Sunrise till Sunset...

this is how we spent our days at the beach.   We just got back from our annual family beach trip- the weather was gorgeous- the water was chilly- little love enjoyed every minute of it. 

More to come later about our beach trip. 

Big Celeb in the House?...

Our dog, Jackson, is a big celebrity now...

Ok, not really, but he was chosen as 'Pet of the Day' at Pet Play Place.

We take him to play sometimes and board him when we go out of town. 

He always has a blast and comes home dead tired. 

For being the pet of the day he was displayed on this billboard (thanks to my mother in law for snapping the picture for us), in the office, on their facebook page, and in the local paper.

Way to go Jackson!

Beach Babe

Is this not the cutest beach babe you've ever seen?!?! 

 I had to try on her bathing suit to make sure it wasn't too big or too small. 

Fits perfectly!! 

We are so ready for the beach in 2 weeks!

Santa

A visit with Santa...

and lunch with daddy today!

No better way to spend the day.  

The Final Product- Little M's Ruler

Little M's Ruler- we were going to hang it in her room, but we loved the final product so much we decided to hang it in our living room.  This is how we will document her height.  Pretty neat, huh!?!  Want to make your own?  I listed directions in another post and linked it to the blog I found it at.  Apparently they used to sell these at Pottery Barn...can't imagine how much that cost.  

11 weeks of Joy

Little M is very curious about the world around her.

She is officially a thumbsucker if she doesn't have her paci.

She is beginning to love daddy time much more than she used to.

She is loving her hands...not just to suck on her thumb, but she loves to look at them, clasp  them together, and grab things.  Even momma's hair sometimes.

Latest Project

This past week I started working on a project that I thought might help occupy my week while little one is napping. Well, I started the project on Monday and ended up finishing it on Tuesday....so not so much luck with it helping to occupy my time. I guess the dishes were calling my name anyway. 

This project I call 'Little M's Ruler' (real creative, I know). 

I've wanted a way to document her growth. You've got those roll up growth charts (I think they look particularly cheap) and then you have the old fasioned 'mark it on the door frame', but then when you move you're going to take the door frame with you...in my case, that answer would be no. So, I came across this project on a blog I found through Pinterest (I don't think I have mentioned my love for pinterest yet, but I will save that for another post). Found at: Dear Lillie 

I knew immediately when I came across it that this is what I was going to create.

1st Halloween

And here she is...

Our little Mermaid for her first halloween.
Wish I had taken more pictures...but it was dark, cold, and little loves cuddle, sleepy time.
We hung out by the fire pit at my sister's house. Ate wings and hot dogs. And enjoyed family time. I had to head inside a few times with little love to either rock her, change her diaper, or feed her so we missed out on some of the cute trick or treaters. Little M enjoyed her first halloween all snuggled up with me and sleeping...next year halloween should be a little more eventful for little love.