Yes. It’s that time. Time to plan my baby’s first birthday party. Ahh..I can’t believe its been a year already! I’m excited…we are having a circus theme party! All the invites have been sent! (go see on instagram) Available in Little Frills paper + goods shop soon.
Just wanted to share some of my favorite online party shops for supplies. Shop Sweet LuLu has those big round balloons that are all the rage right now, plus my favorite milk glass pedestals. My Little Day has dress up costumes and party kits (they call them super boxes) for fun themes. And I just discovered, Carousel-Carousel…incredible! They have little party favor bags that come filled with fun goodies. I am in love with this gold magician hat!
Happy party planning!
FRIDAY FAVE! A little timer cam on our afternoon adventure this week.
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Just in case you missed it, my little man took his first step yesterday!
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Easter Sunday was full of blue skies, warm weather and family. Every other year we go to my grandma’s home to celebrate Easter. This year we were able to spend time with both our families. My mom made the boys ties…so cute! It was Casen’s first Easter. He was sort of crabby…he doesn’t like to get off schedule, but he was so good in church. Jax, on the other hand spent most of the time in the bathroom, walking around outside with Daddy and discovering the baptismal fountain. As long as I can remember we always flew kites on Easter. It was so awesome to see Thomas and Jax run around the football field flying Jaxon’s first kite (captured on vine). Jax had a blast hunting easter eggs twice and eating way too much chocolate. I think I had way too many Reeses eggs. Mimi and Papa spoiled the boys with lots of goodies…and sand toys for our vacation! It was a great day.
what we wore
Case: handmade tie, H&M hat + shirt, Genuine Kids pants, Freshly Picked moccs / Jax: handmade tie, Gap Hat, H&M shirt + pants, Target boots / Laura: Francesca’s dress + necklace, Forever 21 cuff, Mossimo Boots / Thomas: H&M shirt, Flypaper Denim, Dan Post Boots
11 months old.
Aghhh! No. I mean what?! Still sinking in that Case is eleven months old. See a few photos here. No more baby clothes and soon he will be out of his pumpkin seat. Oh geez. On a positive note…time to plan his first birthday party!
Seriously y’all he is going to walk any day. He stood up the other day and started to take a step and just I grabbed him. Um…I’m not ready yet. I know. I know. But I didn’t have my camera and Daddy was at work. Have to capture that big milestone.
This past month he rocked out at his cousin London’s fifth birthday party, had visits from his little cousin Addie, watched Daddy and his brother build a snowman and got his first pair of moccs.
Jax is in the April issue of @stlouismag…he was feeding the goats at grants farm with @srichardet and her bf / #instafame
SNOW DAY! Sunday it snowed ten inches! It was sort of Jaxon’s first real snow day. All the other snowy days were crap. He and Daddy made a their first snowman together. I was staying warm inside with Case, taking photos of the sweet moment. It was so great to watch. Jax loved putting all the snowman parts on. ‘Mom we need a hat!’ ‘Mom we need a mouth!’ He turned out awesome. Best. Snowman. Ever.
oh goodness my breast pump parts have become cymbals. #motherhood #wahm
Hahaha! One of those moments where you turn around in wonder…and yes…it just happened. Welp, I guess we can only hope my son will become a musician someday. Just had to share. Hope you are having a great Monday. If you don’t already, follow me on twitter…@_lauracoggins and @littlemanjax too! He says the most random things.
If you know me, I love Andy Warhol. Always have. In college I took an entire semester long class all about him. He was not only an amazing artist but he was collector of things. He had over 600 cardboard boxes filled with little things from his life. He called them time capsules. Some of which are at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh. Every so often they open one up and place the items on display.
When I found TimeCapsules, I immediately thought of Andy. So did this company founded by product designer Anouk van der El, creative collective Venour and graphic designers Mae Engelgeer and Marloes Sijm. I love the concept. I have always wanted to package up and tuck away some of the boys’ keepsakes. TimeCapsules is a perfect way to keep the memories and one day open them up in the future. Find all the details of what is inside the TimeCapsule and how to order one on their site. It’s the next best thing.
How exciting…my DIY star leggings were featured on the Disney Baby blog last week! Lucky Stars in honor of March. Check it out here.
TOYS FROM GRANDMA: Of all kids instruments my Gran had an Schylling accordion waiting for us the last time we visited. She not only has this one above, but a purple one too. It’s the coolest. Especially when Jax plays a tune on Sunday morning to wake up Daddy. Ha! We’re keeping it. It’s not vintage…you can buy it brand new here.
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See my Gran’s other incredible thrift store finds here.
FRIDAY FAVE! Jax loves when his cousin Adelaide comes to visit.
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sweet like summer.
Jax. Jax. Jax. Yet another month older, that makes 38 months to be exact. This past month (week rather) he has blown my mind. So damn smart. All those tricks I had up my sleeve when he was younger are not working so much anymore.
We are dying to get outside, it seems to be either really rainy or randomly snowing here. Jax’s favorite thing to do inside is jump in Case’s crib with him. The other day I said, ‘Enough jumping for today’ and told him to ‘get out immediately!’ He knew I meant business. So he left the room for a minute, came back in and held out his hand, ‘Mom, will you give me?’ I didn’t understand what he wanted so I asked, ‘What do you mean?’ he quickly replied…’It makes people happy.’ My mouth dropped. My son was asking me to forgive him because he was jumping without my permission. Really?! Talk about blown away that my three year old knows the concept of forgiveness! The sweetest thing ever! Well and THIS bedtime chat too.
So happy that he is eating better! He ate pork chops, butternut squash + quinoa the other night for dinner. These are helping out a little. And maybe Case is rubbing off on him a little. Operation Milk is still in full force. (Thank you everyone for the tips!)
Side note, I’m really not into all these action figures or toys guns. Ready for spring, I mean summer! Swimming and bikes and activities that wear him out. Ha!
This weeks Etsy discovery…Kin Ship Goods, a boutique home goods and apparel brand, started by Dan Davis and Hillary Harrison in Louisville, Kentucky. They actually just launched the kids line yesterday! Visit the shop to see more…the illustrations are so nice. And the packaging + hang tags…just delicious! Baby onesies are coming soon! Now go pick up something for your little.
wolf tee / hunter tee / super cool tee / fox tee
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See my last Etsy discovery here.
bedtime chat
- My husband and I were laying on each side of Jax, tucking him in for bed.
- Something we've never done together, that I can recall.
- Jax: I wuv you dad.
- Daddy: Love you too bud.
- Jax: (big tight squeeze) I'll never woose you dad.
- Daddy: You'll never lose me? I'll never lose you.
- I die. I immediately covered my face and teared up.
- I will never forget this bedtime chat.
- ever.
