It's officially a little less than a month away from Valentine's Day and I know it may be a tad too early to start thinking about but I can't help but get excited to celebrate with Bug this year.  She will have a daycare Valentine's Day party and I can't wait to help her send each one of her friends a Valentine card... you remember the old school ones you put in the homemade Valentine's boxes at school.  I'm also thinking we will make some festive treats for both daycare and home to celebrate so I'll be in need of heart shaped everything for the kitchen.   All of the kids are pretty young so I will have to think up some things that are infant/ toddler friendly.  I'm also thinking of creating festive breakfast's or dinner's for us at home so that we can all celebrate together.

 

Garland [diy] | Paper Straws | Goodie Bags

 

I am pretty obsessed with decorating my chalkboard so I have the intention of making garland similar to the one above to drape over it.  I found this cute recipe for heart shaped almond bark that will be perfect for the goodie bags at daycare.

 

I also love to deck Bug out in festive holiday wear so I've found some of the cutest pieces from some of our favorite stores.  

LOVE sweatshirt | ballet slippers | overall skirt | gold moccasins | sweater dress | headband [diy] | graphic onesie

 

 Happy Friday!!



Random Wednesday

Happy Wednesday! We got the ok to start Bug on some chunkier foods such as green beans, mashed potatoes, teething biscuits... Anything soft that will get her use to eating what we eat. First try was a fail. She wasn't having the whole feeding her self scenario.  Apples were her food of the week so I diced an apple and boiled it until it turned to mush when you touched it. She loved to play in it but hated that chunky feel when it actually made it to her mouth so I ended up mixing it with a cube of her puréed apples and she devoured it like she was starving.  Maybe she doesn't think she gets fed fast enough doing it herself; who knows.

As part of my living room redo I decided to make Bug her own little spot.  I found the rug at Home Goods and couldn't pass it up.  I think her Papa and Gigi will be purchasing her a teepee for hir birthday so I'm thinking I will put this run in the teepee with some lights to make a cozy little spot for her to call her own.

 

Farewell 2014. Hello 2015

2014 was extremely good to us.  We started off expecting our first baby, remodeling the most lived in room in our home [the kitchen], welcomed Bug to our family, celebrated her first holidays [4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas].  We have had a lot of laughs and some tears in between but if has most definitely been an adventure.  It is so fun to watch Bug grow so fast and learn new things almost daily.  We can't wait to continue this journey with her.
Our year in review via pictures pictures:

 



 

 

  

 

 









 







 

It has been a great year for all of us and as cliche as it sounds I honestly can't wait to see what 2015 has in store for us.  Spencer and I also decided we weren't going to do resolutions but to just relax and enjoy our time together without any obligations or commitments and to focus on being there for Bug.

Christmas + New Years

I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone.  This year has just seemed to fly by for us and here we are starting a new one.  I hate to say it but we kept everything pretty low key for our first Christmas with Bug; I for sure thought we would get in way over our heads with the holiday.  We spent Christmas Eve [all day] with my family and then did Christmas morning at home, Spencer's family that afternoon and were back home a little after dark.

all 3 babies born this year on my side

 

Santa came!

Hunnie & Bug

We then made the trek the day after Christmas to Louisiana to visit Scott, MA and little E. I was so excited to see the babies together. I just had it in my head that they would talk together in baby gibberish and roll around on the floor together. For the most part that didn't happen. E sat up and Bug laid down most of the time. She loves tummy time and he doesn't and she is still wobbly sitting up for long periods by herself. She also thinks its funny to sometimes flop back while sitting up to have you constantly keep sitting her up. Its not, its a little terrifying. So we spent a long weekend with them and made the outrageously long trip back home [its really not that bad but Bug was in a mood and we made way too many stops so it took longer than necessary].

 

the only way we survived the last hour before we arrived

 

whatcha doing down there Chan Chan

 

is he not the sweetest!

 

wanting to do what dad did [we were getting gas btw]

We did spend a quiet New Years Eve at home.  We debated on whether to go out or not but decided it would be nice to stay home with Bug and ring in the New Year with her.  She was still partying at midnight so by default we were still up.  Usually if we stay in on New Years were out by 10 so it was kind of nice to see the New Year roll in.

our official New Years picture