Maverick Blu

Meet Maverick Blu. A mini Australian Shepherd with the pretty blue eyes!

Here's to hoping house breaking will be quick and easy and the chewing phase won't last long.

My littlest baby

OK, maybe she's not a baby anymore! OK, she's actually getting to be such a big girl (sniff, sniff)! She is communicating more and more everyday. Which means less meltdowns everyday from us not having ESP and meeting her needs in 0.5 seconds minor miscommunication. And that is a glorious thing!!

Teagan has some major preferences! To name a few of some of the latest: Fruity Pebbles, "pop pop" (this one particular Polly Pocket hat), lift the flap books, outside, candy, shoes, and just overall complete cooperation on my part.

Some of her aversions include, but definitely not limited to: naps, bedtime, the word "No", and any and all and from any one, disciplinary scolds both directed towards her or not. They could be merely warnings, like "hot!!", if it catches her off guard, she tearfully/hysterically responds.

Things I've learned from Teagan:
1. Just when you think your patience has run out, alas, God grants you more!
2. I'm not the only one who likes to be well fed. Heaven forbid if she and I are hungry at the same time!
3. Maybe kids do like a schedule.
4. I can be very accommodating to keep kids happy!
5. And lastly, just when I think I have her figured out, she lets me know I actually do not!

Although she keeps us on our toes and guessing one minute to the next half minute, she has a soft, sweetness about her that just makes you want to eat her up! And while she doesn't just throw out the love and affection, it just makes the times when she does so much more special!! I love her - preferences, aversions, and all!!


Love this picture that shows how she has gotten very motherly with her babies lately.

I love this one with her talking on Presley's shoe and putting the other one on her baby.

Sweet smile with dimples galore!

These last few, she's helping me model the other new chair I got.

Another Chair

To further avoid my domestic duties around here, I want to spend all, as opposed to only some, of the uninterrupted time the girls are sleeping on this computer and share some more pictures.

I've gone a little furniture overload in and, to Hubby's dismay, around the studio. (My stuff is spilling out into Hubby's adjoining "man room".) This chair we actually had in our storage. Hubby challenged me that I could not get it here by myself. With a challenge like that, I would have carried it home on my head. It's here now and Hubby threw some bolts in it to fix it for me.

And it too has a lot of green tones... Thanks to my less than willing participants, Presley and Teagan!

Teagn: the ornery face!

Teagan: the "Oh, I'm not supposed to be doing this?" face.

And Presley: the "I'm smiling, but what I really want to do is run out of here" face.

And then she did!! And literally would not come back!!! I had one more chair that I wanted to share. Maybe they'll wake up from their naps in good photographic moods! Here's to hoping!!

Little Green Chair

I've had my eye on this little green chair at Helping Hands, the local thrift store, for a while now. Last time I went, all furniture was 35% off. I took that as God blessing this purchase! I brought it home, and even though Hubby said it's "uglier than a dogs booty" (not his exact words, but very, very close), I really love it. It has great lines, small and lightweight, and one day I want to get it recovered. But right now, I'll use it green and all! So I guess you can say, Taylor Made Messages is going Green!! (P.S. I did buy some reusable grocery bags today at the grocery store.)

Thanks to the lovely Willa and Dovie for helping me model it!