Kitchen

I forgot a picture of the kitchen on my last post, probably because it's usually a total disaster.  The previous owners renovated the space, and while it's probably not what I would have chosen, I love it.  Jason and I really like cooking, and we all love eating, so we spend alooooot of time together in here. 

Case in point: lunch time with Elmo.

Enjoying the last few moments of Flagstaff summer. This picture is from Buffalo Park on our morning walk. Wild sunflowers are out and they are so beautiful.  Soaking up every moment outdoors before fall and then winter are back!  

Casa

We have been in the new house for 5 months, thought it about time to post a few pictures.  I snapped a few the other morning of the rooms that were semi-respectable.  So, here is the guest room.  Anyone want to come visit???

One of my favorite rooms in the house, Miriam's room:

Living room.  Looking from the middle of the house.

This is the middle of the house, looking from the front door.  There are big picture windows at the back and front of this room; it's always flooded with light.

Miriam's bathroom. 

A baby in the sink...

A few random shots of the week.  I promise I didn't pose this with my eyes shut, just happened to be blinking!  Miriam got a new owl towel for her birthday, she always gives me the sweetest hug when I wrap her up after her bath.

We took Madeline for her vet visit this week.  Doc says she looks amazing for 16; still got lots of life in her.  Miriam was in absolute heaven, dogs and cats everywhere.  In this shot we were waiting for our appointment, and Miriam was squealing.  She was so excited / thought it was hilarious that the cat was in the bag. 

One shot of the back yard, our favorite spot in the house right now.  Miriam is enjoying walking in the grass & watching the birds.

*Sigh

*It happened, my little Miri-Boo turned one.  

In just 365 days she went from this...

To this...

Wow. Now that's some personality.  What a difference a year makes!


We went out for pancakes and eggs, shopped, played with our new toys, and had burgers, champagne (for mommies & daddies!), and a lemon-blueberry cupcake to celebrate the day.

Blueberries!

Duh, the pancakes were delicious Mom! 

How most pictures go these days.  I smile, Miriam tries to escape.

Very civilized now she's one.  Only eats cupcakes with a fork.

We are ready to see what adventures & milestones the next 365 days will hold!

Time to Par-tay!

 Today was Miriam's FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!  It was, in a word, Amazing.  Beautiful day, fantastic friends, bubbles, barbecue, cake, sangria...amazing. To say Miriam enjoyed herself is an understatement. She didn't understand they were there for her, although when it came time to sing "Happy Birthday" she noticed everyone was looking at her and gave a face as if to say.."ummm what's going on here?".  By the end of the party she was covered in baked beans, frosting, dirt, and lord knows what else...definitely a 2 bath kinda day.

Just an amazing day.

Beyond blessed and thankful to our Flagstaff family for sharing today with us.  Miriam is surrounded by love, friendship, and protection from all of her adopted Flagstaff grammies, mommies, and cousins.  Truly blessed.

Oh, and this is just the beginning.  Her actual birthday is Tuesday.  We are planning a blueberry breakfast, pool, park, & family dinner and presents.  Looking forward to a week of celebrating our baby girl's major milestone.  We all survived, I may even say we thrived, in our first year of life, motherhood, fatherhood, parenthood.  We are forever changed by our little Miriam Rose, and would not have it any other way.

July 4th II

By later I apparently meant now.  Continuation of my earlier post, here are some more pictures from our long weekend.  so.much.fun.

Lunch on July 4th.  Again, daddy's hat provides hours of entertainment.

Playing in the backyard, showing off her tutu.

 Post-Grand Canyon brewery run.  Enjoying the offerings at Mother Road Brewery.

These 3 pictures are from the most AMAZING part of the weekend.  Anyone who has been to Flag knows we get about 80 trains / day through downtown. We were waiting to cross the street and happened upon one and Miriam lost her little self with excitement. She squealed, laughed, screamed with excitement; it was absolutely fantastic.  Her little mind = blown.

 Dinner at the Spanish Tapas restaurant for First Friday.  M tried olives and loved them!

 So much fudge, so little time.

Perfect example of Miriam making friends.  She was throwing her little self towards him; he wasn't so sure what to think of Miriam's advances:)

With daddy... :)

Bye, bye friends! Thank you for visiting!