Evelyn's First Snow Day!

This morning was a cold one for us Southern Oregonians. I stepped out the door to head to work and much to my surprise there was snow falling. Today marks the first snow of the season on the valley floor. I personally love snow! Maybe because we see it so rarely or maybe because it makes the whole world seem so perfect. It continued to snow throughout the better part of the morning while I was at work. It was really starting to stick and build up. I called Ernest who was with Evelyn at the time and asked him to get some photos of Evelyn in the snow. Snow being so rare around here and it being the first in her little life I wanted to make sure we captured the moment. It will also make great first winter photos for her baby book! So these are the photos he shot and I am so pleased with them. I thought they turned out so good! Props to my wonderful hubby! Such a good daddy!

 

Happy 5 Month Birthday Baby Girl!

Happy 5 months to my adorable baby girl! Yes, I'm going to photo bomb you all!

 

Evelyn loves "real" food!

Today on Evelyn's 5 month birthday we decided it would be a good day to try solids again as the first time she was not having it. Well it turns out she likes eating after all!

 

 

Evelyn Meets Santa Clause!

Here we are on a Saturday night waiting in line so that Evelyn can meet Santa Clause. This is what our Saturday nights have regressed to haha! I love every moment of it though!

 

Evelyn's First Christmas Ornament

So we decided that for Christmas we would make these super cute homemade ornaments with Evelyn's foot print on them. I found the idea online and had to try it for myself with a few key tweaks to make it easier on mama and make it long lasting. Check it out!

So I started off with the things you will need to create you masterpiece...

• Plain ornaments ( I chose flat you can also use bulb)
• Non-toxic Elmer's school glue
• Glitter of your color choice (I chose Christmas red for the season)
• Metallic Sharpe's
• Acrylic Sealer

 

Put some glue on the bottom of baby's foot (She was not impressed with the whole situation!)

Pick up your ornament and press firmly making sure to get all the little toes. Have to be quick too because if your little one is anything like mine she will squeeze her toes and ruin it! Then you have to start over.

 

 

Once you are satisfied... Sprinkle the glitter generously over the glue foot print. Best to do this over a paper plate or the like to catch the excess. When you are done tap the ornament on the plate. I blow dried my ornament on low to get any left over off and to dry it quickly. I then wrote in "2012" & "Evelyn". Lay newspaper down outside and set the ornament on it take your acrylic spray and pass over the ornament 2 or 3 times. Let dry. Done! You have you little one's foot print preserved forever! I found small cute Christmas gift boxes to gift them in. They second as a place to store the ornament when out of season!


 

Happy 4 Month Birthday!

Another Happy Birthday to My Evelyn Mae. She has been warming our hearts for 4 months today!

 

Happy 3 Months Birthday Evie!

Evelyn has blessed us with her presence for 3 whole months today! I love you baby girl!