September at the Ramos house

September was a crazy time here. We had several birthday parties.....Genna celebrated her 1st birthday...twice....once with grandma Woods and again with the Ramos clan. Grace ended up getting 3 birthday parties......her "big" party with her friends was at a farm...those pics will be posted with the October blog.

Pictures of our new house

Here's our new house in Walkersville, MD. It was build in 1978 and has been owned by the same people since it was brand new. After we close we plan to do a lot of updating. The house has good bones and the inspector said he wished that all the 30 year old houses he inspects were in as good shape as this one. We'll start with new paint, bead board,light fixtures and closet doors and eventually new windows for the back. Our closing is scheduled for July 16. We have a nice corner lot, 4 bedrooms and two rooms in the basement (one is going to be my sewing room!)
Since I can't figure out how to label the pictures and have the labels stay next to the right pictures....the first pic is the formal living room, then the front of the house, back yard that connects to a common area with play equipment if you go in between the two fences. The next picture is of the deck, then part of the master bedroom (I plan to cover the wallpaper with bead board). Grace's room, dining room (definately getting rid of the pink!), family room, kitchen, back of house and another shot of the front.

Here's Evie...what else can I say...she's one of a kind!

The cutest girls in Leavenworth!

Evie counting her toes!

One morning, before church, Evie and I were sitting on my bed watching cartoons and I asked her to count her toes...she happily obliged!

Grace and the case of the wobbly tooth!

A few new pics

Genna's first bath experience with her sisters! It was great fun except for my aching back!

Grace wearing my latest creation, "Seeing Spots". I had leftover fabric from a previous project and thought it would make such a cute dress. It will be given as a birthday gift to one of Grace's classmates this saturday.

Purses for Christmas, Grace's bedroom re-do on a budget, Evie in her jean skirt made from daddy's old jeans, another purse (this one for great grandma), Evie in her twirly jacket made by mommy, Evie, Grace, and of course, Genna!

Poor neglected blog!

Wow, my poor blog feels so sad! I have to post something! What's up with us??? Well, we just found our we're going EAST!!! Yup, Fort Detrick. We plan to buy a house so we'll be flying out there in early April to take a look. I'm so excited to be closer to my family and a lot of my friends too!
The girls are all doing great. Genna is talking up a storm. That child babbles non-stop!! She forgets that she's an infant and tries to sit up. She looks like an out of shape person trying to do sit ups!
I've lost about 5 pounds and continue to go to the gym 5 or more times a week. Peter is doing good in school and looking forward to the electives part of the course when he gets finished each day before noon!
We can't believe our year is almost up here, but we're looking forward to our new home.
Oh and I almost forgot about my new toy! Peter got me a serger for Christmas. It's a BabyLock Imagine and I absolutely LOVE it! I'll post a few pictures of my latest creations along with some pics of the girls.

Homemade Gifts

I've been slowly but surely starting "Gigi Designs" along with my other label "Kid Covers". This Christmas I've been hard at work making gifts for friends and family. It's been fun to see the finished products. For my niece, Ivy, I made an adorable camo pants and shirt set. For my nephew River, I made a cozy paw print fleece. It has brown pants that go with it but I forgot to take a pic of them before sending them off. My good friend and neighbor had a party for her 1 year old daughter and I made a cute cord skirt and matching top as well as a dress with lace trim. For my girls, I made the grey and pink dresses pictured at the top of the blog. I've been working hard!!