September 15, 2008
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Last Sunday, we took the kids to get professional pictures taken. The photographer also does weddings and usually her pictures cost quite a bit (ie. $55 for a 8×10, $995 packages etc.) However, she was doing a charity event, and we only had to pay $10 for a 8×10 … and the $10 went towards charity. The “catch” is that the photographs will also be used as advertisement at a local kids boutique. While it might bother some parents, I think it’s neat and will post a picture of the display when it’s up. We also went to Kiddie Kandids this weekend and dropped $150 on pictures for us and to send to our family. Quite a deal compared to buying sheets from a real (non-mall) photographer!
Last Tuesday, we had Sam/Melissa over for taco soup and leftover cake. Sam had this great idea where we’d informally take turns making dinners. So on Saturday, he made a Greek themed dinner, complete with baklava. And tomorrow, I’m making barbecue rib sandwiches. I’m obviously going to keep this going as long as I can – I’m trading crockpot dishes and sandwiches for gourmet meals.
Yesterday, Melissa, Karen, and I took our boys (and Nicole) to Color Me Mine, a pottery painting place. We decorated plates with our kids’ footprints on them. It was crowded, but fun; we’re thinking in the future, we’d want to keep the kids home with dad … kind of tricky to paint and keep an eye out on kids at the same time. Afterwards, we went to my house to make pizza for lunch. It’s nice to have friends with boys around the same age as Zachary!
Calie is back to being pretty easy … at least we know her pattern. She alternates between days with long naps and days with very short, fitful naps. And after a few miserable days of wanting to be walked, she’s back to being happy as long as we’re cuddling her. At least she has always slept at night – meaning, she still gets up 2-3x to nurse, but she goes right back to bed. As of last week (5.5 weeks old), she’s in a crib in her own room. So we’re very lucky in that respect! <knock on wood!>
Her “moon eyes” crack me up!
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Photos are SUPER cute. Makes my heart melt.
Moon eyes look like Alice as a baby!! (and a little bit still now)
She is so adorably cute!!! Reminds me of a cabbage patch doll!
She is naturally tan – like you. In comparison, Zachary has milky white complexion that can only be described as “doughy”.
I really like pictures 3-7.
It would be really funny if you set out that foot-imprinted dinner plate for Thanksgiving dinner. Don’t even say a word – just let the one lucky guest be surprised when he or she sits down. Ideally, you find a way to set it up so that you know in advance who’s going to be your target. And if the person dares to say something, get loud and defensive about it.