Valentine's Day Book Sneak Peek

Today I'm LOVING that I just finished a little book on Shutterfly for our family! I LOVE LOVE LOVE it and cannot wait for it to come in the mail! Here's a little peek at the cuteness!

It helps that I have some really cute faces to work with!

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Friday...I Mean Monday

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Well due to the Hubs work schedule our "Friday" is now Monday! So as everyone is getting back to the grind we are winding down and getting ready for our "weekend". His work schedule just changed so this past weekend was our last "normal" weekend. We didn't do that much. The Hubster worked on getting masters program homework done, I played with Emma Claire, we got some fun packages in the mail. Nothing too exciting.

My mom sent some super cute outfits for Emma Claire

Can't wait for summer to put her in these!

Love our new elephant jammies! They are super soft and warm! We need these up here. Even though our Target has the bathing suit section completely set up. May I point out  that we have yet to have our first good snow yet!

I also got an invitation to a bridal shower with a super cute and different idea...

Inside the invitation was a recipe card for the guests to write down a favorite recipe to share with the bride and groom! Love this!

I also got Emma Claire's Remember Nguyen monogrammed romper in the mail.

 I got it 60% off so the romper was $8 and the monogram was $10..not too shabby!!!

Did a bebe photoshoot with my little model.

I even got out a dress that I wore in my 3 month pictures as a baby so I could get a good comparison picture...

however someone was NOT having it once I got the dress on. Sigh. We'll try again today!

I bought some digital design packages and am planning on re-vamping my blog look...again.

 It drives me NUTS when people change their blog looks constantly, I had my first design for a full year. However, I am just not a fan of the newest design that I've done. So I'm hoping that this next one will be a keeper ;-)

Valentines Decorations and Some Freebies!

I love Valentine's Day! This year my decorations are just about as simple as you can get! I just decorated our TV hutch in our living room with some cutesy things.

It's not super fancy but it is festive and it works! I can't wait to add our cards that I made to the hutch! This year I used tiny prints and let me tell you...they are pretty dang cute! I'll share once we've opened them, since a certain Husband reads my blog ;-)

Now for the FREEBIES!!! :-)

Yesterday I was searching for a Valentine's Day printable to put in this frame I got at Target...

Well I couldn't find anything I liked so I just made my own!

I love it and since I made it I'm going to share it with YOU!

I also made this one...

I just haven't put it in a frame yet. I think it's going to go in our kitchen!

Stay tuned for another Valentine's Day printables post! I have made a few others that are just DARLING! :-) I can't wait to share them with y'all!

My Chatty Little Lady

I already know Emma Claire is going to be a talker, hmmm I wonder where she gets that from? ;-) In the mornings she just has so much to say. She will coo and go on and on for me! I finally got a "conversation" on video. Melts my heart.

Emma Claire Three Months

I just cannot believe my sweet baby is THREE months old!!!

I know I'm going to be saying this forever BUT her faces Crack. Me. Up.

Month Three Week by Week

Here's a little update on what Emma Claire has been up to this month!

Eating: Emma Claire is still going strong with breastfeeding. She has really gotten better at it and both sides are "Easy" for us now! I am so thankful for this. She hasn't had any formula in over a month. I know there's nothing wrong with her having formula, I only say this because I feel GREAT that I finally have the hang of breastfeeding and don't have to give her any formula. We worked so hard to get to this point and I'm proud of us BOTH! :-)

Sleeping: HA! Sleep...what sleep?! I swear just as she fell into a rhythm of sleeping 6-8 hours a night BAM she started waking up every 2-3 hours at night. I'm pretty sure this is her 4 month sleep regression hitting early. She is sleeping very differently now and it's just her little body growing and changing. I'm not stressing too much about it. I know it's just a phase.

Firsts: We can now do tummy time for quite a while without crying. She really is getting some great head control and loves to "plank" when she's on her tummy. She's SO close to rolling over! She now reaches for some toys. Her smiles are intentional now and the other day I made my jaw sore from making my "Happy" face for so long trying to get her to smile! HA! She has LOTS to say. She is constantly babbling and talking to us. She LOVES to talk to her daddy, already a Daddy's girl ;-) This girl can also create some serious drool. No joke. She's also the queen of spit bubbles! We also had our first visit from Aunt Paige and Granny Dawn and Granddaddy Wade. Our first complete meltdown happened in Target the other day, we had to leave without getting anything.

Clothes: A few 0-3 outfits still fit but she's mostly in 3 month clothing. She's still wearing size one diapers.

Mommy Moments: I've decided I'm going to be THAT Mom who cries whenever something big happens. I was SO sad that I had to pack up her newborn clothes. I also cried the other night when she was fussing and broke out of her swaddle and grabbed my thumb with her hand then sighed and fell right back asleep. I know that me holding her hand makes everything better right now but that won't always be the case.

Ralph and Reading

Today Emma Claire wore Ralph Lauren for the first time :-)

We also did a little book photo shoot! She LOVES when I read to her and I decided to do a little photo shoot with her laying on some of our favorite books. I figured that I should do this photo shoot before she's rolling all over the place! This was also the first time she smiled for a LONG time and would smile back at me and ignore the camera! I got a TON of smile pictures, it totally made my day!

Taking pictures of her is getting more and more fun! I need to take her 3 month sticker picture...maybe when she wakes up from her nap!

Beautiful

"Because of your smile, you make life more beautiful" Thich Nhat

Smocked Sweetness

If only it weren't winter...I am itching to put Emma Claire in all of her sweet smocked outfits. Seriously. If only we didn't live in a place where it really is winter...Emma Claire pretty much lives in playsuits and footies right now. They're just more practical for us during this stage of life. So sadly she only has a few smocked items for 0-3 months. Don't you worry...we MORE than make up for that with our wardrobe for the spring and summer ;-) So all that to say that I pulled out one of her sweet little dresses today to literally play dress up!

We tried out a fun flower today instead of the traditional bow. (For a few pictures at least hehe)

This is my favorite picture of her I've taken so far. I LOVE her little lips! She sucks on them constantly now so I rarely get to see them! Her little bottom lip is just too darn cute.

I just love her little feet!