SUMMER!

It's been almost THREE months since I posted something?!!! Well, there's no way to catch up. I'll throw in a few pictures and will try to update you on life. Hmmmm....let's see....the girls are growing for sure! Addie is skooching (very funny to watch), crawling, pulling herself up to furniture..etc. She cut two teeth and they look so cute. Paige LOVES seeing her baby teeth on the bottom. They are best friends. It's amazing to see how much they love each other and have bonded.

We are truly loving summer life...sunshine, swimming, being outside. Erik got a bike trailer for Father's Day, but I think I love it just as much or more! I'm adding a picture from just last night! He took the girls on a ride and they fell asleep! Rach said I should have them take their baths, get in jammies and have him do this every night! They looked so adorable and I couldn't believe they fell asleep!

My little business is going great. I love sharing the ideas with people and I'm so excited for others to find out about Once Upon a Family!

Well, I'm sure there is MUCH more to update on, but gotta jet. We're going to fireworks later. Hopefully Addie will enjoy it--her first time! :-) We'll see....

Happy Easter!

We celebrated Easter today and Aunt Christie and Uncle Nate's house....and then at Gram & Gramps Bakers this evening. What a full day! We truly are grateful that CHRIST IS RISEN!

We have probably a couple feet of snow on the ground. I'll have to take a picture and post that soon. It's hard to beleive we had near 80 degree weather just last week--we were out enjoying the sunshine. Now we're bundled up and trudging through piles of snow!

The first picture is at the Bakers....all seven kids included Paige, Addie and the three cousins--Logan, Carter & Parker...and then their 2 cousins David & Daniel Campbell.

The second pix is Paige, Jacob, Addie (on Jacob's lap) and Mya.

Addie's first haircut!

Addie got her FIRST haircut this past week....and sissy Paige got one too! I have to admit when all was said and done, Ad's looked like a little Amish boy! I had to laugh. :-) She was pretty good, a little wiggly, but overall not a bad experience. She was a couple months older then Paige was for her first one...but Addie doesn't have quite as much hair as Paigie did.

looking for warm weather...???

We are so ready to get out in the warm weather. We've had a bit here and there. Addie seems to really love it! Today it's supposed to get into the 60's--which is warm for us! So, I hope we can go out for a walk or enjoy a little sun later on.

We have some major projects to tackle with the warmer weather. We had some problems with all the snow and ice this winter and as a result, our back wall of the house needs repaired. So, we are going to get that done and reside the house too. I'm so excited about this and can't wait to see a new look!

Well, Addie is squacking and Paige is "hungry". Gotta scram.

Check it out!

Next week I host my first "Celebration" as a Once Upon A Family consultant. Check things out at www.enjoythelittlethings.com This will redirect you to my webpage at the Once Upon A Family website! You will see and learn about so many creative ideas and traditions you can do in your own family. I'm so excited to share little stories I've heard and interesting ways to make family memories.

Addie is growing....

It seems like recently Addie is doing new things and becoming more vocal. Erik noticed her kinda waiving I think it was last week! She loves playing chase and peek-a-boo too! And she is starting her baby talk....baa-baa (and today I know she said ma-ma!). She is so smiley and lights up whenever Paige is around. They are bonded and whenever Addie wakes up Paige is practically jumping hurdles to get in the room to see her. :-)

We are all ready for Spring. We had such a nice day last week and were able to go on a walk. Addie seemed to enjoy it and Paige loved riding her new bike. (A Christmas gift from my parents.) But, we are back to chilly weather and even snow today.

I recently rejoined our local CURVES hoping to get in shape before summer!!!

I will be posting again soon on a new venture I have taken on....and I'm so excited about it! I joined a company called "Once Upon A Family" as an Independent Consultant. This is still very new and I'm just getting started. I'll be sure to fill you in on things as I get more knowledgable about the product line and have my link to the website all set up.

Gotta jet for tonight. Dancing with the Stars is on!

A quick post...

Just posting a couple pictures...

Things Paige says...

I've been trying to write down the funny things Paige says every now and then. Thought I'd share these with you....you may not get the humor in all of them, but living with her daily--they make me laugh!

June 21–“Can I have cotton candy”?
“There’s a mouse in my mouth”

June ?? She looked in the mirror and said she looked fancy.

June 26–Paige told me Micky (mouse) says “Oh, gosh”
“Can I say oh, gosh?”
Of course I told her no.....

June 30–
Paige: “Knock-knock”
Mommy: “Who’s there?”
Paige: “Owl”
Mommy: “Owl who?”
Paige: “Whooo else?”
(She heard this joke on little bear and remembered it!)

August???
She said I had to get more milk and put it in my milk shelf.....I asked what my milk shelf was and she pointed you know where!

Sept. 20th
At the dinner table Paige said she wanted to say Grace....so daddy let her and that’s what she said....”Grace”! We laughed...

Sept. 21-
She was writing something on her paper and then read it....”Baby Addie is handsome”


Oct. 3rd
Calling from the bathtub Paige asks “Why did you throw my scrunchie out?” My reply “because it was getting old”....and to that she asks “Is it gonna die?”

Nov. 17th
Paige was sitting in the living room with her head turned away from the TV....saying “It’s bad”. I had just told her if something was bad on TV not to watch it! Wow....she obeyed!

Nov. 19th
I asked Paige what she was going to be when she grew up....she said “A cooker!”. Then Erik said “I thought you were going to race cars”....and she replied “after I’m done cooking”.

Dec. 29th
I was trying to see if Paige knew what to do in case of emergency. I asked her if I fell and couldn’t wake up who she would call. She said “Uncle Tim–he’s a policeman”.

Jan. 2nd, 2007
The other day I bought fake nails to “try” and today Paige found one and called it a Lizard claw! (From the crocodile movie!!!)

Feb. 16th
“What’s a tailspin?”

Hope you all have a great day!!! Signing off for now....

Burrrrrr! It's cold outside!

We've been in the midst of an winter blast of COLD air! So, we haven't gone out much lately. Especially with Addie being so little...it's just better to look at the snow from the window and crank up the heat!

We have been busy remodeling the bathroom. Thanks to my brother, Joe, it's looking pretty good! We were without a shower for a few days, but now we have the shower, toilet, sink, flooring and baseboards all in. We're working on the walls and eventually the ceiling. It's the little things that take the time and make it look finished. I'll post pix soon.

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!!!