baby cupcakes

these are cupcakes i made for brie's youth group shower:

 

baby liam's cake

below, you will find two pictures of the cake i made for chris's baby shower, which i attended late this morning. we (lorena and i) tried desperately to match the colors of chris's chosen "theme", and i think we came relatively close. we had a lot of fun making the cake, too. and isaac and josiah had a lot of fun playing with each other, in between bouts of not sharing and whining. :)

the cake had a slight fender bender this morning, but since lorena won't email me the picture we took yesterday, the dinged up cake is the only shot i've got. anyhow, without further ado...

 

 

five years ago today...

...derek and i got hitched.

it doesn't seem like 5 years ago. unless i really think about all that has taken place. then, i suppose it seems a little longer. anyhow, i'm posting a slideshow of our wedding day, for those of you that are convinced i've never worn a dress....

belly scratching, by dad.

sometimes, we can get the boy to sit still for a couple minutes by scratching his belly. but, let my be clear, it's only a couple minutes max.

 

how big?

so big!

 

two cakes

these are the two most recent cakes i've made.

this is one i made for brie's shower. it's a devil's food cake, with chocolate ganache filling and chocolate buttercream icing. learning to make roses has taken up a large chunk of my life.

 

this is pooh. i'm taking a decorating class and our first cake was a "character cake". i'm not really a pooh fan at all, but i borrowed a pan from lora, so i wouldn't be stuck with a character cake pan that i would never use again.

 

monster.

my normally independent and happy boy is gone.
he has been replaced by a clingy, frustrated, shrieking, tantrum throwing boy.

i feel tied to him like i did in the first three (miserable) months.
what gives?

playroom

we've finally gotten our downstairs in good enough shape to take on the form of a playroom for the boy. his toys were getting too big, both in size and quantity, to occupy the living room any longer. we split the basement into two areas, an office and a playroom. the playroom has couches and an entertainment center, so it can double as a playroom for grownups, as well.

anyhow, isaac loves it.

 

 

reason #97 why outside is more fun than inside:

hoses.

 

 

 

 

we're ok!

today i got a call today from a long distance friend who thought my lapse in blogging was an indication that something was awry in the lidbom house.

never fear long distance blog stalkers. all is well around here. it's just been busy and boring all at once. see you soon.