Caroline's birth announcement & our Weedon photos

August 02, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in caroline, kate

I absolutely LOVE Caroline's birth announcement. We decided to go with this one, designed by the Weedons, so that we could use the photos from our photo shoot with her. It is a folded 5x7 card with a full size picture on the front and inside left. This is wonderful because we can frame these! While these puppies weren't cheap, it was cheaper than ordering two 5x7 prints, and this way our families can frame them, too. Because of the cost, we ordered the minimum of 50. We wish we could have included more friends in the mail out! Sharing it here will have to suffice.

Here are a few photos from our photo shoot with Angie Weedon. She gave us a few low-res, watermarked images on a disk (the ones that were already edited). She also sent a luggage tag for each girl's diaper bag with their names, information, and portraits. SO cute! Also, thanks to your comments on her blog, we got three free accordion brag books... two for the grandparents and one for us to keep.

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August 01, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{gram's glasses}
Kate made the most hilarious faces when trying on Gram's glasses. She is the best entertainment!

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July 30, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{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!

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July 28, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{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. :)

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July 25, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{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!

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July 24, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{feeding her baby}

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July 23, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in iPhone, kate, project 365 (2011)

{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

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July 22, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in kate, project 365 (2011)

{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.

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July 21, 2011 by Sarah Carlson in caroline, kate, project 365 (2011)

{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.