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{self portrait}
I'm reading The Help. I know I'm only two years behind the rest of the country, but I want to go see the movie, and I have to read the book first. Besides, I don't often read "grown up" literature; I stick with children's and YA lit.

Nick and I are new Kindle-lovers. The girls and I got it for him for Father's Day. It's one of those gifts that has benefitted me, too! I like that I can easily hold it and advance "pages" with just one hand. Perfect for when I'm trying to give Caroline her bottle, too. So nice of Nick to share!

iPhone & Instagram


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{at the "beach"}
We went with our friends, the Coopers, to the Purple Cow tonight for dinner and splash pad/beach play. The weather was surprisingly "cool" this evening, so it worked out perfectly. There was a band playing out there too, so Kate enjoyed getting her dancin' groove on!



Love her sandy hiney in this one...



And here's Caroline. She doesn't play in the sand quite yet. ;)
Kate got a 'hair' update yesterday, so I guess this can be Caroline's 'cheeks' update. Ha!


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{the wind whipping through her hair}
Kate and I took advantage of the cool afternoon and played outside for awhile. It was overcast, breezy, and just 88 degrees; I didn't even break a sweat! Of course, the rain never came, but we thanked the Lord for the cool day and time spent outside together.

And a hair update... it's growing! 


 
And I had to include this one (even though I posted a swing photo yesterday) because I love the expression on Caroline's face as she looks at her reflection!


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{superstar}
Caroline has been sleeping from 9:30pm to 7am for 4 weeks now, so yesterday we decided to try her for that twelve hour stretch. She did it!! We fed her at 7pm, put her down by 7:30, and I went up to feed her this morning at 7:10. She was wiggling around, and her swaddling was super loose, but she still hadn't made a peep!


This series was taken at 10am when I went to wake her from her first nap.

                                          Fast Asleep                                                  Huh, what?                                                 Oh, hi, mama!!                                              Hurry up and feed me!

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{deja vous}
While I made Kate's dinner, Caroline hung out in her lambie chair on the island. I turned and looked at her and I was immediately reminded of a picture of a four-month-old Kate in the same onesie in the same chair on the same island. I picked up my camera and snapped these pics of Caroline to compare.

Kate: 4 months (12 pounds, 4 ounces)
Caroline: 2 months (13 pounds, 13 ounces)

Same eye color. The resemblance stops there!