The cat now sleeps in the old hospital bag. Welcome to Dixie, Skeeter and Puss' newest sibling: Emerson Lane Everhart.

Shelby is changing fast and so is her desire to do new things. No more baby for this young tot. This Christmas Simon and I took Shelby's "grown up mentality" into consideration before toy shopping.

I thought I could add a little spice to this retro orange color dollhouse from the 1960's. I took many different styles of wrapping paper and stuck them on with decupage glue. She got the 1950's dollhouse furniture from my mom which I am trying to decorate with some of the same kind of patterns for a more realistic effect. Though Shelby is too young to appreciate it now, I look forward to doing small projects like this with her in the future!

Ironing is a fun household chore of mine,

so when I saw this miniture ironing board

and toy iron at a flea market,

I knew I had to have it for

Shelby's room!

Shelby has a keen sense of organization.
When she is in our kitchen she likes to help
us wash dishes and mix things in the blender.

Hence the new kitchen set complete with frying pan

and tea kettle.

Shelby loves dolls. I love blue and red. I have a friend who makes fabulous things for
kids. She made all of Shelby's bedding and then some.

Recently she made Shelby a duvet cover

and a pillowcase with our taste in mind. For more of Julie click here.

All kids love to tumble around hence the wheely bug she got from her grandparents. Though she can't reach the floor on it now, it is sure to be a hit! And what would we do without Pooh?
She has adopted a few friend in the midst of the holiday season! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas!

Dinner

Note to self: When winter comes, get out of the house.

Home again. Life is continuing at rapid speed. I have started work, Shelby is being baby sat by a close friend and Simon is approaching his last year of school. If I wasn't smart I would say I can almost see what is in the horizon, but I'm smart and just like the earth our lives are always moving and our plans are usually too far in the distance to see if they will turn out the way we want them too. So I will just say we are happy living life one day at a time where there is a constant hope of a future. mmmm bye bye. Pictures are from a hike that I can't remember the name of.

Danes and Americans: I am updating our USA adventures on my Sommerland blog! Check it out!

Polar Bear, Polar Bear what do you hear? Shelby enjoyed her first birthday at the zoo in copenhagen.

We are on the Outer Banks visiting for a month, which is a MUCH needed trip for the both of us. We hope to get some quality time with friends and family and some relaxation. The first week we are staying with my parents awaiting the arrival of chad and april on tuesday. They will be here until Saturday. The second week we are moving to the cottage and expect yawl to get you fannies over there :) Third we are flirting with the idea of Boone depending on the Everharts calender. And the last week we are back with my parents for the remaining days until we depart for home again the 27 of July.

We look forward to seeing all of you! We are getting ready to venture out to the beach so I'm outtie! Can't wait to see yawl!

We just celebrated Inger's 27th birthday at a lovely restaurant on the edge of a forest by the sea. There was a buffet full of greasy, traditional Danish food, and it was so YUMMY. There were many highlights of the day including an aggressive chiwawa and a man that could not throw a ball, but the main attraction aside from shelby was the youthful looking Inger who paid for our dinner ;) We love you farmor! and it is alway, always hyggelig being with you. You are not only the best grandmother (aside from you mom, of course) but the very best mother inlaw anyone could wish for! (and I am not just kissing your butt for more of your homemade falafels again). Thanks for a great day!

And fyi, shelby has learned how to point at everything and then say what it is in a whispering foreign tongue that neither of us can understand. She is pretty social and very busy watching the world go by, trying if she may, to emerge herself into her enviroment as much as her body and parents will allow. Shelby is on the verge of walking and testing her boundries and us every step of the way. Tantrums on the homefront are frequent at the moment, but when she is out and about she tends to be quite polite. Simon and I can't wait to take her to the states to show her off!

As for us (the parents), we have a wedding tomorrow and aunt Charlotte and our friend from the faroes are coming to stay so I best get myself to the grocery store and do some shopping for a new cardigan for my wedding outfit. Simon says it reveals too much otherwise...bye bye now!

Shelby's first siting of Dart Vaper. And her first words or name: bob dole.

Another awesome birthday gone by. This is what I recieved from my husband and his parents! A bike trailer, so the little one and I don't have to be constrained to a car this spring and summer. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing that I love more than my car, but when the weather is nice outside, and I need the exercise (and I need the exercise) this is where it's at. I love it!! Thanks to my wonderful inlaws and my dear husband who knew that I needed this more than an iphone!