Welcome To The World Baby Roscoe

Roscoe C Holling Morris

January 23, 2012
8:14 am
8 pounds 15 ounces
21 1/2 inches long

We are so happy. 

love love,
Kitty and Dan

Kitty And Her Boys

Dearest Family and Friends,

Just wanted to check in with you and wish you a happy weekend. 
I also wanted to let you know that I am going to be taking a break from the Internet for a little bit. 
My week has been filled with hospital visits and bed rest and I am ready for this little man to make his debut. 
I have a feeling that soon my two boys will become three.

Wishing you all the love in the world. 

hugs,
Kitty

p.s. If you need to get in touch with me, Dan will be still be online. 



Baby Bookshelves

Dearest Friends,

My parents are here. 
My house is clean. 
My overnight bag is almost packed. 
I still have plenty to do but I think I am almost ready for Roscoe to make his grand entrance.
He isn't due until January 31st but I am determined to be prepared. 
We did have a scare this morning.
I spent a few hours at the hospital for testing and such. 
I think everything is okay, they are just keeping a close watch is all.
For now, I am getting ready to add these baby lit books to Baby Coco's growing collection of board books.
When I worked at The Norton Simon Museum bookstore I fell in love with so many "little people" art books. 
I wish I had picked up a few of them back then. 
However, it is fun to pick them up now too.

Thank you for all of your sweet thoughts and comments about our little man's room. 
We hope he loves it. 

love and hugs,
Fritzi Marie

p.s. If I owe you an email or thank you note, I have not forgotten. 
I'm just a little behind. 
xoxo

A Room Fit For Baby Coco

Dearies,

I finally got around to taking photo's of Roscoe's little room. 

My parents arrive this evening so I figured I better capture the room before they take it over. 

I still need to finish the curtains so please forgive.  

This special little room is so full of love. 

So many of you have sent little bits of happiness to Baby Coco and I love to sit in there and think about all of the family and friends that are already smitten by our little man.

 

Every item in here holds a story.

I am looking forward to telling Roscoe all of the stories behind his special room.

Thank you sweet friends and family for all you have done to support Daniel and me on this new adventure. 

We feel overwhelmed with love and thankfulness. 

hugs,

Fritzi Marie

p.s. If you ever come to visit, you can have a slumber party with Roscoe.

How fun!

Sweet Treats

Dearies,

I happened upon a stash of photos that I have never seen before of my Daddy. 

This discovery makes me so happy. 

We are naming Baby Coco after three of the most important men in our lives.

(Daniel's Dad, my Step Dad, and my Daddy)

I've been thinking about these men a lot lately.

I miss my Daddy so much and I hope that Baby Coco has some special characteristic from him. 

I will giggle if B. Coco gets a special twinkle in his eye like my Daddy would when a sweet treat entered the room. 

I feel so lucky to have found this batch of photo's. 

They make my heart happy. 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

I Want To Go To Summer Camp

Dear Friends,

I think we'll need a baby sitter on May 16th. 
I'm planning ahead. 

love love,
Fritzi Marie

p.s. This video about a bookstore is super cool. 

Sequins, Hearts, and Fire Engine Red Nail Polish

Dear Friends, 

I'm still here...pregnant...trying to take it easy until Roscoe makes his big debut. 

In the meantime I am taking this poster to heart and trying not to beat myself up over what I haven't been able to finish yet. 

Instead, I am resting. 

I have my feet up and I am admiring my swollen feeties that were treated to a pedicure this morning. 

There is just something so special about having freshly painted red toenails. 

I feel like a pretty princess.
 

I spent some time picking out presents for Daniel for Valentine's Day this morning.  I picked out a few for Roscoe too.

I just couldn't help myself. 

I can't wait to decorate for the holiday in the next couple of weeks. 

Sparklie hearts, sequins, and doilies make me so happy. 

I also can't wait to attempt to make this Balsamic Strawberry Butter Cake.

I've been busy working on projects between naps and grumps. 

Some of them are top secret gifts but I have also been busy making curtains and gathering supplies to make my own version of these dishtowels. 

My stove needs some pretty to hang from it. 

Do you have any projects that you have been working on? 

I'd love to hear about them. 

I've been missing you all so much. 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

Adventure Awaits

Dearest Friends,

I am so sorry I have been absent lately. 
I've been busy sleeping, working on the shops, and finishing up projects. 
I have a big deadline to make. 
Baby Coco is expected to arrive on January 31st but I hope to have everything finished by the time my parents arrive in a little over a week. 
Do you guys give yourself deadlines too? 

Please forgive me for the boring talk and know that I am thinking of you all and cheering you on from Alabama. 

much love,
Fritzi Marie

p.s. My dear friend Amanda wrote a blog post about what she made Baby Coco for his sweet little nursery.  Go visit her here.
I am hoping to share his special room with you in the next week or so. 
hugs.

Good Luck Traditions

Daniel made our traditional good luck meal of corn sticks, black-eyed peas, and collard greens mixed into a pot likker soup today. 

 I think 2012 just might be our luckiest year yet. 
Fingers crossed.

We finished off our lucky 2012 meal with a Bosco bar that we have been saving in our freezer. 
It is after all our year to welcome our Roscoe into the world. 

Did you have a traditional good luck meal today? 

love love,
Fritzi Marie

2011 In A Nutshell

Dearest Friends,

I have decided that this year has been one of my hardest but it has also been one of my most memorable.  I sat down last night to make a list of our 2011 highlights and I thought I would document it here. 
But first, I must say that this was my year to be surprised. 
We started off the year with no plans to have children and I was determined to make it the year of the fire engine. 
Dan and I were going to face our upcoming 40's in style and travel the world together, without children.
In May we found out we were pregnant and we didn't really believe it until we went to two doctors. 
This sounds silly but we spent the next few months after that in fear of both losing the baby and losing our independence. 
It was a hard time for us. 
When we found out we were having a boy, things started to seem a little more real. 

With that, here is my "In A Nutshell" list for 2011.
Our lucky year.

We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. 
We moved into a home and neighborhood that we love and we had fun decorating it.
One of our favorite people graduated high school and received a mission call to South Africa.
Bono Baby celebrated his 10th birthday with a bang.
(Dan celebrated his 39th and I celebrated my 36th)
We made new friends. 
We lost a few friends too.
I fell more in love with my husband.
I went to DisneyLand (my favorite place) with my baby brother.
I mended relationships that were important to me.
We made a baby!
We went to our first Doo Nanny festival.
We fell MORE in love with Alabama.
We went camping in the Smokies while I was 6 months pregnant. 
I almost finished my mile long (to do before baby arrives) list.

While this year has been a quiet year for us, I am so proud of myself for what I have been able to accomplish. 
Pregnancy is nothing like I thought it would be. 
To be honest, I've decided it is the hardest thing I have ever gone through.
Roscoe will be our only child and we are really starting to look forward to the adventures that await us in the years to come. 
Thank you for being such a special part of our lives. 
Your support and comments have helped me so much.
I have felt loved and cared for this year. 
I feel blessed to know you all. 

Happy 2012 dear friends. 
May all our wishes come true this year. 

love and hugs,
Fritzi Marie

p.s. Sometimes we don't know what we really wish for and instead they are surprises.
Isn't that wonderful?

Is This Really Happening To Me?

Dearies,

How are you? 
How was your Christmas holiday? 
Are you getting excited about New Years?

I've been having a hard time in my neck of the woods. 
It seems that my back, hips, and legs have decided to stop working properly. 
The discomfort and frustration has really worn me out and I must admit I've been a little bit down. 
My heart wants to go out and explore with my Daniel and Bono Baby. 
I want to have the energy to work on my projects. 
I want to nest but my body has different plans. 
Not nice!

I'm not asking for advice here just wishing that my energy would come back.
I still can't believe that we are having a baby. 
It doesn't seem real. 

Dan is taking me on a date this afternoon to a movie show. 
I hope I can make it to my seat. 

love and hugs,
Fritzi Marie 



My Happy Christmas Boys

Dearies,

Merry Christmas. 

We hope you are having a lovely time with your family and friends this weekend. 

We've been a bit lonely here in Alabama, but we are doing our best to keep our Christmas spirits up.

Bono Baby loves loves loves Christmas. 

He doesn't care where he celebrates it as long as he gets his traditional gift of bouncy squeaker balls.
 

While we wish we could be with our family this year, we are looking forward to doing all we can to make Christmas in California and Washington happen for Baby Coco's first Christmas.

We want you all to know how much we care for you. 

You, our dear friends and family, mean the world to us. 

Merry Christmas.

love love,

Kitty, Daniel, and Bono Baby 

Christmas Wishes

Merry Christmas Dearies. 

We ventured outside of our Christmas hideaway to do some treasure hunting this afternoon.
Treasure hunting always puts a pep in my step and I needed some pep.
I had a little mini scare earlier this week. 
It ended up being next to nothing but it put the scare into me and really wore me out.
So I've been taking more naps and working on more projects for Baby Coco.

Here's my little list of the happy things I want to do before Baby Coco arrives: 

Save my pennies to buy him this sassy pillow. 
Go on a date with my Daniel to see a movie and eat an avocado sandwich at a local eatery.
Finish making his nursery pretty. 
Go with my friend Jill to get manicures and pedicures
(It bugs me when people call them mani pedi's).
Pack our overnight bags and diaper bags.
Finish my to do list.
 And spend lots of time with my Bono Baby of course.

Do you think I am missing anything?

hugs,
Fritzi Marie

p.s. Daniel is making cookies today and I have been nibbling on fudge that my niece and nephew helped make.  I think Baby Coco is pretty happy about it all. 

Our Low Key Christmas In Alabama

Dan and I decided to go rather low key when it came to Christmas decorating this year. 
Preparing for Baby Coco to arrive is a little bit more important right now.
I hope to add some vintage bulbs to this glitter wreath next year.
I think it needs some color.

Here is our tree in all of its magical wonder. 
Daniel decorated it this year.
I was too tired, so he let me tell him which ornaments went on the front and which ones went on the back of the tree. 
We have all of the ornaments from our youth, a collection of vintage ornaments, collected ornaments from where we have vacationed, and every year we buy one ornament together. 
We like for our tree to be dripping with sentiment and memories of Christmases past.
 

These red votives were my Grandma McLard's. 
Every time I see a cardinal (my Grandma's favorite bird) I like to think that she sent him my way to say hello to me. 
These votives remind me of that. 
Dan and I bought the stockings for one another when we were dating. 
The mini stockings are for Bono Baby and Baby Coco.
 

Dan's Mom would set up this little village every year when he was growing up. 
I like to imagine that Daniel would sneak over to rearrange the little town when his Mom wasn't looking.
 

This blue ornament is my favorite to look at this year. 
Our friend Amanda painted a portrait of Bono Baby on it and sent it to us for Christmas last year. 
It looks exactly like Bono when he gets out of the bath. 
I adore it.

This plastic snowman is another favorite. 
It was one of the only ornaments my Mommy had on her tree when she was growing up on a farm in Missouri.
 

I also adore this little Santa man. 

My Mommy bought him for me for my first Christmas. 

He just melts my heart. 

Do you go down memory lane every year as you decorate your tree? 

It is one of my very favorite Christmas traditions. 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

White Elephant Party Goodies

Our friends invited us over for a White Elephant Christmas Celebration party last weekend. 
Both Daniel and I came home with the white Christmas gifts we wanted most. 
I fell in love with the cheesy snowman plate. 
I just so happen to have a small collection of silly Christmas plates. 
They make me happy.

Daniel was able to secure this 1984 Michael Jackson glove belt buckle. 
We can't wait to take Baby Coco to Pike Place Market to get a leather belt to attach it too.
 

The reason I was so drawn to this silly plate was because my Auntie Lillie always serves a slab of cream cheese drenched in salsa at our family Christmas parties. 

This plate was perfect for continuing the tradition. 

We had chips and salsa and cream cheese too for lunch. 

It was fabulous. 

Happy Monday Wishes.

hugs,

Fritzi Marie

Bono B. Shenanigans

We caught Bono Baby snooping under the tree tonight. 
We don't think he will be able to make it through six more days of waiting to open his gifts. 
Patience is not his thing. 
How cute is that? 

hugs,
Fritzi Marie



Flea Market Finds

A little while ago I found this purse at an estate sale here in Auburn. 
It had never been used and they were asking ten dollars for it. 
Normally, I wouldn't pay that much for a purse at an estate sale but I fell in love with it. 
When I went to purchase it they told me it had been mismarked and they sold it to me for a dollar. 
Nice!

We went on a little adventure drive after church today and took some photo's to share with you of downtown Opelika.
 

I hope you all get a chance to take a mini adventure over the holiday break. 
Sometimes, just quickly pulling over to see something that catches your eye can boost your spirits. 
Today, I looked down and saw this pretty brick.
 

Here's to the details and finding lovely purses for next to nothing. 

Happy Sunday.

hugs,

Fritzi Marie

Holiday Adventure Prep

Happy Weekend Wishes Dear Friends. 

Daniel and I are staying in Alabama for the holidays. 

I am no longer able to travel thanks to Baby Coco. 

We just realized that this is our last month together as a family of three. 

So we have big plans to spend our weekend making every arrangement

to stay home to spend our holiday break cuddling with Bono Baby and each other.

We are running errands, paying bills and doing all of our grocery shopping

so we can "bunker" down. 

We've decided to think of it as preparing to be snowed in while vacationing in a mountain cabin.

How romantic and magical, yes? 

We are in for an adventure!

love and hugs,

Fritzi Marie

p.s. This typography art print is from the amazing Ashley G. 

Christmastime Has Come

Dearies,

Christmas time finally seems like it has made its way to our home. 

We finished packing up all of our packages, letters, and gifts to family and friends.

I can't wait to go see my post office friends this afternoon to send all of this Christmas joy out into the world.   

Daniel decorated the tree this year (I was too tired) and I think he did a fabulous job. 

I let myself off the hook and only sent Christmas cards to my Aunties and Uncles this year. 

My favorite part of this morning is that I finished this commissioned sock monkey and I love how it turned out. 

So charming. 

Now we are off to another appointment where I plan to work on more sock monkeys. 

Did I mention that we have had one visit to the hospital, two doctors appointments, a dentist appointment, a physical therapy visit and a tour of the maternity ward this week?

The only good thing about a week of doctors appointments is that I have been finishing monkeys while waiting in the waiting room. 

I hope the Christmas spirit has hit in your neck of the woods too. 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

p.s. If you need some help getting into the spirit of things, give this a listen.  hugs.

Post Office Friends Make The World A Happier Place

Dearies,

I love making care packages.

Two of the reasons I run two (soon to be three) online shops is because I love sending pretty out into the world and I adore my friends at the post office. 

We drive ten miles out of our way to go to the post office we like. 

The post office that is two miles away from us is awful. 

Both Daniel and I would rather have a pleasant experience with dear postal friends then leave feeling like deflated anger balls. 

Today, dear friends, is our day to finish packing up orders, Christmas packages and many many letters. 

I am going to feel so much better when I go to see my post office friends and send all sorts of pretty out into our world. 

I hope you have pleasant postal experiences this week. 

You deserve to leave feeling like a pretty princess after putting all that love and work into your mail. 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

p.s. I'm getting my hair done today and I am so excited!

Our Own Little Roscoe

Dearies,

Most of you already know this but Baby Coco's real name is Roscoe. 

We are naming him after his Granddaddy Morris (Danie'ls Father). 

We can't wait to see Roscoe and Bono Baby together. 

Anyhow, I was thrilled when I saw that Emily Martin announced her free Christmas download of one of her fabulous paper dolls. 

I was even more excited when I noticed that the puppy featured is named Roscoe. 

How cute!

Now head on over to her blog and print up a copy. 

So adorable! 

love love,

Fritzi Marie

p.s. At birthing class last night the nurse told us that we could go into labor at anytime and I about freaked out. 

Fingers crossed that Roscoe is on time and not super early.
 I have too many to do's that need to be crossed off of my list before he arrives.