Thursday, March 27, 2014

She's Here!

Meet Georgia Belle! 

Our sweet girl is here! There is nothing more magical than looking at your child for the first time. They placed her on my chest as soon as she was born and she immediately took a tight hold to my index finger. No better feeling in the world. Tanner, Lacey, my Mom and Mother In law all got to experience her birth, something that will bond us for life. I wouldn't change it for the world! A tough pregnancy, being sick and having surgery was all worth it to be this little girl's Momma. It is not lost on me, how incredibly lucky I am, I will never understand why God trusted and chose me to take care of her, but man am I glad he did. Here are the newborn pictures I took when she was 5 days old.


Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Life in 2013

It's the last day of 2013. It has been one of the best years of my life! These are just some random looks into our lives in 2013. Walt the kitty cat joined our family, he is the cuddliest and quirkiest cat around. We are STILL obsessed with Weezy, she is as sweet as ever. I turned 24 and had an awesome time in Manitou Springs with my best friend, Sam. We started our Mickey Mouse waffles tradition, we can't wait until Georgia is old enough to get excited about it too! There were many day trips and lots of adventures. 







I was raised by elves...

If you haven't heard already, which I'm pretty sure is impossible to not have heard... I LOVE CHRISTMAS! It is my favorite time of year. I put my Christmas tree and decorations up before Thanksgiving this year. Yeah I know, I already got crap for it! HA. I blame it mostly on nesting. But, I really think it's necessary to put it up early, so you have enough time to enjoy it and make it worth all of the work you put into it! So there! We had a nice simple Christmas with family, we are so anxious to have Georgia to celebrate with us next year!







Free Falln'

Fall is my favorite. We enjoyed the leaves changing, sweater weather, trips to the mountains, Thanksgiving pie making, and being with family and of course the anticipation of Christmas! 




Sweet Summer

This was a summer to remember! Tanner graduated from the University of Denver! So proud of him, he worked so hard! Tanner is now a Middle School Choir teacher, and music director to two companies, one in Parker and one in Conifer, as well as still teaching voice and piano lessons on the side, he is a busy guy! We also found out this summer that we are expecting a baby girl and it has flipped our lives upside down. We had a fun summer of adventures, relaxing and time spent together. Here are some snap shots that I documented on the way!




Make room for...

... Baby!


We found out in June, that we are expecting a sweet, sweet baby! I had a gut feeling before I tested that there was a bun in the oven. Father's day was the next day so I wanted to test to see if my suspicions were correct and then surprise Tanner on Father's Day! Welp, I tested and apparently it was too soon, because it was negative. I convinced myself that my intuition had been wrong all along, so when I tested again, a week later just for the heck of it, I was shocked to find out that we were indeed having a baby!

In the beginning I documented little baby's size in comparison with fruits! haha It kept me entertained until ultrasounds!





The peach picture is when we revealed a clue to what the baby's name would be if it were a girl! ;)

Speaking of...
My girlfriends, Michelle and Lacey surprised me at lunch with a mini gender reveal party the day we found out what we were having! 

It's a...
GIRL!!!
I knew all along that my sweet baby was a little girl! 

I haven't been into the documenting of my bump a whole lot. But I have documented it a few times, when I've felt like I've grown!



We are so excited to meet Georgia in 8 weeks! 





Happy Camper Cupcakes

This past summer, I took on a big project, buying a run down vintage camper and turning it into a mobile cupcake camper. I spent almost everyday, tearing it apart and making it purty for over a month. Unfortunately, my plans to sell cupcakes out of it all summer were halted when my step-dad had a seizure while hooking up the camper to the truck early the morning of my business debut. He was hospitalized for a couple weeks and in the end was okay, but this was followed by health issues of my own, so unfortunately business has been postponed until this next summer. I've just been doing private orders out of my home. Here are pictures of the restoration in the mean time though!

BEFORE PICTURES

My 1966 camper. Her name is Daisy.
                            


Renovation Process 
Painted everything white to make it feel more open and just used color to accent.

This is the original stove, the sink is the same color, they were one of the selling factors for me!
 
The fabric I used to make curtains and to cover the couch cushions.

I painted the kitchen drawers yellow to accent against the white!

The finished curtains I made and the new hardware I put on the cabinets!


After Pictures

I kept the chrome original, it still needs to be polished though! I painted the bottom half teal and the door red-ish orange (was supposed to just red, so I will probably repaint it this summer).


This is the living room nook. I recovered the couch in new fabric, added some pillows, artwork, and a blanket from the thrift store and voila! 
 
This is the kitchen nook, you can see the drawers I painted yellow, along with a new rug, and some kitchen knick knacks!


  
This was the rough draft of what i wanted the logo and business card to look like.
 
My talented friend, Erin Rodriguez turned it into the graphic for my business card and stamp below!
 

I had so much fun gutting the camper and making it pretty! I can't wait for summer to be here!