Handmade Loveliness

My new purse purchase from Cori. Brad bought me my old purse from Cori's mom Vicki and I loved it to almost death, wore it everywhere for the last year and it was starting to show it's wear. Since becoming a mom, I must have a purse with a long strap to sling around my neck and therefore keep my hands free. Especially now with another baby on the way!! ....and there's plenty of room to throw in an emergency diaper and wipes :)

I love my hippie/hobo bag! (thanks Cori!)

Help Is On The Way!

With a baby on the way in 6 weeks and no solid name picked I decided to look for help. We've scoured the internet baby-name search engines, entered Barnes & Noble to browse through books, borrowed baby naming books from family with nothing really grabbing us.

We like older, simple, different. Like Dane, but where is the girl name version of Dane?!? I stumbled across this book 'Bring Back Beatrice' and ordered it from Amazon. I was going to just send it right to my kindle but this is a book that I need to feel between my fingers. Hopefully to dog-ear ALL the pages with totally cool names.

I feel confident that this will help us (wish us luck).

Sarah & Abraham

My thank-you cards from Sarah & Abraham came in the mail! Aren't they the cutest?! You get to personalize the silhouettes to match your family and choose the color. I chose Papaya, since I didn't want the traditional pink or purple for a girl. I'm wishing the color was a little more vibrant, I was picturing is more orangy and less peachy but it's still cute.

IKEA

We left early yesterday morning to head to IKEA. Stopping on the way in Urbana at the Coffee Depot for coffee (my favorite- Chai Tea Latte) and muffins. Mmmmm Yum.

I love going to IKEA, it gives me so many idea. We actually didn't purchase any of the things we intended to, no fabric, no end of the bed bench/storage, no dining room furniture. Just didn't see what we exactly wanted. We did walk away with some cute baby burp cloths, a few kitchen items, cute foldable bins to house baby items, and an awesome art easel for Dane. Plus, We had a good time and Dane was a super good boy the whole time. Besides refusing to take a nap on the way home and therefore being slightly bad later that evening.

Here's Dane being artsy :)