enJOY it
an archived personal and craft blog from Elise Blaha Cripe.
Category: life
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On my list for June, I mentioned wanting to get a Perfect* Family Photo. Spoiler alert – we didn't. Instead we go this one. It was taken this morning before Paul headed to the airport to finish off deployment. It's blown out. I'm basically crying. Ellerie is not even facing the camera. The background is…
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In my head, I always thought June 16 seemed like a good day to meet our tiny one…long before I realized it would be Father's Day. And now it's here and I don't think she's coming yet, but this still feels like the right time to honor Paul and this unique time in our lives.…
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Still very much with child. Probably for at least a few more days. But the good news is, the house has never been more clean, or more ready. I have never been more excited. And Paul is so close to walking through our front door. We are getting there. We will get there. Thank you…
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This week marked The End of my alone time. My mom comes tonight and she'll be here until Paul gets home for leave. And then when Paul's gone again, my mom will come back to help with the baby. And of course… very soon there will be the baby. My new sidekick will make sure…
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Loving, loving, LOVING the quiet this week. Online. In the house. In my brain. So good. And so appreciated. I had a few girlfriends in town this past weekend and it was a reminder that I adore having my house full. It's so easy, when alone and decorating, to get caught up in how a…
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Hooray, hooray! We made it. If you've read this blog for more than a year, you know summer is my season. It's my reason. It's my jam. And June always feels like the beginning of the party. Or the pre-party. Which sometimes, depending on who's there, is more fun than the actual party. When we…
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Such a good week. Progress all around. The little one grew. The to-do list shrunk. The robot vacuum cleaned. The sun shone brightly. The tomatoes turned red. Cannot complain. This week, the stamp set I designed for Studio Calico became available. This was my first time making an unmounted stamp set and the only direction…
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First, thank you so much for your kind words about the house photos I shared this week. I really LOVED pulling the spaces together this spring but anticipate the real fun to come when we actually just live in the space this summer. Super rewarding and fun to be able to share full photos. I…
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celebrating 37 weeks of baby carrying. clearly rocking a tabletop. feeling relief at hitting such a monumental week. wishing my mom a very happy 60th birthday today. waking up earlier than ever. sleeping well through the night. having a love affair with my robot vacuum. seriously obsessed with how much dust that thing picks up.…
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This house became ours officially 84 days ago. We had fallen in love with it about 32 days before that, after seeing photos on our relator's listing site. The house was stunningly beautiful while empty with it's open floor plan, wood ceilings and Benjamin Moore Athena paint on all the walls. I was so convinced…
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