Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Play Time

Ella is finally loving to play with her little jungle gym.  She especially loves the monkey and elephant. This day when I took these photos was one of the first times she really enjoyed it...that's why I got the camera out.  She was talking really loud and just having a good ol time.  There's quite a few pictures to look through, I just couldn't narrow them down any more.  :)


hanging out with her buddies...hands behind her head, of course.










she scratched her chin there during the night.





she just kept smiling at the lion...she would look away and then look back at the lion and get this huge grin on her face.








here she found herself in the mirror that's above her.









Monday, November 12, 2012

More Giggles

Well, she is giggling more and more but it's the best when I'm able to catch it on video.  My friend Jill was over and holding her and she just had something that kept tickling her tummy. She was laughing like crazy!  And to my family back home...she wore her Husker gear again out here in CA for the game.  :)




Friday, November 9, 2012

IPhone Pic Friday



Since I did not do an IPhone Pic Friday last week....here are three collages.  


I love the pictures on the left when Kyle was holding her.  He had just gotten home from a mission and she seemed so happy in his arms.

These are some of my favorite IPhone pictures.  She was so alert and happy when I was taking these after church one day.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Ella

I was editing (like for 2 minutes because Ella is sleeping) a bit today and came up with this....



...and fell in love!  I've always thought black and white photos just capture something that colored photos can't.  I don't know how to describe it at all (mostly because I'm not a words person...like my mother) but there's just something.  I feel like you can read the image better in black and white, if that makes sense...??  But either way, here's my little sweetie!

Sunday, November 4, 2012

Ella's Nursery

Welcome to Ella's Nursery.


My initial concept for the room was just pink, grey, and white but as I started collecting things for the room and building the room up in my head it basically became pink and white.  Like I said in a previous post, I never thought I would do such a girly room, but once we found out she was a girl...I was all about PINK!  Now, I do still have some grey accents.  Actually, the walls are a very very light grey but I pull in the grey with steel accents that you'll find in the wall collage.  Basically, I'm in love with her room....but not as in love with it as I am my precious baby girl.  

There are still a few things I want to tweak.  I don't love all the frames I have for the wall collage...I'm hoping to stumble on something at HomeGoods or Hobby Lobby someday that will be perfect, but until then it will have to do the way it is.

Here it is, please enjoy!







the reading nook

lots of fun books to read

Ikea chair that I turned into a rocker/glider (more on this is a later post)

the perfect spot to read to ella
 




Ella letters I made for above the book wall

and here is the crib...my favorite.

Fell in love with the spindle style crib.  It's a bit shabby chic.

I found the most amazing pink fabric to make bows for the crib with.  


Her sparkly mobile which I got the idea from Pinterest, of course.

don't you just love it?!

A picture from her angle.

The changing table.  

the wall collage.

I love this antique frame I found...then decided to print a canvas for inside of it....I love it!


Here are SOME of her bows/flowers which I clipped in this frame I spray painted from goodwill.  Also, here is that headband storage project I worked on in a previous post.  

stuffed animal by her changing pad

Here is the dresser I refinished....which I also love!  It turned out great in the room!

blankets and stuffed animals



I bought the big frame from Ikea and panted it pink (thanks Whitney)

These are from the shower...didn't want to throw these away.  They work perfect in her room!
her amazing rug...which I love as a backdrop for pictures....it serves for multiple purposes, right?! :)



So that's her nursery.  I may make some small changes here or there...if so I'll be sure to post.  Also, I may do a few posts of how I did some of the projects or I can let people know where I got things if they're interested.  


see...the rug, perfect back drop!  Also, couldn't do a blog post without an adorable pic of my little girl!  :)











Friday, November 2, 2012

pics

A few pics of the fam bam!  Of course, Kyle got all the good ones but I'm ok with that!  :)