As requested

Here is the scrapbook I made for my sister-in-law for Mother's day. I made it the day after she and M left. She loved it. It was quite quick turn around and very cute if I must say so myself :)

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M and T

# 26 Meet my nephew

Last weekend my SIL and nephew came to town. We have not had the opportunity to meet M until now, they live really far away in Connecticut. He is already 5 months old and a whopping 18 pounds! We were so glad that they got to come and see Austin for the first time and we could spend some quality time with them both. We got to experience lots of "firsts" with him. He had his first swim, his first bluebonnets, first art museum, first airplane ride, first waterfall, etc. It was so much fun to spend time with him. He is really alert and smiles all the time, even when he is fussy. He just can't help but be charming. Alas, their time he was too short and we can't wait to see them again. Hopefully we will see them again at Christmas, he will be nearly 13 months then, that is soo far away!

# 56 Fountain for the patio

We have made some major progress on our patio fountain. I thought I would post what we have done so far. We started this project with a ceramic pot we found at Lowe's. We then made our own filter system for a fountain pump and created a metal disk to sit on top of that. The metal mesh disk holds all the rocks and acts as the support for the upright members. There is just one spout so far, but there will be several layers that spill into one another. I am so proud of us for making it this far with no major arguments and a functional fountain. Not to mention it is pretty aesthetically pleasing. I will post another picture once this is complete! :)