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On the brink of the New Year I guess it’s time to recap Christmas Day … I’m obviously the mama who is running a bit behind these days :) We had a lovely first Christmas with our sweet girl. There are almost too many pictures to post; too many adorable faces and outfits and all-in-all […]
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Christmas is right around the corner! We have plans to get our Christmas tree this weekend and I’m feeling pretty organized when it comes to gift preparation. We are hosting Christmas at our house this year so my next to-do list item is the menu. Traditionally we have soup Christmas Eve and prime rib on […]
Jemma Lou is so close to smiling on camera She is wearing the cutest little dress by Zutanos via a second hand store; it has little trees on it and we started calling her The Princess of Autumn Falling asleep while sitting with Aunt Hannah 3 generations Homemade hat by Aunt Hannah … […]
I’ve been perusing our family pictures and Shutterfly‘s lovely Christmas card options trying to come up with the perfect combination. Between the great blog coupon (bloggers get 50 free holiday cards from Shutterfly) and my past experiences with Shutterfly I’m thrilled to order our first family Christmas cards this year. I’ve ordered photo books, baby […]
The holidays are right around the corner. Can you believe it? All our family will be together for Thanksgiving and then, BAM, Christmas season! My to-do list still has many Fall/home projects, but Christmas is starting to spin in my mind as well. Christmas cards are one of those things I need to get started […]
A while back we decided to host an Open House as a fun way to introduce Miss Jemma to our friends and family. Even before the Open House idea we decided to be either the Flintstone Family or the Rubble Family (depending on if we had a girl or boy) for Halloween. Today was the […]
I knew all along that my baby and I would have birthdays close together. Turns out we’ll celebrate just 3 days apart every year … Miss Jemma on the 2nd and me on the 5th! This year we laid low due to the fact that my milk was coming in (lovely). My family came over […]
Since we don’t know our little one’s gender I’ve been searching for the perfect first outfit. You know, the perfect outfit for baby’s first Facebook photo :) These are the two options I’m leaning towards. What do you think? Left – Kate Quinn OrganicsRight – Hanna Andersson via consignment
Since all of our showers have wrapped up I have been sending out gobs of thank you notes and prioritizing what we still need. Thanks to many of our wonderful friends and family I was able to place some online orders for last minute baby necessities! This is what has arrived in the mail so far […]
18 days … 18 days … 18 days … which could turn into 32 days, but nevermind that. I’m focusing on 30 Days to Baby based on the little 40 week ticker. We’ll see what really happens! Last week my best friend gave birth to her first child. Olivia BrookeSeptember 15, 20106 pounds, 15 […]