Please let me relish in my glory that I’ve actually remembered to do this today!

1. GOOOOOO DEACS!!!! Huge shout out to my Wake Forest fans here (any any other NCAA march madness crazies). Our game vs. Texas went down to the wire last night, and while I have no idea how we managed to lose our early lead, I’ll take the W! Tough game up next though with Kentucky…should be interesting!

2. We just got back from a bit of a babymoon in Florida and it was awesome! The weather was perfection, the sunsets were gorgeous, the water cold (but hey we had a pool too) and it was a great time had by all. I read 2 completely contradictory books on parenting and realized that Dave’s idea of winging it might actually have some merit. Some snaps below of our trip - enjoy!

3. I dont want to jinx it because I really, REALLY dont want to see it…but I think we may be out of the woods with snow! Could we really have an entire month of March with no snow here? PLEASE!!!!

4. Along those lines, my first vegetable garden is tilled (I think I used that word correctly) and limed (no idea on that one) and soon I’ll be testing the PH balance. Of course I have no idea how to do that, but it sounds like a good starting point. I’m so excited to try to grow something now that we have land! I’m planning an ambitious start - lots of herbs, veggies and even some fruit. If anything survives my black thumb I’ll be sure to post photos. Plants going in the ground on Mother’s Day!

5. Why are items made by Graco so difficult to assemble? The swing and the pack and play for Heath are RIDICULOUS! The directions seem to miss entire steps and nothing seems to come together the way it looks on the box. Our living room is starting to resemble the island of misfit toys. 6 more weeks until my due date - I cant believe he’ll be here so soon!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Soooo excited for this announcement! This contest was so fun for me - I loved participating with photographers across the country, seeing the amazing nursery entries, and watching all the votes come through! I was so impressed with every single nursery in the running - you all are so talented and creative (and have adorrrrrable babies)!

Without further ado - the winner of the Nursery Contest (with 349 votes!) is…

Nursery Number 6!

Congrats Nursery 6!!! I’ll be contacting you with more details shortly, but you’ve won a 1 hour complimentary session from Shey Marin Photography focusing on nursery, baby and/or family, and your choice of (1) 8×10, (2) 5×7 prints and one set of (8) wallet prints. Additional prints and digital images may be purchased at 15% off a-la-carte.
CONGRATS!!!!

And to our fantastic second and third place winners - you win something fun as well! I’ll be emailing you shortly with details!

Thanks to everyone for participating and for all the votes!

One quick reminder that today is the last day for voting for The Nursery Contest! There have been so many votes and it’s a close race! So exciting!!!!! The winner will be announced Monday!

Have a great weekend!

And the day has arrived!!! Thank you to everyone who submitted their beautiful nurseries and adorable babies! There were so many adorable rooms and designs…I had too hard of a time narrowing it down to just 5 so I included 7 of my favorites.

Now it’s your turn to vote on your favorite!

The winner will receive:
1 hour complimentary session from Shey Marin Photography focusing on nursery, baby and/or family, and your choice of (1) 8×10, (2) 5×7 prints and one set of (8) wallet prints. Additional prints and digital images may be purchased at 15% off a-la-carte.

Voting starts right now! Each nursery is numbered 1-7 on the photograph.
Vote for your favorite nursery below the 7th photo. Only one vote per person.
The voting will end at 11:59pm EST on Saturday March 13th and the winner will be revealed on Monday the 15th.

Check out these other nursery contests where the voting begins today as well!
Jaidean Baker Photography
Bernadette Uzcategui Photography
Seedlings Photography
Amy Ro Photography
Andrea Roberts Photography
Kristina Young Photography

Our finalists are here!:

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!!!

Today is the last day to enter for the awesome nursery contest!!

Voting will begin on Sunday March 7th - so tune back in to see the top 5 nursery picks and begin to VOTE!!!!!!

And because it’s Friday, and I occasionally remember to do this post, let’s do a condensed 5 on Friday!!

1. I am sooooooo excited for this weekend because my amazing friends and family are throwing me a baby shower! I cant wait to see everyone! I seriously feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

2. Can we just pretend February never existed? We lost so many days of working business due to the snow, plus I still can see the snow outside and it’s never going to melt…I want Spring.

3. I’m at 32 weeks now and am definitely in the nesting stage. Oh and cloth diaper purchasing can become an addiction…so many cute designs and fabrics, so little time.

4. Why do cats seem to throw up hairballs on exactly the piece of furniture (newly washed couch cushions or the pool table for instance) that is the most inconvenient to clean?

5. I have to do our taxes today. Enough said.

Have a great weekend you guys!