box full of daph

this is the box (complete with 50 cards) i created for my graphic design class. my subject was daphne and i listed 50 reasons why i love her. we have spent ALLLL week working on art projects (so our new house is still completely destroyed. we've had no time to unpack and we've made lots of messes) i'm pretty happy with the way my box turned out. i hope its something daphne can always treasure (once she's old enough to not eat it)

walking machine!

daphne is just going crazy walking everywhere. it's pretty freaking cute.

sleepover

this week while we moved daphne had her first sleepover. she spent the day time on monday and tuesday with grandma webster (the only person who she will crawl up on their lap and take a nap with- we're pretty jealous) and then she spent monday night with grammy (nic's momma) when janell came to drop her off (and help us move- thank you binghams!) she surprised us with this ADORABLE new outfit for daphne. actually, it's even better than a new outfit because she can wear it everyday! (and she will!) this might just make the 10 degree weather bearable...
thanks grammy!!

I've really missed blogging.
I couldn't post all week because of the giveaway, but i felt like all the sudden i had lots of things to say. so, i'll catch up.
first with this really cute picture of daphne in an outfit the long girls gave her for her baby shower. i LOVE it! the little boots are still too big but the skirt (not pictured, but she wears it often!) and the sweater (which she wears almost daily) fit her perfect and are some of my favorite clothes she has at the moment. so, thanks girls, i love it!



Yes, it's true. We're moving. On Tuesday to be exact.
I know at least Heather is wondering why... so i'll tell you :)

nic and i have always talked about living in a really small house and living really simply, not having many possessions, not having a bunch of extra space (or ANY extra space!) and just having what we need and nothing more. basically, we want to live like we're in a small san francisco apartment, even while we're not. right now we live in a 1,100 SF 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath house and its really more house than we want. plus, we figured it out and if we moved now we'll save about $3,000 for the next year that we live in Rexburg. At first I was TOTALLY opposed to moving. moving is a pain. but, its actually been a very cleansing process for us and we've kind of enjoyed it thus far. we have gotten rid of SO much stuff that we don't need. it feels so good. i think so many of us get in the trap that having a lot of possessions makes us feel secure. like: look at all this stuff i have.... ok, maybe i'm the only one who thinks like that. but, most of the stuff i didn't like, i didn't use and i didn't need. now, its gone. off to a new home (or where it belongs in some cases, the trash) and I'm feeling very liberated.

We're moving to an apartment that we really love. It is a 1 bedroom + den (daphne gets the den :) its almost as big as her current bedroom- all its missing is the closet. and we have a nice patio and a grassy area for daphne to play in in the summer. it is close (just a walk through the parking lot!) to our friends the hansens and close to the van wagoners too. it is new and clean and comes with internet and cable included, a great gym (with adjoining baby room, so awesome) so we're set. OH, and i can't believe i almost forgot this... A DISHWASHER! I've only had one during our summers in CA selling pest control, so i'm pretty excited about that.

We're kind of sad to leave this apartment but this will be a really good thing for us. Here are some pictures of our current (for the next 2 days) place -- though they were taken about a year ago, when daphne was born.

uhhh... this picture makes me shutter. we had SO much snow last winter. but, we'll miss you carport.


hahah i just had to throw this one in. (i had no other pics of the hallway) this was the
night before daphne was born. here i am in all my 40 week glory. i only gained 28 pounds, i promise, it just wasn't a pretty 28 :(

and the winner is:

TALMAGE VAN WAGONER!

nic's band mate and very good friend who wrote:

you know I love the trees and the snowflakes and the bird but I told you that in real life. haha just thought I'd post also HI!

apparently random.org really liked the bit about "real life"

last comment was the random number picked! crazy.
well, thanks for entering everyone and since they all ranked pretty even (wood grain being the favorite) i've put them all up for sale in our etsy shop. go to evapaul and buy some! (please)

Holiday cards!!

So, we're friends, right? Or maybe, you're someone we don't know at all- but either way you've probably had to endure endless posts Daphne so really, you deserve a treat. if you're not aware- nic and i run a graphic design business. we sell [mostly] wedding invitations on etsy and we've been happily making our living that way for the past two years. here is OUR SHOP. if you need invites, hit us up :) in order to branch out a teeny-tiny bit we've come up with some holiday cards. I haven't posted them to etsy yet so i'm looking for your opinion. Please leave a comment saying which one is your favorite from now till NOVEMBER 21 @ midnight. A winner will be chosen through random.com and they will win a set of 10 (with 100% recycled grocery-bag envelopes) -- a $15 value :) Go ahead.... comment!!(and make sure its not anonymous!)


Holiday cards will be sold in sets of 10 for $15. Each card will include a grocery bag brown envelope so your card won't get lost in the mailbox with 50 other red or white envelopes :) there will also be large volume discounts so if you're sending out a lot of holiday cards, don't get scared. if you would like your cards customized (like: "love, the binghams") the price will be $20 for 10 cards. we're going to do stuff like rounded corners and lined envelopes as options too to make your holiday cards more unique. so many, many options- i bet your mind is pretty much blown. just email us @ evapaul.dp@gmail.com for all the details.

WAITTTTT

don't buy your christmas cards just yet!
evapaul will be posting a few Christmas card options that you're sure to love even more than the generic ones at the store :) so, be patient, i'll get them up soon!

10 months + 1 week

hi. i'm wearing my 80's sweatshirt today (yesterday)
it's a little tight- but it still looks good.
have a rad day.
love, daphne.

little daphne is 10 months old

my post failed and it's 11:40 in the PM. to make matters worse i'll be up @ 6 to go to school- so i'm not going to rewrite all i did about our girl in her 10month old glory.
so, here's the gist.


daph started taking a few steps @ 9 months and is now loving to walk (about 6 steps at a time) she is getting pretty adventurous but so far gets too excited to concentrate on walking more than 6 steps- so she'll just sit down and clap for herself instead. i'll have to post a video- its pretty funny.

she is copying tons of words when we say them- momma, dadda, papa and occasionally some random stuff like football, thank you, all done ect will come out of her mouth and totally catch us off guard

she is awesome and we can't get enough of her!
she finally has a little hair!!! we even made a little mohawk for her this morning.

halloween 2009

Ok, it's true- daph didn't really love the attention or all the halloween hype- but we did! it was really fun to dress her up and everyone thought she was cute enough to eat. (you do want to eat cute things, right?)

she was a lobster in a pot (i tried to persuade nic to wear a chef's hat with me, he said no)
Our first stop was the Bingham's house (nic's parents)
have you ever seen such young, attractive grandparents? seriously- they look like they could be daph's parents.

our little langosta is quite the walker- more on that in her 10 month post.

then we stopped by at the Andersen's (nic's mom's parents)


and lastly to see Grandma Webster. (nic's dad's mom- and she watches daphne nearly every week so it was nice for her to see a familiar face :)

probably one of my favorite nic/daphne pictures of all time. nic is so freaking hot and daphne is so excited to be with her dad- she totally adores him.