1.  I have decided to hang a couple of these pinwheels that I made from old maps and some star paper lanterns I ordered from PB Teen above the crib in the nursery.  I really like how these pinwheels turned out.

2.  We have decided to name our son Liam Finn.  I am pretty excited about it.

3.  Ben and I started our parenting classes on Monday.  Ben got called to the front to help her demonstrate the baby moving through the pelvis.

4.  Little Zoe was posing for me.  She is too cute.

5.  Last Sunday, The Starkville Daily News ran a story about Pinterest.  Ben and I were featured in the story talking about how we are using Pinterest to plan our nursery.  It was a cute story.  Check out my Pinterest It’s a Boy board here.

Oh and all of these photos were taken with Instagram (iphone app).  If you are on Instagram follow me @SelenaFaye

1.  This year is Olive’s first Christmas!  She loves our Christmas tree too much.  She likes to climb into the tree, so we haven’t put any ornaments on it yet.  We have started spraying her with water from a spray bottle every time she tries to climb it and that seems to be working.  She is precious.

2.  I love Christmas Oreos!  They put me in the best mood.

3.  Last night, I went to the paint your own pottery place here in Starkville and I made this ornament.  I think I’m going to start making Ben and I an ornament every year, even if it does look like a child made it.   This picture is of the ornament pre-glazed.  It will look better once they glaze it.

4.  Our first Christmas album on vinyl arrived yesterday and I am so happy about it.  I love She & Him and their Christmas album is the best.  Plus I love that the album is on red vinyl!

5.  Last weekend I bought Olive this little hat and scarf set at Target.  She loves hates wearing them, but usually it only lasts about 3 minutes.

1.  Sometimes Olive likes to cuddle and recently she has become a fan of cuddling with my baby bump.  It is really sweet.  Sometimes she even rests her little paw on it.  I pretend she knows there is a baby in there.

2.  This past Tuesday I voted NO on Proposition 26 along with the majority of Mississippi.  I am honestly surprised and proud that we stood up as a state and voted No to such a horrible piece of legislation.  Tuesday was a good day and I am thankful.

3.  I have such a handsome husband.

4.  I heart my new Minnetonka Moccasins a whole bunch.  They are so comfy.

5.  I know this photo is kind of dark but its not hard to see how much these two love each other.

1.  It’s cotton picking time in Mississippi!  I love this time of year when the roadside fields are covered with cotton plants blooming.  Sometimes I stop and pick a few blooms.

2.  My friend Dawn made this painting of June and Zoe for us.  She is a pretty talented girl!  I can’t wait to hang a little painting of Olive right beside this one in my kitchen.

3.  Last Sunday, Ben and I hung up a white sheet in our backyard and watched old scary movies on a projector with friends.  It was my favorite night of the fall so far.  We had turkey chili dogs and even made s’mores.  It was a blast.

4.  Our garden may be done for the season but our sunflowers are in full bloom, making our backyard prettier than ever.

5.  Ben is such a talented musician and  sometimes he plays the saw.  I am quite a lucky girl.  Sorry this photo is dark, bars never have good lighting.

1.  Ben got me these pretty flowers for our 2 year anniversary.  He is so sweet and romantic.  He ordered them from the same florist we used for our wedding.

2.  This pic is for Dawn, my friend who loves seahorses.  I took this at our local pet store.  There are actually two in this tank and I think they may be lovers.   At one point while I was trying to take a better pic, this little guy swam up to the other seahorse and they wrapped their tails together.  It was really sweet.

3.  Our sunflowers are blooming again.  I love this time of  year.

4.  So I took this photo at Kroger the other night.  Why would you name your company Freshlike?  That seems so dumb to me.

5.  This last photo is a bit blurry.  June is going to be a turtle this year for Halloween.  She barely sits still long enough for me to snap a pic.  Now all we need is a bandana and she can be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!

Oh and all of these photos were taken with Instagram (iphone app).  If you are on Instagram follow me @SelenaFaye

I recently made Olive a really simple cat toy and she loves it.   Since it is her favorite toy ever, I decided to share a tutorial with you guys.  I know cats will play with almost anything, but at least this toy looks cuter than a toilet paper roll or plastic water bottle which are Olive’s 2nd and 3rd favorite toys.

Supplies Needed:

• Two Metal Book Rings
• Fabric scraps of all sizes
• 2-3 foot long piece of ribbon or string

1.  Tie fabric scraps onto one of the metal book rings.  I just tied each one to the book ring and secured it with a double knot.  If your cat manages to untie it you can just simply tie it back on.

2.  Attach your 2-3 foot ribbon or string to the first book ring and then to the 2nd ring.

You are done.  You can attach the book ring without all of the fabric tied onto it to a door handle or just drag it around and watch your cat follow.  Olive loves when we swing it past her, so she can act like she is jumping so high to catch it.  When she is done playing with it, I just hanging it from the door handle of our craft room.  Olive loves to run past it and bat at it.  She is such a funny kitten.

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 1.  Ben had two shows last weekend.  I decided to stay at home since I’m not too sure how my pregnant self will feel after riding in the car since I already get car sick.  He bought our tiny little baby this little onesie.  He is going to be such a sweet dad.

2.  Olive might be the cutest sleeping kitten ever.  Sorry for all of the kitten pictures but she is growing so fast and won’t be this little much longer.

3.  The other night Ben and I bought June and Zoe their Halloween costumes.  Zoe is going to be a banana split this year and I can’t wait.  (This pic was actually taken with Hipstamatic, not Instagram.)

4.  Another Olive pic.  Sorry she is just too cute.

5.  I took this pic Tuesday night.  This rainbow was so bright and the fact that it was a double rainbow makes me laugh.  In case you somehow missed this video, please watch it.  So funny!

Click here to view the embedded video.

Oh and all of these photos were taken with Instagram (iphone app).  If you are on Instagram follow me @SelenaFaye

1.  Sorry things have been pretty slow around here, it’s mostly because I’m pregnant!  I am 6 weeks and 5 days pregnant and for the past week my morning sickness has been horrible.  The overwhelming sense of nausea doesn’t make for good blogging.

2.  Olive is the cutest kitten on the block.

3.  Last Saturday, Ben’s band The Devil, You and Me played on the balcony at State Theater here in Starkville, MS.

4.  Ben made these tasty stuffed mushrooms for True Blood Sunday this past Sunday.

5.  I have discovered thanks to my friend Marge that Ginger Ale helps with morning sickness.  Now I can’t live without it.

Oh and all of these photos were taken with Instagram (iphone app).  If you are on Instagram follow me @SelenaFaye

1.  Ben took this photo last Friday night at our late night/after the show get together.  I love when we bring the record player outside.  This is the Jenny and Johnny record that Ben bought me a couple of months ago for Record Store Day.

2.  Ben took Olive to her first Vet visit.  She is definitely a girl and is approximately 6-8 weeks old.  She is in good health overall but does have a tiny easy to treat parasite that she got from eating snails or tadpoles.  Olive is so street.

3.  Our garden is producing pretty tomatoes and bell peppers lately.  We also have a few tiny watermelons.  This photo was actually taken by Ben too.

4.  Last night I made little Olive a scratching post from carpet samples and fabric scraps.  Maybe she will use it!  She has started to scratch things in my house like my furniture and I think that is so rude.

5.  Ben and I made homemade salsa this week!

Oh and all of these photos were taken with Instagram (iphone app).  If you are on Instagram follow me @SelenaFaye

I can wait for True Blood Sundays, so my friends and I can fry these up!

If you like the tape strips used in the photo of June and I, get them for free at Pugly Pixel.

Cheers!