Raleigh put on a hat

Sunday morning, Raleigh found his dad's hat and he put it on all by himself. And of course, his newest favorite toy is his dad's broken x-box controller.

Hand Knit by Deb: Raleigh's outfit

My mother-in-law has been working on a beautiful baby outfit for Raleigh since before he was born. For you knitters out there, she was making a Dale of Norway pattern using needles as small as sizes 0, 1, and 2.

This outfit will be an heirloom and is truly beautiful. In some of the pictures below, my hair got in the way of the flash, so for example, one of the arms of the sweater looks darker than the other. And the pants look like they have darker areas on them, which is not the case. The picture of Raleigh wearing the outfit is the best rendition of the true colors of the outfit.

And here are some more photos of Raleigh in his outfit.

Catch-up Video #2

Back to work today

My week and a half holiday vacation is now over, and I'm headed back to work.

I'll leave you with this adorable picture of Raleigh enjoying some Chili.

1st day in 2008

Check out what I was doing today. Compassion Shoes.

And here's what we did last night.

We played a few rounds of "Mexican" Dominos.

And here are a few pictures of Raleigh playing in the hall way.

Catch-up Video

Finally! I'm posting a video. Here's the catch...it's not really new footage. I know, you can all shake your heads at me.

I promise, I'll post new footage soon.

Knitted things

My mother-in-law knitted these fingerless gloves for me for my birthday. Aren't they cute!

 

I knitted this hat while Josh and his dad watched a "Talking Heads" concert on Netflix.

Earlier that night, Josh and I went to see "The Golden Compass" with Jamie, Chelsea, and Erika. This hat pattern is similar to the pattern worn by the lead child actress "Lyra" in that movie.

Raleigh's Door

When we first bought our house, the room that Raleigh is in now, didn't have a door. Looking back, we should have made them install one, but oh well.

After a lot of work on it, and some oopses along the way, Raleigh has a door now.

Banjo Baby

Christmas day

It started out with Raleigh opening up his one present (From Great Grandpa and Grandma V.)

It was an adorable Osh Kosh red hooded sweatshirt.

Then we headed over to Erika and Joel's for brunch. Raleigh got to try on the hand knit Dale of Norway sweater that Grandma Deb made for him.

We spent the rest of the day at Erika and Joel's. We were continually trying to keep Raleigh from climbing the stairs.

Raleigh also got some socializing in with Robin and Ryan's baby boy Adam. (www.rfriedr.blogspot.com)

The adults played a fun game of cards.

Whenever Raleigh did make his way upstairs, he found his way to Joel's drum set.

Later in the day, we all got to open our secret santa presents.

Raleigh got some books from Joel and Erika.

 

Joel received a handmade wool wall hanging from Chelsea and Jamie

 

Chelsea received some hand knit socks from Deb.

Erika received some candle holders for her mantel from me.

Deb received a book and a calendar from Erika.

Joel got me a subscription to "Organize" magazine and some chocolates. (He knows my weaknesses, magazines and chocolate)

Chelsea and Jamie are helping Raleigh read his new Dog book that he got from Erika and Joel.