Thursday, June 16, 2011

Harper's Room

 So Harper's room is pretty much done - which is so exciting!  Here are some pictures of the big stuff in her room.



 Her crib with the bedding I made.  It's brown, hot pink, and a soft green.  


Her new owl mobile which I love!  It matches but adds a good splash of color too.



We painted her name on the wall and made an open frame in vintage creme and pink.  It was fun to learn to make the frame look old with layers of paint.  Cody is a pro now.



 Her bookshelf which is now filled with tons of books.  Including Harry the Dog, If you give a Mouse a Cookie, and my favorite - Wayside Story is Falling Down.  Plus her hip diaper bag and her cool dress form.


 This is my sweet lounge chair.  I just made new pillows and it's going to be so comfortable.  I may "forget" to go back to bed after the midnight feeding.  :)
Also got this cool basket for storage, a lamp, a sound machine/clock, and we put the cool owl print on the wall.  It's a pretty good corner.


 Here are her floating shelves.  A big thank you to my amazing husband for being able to recreate my vision even when everyone else said it was too hard.  Aren't they great!  They are 4 in think and 6 in wide and made of cedar.  I absolutely love them.  We put baby pictures of us up, plus a maternity photo.  I just think they are so sweet!


 I love the thought behind being a "Daughter of the King."  Such a powerful thing to know that once we are saved, we are heirs with Christ and children of God.  Such a blessing!  So my friend Nikki came to visit last week and painted this canvas for her room. 


 Um...  So she has lots of bows, headbands, etc.  It might have gotten a little out of control.  But to be fair, most of these were gifts.  You know women and cute, tiny, pink things - they just can't help themselves.  We had an old memo board and we recovered it with a silky, cream fabric, hot pink ribbon, and buttons.  We added hooks on the bottom and voila!  It was actually pretty simple and I'm pretty proud.


 And last but not least, her closet.  These are her nice outfits (yes all her drawers are full too!).  She has a TON of clothes already, including a Christmas dress and an Easter dress.  This is where we put the old, vintage dresser and most of her extra stuff.  I won't need to shop until at least next spring!



All in all, it's a great room.  I think Harper is going to love growing up in there.  Plus, it's done - which is the best part!  We went to the doctor today and we are definitely progressing.  Hopefully she'll come soon and my next post with have her in it! 

2 Showers in 1 Day

On Saturday, June 4th I had two showers.  The morning shower was with my church friends.  Mostly bible study girls and a few awesome growth group girls (the bible study Chelsea and I teach of highschool girls).  The afternoon shower was with Denison friends and family.  Both were so fun and I have never been so happy or tired in all my life!  



Church Shower hosted by Michelle Wade, Anne Heffington, Aimee Rosier, and Chelsea Johnson


 Starting to unwrap presents - Devin (Growth Groups), Mom, Me, and Amy Eck


 Hanging Out - Amy Eck, Amanda Miller, Aimee Rosier, Ronda Owens, 
Katherine Hunt, Michelle Wade, Chelsea Johnson, and Taylor Klusman


So many gifts for Harper!


Denison Shower with Hempkins' friends and family

 Serena's oreo cake balls - so good


Cousin Kelly (and Tessa) and Aunt Kita


 Serena, Me, and Nelda


Mom, Carleigh, Taylor, Me, Kristi, and Grayson
Thankfully my family came to both showers and spent ALL day with me.
So nice of them!!!


Grayson the Conqueror was flirting a little too much with Lydia Duff. 

  Awesome diaper cake from Wendy


So many wonderful gifts that day.  It was absolutely amazing.  
Harper is seriously ready to go!

Friday, May 20, 2011

My husband's new hobby

These are some maternity pictures that my husband took a few weeks ago.  He is pretty talented with the camera, don't you think?  


This one is my favorite.  

This one is his favorite.  I was laughing at my sisters.  They are always funny.

Even though this isn't a maternity picture, we spent the most time by this tree.  He really wanted to get a close up of the butterflies.  This tree at my parent's house in Argyle is a butterfly magnet.  They literally swarm it day and night.  If you walk over to it and stand really still, they will land on you too.

This one is at the square in Denton.


Here are some of the first pictures he ever did.  He just started this spring.  Isn't it amazing how some people are just natural at it?  I am thoroughly impressed.

We took these two in Denison and they just turned out so well.  I was very against being photographed because I was pregnant but was only showing enough to look chunky.  

Love the bridge picture.  Possibly one of my all time favs.



 Aw, sweet Maggie girl.  A pretty good picture of a psychotic dog.  

Carleigh and Taylor have been dying for photo shoots lately.  They went out around old town Lewisville and the lake by our house.  


Taylors' real smile.  Love it.


Grayson's bathtime.  Sometimes I think he's identical to McCool.  Sometimes I think Eric.  Either way, he's by far the absolute cutest baby ever!  And he's turning 1 this week.  What a big boy!



I just think my hubby's so good at taking pictures!  And now I have a personal photographer at my fingertips any time I want.  Poor Harper is going to be having photo shoots every other day!  

So all in all, it's been a good run.  35 weeks along and so close to done!  I see a light at the end of the tunnel...

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Christmas in Springtime!

Time has come for my showers to start.  It's like Christmas!  Harper is one lucky baby.  Plus, it's so good to get to see friends all together.  I had a fabulous time!

 The spread - SO GOOD!  Cake ball rattles - so cute and delish!

My new banner for Harper's room.  No glitter glue here-hand cut letters.  Thanks Staci!

Diapers with awesome messages on them = a fun time at 2 am.
Plus tons of new books for Harper's collection - she's going to be a genion


 Leopard Print Tutu Dress

Harper's new bikini from KK (Grandma).  It's a bikini.  What is KK thinking?  She will definitely need a cover up!  But it is pretty cute and came with a sun hat!

 Yes.  I liked the plain pink and grey onesies the best.  Kristen and I like solid colors.  So what?

 Frog Bathtoy Scooper

Her new ducky robe
 My favorite little man in the whole world.  He definitely stole some hearts today.

Grayson helping me unwrap gifts

The hostesses: Jessica, Stephanie, Staci, and Kara.  Such great friends!!!

Me and Mom (KK)

 Me and Kristi (Grandma)

 Me and Kristen

 Me and my fav high school friends!  Emily, Amanda, Lexi

Me and Kristen from work

 Me, Jill, Hannah, and Alyssa.  Alyssa was so good but it was naptime.

My friend Michelle from work.  She is so much fun!