Fun Etsy Finds

I love letterpress calendars! This one will be my 2010 calendar very soon.



Advent calendar pouches, countdown to Christmas, re-useable year after year!



I have ordered several things from this seller and everything has been fantastic.



Make it simple for your guests to remember your wedding day with this save the date.Pick your own colors to coordinate with your wedding!

Thanksgiving

Sara and Frank

Audrey and Demi

Frank and Christian

Grandma Poulsen, Little L and Joy

My tabletop decor courtesy of Martha Stewart's design team

Muslim Baby

I don't know if any of you have been to H&M yet but they have baby clothes, maternity, men, women etc... it's a one stop shop. I stopped by there last night to pick up some warm winter attire she could wear to Utah and I found this hat. Does it get any cuter?

A few weeks ago my mother-in-law took a 7th grade teaching job in Florence, AZ. Last night I was talking to her about her class and she was telling me about some of the crazy things the 7th graders were trying to pull; all of them brought me back to my 7th grade year. Why was I so horrible? One thing she mentioned that bothered me was the lack of dictionaries at her school. She had given an vocabulary assignment to her kids and a lot of them mentioned that they didn't have a computer or dictionary at home to look up the words and the classroom only had 2 dictionaries so most of them didn't get a turn to use it. My mother-in-law (Allene) said she told the principal that they needed more. The principal said they couldn't afford to give her a set because of the massive budget cuts. I think every classroom should have more than 2 dictionaries in their classroom. If any of you have any extra dictionaries that you don't mind giving away please let me know 480-678-2548.

My baby is getting so big. I have been so bad at taking pictures lately and as a result I haven't been blogging. O.k. so I never had a chance to finish this post earlier today because of my many interuptions. I hope all of you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I've been trying for a week now to capture this smile.

I haven't blogged in awhile, so hello to all of you who stop by and check out my blog. This month has been so much fun and I finally have a little time tonight to post some pictures.





Little L's first swim. Isn't she so classy? I love her 50's glamour pose...so sophisticated for her age. I also love that Andy's totally flexing...show off.



We asked my sister- in-law to snap a photo of us. Believe it or not this is the second photo we have together. I can't wait to have our family photo's taken professionally.

P.S. Like Andy's stache? He looks like a pedophile. Don't worry I only let him sport it for a week.





A couple of weeks ago I turned 30. For my birthday my husband let me have a spa day and then take me out to a nice resturaunt. After the spa we went and dropped Little L off at my sister-in- law's and then went to T Cooks for dinner. The next day we went over to my sister-in law's for dinner and she surprised me with these photos. Her best friend is a photographer and so she had her come over with all her props and they went to town. This was such a thoughtful birthday gift. Tears started welling up when I looked at the photos. I love Little L so much and the photos are so precious.

Things I'm looking forward to

1. I'm looking forward to the day she stops crying for no apparent reason.

2. Buying some new fall outfits

3. Spending more quality time with me Little L.

3. Buying some new animal print shoes

4. Buying a new dress for fall.

I had to doctor this photo a bit because I thought Little L looked like a boy in a dress. I added the crown because she's so demanding.

I'm so happy to be little L's Mom. I never thought I could love her as much as I do. 

The Nursery 

I'm finally posting pictures of Little L's nursery. It took me a long time to decide on what colors to use; should I go with pink, purple, yellow? When I spotted the crib bedding I fell in love with the red, white and light blue. The colors were feminine, childish and light. I'm so happy with the outcome and now that Little L is here it's fun to get some use out of the room. 

Little L has arrived!

NO BABY TODAY

Today I went to the hospital so ready to have this baby. The nurses hooked up my IV, asked me millions of questions, took my vitals and dressed Andy in his OR attire. We were so excited. Right before they took us into the OR they did a quick ultrasound to make sure the baby was still breech and sure enough little L had moved into the correct position. I was a little bummed for a few minutes but I'm glad that I will have a quicker recovery time and I don't have to deal with the scar.

Hopefully she comes soon! I'm hoping for a July baby.

6 MORE DAYS

I found out last week that Little L is breech. I had a Dr. appt. yesterday and the physician could feel her little bum so I have scheduled a c-section for the 27th. I've been trying all sorts of ridiculous methods to get her to turn but this little girl doesn't want to move. I may have to spank her little bottom for giving her mommy a scar.

The owner of Frances is opening a sweets shop. Check out Jaimee Rose's feature of Smeeks

It's baby season right now so I thought I would share this site with all of you new mothers.

Photo Birth Announcements by Simply To Impress

Here we are a couple of San Diego tourists posing in front of one of Sea World's finest exhibits. Just look at those beautiful massive whales. 

I want to thank my my huge pregnant feet for not ruining my first time at Sea World. I was so pleased with their cooperation so I rewarded them to a pedicure the next day. 

We went to church on Sunday and look who we ran into. It was so good to see you little brother:) 

 

Thank you Grandpa Cooper for sponsoring another family vacation. Andy and I had a lot of fun.

Lately I have been obsessed with Nautical themes. I created a Treasury on Etsy titled "Sail Away With Me". If you haven't checked out the Treasury's on Etsy; you should. They're a fun way to discover new items.

I had some pregnancy photos taken a couple of months ago and I thought I would post a few of them for all of you. Judy Cook (who took the photos) did an excellent job!

I saw this pixie hat on "Etsy Storque" and I love it. I looked at the how- to PDF and then asked Andy's mom if she was up for the challenge. There is no way that I can attempt at making this. Here are the instructions for those of you who know how to knit.

P.S. Do you think Little L is going to look like a teletubby in this hat?

SNEAK PEEK

I'm posting one picture of little L's room because I wanted everyone to see how cute my crib bedding turned out. Isn't it so pretty? I'm in love. When the curtains arrive I will post pictures of the rest of the room.