Cribbin'

The pictures are from a Sunday  morning about a month or so ago.  We received this sweet knitted outfit as a baby gift from Doc's work and I was trying it on her to see if it finally fit.  It's a cute pants and top combo that came with a matching hat and blanket.  Too cute not to have a quick photoshoot in!  And since there's a window right by her crib that lets in a lot of natural light, it seemed like a good photo-taking location.

I have no clue why this picture keeps inserting as a smaller image than the others?? I also don't know why her hair looks so red in some of these pictures!  I mean, every now and then I see a slight red tint to it if we're out in the sunlight, but it's never really this much.

Just doing some staring out the window...

I L-O-V-E her fat little feet.  I can totally understand her obsession with them.

Little fingers.

She looks so serious in this one.  Almost like she's mad at me for putting her behind bars.

Let's end on another happy face.  I love my sweet girl!!

Instagrammed

I'm so behind.  I don't know where to start on getting caught up.  Instagram pics seems like the easiest place to start, so here we go!  (Once again, if you follow me on Instagram, I apologize for showing these pics again.  Feel free to visit another blog now.) Story time with Alice, complete with picture showing.

Two days after the pic above was snapped, little Alice gained a new brother and sister!  Mom and I went to the hospital to see the new babies (Stuart and Anna Charlotte) and we also visited Meghan who was at the hospital on bed rest.  Not much longer til she welcomes her own little girl!

 

We have been to visit the twins several times.  They are precious!

  

  

Little Miss Thang likes to sit on the dryer while I work on the laundry.  She makes sure that I don't slack off!

I took this picture when she first found her toes.  She is obsessed with them!

Grabbing the toes has now advanced to sticking them in her mouth.

And she's still obsessed with smiling at that nekkid baby in the mirror.

Anna and I had some fun with Valentine's themed cupcakes.

  

I soaked up some snuggles with my sweet pea one afternoon.  I would've taken a nap too if she hadn't been snoring so loudly...

Give a girl two mats to play on and she'll pick the speck of carpet between them.

She tried so, so hard to charm her Poppy into giving her some spaghetti.

"I'm gonna pop some tags.  Only got twenty dollas in my pocket..."

She is always all smiles when I go to get her in the mornings.  I love seeing her grins!

Just playing outside after church.

Rockin' her morning milk goatee.

This is what happens when she tries to get between me and my ice cream bar.  (And yes, I still ate the piece that fell on her head.)

Big, big girl trying out her new clip on high chair!  This was a Christmas present that we're finally getting to start using.  So far she loves it!  (And her mama loves that the bar stool fits nicely right underneath it.)

Sisters.  Anna is getting way too grown up!

Katie Wynn got an awesome package in the mail...a Burberry dress!  That same day I bought myself a dress from Walmart.  Something about this is not right.

Goodnight moon.  One of our favorites.

Walking to the car after church.  This girl loves her daddy so much!

My birthday is on Friday!  We had an early family celebration last Sunday.  I always have extra help with my candles...wouldn't want it any other way!  Before we dug into the birthday trifle, we made a quick Bren sandwich.

Seriously thinking about crawling.  She can push up on her arms and she can pull her knees up underneath her, but she hasn't done them at the same time yet.  Its coming soon though.

We finally have enough hair for a good faux hawk!  Love it!

That's officially my last instagram as of right now.  Which one's your favorite?

Outtake Wednesday

You know how bloggers do Wordless Wednesday?  Well, I'm starting something new.  Today is officially Outtake Wednesday, because who doesn't love an outtake photo?  Sure, it might not be as catchy a phrase as Wordless Wednesday, but it'll catch on, just you wait. (This will probably be the only time I actually do it since I'm not good at consistently blogging these days, so I'm depending on you guys to make this huge.)

Mostly I just wanted to post these completely unedited,  funny (probably only to me) pictures.  I think more bloggers should post crappy pictures on their blogs.  You know, so I'm not the only one doing it. :)

Here ya go.  We tried to do an Easter bunny photoshoot.  This is what we got.  Cute, right?

Slap to the face.

Slap to the face again.  With a squished bunny.

Sweet little kiss on the bunny bootie or face plant?  I'll never tell...

Boom.  That's a wrap for Outtake Wednesday!

(It's not gonna catch on, is it?)

Baby Mobile

It's been a while since we had a craft project around here, hasn't it?  My sincere apologies!  I assure you, though, that we are still crafting away.  I just haven't had time to document much lately.  And it takes much longer to complete a project.  I can't imagine why! With all that said, today's craft project comes from back before Miss Katie Wynn graced us with her presence.  In the very near future, I will be packing it away and I just realized that I hadn't even shared it with you all yet!  And that's a shame because it's really cute.

Remember the antique bassinet that I purchased back in the summer and spruced up?  Well, as cute as it is on its own, it still needed a little something to make it even cuter.  I may have even mentioned in that post that I had plans to add a mobile.  Plans I had.  Time and energy I did not.  I had made my dear sweet mother very aware of my plans.  We had even talked through the process and purchased supplies.  But, between moving houses and being very pregnant, I could not make myself get this one last project done.

So my mom did it for me.  Isn't she the best?

The plan was birds.  Yep, just birds.  I wanted it simple and sweet.  And white and pink.  While I was at work, Mom cut the cutest little bird shape out of pink and white felt.  Each bird shape then got a wing in the opposite color added to it and decorated with some cute tiny buttons.  She made two sides per bird, added a little stuffing between them, and then hand-stitched them together.  The circle that they're hanging from is an embroidery hoop that she covered in white yarn.

Excuse the crazy shadows that the lattice wicker from the bassinet casts.  For the last six months, the bassinet has sit in a little corner in our room.  Our master has a sitting room that's divided by a small wall and the wall made the perfect little nook for our peanut to sleep in.

  

Full disclosure: I did a lot of picking up to take that picture.

Let's focus on those little birdies, shall we?

Cute little things, aren't they?  There are six total - three white and three pink.

I couldn't help but lay down so I could see how the mobile looked from Katie's point of view.

I mean, I wouldn't mind watching those birds fly over my head.  Would you?  The best part is that it weighed virtually nothing, so I had absolutely zero fear of it hurting her if it ever fell.  Not that it could have fallen, but still.

Anyway, now that Katie Wynn's sleeping in the crib in her room, we don't have much need for the bassinet in our bedroom anymore.  I already have a piece of furniture that I'm going to refinish to take it's spot in the bedroom.  And when it goes, the birdie mobile will too.  Sad day.  I'd love to hang it in her room, I'm just not sure where it could go.  Hmmm...I may have to do some brainstorming.