Kimber's 12 month pictures {part 4}

And finally it was time for her smash cake pictures!!!

 

Kimber is a clean eater for the most part, so she didn't get too messy with her smash cake. But she had fun playing with it!!

 

 

 

Kimber's 12 month pictures {part 3}

I changed Kimber into her bee-day outfit for the next pictures!!

 

Again, she wasn't super excited to get her pictures taken. She didn't smile for the pictures or even look at the camera, but she had fun playing {and eating} the dandelions!

 

Kimber's 12 month pictures {part 2}

You can see from the first picture...Kimber was not loving the photo session. BUT I kinda love this picture - HA! I had to bribe her with puffs to get her to sit {and not cry} for the pictures.

 

 

 Caleb also found this wood fence less than a mile from our house and it was such a cute spot to take pictures. I really wish Nick would have been there for these pictures - they would have been cute family pictures! But I'm glad to have pictures of just Kimber & I together since I'm usually the one behind the camera and not in pictures with her.

 

 

Kimber's 12 month pictures {part 1}

So once again, I'm a couple months late at posting Kimber's pictures on the blog.

 

Kimber's 12 month pictures were taken in May. It was a hot & humid day. Nick was in the fields planting, so he couldn't be there. And for the most part, Kimber wanted nothing to do with the pictures. Especially the outdoor pictures. She cried/whined most of the time and we didn't get very many smiles out of her. I was a sweaty mess carrying her around and trying to get her to smile, so my hair looks gross in most of the pictures.

 

When I first got the pictures back...I didn't love them. All I saw was no smiles from Kimber, my gross hair and my fat arms. But three month later, when I look at them, I love them. I love that I'll always have these pictures of me & my baby girl together. It doesn't matter if they aren't 'Pinterest perfect'. They tell a story of Kimber at this stage of her life...and so they are perfect to me!

I found this dress at Target and fell in love with it! I knew it would be perfect for spring pictures.  Her headband from the same etsy shop I bought her headband for her 9 month pictures - it's so adorable! And I found the chair thru a little shop in Ankeny that refinishes furniture. She matched the aqua in Kimber's headband perfectly! It also matches the colors in her bedroom, so I plan on putting it in her room with a little table for a coloring/reading nook.

 

I wanted outdoor pictures with lots of flowers, but unfortunately it was a cold spring and there weren't many flowers in bloom yet. But Caleb found this wooded area behind our house and it worked perfectly for pictures!

 

 

This is my favorite picture from this first batch of pictures! I love her smile!!

 

 

 

 

 

Story City House Tour: Second Level

Next on the house tour, we'd go up the stairs to the second level.

 

This landing area is perfect for a Christmas tree during the holidays.

It's just tricky to get up there - you have to put a ladder across the steps and climb up it while carrying the tree & ornaments!

 

When we moved into the house, the entryway was three shades of peach. It was not pretty. Shortly after we moved in, Nick, Sandy and I spent a weekend painting it three shades of tan. It was not easy with the high ceilings, but the colors are much more neutral and pleasing to the eye!

 

At the top of the stairs is a hallway that leads to the bedrooms.

 

I'd take you into Kimber's room first. It's my favorite room upstairs!

 

I spent several months decorating the perfect nursery.

This room came out exactly how I envisioned it and I couldn't be happier.

 

We have spend several hours in this room with our sweet baby girl.

Nursing her. Reading books to her. Cuddling her after bath time.

So many sweet memories of our time together.

 

Next to Kimber's room is the spare bedroom. Or the 'brown room' as it was referred to by my family. This was the first room that was reserved if we were having family over. And of course, my parents always got first dibs.

 

This room was originally baby blue with kids wallpaper before we painted it brown.  

We decided it would be a better spare bedroom than nursery since it was much bigger.

 



 

Down the hallway is the main bathroom.

 

This bathroom was the same baby blue color as the spare bedroom. I spent a Saturday during harvest painting this room while Nick was in the fields.

 

Our master bedroom & bathroom would be last on the tour.

 

This room will always hold a special place in my heard.

This is the room Nick got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.

This is also the room where I told Nick he was going to be a daddy for the first time! 

 

Our master bathroom is huge. With a big ol' bathtub that never got used....and a tiny little shower in the corner. Don't get me wrong, I loved having all this space, but it was a lot of cleaning. And we had a shower that I could barely move around in when I was 9 month preggo. If this was our forever house, we would have definitely re-did the master bathroom and put a big shower in the corner instead of having a bathtub.

 



 

What I wouldn't have changed was the master closet.

It was huge and held a lot of clothes - so it was perfect for me!!

 

 

This would be the end of the house tour...next I'd probably offer you a drink & we'd go to the deck and enjoy the nice weather with a drink in our hand!!