Welcome to the world Mattie Jane!

Yesterday afternoon the Stinnett family welcomed their new baby Mattie Jane. She weighed 8 pound, 8 ounces -- a little less than her big brother Evan. I'm so excited to meet her next weekend.
I miss Amanda since she moved out of the state to South Carolina. And I believe it has been more than a year since I've Kylie. Thankfully Kylie and Emme will be making the trip from Virginia.



I've been gathering baby photography ideas from some of my favorite blogs, so hopefully I can capture some good photos of the new bambino. I had my friend Laura make her some cute knit hats to keep her warm. She sells her super-soft scarves and hats at her Etsy store here.

I picked out these colors, and she made it in one day. The pink and green are organic bamboo.

SPOILER ALERT: Amanda, if you haven't checked your mail yet, check it before reading further.

And I also made MJ a "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" onesie with t-shirt transfer paper and a clearance onesie from Old Navy.

 I broke out our rarely-used iron to test out the transfer paper. I'll probably be using it for a wedding project, so I wanted to see how it would work. I made the design for the transfer in Photoshop. After playing with a lot of different fonts, I settled on two I thought looked good together. My printer has a setting for t-shirt transfer paper, so I set it for that. Otherwise you have to flip your image so it won't be backwards.

 The transfer got a little messed up on the bottom left corner, but I don't think MJ will notice. I didn't think it would look so much like a decal, so I'll have to remember to trim around the design better next time. I still think it's really cute. And it's my favorite saying from my favorite movie (yes, Dirty Dancing).