Bows For Days

So this week I decided I would work more on bows for the shop. Mike has to study for a big test so after Vi goes to sleep I have just been plugging away. I honestly love bows. It's not normal for Vi to leave the house without a bow on and I was the same when I was little. Reasons I love bows

1- No one gets confused and asks you if you baby is a boy.

2- Vi has like zero hair so it's about the only thing we can do to spruce up her do.

3- I love a good accessory 

4- They are timeless. 

5- Carying on the tradition of Magleby big bows.

So I hope people will pop over to the shop and take a look. I tried to price them at something that I would buy. It kills me lots of times how expensive cute baby things are. So I hope people will find them well priced. I really do try to take a lot of time and effort to make sure they are good quality. If anyone is interested in doing some trial wearing for me and giving me feedback just leave a comment on the blog with your e-mail.

8 Months

So this post is about a week overdue so I am double posting today. I don't want to put it off anymore since I already feel so behind with blogging. This little girl is such a joy. She has energy and plenty of diva moments. She is so much fun. 

Violet is still overall a really easy going baby. 

We are lucky with that. She has her bad days, but who doesn't. They usually tend to happen when she is sleep deprived. She has a really hard time going back to sleep if she is woken up during the day. Night time is still great but if she only gets a 20 minute nap that gives her enough energy to not want to go back to bed. We are working on that one.  She still gets really painful gas every now and then. It is about the saddest thing ever. This girl has zero and I mean zero patience for food. If she can see it then that means she wants it and she will not be made to wait. She is a really good eater. She eats bread, puffs and banana pieces. She actually really likes here meat baby food except for beef. She hates carrots and peas. Other than that she likes most food. There are still no teeth or signs of teeth coming. We are just waiting for this gummy baby to get some for her dad's sake. Crawling is another big no. Vi doesn't even attempt to crawl. She has just recently started staying on her stomach when we set her down. So maybe this is a good sign. She loves animals and does her excited shake back and forth when she sees them. She still loves the pool. She has started snorting a lot more when she is excited. She is chatty chatty chatty. She loves to babble and she is really good at copying mike and I with noises. She loves to play with her lips making noise once dad taught her how to do it. She likes sitting in the grass and the sand. She still loves to scratch everything. Our girl finally likes the car. It made our recent road trip very enjoyable. She loves to play with baby food lids, water bottles, nasal aspirator and her bells. She is still a total ham and has the most exaggerated corny smile you have ever seen. Her hair is getting a lot lighter. It looks like it might be more in between mine and Mike's hair. She is such a sweet girl and loves her daddy to pieces. We feel so lucky to have her.

 Like I said total cheese

A Day in Grand Rapids

On Sunday we woke up and went into downtown Grand Rapids. We went to a cathedral and a famous church first. I love looking at the architecture of old churches. One was having a service and we listened in for a little bit. The downtown area is really beautiful. There are so many well designed old buildings and small parks. It just seemed like it was really well maintained. There are so many churches too. I swear every corner had a church. After that we went to go see La Grande Vitesse. I wasn't expecting it to be so big, but it is really decent sized. Then we headed to church at a ward in Grand Rapids. After that we spent pretty much the rest of the day at the Frederick Meijer Gardens. This place was so big. It really does take about the whole day to see everything. It is a sculpture garden. It had the most adorable children's play area with a water area, senses garden, tree house and lots of activities and fun things for kids to do. I really want to bring Vi back when she is a little older because I think she would just love it. We saw so many cool statues and a lot of really strange ones. It was a good amount of walking and it was a pretty hot day but the girls did great. After the garden's we went and saw the Mayer May house that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Thanks to my dad I am a pretty big sucker for Prairie style arts and crafts homes. It is in the historic district of Grand Rapids. Mike and I spent another half hour or so driving around those streets seeing all the old homes. I loved it! It was a really fun day. Then from there we drove to Ludington where we spent the night.

Ludington and Frankfort

Ludington and Frankfort

So all our Grand Rapids pictures are on Mike's computer and I forgot to get them off of there. So this post is not in chronological order. 

Sunday night we drove up to Ludington and spent the night. We woke up first thing in the morning and went to the beach. It was a perfect beach day. It was pretty hot and the beach wasn't crowded at all. Vi girl loved the sad. Seriously I think she could sit for hours in it. Mike and I made her a little chair and she just sat in it playing for awhile. We didn't dare put her in the water yet because it is still pretty cold. We did get a little annoyed at these little bugs that kept landing on our towels. Apparently they will be gone in about a week. We stayed there for about 3 and a half hours before starting our drive to Frankfort. This was just the cutest town. The beach was even nicer than the one in Ludington and the water was starting to get even clearer and more blue. We really want to go back there to go to the beach again. We let Vi play in the swings for a bit and walked out the .5 mile walk to the lighthouse. We also let her play in the sand for a little bit. Then we headed into town and stopped at The Cool Spot for ice cream. Then we just went on a walk through town. It was so nice to have a hot relaxing day at the beach. I think Mike needed it. When we first moved to Michigan we had no idea that there were such beautiful beaches. It honestly blows your mind at how big Lake Michigan is. You almost feel like you are really at the ocean.

She gives me the best faces