It’s been a week since we brought our little Casen home from the hospital. He is so soft and sweet. It’s crazy to think that I am a mother of two…boys! I was a little worried before, how I was suppose to share my love with both of them, but now I know. It’s one of those things that you don’t have to worry about. Plenty of love to go around! We have had lots of visitors and help from family. (Thank you all!) Today is the first day at home on my own. So far everything is going well. Jax prefers to lounge in his diaper watching toons all day. Every once in a while he will ask. ‘I hode baybee?!…I hode it?’ He is such a good big brother! It took him a few days to figure out what was going on, but I think he’s lovin’ it. The baby (right now) is easy. eat. sleep. poop. He had his days and nights mixed up, but I think we are back on track. Trying to keep him awake is a bit challenging. You would think with all the noise Jax makes, he would have no trouble staying awake…ha! On several occasions I’ve had both boys down for a nap at the same time! Makes me think (just for a minute) two will be a breeze. Breastfeeding is going well. Much different than when I nursed Jax. I’ve been using this app called…iBaby Feed. It helps me stay on top of feedings. Case has been a nursing champ since day one. Casen’s birth story and first photoshoot to come!

It’s been a week since we brought our little Casen home from the hospital. He is so soft and sweet. It’s crazy to think that I am a mother of two…boys! I was a little worried before, how I was suppose to share my love with both of them, but now I know. It’s one of those things that you don’t have to worry about. Plenty of love to go around!

We have had lots of visitors and help from family. (Thank you all!) Today is the first day at home on my own. So far everything is going well. Jax prefers to lounge in his diaper watching toons all day. Every once in a while he will ask. ‘I hode baybee?!…I hode it?’ He is such a good big brother! It took him a few days to figure out what was going on, but I think he’s lovin’ it. The baby (right now) is easy. eat. sleep. poop. He had his days and nights mixed up, but I think we are back on track. Trying to keep him awake is a bit challenging. You would think with all the noise Jax makes, he would have no trouble staying awake…ha! On several occasions I’ve had both boys down for a nap at the same time! Makes me think (just for a minute) two will be a breeze. Breastfeeding is going well. Much different than when I nursed Jax. I’ve been using this app called…iBaby Feed. It helps me stay on top of feedings. Case has been a nursing champ since day one.

Casen’s birth story and first photoshoot to come!

Just wanted to share the wonderful news! Our little one arrived on Saturday at 11:42am…Casen Blake Coggins. He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was 21 inches long. Happy to be home from the hospital today!

This weeks Etsy discovery…eleventy-five, a small clothing company owned by Jessica Wells, based in Austin, Texas. All of the designs are hand printed with environmentally friendly water based inks on organic Alternative Apparel and American Apparel brand products…so soft! Visit her site to see more. Can’t wait for Jax and the new baby to wear her adorable clothing..just placed my order!

This weeks Etsy discovery…eleventy-five, a small clothing company owned by Jessica Wells, based in Austin, Texas. All of the designs are hand printed with environmentally friendly water based inks on organic Alternative Apparel and American Apparel brand products…so soft! Visit her site to see more.

Can’t wait for Jax and the new baby to wear her adorable clothing..just placed my order!

39 weeks…yep. Still pregnant. I really never thought we would be playing the waiting game for our little one to come. Only one more week till my due date. I guess I was a little spoiled with Jax coming early. I feel like a ticking time bomb. A beached whale. A swollen one. (Ha! It would be nice to be on the beach right about now.) I’ve never been so ready for something. in. my. life. He will come. He will…on his own time. Until then I will continue to eat as much chocolate as I want!

39 weeks…yep. Still pregnant. I really never thought we would be playing the waiting game for our little one to come. Only one more week till my due date. I guess I was a little spoiled with Jax coming early. I feel like a ticking time bomb. A beached whale. A swollen one. (Ha! It would be nice to be on the beach right about now.)

I’ve never been so ready for something. in. my. life. He will come. He will…on his own time. Until then I will continue to eat as much chocolate as I want!

Lovely birth announcement by Print in Cursive…for twins! As I am waiting patiently for our new little one to arrive, I have been brainstorming ideas for his birth announcement. Of course I have some crazy ideas, but I just love how simple and fun this one is. I kept Jaxon’s announcement simple, although I would have loved to letterpress it. It was perfect and definitely fits him…he is SO into airplanes now! See it here. You can actually purchase a similar version, called little aviator that I designed and is available exclusively for Minted.com.

Lovely birth announcement by Print in Cursive…for twins! As I am waiting patiently for our new little one to arrive, I have been brainstorming ideas for his birth announcement. Of course I have some crazy ideas, but I just love how simple and fun this one is. I kept Jaxon’s announcement simple, although I would have loved to letterpress it. It was perfect and definitely fits him…he is SO into airplanes now! See it here. You can actually purchase a similar version, called little aviator that I designed and is available exclusively for Minted.com.

A little sneak peek of the baby’s nursery! This weekend I finished organizing and did a few DIYs…can’t wait to share the whole thing. See the post of my moodboard here.

A little sneak peek of the baby’s nursery! This weekend I finished organizing and did a few DIYs…can’t wait to share the whole thing. See the post of my moodboard here.

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very month is a new adventure with Jaxon. He seems to be a little more hyper, repeating more than he probably should and keeping us on our toes, especially when he’s chasing birds. He is so fast!

This month Jax went to the circus with MiMi, PaPa and Aunt Jessi and Daddy took him to the zoo! Quite possibly an elephant overload, but they are his new fav. And so that makes Dumbo the movie of choice.

We are enjoying our days (and nights) with just him…soaking up all the hugs and giggles and funny things he says. I try to tweet them so we can look back and laugh…follow @littlemanjax. I just love our conversations. So random and spontaneous.

I am so proud of him. He can spot a ‘hairplane’ from miles away. Everytime you sit him on the potty, he goes. He’s got his shapes down…’kyangle’ especially. Still learning how to play nice with George, he did learn quickly though when you hit, you will get a paw right back. Cries for a split second and we tell him to shake it off. He has his moments. Every once in a while his little stern two year old voice come out and he points! (I have to try so hard not to smile.) Still throws fits when he doesn’t get his way, what kid doesn’t. But he’s a riot and I love him!

Easter was soo nice…couldn’t have been a prettier day. Jax had a blast hunting eggs and blowing bubbles with PaPa.

Time to play blog catch up. I know its Friday the 13th, but I’ve been working a ton this week to finish all my projects because I have no idea when the baby is going to arrive. Yep. Still pregnant…37½ weeks.

Time to play blog catch up. I know its Friday the 13th, but I’ve been working a ton this week to finish all my projects because I have no idea when the baby is going to arrive. Yep. Still pregnant…37½ weeks.

Happy Easter! xo

Happy Easter! xo

Why did you decide to name your son Jaxon instead of Jackson? When I have a baby I'm totally naming him Jackson, and I've thought about Jaxon but I've never seen it done until now. I was just wondering why. :) — Asked by patienceisbeast-deactivated2013

I always liked the name Jackson…but I wasn’t really a fan of the name/nickname Jack. (I have lots of friends and relatives with that name already.) I knew people would try to shorten it no matter what, so we intentionally spelled his name with an ‘x’ because it could be abbreviated as, Jax. We are doing the same thing with our little one on the way. I just like having the shortened name already within the name.

I just launched a website for a client this week for her new business, Sweet Roots NYC…a customized menu planning and grocery delivery service, offering the highest quality produce and goods, incredible recipes and portioned ingredients. It’s an empowering resource for people who are in key transition moments…newly married, pregnant or returning to work with young children at home. If you live in New York and want to live healthier and make delicious home-cooked meals, visit the site to learn more! See this project and more of my design work here.

I just launched a website for a client this week for her new business, Sweet Roots NYC…a customized menu planning and grocery delivery service, offering the highest quality produce and goods, incredible recipes and portioned ingredients. It’s an empowering resource for people who are in key transition moments…newly married, pregnant or returning to work with young children at home. If you live in New York and want to live healthier and make delicious home-cooked meals, visit the site to learn more!

See this project and more of my design work here.

Guess I should have waited a year for the monopoly guy costume. Of course, now he loves it…’hat’, ‘hat mommy’. He is a mess. A mess that I can’t get enough of.

Very French Gangsters…eyewear for kids. Oh my these kids are too much! This is an incredible promotion, I just had to share. Get a load of those curls.

via raneytown.

[ part two ] Instead of a game at the baby shower, my sister and I thought that it would be fun to do a DIY. We made paper lunch sacks with all the supplies + instructions to make little hair clips for the baby. Above are some of my favorites…even my niece London made baby Adelaide (Addie) one!