Maternity Session

Head over to my photography blog for more photos from Bao and Noah's maternity session! 

Citrus Lane - January 2014

If you read my blog often, you can recall that I wrote about December's box from Citrus Lane and that I was thinking about canceling the subscription. Well... I received January's box the other day and totally changed my mind about canceling it! When I got the box, it was pretty heavy so I knew it was going to be a pretty good one! Here's what was inside for my 7 month old son.

* Baby Car from Plan Toys - value $15.00
* Football from Little Taggies - value $7.99
* Cleo in the Snow from Barefoot Books - value $6.99 (for Paperback)
* Travel Dish Soap from Dapple - value $2.29
* Ruby Ribbon 20% off your first order code - value $0

Total value of January 2014 Citrus Lane box is $32.27

I really enjoy receiving these subscription boxes from Citrus Lane. Every month, I always find that I'm more than satisfied with them. I especially liked the football rattle ball for Anakin. He loves playing with tags and ribbons so this is perfect for him to tug at while he's in his car seat. It keeps him entertained while I focus on driving. I also liked that the dish liquid was sealed in a ziplock bag in case it leaked while being delivered. Thanks Citrus Lane for being pre-cautious about those kinds of things. I'm sure it costs you guys more if you had to replace the entire box due to damage from liquids.

I'm pretty sure I will wait until February's box now to see if I will cancel this box or not. I am still waiting on a $15 dollar credit that I won from a Twitter party they held back in November that I never got! I contacted them 3 times already and still no credit or no response. If their customer service is anything like this than that will be the factor in which I will cancel my subscription. We shall give them the benefit of the doubt and wait and see.

Our Day to Day Activities

I CAN NOT WAIT until the warm weather hits so I can finally take this energetic and curious boy outside to explore! He's very much like me in the sense that we both get bored staying home all day with seeing the same scenery over and over again. I can tell, he's an adventurist like me! Unfortunately, it's been snowing the past couple of days here in the Midwest and it looks like its not going to end any time soon. For once in my life, I am wishing for lots of snow - just not here where I live. I wish for lots of snow in Colorado since we will be venturing out there this Summer and I would love to be able to play in the creeks that are created from the snowy cap mountains!

Anywho, here are some pictures of my buddy I took today. He gets so curious about my camera and the bright light that shines in his eyes...

Throwback Thursdays

I don't even remember half of these pictures that I find myself in floating around Facebook. It's like, those years didn't even exist for me but, pictures never lie! These are photos of me back when I was young, naive, and oh so SKINNY! I remember being a size double 00 throughout my high school years. Thanks to walking every day to and from school and for running 8 blocks every school day for gym class. If anything, these pictures should serve as a motivation to get back into shape!

Wow! Look at me.... so young! Heehee.

Valentines Day Card

Look at these adorable little hands! I can't believe he stayed still for me while I traced his hands. It was a lot of work but well worth it! Here's what you'll need to get started with your own special Valentines Card:

- White card stock paper (to print the Valentines heart card and your photo on)

- Red and Pink construction paper

- Scissors

- Double sided tape

- Pen

- Envelopes

First thing I did was trace his hands onto the construction paper and cut out. Then I measured the palm to see how big of hearts I needed to fit. Then I cut out tiny hearts. 

I went to illustrator and created a heart card with "Peek-a-Boo! I love you!" and printed those out on the white card stock (size of heart card is 6" x 4.125"). I then chose a photo of Anakin and printed and cut those out (size of photo is 3" x 2"). 

I then placed 1 strip of double sided tape in the middle of the back of the photo. And then, I took another strip of tape and taped it half way horizontally - leaving the other half sticking out. I then taped one of his cut out hands to it and then secured the heart to it. Repeat on opposite side. 

And that's it! Feel free to get as creative as you can with this! I can't wait to send these out to his aunties and cousins! Do you celebrate Valentines Day and what crafts are you planning to do with your little ones?