Here we are on the 4th of July 2011 Dressed in RED WHITE & BLUE.                              We had a wonderful Independence Day and hope you did too!

Around my Daughter Lydia's 2nd birthday I discovered that I have a new talent.

Cake Decorating. It all started when I was surfing on Bettycrocker.com and came across a Barn cake. I watched the Tutorial video on it and was HOOKED. I have not taken any cake classes it has all pretty much been web videos and trial and error. I have had fun with it and also been very frustrated with it but I feel so blessed to be able to pull it off and make a couple Birthday kids thrilled to see how fun their cakes are.

Pirate Cake for my Brother in-law

Kitty Cat Cake for my Niece

Board Shorts cake for my Brother in-law

Flip Flop Cake for my Sisters in-law

Pony Cake for my Sister in-law

Sleeping Beauty Cake for Lydia's 3rd birthday

Football Field Cake for a Friend

Slumber Party Cake for my sister inlaw

 This last cake I did (the Slumber Party cake) was my first time making my own Fondant and I was happy to see that it actually turned out pretty good. I may use it in the future.

Wow! 5 month ago this sweet baby came into our world. Now she has grown and learned so much since. She is a very good baby. Still sleeping through the night and a very good eater. Of course she has one more month till we can start feeding her baby cereal and baby food. She has brown eyes like her daddy. She enjoys tummy time and already rolled over from tummy to back and is still working on back to tummy but getting close. She is just now started to sit upright without our support. She also likes to stick out her tongue. We think she is teething because she drools a lot and gums our fingers and anything else in arms reach and can fit in her mouth. Her laugh is so stinking cute and so is her toothless smile. She loves it when her big sister plays with her and makes her laugh. She has truly been a joy to have in our home and family.

I did a little experiment with Audrey (who is 5 months today!) She had been awake since 7:30 this morning. She usually takes 15 minutes cat naps through out the day unless she decided to do a marathon nap which doesn't happen to often. So I wrapped her up, laid her in her crib (wide awake) put her pacifier in, played her Seahorse glow worm (thank you Aunt Julie) and left the room. She cried for 10 minutes. I went it put her pacifier back in, played her seahorse and left. She was asleep after 5 more minutes. I sure hope we can make this a daily routine!