Photos by G -- March

This month G explored what it would be like to photograph himself (his finger) as well as the objects he was wanting to photograph. He succeeded.

Dad cutting something.

Various pictures of our messy counter.

 

Mom and Penny just hanging out.

The tennis bag and badminton birdies.

The kitchen table.

Penny crawling towards Larsy.

Photos by G

Graham has really taken to taking pictures with our old camera. I'm so lucky to get to model for many of his photo shoots. These are all of his February shots. Start getting excited for the end of the month so you can see what he has done in March.

We start out with the "mom sitting on the counter" shots.

Then we move to the "block buildings".

This is his "fort" where he sleeps.

And lastly his "hoop art". He did this all on his own one day while I was getting Penny to sleep.

Pretty tricky stuff if you ask me.

New old chair

We fancied up this chair over the weekend. It was our first attempt at recusing furniture. It's our new computer chair and we love it! No more huge, heavy, kitchen table chair at the computer, yay! We still need to paint the off white for a more polished look but that can wait.

Before

After

It's Valentine's Day!

You can read the title of this post, "It's Valentine's Day", as if you were saying "It's Groundhog's Day" (from the movie Groundhog's Day). Groundhog's Day is what Valentine's Day has started to feel like around here. Ryan has been out of town working the last 3 of 4 Valentine's Days. But he more than makes up for it before, during and after he gets back. This year he had all kinds of secret presents for us, for Valentine's Day and just because. He's so great!!!

It's tradition for me to take pictures of me and the kids on Valentine's Day (and St. Patrick's Day). I don't know why I do it, probably because they are non major holidays and I wouldn't have pictures otherwise. So here are some pictures, past and present. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Happy Valentine's Day from Penny and Graham!

Valentine's Day 2010

Valentines Day 2011

Valentine's Day 2012

Valentines Day 2013 Yes, I am wearing my Valentine's shirt (2 years in a row). Bunnies with hearts in the middle, kinda weird but whatever.

There was a meltdown during our group shot, this was the best we could do.

McCall weekend

Last weekend we went up to McCall for the Winter Carnival. It was a quick trip but it was a fun mini family vacation.

Apparently we've got some serious kids.

Ryan with Penny in her bear suit and ready to snowshoe.

Right before we headed out snowshoeing.

All tuckered out.

Penny and I right after she woke up.

 

 

I'm 27, what?!

I know, 27 isn't old, I'm not saying it is. But in my head I still think "oh yeah I'm in my early 20s" and then I'm like, "Umm, Tess you are actually in your later 20s." And then someone rings the gong in my head and I'm like "where did the last 5 years go?!"

Here is what 27 looks like as of today.

 Sometimes I feel silly thinking that I took a picture of myself just for the sake of documenting what I look like but then I remember that most of the pictures I take are of the kiddos and years from now I might start to wonder what I used to look like. Hence, the self portrait.

Here is what 27 looks like with a 3 year old nose picker. Keeping it classy one photo at a time.

It has already been a great day! Just had a lunch date with the husband at our favorite restaurant in town, Old Chicago. Here's to another great year! I just painted my fingernails blue! I haven't painted them any color in the last 5-6 years, I already feel younger :)

Penny 9 months old

Penny is growing up. She is already 9 months old! But according to the doctor's office at her appointment today she was 12 months old. Luckily I realized they thought that and was able to stop them before they gave her 12 month shots. Here are her stats: weight 14lbs. 13oz. (3.59%) and height 26 1/4 inches (6.32%).

Teeth: 0
Crawling: Yes, more like worming around, she still lets her belly drag, but she is fast.
Eating: She loves Multi Grain Cheerios and Graham crackers and most any kind of baby food but especially banana.
Sleeping: She takes two awesome naps during the day (2-3 hours each) and wakes up once at night.
Toys: She loves Hot Wheels, books, babies, and whatever Graham is playing with.
Talking: She says "da da da" and "ma ma ma" and spits and blows bubbles.

She loves her brother Graham, he on the other hand has become a little more annoyed with her now that she is mobile but she is just becoming more resilient with each push and tackle. We love you Penny bow!

Our happy little girl!

Graham at 10 months. I think they look a lot alike in these pictures.