Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Life lately, according to my iPhone and Instagram

Snuggles. 


A visit to the Freemans in Texas!





Tummy time, tubby, and lounging. 





And a biweekly trip to the park with other Palisades kids!



Eleanor's tubby and a festival

I feel the mom guilt already now that I have two kids.  I take far fewer photos with my "fancy camera" of my everyday with Eleanor than I did with Caroline.  It is also WAYYY harder to whip out the big guns when we are out and about with both girls.  Regardless, I really wanted to start capturing our everyday more, even if just on my iPhone.

Eleanor loves a tubby, just like her sister!  She doesn't exactly smile, but she doesn't cry either.



This past weekend, we joined cousin O at the Potomac festival.  The girls had some phone time as we were prepping.  Caroline loves being with O and wants to do everything together.



Then off to the festival we went!  Both girls loved this ride.  We were a bit concerned there would be some tears.  Nope.  Huge smiles!


There were bouncy slides and houses, and booths with candy and treats.  The girls had a good time and it was nice to do something so close to (James and Amanda's) home.




Sunday, October 6, 2013

Helmut

Not a misspelling.  She pronounces it that way.  Like Helmut Lang.  Caroline loves her Helmut.  That, plus a borrowed scooter (thanks Olivia) and some fancy new kicks =


Man did she pick it up quickly.  She loves her new little mode of transportation so we will be adding this to her birthday list for sure.  



It is super hot here in DC so Caroline got quite tired and sweaty after a bit.



See you later!


EMN - Two months old


This month brought many gummy smiles and some great head strength!  Our Eleanor sleeps 10 or so hours at night, which we greatly appreciate.  She has really started to interact with us, and she started smiling at Caroline, which totally melts my heart.  At her two month appointment she weighed 12 lbs and was 24 inches long. 





With being furloughed, I am contemplating tacking on a few extra days onto my maternity leave, otherwise I go back to work before the end of the month.  Boo.

Off to solicit some smiles and to watch the big girl scoot.  Photos of that to come!

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Life lately, according to my iPhone


Strolling after dinner. 


Visiting Rose the turtle. 



Playing with sprinkles and sand. 


Working out with the animals!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Five Nichols grandkids, all on a couch.

Serious:


Silly:



And our last group shot from about a year ago:


Babs turns 60!!!

What a weekend!  The Curley clan, plus some Alfords, Nichols, and a ton of great friends, joined us here in DC a few weekends ago to celebrate Barbara turning 60.  We had a food truck, keg, and sangria.

It was fun.  So fun in fact that I only took a handful of photos all weekend.  Sigh.





These three, I tell you...crazy times.