{ Eisley's Best Friend }

Eisley has a best friend. His name is Oscar and he's a 6 month old cat. Oscar has always gravitated towards Eisley, and Eisley has always adored Oscar.

He is the best sort of friend, he let's Eisley pull his fur and tail and he doesn't care. If Eisley is having a day nap, Oscar is usually napping with her, cuddled up against her feet or side.


I know we hear those old wives tales about cats smothering babies, but Oscar always is careful to sleep to the side of Eisley and never to disturb her. {Mom and dad keep a watchful eye anyway, just in cases.}They're totally pals. He's always nearby to keep our little girl company. He even plays with her sometimes.


{Those napping pictures were taken at a weird angle, Eisley wasn't sloped backwards.}

{ Get Back to Work! }

Someone had her first cupcake this week. We tried to make the most of our time together before Husband went back to work. I didn't even get to see him on his way out the door this morning, I'd already left for a church thing. A sweet great-grandma-of-4 named Eva helped take care of Eisley while we walked the neighborhoods for prayer requests. Eisley loved her.

The first person who opened the door to our team was a man who {did I see a hint of tears in his eyes?} asked us to pray that he find a job. It reminded me of how thankful we are that Justin was able to find a job so quickly - given the state of the economy. I can't wait until he gets home and I can grill him about his first day. He'll act nonchalant and I'll spend about an hour pulling questions out of him... I have to get all the details.

Justin's side of the family came over last night so we could celebrate little Noah {our first nephew's} upcoming arrival. We had pizza and cupcakes. Eisley showed off her developing crawling skills. Yes! She's starting to crawl! Can you believe it?

And part of "making the most" of our time before the Husband headed back to the rat race was getting control over my "studio" {I feel dorky calling it "my studio" but I can't think of anything more fitting...} It was pretty bad! I had no room to spread out and craft and it was so unorganized. I fixed it. You can read all about it {the pretty version} here, if you should feel so inclined.

Have a good weekend!

{ While Daddy Was Home }

Eisley's daddy is heading back to work. He got a job. A wonderful job. The first job I've ever had zero reservations about. Hooray! Prayers were answered, it would seem. {If you don't pray about struggles in your life, I have to recommend it. It's very powerful.} Turns out Justin getting laid off a couple weeks ago was one of the best things to happen to us in a while.

Three interviews and one "everyone liked you, so lets meet Wednesday to have a little talk" {about an hour and a half ago}, combined with a fantastic industry referral {networking, networking, networking people!} and the blessing that Justin just happened to be "fully qualified" - and he got a job with a company where an employee of 15 years told him to "fight hard" for this job because it's "a great company to work for." When an employee of 15 years is still that happy about his employer... well, that says something, in my opinion.

We're feeling very blessed right now. Pardon my bragging. I'm just excited. And proud of Eisley's daddy.

But also a little bummed. Justin not working means lots of quality family time was had. Allow me to enlighten you via photo montage {my signature blogging} that I like to call:

While Daddy Was Home

We napped together

We mastered the art of eating finger foods

We ate yummy family breakfasts togetherWe prank called people
We took our first "big girl bath" {which to a 7 month old means a bath that is not in a sink}
We helped out with the laundry

We took trips to the park
More fun times will be had though, even though this daddy is going back to work. And mommy will be here, blogging all the way.

{ Eisley's Daddy... }

Eisley's Daddy is 25. Happy Birthday Daddy.

{ Breakin' O' the Plates! }

On Sunday my family and I celebrated the annual Breakin' O' the Plates {it's a family thing... a St. Patrick's Day "celebration" for a past event that's funny in hindsight, but was not so funny at the time - and that's all I'll say on the matter} so we dressed in green and ate corned beef and cabbage. And beer. Wasn't green beer though...

Eisley did not have green beer, although she does like drinking water from a "big girl glass".
And she wore cabbage on her head.



In other news - I have a new blog! {Is this perhaps getting out of control? Is an intervention being planned?}

It's called Heather Cakes and it's to document my cake making lessons. Enjoy.

And happy St. Patrick's Day. Whatever that means...