Dining room face lift

Since we have been married we have been using folding chairs at our dining room table. They work great but I have always wanted "real" chairs. We got these for free so I thought I would give them a little face lift.

BEFORE

AFTER

Aren't they just beautiful?

Craft Addiction

I have a confession. I am addicted to craft blogs (this is Julianne by the way- Brenden would never read craft blogs or admit it if he did). I read them probably more than a normal person should. I was inspired by Carianne's latest post found here. I had made little Kate a onesie for Christmas but hadn't made anything for Emmie in a long time so I tried it out this week.

I thought they turned out really good- it is just the freezer paper stencil and some wonder under. Gotta love that stuff. So I am taking requests if you want anything in particular. I think my next project will be a shirt for myself that says "fanalow" with maybe a picture of Barry.

Stats on who loves us more

West Virginia - Where are you?!

Switzerland - Who are you?!

So - I was going over the usage stats for our blog and in the last 12 months it has been visited by people in every state EXCEPT for West Virginia! What's the deal West Virgina? Where's the love?

Also, the country with the 2nd highest number of visits was Switzerland. Really? Who in Switzerland is looking at our blog an averaged 6 times per month? Seriously - I want to know who you are - so please leave a comment. (Bănuiesc că e Ruth Knapp!)

Here's some other stats:

Number of visits by country

1.	United States	4,893
2.	Switzerland	77
3.	Germany	37
4.	Canada	36
5.	United Kingdom	20
6.	Sweden	9
7.	Australia	8
8.	Romania	6
9.	France	6
10.	Argentina	6

11.	Turkey	5
12.	Norway	5
13.	Brazil	5
14.	Chile	5
15.	Singapore	4
16.	Russia	4
17.	Finland	3
18.	New Zealand	3
19.	Thailand	3
20.	China	3

21.	Philippines	2
22.	Mexico	2
23.	Portugal	2
24.	Denmark	2
25.	India	2
26.	Japan	2
27.	Bulgaria	2
28.	Netherlands	2
29.	Taiwan	2
30.	Italy	2

31.	Belgium	2
32.	Spain	1
33.	Croatia	1
34.	Hungary	1
35.	Indonesia	1
36.	Moldova	1
37.	Colombia	1
38.	Lithuania	1
39.	Iran	1
40.	South Africa	1

41.	Peru	1
42.	Ireland	1
43.	Austria	1
44.	Kuwait	1
45.	Cambodia	1

Number of Visits by City: (I'm not sure why it lists Bellingham, Tempe and a couple other cities multiple times -perhaps it is for cities with multiple zip codes)

1.	Lincoln	916
2.	Bellingham	553
3.	Chandler	437
4.	Tempe	295
5.	Tempe	203
6.	Bellingham	194
7.	Council Bluffs	88
8.	Gilbert	88
9.	Gilbert	85
10.	Phoenix	82

11.	Seattle	79
12.	Mesa	73
13.	Tucson	55
14.	Seattle	51
15.	Austin	50
16.	Orem	48
17.	Midvale	44
18.	Paradise Valley	43
19.	Mesa	43
20.	Kennewick	41

21.	La Vista	36
22.	Paradise Valley	36
23.	Tucson	35
24.	Provo	34
25.	Salt Lake City	33
26.	Ashburn	31
27.	Orem	29
28.	La Vista	25
29.	Colorado Springs	21
30.	Zurich	20

31.	Carter Lake	19
32.	(not set)	19
33.	Provo	17
34.	San Antonio	17
35.	Bow	17
36.	El Paso County	16
37.	Higley	14
38.	Salt Lake City	14
39.	Medina	13
40.	Ostermundigen	13

41.	Colorado Springs	13
42.	Renton	13
43.	Washington	13
44.	Los Angeles	13
45.	Bern	13
46.	West Jordan	12
47.	Lindon	12
48.	Kirksville	12
49.	Renton	11
50.	Barker	11

Emilia v. 2.0

As Julianne was saying a few days ago - it seems like Emilia is growing so fast. Every day she starting doing something new! Here are a few of her big developmental steps from the last month.

February 1st
Here's is the night that Emmie did her first crawl



February 17th
Here she is standing



February 25th
Here she is starting to figure out patty-cake.
If we sing it, she'll start clapping sometimes. She is also starting to wave.



February 27th
Here she is today - totally mobile.

She's growing like a weed!

So this is what Emmie looked like at the end of January. She wasn't mobile and looked and acted like a baby. (OK this is her at a couple of weeks)

On February 1st Emmie crawled for the first time. She actually moved instead of just rocking back and forth. We thought this was great. But, about a week later I heard Emmie playing in her bed so I peeked in and this is what I saw. Yes, she learned how to pull herself up in her crib. How did this happen? She just learned how to crawl?

Not even a week later we noticed that she was really crabby and chewing on just about everything so we put our finger in her mouth and you'll never guess what we found. Yup, a tooth!

So this is the new and improved Emmie. She crawls, pulls herself up on just about everything and now has 1 really nice tooth. She can even do a pretty mean patty-cake. It seems like all of this happened so quickly- she is getting so big! What is going to happen next month- riding a bike?

Smooches!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!

Best bikini ever

We have been waiting and waiting for Emmie to be big enough to squeeze into her itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny red polka-dot bikini. She looks pretty good in it. Thanks to the Barrera's (senior) for the awesome baby gift.


Evidently, she likes sporting the 2 piece.


Too bad it looks like this outside today. Really not swimming weather.

Emmie at 8 months

Wow Emmie . . . You are getting old!

Meet our Family

Julianne's Family

Brenden's Family

The coolest family ever

Cute Cousins

Not much happening... desperate for news.

We thought we would update you on the latest happenings in our household. The biggest news is that Emmie is crawling! She doesn't go very far and you can tell it doesn't come natural yet but at least she is mobile. We have also found out that Emmie doesn't like any of her toys. She prefers to play with ordinary objects. We have found her chewing on the following: paper, cardboard, gloves, shoes, electrical cords (not plugged in), backpacks, pens, socks. . . you get the idea. Here is an example.

This one is for Grandma Jody. We have an organ bench for some reason and it is the perfect height for Emmie to reach the keys. We're going to start her out early. Doesn't she look like a natural?

Emmie apparently is really good at yoga. Check out her form on the downward-facing dog.