Chilling ;)

Watching Charlie Brown, pillows, a "bop" (aka sippy cup) and "noonie" (aka pacifier :) ) life is good :)

Wishing for Fall....

I came across these images and they all reminded me of one thing...how ready I am for Fall!!!!!
I love it, it's one of my favorites second only to Spring. :) I'm just so ready for the cooler weather, soup, wearing scarves, pretty colors, hot cocoa, candy apples and the crisp air.
I think Summertime has almost lost it's charm for me. ;)

Etsy love and a baby update :)

Hi! :) Well, I haven't updated in a little while...the morning sickness is definitely starting to set in and I've not been feeling up to doing much once I get off of work. But this weekend I'm not working at the bank and I don't have any photoshoots scheduled, so I'm planning on settling in and watching 1 or 2 of these movies and taking it easy! ;) (as easy as you can with a very active 18 month old! haha) A girl I work with gave me most of these movies, except the last two that I got at my favorite sale, Movie Gallery's buy two get two sale on pre-played DVD's ;)
Have you seen these movies? What were your thoughts? :) I haven't seen a lot of them yet, but I loved 27 dresses and across the universe :)

In baby news, I had another check up today and got our due date. It's March 11th!! :) Seems like *such* a long time from now, but we'll have planning a nursery and several holidays between now and then to make the time go by faster. :) And I really can't complain about the morning sickness...I'm not feeling well but it's so worth it! We can't wait to have a new baby to welcome into our lives :)


I also wanted to share some something pretty wonderful, Rachel has started a new Etsy shop full of vintage goodies and I can't wait to go shopping for some cuteness! I really love the aluminum glasses and tray that I have pictures of here, so cute :) I have a dream of transforming our kitchen into a 50's loving kitsch collection of bright and cute things :) You should come see her shop and look around for yourself! It's like thrift store shopping, except you don't have to look for hours and hours to find the good stuff :) Here's her shop :)

And I also recently came across another really great Etsy shop, Olive Sunday. I got this cute framed vintage print thinking that if we have a boy it could go in his room....and if we have a girl I'm sure I can find another place for it :) And the second print is for you Elsie! :) I thought of you right away, it's a pink pirate ship! I'll be sending it to you soon. :) This Etsy shop really makes me want to go buy some old frames at thrift stores...even the really ugly gold ones, and cover them with some bright paint and give them new life. :) She has so many cute framed prints!

I hope you all have a great weekend! :) :)
Charin

New photos posted :)

I have pictures posted here from this cute couples engagement session! :) It was so much fun taking pictures for them! :)
Happy Monday,

Charin

My beautiful artist ♥

Katie Shae made her very first painting today! :) :)
I've been wanting to let her do this for awhile now, and today I picked up some washable paint and a foam posterboard and watched her *create art*!! Isn't it beautiful? :) We're going to add her name and age to the bottom under her handprints and hang it on her wall :) (or ours...I can't decide which)
:) Charin

I (finally!) have some of my favorite pictures up on my photography blog from these lovelies wedding session! :) Come see! :)
Charin

I really have been scrapping lately! ;) I haven't shared any new pages on here for awhile, so here's some stuff I've done this past week. :)

I couldn't wait to scrap the picture of Katie's sweet pigtails on the first page! She looks *so* grown up to us when her hair's like that :)

And I wanted to share some happy news! On the "music I love" page I used Angie Delarie stamps, I love using her cute and unique stamps! And the really great news is that I'm on her design team now, so honored! :) I had fun trying to impress my brother in law Randy by telling him that I was on a design team for a company in Australia ;)

The second page is from the latest challenge prompt over at Inspired By Amelie (to tear pictures and use them on a scrap page) and it was really fun! I used a picture of myself so I wouldn't feel too bad about ripping it up! haha

And I made my first page about baby # 2! ♥ :) I made it the night I found out, because I couldn't sleep! Too excited. :)

The last little project was just for fun, I took some odd sized envelopes that I had, punched a hole for the metal ring in them and scrapped on the front, journaled a piece of cardstock for inside the envelope. I love doing little projects that show what I love in that moment in time. :)

P.S. I just realized that I told you about these pages out of order, but blogger's not letting me edit that and I'm too lazy to re-type all of that ;)

Have a great Monday! :)
Charin

Guess what???? :)

I have some beautiful, happy, exciting news to share!!! :) :)
I'M PREGNANT!!!! We are so excited!! We've both been getting "baby fever" again lately, and I think this is the perfect time, Katie will be about 2 years and 3 months when this little one gets here :) I found out on the 7th, just a few hours before my birthday, so that was definitely the best birthday present ever :)
xxoo

Charin

Celebrate *Freedom*!!

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July everyone!! :) I'll be back soon. ;)

P.S. I took these at our college's fireworks show...so much fun! It was Katie's first time seeing fireworks, she fell asleep in about two minutes! haha

Life...

These past two weeks have been such a crazy mix of good and bad things...my friend losing her husband and the father of her children, seeing my best friend Magan and her family for the first time in over a year, Katie watching her first fireworks and playing in a pool for the first time. My sweet nieces being up from Louisiana, and lots of time with my sister Jessica.
Such a mix of joy and sadness.....it's overwhelmingly sad and happy right now. But, that's life sometimes. We take the good with the bad.
And seeing my sweet babies face every day is such a strong reminder to me that no matter what happens, life really is beautiful.

Thank you all so much for your comments here and your messages letting me know that you're praying for my friend. Give your loved ones an extra hug and kiss today.
Charin