Love ready

heart: diy   flannel shirt: old navy   jeans: target   boots: zulily 

We've never been a big celebrator of Valentine's day in the past.  But thanks to more time at home and pinterest I now love decorating and acknowledging Valentine's day.  Having a baby to do things with makes it more fun too! 

1. Heart sweater.  Now I've seen some pretty cheap cute heart sweaters, but when I made mine two years ago I could not find one.  I made mine for less than $10 (check out the easy tutorial here).  Of course this summer I found one at Old Navy for less than $5 and justified needing another heart sweater.  

2. Decorations. I love my Valentine's decorations that I made last year and may be a little overboard adding this heart felt garland.  Super cheap.  Super easy.  

Cut out hearts and sew together.  Easy, easy. 

3. Footprints. After making these I want will happily find any reason to put Addilyn's footprint on anything.  I'm pretty sure I'll do some footprint project on a canvas for every holiday this year.  
Happy February!

Addilyn's gift to daddy

I usually have a hard time choosing a good present for Chris and never know what to get him that, especially a gift that isn't super expensive.  I was really excited to give him a gift "from" Addilyn this year.  And this one was free and may have made him shed a few sentimental tears.  (Which to my happiness isn't hard to do when it involves him thinking or talking about Addilyn). 

After making our little mistletoe craft I wanted to do something else with footprints.  I'm a little sad I didn't think of these gifts sooner because I think they would've made great grandmother gifts too. 

I saw a few similar prints like this on etsy but decided to make one on a canvas that I already had.  I used fabric paint for the writing so that I could do it a little neater than if I used a paintbrush.  

I love how it turned out and Chris loved it too and is excited about hanging it in his office.  And now I kind of want to put Addilyn's footprint on everything.  
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! If you're like me you don't even love looking at your Christmas tree anymore because you're sad that it is all over.  I plan on going through and sharing some (or lots) of our pictures from the last week tomorrow.  

Recent Favorites

waiting in line for Santa

This time of the year has always been my favorite, but adding our sweet baby has made it even more special. Here are a few favorites from the last week:

After seeing this on pinterest and seeing my friend Molly make it with her daughter I wanted to do it with Addilyn.  I love how it turned out and would now like to put her footprint on everything.  

We made our mistletoe craft when we had a little playdate with Addilyn's friend Vinny.  It is such a blessing to have friends with babies close in age. 

Addilyn's sleep is finally approving and she has been sleeping a little later the last few mornings.  The other morning I actually got up and sat with a cup up coffee for a little while before her or Chris were up.  It was was wonderful.  

This outfit.  I found these wedges at Target last week for only $10 and love them.  This Old Navy flannel shirt is super comfy and I love it with my fur vest. 

We took Addilyn to see Santa this weekend and she seemed a little skeptical of him for a second.  Then grabbed his beard, started chewing on a candy cane and realized she loved him.  

I hope you are enjoying some of your favorite things this week!  Speaking, of favorites I have a blogging friend to introduce to you today who is going to share one of her favorite posts with you.  

Sarah is one of those bloggers like I have mentioned before who I am envious of because she is really funny. Meaning people besides her sister laugh when they read her blog.  Like this post on what your workout clothes say about you or 10 commandments for instagram posting.  But besides being funny, she's honest and also throws in these posts all woman can relate to like this one about self image.  Plus it's clear that she is a talented graphic designer because her blog is awesome looking and I think I need her to redo mine.  Today she is sharing one of her favorite posts with you.  (And giving away a $25 Sephora giftcard and ad space to her blog at the end!)   

The {insert team name} are looking good. They totally have it won.

Other team just scored, down by 7, there is no way {insert team name} can win now.

I really like your team's outfits.

Why do they all have to be so matchy matchy?

When was the last time they lost a game?

Can we watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills now?

How much longer?

Tom Brady is so hot. 

OMG! Tracy just posted pictures of her 1 minute old baby and uploaded 467 pictures to her new Facebook album. Let's use the apple TV and look at the pictures on the big screen.

How many calories are in this dip?

What is a touchdown?

What is a first down?

Who are the guys in black and white stripes?

I love black and white stripes. I just got a new coat from Forev that was like totally cheap and super cute, want me to model it?

How many consecutive starts does your quarterback have now without a single injury? 

Ok, so no to Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, but you totally love when I end up making you watch the Bachelor. He's athletic. Can we change it to that?

My ex boyfriend was a quarterback.

My ex boyfriend played for this team for a while actually.

My ex boyfriend is Andrew Luck, have you heard of him? I don't think he get's to start though.

Is this chicken we are eating or is this Tuna?

While I'm not completely sports inept, I definitely don't pay close enough attention to any game and mainly go to sport viewing parties for the socializing and eating and would probably annoy any sports loving man!  

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