J Cooper Photography

Some of you may remember a photo shoot I did with J a few months ago on a particularly drizzly day this winter. J and I had headed outside to enjoy some puddle splashing and stomping and I completely fell in love with the photos that captured our carefree afternoon together. It has been a few months in the making but today the stars and moon aligned and we got another drippy day where the moisture hung around in the air after creating the perfect puddles…it was unusually cool and would have been a real bummer of a day but A had the idea to head outside for a little photo shoot of her own. And I couldn’t have been happier to oblige! While J tends to be coy and sheepish in photo shoots…A is all about personality. Combined with a goofy 5 year old smile and her quirky sense of humor…it is easy to get snapshots of her that ooze personality. She may be a tad weird…but boy I love that kid!And after we dried off and hung up our rain gear we headed to J’s preschool for a little afternoon musical program. I hate to say she stole the show…but she did

I try really hard not to be an obnoxious mother…one who is always talking about and praising their children for the littlest things. But sometimes you just need to scream to the world….”They are MINE!!!”

weeks left in this pregnancy….
And I am trying to tie up the rest of the loose ends before Mr. Peepers makes his debut.

For those who keep hounding me (and you know who you are!) for a recent belly pics…here you go…shot in my hallway mirror today at 31 weeks.

And as promised…a few sneak peaks of Mr. Peeper’s nursery. We just recently found the super cool vintage bi-planes…hoping to hang them (securely!) above the crib in a “mobilesque” fashion. P has his pilot’s license and so the airplane theme seemed like a natural choice for our little guy. When we brought the airplanes home this weekend P actually said, “if the baby doesn’t want these…these are going to my office.” Uh…yeah…hand’s off.

The avocado dresser came from my favorite shabby furniture store. There is a matching vintage mirror too that I plan to hang low behind the dresser. Still working on the rest of the room but I can now check the slipcover, crib skirt, and valance off my list of things to do!

And I wanted to say another BIG THANKS for all the posters who entered the *take a bow* contest a few weeks ago! Stay tuned…I just might get the urge to give away more free stuff! Nic’s FREE TEE is all packaged up and ready to be sent to her sweetie!

And I’ll leave you with one more picture.

What you get with 2 silly girls, a pile of clean laundry, and a busy mommy!

I seem to have some sort of fruit fetish. As I was organizing my fabric stash I realized I had inadvertently hoarded an obscene amount of fruit themed fabric. I’m am especially a sucker for cherries and strawberries apparently! So in order to clean out my stash a bit (and because fruit is so FUN for summer!) I am offering this FRUIT SALAD collection! I have listed FIVE new auction on ebay this week. All of the outfits are ready to ship and have a BIN option so you can have them on your doorstep quickly! Stop by and check them out!!

SOUR APPLE Twirl Dress – Size 4/5/6

POSITIVELY PEAR Halter Set – Size 3/4/5
SWEET APPLE Twirl Dress – Size 2/3/4
CHEERY CHERRY Halter Set – Size 3/4/5
SILLY STRAWBERRIES Tank Set – Size 2/3
And because I thought is was too much fun (shows how little I truly get out!)…take this little QUIZ and find out what kind of fruit you are!! I was a strawberry…might explain a few things