Mother's Day 2013

 Happy Mother's Day!

This year, since both Robert's mom and mine became grandma and Nana for the first time, I wanted to do something really special for them. I saw this idea on Pinterest several months ago, and wanted to remember it for Mother's Day.

I wasn't completely sure I'd have time to do it, but thankfully the ceramic acrylic paint that I used dries SUPER fast.

Unfortunately, the ceramic acrylic paint that I used dries SUPER fast, lol! No; you didn't read that wrong. It was incredibly difficult to get Ellie Jo's footprints cleanly, let alone clearly. I did test it on my skin to make sure it comes right off. It totally does. (We also wiped her feet like 4 times and made sure we washed really good in between her toes!)

So here's the finished product:

One for Grandma, one for Nana

I kind of did my own thing with them. I made them a little different than the Pinterest link, and I added some sheer/ pearl outlining around her feet prints to make them stand out a little more against the white paint of the pots.

Additionally, I added some silver dots around the butterflies, just to make them prettier. :)

 My hand is definitely not as steady as it probably needed to be to make the butterflies' thorax really look good, but oh well. :)

Robert was really helpful, because he had to hold Elizabeth still while we did this project! NO EASY TASK!

Thankfully, that night was also bath night,  hehe.

Here are a few pictures of Elizabeth yesterday morning:  

 Daddy got Ellie Jo dressed from head to toe! (Yes, this includes her adorable bow!)

 She gets bored of my camera. I'm convinced one day she'll ask Robert what the huge "attachment" is in my hand, lol.

 I may or may not have bribed her with a feeding....

She really was bright-eyed yesterday morning...but you'd never know it from the pictures, sigh.










Grandpa Freeman & Uncle T even came over to visit. (Ellie Jo was hungry when I took this picture, so I had to take it quick, and then go feed her before I brought her back to her grandpa).

 Look at the super cute Mother's Day card I got from Ellie Jo!

This is the inside of it. Daddy used the last of the special ink blotter we were so generously given by the hospital (keeps baby's hands 100% clean) and took a hand print from Ellie Jo so that I could have it forever. :)

I didn't take a picture of the card Robert gave me, but it was so sweet. :)




Both of our moms loved their gifts, and we had a really good mother's day!