So Much LOVE...Valentine's Day 2010

I sure do love Valentine's Day, it's such a fun 'loving' holiday and with red being my favorite color it's so appealing to my heart. Oh and to those that say it's just a Hallmark holiday, well that's ok with me since Hallmark is on my top 10 list of favorite stores.

The beautiful red roses my husband sent me

School was closed on Friday because of the snow so the kids and I decorated some heart shaped cookies...

...or should I say ate some heart shaped cookies?

...because we love you!

Paige got a new game for her DS (her daddy picked it out for her), a couple new outfits for her Bamboletta dolls, a Valentine themed Pixos and of course some sweet candy.

Aiden got a new small Woody toy set, a pair of Woody pajamas (I have got to get you a picture of him wearing them, seriously the cutest pj's EVER!), a Toy Story magic coloring book and some candy.

Harlow entertaining herself

What did Harlow get???

She got a pair of heart pajamas, a couple soft flower bracelets and Converse that I sparkled with Swarovski crystals

A close-up...so CUTE!

Harlow's 1st Valentine's Day 2010 - 6 months old

Paige's Valentine Party at school 2/16

Playing Musical Chairs

Paige's Valentine's for her classmates... she and I both loved how they turned out!

I can't take the credit for this FANTASTIC idea, I found it here on the 24-7-365 Blog

Paige's 100th Day of School

Wow has time just flown by, Friday was Paige's 100th day at school and her class had some fun activities planned to celebrate the milestone.

Each student was to make a shirt with 100 of something and wear it to school on Friday to celebrate. Paige and I decided to use 100 small flowers I had sitting around for scrapbooking; Paige did a great job drawing out a big 100 and gluing the flowers on her shirt.

Each student also had to bring in 100 small toys (thank goodness for the Littlest Pet Shop pets) and bring a snack item (we brought the Cheerios) to help make a celebratory snack-mix which would total 100 pieces.

Happy 100th day of school Paige, we are so proud of you!!!

Sweet Harlow Evelyn ...5 months old

Our sweet baby Harlow is already 5 months old, it was sure was an exciting month of 'firsts'. Harlow cut her first two teeth (first little tooth on 1/21 and her second tooth just a week after), had her first feeding of Rice Cereal with daddy on 1/12, transitioned to her new room and crib and found...or say I started to chew on her feet.

Harlow is such a mover, she enjoys her tummy time with toys and prefers sitting in her bouncer to her swing on most days. I bought her a couple of new tether toys that vibrate when you chew on them, they have quickly become her favorites.

Happy 5 months Harlow

Headband by the super talented Jessica of Mia Joie

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Month Onsie by Culpepper General on Etsy

A Room for Harlow

All A Flutter

I am so excited to share pictures of Harlow's finished nursery with all of you; it sure took us some time to finish up her room but it was well worth the wait. We used the same Pottery Barn Kids bedding we had in Paige's nursery and also bought a few new things from Pottery Barn Kids to finish it up.

I still have to get the butterfly rug that matches the bedding dry cleaned to put on the floor of her room. We are also going to remove the closet doors and put up some pretty sheer panels so all of Harlow's pretty things can be on "display" and we will use canvas buckets to store toys on the bottom of her closet (I will share pictures after that project is finished).

Jon did an amazing job on the wainscoting and crown-molding, he spent weeks working on the room and it shows in his meticulous work. I couldn't be happier with how the room turned out, it was really just how I envisioned it...all thanks to Jon!

Harlow had her first night in her crib on January 23rd and it took her about a week to get comfortable sleeping in her crib. Of course she moves all the way to the top corner where she settles in for the night. I had been working on getting her to take a good nap in her crib and as lucky would have it today was the day she slept for almost 3 hours...the best part was that I was able to get a few pictures of her sleeping before she woke up.

I had to get Harlow a pair of socks and couldn't resist taking a few pictures of all these sweet little baby socks and BabyLegs

I came across this music box from my childhood when I was pulling out some stuff to use in Harlow's room. It was in my baby nursery; my mom had it by my door and would pull the string to start the song every night as she closed the door. I cherish that memory and I will do the same for Harlow so it's on her wall just as you leave her room.

Sweet Harlow at nap time today

I hope to get another post up tomorrow with Harlow's 5 month pictures and again on Friday with Paige's 100 days of school celebration shirt so stay tuned.

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The Prettiest Little Flower

It sure has been busy here in our house; I was busy at work taking down all of the Christmas decor on top of my regular busy to-do list and Jon has been working diligently on finishing Harlow's nursery.

I had this idea today to snap some pictures of Harlow (5 months old) sitting in this cute flower pot by DixieBelle Gifts, she wasn't really excited about the idea but I did manage to get a few cute pictures before she started to fuss. Harlow really enjoyed our photo shoot on her blanket, gosh how I just adore her.

Harlow is wearing a knot dress by the fabulous Matilda Jane, sweet ruffle leggings by eden's bouquet and her flower headband is by the very talented Mia Joie.

Always love when I capture that sweet dimple

She was all done and ready to get back to sucking her thumb, precious!

Earrings for Harlow

I have been trying to make time for over a month now to take Harlow to get her ears pierced; we took Paige when she was 3 months old and Harlow is already 4 1/2 months old but with the holidays I just wasn't able to find the time, so I finally made the time and took Harlow to the mall last weekend on the 26th of December to get her little ears pierced.

She cried for less than a minute and was back to her usual smiling self. I told a fellow mother who had her first daughter that I prefer to get my daughter's earrings when they are just babies because they don't have the "fear factor" about it, they don't mess with the earrings and I sure do love to see some bling in those little ears.

It was so much fun (and less stressful) just having Harlow with me at the mall

Awe such a sad face but she only cried for seconds before smiling again

So cute!

I love those big blue eyes. Another thing to mention in this picture is that toy beside her is a MUST HAVE TOY for all babies, it's Harlow's favorite. I have given the Winkel as baby shower gifts and those babies also adored it.

Earrings pierced, I nursed her and she was ready for a nap while I got some much needed "me" time at the mall

On our way back to the car, I just LOVE these Nuxie Made hats off of Etsy