Baby Name

We've been asked a bunch what baby girl Beam's name will be... you all KNOW I'm no secret keeper! :) We're 95% sure it will be Emma (not sure of the middle name yet, though). Addison was going to be Emma for a long time, and I almost changed it in the hospital as we were filling out the birth certificate paperwork! We recently asked Addison to say Emma's name to see if she could... first she said "Mamu" followed by "Mama." Still working on it!

24 Weeks

Jamie N, sorry this took so long... I managed to get Scott to take a pic right before I left to teach class this morning! These days I don't always get ready or get out of my PJs if I don't have to:)

Flower Hats!

I've seen flower hats on etsy.com and a few photographer's websites (usually on newborns), so I went to a huge craft fair in Tulsa today hoping to find them! I found the hats for $5 and the flower clips for an additional $3-8 (depending on the size), so I decided to examine the flower clips to see how easily I could make them. Yep, super easy and CHEAP! All I did was go to Walmart (where I was going to get groceries anyway), bought a few flowers, cut the ends off and hot glued them on alligator clips that I already had! I also had some ribbon already at home that I thought would look cute on the hat with the pink flower, so I just decided to add that at the last minute. I may add more later, but it's a good start! You do have to work with the flowers a little and hot glue them in a few places, but it was really easy!

This lasted about 1 minute...

Right before she said, "OFF OFF!" That was it-she was done being my model:)

The best part is that you can make a bunch of different clips of different flowers depending on the outfit! Oh, and there are two black ones because I had to get baby sister one, too!

Tutu!

After looking for tulle to be on sale at Hobby Lobby for quite some time, it finally happened this week! Then, a surprise package from Nana and Poppa arrived today with a cute pink NC State shirt and pom poms to make the outfit complete:) Addison loves the tutu I made and ran all over the house tonight with her baby and pom poms in tow... which is why it was VERY difficult to get her to stay still long enough to even get a picture. Love this girly girl! Oh, and it cost less than $7.00 to make the tutu! I may add some ribbon to it later, but we'll see!

Getting ready to jump.

Tina Horn, this picture should make you and Jason proud!! I know it's not all red and white, but she's definitely a wolfpacker!

Time with Daddy

When I came home at 8pm tonight, this is what I found:

Evidently Scott and Addison sat down on the couch around 7 to watch a little football and just like her Mom, it put her right to sleep! She was completely out within a few mintues. Um, why hasn't she ever done that for me? I don't think this child has ever gone to sleep that early!

The Times I Cherish

I was making dinner the other night with Addison and it just hit me how special this time is for the two of us right now. In between helping me with different tasks, she decided to take out all of my mushrooms and line them up neatly in a row on the counter... is this child a product of Scott and me or what!! Later, she helped me tear the lettuce into small pieces for a salad and I just realized how much I cherish making dinner with her each night. She loves to sit up on the counter and watch/help me while I explain what I'm doing. As we talk, I can't help but hope that this will last forever, but I know it may not. So, I cherish these moments while I still have them.

Halloween Costume

Since Addison was not in the mood for pictures on Halloween (she cried as Scott tried to take a picture of her), I thought I'd try to get one today. Here's what happened:

We started out with this (not quite what I meant when I asked her to sit on the ottoman) Then this:)

Finally, we got ONE!