Hannah Montana NO MORE!!!

After trying to talk her into it for a year, Pantera finally decided to let me cut her hair short. I do her hair everyday and she messes it up in about 5 minutes. She hates having it done and complains about the tangles. So she told me she wanted short hair and I jumped on the chance! She is so proud of her new style! She looked in the mirror and said "No one is even going to understand me!" She keeps talking about tricking people at church into thinking she is new. She made it a point to let Zeke in on her secret though "Zeke, it's me Tera. My hair is just short, duh." I love it.

ZEKL

This is what I was working on this week. It is a series I call "ZEKL." He is going to love me for this when he is older ;)

9 months already!

Today Zeke is 9 months old!!! He had his check up and weighs 23.3 lbs and is 30 inches tall. He is in the 90th percentile for height and weight. He looks healthy and his ears were clear (hallelujah!).
Zeke loves his puppy. He loves to feed his puppy. He loves to share his dinner with his puppy. He leans over the side of his high chair with a fist full of food and laughs as she licks it out of his chubby little hands. He also enjoys sharing his pacifier with the dog, or at least teasing her with it. He is so cute.

My aunt Bobbi tagged me. Here is the 6th picture from the 6th file on my computer. Zeke was playing, before he learned to crawl.

Dog fight

A month ago Zeke was barely rolling over, now he does just about everything! He is constantly pulling himself up to standing. We have a front load washer and he LOVES it, he always has. Now he can get to it and watch the clothes tumble up close, this is what happens when your kids don't have TV.

Pantera is well, Pantera. On Friday she had her friend, Mark over to play. On Saturday he was going to come back and she said "I can't wait to see Mark. He is going to bring me a toy." I asked her why he would do that. She replied "I told Mark that it was my birthday today, that way he would buy me a present."

Pantera spends alot of time pretending to be a dog. Today we went to the play place in the mall. There was another little girl who appeared to be just as wild as Tera, also pretending to be a dog. They got in a dog fight. It was quite the spectacle; two cute little girls barking and growling at the top of their lungs in the middle of a mall. Pantera eventually established dominance over the other girl and they played very nicely.

Monday night we had people over for dinner, including our new neighbor. He is Hispanic. Pantera came up and whispered in my ear "Don't tell anyone, but I think our new neighbor speaks Spanish!"

I love Boxers!

Prenatals

Today I had to pick up a couple of things at the store. I haven't been feeling myself and I thought maybe I would try getting back on vitamins, it can't hurt right? So I pick up the bottle of prenatal tablets and Pantera asks "Are those for me?" I told her "No, they are for me." She replies "Oh, just in case you get pregnant huh?"
Zeke is progressing so fast! He started crawling about 2 weeks ago and now he is pulling himself up to standing, trying to go up the stairs, and clapping. What the heck?!? We had an agreement, I hinder his development and he stays a baby. I hate it when a plan is foiled!

Here is a picture of my new quilt, thanks again Terri and Anna!

Mobility

I have been such a slacker! I feel like I have mono and I don't want to do anything including blog. Maybe because now I get to chase around mr. crawler, who discovered where we keep the dog food and tries over and over to get into it. He also crawled off of the bed after his nap, looks like we have to put him in a crib.
Or maybe it is from the hours upon hours of bug hunting we have done as of late. Pantera would live outside if I would let her! She hurt her tushy the other day and I put a Hannah Montana bandaid on it she started singing "It's the best of butt worlds..." She has been surprisingly good the past couple of days.

This is my first commissioned painting, I hope you all can tell who it is.

I will post some more silly Tera stories soon.

Quilt

We got a surprise in the mail last week. I've been meaning to post a picture and I will as soon as I get a chance. Jess' Aunt Terri sent us a GORGEOUS quilt, she and her daughter Anna made it as a sealing present. It is huge and amazing. Thank you so much!!!

Zeke is crawling!!!

Horse drawn buggy, Hammond style!!!
Pantera likes to have deep conversations with me when I do my hair every morning. This past week the topics have really made me laugh so I will pass a couple on for you all to ponder.

Day One-
Tera: Where does Lucifer live?
Mom: I don't know.
Tera: Oh yeah, I remember. Jerusalem.

Day Two-
Tera: Do you remember how nice Jesus was to heal that bald guy?
Mom: I don't remember that story.
Tera: Yes you do! It's in the scriptures, Jesus healed the bald man!
Mom: Are you sure? I really don't remember that.
Tera: Yes you do! The bald man! The man with no eyes!!!
Mom: I think you mean blind man.
Tera: Oh yeah, that was nice huh?

Day Three-
Tera: What do babies wear when they are in your belly?
Mom: Nothing, they are naked.
Tera: EWW! That's gross. Why don't they wear any clothes?
Mom: Because I can grow a baby, but I haven't figured out how to grow clothes in my tummy.
Tera: Why don't you just swallow some clothes and a diaper and the baby can get dressed.
Mom: Babies can't dress themselves.
Tera: Just pay someone fifty-five bucks to go in your mouth and get the baby dressed for you!

FYI I have no idea where this last conversation came from, I AM NOT PREGNANT. She cracks me up!

Guess what Zeke can do now? He's crawling! He is into EVERYTHING!!! I am in so much trouble with this little guy because he just giggles when I tell him no.

Yowza!!!

This picture was to sweet not to share!
So I finished another painting, I've always wanted to do religious artwork and my beautiful sister Meredith was kind enough to be my model for Mary. I like the way it turned out and am learning more with each painting. I also got some great news today...

I sold my first painting!!!! My mom likes to show off my paintings when I email her pictures and a friend that she forwarded my Marilyn portrait to, wanted to buy it and commission another painting!!! This was very exciting for me thanks for letting me share!