well, almost. they will be on the 24th.

they are smiling all the time now. and it makes me yelp with excitement every single time. it never gets old.

lucy is holding her head up like a champ.

cate? not so much. but to be fair, her cranium is way larger. HEE!

not sure of their weights, but their checkup is next week. they are getting so big.

they really are such good babies. they eat well, sleep well, and are starting to get on a routine.

cate always squawks at us to let us know she wants to be held.

lucy, on the other hand, is content to be put in the swing and fall asleep on her own.

that’s not to say she doesn’t LOVE a good daddy snuggle.

lucy is more the daddy’s girl. i think cate prefers to eat from mommy instead of a bottle, and to be held by her mama as well. it’s hard to ever get her to let me put her down. she’s my sweet mommy’s girl.

lucy eats so much more/faster than her sister. it takes cate SO long to finish a bottle. ridiculously long.

lucy sleeps longer…i think because she is bigger and eats more. cate is usually the one waking both of them up at night.

c+l are both sleeping from about 9 or ten until 2 or 3 am. This has been SO appreciated by mama!

i can’t believe they’ve been in this world for 2 months.

they are so beautiful, sweet, and precious to me!

happy saturday!

xxo

s

 

 

need proof that i’m a tad awkward?

i offer you the following scenarios.

warning: i’ve probably told some of these before, but the dang mushy brain i’ve got these days makes it hard to know for sure.

 

1. when you drive onto hunter army airfield, the security guards check your ID and greet you with this saying.
“Rock of the Marne”. I’ll spare you a long, drawn out history lesson. If you are curious what it means, you can click on the name and you can read up.

in any event…

i can never tell what they are saying and i always forget what it is supposed to be.

one time i thought they were saying “ROCKIN MORNIN’!!”. and i thought it was cool that they were so excited.

but the best time?

is the time i thought the man said
“TOP OF THE MORNIN’ TO YA!”

so i replied

“and the top of the mornin’ to you, good sir!” (in a BAD irish accent) and did a little awkward half-bow and salute.

you should have seen jimmy’s face. i’m still laughing just to think about it.

awkward.

♡

2. i am always getting the words to songs wrong. always.

beast of burden by rolling stones? i thought it said “i’ll never be your big suburban”.

with our without you by U2?  “we flow without you”.

awkward.

♡

3.in high school a friend told me that stop signs with white around them were “optional”.

i rolled through stop signs for days until i figured it out.

thanks chris waters.

awkward.

♡

4. when i entered the room on Chi Omega acceptance day, my name was announced. i was then supposed to gracefully descend three stairs.

i bet you see where this is going…

i fell down the stairs.

then got up and bowed.

awkward.

♡

5. I can do the robot and the Charleston like nobody’s business. my long limbs make this especially entertaining. and make jimmy especially embarrased for me.

awkward.

♡

6. in junior high louis macey asked me to “go with him”. i told him i needed to think it over. the truth? i didn’t know what it meant. i had to go home and ask my mom.

awkward.

♡

7. in fifth grade, sean mcbride kicked me in the shins on the way into class. i fell on the ground dramatically and moaned and cried.

the teacher? stepped over me and kept teaching.

awkward.

 

and with those seven stories, i don’t blame you if you never return here again.

🙂 🙂

xxo

s

hope you are all having a wonderful morning…

we are painting collapsed cardboard boxes. messy. very messy. but fun!

i wanted to share a quick pic of the studio calico line, countryside. i got to make a couple of layouts (one for the booth and one for a fun event coming up) and i have to tell you, i love the papers and embellishments. truly. it is by far my favorite SC line to date.

i wanted to share a sweet little video of sadie and cate. she so loves being a big sister…

what a doll baby.

you can click on “such a good big sissy” under the video to see it bigger.

enjoy- and happy wednesday! xxo

such a good big sissy from stephanie howell on Vimeo.

hey y’all! happy tuesday! today i have another peek at the jenni bowlin “be our guest” line. for more info, check out the inspiration blog!

 

I love these sweet new bow and ribbon embellishments. they remind me of vintage cupcake toppers. know what i’m talking about? anyway, i LOVE them.

sidenote: my camera’s battery is kaput so  I used my iphone to take these photos. i’m SO impressed with the way they turned out!

another sidenote: i’m feeling so overwhelmed/in over my head with housework lately. i told jimmy…it’s like an avalanche. i feel like i spend (waste???) so much time cleaning and organizing…and by the time i turn around it’s all undone.

do any of you feel the same way?? it drives me nuts.

i just bought and downloaded a motivated moms chore planner for the 2nd year in a row. i love the way it breaks chores down into manageable bits. very helpful, as i get overwhelmed easily.

i hope y’all have a beautiful, blessed day.

xxo

 

Jenni Bowlin’s new line, Be our Guest, is debuting this week on the JBS Inspiration Blog!

I received a box o’ goodness last week and had so much fun creating some CHA booth layouts:

be our guest papers, die cut cards, core’dinations cardstock, and some AWESOME embellishments that haven’t quite been revealed yet. i’ve been given the okay to go ahead and share though…so look closely. 😉

 

I’ve got another layout to share tomorrow, so check back!

I hope you had a fabulous weekend. We sure did! We are enjoying having a long weekend with J…the girls, as usual, are competing for the most Daddy time. bless their hearts.

Here’s our weekend in photos:

we melted all our broken crayons and made swirly heart crayons..then made collages with the crayon wrappers 

started smiling officially…

 

had a special mommy+ harper date to see tangled (today is a daddy+sadie date to see tangled). she’s never ingested this much sugar in her life. EVER. but she was so excited to be with me…it made me teary. we had such a great time together. she kept yelling i’m SO EXCITED! and IT’S JUST US MAMA!!! in line. Everyone was grinning at her.

one baby slept lots and the other…not so much. cate was a little perturbed with us i think.

but lucy? she was OUT.

 

check out the hands. HA!

jimmy even took the girls CAMPING and told them scary stories. snicker!

 

hope your monday is beautiful! xxo