Deer Art

For the new baby's room, Jonathan wanted a hunting themed room. I was totally fine with that as long as it didn't involve camo (I wanted a more modern take on hunting). Well last week, I finally got around to completing a little DIY art that I found on Esty (but I was just unwilling to pay for). 

I liked the burlap and the deer silhouette and thought it would be a great addition to our little hunter's room.

So I decided to make one myself. I found a frame in my parents basement that was already completed (and worked with some other frames for the room). This frame had an odd opening of 9x14 so I knew I would have to customize the deer to that size. I found a deer silhouette online, printed it and then enlarged it by 300%. This is what I started with:

Then I took that enlargement and covered in packaging tape for protection from the paint. I also customized the deer. Jonathan has killed two 7-point deer and their are mounted in our basement man cave. So I cut this deer down, from an 11-point to a 7-point to match. 

Once I got that done, I adhered my burlap to a piece of foam board, then sprayed the back of my template with spray adhesive so that it would stick while I painted. It worked out better than I thought it would.

After a little white paint, here is what we got:

 I think it turned out better than what I was copying!! I promise to post more pictures of the nursery soon. We finally got it 98% done...although I probably shouldn't say "we". I will tell you all about that soon...I promise.

One Happy Turkey!

Over the weekend, Gram (once again) was able to get some amazing pictures of Miss Elly K! The way to get a girl to smile, you might ask...by throwing leaves on the photographer! HA!

 I would say "Ready, Set.." and EK would raise her arms and yell "GO!":

 She did this over and over again (we have lots of pictures with her arms up in the air):

 Love this little cutie:

 And of course, there were serious pictures as well:

 Since Jonathan decided not to hunt this particular afternoon, he drove us out to where we took the pictures. I forced him to be my model for at least one test shot! However, I think it looks awesome. That's my hubby right in his element...the woods:

Halloween Festivities

The week prior to Halloween was filled with several Halloween related activities. 

Of course we carved a pumpkin:

Which Elly K could have cared less about. So it was up to me and Jonathan to get the job done:

Finished product:

This past Saturday (during half-time of the Alabama game) we headed to a local Trunk-or-Treat. Our cheerleader was ready for the action:

However, all she really cared about was seeing the balloons. Maybe next year she will understand the concept of free candy a little bit better:

No candy needed for this one...just her balloon:

Our little cheerleader says "Roll Tide":

The next night we headed over to Pelham for a Trunk-or-Treat with the Cashion boys. This evening Miss EK was a ballerina (eating beef jerky and refusing to wear the bow):

So pretty:

Then last night (Halloween night) we decided to stay in since there was rain headed our way. Nevertheless, EK had another cute "costume" to wear for the evening (thanks to Gram):

So here is the Halloween 2013 wrap-up:

We can't wait till next year when she will better understand the concept of Halloween (and bring home some candy for her momma and daddy)!

"Blurred Lines" EK Style

This girl has some mad skills when it comes to dancing. For some odd reason, she loves this song and will start dancing to it anytime she hears that beat!

Fall Time Photos

Gram is the master of great outfits and wonderful pictures yet again! I just had to share these pictures she snapped this past Sunday!

And just for comparison purposes, check out Elly K last October compared to this October:

Our "Pumpkin Head" is growing up!

Six Weeks?!?!

Yep, I only have 6ish weeks left. Do we have the nursery ready? Nope. Have I ordered/bought anything that I need for this baby boy? Nope (other than clothes that others have gotten for him). Have I hit the huge wall called fatigue? Oh YEAH! I sure wish I had this so-called "Nesting" phase that lots of other women talk about. I guess since I don't have any other pregnancy symptoms/issues, I won't get that one either.....its a shame cause I sure could use that energy right about now.

Beach Trip - Part 2

So the second part of our beach trip needs to be blogged about before its November (by the way...where has this month gone already...). Anyways, each day we went to the beach. We borrowed a wagon for this trip and it made getting to the beach MEGA easy. Elly K and the cooler would fit in the wagon and then Jonathan and I could get the rest. 

Very convenient and cute:

We didn't have a long stroll to the beach and back at all:

We even went on a walk in the wagon one evening:

Elly K loved it. She would just lay back and enjoy the ride:

But back to the beach! We may have put EK in a hole (and she didn't like it at all):

But don't worry, she didn't hold it against us for long. This girl knows when to say "cheese". We don't even have to ask her to half the time:

Love that cheesy face:

I thought this was too cute not to post. One of the days we were there, EK took a later nap than I wanted her to. Since we were in a camper, I had to lay with her to go to sleep. Well after about an hour with her, I came out to find this note from Jonathan:

Oh and just so you know, EK really enjoyed her unusual bath spots. Two of the nights this occurred outside but one night (the night she had suntan lotion in her eyes) I did bath time inside:

During our last night here, I was exhausted and went to sleep when Elly K did. However, Jonathan sat outside and enjoyed the nice weather.....and a visit from a friend! I saw one raccoon our first night there but this time the raccoon just came on over to the campsite and dug around. Jonathan even tried to scare him off but it didn't care at all (you have to look closely to see it):

Finally, we headed back to Alabama after a nice beach trip. We made it half way back and decided it was time to get the little one out of the truck for a little bit. Of course we stopped at the same Flying J that we stopped at Friday night/Saturday morning. However, this time EK decided to play peek-a-boo with me till it was time to eat!

Overall, we had a wonderful trip! If you ever want to really get away from it all, Port St. Joe's State Park is the place to go. And I mean really get away from it ALL! Even cell phone service! It was so weird being that "disconnected" from the world. Nevertheless, it was a wonderful family vacation and can't wait to take EK (and her brother) back to the beach next year!!