Woodland creatures mobile.

The last few months were full of sickness and a grumpy teething baby, but I finally managed to finish a mobile project that has been in the works for some time. It was created for my childhood friend Andrea, who was recently blessed with a little girl named Dahlia. This week I got to meet the little nugget and fell in love with her...she is so sweet! The theme for this mobile is woodland creatures which ties in with her nursery's Scandinavian fabric, woodsy art prints, and rustic furniture. It was really fun to design the little creatures and to even use my concept illustrations for Henry's birthday invites. 

Finally finished and delivered. It was such a treat to meet little Dahlia and catch up with a dear childhood friend.

Here are the final creatures in all their woodland glory.

A rainy Sunday morning.

Henry gets to eat his breakfast in his bedroom on the weekends (so Mac or I can sleep in without hearing Henry's extremely high decibel breakfast chatter). I think he likes the change of scenery.

Some controversy.

After watching the KONY 2012 campaign video I was shocked to find that it has sparked some major concerns and speculation about the campaign and the motives behind the Invisible Children (IC) organization. If you are interested here is the response from IC on the subject. I read through the articles and believe that IC's motives are pure and I still support their organization. I encourage you to read it. 

Invisible Children.

When I was a student at SPU we had the opportunity to hear some of the stories of young men who were among the invisible children. I remember being so heartbroken and angry, but after a couple days my life continued on as normal and I forgot. This video by Invisible Children brought the situation right back into focus. As I watched the video I was sobbing just imagining the fear and horror those children face every minute of their lives. I am not a political protester, but I believe that this is a cause to petition and raise awareness for. Please take some time to watch this and spread the word about Kony.

KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

Hello, long time no see.

Um, it is almost March. Time is sprinting by and I almost have a 15 month old toddler. TODDLER! Granted he is still way more baby than toddler. One example I can share with you is that he refuses to drink milk from any vessel other than his bottle (and by refuses I mean screams and chucks his sippy cup across the room). ALSO, it has to be warmed up to just the right temperature or he will lock his lips tighter than a ducks arse. Apart from his high-maintenance, baby-faced lactose issues he is starting to look much older, is amazingly beautiful, and is still sporting his ginger locks. I like to believe that a twenty something Robert Redford time traveled to present day (well technically 2010) and we made a baby.

Enjoy some pics from the last few months.

Baths are like crack for Henry.

Loves his dada. It's ok Robert is cool with the stand in.

Hunk o'baby. Look at those blue eyes. They slay me.

The best feeling in the world is having him conk out on you.

Check out those chompers. He bites me every night when I finger brush his teeth. Little monster.

He knows where most of his body parts are. He has a fondness for ears. Which means I get nasty wet willies on a daily basis.

This kid loves books... just like me.

Snow is the coolest.

I am a happy lady right now. There is snow on the ground and more to come. Yessss. We got to introduce snow to Henry for the first time. It was awesome. We bundled him up a la Randy from A Christmas Story and set out into the cold. He loved it. Enjoy some pics from our glorious snow day.

Christmas rewind, part two.

Christmas was the best. Henry is still not totally digging the festivities, but by next year he best be gung-ho. Here are some pictures of the season.

We spent Christmas eve and morning with the Goodeve clan. So fun to have the McLain family with us! We loved seeing Henry and Grace play together.

Henry's AMAZING stocking that Debbie labored over for a whole year (she cross stitched the whole thing)!

Henry and Grace got to go swimming. Look at their cute chunk chunk!


Christmas afternoon was spent with the Burrows Bunch at Grandma Doralin's house. It was so fun to see my siblings and cousins. I wish I had more pictures of our time there, but for some reason we didn't have the camera out.

Henry loves his great grandma Doralin.

The poopy siblings together again. Ricky sporting a questionable pompado, and sissy pants is looking as beautiful as ever...perhaps it is because she is in Love? Hmmm.