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!

Our Uncle Mikers!!!

Uncle Mike is now out in California managing a horse ranch! He left the Jackson Hole area this past Fall and has been working hard to establish his new venture in Topenga, California. We sure miss him....maybe we'll just have to fly out there and get a riding lesson. Paige would LOVE that! He's coming home for New Year's and we look forward to fun times! Check out the ranch at www.mesaranchllc.com

Our AMISH gals!

I had a couple amish dresses someone gave me.....so we played dress up the other night! Addie's dress is almost too small. I couldn't button up the back! Glad we got these pictures before it was too late. Paige LOVES wearing hers.

Visiting "Mary's house"

Today Paige went to the beauty shop and Mary cut her hair....and when we go there she thinks it is Mary's house. :-) She did great and her cut looks so adorable! I love it! But, it makes her look older and then it's sad to see her growing so fast.

Takin' a snooze....

Erik & Addie must have had a long day....

Our Christmas Angels

The amazing thing about these pictures is that Paige is wearing Laila's old dress....and Addie is wearing Paige's old dress! Laila and Paige are the same age difference as Paige and Addie and the dresses are just perfect!

The Christmas open house...

We had an absolutely BEAUTIFUL weekend for our annual gift/craft open house. It was unbelievable! The weather was mild and warm (so different from our loads of snow in the past!) and we had tons of shoppers. Friday night was so busy--people were lined up waiting in line to make their purchases. We could have easily had two cash registers running to keep up. It's always good seeing friends all weekend too. This year I worked more in the house selling the baked goods so that I could be with Addie. The kitchen looked so neat brimming with goodies. The pictures probably don't do justice to how great things looked. We will be open again this Saturday and we still have all our cookie tray orders to fill. Mom, Suzie and I do cookie trays and have orders to work on. So, this season is keeping us busy. But, it's good! The Lord has really blessed the business and it's amazing to see how bare the barn looks after so much has sold.

I will be posting some pictures of the girls soon. We put a little Christmas tree in the girls room---with candy garland that Paige thinks is great! There's always so much to do. :-)

Turkey cupcake for breakfast!!!

Last night we went for "Kid's Night" at a local restaurant and the kids each got a turkey cupcake. Well, the first thing out of Paige's mouth this morning was "can I have my chocolate muffin?" So, that was breakfast!!!

HOT CHOCOLATE PARTY!

CHEERS! The kids had a hot chocolate party in the basement. They enjoyed their cocoa with mini colored marshmallows and sprinkles! Paige and the boys are great friends!!!

Carter loves holding Addie pie! She's already three months old!



We had a visit from Bill & Nancy Laing this weekend. They gave Paige this adorable "kittie" outfit....she wanted to wear it to bed!

Out for a walk today~!

Hard to believe it is November 9th and I was out in a t-shirt today! It was a beautiful day and we walked to the post office.

Erik & Paigie playing. They have such fun together!
















Erik flew down to Texas this past weekend to go to a Nascar race with Rach's husband--Eric. It was Eric Goranson's birthday gift--the tickets to the race. The Lord provided my Erik with a free flight down (my mom had enough miles for a ticket!) and they spent the weekend together. Both of them are gearheads, so they had fun. The girls and I stayed at my parents and this is a picture of us in front of the Christmas tree....YES it's up! Mom has to decorate way ahead to be ready for the open house at the end of November.

I was really busy today and got a lot done with my crafts. For some reason Addie slept a lot!!! Erik helped me tonight by drilling holes for me to finish up some signs. It's a great feeling to make progress.

It's late....better scram. Morning comes fast....and Paige doesn't really know the meaning of SLEEPING IN! :-)

You're invited to our Christmas Open House!

Here is our invitation for this year's craft open house. We are all busy, busy, busy working on crafts, gifts & goodies! Erik is even debating on having a popcorn & hot dog stand for all the hungry shoppers. We'll see if that works out. Anyway, hope you can come!!! (Click on the invitation to enlarge it to see the dates and times.)

DADDY's CHEVY GIRL!

Some random shots...

Paige trying to catch a snowflake....we had
flurries on Monday and on Tuesday a little
had collected on the ground. Paige absolutely
loved it! I think she will really enjoy this winter!


Logan & Addie....he is so good with her! Can't
wait until he can babysit for me!


Mya, Jacob & Paige enjoying chocolate cake
and hot chocolate! YUM!


Today is our 4th anniversary....who would have thought four years ago our lives would be so blessed?! We have two great girls and Erik so just so proud! Four years seem like a long time when I think back to our wedding. Yet, it's been fast too!

a few pictures....

What love!

Mommy & her girlies!

Paige & Mya (her cousin)

Eight weeks old~

Today Addie is eight weeks. Just wanted to post a picture and let you know all is going good. I think she weighs about 12 lbs. So sad to start packing away summer cloth
es and to know she won't wear them again!

Cousins....and birthdays!

Sunday we celebrated Parker's 4th birthday (Sept. 30th) and Carter's 8th birthday (Oct. 1st) Yummy food, desserts and lots of prezzies were part of the day.