instagramming.

Here's what I've been up to lately....

(courtesy of my Instagram feed)

Enjoying the lush greenery in my backyard.

Celebrating my mom's St. Paddy's Day Birthday with Mexican food and a birthday sombrero.

Going to watch 21 Jump Street with Craig for date night and taking artsy film-noir-esque photos of our feet in the process.

Watching this little lady learn and grow and change every day.

It's fun seeing her learn how to use her hands.

I am constantly entertained by her cute noises and funny faces.

Enjoying playing dress up with her and her mini little clothes....

even if she does have explosive diapers that get said clothes messy within an hour of getting dressed.

Giving Fern her first beauty treatment - trying to get rid of her cradle cap.  Attempt #1 was a fail, but I'm not giving up!

 Last, but not least....

Finally starting to get some sleep.  

If you're on Instagram, feel free to follow my feed if you fancy

(Username:  thelittlethingswedo) and let me know what your username is so I can check out your photos too!

xo

Lauren

sleep. glorious sleep.

Before I had a baby, I really liked my sleep.

...After having a baby, I had resigned myself to a life without it.

But, lo and behold!  The day has come!

Fern slept through the night!

(Isn't her sleepy little face precious? I had to document this momentous occasion with a sleeping snapshot of her - this is one for the baby books.)

She slept 8.5 hours to be exact.

(She probably would've slept longer, but I finally woke her up because my "feeding bags" were ginormously full since they'd never gone that many hours between feedings.)

....and it was incredible.

It only took two months, which is pretty good in my book.  I'm obviously not expecting this to happen every night, since she only just recently started sleeping for one 4-5 hour stretch in the past week, but on occasion, this would be lovely and perhaps it will one day even become a trend!  Imagine what I could do on a full-night's-sleep!

I'm hoping that next time I won't be quite so worried though so I can sleep more soundly.  I may or may not have woken up at least twice to go make sure she was breathing.  Don't worry.  She was :).

To all the parents who told me it would get better....

I'll admit it.  You were right.

And to all the soon-to-be-parents reading this....

It will get better....BUT....it totally won't feel like it at the time.  You're going to have moments where you're so tired you feel like you could cry and it's ok.  It's normal.  I'm sure I'll have many more moments like that still to come, so we can commiserate together :).

God bless sleep.

xo

Lauren

my favorite thing about today #69.

My favorite thing

about today was....


Spending the afternoon with my parents.


Sadly, I didn't take any photos, but we had lunch at Dickie Jo's (which was totally delicious by the way) and then just hung out.  I forget how great my family is sometimes :).  My other favorite thing about today was...

Watching Frozen Planet

Here's a preview in case you haven't seen it.

If you have't seen it you totally should.  The cinematography is amazing as is the fact that people were willing to devote four long years of their lives to capturing it all on film.  BUT....even above all that it's amazing to me to see the intricate details in nature.  It renewed my awe and wonder for my Creator - I am so blessed to live in this beautiful world.

What was your favorite thing about your weekend?

xo

Lauren

typographic crush.

Today I am crushing on these pretty wooden letters

from Edie's Lab on Etsy.

My wheels are already turning imagining where I could scatter these throughout my house.  

LOVE!

xo

Lauren

snow day.

Today we had a snow day...

In March.

Normally, I wouldn't be excited about this, because it's spring - there's supposed to be sun now (or at least the hope of sun), not snow!  BUT...it was kind of fun seeing our new woodsy backyard dusted in white, especially since this doesn't happen often in Portland.

It's kind of magical, right?

 So, Fern and I cozied up in comfy sweaters and jeans.

 And some cute napping/photo-snapping ensued.

I can't get over how cute she is in her Little Lebowski sweater :).

How's the weather where you're from?

What would you do with a snow day?

xo

Lauren