This Melts My Heart

This little girl woke up like this...she sure knows how to make us all smile in the mornings.  She was more than happy to be hanging out on dad's chest checking out the world.

Happy Birthday Jimmy-pants!!

Adults having birthdays are totally about the "help" kids can offer...or at least Logan thinks so.  He'll blow out the candles for you, come up with a birthday wish, help open presents, take out candles.  Everyone needs a Logan for their birthday ;)

33 looks good on him

It's ok, you can be amazed at my stunning cake making skills.  Love that ganache is so easy to make, looks and tastes beautiful.  Chocolate peanut butter perfection. So yummy!!

Baby Photos

Everly definitely gets her fair share of photos taken.

So...pretty sure this girl can't take me eating chocolate.  Trouble is I LOVE LOVE LOVE chocolate.  This is the result...being surrounded by burp rags (she looks so happy).  The girl becomes a fountain and it comes even 5 minutes to 1 hour after breastfeeding.  Thankfully she is a fountain that gains weight.  I barely zoned in on it likely being chocolate today, so life should be looking up for Everly.

Finally after many attempts this girl smiled for the camera...so cute!!  Melts all our hearts here.

Doesn't this photo make you laugh a face all covered in milk, grabbing a stuffed belly.  It's like Thanksgiving dinner.  Life is good!

Baby Blessing

I was absolutely in love with how my mom made this dress...she made it better than I envisioned.  It's so whimsical and worked perfect for the blessing.  My mom made the point that Everly looked like she was surrounded by a flower with the tiers in the dress surrounding her.  It was a real challenge we came up with in February compliments of some Pinterest ideas, coupled with what was and wasn't available at the fabric store.  

While in Oregon in February I also went through all my mom's stored old baby clothes and snagged this crocheted baby blanket loving the tiny crocheted details...so cute.  I grabbed it for this baby blessing to keep her warm, but had no idea that this was my own personal baby blanket made by Grandma Seymour.  Made the day a touch more special when my mom whispered that detail to me.

Meet the woman who made this gorgeous dress, even when it was out of her comfort zone of her type of style.  She's the best! Below is how Everly was held most the time as it was easier to have the dress supporting her, hence why she looked like she was surrounded by a flower. 

The rest of church the little lady wore an adorable slip my mom made for under the dress.

Jimmy did perfect with the blessing.  Love him.

Family Time

Nana in Town

My mom came in town for a week.  She's the best!  We had so much fun and wished she could have stayed longer.  If only we lived closer...so hard living far from family.  Grateful she was able to make the trip and part with her baby chicks that were on their way for a short time.  Logan loved every minute of it and so did I.

Meet Big Joe.  Nana's oversized purchase at Costco...turns out totally worth it cramping our space as it was the best part of the pool.

Went to the IDEA museum.  Logan had fun checking out the building blocks, painting and going through the monster exhibit.

Dinosaur tail heaven...

Nana spent a great deal of time helping this kiddo out with his preschool worksheets.  She's the best!  

Just wish there were a way to "beam me up" to my families place in Oregon and then back down again.  I sure miss my mom!

Happy 4th of July

Our 4th of July was spent at Wyndam Resort in Scottsdale, AZ with Jimmy's parents.  We had a blast!  Spent oodles of time in the pool, watched a movie, enjoyed some quality BBQ, had our own mini fireworks show...it was perfect!  Everly even enjoyed the fireworks...until the rather loud ones caught her and I off guard.  

They were loving the boogie boards and hanging out with other kids in the pool.  Logan would jump off this waterfall over and over.  Jimmy shared that Logan would swim up to Jimmy, come splash him then swim back to grandma, this would continue over and over again.  Grandpa spent some time catching Logan from the waterfall and catching our little fish mid swimming.  Everly dipped her feet in the water and could not get enough (forgot the swim diaper).  

Everly enjoying some pool side relaxing and showing off her darling outfit, compliments of Nana.

Fireworks...in a parking lot we later found we should have not lit them there, oops!!  Finished the show just in time to get caught and asked to move...win!  So fun!!

Everly slept 7 hours last night!!  Apparently 4th of July entirely wore her out...Logan is still asleep and it has been 9 hours.  We sure know how to play hard when grandparents are in town!!  Not to mention it was 112 degrees yesterday which I'm sure wore someof us out.  Soon to come...posting about Nana being here and not to mention the main event of the baby blessing and family hanging out with us.  It's been just the best couple weeks and has gone by WAY too fast!!