A Few Of Our Favorite Things

 

Charlotte 
• When she walks in to a room and asks, "Whatcha doin?,"  like Isabella from Phinneas and Ferb
• Has a mean backstroke
• How she sings to Caroline
• Always asks us to play the "commercial song," "Crazy Train," in the car
• Always wants to go to the grocery store for a free cookie even if we don't need anything else
• She sits with her legs crossed, like a little lady
• Loves to fist pump when a good song comes on the radio; she'll say, "Pump it up, Mama!"
• Friends next door
• Taking walks with her "Americans" (American Girl dolls) in their new stroller
• Loves to play "I Spy"

 

Caroline 
• Her smell; it's intoxicating
• How mesmerized she is by "Mr. Sunshine"
• Pterodactyl screeches, grunts
• You can find her catching flies quite often while napping
• How strong her neck has become
• Finally figured out how to get one arm out of her pod while sleeping
• Loves to chew on her right hand
• The changing table is now her "happy place"
• Floating in the tub

Storytime

After running her bath water, I walked into Charlotte's room. This is what I found...

 

Happy Father's Day

There could never be a better Daddy for my girls. Biased? Of course. Spoiled much? Why yes, yes we are. Thankful? You have no idea. To show our love this year Charlotte drew Stevens a family portrait, I printed a banner on Post-It notes (tutorial here), we gifted him new grill gear and then, after a full round of golf, headed on to Sapporo.

Happy Father's Day, darlin!

 
 

What Happens When...

...your four-year-old gets ahold of the camera...

 
 
 

On My First Day Back To Work...

Our Family Of Four

I'm so excited to share with you our first family of four photo shoot! We hung out around the house — both inside and out — while Zach (Porter) worked his magic. Zach also did Charlotte's three-year photos. This time around, we asked him to do a combination family, four-year old and newborn extravaganza. Biased, yes — we think he did a pretty darn good job. Caroline was only five weeks old at the time...



Please note — the photos above are property of Zach Porter Photography. Do not print, copy or reproduce in any other manner without permission; it's not nice.

Two Months

Happy Two Months, Sweet Caroline!

 
 


And we thought month one went by so quickly! It has been so fascinating to watch you grow and learn. In this time...

• you have started smiling up a storm — we saw hints of a smile at about five weeks and now it's all the time
• you have sprouted wrinkles within wrinkles
• you still haven't decided about your ra-roo — sometimes you take it and other times it flies out of your mouth like someone hit the ejector button
• you have really come to like the changing table (not so your first couple of weeks) — the painting that hangs above really intrigues you
• you are already in size 6 months clothing
• you started going to Vesa's so Mommy could go back to work
• you still LOVE to snuggle (thank goodness!)
• you inch around your crib in your pod — you're surprisingly "mobile"
• you are very good at talking and cooing
• you have been sleeping in 6-8 hour chunks at night

First Dance Recital

Charlotte and Maddie bursting at the seams and just so darn excited to go on stage...

 

...here they are in action (Charlotte is the second one in from the right)...