year younger.  She loves her "sisters" very much, and she plays so well with both of them. 

Here are a few photos from the last month:

MN Arboretum!

stop and smell the flowers, mom!

feel the grass...

the fountain is so cool... why are you over THERE?

i like to dance and sing no matter where i am!

tulips!

this doesn't really smell that great, mom!

Wow, Time Flies....

I can't believe how fast time has gone by since Aurelia was born....she was so tiny, so helpless... and now, she's looking and acting more and more grown up.  I picked her up from daycare yesterday and saw such a difference in her.  She seems taller and her "Arie-Speak" is sounding more and more like regular old English.  She knows what she wants (she always has) but now she knows how to demand it.  She loves her princesses and dresses and tutus and her singing and dancing and playing.  I know I will not have time to write for Mother's day... so I decided to post photos of Arie from birth until now.... Diane, our daycare provider and Arie's "second mom" sends home the same poem with Arie's hand print every year--her hand has grown a little since last year ;)  It just really made me think about how much I need to take in the little moments I have with her now... I just never know when it will be the last time I get to hear her babbles, see her sheer determination with puzzles, or hear her loud, lovely, singing....what a joy she's been. 

Infant and Newborn Arie....

These just capture her personality...two of my faves!

pretty lady...

my sweet doll

so grown up...Easter 2011

i heart faces challenge {soft and sweet}

I just love this photo of my God-daughter, Mila.  It's blurry, but so soft and so sweet.  I've been playing around more with my "M" mode skills and this is one photo I fell in love with while playing around....

Mila One Year {sneak peak}

Mila's one year photoshoot at the Como Conservatory:

Mila Boo's First Birthday {my god-daughter}

I can't believe Mila's already ONE!  It's crazy how fast Arie and all of her cousins are growing up.   A few weeks ago, we celebrated Mila's first birthday--a special, special girl.

Arie and Her Undies!

Like most kids her age, Aurelia has embraced being in her underwear...she loves it...ALMOST as much as she loves tutus...One of these days, I'll have enough time and energy to write more about what our family has been up to, but I've been so overwhelmed with school, work, and other life duties... here are a few photos from the past few weeks of Arie enjoying her freedom in undies: