The Nursery: Phase 2

Matthew and I have been working hard on the nursery, preparing for our little man to arrive! There's still more decorating to be done, but most of that can't be done until he's here. It's really hard to put pictures up of a baby that's not even here yet! I don't think he'll mind if his walls are a little bare to start. But anyways, I thought I would take some pictures of the room to show it's progress.....




When looking for my bedding, I came across Restoration Hardware's new baby and child line. When I saw these hat boxes, I decided I wanted the bedding to match them. I know, who really picks baby bedding based on hat boxes? Yeah, I do.


But not only are they cute, they are functional!


This boy already has so many toys!




A damask frame I found that goes along with all the other damask print in the room... again, I need a baby in order to fill it with pictures.


A cute photo clip I found...


We received this cute "r" monogram from a friend of ours. I've also ordered his whole name so I can put that on one of the walls, but obviously I'm not going to show that yet, sorry! :)



I was so excited to come home today because I knew what would be waiting for me - our canvas gallery wrap for the baby's room!! My amazing sister-in-law, Diana (www.dianasimpson.com), took this maternity photo of us, and I thought it was only appropriate to put it in the nursery! The verse I added to it is 1 Samuel 1:27 "For this child I prayed..." I can't wait to hang it in the room! Thanks, Diana, for the awesome photo!!

The Hamann Family

This week I was able to meet up with the Hamann kids to do some pictures for their dad. It was a fun shoot - Jennifer and I were good friends in high school (and still are). We met up at Pine Hill Park in Mason and got a few fun shots before the sun went down. Here are just a few of my favorites....

Baby gifts

I have received (or should I say baby Robbins has received) so many wonderful gifts the past few months. This is a truly blessed child, and I want to thank everyone who has so graciously given their love and support to Matthew and I as we venture into parenthood! I need to start photographing all the wonderful things people are giving us, but I haven't gotten around to that yet, except for the latest gift. My sweet friend, Sarah, got us a onesie from Oley Designs (www.oleydesigns.com) that is handmade with a little lion and baby boy's name on it. It was so much fun getting that gift in the mail - to finally have something with his name on it! It was so exciting and made it very real for Matthew and I! Now, Susan (with Oley Designs), is sworn to secrecy on his name, so don't be trying to sneak it out of her! :) And we have this onesie now hidden, so don't be snoopin' around his nursery either! :) But I had to take a picture with my new little man's outfit....and yes, I covered his name - that black box does not exist on the actual outift....

(Disclaimer: All of these photos were taken with our cheapy camera. Please do not judge my photography based on these pictures) :)








And here is a picture of Matthew with our new travel system - car seat and stroller....







And last, but DEFINITELY not least, one of my other favorite little outfits for baby boy - his first Univ. of Tennessee onesie! He'll be bleeding orange from the beginning! And don't feel pity for Matthew - he picked it out :) (Don't worry, he gets his UK stuff too)





Go check out Susan's stuff at www.oleydesigns.com - these make great baby gifts! Just look how happy it made me!! :)

The Grunkemeyer Family

This past Sunday I photographed the whole Grunkemeyer family. This is such a sweet family, and we have some history - Nancy was my 4th grade teacher! It's neat that we've been able to stay in touch all these years! Anyways, here are just a few of my favorites of this beautiful family!

The Stewart & Robison Kids

Last weekend, I traveled to Greensburg, IN to photograph the son of Andrew & Darci, who you may remember from my July 12 wedding. Matthew was so good at the wedding, I knew he would be great for this shoot as well! I also had the opportunity to shoot his new cousins, Will and Clara. Their ages were 5, 3, and 8 months and were sportin' their Purdue outfits well. I'm sure they made their parents proud in their black and gold, even though I was trying to teach Matthew to say "Go Vols!". :) Here are a few of my favorites from the shoot...