Jopes and his Angels

Thursday, April 29, 2010

My First Sewing Project!

My mom got me a sewing machine for Christmas. (Thanks, Mama!)

So, I decided that it would be fun to make something... I was thinking a blessing dress for our little girl, but the winning project ended up being sheets for the kids' beds!

We got a cradle for the new baby when she comes, so I made the sheet for her first, and it turned out PERFECT! I couldn't be happier with it.

I was nervous about getting the elastic and everything right, and I did! YaY!

I was so pleased, I let Jopes take my picture. :-P

And here is the finished product, just waiting for a little baby to come! :)

Next, I tried doing one of the sheets for Joseph's bed. He still mostly sleeps in his crib, but we wanted to get a toddler bed for when we move the new baby to the crib. Being so excited about my new project, we went ahead and got it. Anyway, we got two materials for him, since they were the same theme, just different patterns. I still have to make the second sheet, but here is the first.

Oh. And the sides are brown, because we found out we didn't have enough material to make the whole sheet out of the patterned material. AHH! So, we went to Walmart and just bought some brown for the sides. This sheet didn't fit as snug as the cradle sheet. It's a little too loose, so it kind of slides around on the bed. I hope the second sheet turns out better. We'll see!

Regardless of the fit, Joseph loves his new sheet! He points at all the animals on it and says, "boo! boo!" (his noise for what a cow says)

Pretend I'm not in this one, and it's cute to see him sleeping in his "big boy" bed. He thinks he's so cool. :D

We love our little guy!

Lots of Pictures from April... with more to come!! :D

Here's a little of what we (especially little Joseph) have been up to lately...

Finally, pictures from Little Joseph's Birthday!

We're playing a little bit of catch-up, so don't be surprised if there are suddenly a bunch of new posts with pictures! :)

~March 17, 2009~

Joseph Hord Free

blessed our home with his arrival

MY SWEET LITTLE BABY BOY...

IS NO LONGER A BABY!!

~March 17th 2010~

We celebrated his 1 year birthday down in Utah with TONS of family from both sides.

Some of us went down to Sweet's Candy Factory in Salt Lake and did their tour there.

We got to wear these awesome birthday hats:

When family came over that afternoon, we played Don't Eat Pete!

Aunt Becca and Grandpa Free made this totally cool lookin' cake...

the middle had a hidden compartment of m&ms!

Joseph got lots of great gifts from everyone. He still loves them all!

He had lots of helpers in opening them, too. :D

The last part of his party was watching him play in his cake.

Unfortunately, we only have video of the actual thing and it's pretty long...

he was pretty tired by this time though, so he was pretty timid.

A Happy Birthday Boy...

Tuckered out after a day all about him. :)

We love our little Joseph so much and are so happy to be his parents!

Happy Birthday Joseph!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Our Poor Abandoned Blog...

I know, our blog has been abandoned... lots to show and tell. We've been busy busy with little Joseph turning 1, me finishing my semester, and LOTS of cleaning! We've been going through all the boxes, drawers, and everything in our house, trying to get more organized. It feels good to have so much done! Oh, and this coming semester is sure to be a busy one for us, too. Jopes and I will both be in school, Jopes will be working the early morning custodial job on campus, as well as serving in our ward bishopric. He was sustained and set apart last week. It will be an adventure with little Joseph in sacrament meetings. I know that as soon as he figures out his daddy is up on the stand, it'll be a struggle to keep him from running up to him and distracting everyone. But it's an adventure we're ready to embrace, I guess... Wish us luck!

And I will post more and pictures in the near future!!

Monday, March 1, 2010

Jopes' Finally Got to Celebrate His Golden Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Jopes remembers finding out when he was little what a GOLDEN birthday was, and thinking, "I have to wait until I'm 24 for my golden birthday?!" So, needless to say, he's been looking forward to this birthday for a long time. No pressure, right? Ha. It still wasn't anything too special, but it was fun to plan, and if nothing else, it was fun to spend the day focused on my wonderful husband.

First thing birthday morning.

2/24/2010

The Presents (most of which he knew about before... lame!)

Joseph LOVED the balloons. Truthfully, we got them for him, not the birthday boy...

Since Jopes knew about all of his presents, I tried coming up with something creative. The result was these envelopes, which were opened at different points throughout the day.

1. DO NOT OPEN UNTIL 11:00AM.

-Go to McDonald's. Order whatever you want for lunch. Also order... (stuff for Joseph and I).

2. OPEN AFTER YOU HAVE ORDERED LUNCH

-Go to the Romney building. Meet outside of the large saltwater aquarium.

3. OPEN AFTER ELIZABETH'S LAST CLASS

-Find a redbox. Get whatever movie YOU would like to watch later tonight.

4. OPEN WHILE DINNER IS COOKING

-It's time to go camping. Prepare yourself for a grown man's dinner, some intense winter fishing, and of course, s'mores!

Sealed with a "kiss"

So, the two boys brought lunch and we ate between my last two classes. The food was yummy, and then we spent some time checking out all the cool fish in the saltwater aquarium. Jopes hopes to have a large one like it someday.

After my last class, we stopped and got a redbox, and then went home to make his birthday dinner and cake!

THEN,

We made a tent inside our living room since it's so cold outside!

Jopes requested Hamburger Pie for his birthday dinner.

Gone Fishing!

The pole was made of pretzel rods, the line made of pull-n-peel, gummy worms for bait, and swedish fish to catch... it was cute, though Joseph wasn't so sure about it.