Happy Weekend!

We believe this is our first weekend since Clara arrived without visitors, traveling, or something else going on. We've had a blast, but we were pretty ready to sleep in and catch up on trivial things like buying food. In no apparent order, here are some photos. 

Yup, that's a flying pacifier...

Newborn Photos

Our friend Ashley took some great newborn photos of Clara. She shared a bunch on her blog, but here are a few more of the images she captured. Ashley is amazingly talented and PATIENT when it comes to photographing newborns. Clara was awake for most of the morning, but Ashley was still able to get some good ones. Thanks Ash!

 

Clara's Room

This is one of those posts I planned to do before Clara was born! Now, four weeks later, I am getting to it. Here are a few photos of the nursery. We didn't know Clara was a girl until she was born, so it is very gender neutral.

Thanks to Kelsey and her craftiness, I was able to find a simple way to put her name up above her crib and add a little pink to the room now that she's here.

The dresser was one of our projects this spring. It was actually my mom's in high school. Here is very messy "before" photo:

Lots of sanding, a couple coats of paint and new hardware and it looks pretty new! We still have the unfinished desk if anyone wants it. We ran out of energy :-)

And because no post is complete without a Clara photo, here is a recent shot. She loves to sleep with her hands at her face or above her head.