Tuesday (Feb 17th) was Oscar’s 1st Birthday!
I can’t believe it’s already been a year…er, ah…it’s only been a year?!?  *sigh* It’s been nice being able to embark on my new project working from home so that I can stay with him.  Plus, during the day is the best time to take baby pictures!  Natural daylight!
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Illness has been making the rounds in our household.  I’ve been feeling sick ever since we had Alyssa’s birthday slumber party.  So I imagine that getting together 6 germy teenagers for the night was what did it.

Poor baby Oscar has been sickly too!
I have somehow mustered the energy to paint and have listed some new [...]

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays.  This will be baby Oscar’s first Halloween and my daughter’s (lucky number) 13th!  So a very special year for us indeed!  I painted a few of these ACEOs in honor of Halloween and they are currently available in my shop:

Halloween ACEOs!

Some mornings my favorite invention is the “brew delay” alarm clock feature on my coffee pot.  That way when I stumble out into the kitchen all bleary-eyed, I can grope around in the cabinet for a mug and pour myself some of the magic elixir quickly.  I can’t handle tasks that require any amount of [...]