 |
| {birthday party} Today we joined our Life Group friends at a splash pad for Hannah and Lauren's birthday party! Courtney (their mom) put together a "Pinkalicious" themed table based on the book. She did such a great job with all the details; it was absolutely precious! On the right: Kate drinking her first Capri Sun... she looked like such a "big kid" with that thing! |
 |
|
{fun with film} My dad recently handed down my grandfather's "Argus Anastigmat" camera to me. I finally started loading the film in it a couple of days ago, and I realized I've never put film into a camera that didn't automatically advance it for me! My dad gave me a lesson, and it's ready to go now. I also finally loaded the Holga toy camera Nick and Kate got me for Mother's Day with 120mm medium format film. It's going to be very experimental at first; I'm not sure how all the settings dials work, and I'm very used to my digital camera showing the metering! I think it'll be good practice for photography in general. I'll be much more careful with each shot and pay more attention to what's in the frame. Looking forward to sharing these with you. Surely something will come out... or at least be interesting! |
 |
| {you can't say no to this face} Kate was reaching for the baby monitor up on the table. When I made the "eh eh" noise, this was the look I got. By the way, we were in the backyard playing with the hose. Thought I'd explain why Kate is sans clothes. :) |
 |
| {Eek! It's bedtime, and I need to take a picture for the day!} Some days are just like this...no time for photos. My camera had most of the day off! |
 |
| {caroline is 8 weeks old} Snapped a few pictures of Caroline wearing my grandmother's baby gown. Scroll all the way down to see a picture of Kate (at 11 weeks) wearing the same dress. |
 |
| {books before bed} Kate is learning the ancient art of stalling at bedtime; right now it's just asking for more books to read together, but soon it will include the "I need a glass of water" or "I forgot to tell Kirby goodnight" excuses, too. She's growing up so quickly! |
 |
| {feeding her baby} |
 |
| {paci emergency} Kate just has one main paci that stays in her crib, but I also keep one back-up paci in her bag in case of emergency. Well, a bonked head followed by a bonked (and bleeding) lip followed by throwing up after choke-crying (and all past her bedtime)?? That qualified as a back-up paci emergency! You can see that it did the trick. Poor girl! iphone, instagram |
 |
| {lens baby's one year anniversary} Our Lens Baby group is one year old today, so we met up at Jennifer & Hayley's house for an ice cream party. This group has meant so much to me; not only was the catalyst for me to switch the dial from "auto" to "manual," but Kate and I have made great friends, too. This is Kate's first bowl of (fake) ice cream. I bought her the SO Delicious coconut milk brand (like her yogurt) and put Oreo crumbs on top. She LOVED it. It surprised me how long she sat in this one spot, shoveling it in. |
 |
| {kisses} Even though Kate did give me her first kiss on Mother's Day, she's been kissing "on cue" for about a week now. She leans in and says, "mmmm!" Today I was lucky to have my camera in hand when she was feeling some sisterly love. |