January SNOW!

Well, gone are those days of trotting around with a sweatshirt or light jacket. We've had plenty of the the white stuff dumped upon us here in northeast Ohio. It's actually pretty nice...but that is coming from this mommy that looks at it from the window and doesn't venture out much in this cold. :-) The way I see it--I'd rather have some snow if it's gonna be cold out. Then we'll be so much happier when Spring arrives and we see flowers!

Life is going good. This past weekend we made some progress with house projects. We visited HOME DEPOT and had fun! We picked out knobs and handles for our kitchen cabinets. FINALLY--after four years of opening them the hard way!!! It makes things look so complete in the kitchen. He also converted an old (really cool and unique) cabinet/cupboard type piece of furniture into an entertainment center for our living room. It looks sooooooo nice! We added a shelf and put up our F-A-M-I-L-Y display. (see pictures!) :-)

The girls are doing great. Addie has rolled over....is eating baby cereal, using her vocal chords more, blowing zurberts, and of course laughing at her big sissy. Paige loves watching her movies, doing crafts, helping feed Addie, and doing stuff with daddy. This includes making trips to the scrap yard to recycle! (and going out to eat--which is part of time with daddy!)

I'm enjoying getting the house all organized, making cards, keeping up with some reality shows (Apprentice & American Idol) and recently hosted a "Girls' Night In"! That was fun and I plan on doing it again in February. It was a time to have some friends over and eat snacks, relax, do a little craft, a hand parafin dip, and enjoy time together on a winter night.

Erik has been working hard as usual. He has a heater out in the garage now, so working out in the cold isn't so bad. He's had some side work and also some time to work on his big truck. Plus, he's been motivated to do some household projects. We also started a financial video series.

I guess that updates life a little here. Better get moving for now. Signing off from SNOWY and cold Middlefield. :-)

Happy 2007

Happy 2007

Well, I've been trying...and trying to upload my pictures to the blog. For some reason it just won't work. So, I will give a little update on life and hope that in the near future I will be able to add pictures. :-)
We had a great holiday season and Christmas lasted until January 3rd for us! Paige is at a fun age this year and got so many great gifts...a few of them were a cd/tape player to listen to her songs and stories at bedtime, a NEW BIKE w/training wheels (she had been praying for this!), a dvd player for the car and lots of other toys and trinkets. Of course, Addie didn't have a clue what was going on. But, our little joyball made the season wonderful.

On January 3rd, the WHOLE Baker fam got together for a family photo shoot at my parents! We were all there...seven "kids", spouses, grandkids...etc. ALL TWENTY OF US! We can't wait to see if at least one shot turned out! That night we did our gift exchange too.

It's back to normal life...trying to get the house back in shape after packing up the Christmas decorations. I'm determined to get organized! (a life long goal!!!)

I got a NEW digital camera from Erik for Christmas--what a great gift. I had been borrowing Suzie's and the last few months I had it more then she did. So, this will be great to keep the blog updated...and do my ebay too. Will post pictures as soon as I can!