Naomi Anne Shalom

I don't have pics on the iPad of Joelle and Judah holding her. But I do have pics. Pictures are being taken with several cameras. And this is the easiest place to upload them. ;)

  We love our new girl. She is sweet. She belongs here so much. We are thankful for a great birth and a perfect baby. 

A few recent pictures...

A friend mentioned I hadn't been blogging. I told her things were pretty boring around here right now. She said it couldn't be true. So I thought I'd try to take more pictures of our days to post. Looking at them I see she is right....

She was sitting next to me, then scooted over and promptly fell asleep. She is so adorable. I have to resist kissing her too much and waking her when she sleeps! 

Surprise pie they call it. I had an over abundance of cottage cheese. So to pinterest I went. This pie was the result. Mmm. We had company and all 3 of the pies I made were gone. No one suspected cottage cheese either. ( you blend it smooth before baking)

Homemade deer roast tamales. We really like tamales. But I rarely think about them. I wanted this roast to last longer than 1 meal. Making these will stretch it to 5 or so. Mmmmm

Rhyyan asked me to play mad libs this evening. It was fun and schooling. ;) good spelling lesson too. ;)

Watercolor painting. Lilley is too used to acrylics though and uses more paint than needed. ;)

Take my picture mommy! 

Lilley and rhyyan have both been staying up at night. Til I go to bed generally. It is a nice relaxing time. This was last night. Lilley was making valentines because she wants to take them to the nursing home as gifts. She loves talking to and blessing people. <3

Dominos. A gift to each boy from Aunt Peggy (community Aunt, everyone I know calls her Aunt Peggy. She is so love able. ) she comes out to help me a little with schooling. The children love it and she brings homemade birthday gifts. Here the children are all playing. 2 sets. 2 games. Minus Lilley who at this point was in the kitchen making a snack. ;)

I was sitting in bed knitting the other night. Listening to a woolful podcast. And knitting. Wisdom wanted to cuddle. The scooted away to sleep. :) I am really liking my night time interactions with the children. 

Best friends. At least til she over steps her bounds one too many times. ;) he can only take so much bossiness. 

Cool girl. Loves her big sister Joelle. <3 they are buddies for certain.  

Tubby has been in a organizing and decorating kick lately. So my shelves are getting straightened. And we are running out of tape at rapid paces. ;)

Lilley was sick and Sandy became her buddy. <3

A 'pebble' vest. Free on Ravelry. I was so scared of it. But it was easy. Gave it at a baby shower on Saturday. I feel like I am growing up in the knitting area. I also knit a pink 'In Threes' from Ravelry. Gave her both ad she doesn't yet know the gender. I can knit cardigans and vests now! Me! I'm a big kid now. 

I guess my life has been more fun than I was giving it credit for. ;) I thought I was mostly knitting and cleaning. But the fun around me had to count too. ;)