The Many Faces of Elliot H. Carney

Waiting for Fall

I can't wait for fall to arrive. It's my favorite time of the year. I love the smells, the crispness in the air, wearing sweaters & boots, and the fact that is means Christmas is just that much closer. It's just such a cozy time and it will always be my favorite season.

As fall/winter are approaching, I can't help but get really excited for these new seasons to arrive. They will be Elliot's first fall and winter with us outside of my belly. It's hard to believe that just a year ago, I was just barely pregnant and now I have a 5 month old. Time really does fly.

I am so excited about starting family traditions and have been thinking of the perfect ones for us ever since I found out I was pregnant. {I'm probably the biggest planner I know. It's kind of an illness}.

I am definitely a lot more sentimental now that I have a baby. Everything we do I want to document it by taking pictures or video. I don't know how many little silly videos I have of him just smiling or laughing. It never gets old. If I could, I'd document every single one of them, but unfortunately, it's not possible. I have realized that almost every night while he is asleep in his crib, I take a picture of him. I don't think I've ever been a bigger creepster in my lifetime. But honestly, I have never seen anything more beautiful than my sweet little boy's face while he is sleeping. {I'm getting teary just thinking about it...and also trying to resist the urge to go take a peek at him}.

Anyway, I got off on a major rabbit trail there....

Back to me being sentimental & how I want to start family traditions. I want to make everything special for Elliot. When he is an adult & starting his own family, I want him to look back on his childhood and say, "I had the best childhood ever. My parents really went above and beyond to make everything so special for me." I want him to remember carving pumpkins at Halloween or making cookies for Santa and reading "The Night Before Christmas" on Christmas Eve while snuggled in bed w/ his Daddy & I. I just can't wait.

I fall more and more in love with him every single day. It's amazing how much love one heart can hold. Just when you think you can't love someone anymore than you already do, your heart finds a way to grow just a little bit more.

Small Frye

So how adorable are these little Frye boots? I LOVE THEM! I have been wanting them for a while, and since we are doing family photos again next month for Elliot's 6 month birthday, I decided I wanted him to wear shoes and I thought these would be so cute! I couldn't pass them up. My mom ended up buying them for us. Isn't that so sweet of her?

Anyway, now I'm trying to think of outfits for us to wear for the photo shoot. I have 2 dresses I'm going to order myself just to see which one I like the best. I found some boots I want as well. I've already got one outfit picked out for myself, but I have to try it on to see if it looks as good on as it does in my head!

Once I figure out what Elliot & I are wearing, I'll be able to pick something out for Steve. I may have to go buy him a new shirt or two! :)

Sweet Sleeper

look at those sweet lips!

steamroller

we have a mobile baby! he's rolling all over the room. it's the cutest thing.

for about 3 weeks, he's been really good about rolling from his back to his stomach and would occasionally roll from his stomach to back, but yesterday, he really figured it out. thankfully, steve was home to see it.

i have a quilt that i lay him on to play {which is about 3 feet from the couch}, and soon enough, he was off the quilt & over by the couch.

i just can't believe he's already mobile! he's growing up way tooo fast! and in just a couple months, he'll be crawling! that's sooo crazy to me!

i love watching him learn & grow each day. it has to be one of the most amazing things. i'm so blessed to be able to stay home with him.

freshening up

we moved into our house 3 years ago this past june. it's hard to believed we've lived here that long let alone been married & had a baby all in that time as well! phew! the years really do fly by the older you get. boo.

when we moved in, i started decorating little by little. i really liked a more rustic style of decor. basically, i had mom taste! looking back, i realize my house was decorated just like my moms...and mother in laws! oh geez.

well, listen here. i'm no longer a woman in my 50's. i've liberated myself from candle rings, decorative potpourri, and grubby candles! i, merideth carney, have stepped back into my 20's and am embracing MODERN DECOR!

last christmas (2009) when i was with child, i started nesting hard core. i bought new christmas decorations, all silver and white. our tree is a new tree...a tree that screams "my owners are young hipsters!" {okay, maybe not. but i'd like to think so}

basically, that's what started my love for all things modern. so slowly but surely, i'm replacing things a little bit at a time.

the next thing{s} i would like to purchase are some type prints for my kitchen.

i've found a few on etsy that i think are pretty adorable. i would like to do maybe a set of two or three from the same seller so that they have a similar look to them.

here are two that i really like and think would be appropriate for the kitchen. {plus they're just funny & cute}






or these two which would be great upbeat sayings to see in the morning. {i am NOT a morning person}







whatever i do decide on, i'm planning on putting in a white frame w/ a nice matting around it. i can't wait! i love spicing up the joint with little things here and there!