Dean Kelly Webb

Yes I know, I have fallen off the blogging deep end. However, being 9 months pregnant is not the funnest thing I have ever done. Good news though: I am no longer pregnant!!!!!!! It is a Christmas Miracle!

Dean Kelly Webb was born on Oct 23 (8 days before my due date, bless his soul) and it was so great. I had a great day! The epidural was amazing and worth every penny. I was just watching TV during pushing and it was just no big deal. Dean was 6lbs 3 oz, 19.5 inches long, and just so cute. He is a really good baby.

Here are some great pictures of my great little man:

A 5D Photoshoot

Yes, you read that right! I recently bought me a brand new Canon 5d Mark II! It is beyond fantastic. Here is a list of things that I love:

1. Karl (and other assorted family members)
2. Disneyland
3. Lina (my naughty puppy)
4. My 5d.

It is very near the top of my list. When I first got it I dreamed that I went on a cruise with Karl and he dropped it in the water. It was a very bad dream.

I had the opportunity to take some summery pictures of my two adorable cousins, Haley and Kelsey, this past week! We've been trying to coordinate to get these pictures taken for a while now but it has just been so hectic with all of our schedules. I was so glad to finally get these pictures done and it was so fun to use the new camera on the shoot! The girls were so cute and it is always great to have great subjects to photograph. I also enjoyed the location up in Kaysville because it was something I wasn't used to. Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot.

Baby Face

So if you didn't already know...we're having a baby on halloween! And we just found out last week that it's a boy! I am so excited to meet him - his ultrasound pictures are so so cute. I am posting every single ultrasound picture because let's face it, both Grandma's are so excited they can barely stand it and they need to see ALL the pictures.

Here are the pictures from the ultrasound last week on June 8.





Here we were watching him eat a bunch of amniotic fluid.




Here are the pictures from the ultrasound today on June 16:



Cute feet!!!


Laying down and relaxing:


and my favorite:

You can see his little face and his arm under his face, and his other arm is tucked behind his head. Here is a close up:

More Kevin and April

I was editing a few of Kevin and April's pictures the other day, and since I took SO many photos at their wedding, I couldn't resist posting a few more. The other pictures that I already posted were the original colors, straight out of the camera. These pictures have been jazzed up a bit!

Anderson Wedding

I had the lovely opportunity last weekend to shoot the wedding of some dear friends, Kevin and April. It was a great (although exhausting!) day. Karl and I are so glad they moved close to us so that we can hang out all the time. Here are a few of my favorites pictures from the day...honestly, there are many, I just grabbed a few.



Kevin showing off his green socks from the day. I thought this picture was SO cute!












HOT cake!

Lina Bear

My little baby dog is getting so so big. I can't believe it. I was looking for her the other day and I found her hiding in the back of the closet. At the time I had been practicing using the external flash that my friend Kevin lent me and so I took this picture in the back of a dim closet with one light bulb. Can you believe it? And all this time I thought flashes were the DEVIL.

Guess what? I've saved enough for the Canon 5d!!!

Lauren's chair - before and after

Honestly, don't before and after pictures just BLOW YOUR MIND??????

Maybe it's because my mind is weak but I find a good before and after seriously motivating, refreshing and invigorating.

I went hope last weekend for about the quickest trip to California known to man but while I was there I promised Lauren that I would help her do something for her room decorations. When I got to California, Lauren showed me her desk chair. Believe me - this desk chair is RIPE with potential and READY for a redo.

This chair (set of 4) was given to my family when my Great Grandma died, so the chairs are 1) antique 2) pieces of crap. Honestly, they were very uncomfortable and breaking. Chipped, and covered in hideous fabric. Please see chair below:



The first thing I did to the chair was take a hammer to the music staff in the center. Goodbye music staff. Funny story - my mom forgot to tell my dad that I was redo-ing the chair. So he comes home from work, sees me and Lauren painting it and says to us "WHERE'S THE MUSIC STAFF?!?!?!?" hahahah. Whoops!

Anyway, then Lauren and I painted 3 coats of black paint on the chair after the music staff was ripped off and put on another coat of polyurethane.

Onto the cushion. The cushion that was there was just so hideous - and the part where your butt goes was very uncomfortable. So Lauren and I went to the fabric store, bought cute fabric, lining, badding, and padding (2" thick).

The piece of wood was also very flimsy so my dad cut us a new piece of plywood. Thanks dad!

Then Lauren and I covered the wood with the padding, badding, lining and finally fabric (golly it took a lot longer than it took you to read that sentence.) We used a staple gun to make it nice and tight around the plywood.

Final result? Prepare yourself.



Lauren picked out the fabric because her room is going to be purple with black and white polka dots. Isn't it adorable for Lauren's room??? She was so happy with it. I am so glad to spend time with my sweet sister and have fun projects to work on with her.

Another angle:



Still haven't worked on my dresser yet!