{A Pillow for Jess}

I know you can only see a bit of this room, but don't you just love that purple?? And Audrey,... HELLO!? Plus, the bed is REALLY comfy!

Thanks Matt & Jess for letting us stay with you! Can't wait to do it again for Christmas time. (hopefully?) (Maybe we'll get snowed in again!!) :)

If you're interested in this ruffle pillow, you'll be able to find some similar ones in my Etsy shop soon!!

Happy weekend everyone! XOXO

{It's Fall!}

FINALLY! I thought the heat would NEVER end! We spent a few days in Maryland with family and friends last week. It was nice to see everyone and introduce Cash to some of his Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents,.... etc.

We spent a day at the pumpkin patch and saw:

Barns filled with little animals!

Cotton that I wanted to take right out of the ground and bring home with me.

Pumpkins, of course, and more animals.

Here we are!!

Cash loved being surrounded by all of his girls,... Aunts, Cousin and Grandmom.

Sweet baby snuggles for Aunt Veronica.

Cash was so good in Maryland! He enjoyed being a social butterfly and spending the night at his Aunt & Uncle's house!

We did have quite the disastrous flight home. Cash was wonderful, but a 3 hour flight turned into 7 hours when the nasty weather diverted us to Houston and we weren't allowed to get off the plane! UGH,... cramped, stale air, getting home after 2am,... Cash was a trooper. I was cranky as hell!

I also went out with my sister-in-law, a few weeks ago, to some markets. Pumpkins galore!!

That's all for now,... lots to catch up on though! I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

{Kristie, Rich & Lexi}

Snuck in a last photo shoot before leaving Baltimore one last time.

This is Kristie, Rich and their pup, Lexi. It was a fun shoot, but don't be fooled by the beautiful sunshine, it was pretty chilly out still!

Folks, let me tell you, since we got back to Dallas three weeks ago, I have been majorly pregnant, surrounded by mess and boxes, no television, no internet, no vehicle. I apologize for yet another disappearance, but we just got internet hooked up yesterday! I missed all of you and I have a few catch up posts to do! Talk soon :)

{Bits & Pieces}

Here are just a few of my favorite things I have either picked up or received as gifts for my little guy.

I ordered these gilded vintage "CASH" blocks from Cabin 7.

This is Sophie the Giraffe Teether that I received from my niece, Sofie, this past weekend at my Maryland baby shower!

And this bear belonged to my husband when he was little. My Mother-In-Law gave it to us for our little one! I love him. (side note: that cowboy hat was a gift from me to my husband on my first visit to Maryland after we met,.... I doubt he has ever worn it. It has resided in his parents basement since I gave it to him) :)

So, I spent the last seven days in Maryland getting the move underway. I took some pictures for friends, had a baby shower, a going away party, packers, movers, some sad feelings of leaving, happy feelings of Texas and a last look at our first little home. I will post more about it soon.

XOXO

{23 Hours to Texas from Maryland}

It's been a while huh?? So,.... two and a half weeks ago Tom and I made the 23 hour journey from Maryland to Texas! Needless to say, the trip back to Texas was WAY less torturous than the trip from Texas to Maryland almost 5 years ago. I don't think I ever explained this story, so,..... we hired movers to load, move and unload my stuff in MD. They turned out to be uber shady and showed up like THREE DAYS late! We turned them away when they tried to charge us double what we were quoted AND tried to tell us that it would take over 30 days before my stuff would be delivered. We got a UHaul, loaded it up pretty late in the afternoon and Tom took off in the UHaul with me behind him in my car with my little kitty Chance. I Don't remember exactly how long it took, but I'm thinking like 3 or 4 days,.... in June,.... with no AC in the UHaul (poor Tom). It was miserable.

This time was a little better planned. We loaded my car with essentials I might need over the next six weeks, i.e. clothes, undies, socks,... fabric, sewing machine, baby items, plants, our fancy dishes, cake plates,..... you know, the IMPORTANT stuff ;) Then we took off early in the morning on a Saturday with our kitties Cecilia and Audrey. These pictures are of Audrey, she was pretty confident in the car and posted herself up as our Co-Pilot for a good portion of the ride.

When she wasn't looking out for traffic jams, she was perfectly happy sleeping in the sun on top of the mounds of "very important stuff" I PROMISE Cece was in there too, she wasn't quite as sure about the ride as Audrey was, but she made it and she is perfectly happy in Texas.

Tom did all the driving (thank goodness) and I got to relax and sew while he "blue steel'd" for pictures. How many Hexagons do you think you can sew on a 23ish hour car ride,..... well, I didn't exactly count, but it's a LOT! :) Progress was moving quickly on the hexagon quilt I started a million years ago.

Anyway, we made it! After stopping Saturday night in Nashville, sneaking our kitties into the hotel and spending some time in the AWESOME hotel bar (drinking water), we got to Texas Sunday night,.... right on time! I have been here living with my parents and kitties for almost three weeks and Tom headed back to MD the day after we got here to get our house, things and work ready to go! Our house is leased (which is a little bittersweet), we have found a temporary home here in DFW, we have movers (of the NON-sketchy variety) coming at the end of the month to pack, load and deliver our belongings AND the BEST part is that the pooches are still in MD which makes Cece (and me) quite happy for now. :)

I have been working on Cash Monkey's crib quilt,.... slowly, but surely,... and I will post some peeks later of what I have so far. I literally hunted down enough fabric for like FIVE quilts,... but I'll start with the one for now.

I am on my way out for a nice walk in this BEAUTIFUL Texas weather!

xoxo

{John + Erika = Engaged}

Congrats John & Erika! The photo shoot was FUN!!

{Ethan}

Okay, okay,.... I KNOW!!! I really have no excuse for my absence, really. Just lost track of things for a bit. I could blame it on the "winter blues" but we aren't so far into the "winter" yet that I don't think that would really fly. So,... here I am now and I have a few things to catch up on. Unfortunately, none of them are craft related, mostly just photography and a little trip home to Texas,.... but I will try not to disappoint if you will forgive me for falling off the planet for a little while. :)

This little guy is Ethan. His mom works with me and we ran out for a quick photo shoot a few weeks ago. Isn't he just an adorable little man!?!?!

He didn't love this little fall set up and this is really the only picture I got of him sitting in the chair. I would love to try this again because it's just so stinking cute!!! These pictures were taken in the same park as Amy & Arek's pictures, just in a different area.

There is a little garden near the park entrance that we played in for a while too in some Ravens gear.

Stay tuned,... I have some lost time to make up for :)

{Amy & Arek get Engaged}

I spent some time with my friends Amy & Arek a few weeks ago taking some pictures to celebrate their engagement and I think they turned out really adorable.

We went to Patapsco State Park and went all over taking pictures. It was a BEAUTIFUL day and just a blast taking pictures.

Amy & Arek are getting married In October, 2011 and I am excited to be a part of their big day! Can't wait! Congrats guys!