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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013″ penelope: she loves experimenting and trying new things…lots of independent things. stop.growing.up. ruby: i love how dependent she is...

life lately according to instagram part 2

four years

on the 18th we celebrated 4 years of married life! woohoo. as cliche as it sounds those 4 years really did fly by. we’ve had our ups and downs but it’s been a wonderful! we have so much to be...

life lately according to instagram part 1

16/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013″ penelope: she loves her baths and wants to give EVERYTHING a bath too. ruby: this sweet face bonds so well with her sister. i hope they...

15/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013″ penelope: her imagination is so much fun to watch ruby: we have a little mama’s girl on our hands

14/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2013″ penelope: she likes experimenting with all of her facial expressions ruby: she LOVES watching her sister do everything

another egg hunt

we had our annual Easter egg hunt after church and miss P got to use her bucket again…and again and again. there were so many eggs that she had to empty the bucket out and go back for more. (i’m...

neighborhood egg hunt

we had our annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt a couple weeks ago (yes i am just now posting photos from it) and as you can see miss P had a great time. i just want to say that her buddies are the...

13/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: miss independent wants to do everything on her own lately ruby: little one is rolling around like it’s her job

tomorrow is a new day

i am excited for this week. i’m ready for a new week. this past weekend was actually really great. lots of family time and of course celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord…but other...

12/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: she’s going to be such a big help in the backyard ruby: mama’s girl

11/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: absolutely loves being outside ruby: i think she likes to be outside too ;)

10/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: 792 days old ruby: 127 days old

9/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: she started off painting the box….. :) ruby: who needs chew toys when you have your hand

zilker kite festival

this past sunday we made it out to the 85th annual zilker kite festival here in austin. yes…85 years! it’s the nation’s oldest kite festival, and it’s still going strong. for the 10 years that i...

8/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: this girl loves to be outdoors…24/7. ruby: this happy girl is always smiling!

7/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: cinderella dress = current obsession. ruby: staring contest.

bits + pieces

1. awesome bedhead 2. i spy a little hand 3. fresh veggies for the crockpot 4. hands always in her mouth 5. hugs 6. not quite ready for the potty 7. some artwork 8. eating her hands again 9. we...

6/52

“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: 762 days old ruby: 97 days old

we went to a concert

for valentine’s day the mister surprised me with tickets to see Fun. in concert!! i can’t remember the last concert i went to so this was a special treat! we had a blast. it was pretty neat seeing...

the mister said…

i just wanted to write a little post with a pretty awesome quote. and it might be from a pretty cool guy. ;) so cool that this quote made it on Evian’s facebook page! fun! go check it out here and...

bits + pieces

1. she’s an independent reader nowadays. 2. lounging on her sister’s bed with the dog. 3. first time with “sophie the giraffe.” lots of slobber. ;) 4. always in my shoes. and posing. 5. lunch time....

life lately according to instagram

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“a portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013″ penelope: giving me her best pose in order to get a cookie. haha ruby: enjoying some amazing weather outside during our walk

ruby’s birth story

hi! so just a warning, this might be a long post. ;) i wanted to write all this down before i forgot. i know some people aren’t comfortable with sharing their birth story. it’s personal and...

bits + pieces

1. sleepy heads 2. little pigtails 3. sleeping babe 4. Christmas cactus starting to bloom again 5. “dadaaaa!” 6. hi! 7. typical 8. …and another in the afternoon 9. the mister taking a 2 minute...

4/52

“a portrait of my children every week, once a week, in 2013″ penelope: “say cheese!” ruby: one of the few times wearing a headband. (i’ve been slacking on the bow wearing) ;)

bits + pieces

bits + pieces is a new feature that i want to start doing. got the idea from miss james and thought it would be fun to post bits and pieces of our day. feel free to join and link back so i can...

penelope turns two

miss penelope turned the big 2 this past saturday. it was a special weekend filled with lots of family and friends who came to celebrate! we had such a fun time. the mister might have had a little...