15 months

Wow so many fun things are happening today! 1st its Halloween and 2ndly Cooper is officially 15 months. Nothing too exciting is going on. He is starting to jabber a lot more and he loves to do it when you are in a conversation with some one else. I am fairly sure he some what understands the meaning of "Yeah". He probably says that word the most. We are also starting to work on a couple of signs our first one of choice is "eat" and then "more". He hasn't quiet picked up on them yet but it takes time. He also is getting more stable on his feet, but hasn't taken off running yet. Cooper's favorite thing to do is empty EVERYTHING! I had to go buy a new garbage can for the kitchen because I caught him emptying it and let wasn't a pretty sight.
Here is a cute couple of pictures from last Halloween and this Halloween as a comparison. Hope you enjoy!
This is a Build-A-Bear "Pirate" costume(He was still only 5lbs)

Here is his ever so cute Elephant from this year

Pumpkins

Last night we decided it was time to carve our awesome pumpkins. Kris decided on Oogie Boogie, I wanted a spider, and we both thought Jack Skellington was perfect for Cooper's pumpkin. I think carving is really fun but you forget how long it takes and how icky it can be. We had lots of fun though.

Crafty Weekend

Everybody was all about crafting this weekend. Yes even Kris!
Kris has been working on modifying a mask he bought for his Lord of Darkness costume. So our plan was to cut out the seriously weak looking horns and make some kick ass ones that a MAN could be proud of, and that would represent the Lord of Darkness. Friday Kris went to Utrecht craft and bought the supplies we would need. After dinner we started working on horn building. Kris's only problem is that he is an Ottley. He can't help that perfectionism runs in his blood. So Dave(room-mate) and I sat and watched Kris struggle trying to make the very first horn perfect. Finally after an hour of over thinking the project I took over. My Forakis "good enough" blood worked very well for this project. So I sculpted the horns with 1/8" sculptor wire. It took longer than I thought but they looked darn good when I was all done!

Saturday I had been itching to go to The Wood Connection so at the crack of dawn I was up and ready to go at ten in the morning to go get some christmas gifts picked out for peeps in our families. I can't tell you how excited I was to find a new project that I could make and give! I was like a giddy little girl. When I got home I totally ditched helping Kris and started painting one set. I wish I could show pictures but there are people who read this that can't see what I am up too. So after Christmas I will post pictures of every thing I have and will make. I just finished my sisters and its so perfect! I am way excited and it is no where near christmas!
Sunday I told my sister-in-law that I wanted to make my nieces birthday cake so I could keep up on my decorating skills. I was really happy with the idea I found on the internet and so I spent all morning making a "Franken Girl" cake. There are the results!

Construction

This past weekend was all about construction. We spent all day Saturday up at Kris's moms house. She was helping me decode pattern lingo and Kris was sanding and refinishing a wood floor in one of the bedrooms.
Debbie was such a big help broadening my domestic goddess skills! How am I supposed to know what Baste means in fabric talk! I know how to baste a turkey but not fabric. Here is one excerpt from the pattern instructions. "Open out bodice back lining. With right sides together baste bodice front to bodice back at right side seams." HUH I think I read it 4 times and then Deb told me what to do. If I was a man I would have been scratching my butt in frustration. All in all it was a fairly easy pattern, when some one was decoding! I got the dress done in two days! Here are some photos.


As for Kris sanding and refinishing doesn't take that long. Its the prep that takes the most time! I wish I had a before picture but I was busy with my dress. So here are a couple of pics of the floor.

Also on Sunday Kris was so excited to get his Keg-r-ator together. So there are also a couple of pics of our now stocked beer facility.

New Furniture

So we got a new living room set and a new mattress delivered last Monday! Sorry I am late on posting pictures. But I just want you to see the old set. Which is 25yr old Ethan Allen set. I love it and will miss it but didn't have the time or funds to re-cover the cushions. I would like to thank my aunt and uncle for donating this furniture to us when we were starting our own home!
So here is the old:


And here is the new sectional and ottoman:


The chair & 1/2 and side table/ottoman

Something Like Walking

Cooper is so close to walking its sickening! He gets brave every once in a while and will let go of the furniture and walk a few feet before he sits down. We are so proud of our little man. His technical 1st birthday is tomorrow and he is right on mark developmentally. Just small, but that isn't very shocking either considering Kris and I weren't exactly big kids either. Here is a video of Cooper walking from Kris to me. It cuts off at the end because I had to catch him.