Sadie as a Toddler

My Sweet Sadie

Sorry I haven't posted in a long time but I am coming back from Spring Break, Subbing and just the regular schedule! A big highlight for my family last year was a birth in the family. Our good friends the Kisners have a beautiful Golden Retriever named Stella. She is not too big and is very good tempered. We told them that if Stella ever had puppies, we would gladly take one off their hands. Fast forward a couple years.... and what do you know, Stella is pregnant! My girls were so excited that after countless letters and Christmas lists that they would be getting a puppy. On April 27, we got a text saying that Stella was in labor but that we couldn't see the puppies until they were ready. Throughout the whole day, texts and pictures were swapped back and forth, saying if the puppies were girls or boys, who came out first and all that stuff. A couple of days later, my family got the OK to go over to their house. I walked in and felt so blessed to see God's creations. Stella had puppies; 2 girls and 2 boys. Our Sadie was the last one to be born and the other girl was the first. I'm not going to lie but they kind of looked like rats... in a cute way though( if thats even possible!!) Every time we would go to my mom's house, we would drop by to see the pups. My husband made it very clear that we would be getting a girl dog (for the obvious reasons). So that narrowed it down to 2. Then came the hard part of naming her. The contenders; Sadie, Ruby, Quinn, Parker, and Scout( my husbands choice!:)) We all fought tooth and nail for our name to win. We all agreed on T's name, Sadie. The name Sadie is Hebrew for Princess, which is exactly what she is:) After waiting a long eight weeks, we picked her up on Father's Day. She is the sweetest but kind of crazy and can be a pain, but thats why we love her! Her birthday is coming up and I can't believe my baby is going to be one!! My whole family loves her and will agree(most of the time) that she is a perfect fit for our family!

D-A-D

Happy Father's Day. I was driving to Home Depot a few months ago and saw this aqua truck in a parking lot on the way there. I immediately thought that it would make a great photo op for my girls. I am also in love with the color aqua so I had the brilliant( can I say that?) idea of doing a dad's day pic with my girlies. I think it turned out stinking cute(can I say that?). Decide for yourselves:)

We gave Robi a frame with 3 openings and a girl with a letter in each opening. SO darling! We also made him dad tokens-little A said they were good for 2 bike rides with daddy, big A said they were good for 2 cuddles, and T said she would do one load of laundry:) My girlies are so lucky to have a dad like him-he's the best and they love him to the moon and back:) I feel so fortunate to have such amazing men in my life, Robi and my dad are both awesome:)

Look what I found at TARGET!

Can you believe that I found these at Target? I LOOOVVEE that store. I was moments away this weekend from painting a canvas this color and using my cricut to cut white vinyl and slapping this saying on there. Target saved me sooo much time:) They come in all sorts of colors-yellow, green, red and turquoise. I had to refrain from buying one for each room. Don't you love the pillow too? GO out and get yourself one before they are gone....

My Etsy

I have created an ETSY for my shop, Bows & Arrows Boutique! We sell bows, clothes, jewelry and more! Check it out!( Press)

Happy Valentine's Day

Who Dat?

Who Dat? My girls and I were so excited to watch the Superbowl yesterday not because it was football but because the Saint's logo is Fleur de lis:) My girls and I love anything Fleur de lis so we decided we needed to support this amazing team by decorating some shirts. They each decided on a different color that coordinated with the Saints team colors. They also added a little bling-cuz' they are obsessed with blinging:) Of course, the game was fun to watch but the commercials were even better-one of my faves was the Go Green Campaign by Audi. HYSTERICAL! I missed the Betty White one and the Oprah one but heard those were good too. The Saints story is an inspirational one and I am so glad they won the Superbowl:)

We got our t-shirt turtorial from this amazing website: Thanks Amazing Mae:)

http://amazingmae.blogspot.com/2010/02/freezer-paper-stencils.html