New Start

Hey guys, So many things have changed since I started this blog. I had my first big girl job, I decided to leave my first big girl job to focus on my dreams. Cordelia turned into a toddler! I decided to start fresh at a new blog. Follow me at http://robutton.blogspot.com/ to see my projects and adventures! 

I've Been Waiting For This Day

Seven months ago we could feel your presence. Shifting and moving under the surface. Causing pain and biting and drool, lots and lots of drool. Finally you have graced us with your presence, and we are so excited to see you.

Welcome Cordelia's first tooth! Down there on the bottom! In this picture it's only a tiny white blob, in real life it's pearly white and super sharp, and perfect, truly perfect :)

A Day at the Park

Brendon got home early from work today; after he and baby girl took extremely long naps (while I worked on a sewing project that failed horribly) I decided that we needed to get out of the house. We have had the wackyist weather in the D.C area this winter, today was in the 50s! So we took advantage of the beautiful day and went to the park, and Cordelia took her first try at the swing.

These are photos from my phone so they aren't great, but I love how happy she looks it helps me remember to focus on the good things in life. 

Eight!

Cordelia is now eight months old. I am amazed with how fast time goes by, I'm hoping it slows down soon but I wont hold my breath. She is crawling and pulling herself up to stand. She says "Mama" and "Dada". She LOVES to play with the cats (when they let her) and she eats a lot! Cordelia is a busy bee, she loves to play with her books:

and the wonderful toys she got for Christmas, including her elephant:

I love every moment I get to spend with her. Even now when she is dripping drool and snot by the bucketful because she is teething AND experiencing her first cold, let's hope the cold doesn't last long! 

PH: Smoo

Ma, Watch me Stand!

One...

Two...

Three!

Ta Da!

It is so amazing to watch Cordelia learn new things, when you think about how many things we as human beings lean in our first year of life it's really mind boggling. These pictures were taken on her seven month "birthday" so they are a little late to the blog. These days Cordelia is so mobile I can't turn around for a second and expect her to be in the same place I left her! Thankfully now she can sit back down just as well as she can stand, for a short while there she would stand up and be so proud of herself and then she would get board of standing and become distressed because she didn't know how to get back down! 

PH: Smoo 

New Year, New Goals

       So I must admit I kept putting of this post. I hate New Years. I'm afraid that it makes me horribly pessimistic, all I can think about it all the crap I DIDN'T accomplish. Well, ten days later I'm trying to be more optimistic! So I have thought a lot about this list, and I had to think even more on it once I realized that this is also the year I will turn 25 so this is also my list of things I want to do before I'm 25, YIKES where did the time go!

1. Write a blog post AT LEAST twice a week
2. Make a pair of pants for myself
3. Find a job (It doesn't have to be perfect yet, but that would be nice)
4. Finally, finally, finally launch Robutton
5. Read Cordelia a book before bed every night (I'm slacking on this a little)
6. Weed negative, selfish people out of my life
7. Send Birthday cards
8. Exercise. Make a habit of it. So far I'm doing ok with this one. 
9. Eat more fruits and veggies
10. Get the cats to run around and exercise everyday! They are getting too lazy! 
11. Keep my nails looking nice
12. Learn to be more forgiving

Wish me luck!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from our happy, and tattoo proud Family! 

This Christmas was the most insane Christmas I have ever experienced. We celebrated at five different houses, not including our own. Additionally, we were blessed by having a very large family and that puts a lot of people on the "To Give" list. Don't get me wrong, I love giving presents, but it takes a lot of stress and time and money to cover everyone and I have kind of decided that it takes the fun out of the holiday and distracts  from the importance of the holiday as well. I'm not sure where I stand on the birth of Christ aspect, but Christmas is about family and spending time with those you hold dear to your heart. 

It's been awhile. . . again

Hello readers, I hope you are still there! I took a little break from the blog, life was more than a bit hectic and I had some personal things going on that left me little energy for anything. I hope to turn this blog into a regular thing again, I love blogging and I really have missed it. Now to catch you up! (well on the big things at least)

Cordelia has gotten A LOT bigger: 

 Three months

Four Months

 

Five Months

 

Six Months

 

Seven Months

She can crawl, eat mushy foods, sit up by herself, pull herself up to stand and says "mama" and "dada"! It's amazing, and the time has gone by so fast it's a blur. 

We attended two absolutely beautiful weddings. The first was for one of my old time friends and her prince charming. The wedding was at Bordeleau Winery, such a beautiful venue! The amazing photos below are  care of their photographer. It was Brendon and my first night away from Cordelia, but we had such a great time, and Ashley and Brandon are such fun people (as I'm sure you can see from the picture below! ).

The second wedding was for our mutual friends Tuan and Camila. I was honored to be in the wedding party. They had such beautiful weather and the people at their venue, Bretton Woods, were wonderful.  These beautiful photos were taken by an awesome photographer I know- check him out here. There will probably be a longer post about this wedding later :)

 We wore super cool shoes

Camila's Brother married them, it was very heartfelt 

Cordelia Hung out with Daddy

 

We played in the photo booth :)

We were able to rejoice in our third anniversary of this day:

We celebrated our first Halloween! As a Rainbow, a leprechaun, and a pot of gold. 

Well... those were the biggest things, I have a ton of other little things to catch you up with later, but for now I will leave you and go back to my horrible holiday to do list! Yikes 

A Trip to the Shore: Part 2

We finally made the trip to take Cordelia to meet her Great Granddad. He lives on the eastern shore and we aren't able to visit him as much as we would like.  As you read in this post, every time I go to visit I always have to stop and see the tiny little beach. 

This was Cordelia's first view of the ocean, she wasn't quite sure what to think of it! 

She did think it was way too hot to be outside, and I really did agree with her. 

Cordelia is very blessed to have great grandparents, and for that matter so many grandparents. 

We went out to lunch, and Cordelia was great- she sat and watched us the whole time without fussing! As a fun side note, both of these handsome fellows are wearing shirts that I made for them. 

What Cordelia Wore

Onesie: Carters

Leg warmers: Smoo Bug

What I Wore

Photo by Hubby 

First off I have to say that there were a lot more photos that were going to be part of this post, I was so excited about them. However, they disappeared! My computer ate them or something! Anyhow, I love this dress right now- I go back and forth with how I feel about it, but right now I love it and I feel great every time I put it on.

Dress: Made by me

Necklace: Borrowed from my sister

Belt/ Sweater: Forever 21

Flip Flops: Tidewater 

Mommy and Me

Photos by Hubby

Mommy and me love: 

Whirling and twirling,

Sunshine and laughter

Crinoline and petticoats

Shinny new shoes and pretty new dresses

Singing songs and making faces

Snuggles and kisses 

Nap-time and story-time

Mommy and me love many things, 

But most of all we love daddy and we love our happy little family.