During Kate’s first year we snapped monthly photos of her next to her teddy bear to compare her growth. I wouldn’t exactly say that Kate always loved these little photo sessions (most obviously noted in her 7 month pic), but I certainly love lining them all up and seeing how she’s changed! Kate: 1 Month
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“I just had a baby,” is the excuse I plan on using until I can replace it with, “I’m pregnant again.” (Said by me…all the time.)
Ever since Kate discovered the dishwasher, “helping” G do the dishes has become one of her favorite pastimes. She could be clear across the house but if she hears the sound of that dishwasher door opening she comes flying into the kitchen as fast as her little legs can take her: “Wait for me, Daddy!”
This year saw the return of the Oscar Party in the G&D household! I hosted my first one in 2009, but took 2010 off since I was a sleep-deprived, lactating, showerless mess still recovering from being sliced hip to hip. Pretty glamorous, right? When my friend Jill brought up the idea of having another Oscar Party this year,
Since the Academy Awards ushered out the end of February, this awards show addict is having a hard time thinking of things loved in February that didn’t revolve around the word “Oscar.” So in honor of Hollywood’s big night I’m dedicating this monthly “Things Loved” post to talking smack about people I’ll never meet my
KATE TOOK HER FIRST STEPS! Oh yes, this was a Mama-couldn’t-believe-it, all-caps-situation. Just three days after her first birthday, Kate took her very first steps! G and I hadn’t really been encouraging her to walk (we like her to figure things out in her own time), so it was quite the surprise! She was standing
Kate: 10 Months As some of you noticed, Kate’s crazy hair has finally surrendered and no longer sticks straight out in all directions. Apparently those strawberry blond locks (of strange and varying lengths) have made peace with her pale scalp and they’ve now decided to be friends. This truce–which happened shortly after her first birthday–was a little
Kate had her one year photoshoot with Andrea Elberg–the fabulous photographer who also took Kate’s pictures when she was a newborn, 3 months old, and 7 months old. Kate is a little girl on the move, and despite the fact that sitting in one place is a rarity these days, Andrea still captured some really wonderful and
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