Hello out there! Wow, it’s been way too long since my last update, hasn’t it? I’m still here, promise! I can’t believe April flew by so quickly. I really don’t know where the time went. I have a bunch of updates to post, and I’m going to get to them all, but for today, let’s begin with what kicked off my absence around here: our first family vacation! My husband and I took Lila to Disney at the very end of March for a few days. It was the first time the three of us have ever gone away with… Keep reading
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Hunting for Easter eggs with her cousin. I LOVED that they “got it” this year. So fun.
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These two are such troublemakers together, can’t you tell??
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(Catching up!) With another one of her “boys”, at our friend’s house. The girl loves to hold hands with all her friends. 🙂
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Second haircut ever…and first “candy” (what she calls them for now). 🙂 The first haircut didn’t go as well, hence the photos for this one instead. She was awesome today! Cried when we first went in, but then blew bubbles with me and told me who everyone was on her special cape (Toy Story characters).
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I promise, I have some client posts coming soon! These are just faster to get up, and things are crazy busy around here right now. 🙂 On a rare, but *extremely* welcome, warm early spring day last week, Lila and I went to a nearby park to get some fresh air. We borrowed her cousin’s bike, and Lila was in HEAVEN. Her own bike is now on it’s way to us, she is going to be so excited! I can’t wait for it to get here. The image below is one of my favorites from the morning. She had just… Keep reading
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The party continues this week. One of Lila’s bffs turned 2 a week after she did, so her mom had a little party for her last week. This is my official shot for my project–I can’t stop laughing at them. They thought they were SO FUNNY, shutting the door to the playroom on us. I do also have to include these, because, well, you’ll see. Lila…being the scream instigator, as usual: And the birthday girl, covered in cupcake, and happy as can be. I love this girl.
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Taken at Lila’s birthday party last weekend. That kiddie gym lighting is NOT fun to shoot in, let me tell you. Overhead florescent lighting creates bags under *everyone’s* eyes. So here is one with Lila pretty much looking up directly at them. 🙂
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Kind of a random shot, but we just started doing pigtails last week for the first time, so I wanted to remember that. 🙂 They’re too tiny to see from the front still (hahaha). Here, she’s looking at that rock on the ground, saying “what’s that, mamadukes?” (yes, that’s what she calls me…my husband started that…) It’s adorable as anything. Love.
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I used to keep a blog for my daughter when she was first born (it is still up, but I rarely post to it). We went through a lot initially, and I probably have hinted at it here and there. To make a very long and emotional story short, Lila spent a month in the NICU after she was born not breathing (official diagnosis: hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy). She was a great candidate for the Hypothermia Protocol at Children’s in Boston, thankfully, and did amazingly on it. She saw Early Intervention until this past November, she still sees a cardiologist annually,… Keep reading