Flowers In Her Hair...

Remember this 'lil sweetie?! 

Ah, Baby Liv.  My heart misses her badly, even though it's only been 5 days since we left Jeff City to come home and even though I will see her again when we go visit in 10 more days.  She is the first born of my brother and Amy...there's just something about that first born!

Brandon and Amy didn't find out baby Liv's gender beforehand {I call this MAJOR will-power!}, so it was a BIG mystery.  To be honest, I was convinced that baby Liv was really going to be a boy!  So, when she made her appearance, it wasn't long before I decided that I needed to get that girl accessorized.  So, the last several days, I've been whipping up these sweet little flowers {and bows} for her hair:

I put each of these on clips so that she can wear them on a headband for now and clipped in her hair later.

Triple Fabric Yo-yo Flowers

Two tiny Felt Blooms

Yellow Box Fold Felt Flower

Fuschia Satin Flower

Four Tiny Basic Boutique Bows

Four Rolled Fabric Flower Clips

Yellow Triple Ribbon Flowers

Royal Blue Satin Poppies

Funky Fabric Flower in Green and Blue

Funky Fabric Triple Flower in Black and White

Because I rarely attempt any craft without a tutorial, I linked a tutorial for each flower to their titles; you know, just in case you get the flower craft bug! :)

And last, but not least...

every baby needs a minky taggie lovie!

Introducing...

Olive Claire Campbell

My new niece!

Born at St. Mary's Hospital

Jefferson City, Missouri

July 19th, 2011

8 lbs. 8 oz.

20 inches

To my brother, Brandon and his wife, Amy

One proud daddy with his two sisters

Camden and Melia are thrilled she's here, too!

Sweet Little Liv

I finally got to give her the quilt I made her!  My kids lovingly call it the "Angry Birds" quilt.:)

I think she likes it!

Snow Day!

We got a music-to-our ears type of call yesterday from the school letting us know that school was cancelled due to the snow.  I cleaned in the morning and then our house became Grand Central Station!  Our friend, Richard, came over to help Trev with Melia's loft bed {can't wait to do that post!!} and brought their son, Kyler.  Kyler, Camden, and Melia had a great time playing, eating pizza for lunch, and watching Monsters vs. Aliens.

Then, at 2:00, my sis came over and brought her three kiddos, my parents came to see all the kids, my sister's kids' social worker came over (along with a social worker in training), and Kyler's mama, Tiffany, came over.  At one point, there were 9 adults and 6 kids at our house!  What a fun day!

So, usually, I am a total baby when it comes to cold weather, but it was pretty nice and sunny outside, so we bundled the kids up (5 of them, anyway), and I went outside and played with them.

Somehow we ended up with two left boots for C!  It didn't slow him down any, though. :)

Melia's ready to go...she totally reminds me of that kid on The Christmas Story in this picture!

We went sledding...

made snow angels...

and just genuinely had fun!!

I'm ready for another! :)

2010 Year in Review-Sibling Love

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