Eden's Birth Announcment/Blessing Invite

Totally like me to put the wrong date. Woops.

Friends and family please come.

If you didn't get one in the mail it is because I am poor-but I still love you and you are invited!

Sunday the 29th.

Call us for more info.

It will be a blessed occasion.

Stuck again....

**I promise I wouldn't take these pictures if she was in pain or danger.

She just can't get out and I think its funny!

I know, I'm mean.

Dylan

Such a cute little stinker.

Dylan is Auri's buddy from church.

This kid has got some spunk-I love it!

Auri must love it too because she is always talking about Dylan!

Me and his mom started a preschool for all the little kids in our neighborhood.

We are bummed we are going to miss her lesson next week "T-is for Turkey"!

Thanks for being our friends you guys!

The Larsons

This is the Larson family.

I should include some of the outtakes from this session-they are funny!

Such little busy body kids.

Blue drool.

Pee on an arm.

Pulling headbands off....

I loved it because it reminded me of my own little family trying to get a decent picture.

I think these still turned out really cute-I hope you do too!

Halloween

It really is way late to post these, but people keep asking to see them-so here they are.

We spent Halloween with Matt and Niki and their family.

When we first got to Matt and Niki's we made sugar cookies with the kids.

Best sugar cookies ever...cream cheese frosting.... delicious.

They had so much fun.

It was messy but well worth it.

Mia stood on the table. I thought it was funny, hence the picture.

And....

Auri probably has worms from consuming too much cookie dough.

Then we ate a yummy dinner.

White chicken chilli that Matt made.... it had more cream cheese...yum.

Then we got dressed in our costumes.

Me and Andy were super lame this year and didn't dress up.

I love to dress up and was bummed that I procrastinated getting a costume together.

I had great plans in my head for Auri's costume too, but they never came to pass.

I bought her a cheap princess dress that was too big-lucky for her, her cousin Mia had a dress that was too little, so they swapped. Mia wore Auri's-Auri wore Mia's. It worked wonderfully. They were little princess nerds-oh well, maybe next year Auri can be the cute little owl I have stored in my brain.

Eden was a cute, little, plump Strawberry.

I ate her throughout the night.

She is yummy.

The Simpson Family......Niki went all out on their costumes!- Opposite of me. :)

All the little Fackrell urchins + Andy

(Andy had to hold Eden in all the pictures because Auri wouldn't hold her good)

Auri caught on to Halloween in a flash.

She had the time of her life.

Her and her dad sang "this is Halloween-this is Halloween"over and over as they walked down the street.

It was cute.

At several doorsteps, she won people over and got multiple treats from them.

Eden slept through it all...if only she knew what she was missing! ;)

We had SO MUCH FUN!!!

Thanks Matt and Niki for letting us crash there and spend Halloween with you!

Sometimes...

....our chairs grow legs....

.....or Auri gets stuck.

3 Months

I am so blessed to have Eden in my life.

Her smile lights up my heart.

(and it's a bonus because she smiles at me all the time!)

Her soft squishy body is what I love to cuddle most.

Her smell is the best smell in the world.

She calms me.

She comforts me.

"Love tears" well in my eyes just thinking about how much I love her.

Happy 3 months Eden!

(I took these pictures today-actual 3 month old day)

Just some things she does @ 3 months:

She is almost rolling over.

She loves snuggling in nursing position.

She arches her back in her bouncy seat when she doesn't want to be in it.

She squeels.

She says my favorite baby word "aa-goo"

She giggles.

She is ticklish mostly under her collar bone and thighs.

She is wearing some 6 months clothing. Chunky=yum.

She holds her head up and can sit in the bumbo.

p.s. she is growing up too fast!

Maddi-Seniors

We use to hang out back in the day.

She was like 6ish.

My friends little sister is friends with Maddie.

So we were friends-

except us older girls would kind of pick on the younger girls.

Sorry.

In my second life, I would like to look like Maddie and have her wardrobe. ;)

They Might Be Giants

Pumpkin Patch

This poor little pumpkin didn't know what it was getting into when Auri picked it out.

It has been dropped about 50 times-(Im sure our downstairs neighbors love it).

It has gone for about 10 tricycle rides around the living room.

It has lost it's stem.

It has had a toenail jabbed into it...(mine-it hurt too).

It has lived in many various places-like under the table.

It has been heard a Halloween jingle or two.

and....

It has been thoroughly enjoyed!

Such a "California-ish" pumpkin patch.

These where the two cutest pumpkins in the whole patch!

I picked them!

Happy Fall!

Sneak Peak

Such a pretty girl.

More pics of her coming soon!

Tin Toys

Seeing how Christmas will be here before we know it-

I will be posting my favorite gift ideas here.

Once a week-something that I think would be rad to give or to receive.

This week-Tin toys.

So nastalgic looking. So cute. Great to play with or decorate with.

All toys found here.

The Smiths

This is my brother and his cute family!

Oooo....I just love them!

Ben

Emmy

Abby

They really are twins, they're just nothing alike-besides both being DARN cute!

Sweaty Fall

Im sitting here in California and I am sweaty. Yugh.

Im really wishing I could time travel back a few weeks ago and be at my cabin in Utah.

It is seriously one of my favorite places in this whole world.

It was such a nice time going up there.

Fall there is like heaven.

The quakies make my heart happy.

So do these girls.

Eden "Maureen" with her namesake.

My Granny.

Love them!

I think that the rest of October (and into November), I'll just have to look at these pictures while eating a popsicle-and maybe, just maybe it will feel like fall.

Kings of Convenience

Here's something to get you going this week!

Me and Auri move and shake to this!

Kinzi

This is Kinzi and she is such a sweetheart!

She was so good during the shoot and we even took these during her nap time.

Isn't she a doll?

*When we went over to Kinzi's house to play one day, Auri kept calling her "Kansas".

I don't know why.

:)

Thanks "Kansas" for being such a sweet little model!

Traecen

It's taken FOREVER to get these here-darn computer-I was still pregnant with Eden when I took these.

Sorry.

This is Traecen.

Such a sweet chubby little guy!

Him and his family moved shortly after I took these pictures.

We miss you guys!

*Brandi email me your address so I can send these to you.

kyleefackrell@yahoo.com

Raining

It's raining right now and 'boy o boy' is it refreshing.

It hasn't rained here in Southern California for---- like ever!

I haven't realized how much I have missed it.

Ahhhh....and the smell. Yum.

Also, I have a new computer equipped with photoshop.

Thank you family.

You are kind and generous.

Now I feel like myself again.

Fall is here....(kind of----for California anyways)

Isn't it just the best.

The colors.

The smells.

The wardrobe.

The food.

Trader Joes Pumpkin Pancake Mix.

I swear, my heart is happier in the fall.

I am refreshed.

Good posts to come.

Whales

Here is a delightful story from Auri's adventures in potty training.

After doing her duty-she looks down and says-"LOOK, a whale!"

(And yes, it looked like a whale.)

Then as I was wiping her she slipped and I couldn't catch her in time and she squished the poor little whale in her hand.

(Squished whale is not fun to clean up.)

Poor whale.

In honor of our deceased whale friend, here is a kindergarten classic to enjoy.

Japanese Design

Why am I so obsessed with Japanese design right now?

Mostly craft stuff.

SUCH cute stuff!!!

I might have to get some of these pattern books for Christmas!

All images from Etsy.

Fanfarlo

A new gem for your listening pleasure.

They also just released their debut album.

More here @ fanfarlo.com.

*After watching "The Walls Are Coming Down" I couldn't resist putting this on here too. I think I found a new favorite band....for now anyways. :)

Princess Fairy Belt

We are stuck at home A LOT.

We get bored A LOT.

We have been crafting A LOT.

Today we made this princess fairy belt, bracelet and hair clip.

To be honest, she doesn't even really like them and wore them for the duration of the pictures and that's about it.

She is kind of a little toot these days.

This is her best..... "princess smile"!


But this little princess really is showing her princess smile!

(I seriously cannot stand how dark these pictures are unedited...I guess I need to work on my camera skills too!)

Yum Yum

Some people might think that I'm crazy for putting pictures like this on my blog-oh well, I don't care.

I think that nursing is amazing!

Perfect (free) nutrition supply for your baby-Awesome!

Plus the fact that they look super adorable while doing it.

"Ahhh...thanks mom! That was a delicious afternoon snack!"

I love her!

*Disclaimer: I am in no way bashing formula fed babies...I know there are allergies that prevent people from nursing along with many other reasons- and some people just don't want to do it- but I do and I love it-that's all. :)

As long as you and your baby are happy, right?

Seesters

I adore these girls!

Smitten List

There are so many things I love about this girl....here are a few:

• the dark fur on her ears and back....softest stuff ever
• her little doughnut chin-it is super fun to kiss
• her long toes that look just like mine
• her swirly belly button-it looks like a chubby cinnamon roll
• the little billy goat noises she makes
• her dark eyes-i think they are going to be brown
• her hair and the way that it goes into a perfect little curl
• her chubby kissable cheeks
• that she looks so much like her daddy-even some of her expressions are the same
• her perfect innocence
• her sweet spirit
• her ability to put up with a family that can't stop kissing her and squishing her

the list could go on and on.......

(It really is driving me crazy that I can't edit my pictures...just know that they aren't edited and don't judge my photography for the time being. Thanks!)