i LOVE shutterfly

we ordered a photo book of our wedding, and fell in love with shutterfly, since then we use them for holiday cards, invites and photo printing. i've ordered 3 more photo books since the first and they always come back perfect, i could never imagine using any other photo site!  we even have one of their awesome photoshare websites for our family to see the latest pics of miss ainsley, because not everyone has facebook :)

we celebrate hannukah and christmas in my family, so i'm always on the lookout for a great happy holidays or wintery card so that everyone is happy, and i'm LOVING these, all of the pics from ainsley's photo shoot would look great in either of these bright and colorful holiday cards.





aren't they gorgeous, i'd love to get either of these in the mail myself!


since ainsley's birthday is just 6 days after christmas (tear - how is it even possible that it's almost been a year already!?!), i've also been looking for birthday invites, i'm doing an owl theme (of course) and i am in LOVE with these -




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sunshine award

it has been a month since my last post, eekkk!  i have been enjoying the time with my boogie, she is sitting up by herself, playing peek a boo, crawling and pulling up on EVERYTHING!  it's been an adventure and i'm sure there's no rest in sight!

my friend chrissy over at http://www.sasstastic.com/ nominated me for the sunshine award.  she is mommy to the cutest little girl ever, like seriously - if i had the chance i might kidnap her.  and she's pretty awesome herself too :)

The Sunshine Award! It’s so flattering to be told that my little blog brings sunshine into people’s lives.
Rules are as follows:

1.Thank the person who gave it to you! (thanks again love!)

2.Share 10 things about yourself

3.Pass the award along to 10 bloggers who you think deserve this award!

4.Contact the bloggers and let them know you’ve picked them for the award.



10 things about me:

1 - i always wanted a lot of kids, but after having ainsley i'm not so sure anymore.  part of me thinks i wouldn't have time for all of them, but most of all ainsley is so awesome - how could the next kid ever top her (or even come close)??  (i know that's horrible to say outloud, but that's how i feel)

2 - i miss my gma every day.  i really wish ainsley had gotten to meet her, but i can tell already she passed along a lot of her spunk and outgoing personality to my little one :)

3 - i love farmville, there i said it!  i hate that one day kids will think that chocolate milk comes from brown cows, but i LOVE harvesting crops and animals - it is a wonderful way to waste a little too much time, especially since i've become an insomniac(sp?) lately

4 - roadtrips are my favorite kind of vacation.  i know you can get there faster by flying, but the blaring of music, stopping for meals, gas and bad for you snacks, and just spending fun as a family are what a vacation should be all about.  i still remember roadtrips from when i was little and i hope ainsley enjoys them as much as i do someday

5 - i love making people smile, but i can also be a bitch when i need to be

6 - i am a card-a-holic, i have a serious addiction.  i have said it before, but i have literally boxes and boxes of greeting cards.  everyone in my family has their own folder in the filing cabinet with cards i have picked out just for them.  i keep telling myself i won't buy anymore cards until i use up what i have, but that never happens.  i think i have enough so that ainsley's childrens children will never have to buy a greeting card in their lives :)

7 - my husband is my best friend and i would be lost without him

8 - cheesedip, guacamole & chips, lousiana pasta (from cheesecake factory) and cheesecake would be my preferred last meal

9 - i never knew what it was like to love someone so much until i had my daughter

10 - i love NOLA, if i could, i would pack up everything, buy a house and move there tomorrow!


bloggers who make me smile -

cathy @ http://oldeggsandham.blogspot.com/
liz @ http://rsgrl.blogspot.com/
lea @ http://minipingers.blogspot.com/
mrsbro @ http://lalalibraryland.blogspot.com/
LL @ http://storiesfrommyute.blogspot.com/

wordless wednesday

wordless wednesday

bittersweet week

we did relay for life this weekend, in remembrance of my gma.  the anniversary of her death is this coming weekend. it was hard to do, but through the tears we walked and tried to enjoy ourselves as much as possible.  i'm so happy my hubs is up for doing things like this with me, it would have been so hard without him.

this weekend my sis is coming home, we haven't seen her since ainsley was 4 days old!  i'm excited to see her (and meet her boyfriend, who she is bringing home for the first time).  we're also both getting memorial tattoos this weekend, so that should be fun as well.  i'll post pics after we get them :)

but at the same time, this weekend is going to be hard and i know i will feel like curling up in bed and not doing a thing.  everytime ainsley does something cool, i think of gma missing it or the fact that she never even got to meet her and it hurts. 

hopefully i will survive all of it and come back with great pics, wonderful memories with family and not so much hurt.

great weekend

weekends are the bestest, i mean hanging out with the whole family is great.  and it's awesome to be able to sleep (blake wakes up with ainsley on friday and saturday nights - how awesome is that?)!  we relaxed, cleaned and watched movies together - seriously there is no better way to spend the weekend yall. 

ainsley LOVED the sweet potatoes when we tried them again last night and it also resulted in her sleeping through the night for the first time ever.  i hope i'm not jinxing it by typing it out ::knocks on wood::

we packed up the baby swing today and it hits me that everytime she hits a milestone/outgrows something it is so bittersweet.  i am so happy she is growing and learning new things, but i wish she would slow down a little.  it's all going by so fast and i am in no way ready for things like the terrible twos, let alone a teenager (you're allowed to return your kids right?) but taking it's place was her excersaucer, which she also loved.  we instantly had loud giggles, spinning around and jumping up and down.  i will have to try and get a video of it later.  i'm a bad mommy and didn't have enought batteries, so she was batting at some of the stuff and it didn't light up or play it's music, so i can only imagine the fun she will have when it's all working.

blake's back to work tomorrow and we have relay for life this weekend, so hopefully the week goes by quickly!

sweet blog award

thanks so much lady (http://ladymgray.blogspot.com/) head on over there stat, because she is a wonderful, witty and gorgeous mom.  did i mention she's gorgeous!?

i'd like to nominate -

http://fallingforbaby.blogspot.com/
http://amanda-carroll.blogspot.com/
http://adayinthelifeofthes.blogspot.com/

love you ladies :)

Thankful Thursdays

even though the hubs sometimes messes up (ie - mother's day) he is the honestly best husband, friend and father.  ainsley absolutely lights up when he walks in the room, seriously yall she could light the dark with the look on her face when her papa comes home from work everyday.  she giggles and smiles and reaches her arms out for him and it makes my heart melt every.single.time.  he is also a wonderful husband and the best friend i could ask for, he puts up with a lot so that we can have the life we do and i am thankful for that everyday.

the other thing i'm most thankful for is finally beginning to have a social life again, wooot!  silly i know, but i'm excited to have lunch dates on the schedule, the planning of a friends bridal shower, relay for life activities, etc.  it makes me feel human again.  although i must say, i think everyone wants to see and hang out with ainsley, not me, but i'll tag along for the ride anyday :)