Da da, da da, DADDYYYYYYYYY!

Ainsley just LOVES her dad. Seeing her laugh and play with him reminds me why I picked him to help me make her. So even though we're on a very tight budget, I put together a cute lil father's day gift for him:


It was tough to find a day when her and I were home alone and it wasn't raining. Oh and once I did get that day and got her to cooperate, I stupidly uploaded them to our photo stream and Ryan got exposed via his cell phone to ALLLLLL the million photos of Ainsley holding those letters. Oops. When all your electronics are connected, there are no secrets. So he kinda got a preview of his gift. Grrrrr.

Given my restraints, I'm OK with the way it came out. I would still love a lesson on using my camera though. The clarity of the photos is just not what I would like it to be. I'll get there.

Here's a lil snapshot of the wall in our bedroom with Ry's new gift and another gift I gave him last year (I <3 YOU BECAUSE…)


Hope he likes my little projects, because while they seem so easy and simple, they always end up taking up way more time than I originally thought. But I guess that's what you do for someone you love!!


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