vera bradley

I was over at the Vera Bradley website and they had some goodies on sale.

I got this agenda....
and this knotty headband....
{i hope it comes before baby so i can wear it to keep my hair back for the big day.}

and this baby book.

I got a few gifts from the sale section too, but i can't show those in case the giftee is looking.

Note:

just published a love note to my baby. it went under my last post should you care to view it.

children inspire designs

as i have mentioned before, i belong to an online shopping club called zulily. {and i can sign you up if you want, all i need is your email address...} well, they always have the stinkin cutest stuff and since one of my faves, children inspire designs, has made an encore, i thought i would share.


i apologize for the massive pics. i'm too lazy to make them smaller.
matryoshka dolls are so hot right now.

i got this one for judy jude's room. it is so darling in person. i will probably post pics of the nursery some day when it's actually put together. soon, very soon....
and i thought this set would be fun in a play room. our plans are to someday have one in our finished basement. a pipedream really.

view more here. they are only available thru zulily for a short time. let me refer you if you decide to buy!

Ode to The Bug

{picture by Kari Hennefer}

when i wake to the top half of your head smiling over my mattress in the morning,
i feel sunshine.

when that little lisp is reading aloud to itself in the next room,
i hear music.

when dinner is eaten without the WWF throwdown,
i taste sweet victory!

when you do exactly what i told you NOT to with that look on your face,
i see red.

but when that just-bathed hair snuggles into me, leaving wet spots on my shirt,
i smell my favorite place.

HUGTH AND KITHETH on your 3rd birthday! Even though you're about to be a big brother, you can be my baby anytime!