A few photos from the trip.

Meet Suki!

I finally got me my dog!! Her name is Suki and she is a rescue dog that was pretty beat up. She is really sweet and provides Amorie with endless exercise. Amorie chases, Suki hides.

Amorie's room

We finally finished Amorie's room. It took awhile because I started it with my sister-in-law, but what with the kids and the chaos there wasn't much concentration. I had to take all the tape off and start over. This was kinda what I was going for:
http://www.jackandjillinteriors.com/popups/princess_nursery.htm

The rest of the room is a light lavender and eventually there will be window coverings. For now, I am putting up cardboard during nap time.

I'll put more pictures on as I finish the rooms.

Work - Mr. Rooter

We delivered a campaign to Mr. Rooter plumbing last month. We had developed a new identity and strategy for them playing on the fact that they are called misters. These here are a part of the print campaign I wrote.

No more moving

Last Friday we closed on our house and have been moving in since then.
This will be our residence for a good long while.
Thank goodness.
Actually, we're pretty dang stoked about the house and hope not to move for a good long while.

We've been painting, unpacking and removing concrete.
There was a sidewalk that had cut through the side of the backyard and ended into a block wall.
As the house was a model, it used to be connected by a sidewalk to the other models.
Then when it went up for sale they put up a wall.
It looked like you could paint a black doorway on the wall where the sidewalk led and the roadrunner (which are common here, by the way) would run right through it followed by the coyote slamming into the wall.
So Jared and Farr rented a jackhammer, tore it up and then loaded all of the chunks of concrete into the moving truck.
The mud flaps behind the rear wheels dragged on the ground all the way to our dumping destination.

Some daddy daughter time.

Lately Amorie has been opening her mouth really wide and kinda chasing us down with it. It was weird, but I realized that she is trying to play with us. Today she opened her mouth and put her face into my stomach and then looked at my face like "Why aren't you laughing." She also grabs our hands whenever they are in her reach so that she can stand up. She feels very grown up.

Always on the move.

She has started pulling herself up. She wants to walk so much, but I'm hoping that she hold off for awhile. Really I wish she would go back to being happy just sitting.

Totally worn out

She can get herself up into a sitting position now and she was playing when she was supposed to be down for the night. I'm pretty sure that she just passed out cold from exhaustion.

Everyday photos

I just started giving her a snack during the day. I have to get her naked because she slobbers all over everything so it's the best solution.


She's a bit of a fido.


That's right. Farr is reading to her from Communication Arts. It's a advertising book. He's good with night time stories.

Crawling note

Amorie's new found freedom has brought her immense happiness. As she peers over the living room landscape, her face lights up when she spots something she wants. And a grin appears as she tracks her prey and snags it.

Yep, the whining has diminished since she began to crawl. She doesn't have to ask for things anymore. She can go get it herself. Except real food. There's the occasional piece of paper on the floor though to munch on. Interestingly, she doesn't go after her toys. She seeks out everything else.

The object she most desires is forbidden fruit, the TV remote. We enjoy placing it well out of her reach and letting her crawl all the way to it, then we move it back where she just came from. We let her go back and forth for a while. She plays right along. These are the games you devise when you have no life beyond hers. Good times.