Suzanne Louise

Just so

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Beautiful!

I'm sorry I'm sorry, I just can't get over it!

Today I am

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Ready for Spring!

and this picture has nothing to do with that, but I like it.

GIANT cards from your husband on V-day are fun

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The Scarfy Bib

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A bib, that looks like a scarf! Fun!

I am excited about how these turned out, I will be selling them for $8, if you would like one for your boo, or friend's boo, or future boo, please leave me a comment. here or on FB :)

Amelia loves hers!

Goodness Gracious Child!

2012-02-06T17:36:00.004-06:00

Having a burst of Inspiration for my children's brand.

(remember when I said this would be the name?)

These are tags that I made and am attaching to some goodies I am currently working on to take to the school to sell, or sell to you fine folks! Will post more on this subject soon...

Happy Friday to you...

2012-02-03T12:02:00.001-06:00

Dinner and other things

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Went to Company Cafe with Will and Amanda last night, was good, will go again.

A was good and slept

This morning she made this cute face.

And I got fancy with my nails...

2 Months!

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My girl is 2 months old today!

Finished this skirt

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Out of really nice fabric I bought from Golden D'or, and I really like it! And it is handily an entire size too small for me! crap!

Hope you had a great weekend!

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Brace yourselves Grandmas

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Thanks Papa Brit

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Barry came through once again at my request for one of these wooden stands to hang things on for Amelia to look at and eventually grab for. It is perfect!

And we are already enjoying it :)

Sewing!

2012-01-23T17:14:00.002-06:00

I have been doing some sewing the past couple weeks and I need to share it with you...

Dress 1

Love this key fabric

And it fits her! yay...

so I made her another one, same pattern, and added the little chiffon flowers

Oops! we're matching.

I made myself this blouse out the silk chiffon I got when were shopping with Amy.

so I wanna wear matching outfits with my infant daughter, big deal who cares.

Shopping for Amy's dress!

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Some good faces

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Here's a look at our 2011!

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San Diego, January

Tootsie is cute

Las Vegas, April

(yay)

Our gorgeous bride

June

August

yay! We get Amy!

November

Baby Owen is here too!

Everett and Amelia get hang out

Toots is still cute

Meggy and paul, best brother and sister-in-law friends

(besides me and Mark)

Amelia and Grandma Nan

What a December!

So so blessed, this year will surely be the most fun yet...

We all love the Moby wrap!

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Check out my "boho bunting"

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Saw it called that on a blog...
Just refreshing things for the new year!

Was this...

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Now it's this!

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Happy New Year!

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Amelia was 1 month old on new year's day. Wow, that was fast.

So here are some pictures of her with her festive garland ringing in the new year. Are you seeing that chubby face!!? A double chin never looked so good...

And we also got some cute family photos the other day at my folks house.

Someone's cheeks are really filling out!

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My Little Honey Bun, Start to Finish!

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Almost Christmas!

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I promise more fun pictures of baby A in the near future as we get more settled (I know you were really worried). We are just figuring more and more things out each day, it is quite an adventure...

She actually slept for 7 hours last night! It was crazy.

How cute is she in her stroller bassinet?

she's cute.

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A couple sweet pictures!

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We had a mini photo session and got a couple cute ones!

This sure is crazy just hanging out with my very own precious daughter, it's safe to say my routine has drastically changed, I can't wait until we make our own little routine, right now we are both still learning, but its all pretty great.

Love Her.

And just like that, She's here...

2011-12-05T16:03:00.003-06:00

Well you probably have heard by now that we had our baby girl, Amelia Louise Yarbrough, last Thursday Dec. 1st at 1:09 am! Currently sleeping like an angel, we are amazed that she's ours and finally here to have and to have hold!

(More quality pictures to come...)

Well look at this!

2011-11-29T19:40:00.000-06:00

I made this advent calendar this afternoon. A hanger wrapped in fabric, then I tied the numbers to ribbons and tied them in bows, and you just untie a bow on each day, kinda cute eh?

Are you seeing this?

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Meg's year

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I guess she gets a puppy this time around, isn't he the cutest!!!

This was a success

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I made a mini sleeping bag/stroller cozy! I wish I could get in there...

Well

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-picture I took this weekend with my phone-

With about a week and a half until the official due date I of course am wishing that I could meet our little one NOW! But there is just no really firm way of knowing when she will be here. So this week my plan is to continue to clean (how can I still be cleaning? because I'm nuts...) decorate for christmas more (I'm sorry thanksgiving just don't have lot of decorations for you) and sew, and see if there is ANYTHING else I should get for baby girl's arrival.

Love this place

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Ordered some gorgeous silk ribbon from M and J, so fun to get that in the mail...

Only November 14th

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But I know I am already thinking about Christmas and trying to start buying gifts for my loved ones. Especially since when the little lady hits the scene, things will no doubt get complicated when it comes to preparing for Christmas!

I can't really reveal the things I want to get people (I already have some good ideas!), since most of you reading are going to be a recipient. But of course I can always post things I have my eye on!

super cute planner from paper source, mine is almost out, and these Minnetonka moccasins, again my green ones are on their last legs...

Madewell, cute sweater.

I really want a dress form just like this one for my sewing! My mom and Meg and I have been obsessing over owning our forms for a while now... but they are not cheap...

These bags are super pricey but I like them, just fun to pick out...( Marc by Marc Jacobs above, J.Crew below)

And these awesome bracelets I love, from J. Crew

Though really I am so excited about just sitting around the house listening to Christmas music, smelling some Christmas baking (might need my mom's help on that) looking at a lit Christmas tree and holding our precious child, I mean what could be better? Probably will be the best Christmas ever...

And maybe someday...

No, definitely Someday.

Probably the last pregnancy photo. ( this one, at least)

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I give my bump a ten out of ten! Nice work belly...

Made my favorite muffins

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Trying hard not to eat more of them right now.

Burp cloths

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I've just been having fun making all these burp cloths! I started by dying the cloths different colors then sewing on scrap fabrics, easy and fun.

SO excited!

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To share photos of my finished nursery!

let's start with BEFORE:

And now AFTER!

I was going for a vintage kids room feel, with an emphasis on red. I am pretty pleased with how it all turned out. So now one month from TODAY our little girl has a room all ready for her.

I made these curtains when the ones from PB didn't work out, definitely a good call.

The mobile and sign I made, I have done a lot of head scratching and eye squinting since I put up the sign, maybe didn't quite turn out like I was hoping. I'd love to hear your reaction (the words are a quote from a song by the Swell Season, I've had it stuck in my head since I heard it and wanted to have something in the nursery say this to baby)

this lamp shade was scored from a cute vintage shop and I turned it into a pendant lamp

the beautiful books Meg gave me, kind of served as inspiration for the room!

and there you have it.

Thoughts? Reactions? you know I wanna hear 'em...

(in other words, please tell me what a great job I did.)

Best baby costume !

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Congratulations to Everett for winning my favorite baby costume. Kudos to Katie for undoubtedly putting this together, he looks so great! And stinking adorable!

Happy Halloween!

A busy week

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Lots on the books this week, except I don't have a job, so that helps...

Here's our stroller!

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Just got it today. I have been walking my imaginary baby in it around the living room, it handles like a dream.

Pictures from Tyler TX

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A couple weekends ago Paul and I decided to take a little mini trip somewhere, and we ended up going to Tyler because we saw there was a rose festival going on. We had a pretty good time!

There was Putt Putt...

He beat me by one stroke :(

And Roses!!!

Lots and lots of them

Someone didn't quite finish painting these roses red...

Made this vest

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Out of some left over fabric and this funky yarn I bought at JoAnn.

Crafting with Celebrities

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Well maybe not full blown celebrity, but this is Grace Bonney author of Design Sponge, the blog and now interior design book. Amanda and I read her blog and signed up to go to this event which included a little craft workshop. It was quite a fun Thursday night!

getting our books signed...

hard at work...

and today is miss Amanda's birthday!

Happy B-day girl, lots of love...

Pumpkin cookies

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These are yummy treats

pumpkin cookies with special frosting, recipe from my mom.

32!

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I simply can't believe that if I take another one of these in 4 weeks, that very well may be the last one! And in another 4 weeks I could be holding our baby girl!!

This is so nuts...

Holy Craft!

2011-10-07T13:17:00.003-05:00

A little mobile for a little baby

Pretty Cute!

This cost absolutely zero dollars. I just went through my crafty stuff and pulled out paper in primary colors, I had these little birdies printed out and sitting in my paper bin for like a year( ya, so I went ahead and put a bird on it.), the embroidery hoop is from another project that has been set aside, this is the benefit of having a well-stocked craft supply!

Cute display

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I got some vintage hankies and keys at the flea market last week and came up with this way to display them. I have little tea lights inside and they look quite cute all lit up! Fun...

More of the Maternity pics

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let me know which ones you think are best, so I can decide which to display!

Round top antique show

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Here today with Meg and soose, lots of cool stuff!

Curtains

2011-09-26T16:46:00.001-05:00

So the pottery barn curtains did not work out, they only sent me one panel, when I thought I was getting two, so it would have been too pricy. But I am glad because of course City Craft fabric had way cuter options. So I got the fabric today and finished my curtains today! Here is your "sneak peak" picture. When the nursery is done I will take pictures of the whole room, it's gonna be so great!

Maternity Pics!

2011-09-25T14:36:00.002-05:00

So I dragged Paul out to the Dallas Arboretum yesterday morning and made him pose with me and take pictures maternity-style. We took our tripod and set it up and ended with some pretty cute shots! I have been putting most of the good ones through the instagram app on my phone to give them some interesting colors and textures, so I'll post all those later on.

Excited about

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My new iced coffee press, especially for brewing and serving iced coffee! Found this treasure at Tuesday morning...

Going with these

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I have ordered these curtains from good 'ole Pottery Barn for the nursery.

I'm hoping the red and yellow will look good with my plans for the room!

The barber shop and a burger

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Our Saturday

Tootsie Approved!

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Here is the changing table all dressed up and ready to use! I'm so thankful to Barry, Paul's step dad, and future grandparent, for making this excellent table. I told him what I wanted and he delivered, and it is made impeccably because he's great at this kind of stuff.

I made a cover for the changing pad out of oilcloth (not sure why it is called this, but it is like vinyl but thinner, which means I can wipe it clean!) bought from City Craft here in Dallas. I stained the wood very imperfectly but I like the color.

And I added the little heart cuz I'm cute.

Cute alert

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THESE baby moccasins were in my shopping cart within 1 minute.

Found on Zulily.com

Of Course

2011-09-14T12:38:00.001-05:00

I have been keeping my eyes peeled for some cute curtains for the nursery and haven't seen anything good. I was cruising Target's Web site looking at all the Missoni stuff, which is pretty much all sold out on the second day they released the collection! I came across these curtains which I would have purchased in a heartbeat because they would have been perfect in the nursery!

But no, I guess they are sold out and I don't know if they will get any more...

Gosh!

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I just feel like I've been kinda busy lately!

My changing table for the nursery is in my posession thanks to the wonderful Barry, and I am about to go stain it. So I'll have a pic soon of a finished item ready for my baby's sweet little bottom.

just a recent phone pic...

I Love

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A nicely organized sewing drawer.

Now to accomplish this in the rest of the spare room and it is ready to be nurserified...

isn't this cute!

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I made this for my baby girl. It matches and everything!

Here's a close up of this so-sweet fabric. I fell in love with it.

Perks

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Here's some pics from Last weekend

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We went to Ft. Worth on Friday night and had dinner with some friends. I wore this 12 dollar H&M dress and rocked it maternity style.

Then we went to Waco on Saturday and spent the day with Meg and Mark, topped off by attending the Salsa-Margarita festival and country music concert. We sampled some salsas and margaritas (only 2 little marg samples for me) and then people watched.

Fun to make

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I just love these little bloomers!

Oh yes

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Rumba Pants!!

At least that's what my mom calls them, I think they could also be known as diaper covers.

I found a wonderful pattern and tutorial on Dana-made-it.com (I think that's the address?).

This fabric was super tricky to work with, but probably worth it, I mean look at all those ruffles!!

Baby girl I can not wait to see you in these...

Love this post

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On J. Crew's blog, showing places they scouted out for their photo shoot and then the actual photo that ends up in the catalogue.

Cool!

I would take that job...

Totally obsessed

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With this overpriced baby/kid clothes store. Bought a basic little dress that was on sale today...

Almost 3rd trimester!

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Big Belly Jeans

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I turned these into maternity jeans today! I feel pretty good about how they turned out. They are comfy, and I think I will be able to wear them even when my tummy is super huge.

Ta Da! (notice my ta da hands)

So now I have designer maternity jeans that cost me 27 buck, you can't even get maternity jeans that cheap at target!

I win.

Non-Maternity Maternity clothes, a.k.a., Clothes.

2011-08-08T17:44:00.002-05:00

Went to Nordstrom Rack today in search of some new sunglasses. I haven't been interested in shopping for clothes much lately because I am kind of at a loss for what to buy these days.

I ended up stumbling in to some cute stuff!

That will work for my baby belly as well...

I got a pair of super stretchy super low Seven jeans (for $27!!) that I am going to make in to my maternity jeans by adding a bit of elastic and/or a little belly band action. score.

I got a cool crochet top that looks super cute on.

and this long skirt that totally works for maternity because of the jersey waistband.

A day with baby Everett, Katie and Paul

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Everett Sterling Clark

I was so fortunate to be able to get up to Amarillo on Wednesday to see Everett and Katie and Paul, I got to spend the whole day hanging out and giving some love to this sweet little man. No surprise that Katie was a champion during labor and everything went great, I think she had only slept a handful of hours since his birth when I was there, but she looked refreshed and happy to be holding her new little son. It is truly an amazing miracle to see her holding that precious being, who just days ago was still in her tummy. My mind reels with excitement when I think about holding my own baby in just a few short months!

Katie's cute nursery with this sweet little quote

A beautiful little mommy!

and a beautiful little family...

Happy to be here hangin with the Clarks

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Sweet little guy...

In other news

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For our anniversary Paul and I bought ourselves a new King size bed, and we love it!

Yesterday we went to Lowe's and bought some wood and we made a headboard, I think it turned out pretty well.

Emotional morning

2011-08-01T10:57:00.001-05:00

Been being updated about the birth of this little guy all morning. My sweet Katie has given birth to her first baby boy on her own birthday today!! I don't even know his official name at this point, they were waiting until he was born to say for sure. I am going to try and hop on a flight tomorrow afternoon to go and see him and my friend, who I have known and loved since we were just babies ourselves.

Waco finds

2011-07-30T15:50:00.001-05:00

Here in Waco today with Meg and Mark when he is on breaks we went to this adorable store. An adorable array of cute things and antiques I was inspired to turn the nursery into a vintage feminine heaven. It was an awesome store. Then we went to the Dr. Pepper museum and to Rudy's!

well

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the purchasing and making of baby clothing is really picking up around here, better cool my jets...

but I did have to grab these little pants

DON'T WORRY!

these have a ruffle on the butt as well...

What I've made

2011-07-28T16:11:00.002-05:00

I have been saving this polka dot fabric to make something special for my baby since May, I got it at Mood in NYC, So I whipped up this little dress/tunic for her the other day.

And obviously my baby girl needs a pair of little leopard print pants to hang out in , so I made these today out of left over fabric from a past project. I tend to make things really small, even though I try to cut out everything with plenty of extra room, so I guess I will have to work on that...

Loving

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all these clothes for the baby girl.

( you might have to enter your e-mail for this site, it's one of those special deal Web sites)

Our 2nd Anniversary

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And boy do I love that man...

Herman Wouk Books

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This book, which I just finished moments ago is excellent. The story of an Author who gains success and lives a fast-paced life, taking place largely in New york City in the 40s and 50s. At about 800 pages it is quite an undertaking. I have been reading little bits at a time for months. It is amazing though and I just wanted to tell you about it.

And now Marjorie, which I read earlier this year, is also a fabulous book. Of the two this one is just slightly my favorite. The story of a young girl and her journey to maturity. As a girl the craziest thing about this book is that a man wrote it, it truly is mind boggling the insight into a young woman's brain he has. A must read!

I have been wanting to just share these books, because they are fabulous, the kind that make you smarter and make you shake your head at the things the author seems to have figured out. At least that's how Meg and I feel, and my folks too...

Tootsie

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She thinks she makes a nice centerpiece...

Hold on to your Hats

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Because we are having a baby GIRL.

Which means I got 4 months to crank out cute baby girl stuff to my heart's content, I have wanted to get started this week but I have been busy with work and and seeing friends etc. but I have something really cute and special in mind already.

pretty exciting!

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Our party is tomorrow, will this little boo be a girl or a boy?

just a little phone pic...

Amarillo and Lubbock

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This past weekend Paul and I went up to Amarillo so that I could attend miss Katie's baby shower. We stayed with our buds Richard and Dana on Friday and had a lovely breakfast with them, and then I went on to the shower and got to be with Katie and take more belly to belly pictures (very important). Then we went on to Lubbock to see Brianna and Spencer where we were treated to a tasty dinner and a nice time just chatting and hanging out in their cute home. And getting to know Scout, their rambunctious adorable dog. So it was a busy one but I'm so glad we went for it!

Our Sonogram Pictures

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And here is our baby! Looking wonderful to me...

Boy or Girl?

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Went to the Doctor yesterday and we got to watch our baby on the monitor! It was so cool to see him/her in action (baby Y was moving all over the place! the technician was laughing at their evasive maneuvers as she was trying to get a glimpse of their gender). We did not get to find out if it is a boy or girl, we are saving that for the party a week from Friday, my mom gave me these cute litte charms to keep me company until then :)

Made this little clutch !

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Been a busy bee today

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Cleaning and laundry. My reward is some cute flowers from the grocery store

Tres Francais

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From J. crew's Blog,

we were supposed to go to France this sumer, then we went ahead and decided to have a baby so we are putting that on hold.

Maybe next summer!

Who wants to babysit??

Did this tonight.

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This is a fun one

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central park :)

obviously baby was getting busy these past 4 weeks! Pretty sure my tummy will be getting bigger at a rapid rate from here on out!

Been workin

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Our hineys off at Meg's on painting. This is the stripe we did in their bedroom on two walls! This is some high level painting...

So thrilled

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With my gift from Meg! She got me these very special fairy books as my MOH gift. Baby's nursery will be greatly enhanced by these beautiful books! Thanks Meggy these are perfect

Can you tell how much nicer the pictures are looking?

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I have been doing computery stuff all night to try and improve this!

Photos from the Weekend

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These are from last weekend when we went to see Paul's dad and Susan at their country place. And some from Meg and Mark's new house!

Got these spray dyes

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And they work well! And are fun to use, now I wish I had more stuff to dye.

When you're pregnant cool things happen

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Like you turn your hair ties into pants extenders.

1st baby purchase

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I went ahead and bought some basic onesies and a little t shirt from our Aunt Lori, she sells Alternative clothing brand and so I was able to get amazing deals on some things, and some things for me and Paul too :)
Judging from these colors people
might think we are having a boy, but of course we don't know that yet...

This weekend

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was so great.

Meg and Mark tied the knot and now they are enjoying a honeymoon up in Seattle and Victoria Island. Here are my favorite bridal portraits of Meg I took. I was so proud to have one of mine blown up and displayed at the wedding!

But it's pretty easy to take great photos of this gorgeous girl...

She had her dress made for her, isn't it amazing?

this was the one displayed, my favorite of the bunch. (above)

Had a request for some more headbands

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