A Thing Called THREAD.

Have you heard?  I own a store.  Co-own a store.  It's called Thread.  It is the brainchild of my longtime friend Kari.  She and I have known each other since 4th grade.  We went to UT together, majored in the same degree and worked at the same store.  We should have known then we were destined to start a business together.

In October Kari texted me and that she was going to call me the next day to discuss a business idea.  That was a Monday.  We had lunch that Tuesday and by Friday we had sent out an email announcing we had a stylish kids' consignment store.  With in weeks, we had people consigning clothes with us.  By November we had a Open House that was a huge success.  Fast forward to mid January.  We have a "mini-store" out of Kari's Garage Apartment with tons of clothes, books and toys.  And starting in March, we will have a store front on one of the most popular streets in Houston.

321 B W. 19th Street

We have no idea, really, what we have gotten ourselves into.  But we are very excited.  The kids' clothes are so adorable and practically brand new.  Everyone has nothing but positive things to say about the concept, the store and our vision.  We have lots of hard work ahead of us.  But March 5th, we will open the doors and hope to see this small business take off!  It's amazing how quickly things have happened in just 5 short months.

Stay tuned to see before and after pictures of the store.  In the meantime, check out our online store www.threadhouston.bigcartel.com + our blog www.threadhouston.blogspot.com.

Baby Lucas: 10 Months Old.

Baby boy is just creeping closer to his 1st birthday + I can hardly stand it.  I had some down time at work the other day, so took cute boy outside and took some photos.  He just loves the sunlight!  

Big Boy.

Just Chillin'.

"I see my shadow."

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 I "heart" the overalls he got from Gran.  

Before I was even pregnant, I always wanted my babies to wear Oshkosh overalls.  

We were so surprised to get them from Gran last weekend!  

Love you Gran + Granpa.

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Click HERE to see how much Luke has grown.

A Day at the Park.

After church on Sunday, we took Luke to the park near our house.  I have been taking Luke to the park probably since he was 4 or 5 months old.  This is probably the first time I have witnessed him enjoying himself - he was laughing and smiling the whole time.

It did my heart good to be in the warm sun with my boys!

Luke + his daddy.

 Just the 3 of us.

 Mommy + Lukey Love.

 Weeeeee!

Hello Mr. Sunshine!

I think it's safe to say it has been a cold winter all over the country and Houston is no exception.  The sun finally showed its face the other day, so I took Luke outside to sit in the grass.  Of course that meant he had to eat the grass, but what are you gonna do?  I will tell you what i did - stuck a paci in it!  It's hard to to eat something when your mouth is occupied!

Here is big boy enjoying Mr. Sunshine.

Lucas is so observant + takes everything in.

And very good with his hands + feet.

I could just eat those little fingers + toes!

Notice paci in mouth so he won't eat his new finding.

Lucas spit out the paci + ate grass!  Smart Boy.

The black eye is healing.

All Boy.

As much as I hate to post this... it is sort of a right of passage for Luke.
He is no longer a baby.  

His first black eye!  Don't ask...  this little boy is into everything!

As my mom put it, "I won't be getting the Mother-of-the-Month Award".

She was kidding... sort of.

And as we all know, bruises get worse before they get better.

Here is his eye 2 days later:

He must get it from Casey.

Baby Landon.

Cousin Jenni + Baby Landon were in our neck of the woods on Wednesday.  Baby Landon had a doctor's appointment.  So we snuck in a quick lunch at the mall with them.  Baby Landon is so sweet, so alert and so big already.

Super Bowl Sunday.

We went to Grandma's + Papa's house for the Super Bowl.  

Cousin Brady joined us b/c his parents were in Dallas at the game.

Must be nice, huh?

Here are a few shots of the festivities:

Luke enjoying the game + the commercials.

Halftime Bonfire + Smores.  So much fun.

Too bad Luke was already sleep.

Next year.