O'Baby: The Irish Edition

Did you have on green yesterday? We did!!!

Start things off with some bagpipes

Irish Dancing

Leprechaun

Nap Time

The King & Tyler took math classes together

A Little Drummer Boy

A Little O'Connor

Refreshed

Interesting...

Moving dinosaur & confetti shot out of the chimney

These dogs were well trained - and could do really cool tricks

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

photo credit: jciv flicker

Today the weather is supposed to be amazing!! We will be digging out Aliyah's Christmas dress (it is green with white polka dots) so she can wear it one more time... then we will be joining some very special people, along with the rest of Kansas City, to enjoy the annual St. Patty's Day parade.

We will be celebrating the mister's birthday (with his side of the family this time) again tonight, and he is really looking forward to some corned beef and cabbage. Although, he said he would settle for a Shepard's pie if he had to.

** St. Patrick's Day Symbols & Traditions

Holy Hair Bows!!!

Shoes, bags and hair bows: 3 things I should probably be attending some sort of support/addiction group. I have started making my own clips and bows so this mess of a problem has only just begun. I do enjoy that she still leaves her bows on her head and hasn't realized that she can pull them out of she really wanted - so until then... I will soak up every cute fluffy bow and flower.

This hair accessory organizer is really easy to make! I posted how to make this on Harmony of the Home today... along with a few other ideas I found on how to organize hair bows.

Do you have any tips for organizing a mass amount of accessories?

(I love that my mom uses tacks on the back of her bedroom door to hang all of her necklaces! It really is great to be able to see them all - I should take a picture of her door.)

Sleepy Time

As Aliyah has been growing, so have her sleep positions. I always put her on her back, but she doesn't always stay there... Here are my favorite napping photos

A Happy Birthday Letter

My Dear Sweet Husband,

When I was a little girl, I played make believe.
I pretended to cook and clean and to be a Mommy to my baby dolls.

I imagined a man, a husband. He was brave and strong and very handsome. And he loved me.

It was a dream.

And some might call this dream a silly fairy tale or the immature longings of a girl who loved romance.

But I call it my life.

You are the first to hold me when I am afraid.
You are my encourager when I doubt myself.
You are the one who made me, Mama.

I am not a little girl anymore.
But I can’t help but think of the things I didn’t dream about...

I didn’t dream that I would hear my husband praying for me as I dozed off to sleep.

I didn’t dream that my husband would happily join my side to help fold stacks of laundry.

I didn’t dream that my husband could cheer me up with a twirl around the living-room.

I didn’t dream that my man would be a Sheridan's fairy, delivering sweet treats in my moments of need.

Today you turn 27 years old. And more than anything, I want you to know that I love you more than I ever dreamed.

You are a man among men. You stand out as you lead our family. You are my heart, my life, my best friend, my soul mate.

You are unique and beautiful.
You are a hero in my world.
And you are mine.

Happy Birthday, Husband.

Thank you for making my dreams come true.

Aliyah's Box

There will be plenty of clothes to one day pass down to new cousins and the babes of friends but there will be pieces of Aliyah's closet that will forever remain packed away in a box marked with her name only to be unwrapped on some distant day in the future. Inside is the little green pear outfit we carried her home in from the hospital, Tyler's favorite newborn onesie that he tried to put her in every single day until the bottom snaps no longer touched, her first Christmas dress, and the tiny pink shoes I got for her as soon as we found out that she would indeed be a little lady. And just recently, I picked out a fluffy pink Easter dress that will be added to the box after next month. Such sweet treasures...

Do you have special items from your little one that you have held onto?

One Big Napkin

I have essentially become a human napkin...

A realization I had last night while undressing from a busy day. On my shirt was Aliyah's dinner, a spot where she wiped her nose and 3 different slobber spots from her sweet open-mouth kisses.