kisses...

love getting kisses from my little man... 

Quarterly Top 5 {Jan.Feb.March 2012}

Excited to link up for the Quarterly Top 5 Photos 

you've taken of your children....

Such a hard choice....

my new camera is a good thing, and a bad thing. 

{Good because I get so many amazing photos, bad because I have to scroll thru 

hundreds of pictures to find these, and I'm sure I missed some good ones!}

Not sure I'd say these are all my "best" photos in a technical aspect, 

but they are the pics of the most precious moments from the last few months. 

Enjoy!

B's 1st Birthday! 

I think he was more into sharing his cake with mommy and daddy than eating it. 

Can't believe he's 1 already! 

And this quarter brought his first attempts at standing by himself! 

Always sticking his tongue out when he's concentrating... 

I love how proud he looks here!

It's been a long time since I've been able to get pictures of B sleeping, 

since he has super-sonic hearing like his dad.

But on this morning, I got some great shots...

I just love his precious little face!

With our unbelievably awesome weather this March, we were able to get outside and play!

Bryceroni isn't quite ready to walk on his own, but he's halfway there... 

lovin' the bear crawl! haha! 

And a repeat from my last scavenger hunt post... 

my sweet baby boy enjoying the wonder of bubbles!!! 

LOVE IT! :)

scavenger hunt {03.25.12}

This week's scavenger hunt pics... 

Enjoy! :)

WHIMSY

What's more whimsical than bubbles to a 13 month old?!?! So fun!

CREATE

A close-up of a painting I did for our living room...

DUST

The dust on my laptop screen... love a bright sunny day, 

but man, does my computer screen need cleaned!!! 

SPROUT

Our "pet" deer... he was just a baby here, maybe a few weeks old? 

But, also, we named him Sprout. :)

SWING

Wanted to get creative with this one... but I was stumped! 

So here's a memory of a swing I will never forget... 

B's first time in a playground swing - almost 6 months old - he loved it!

I will never forget those giggles and smiles. Priceless!

Join me next week @ 

hands...

With the weather getting nicer, B has been able to go out and explore some new stuff! 

This acorn was his favorite - 

only had to snag it before it hit his mouth twice... 

what a  little squirrel. :)

Join me!

 

scavenger hunt {03.18.12}

This week was a tough one! 

VINTAGE

A close-up of a vintage rocking horse... this was my father-in-laws when he was a baby, now it's B's!

WORD OR QUOTE

I have so many things to love and be thankful for right now - 

my hubby and baby B, my amazing sister and her little family, 

and the beautiful spring (summer?!) weather...

NATURE'S OWN

Speaking of Spring.... have you noticed the buds on the trees?

I was SO excited to see these!

PEOPLE

Bryceroni and his cousin, Reese's Pieces, reading B's favorite book! 

PHOTOGRAPHER'S CHOICE

Playing with the features on my awesome camera - love this one! 

Especially the tiny bit of blue that showed up in the reflection on the water.

Join me at Ramblings and Photos for...

scavenger hunt {03.11.12}

Two weeks in a row! Here we go....

WATER

My boys checking out the fish in the pond... early March and they're already begging for food!

LIGHT

Just love the light in our backyard when the sun is setting... 

CHOCOLATE

Absolutely, without a doubt... THE best chocolate treat. Ever. 

ANIMALS

This one stumped me, because we don't have any pets 

{our "pet" deer has been gone since Christmas time -  we like to say he left with Santa 

to live in the north pole... I'm sure it had nothing to do with muzzle-loading season :( }  

Anyways - some friends came over this week and B had some playmates! 

After they left, I saw this! All of B's animals had been lined up - pigs in cups. So Adorable. :) 

CROWDED

The drying rack for B's bowls, spoons, cups, etc... 

really pretty with all those colors, but crowded! :)

Join me at Ramblings and Photos: Scavenger Hunt Sunday!

fish food...

A pic from our first really nice evening we had to get outside.

And, if Daddy comes along, that's a guarantee that we're going to be feeding the fish! 

B loved playing around in the fish food with the spoon and a stick.

(Are sticks like magnets to boys?!)

Linking up with The Paper Mama Photo Challenge

"From Above"

so much fun...

love, love, love, love, love this little man....

we have so much fun together!

linking up with Emily today!

standing alone...

our little man has been practicing these past few days... 

up.......

                   down....

he did it!!! 

he's only standing alone for less than a minute

(and we've only seen him try one step so far...)

but he is 

SO PROUD!

can you tell?!?!

(and we are too!!!)

linking up this simple (but amazing) thing....

scavenger hunt {03.04.12}

i've wanted to do this scavenger hunt on Ramblings and Photos for a long time now...

so here we go! so much fun - hoping I can keep up with it!

ROUTINE

B makes emptying the dishwasher a much less annoying chore in my routine...

the second he hears the dishwasher door open, he's at my side. 

MUSIC

This was one of the first times Bryce sat on my lap and played piano! 

He also loves tickling the ivories on his tippy-toes. :)

TECHNOLOGY

Couldn't live without this little piece of technology - as small as my cell-phone, 

it's the  handiest way to keep an eye on my little bugaboo when he's snoozin'!

SHOW ME YOUR STYLE

l.o.v.e  my pink converse

MISMATCH

 Babies don't belong in skillets! Haha! 

I was blog-stalking, and heard B right behind me talking in his oh-so-cute babble... 

turned around and saw him sitting in a giant skillet smiling up at me!

Not the most creative 'mismatch' solution.... 

but I thought it was funny. :)

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Already started working on next week....

WATER

LIGHT

CHOCOLATE

ANIMAL

CROWDED

Join me, won't you??

building a b...

i've been wanting to do a letter wall in B's room since before he was born 

(fyi... he's 1 year old now...)

obviously, I'm a slacker. or procrastinator.

(or as my hubby and I like to say.... we're just very patient!)

but finally, when I was planning his 1st birthday party, 

I made it my goal to make a giant letter "B"........

and here's how I did it:

I started with poster board and masking tape. 

Not my ideal building materials, but all I had on hand.

(I'll explain that later...)

I cut out two large B's 

(about the size of the poster board - 24"ish tall, 18"ish wide) 

and then I cut some 4" strips of poster board. 

Using masking tape, I just taped it all together until I had a 3D "B"

At this point, Bryceroni wanted to check out the progress... 

Next, I had to cover the B. 

I really wanted a rustic brown look... 

so I used strips that I tore from brown paper grocery bags!

To attach the strips, I just used a simple mix of Elmer's glue and water 

(can't give you an exact recipe... just mixed some of each together in a bowl and called it good!)

I dipped the strips of paper into the "paper mache", 

used my fingers to squeegee off the excess,

and then covered the B piece by piece. 

This is a pic of the B before it's final layer of paper bag strips - 

the darker areas are still wet. 

So, why were the building materials not the best?? 

The moisture from the paper bag strips caused the poster board to buckle in a bit. 

If I had to do it again, I'd probably use a more water-resistant material to make the B 

(or possibly cover it in masking tape, or duct tape before covering with the paper mache?)

But for my purposes, it just took a few more layers than I had hoped, 

and pure luck that the front of the B didn't cave in much! 

(the back is slightly lumpier - but it didn't matter to me, because it will be hung on the wall)

Last thing I did was add some brown acrylic paint randomly with a dry brush to add a rustic touch. 

The final "B"? 

I think it turned out super cute! 

What do you think???

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