Put down the camera mom!!

It took me 27 years but I now understand my mother...when it comes to pictures that is :) I remember every year around Thanksgiving, my brother and I would have to grin and bear it while my mom took about 1,000 pictures of us for the yearly Christmas card. We would moan and complain which would just prolong the "session" since we would have expressions on our faces as though we were being sent to some kind of prison camp. I now understand the quest for the perfect picture! I guess it is something that comes with motherhood. We had a little session of our own this morning. My goal...to have every square inch of our house adorned with a framed Elly :)

Ahhhh...perfection!!!

Perfection x 2

Sweat, tears and (almost) blood!

After four long months it's finally finished!! Leanna, my dear friend and supervisor at work, has been working tirelessly on finishing this afghan for sweet Elly. She will be the first to tell you that she may have bit off more than she could chew with this project :) Kudos to you for actually finishing it! It is absolutely beautiful and will be a keepsake that Elly will have forever. Thanks again Leanna, we love you!!

I already love my new blankie Miss Leanna!!

Really...another flower bigger than my head?!

So much detail!!

Leanna, Elly (just a couple weeks old!) and me

Mommy in training!

Lovin' life

What a life!! I loved this picture and just HAD to share :)

Main St. Arts Fest

The Main St. Arts Festival is one of the things Kris and I love about Fort Worth. We look forward to it every year. For Kris, it is more about the food than it is about the art! For me, it is more about having a good time with great friends! This year we met up with Colin, Jen and their little Abby and Jason, Jennifer and their little Evan. We quickly found out that the art festival is not really stroller friendly. We spent the majority of the afternoon hanging out and listening to some live music. The best part of the day...enjoying my first margarita in about a year!!! Boy was it good!!! We ended the day with the Patrick's and Cashen's heading to our house for some burgers. It was the perfect end to a great Saturday. We look forward to doing it next year!

Elly slept through most of the art!



Jen and I


The whole gang...minus Elly. I wasn't about to wake her up for a group shot!