googly eyes.

in attempts to build our art box and expand her ever-growing love of crafty things, i bought her a pack of them and showed her how adding them to coloring books greatly enhances her pictures.

…except the next day, i found the googlies here…

and here…

and, here.

caught in the act, she was…

and now they just keep showing up. staring at me. from my toothbrush. and dresser drawers. and lampshades. like those stupid geiko eyes. there are eyes all over our house now, and none of them are in coloring books.

and speaking of things not exactly going as intended…life is a little funny right now, and i am learning to embrace it and accept it…perhaps even learn from it.

while i thought i would be packed at this point ready to head to our much-anticipated family vacation to chicago, i am instead finishing laundry for brett and the boys to go as i am on ‘modified’ bedrest for about a month…instructed to lie low and take it easy due to a blood clot in my uterus which is expected to…hopefully…absorb. baby is perfect and healthy, and while i daily struggle with anxiety and this hormonal bundle of emotions and love and this crazy wonderful thing called motherhood, i am doing well and trusting that my body…like all the other amazing bodies that have been protecting and birthing little beans for years…will do its best to harbor, protect and nourish our little lamb. and i nap and do puzzles and snuggle with my girl who is the easiest thing to take care of while ‘taking it easy’…and watch movies and do laundry and take in the good and the bad of a very different pregnancy. reality is, this is not easy at all. but reality usually isn’t and dragging through these parts is what is so character-building about life.

and with all that said…lainey had some news on this here paper, but i couldn’t for the life of me get her to hold it up for a picture…

oh, but wait…she did cooperate a little later.
in the midst of a stressful week, we found a little love in the middle when we discovered a little more about our bean…

yes, lainey will have a little sister, and we are thrilled. two boys, two girls…brett thinks he’s in heaven.

dreaming of holding my two girls…even if i’m not going to chicago.

…love, love and more love. ~k

week in photos…

buduoir of beautiful erin…

and storyboards, a fantastic way to display a collage of photos. storyboards can be printed several different ways…on styrene, masonite, canvas…

i am officially a photography product junkie and am so excited about designing some great gifts for clients this holiday.

…more to come.

addendum:

how do you think my morning’s going?

despite my horror, i have to say, upon careful inspection of application, i am impressed with her strategy: the mascara, she obviously knows to aim for the eyes and the lipstick is, well…strategized to land somewhere in the vacinity of her lips…the radius of application expanded, of course, to ensure adequate coverage.

she just saw this picture on the screen, pointed and said, “no-no, b.”

“b” (short for “binky,” “binkywinks,” and/or “binks”), being the name her daddy has officially bestowed her with, and the one nickname of many that has permanently stuck.

…when i opened the mailbox today and found this heavenly dress.

posting right on top of another here, but i promised my mama i’d get these up.

i couldn’t have dreamed up a more perfect dress for my pixie.
i wanted heirloom/vintage/peasant….and she gave me exactly that. designed it herself.
…and i actually cried when i slipped it on her willowy frame.

i don’t sew, but i’m so glad my mama does.

oh, she knew she was an angel. wanted a bracelet. and some lipgloss.

there are two more dresses on their way…and it feels like christmas.

mama, i’m so glad you sew. i love you.

i love a good dress for a little girl. ~k