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Girl Weekend!

This weekend was packed full of girlfriend fun!

Heather came into town on Thursday. We had a yummy lunch at El Torito. We swapped Ryan for Jamie with the neighbors and enjoyed an evening of "SO you think you can dance" and snacks.
Friday was spent going to see The Proposal (which is hysterical) then to Green Tangerines. (Luckily, Ryan picked up Noodles & Co for us) We spent the rest of the evening crafting and preparing for Jamie's baby shower. Heather recreated this masterpiece for the shower.

Saturday was the shower, with the best breakfast casserole I've ever had! After the shower Heather and I got pedicures and stayed up until midnight, crafting. I got 7 pages done this weekend and Heather made Zoe the most adorable bows. (Thanks again Heather!)

Here's our lovely Mom to be.
Here's Ms. Z enjoying some Mickey's ClubhouseHere's my favorite layout that I created this weekend. I debated getting these Basic Grey chipboard letters, but they ended up being on of my most favorite things I bought. (Thanks Heather for talking me into them!)Back to regular work schedule this week. Happy Birthday to Noah (1) and my Mom! We love you both and hopefully we'll get to see you in a few weeks (cross your fingers)

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Busy Busy Busy

Simple updates for today:

Zoe's new words/phrases:
*Go!
*Ball
*Quack, Quack
*Hi Daddy
*Mango

Not all of these have been said on more than one day, but she is getting better. We talk a lot in our house. She definitley knows the meaning of more words than she can speak. She especially likes to hear, "Book" or "Mickey".

After last week, we were totally out of our routine and are adjusting this week. Although this week is quite busy too. We've got a couple trips to the air port, a baby shower, throw in lots of catching up and good food and that will be our weekend.

And something to make Holly happy for months to come.....Sacramento/Roseville now has a Noodles & Company. Although the food is amazing, this place holds a lot of memories for me, and I'm so happy I can visit it whenever I want! (Yes we did visit last weekend. Yes I will most likely visit again this weekend. Yes it is THAT good!)

Happy Tuesday!
XOXO,
Holly & Co.

Beautiful Zoe

I'm just in love with these photos Aly took! They turned out so well considering Zoe was being defiant. Here's just a sampling. The tutu was made by my friend Heather. You can see more of her stuff in her shop. I made the rosette onesie. To see the whole photoshoot, you can go here.

7.8.09

Zoe and I have spent the past 2 days enjoying my time off! Yesterday we went to the pool and played our hearts out. We read Hop on Pop at least 20 times. Zoe said "Tree" while we were outside and I was pointing out our surroundings. This morning we started bright and early, Our friend Aly, who toke my maternity photos, was in town and took some pictures of Zoe. I'll post those when I get them back from her. This afternoon, we visiting with the Stauffers. We played with Ethan's plastic golf clubs, those were Zoe's favorite today.

While Zoe was taking naps today, I got to scrapbook. June was so busy, I didn't have a lot of time to scrap, so I'm catching up on those photos now. Here's the fruits of my labors.

Tomorrow, it's back to work. Ryan has been at Scout Camp this week. He's actually on his way home.

Next week, my BFF comes to town, for more scrapping and fun. We're hoping to get to San Francisco, since she's never been. So you'll be seeing more pages soon.

* Edited to add: I changed the title to the correct date. And WELCOME baby Asher. Mark and Brooke welcomed a healthy baby boy yesterday! We're so excited for them and can't wait to meet him. When I showed Zoe's pictures she got all excited!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.

4th of July

We spent Saturday with the Stauffers. We had lots of yummy food. Made mostly by Jamie. The kids played in the pool. We chatted and ate. Zoe fell asleep quite early, she even slept through the fireworks outside our apartment.

She got a little bloody nose because of the heat, we think. But other than that, she had a blast!

Craftiness

Most of you know about my LOVE of Scrapbooking. Well I've started submitting to be published and join design teams. I'm posting to show my recent endeavors.

This page is all about Ryan's recent love of root beer. Every time we go to Bev Mo, he tries a different one!

Here's our darling neighbor Ethan. I just ADORE this picture of him.



My little Zoe bug
More Ethan.

Enjoy and feel free to comment below!

*We finally figured out what Zoe has been saying. "Odgie" or "Odie" means hungry or food or drink. Lots of meaning, but at least they all relate to hunger. She is also enjoying saying "Hi" to people on the phone. It's so excited that she is starting to speak!

XOXO,
Holly & Co.