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Half a year with precious Ava- what a gift!! 17 lbs, 21 oz & 27 in of pure sweetness. She is our SMILEY babe and we couldn’t love her more! What Happened This Month -Matching sister outfits for a friend’s birthday party (thanks to Gigi) -Seeing extended family at great Grammy’s house (on the same […]

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November 8, 2022

Ava Mae’s Sixth Month

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FIVE MONTHS with our Ava girl!! That blows my mind. Yet, at the same time, I can’t imagine our family without her in it now. We adore her and love the role she plays in our life! Some Highlights -Lake day with Brown family- Ava did get in the water but it was pretty cold […]

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October 6, 2022

Ava Mae’s Fifth Month

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Month FOUR with our Ava girl! We can’t get enough of her sweetness Some Highlights -Celebrating Nana’s belated birthday. -Time with Gigi & Grandpa while we photographed a wedding (Emily & Josh). -My college friend, Jill, getting to visit & meet Ava. -Quality time with nana while big sis Nora started swim lessons on Monday […]

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August 25, 2022

Ava Mae’s Fourth Month

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Three months with Ava Mae and it just keeps getting sweeter!! Some Highlights -Getting to see Uncle Aaron (my oldest brother) & Abby (his girlfriend) when they were visiting Ohio from California. Of course we had to see Grandpa & Gigi during our quick trip too! -Babysitting fun with baby Dexter. -First frisbee golf outing […]

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July 28, 2022

Ava Mae’s Third Month

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Wow two months really flew by! This month was full of family visits and sweet moments at home. Ava brings so much joy to our lives! Cheers to month two of life sweet girl!! Some highlights from this month -First time to my parents lake house & out on a boat Memorial Day weekend. -She […]

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July 5, 2022

Ava Mae’s Second Month

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Wow four weeks sure FLEW by fast!! It feels like Ava has been with us forever, yet no time at all. Time is weird like that! We’ll see if I keep up with these monthly updates but I’m going to do my best because it makes creating a first year scrapbook significantly easier when that […]

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May 27, 2022

Ava Mae’s First Month

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Ava’s newborn session also turned into a family session and I am so in love with theses images Sami Renee Photography captured!! Ava was 12 days old when we got them done and I think there’s something so special about doing newborn session within the first 2 weeks of life because babies change SO much […]

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May 24, 2022

Ava Mae’s Newborn Session

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On April 8th, I started having super consistent contractions…we’re talking 5 minutes apart, lasting longer than 1 minute, for over an hour, but they weren’t super painful. From April 8th- April 25th (the day she was actually born) I was consistently having contractions off & on, some randomly painful and others more like Braxton hicks…the […]

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May 24, 2022

Ava Mae’s birth

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Since having a baby, I’m ALL about Halloween costumes!! Especially family themed ones- I think they’re so fun! For Nora’s first Halloween, when she was just a few weeks old, we were Lady & the Tramp and she was our plate of spaghetti. This year, we were Piglet, Winnie the Pooh (baby #2 was my […]

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November 6, 2021

DYI Family Halloween Costumes

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We are SO excited to meet baby #2 and to watch Nora become the best big sister! We found out about this baby on my dad’s birthday (August 23rd) and as I type this I’m 2 days away from being 18 weeks. Can you tell I’m a bit behind on blogging?? haha. Baby Brown #2 […]

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November 2, 2021

We’re Pregnant! Baby Brown #2 due April 2022