3 months

Last week James had his three month birthday (Olivia wanted cake). He can grab his little frog that dangles above his head, does superman in his cradle, "chews" on his hands or daddy's hand and cries with his mouth closed (the last one's my favorite). He's sleeping and eating like a champ and is a cheesy boy. Sometimes when he wears strips he looks like Curly Howard.


Here he is playing outside on his (3 month) birthday. He's about to go down that slide.

Refinished desk

I have a little hobby refinishing furniture. Its a developing skill that is almost always too stressful, but for some reason I love doing it (actually it is because I love turning something not so pretty into something a little more beautiful).
I bought a desk from a lady off of craigslist. Her hubby tried to refinish it but it was looking bad, so she decided to sell it. I could tell it was a little hard for her to see it go but she was happy I was going to finish it. Here is my desk after I sanded the top.


And after a lot more sanding, three coats of stain and shiny stuff:
(I will organize the cords later so just ignore them)


Notice the missing handle? Little miss was playing with them while I was working on the desk and now there are only three handles. I was planning to replace them in the future anyway.