The Very Busy Spider
We love all the wonderful books our Aunt Emilie and Uncle Ricky always give us!
Run Like a Mother
That’s going to be my theme for the next few months. 33 pounds gained during pregnancy, 20 down, 13 left to go. So running it is. Yesterday was Mother’s Day. My one request? One full hour to myself to run. It was REALLY hard. Not even 1/4 of a mile into it I was having those thoughts of “this is why people don’t run.” Way. Too. Hard. But it will get better. It will get easier. And I have to remember that. It’s going to suck for a while. But it will get better. And that 1/4 of a mile will turn into 1 mile and then into 6 and then 10 and then 20. One step at a time. Here goes.
Happy Mother’s Day everyone!
Annie @ 5 weeks
May 9, 2012. Five weeks old. This little girl is so strong. At 5 weeks she rolled over for the first time. Doesnt’t that seem early? I can’t remember when Ezra did that. I keep meaning to get out his baby book and check. This week she got to meet her Grandfather Pop and Great Grandmother G-Ma for the first time…
A few phone pics for the week…
1 – Power Ranger Ezra • 2 – Sleeping Beauty • 3 – Annie and her cousins P & A • 4, 5 – Ezra at a friend’s cowboy birthday party • 6 – Logan & Ezra talking to our sweet neighbor Duchess. I always think of Home Improvement when they do this. Makes me laugh. • 7, 8, 9 - Hanging out in our backyard. I wonder if Annie will enjoy climbing up in this tree as much as her big brother. He loves to get up on that stump. Click on that link. It will make you smile. Ezra James @ almost 2 years old. Time goes by so quickly!
In Love
I’m usually behind the lens. It’s good to step in front of it every once in a while though. I’m making a better effort to do that this time around. Thank you for these Lindsey! May 3, 2012. Four weeks old.
Me & Annie @ 4 weeks
44 weeks in the making on this one. Can’t believe it was that long ago. We found out we were pregnant last August and I started this little photo project at the end of September. I’m not one of those girls who loves being pregnant. It was a journey for sure but one that was completely worth it. I was lucky to have a very healthy pregnancy. And a very healthy baby girl. I am grateful. ♥ 
Annie @ 4 weeks
May 2, 2012. Four weeks old. She made me work for it on this one. It’s always much harder to shoot newborns when they are awake. Or maybe that’s just a sign of how she’s going to be. Going to give us a run for our money and have lots of personality! Or maybe she’ll be pretty laid back. So far she has been. Or maybe that’s us. I definitely feel like we are much more easy going with Annie than we were with Ezra. I don’t worry about things as much. There are so many opinions out there on what you should do with a baby. So many people who will tell you what is right and how you should be doing things. But only you can truly know what’s right for your baby and right for your family. So this time around I’m going with that. I’m a little more go with the flow and allowing myself to enjoy it more. I can’t believe it’s been four weeks already. Annie was 8 lbs 9 oz at her four week doctor appointment. She’s starting to get a little chub to her. I like it! And our success story for the week? Are you ready? Her sleep stretches at night….8.5 hours, 7.5 hours, 4 hours, 7 hours, 6 hours, 6 hours, 7.5 hours. Good job little girl! And some random iphone pics for the week. The shots of me & Ezra were from our trip to the science museum and then to Curley’s for custard. ♥ 
And a few more. Love, love, love, and ha, ha, ha! Exactly 4 weeks old when I took these.
“Good morning Miss Annie”
One of the things I was nervous about when I was pregnant with Annie was losing my morning routine with Ezra. For several years now Ezra and I have been the first ones to get up in the morning. I would drink coffee, he would eat an english muffin, and we would read books together in our kitchen. On most days it was like that. Ezra has always been an early riser and although I’ve complained about the 5:30 a.m. wakeup times I really have loved the moments spent with him at our kitchen counter. So knowing that a new baby would be added to our morning mix made me a little sad that our routine would change and I wouldn’t get this special time alone with Ezra anymore. Well, Miss Annie must have had a hunch because so far she likes to sleep in. Our routine has changed a tiny bit (Logan now gets up for the early part with Ezra and lets me sleep in a little later) but I still have been able to get in that cup of coffee, a few books, and a little alone time with just me and my son. And then together we go get Annie when she wakes up. Every morning it’s “Good morning Annie!” said in his sweet little voice. He loves to unwrap her and watch her wakeup and stretch. It’s a nice little addition to the morning routine. ♥ 
Our Nursery
It’s my new favorite room in our house. We spend alot of time in there. Especially me & Annie. It took four months to put it all together. It was Ezra’s room before it became Annie’s nursery. Back in November we moved him to a new room, Logan & I gave the room a fresh coat of paint, and then it sat empty for a month or so. It takes me a lonnnnnng time to make decorating decisions. 
In January we had the floors refinished and then I really started putting the room together. The crib was given to us from my cousin Ann. The turquiose cabinet was a score I got in Canton last year. (The top part, now royal blue, is in my living room.) The rocking chair was a gift (to me on Mother’s Day when I was pregnant with Ezra) from my mother-in-law. I purchased the changing table at Walmart. The rug was from Zoe & Jack on Camp Bowie. The hoops on the wall were inspired by a picture I saw on Pinterest. I got the fabrics for those at The Cabbage Rose on Vickory. A, N, N, E letters from Anthropology. Be Filled With Joy picture is a Katie Daisy print from The Wheatfield on Etsy. I had it matted and framed at Michaels. The LOVE print was a free download from Persnickity Prints. The frame on that one was from my picture wall project. I painted it red. I covered the lampshades myself. The litte vintage goose toy belonged my grandmother Mimo. I remember playing with it when I was little. Wish I knew it’s history. (Do any of my sisters know???) All the wire baskets were found on another Canton trip. The white curtains are from Pottery Barn. The red bucket of books is an old toolkit I found at the Montgomery Street Antique mall. All of the books are ones we have read with Ezra. My mom made the vintage quilt (seen on the crib) for my sister sometime in 1969/1970. And all the blankets & quilts in the basket have been given to us by sweet family and friends. ♥
But of course my favorite part of the nursery is this sweet pea…
by Nell
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