Maple Sunday Fun

We didn't make it out on the actual Maine Maple Sunday - a huge bummer, especially since it was so cold up here the sap hadn't even started running yet!  So we went out yesterday instead - here are a few fun pics from our trip.  The Kid was very excited to see the "white stripes" - i.e. the tubing coming from the trees and being pumped down into the big tub, unfortunately I didn't get any pics of that. We had some fun playing outside though!

Maple Taffy! YUMMY! 

Maple Cotton Candy - even yummier! 

Cute as a Button First Birthday

Cute as a Button and Oh Sew Fun.... Ruby Lee has just turned ONE!!

I used to laugh when second time moms would tell me how much faster the second baby's first year would go than the first. They are not kidding. This year has flown by so incredibly fast, here it is almost 2 weeks after sweet girl turned one and I'm just writing this post! 

Just like the weekend she was born, the weekend of her first birthday was a blustery blizzard of snow & wind, and unfortunately most of our family was not able to attend her birthday party, but we did make the most of it for those who would come, here's a few snaps of Ruby's special Cute as a Button Birthday! 

 

February 15, 2014

February 15, 2015!

 

 

 

I made the buttons using a button mold and Wilton candy melts

 

A few of my favorites from our Cake Smash session with the fabulous Christina at

Lasting Moments Photography

 

 

 

And a bit of the décor:

 

I used my new Silhouette Portrait to create the button buntings as well as a few other decorations

 

 

Cousin Fun!

I'm very lucky to have a super adorable niece who's only a couple months older than The Kid#2, although to look at them you wouldn't know they're 2+ months apart since my baby's so big they're just about the same size. Anyway recently we were able to get together a couple times and have some fun... here's a few photos of the girls :D