A Happy Cake Day & Good Morning Girl

Last weekend was our good friend 'T's (T for Tetsuya) 30th birthday!! Velvie and I set out to make him a cake - we sure had fun! I know, I'm a bad, bad mama for letting her taste the batter ; )




























This is T and his wifey Patchi. Note the sash..."30 & THRILLING!" Gotta love it...that'll be me in about 2 years - yikes! We had a great time at the party - it was japanese themed and Patchi made fresh sushi. Amazing. Happy Birthday T!!!
















This is basically what I see every morning...and I love it!

Funny Vel, Friendly Visits...and Christmas

Well, this has to be a long one, because it's been about a decade since I posted last! haha...First I want to give a shout out to our good friend Geof-Dogg (Geoffrey) who comes to stay with us when he's in town for his job based here in Dallas. If you like coffee, you should check it out! We love being 'Hotel Wight' and hanging with him while he's here. Usually (since he is getting a degree in theology at Gorden-Cromwell Theological Seminary) we also get some great insight on the Word which we LOVE. Thanks for visiting Geoffrey! Here's a pic of him and Drew having some man time...















Second, we've got a few updates on Velvet...she is crawling EVERYWHERE and is pulling herself up on everything she can. The back door is her very favorite - especially when the dogs are outside. She'll talk to them and bang on the glass all day long.


















She has also gotten the hang of splashing. *my apologies for my voice - I hate how loud i sound since I'm right near the camera! The echo-y bathroom doesn't help my cause.


I love having my mom (the baby brain expert) around, she told me that sometimes when you catch the brain wiring something specific, it will make them laugh (which is SO cute) so that you keep doing it and it gets really well wired...I guess this particular day, Vel was wiring the 'H' sound...she only laughed at it that one day - and only for about 30 minutes. So interesting...SO FUN! : )



We've had to move some plants too...I found her one day looking like this...it took NO time at all!


















Third, we went to Colorado for Christmas this year and had an absolute BLAST. Drew loves Colorado. One of his dreams is to live there one day. I fully support this dream : ) I think Velvie does too. She was loving the snow, loving the cold. We have a few great pics...as you can see, she is a total camera cheese-ball. The first is of her and G-did (the grandpa version of "P-did" which we all affectionately call my step-dad Patrick), the second is my sisters Jess and Jams (Jamie) and me and Drew hitting the slopes on most beautiful day of the trip - Patrick let us stay an extra day just to get it in - THANKS FOR A GREAT TRIP P-DID!!!

























































And...our favorite sign on the drive to Pagosa...