Baby Girl Announcements

Congrats to my sister-in-law Brooke and a big welcome to baby Reese!  Isn't she absolutely precious.

I made these announcements using Picmonkey.
And if you haven't visited that free photoshop site....stop what you are doing now.  Go and Do! I promise it will change your life.  Amen.

Now for the one of the cutest babies ever...

This was just a for fun one. 

And this is what I ended up doing.

4 months going on 25 years....

My husband and I got addicted to ABC Family's The Goldbergs on Tuesday nights.  The mom on that show is a "smother" and constantly tells her teenage son, along with the rest of the world, that he is delicious.  Never thought I'd be that mom.  But I am.  My son is delicious and everyone is going to know it.  

The sad thing is, he now recognizes the camera, iPad, and iPhone. No more smiles for mom.  How do they get that smart so fast?  Oh well these pics still make me want to eat his face off.  Love him.

Valentine's Day Baby

Look at this little cutie.  AH I love him.  

So I found a picture similar to this on Pinterest.  I had to try it!

Mother's BEWARE.  This photo opt might look easy, but looks can be deceiving.  

But it is so worth this face…….

Before tackling this adventure, make sure you have these 3 items:

1) red lipstick

I used the cheap NYC brand.  

It gets extremely messy…so don't waste your pennies on something ultra expensive.

2) make-up remover wipes

My heart is sold on Neutrogena makeup remover wipes, but any brand will do.

Fact: regular baby bum wipes do not work.  

Also, my makeup remover face wash did not work in the tub either. 

So at 11:00pm my very happy husband made a Smith's run.

3) Photoshop of some kind

If you don't have Adobe Photoshop or iPhoto on your computer, Picmonkey is free.

After 10 minutes lipstick was everywhere, so I had to touch up his cute little tummy.

Happy Valentine's Day Photo Shoot!

 

January Baby Pics

I've officially turned into a photo freak.  My Sister-in-law told me it happens to every mother.  I convinced myself it would not happen.  And yet…..now I find myself buying outfits purely to take pics of Jaxon in them.  Poor Jax.  But this smile says he's getting used to it.

I found this hat at Target on sale for $6.  It's their Cherokee brand and I about died when i saw it.  That's what Target does to a woman.   

My favorite way to take pictures? With our iPad.  No joke every pic of him I take is with the iPad now. I like the iOS7 editing choices.  Just as good as photoshop for me(since I don't have that haha)!

The trick is to click a million pics and finally get a smiley.  I love him so much! 

Jaxon's baby announcement

As far as cards for announcements go, let's keep it cheap.  I can't believe cards are sooooo expensive!  After fishing through some websites for ideas I decided to make my own card with PicMonkey.  If you haven't heard of PicMonkey it's known as the "poor man's photoshop."  It's for cheapies like me who don't want to spend tons of money on photoshop.  TRY IT.  You'll love it.

Walmart has 5x7 stationary cards for about $ .70 each.  Which is great deal in comparison to Shutterfly, TinyPrints etc.  Up to 1/2 the cost.  I can't wait for my announcements to arrive!  So excited to show off my little man:)

My Newborn Baby Pictures!

Meet Jaxon Adam Gardiner!!!!  Born October 7th at 2:58 pm, 7lbs 15oz, 20 inches long.  He is our little angel!  So excited that he's finally here.  Of course one of the things I was looking forward to was our newborn photo shoot.  Ah!  So in love.  These are a few of my favorite shots.  

If you live in the Northern Utah area, Amy Shaw is an AMAZING photographer.  I highly recommend her:) Her website is sheffieldshawphotography.com. You should check it out....she has great ideas and really good pricing.

15 New Born Pics for your Little Man

Oh. my. heck.  Aren't these the most melt-in-your-mouth-cuteness pictures ever?  Since the excitement of our new addition has overtaken me I've been stuck on pinterest looking at pic after pic.  You've probably have seen some of these before, but these are my 15 most favorite. Can't wait for my own little man photo shoot.

And now for my ultimate favorite (Adam is a HUGE Nationals fan, so we are definitely doing this):

Feel free to share with me your favorite photos too!