leisure suits, old and new quilts, jo owns page 35 & other randomness

First, let me open with Lottie Sue in her "pretty shoes" - she loves these so much. Matt and I find them disturbing but oh well.

these platforms were made for walking...

Matt's mom sent these photos over the other day, it's boy Matt and he is SO CUTE. He loved leisure suits as a kid, I guess he always has been fashion forward...

Let me point out HOW MUCH LOTTIE SUE LOOKS LIKE MATT in this first photo. It's nutz.

the clothes make the man

This is a photo of Matt's room when he was a little boy, take a good look at that quilt because it's going in baby boy's bedroom. We have a twin bed in there and it's just perfect! Matt's Grandma made it for him when he was little and now Matt's son will have it in his room. I love it.

i need to zoom in on this photo to see what all is in here, i see matt's
star wars spaceships and a tootsie roll bank on the windowsill

Gramma/Matt's mom/Linda made Lottie Sue a throw quilt for her new bedroom. It has the alphabet on it along with an object that matches. It's so pretty! Lottie Sue likes it a lot, she won't let us put ANYTHING in bed with her but she'll let me put this in there. So thank you Gramma, we LOVE it!

i loves me some quilts

If you live here, be sure to pick up this month's Skirt! magazine. Jo is featured on page 35 - she looks so GREAT and they blurb they wrote is super cute. Love it!

click on the image to see it bigger, por favor

Let me take a moment to talk about the arts. Matt and I have seen more movies at the theater the past month than we see in a year. We are on FIRE.

• District 9 - thumbs up (I've never seen a movie like this and the special effects are rad)
  
• Harry Potter and the half-Blood Prince - thumbs up (you know I loves me some HP, I am still sad about the fact I've read all of the books)
  
• Funny People - thumbs up (but I'm pretty sure I am the only one that liked it, I think JP said he "hated it" if memory serves)
• The Proposal - thumbs up (I probably like Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds better than I liked the movie if that makes sense)

Now I have several random photos I'll share with you, enjoy!

I found this photo on my phone, it was taken at the beach one morning. Lottie Sue's pack-n-play was right next to our bed so if she woke we'd pull her on in with us. How sweet is she?

zzzzzzzzzzz

Brandon sent this photo out the other day, it's almost football time in Tennessee! I'm not sure how much football fun I'll have this season since we'll have a newborn moving in with us soon, but I'll find a way I'm sure.

lane kiffin is younger than me (wah)

Jonathan's mom gave these photos to Jo and she let me scan them in. Boy, someone we know REALLY likes to pose for photos. JP blamed the red robe photo on his sister coercing him into doing it but now that I see these I'm just not sure...

yeahhhhhhhhh

i'm pretty sure jp still wears this shoe style
(what was old is new again)

And here's the last photo, I took the trash down to the road this morning and came back to this.

i guess it could have been worse?

Have a great hump day, toodles!

chicken little is soooooo cute & croissants

Kat sent these photos out the other day of Chicken Little - how cute is he?!?!?! I can't wait to meet him, he'll be here in December!

oh boy!

I love Fall! I love Fall! The weather is so perfect right now and we have Thanksgiving around the corner followed by Christmas. I love this time of year! Look at what Lottie Sue drew (or I guess fingerprinted for you) for your enjoyment...

one day this will be worth millions

And I took this photo of Lottie Sue this morning, our artist chewing on a lint remover.

it looks like she's dressed for a flood

Changing the subject: Perfect for those warm holiday mornings, I give you the best croissants in the world by Williams Sonoma. I think Becce saw them on Oprah (the favorite things episode) a few years ago and she turned us on to them. They are not cheap, but are so very worth it. I suggest the mini croissants, buy a few lovely jams and good butter and you have a little piece of heaven. We have them on Christmas mornings and it's such a delight.

A few other notes of interest...

• Here's a Q&A with the curator of the punk-rock auction at Christie's.
• Here's an interview with Paul Rudd - he's one of my favorites...
• Lost returns on January 21st! I know that's a long time away but still...
• I HATE the Saved by Zero commercials. It seems like I'm not the only one. And it's not just that I hate the song, it's that it is on about 1,000 times a day on every channel. I can't escape it. Ugh.
  

I'm currently scanning in old photos from my grandparents, these are of my cousins Melinda and Michael. They look the same! Michael has a little girl Campbell (and a boy Russell) that looks just like him. EXACTLY! I'm posting a photo of her as well so you can see how much they look alike.

a cutie pie melinda rockin the pigtails

here is michael as a little boy...

and this is campbell (last christmas) - it's so neat how much they look alike

I also found this gem of Michelle and Matt from the 80s. Lookin GOOD!

they both look the same today

This photo is Tyler and Witne (my cousins as well), I'm not sure when this was taken but it's not that old. Isn't our family full of handsome people?

smiles and a bear hug, good stuff

This is the only photo I have of the game on Saturday. My battery was dead, I thought it was charged but no.

even though we lost, us girls looked cute at least

OK, I hope this is the beginning of a great week for everyone. Peace.

mcnickigoodness is here, get you some & a peek-a-boo overload

I am SO excited, one of my favorite people (in the whole entire world), Kat, created a blog! I can't tell you how it warms my heart when a friend decides to blog (let me take this moment to urge you to start your blog if you've been thinking about it). Now I get to read about things in the McNicholas Casa on a regular basis, let the hilarity ensue! Aside from being entertaining in general, Kat and hubby PJ are remodeling their historic home and the "before & afters" will be awesome (there are some up already). I'm linking them on our blog but please take a moment to check out McNicki Goodness every now and then...you won't be disappointed.

This is Lottie Sue's new favorite blog

Alrighty, let me give you your LS fix. Lottie Sue has been teething and one of the toppers finally broke through. You can barely see it in this photo, so now we're waiting on the other one to drop. She's figured out that she can make noise with them if she bites down real fast over and over again, so she basically does that all day. Well, that and peek-a-boo.

Teeth count: three down with one more on its way

I took lots of photos of the wee babe this afternoon. You'll notice lots of photos of her with her arms up over her head, that is her version of peek-a-boo.

She can see you but you can't see her

Laughing after I yelled PEEEEEEEEEK-A-BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

OK, ready to play again?

Then we moved into the study and I somehow changed the setting on the flash. These are a little overexposed but I'm posting them anyway.

Waving "hi"

And then of course, peek-a-boo

And here are some additional PABs...she's just so cute - I must post.

This baby is the best, she was made happy

Lottie Sue is the name, Peek-A-Boo-n' is my game

Playing with her imaginary friend I suppose

And then I was able to scan in a few old photos. I like to look at the background in these, it's fun to see what we had back in the day.

Looks like I am reading something to Becce here, and that wallpaper is something else (also notice the miniature ironing board in the back behind Becce - I'm getting one of those for LS)

Here we are again in front of the fireplace, I think we are 5 and 8 maybe

Becce striking a pose on Grandma's stoop

Michelle and Matt, circa 1988 - very stylish, these two

I've started reading again, I was unable to read even a magazine for a while but now I'm in the groove with things and have read three books the past two months. That's BIG news...anywho, I thought I'd share what I've read in case you need a book suggestion.

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Signing off - oh yeah, this is what happens when you let Lottie feed herself. She actually did a great job, just a messy one.

PPPPSSSTghetti, I hearts it

Tonight we are having a Mexican stir fry meal (not your typical stir fry we know) - um, we REALLY need to go to the grocery store.