Sunday, August 31, 2014

August 31, 2014 - 1 Month Old!!!!!





Miss Tenley is 1 month old today! It has gone so fast! Like we did with Hayden I am going to take her picture once a month with a stuffed bear (this one was from Nana and Papa) so you can see how big she is relative to the bear. 

I also decided to try something different this time. Since I used a chalkboard to tell all about how she was growing while I was pregnant I figured I would continue the theme and use the chalkboard to tell you about how she is developing now. So in the top picture it shows you she is now 8.8lbs and 21 inches tall. She loves skin on skin cuddling, smiling, sleeping with her hands at her face, songs from her big brother, and her swing. A few other things to add; she is sleeping 6 hours through the night (usually 10-4 yahoo!) and still breastfeeding at 4 out of 8 meals each day!!! We will use this board to update you on everything from milestones to preferences as we go!


Here is the photo of her with her bear! She wouldn't stay still for her photo cause she wanted to touch her bear. But gives you a general idea, and thanks Stephanie R for her monthly stickers to tell how old she is. 


Finally big brother Hayden wanted in on the action. Here he is with his bear from when we tracked his monthly growth at 44 months haha!

Hope you enjoy!

Saturday, August 30, 2014

Family Pictures





We were lucky enough to win a photography package with a local photographer (Jane Elizabeth Carter Photography) and got our pictures taken on August 28th at Big Hill Springs Park. They turned out great and we are in love with the photos captured of all of us! Thanks so much Jane!

Tenley's Birth Announcement



So I played photographer a few weeks ago and took some precious photos for Tenley's birth announcement. I used a pre-designed template and customized it with her information and photos with my digital scrapbooking software! It is double sided so her lovely tutu photo is on one side and the information on the other. I love love love how it turned out! 

August 30, 2014


Tenley sleeping while her big brother plays trains at the Hobby store!

August 29, 2014


Sleeping with her hands on her face… this is a must or we don't sleep!

August 28, 2014


Tenley received her first piece of mail today! 

August 27, 2014


Having a staring contest with Daddy and Hayden!

August 26, 2014


Loving the black and white image book from Stephanie and Clara! Thanks so much ladies!

August 25, 2014


VINTAGE! Wearing a sleeper that Mommy wore when she was a baby!

August 24, 2014


When she is laying down her one hand must always be on her hair… she loves playing with it!

August 23, 2014


Tenley's reaction to having her bum changed…. EVERYTIME! And our cute onesie from Grandma and Grandpa!

August 22, 2014


Our perfect millionaire family on our 5 year wedding anniversary!

August 21, 2014


Checking out Daddy's fish tank! She was mesmerized by the lights and colours!

August 20, 2014


So chilly tonight we are wearing a fleece sleeper and will be wrapped in a fleece blanket! Brrrr… Fall is coming!

August 19, 2014



Playing with my big brother's trains!

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

August 18, 2014


Big brother kisses!

August 17, 2014


In our outfit from Great Grandma Joy, and laying on the beautiful blanket she knitted for us! Thanks so much! xo

August 16, 2014


Peace, love and sucking our fingers!

August 15, 2014


Today was our last day of Ciocia Courtney visiting so she soaked up the baby cuddles!

August 14, 2014




So more than one photo today because we went to the zoo today! Our beautiful little giraffe outfit from Grandma and Grandpa… then a pic with the giraffes and of course a pic with our Ciocia Courtney and Hayden to round out the day!

August 13, 2014


Our awesome morning hair! Hopefully it will be curly! **Fingers crossed**

August 12, 2014


Enjoying the bathtub… clearly!

August 11, 2014


Our little frog all curled up!

August 10, 2014


Look at this bright blues!

August 9, 2014


Hanging out in our swing and loving it!

August 8, 2014


Lost our umbilical cord today! She was clearly happy about it! HAHA

August 7, 2014


My teaching friends came to visit us today so of course we had to put on our outfit from Erin, Jade, Mason and Dave! Thanks guys! She looks adorable!

My attempts at being a professional photographer!

I love love love taking pictures and a few years ago we splurged and bought a really good camera! I love using it but am definitely not a professional with it yet. Mostly I don't have any software to edit photos so that makes it difficult because even with a good camera we all know Photoshop is what makes photos the way they look. I spent quite a few hours online looking for good photo editing websites and stumbled upon Fotor (www.fotor.com). Very user friendly and also gave me the options I wanted like adding filters but also just adjusting the light and colour vibrancies. I love how these turned out. I have quite a few more as well and will post them once I have time to edit and save them. Hope you like! xo










August 6, 2014


Playing dress up in our leopard print outfit from Ciocia Courtney! We also tried to get some photos of her done today. Will post in the next post!

August 5, 2014


All ready to go to our first Dr's appt!

August 4, 2014


Talking to our bear in our playpen!

Monday, August 18, 2014

August 3, 2014


A nice family photo of us all before Daddy goes back to work.

August 2, 2014


In my bunny sleeper from Nana and Papa!

August 1, 2014


Sleepy baby! Because of her mucous buildup we had to elevate her while she slept, so we used the change pad and my pregnancy wedge pillow to prop her up while she was sleeping!