perfection.

Look who i got to hang out with today! She is absolute perfection. It was a good reminder that all the sickness i am going through is more than worth it. Thanks Sophia Jane for the reminder.


the new happy little family. Do you see jake (the dog) peeking out? He still shies away from Sophia. I am sure they will soon be the best of friends. smile.

a name for baby ives?

Do you love the movie "chitty chitty bang bang" as much as we do? We have watched it hundreds of times together. (definitely can be classified as a "cozy" movie). One of our favorite song in it is "truly scrumptious". Which is the name of the woman in the movie. Her father owns a candy factory and their last name is scrumptious.

I think if i have a girl I will name her "truly anne (notice the "e") ives", just so that I can sing this song to her. i love it, love it, love it! You know how i always use words like "yummy" and "delicious" to describe babies. How much better is Scrumptious! mmmmmm

Watch the movie clip, and imagine singing to the yummiest little blond blue-eyed baby, "truly scrumptious, your truly truly scrumptious. Scrumptious as a cherry peach parfait. When you're near me, you're so delicious. Honest, truly, you're the answer to my wishes." Followed by lots kisses all over her sweet baby smelling little body.

What do you think?

I think, i will now have a boy, since i really like this name. And I have no boy names. ideas?

Don't you wish.......

you were dancing on the beach today?..............me too.

i also wish i looked like becca mary. sigh.

joyous....

and free.....


and oh so silly.

only three more weeks of school. Guess where we are heading to first.

happy 41st bday dave.

your age is really starting to scare me (not to mention this face. yikes!) ha ha

I have a new Dr.

This is what he is prescribing. I have never been a fan of carbonated drinks, and i have especially tried to steer clear of the caffeinated sort. So, my family (kelly) who we tease about NEEDING diet coke to survive, will be happy to know that i currently need diet dr. pepper to survive.

Remember how i told you that I have dry mouth. Well, i also have this disgusting taste that i can't get rid of and it drives me crazy. WEll, dr. p. seems to burn it out (literally, it burns). If i just keep sipping it, it keeps the yucky taste away.

One time When Kelly was babysitting my kids while we were out of town, every day she said that she needed to go and get her medicine. They took her very seriously until they found out that it was just diet coke. ha. Then Jacob thought it was so funny to tell kelly that it is a "soul constrictor" instead of a vessel constrictor (which is what caffeine is).

So, I guess i will have to get off my high horse and recognize it as a valid medication. ha ha.

maternity photo shoot.

This is really the first official maternity shoot that I have done. I haven't really advertised that I do maternity because my idea for a maternity shoot is different than most, i think. So, here it is. You won't see any nudey shots, sorry. I loved how they turned out. Exactly what i was thinking. Jessica and I were on the same page.

i just love how the dog is looking up at them in this one.

her necklace was so cool. It said change, and breathe. Isn't that perfect.

i teased matt a lot about his love for his dog, jake. It was so cute. I would say, "ok, look at Jessica like she's jake (their first baby, really)." It made him give a genuine smile. ha. Thanks for being such a good sport Matt.

Jake, really is so cute though.

Can I just take a moment to say that I was never this cute pregnant. my arms were never skinny. In fact, nothing was skinny on me. I was just thinking of the one piece jumper that I had that was covered with fall colored leaves. It was like a huge camouflage suit. I don't think I could have hid from anyone, I was huge. I'll have to see if i have a picture of me in it. It will give you a good laugh for sure. How did I ever think that was cute!

i thought this one was fun.

poor jake, he has no idea what is coming!! ha ha

GUESS WHAT? I just got an email from Jessica explaining that she was glad that we moved up the photo shoot, because she had the baby 5 weeks early! A healthy baby girl name Sophia Jane. You will be seeing her soon! Congrats guys!

I'm putting in my order.

The pictures on this post are all mixed up and crazy due to some technical difficulties (in other words, i am lame on the computer). But here is what you will see. I am going to do the baby room in my sister kelly's style, all white and tons of quilts. So that means, I need to call upon my sister's amazing talents and fill it with her baby quilts that I love. Here is a sampling of ones she has made (and I want of course). I also found this cute hand made mobile, and I thought adding a house or two instead of elephants would be nice, but I love the balls. Also, one of your signature baby books.

THe all white nursery's are ones I found on flikr. I want mine more simple. What do you think kell? Am I too demanding? Of course I am. I am your older sister. smile. Just send me the bill. I mean, send it to dave. ha ha.

To be honest, my wanting another baby sometimes was motivated purely by the desire to have a reason to buy every baby quilt my sister has ever made! Do you blame me?

















PS-i felt well enough to go to church yesterday for the first time in a month, yeah me. It was so good to see friends faces, and be with all of my nursery sweeties. I missed them. Nursery is the best when you don't feel well. I could lay on the floor the whole time and do puzzles and play, and eat snacks the whole time! There were 8 girls and 2 boys yesterday and they are all angels. With all the ugly in the world. I am so glad there are these sweet little babies to help even things out.