La La Love 2012

Our Valentine's day consisted of...

L - Tulips from Reagan

O - Love notes from Milo and I to Reagan

V - Cupcakes from Reagan and Milo

E - Lots of cuddling with Milo

Can you tell we are in puppy love? :) 

AND guess who won his first blog giveaway?! MILO! I entered him in a giveaway at www.hellobrit.com to win a Barkbox! And he won! So excited to see what comes with it!

"Barkboxes, delivered monthly, typically come packed with all kinds of items, ranging from treats to toys."

Happy Valentine's day to Milo!

Hope everyone else had a great day as well! I know there are a bunch of you who have emailed me asking for details about the entryway project. I'm working on it! Instead of emailing everyone, I will just put up a post about it!

Introducing // Adventures with Milo

Meet Milo....our dog! Um, yes, you read that correctly!

Last week this pup was left at the Boys & Girls Club (where Reagan now works). So for about a week he was the office dog. Someone took him home every night and then brought him back to work the next day. Reagan loved him right away but I was SO against it at first. "We are not adopting some random dog, Reagan." 

Reagan kept telling me how he was such a sweet and calm dog and he sent me a few pictures...dang, he is kinda cute. BUT to me he looked like a rottweiler puppy and I said, noooo! But then someone took him to the vet and the vet said he thought he was a CHIWEENIE. A mix between a chihuahua and a weenie dog - HA! I thought a) that is funny, and b) how did he turn out so cute?! SO, we kept him for one night last week. Well guess what?

  We were hooked. He went to the bathroom outside. Laid on the floor or in his little box while we were eating dinner and watching tv. Slept all night. And just wanted to cuddle with us. He really is a very mild tempered dog. Then the next day he met Liesl and he LOVED her. And he was really good with her! SOLD! I'll take the dog!

 I fell in love. He is precious and if we were ever meant to have a dog, this is the one! Today we made our first trip to Petsmart, we sort of went on a "walk", we survived a trip to the vet, and we spent an hour playing with Liesl while skyping with my parents. If he can make it through all that, he is golden :)

We're still not sure exactly how old he is - 4-6 months-ish per the vet. We're still not sure exactly how big he will get, but he is 7lbs right now and his paws are small. And we're still not sure what mix he really is, however he does kind of look chihuahua-ish with his ears flipped :)

He's small, and cute, and cuddly, and such a good dog...

Welcome to the fam, Milo!

Entryway Project :: Light (not so) Bright

I mentioned in our entryway reveal that we were still working on the lighting here.

On Saturday morning, I tried to change this light fixture to a more updated version. I really didn't want to spend a lot of $$, so I headed to Lowe's and came home with these two options -

 

 Everyone likes the square one, but I still haven't decided. There are a lot of angles already goin' on in this space. What do you think? Anywho, doesn't really matter at the moment because when I took it all apart this is what I found...

If you follow me on Instagram, you saw a frustrated Sada post this photo. So much for a quick light change! The hole is much bigger than the new light fixture's base, so we'll have to patch the drywall around it. Fun. So who knows when that will happen! We are also considering adding some skylights to our living room in order to up the natural light in there. Most of our house has amazing natural light, which I looooove as a photographer :), but this room is a bit dark. We're supposed to meet with a contractor to see what he thinks! Until then, I'll just pretend I don't see the boob light and focus on the mini shelf of goodness :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

New Posts at Sada Lewis Photography

It's been awhile since I've done a photography update! Ohmagoodness, it is SO hard for me to pick only one photo from each session to share! Loving my clients as always :) Check out my website here!

Beautiful family. Love them :) Can't wait to photograph John & Amy for a couples session soon!

 My adorable in-law family, how I love thee...

 Beautiful baby Vivian in her drool worthy nursery!

My sister's Christmas card photo! LOVE.

My friend Whitney...isn't she stunning?!

 My sweet cousin Rebecca and her amazing family!

 Beautiful Talia's senior session. I just can't get enough...

And finally, the one and only, charming Connor. He rocked his senior session!

Thanks for all your love and support!

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Entryway Project :: DIY Board & Batten Revealed!

A couple weeks ago I saw this blog post from Jami at Hello from the Natos. I came home and said, "Reagan I want to do this to our entry way. This weekend." And for some reason, Reagan said, "Ok. Sounds good." So we did. We started with this blank slate I showed you last week - 

And we went to work. 

I swear I did a lot of the work too! It's just easier for me to take the pics :)

As with any big project, we had a few hiccups, but we were able to finish the next weekend!
And here she blows...

I am SO happy we finally have some photos up! I still have the props we used for our engagement session with Bend the Light, so I thought it would be cute to display them with the pics I had printed.

I had pinned this free printable on Pinterest, so I pulled it up and printed it out!

Still love this poster from Made by Girl.

Dublin Dr. Pepper bottles from Dublin, TX. Represent! They were a gift from Sara and J!

The only thing we are still working on is the light! The light fixture AND the lack of natural light (as I'm sure you can tell by my photos).  We are in the process of trying to fix both, but I love how our entryway is much more cheery! I find myself just staring at it, ha! :)

Frames - Ikea
Oil Rubbed Bronze Hardware - Target
 Chenille Jute Rug - Target
Large Vintage Dr. Pepper Bottle - Ebay

If you want more info about the lumber or the how-to on the project, just let me know!

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