Busy Girl



Usually after you take a picture, she comes running to see the screen display because she knows the picture is there.  As you can see she's at my feet ready to see the picture.

Here she's reaching for the camera to see the new picture.

Taking a walk around the driveway.

Looking for something to eat.

Playing in the kitchen after dinner.

Playing dress up with Daddy's shoes.

Getting really excited while talking to the baby in the window.

She got her foot stuck in this container she was playing with,
 so she walked around with it for a while.

"Helping" Daddy work on a Saturday morning.

Lemon Love

Baby Shower Fun

I hosted a baby shower yesterday, and I know some of you are interested in pictures. So here goes.

The Mama-to-be is one of my dear friends, and I'm so glad she accepted my offer to give her a shower.  I had some help from another dear friend - my sewing partner in crime  -for the decorations and food.  We planned a small shower with just a few close friends. I went with a yellow and white flower theme.  We decorated onesies for the new baby with fun fabric appliques. I was so impressed with the creativity of all the girls.  That baby is going to have some of the cutest handmade summer outfits!  I have some hand stitching to do on each to finish the applique process and to add a few details here and there.  So when you look at the pictures below, imagine eyes, bird feet, whale spouts, etc.  The menu included: Sweet Humus Chicken Salad, Lentil and Kale Salad, Fresh Fruit Salad, Baked Zucchini and Cauliflower Sticks with Sweet Onion Dip, and Cupcake Rattles.  I set up a make your own flavored lemonade stand.  I had a pitcher of lemonade and four fruit purees to mix in: Strawberry, Peach, Raspberry, and Cherry.  It was such a lovely evening.  The only bad thing of the whole evening was I forgot to take a picture of all the girls! I'm sad about this.....and to think, I call myself a photographer!  Here are the pictures I took or A took for me before he escaped with Little A to hang out with the Daddy to be.

Plain onesies helped decorate the room before we decorated them.

Cupcake Rattles!

The finished products.

iPhone Pictures

You've probably noticed that sometimes I'm able to post a few times in a week, and then sometimes I don't post for a few weeks.  It probably has something to do with nap length and other things I have to do around the house.  Today I have a million other things to do but I'm posting pictures.  Usually, I try to get the million other things done during nap time but I thought I'd change it up a bit.

Anyway, this is something I can't believe I'm doing.  I'm going to post a bunch of pictures from my cell phone.  I can't believe I'm doing this because of how much $$ we have sitting on our counter in the form of a really nice Canon.  But you know, it's not always around my neck and the phone is always in my pocket. I've been taking "real" pictures everyday but there's something about the pure randomness of the cell phone shot that I wanted to share.

I simply love this girl.

When Allen saw this picture, he said he hoped she was pulling weeds not grass.

Living on the wild side.

Having a snack.

One of her favorite spots.

Testing out the new DIY sippy cup saver on one of our walks.

Fresh out of the shower.

Sharing a smoothie with Mama.

Testing out her playhouse the day we finished it.

Morning Hair and Morning Smiles.

Ready for a walk.

Reading in her playhouse.

St. Patty's Day Walk

Taking Duckie for a walk.

She Loves Balloons!

Grandma NoName (aka Nona) brought Anna a few balloons for Valentine's Day.  They are still being played with daily....

Getting used to her new carseat AND playing with her balloons.