Baby Babbles

I promise I will post pictures of the house very soon. I'm wanting to get things at least remotely organized first. In the meantime, here's a little taste of one of Tilly's favorite games.

Herman the Vermin

Okay, so don't freak out. Yes, we had (notice past tense...HAD) a mouse in our house. I named him Herman. He destroyed a perfectly good bag of my best bread flour, among other things. Anyhoo, we picked up a catch & release trap, hopeful that we could nab the little turd (and rid our house of his turds...) Abram concocted a fail-proof bait: A Peanut Butter & Rice Krispies Ball. What little mouse could resist that? We woke up this morning to find Herman eating his way straight to PB & RK Heaven...IN the trap. HAZAH! :) We put the trap in a box. I labeled it. (Hey, I'm still in moving mode, okay?) We drove a few miles out of town and introduced Herman to his new life in the fields of Central Montana. To be honest, we figure he'll likely get swooped up by a hawk or an eagle, but oh well! At least we don't have to know about it. I even documented his dramatic (not really) release. It feels great to have a mouse-free house!

Farewell...

...to our apartment!!! And hello to Farewell Street! We've purchased a little yellow house on Farewell Street here in Lewistown and will be moving in this weekend. I promise I'll take pictures and such when we get settled. We've been cleaning and painting for the past few days. We're soooooo happy to have our first real house with no shared walls and even a little garage. Hooray!!

Montana Winter Fair

HAZAH! So for the first time ever, I decided to enter something I made in a fair. Today and yesterday, Lewistown hosted the Montana Winter Fair. I entered Matilda's blessing dress into the Fiber Arts competition. I also had a little booth of things for sale. I made a few sales and special orders. Best of all, I won "Best in Show" for the dress, and received as my prize an AWESOME wool (local sheep) rug that is crocheted and felted. All of the spectators were also invited to vote for their favorite entry for the "People Choice Award" which I was also very fortunate to receive! The prize was an adorable basket with several skeins of wool yarn, and lots of little sheep-themed goodies. I had a wonderful time and feel more "Montanan" than ever! :)

The Blessing Dress & Ribbon

My two awesome prizes: The rug & basket of goodies.

My little display table

YouTube-alicious

Baby Mobile

So a year ago it was cakes, then baby crafties, then just baby. Well, no cake here, but a new little baby crafty. :)

Photo update

Hi Matilda fans! I thought you might be interested in some of her latest photos. I've added them to an old album, so skip what you've seen. Thanks for all the love!!! Album here.