2 months

Little one is 2 months old! She has changed so, so much since she was born. It is crazy how fast babies develop. She is laughing, cooing, ooohhing and ahhhing all the time. She absolutely loves when we put things on her head. She cracks up and smiles when we put the tiny party hat on her. I clipped a bow in her hair the other day and she grinned ear to ear. Such a little girl :) Bath times are still a little iffy. Sometimes she loves it, other times are total melt downs. Tummy time is still making the "dislike list", but she has sat up pretty well a couple of times in her Bumbo. The first time she sat in it this mama didn't like it too much because she looked so big and grown up. Last night she grabbed onto a rattle and shook it a couple of times, I'm pretty sure she had no idea she was even doing it, but it was fun for us regardless. The biggest development this month (for mama and daddy at least) is sleeping 7 hours through the night! She goes down around 12:30 am and wakes up around 7:30! We feel like brand new people. I look forward to her waking up because she is so happy and smiley in the morning. It is so stinkin sweet.

I don't think we could love her any more. She makes us so incredibly happy!

One month

Our sweet baby Violet is already a month old! I can't believe how fast it has gone. Well, she is actually  almost 5 weeks old now, but these photos were taken on the day she turned one month. She has changed so much since the day she was born. She is so alert, and as you can see below, has an array of faces she likes to make. She is already so opinionated and very loudly let's us know when something is not to her liking (she gets the loudness from her daddy). Here are some of Violet's likes and dislikes:

Likes:

Milk

Her pink, white, and purple blankie

Tiny party hats

Cuddling on mama and daddy's chest

Riding in the car 

Shopping with mama and Poppie (grandma)

The sound of the camera shutter

Sitting up like a big girl

Dislikes:

Bath time (hopefully this changes)

Being Swaddled

Getting buckled into her car seat

Hiccups

Going to sleep at a decent hour

We love this little one so much and can't get over how cute she is! It is so much fun to watch her grow and develop. We are so blessed!

Every month we will be making a new hat that corresponds with how old she is and taking pictures. Eeeeppp, so fun!

St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's day from Violet!

Violet's Birthday

Well, our sweet baby girl is here! She is already almost a month old! Wow, time flies so fast, I already need it to slow way down.

I thought I would share some (ok a lot) of the images from the day she was born.

The first time I held my girl

This was absolutely the best day of my life. I wish I could relive those first three days in the hospital over and over again. There were so many precious memories made in those first few days as a family of three that I will carry with me forever.

How I enjoyed the Super Bowl

I made my sweet Violet some headbands and also knitted a hat for her to wear in the hospital. I have meant to do both of these things for a while now. Nothing like waiting until 5 days before my due date to get it done. 

Last year during the Super Bowl I was recovering from hip surgery and laid up on the couch, so I decided to teach myself to crochet and made these. I realized halfway through the game tonight that I was making headbands again, only this time for my daughter :) I guess I have made it my Super Bowl activity.

Please disregard the poor picture quality, there is no good light when you finish a project at eleven o'clock at night :)

Thank you snow day

These past couple of snowed in days has forced us to complete many more of our nursery projects on the  to-do-list. My mom came and stayed with us during the storm just in case little Violet thought it would be funny to come during the blizzard and also to help finish up said projects. A big one we have been meaning to get to is covering and decorating an old lamp shade and hanging it as a swag light. I loved the shape and size of this shade, but it was very weathered and had a couple of holes. I thought this would be perfect for Project Restyle. We loved the way it turned out! It ties that little corner together just right. Here is some of the process and the end product.

 Covered with fabric 

 Patched some holes with hearts (Mom's brilliant idea)

Decorated with vintage doillies 

 Sweet daddy hanging it from the ceiling 

Taaadaaa!

Project Mobile

I finally tackled one of the nursery projects on my to-do-list! Violet's mobile is done! Yippeee! I have had this idea in my head for a while. I ordered the metal structure from Urban Outfitters, which is supposed to be a photo holder, but I had this in mind for it. 

I took styrofoam balls of different sizes, wrapped smaller ones in scrap fabric and yarn. For the larger ones I quartered circles of fabric and pinned them into the styrofoam to create a flower like pom-pom. The actual mobile structure had to be taken apart and re-arranged about six times to make sure it hung just right and balanced out correctly. That was a chore! We haven't hung it over her crib yet because we lack the hardware to do so to make sure it is safe to hang. 

I am so happy with the way it turned out, especially since I didn't have to get out and go buy more supplies for it. I took a look at what I had in my craft closet and made it work. Go me!