Archive for August, 2008

The countdown is on! Only two more months until my little boy is due :o) Along with keeping very busy with work, I’ve been steadily assembling his cute little nursery together! I LOVE decorating (especially for kids) so this is such a fun project for me. I’ve added some sneak peak photos of details in his room. I still don’t have everything together so no full room shots just yet. I found the cutest orange monkey from Pottery Barn Kids this past weekend and HAD to have him! Isn’t he the cutest?

I also want to thank Crystal Driedger and Chrissy Fanslau for awarding my blog! Even though I haven’t been the best at keeping up with regular posts, I’m so happy to know that people are still reading and enjoying my blog :o)

Thank you so much!

Isaac always enjoyed his bedtime routine with mommy. (…and as a little inside secret, we’re thinking of naming our son Isaac!!) Click here to rate this illustration.

Yay!! I was able to find some time to participate in Illustration Friday! I’ve been so busy with design and other illustration work that when I get a chance to draw whatever I want - I can’t resist but draw my future little one :o) He’s my inspiration at the moment!

Unfortunately it’s been a while since I’ve posted a new illustration. I’m trying to take it easy with my work and take care of myself and the little one growing inside me. I’m buried in design/illustration work and trying to set up our house/nursery so I don’t want to push myself too hard to do too much extra work. Although having said that, I am dying to participate in Illustration Friday again - so I’m crossing my fingers I’ll have a bit of time this week!

I’ve been wanting to make my blog a bit more personal and post a few pictures of myself, the nursery (soon to come), etc, etc. My husband and I recently bought a Nikon D40 and wanted to take it for a test run today. I haven’t taken many belly shots so it was a great photo shoot to capture my growing belly! We drove out to these beautiful nature trails near our home and the weather was just perfect for the shoot. I think we took 250 photos in all! I’ve posted some of my favorites ones to share with you (and I threw in one of my cute hubby!). I can’t believe how big my belly is getting - it’s so funny to see it in photos :o)

Hope you are all doing well and are happily stamping, crafting, and drawing away - and that you’re soaking up these last few weeks of summer!

UPDATE: I added a couple photos because I just noticed I wasn’t really smiling in the first ones I posted (I’m being more reflective)! I am soooo happy to be becoming a mommy that I must have some smiling shots in there!!

Poof! Little Mackenzie decided that he and Mr.Dragon could make his big sister disappear!
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Hope you’ve all had a great week. We have a long weekend here so I’m excited to take a few days off! It’s also our three year wedding anniversary today. We’re heading off to a lovely dinner tonight at a local ritzy Mediterranean restaurant. I’m really looking forward to having a fancy night out - I don’t think they’ll be too many more of those once our little bundle of joy arrives!