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On May 29, 2011 · 1 Comment · In nora, spring season

One of the biggest advantages to summer clothes on babies is getting to see their little baby arms.

And even though she’s not exactly the definition of “chub,” Nora still has the adorable little folds at the wrist. GAH, so cute.

AND… look how curly her hair is these days. Thank you, humidity.

Excuse me while I go *nom* on her a bit. I can’t resist.

 

Hyena Baby

On May 27, 2011 · 9 Comments · In nora

Nora gets GIDDY when she’s tired.

Well, she gets giddy, then she gets ornery. It’s adorable. The giddy part, anyway.

When we were on vacation out west, we were getting great giggles out of her every night, because by the time bedtime rolled around, she was pretty much always overtired. (Oops.) One night, we were playing with her in our hotel room and she just started cracking up at everything.

I managed to get some of it on video, and have been meaning to share it for a while. I finally got it transferred and uploaded tonight. Check it out; she sounds like a little hyena!

 

Captured.

On May 23, 2011 · 15 Comments · In family, nora

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of meeting up with Morgan Dawson to have family photos taken. It’s something Michael and I have been wanting to do for a while, but we had to wait for the weather to get nice. And now that spring seems to *finally* be making an appearance, we managed to book our session for one of the nicest evenings we’ve had yet!

Morgan was nice enough to allow me to share our sneak peek photos here on the blog. We’re really happy with how these turned out, and can’t wait to see the rest. Now, to figure out what to order. Decisions, decisions!


{Do y’all think it’s possible to Photoshop roots? Love this pic, but can’t get over the roots. Yikes. Try to focus on the cute baby, ha!}

{so totally her at this stage}

{The first few times I looked at this photo, all I saw were her eyes. And her little porcelain face. Now, I see her signature toes and it makes this pic THAT much better.}


{LOVE}


{Scout had to come out to play!}

 

My Brother, The Groom

On May 23, 2011 · 2 Comments · In family, weddings

Thanks for all of you who chimed in with hair suggestions on Friday. I had several “inspiration photos” to share with the stylists on the day of, and we went with one of the ones that incorporated a french braid, even though the stylist said she was not great at french braiding.

Yeah. Doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me, either.

But, I think it came out pretty good, and it was off my neck and out of my face, which are the two most important aspects of any hair style, in my opinion.

Here is a pic of me with my handsome brothers. The groom twin is on the left. :)

Trevor and Kara were married at an orchard, with their reception in a beautiful barn that was built in the 1700s. The whole thing had a beautiful, rustic feeling and to top it all off, the weather was absolutely perfect, which allowed all of the guests to spend a lot of time outdoors. Quite simply, it was lovely. And they are married!

We don’t have a lot of photos (and the few that I have, I haven’t transferred off of our camera yet), so for those who are curious to see the bride, this cell phone pic will have to do!

Maybe I will eventually share a few more. Hunter managed to steal the show during the first dance by turning it into a family-of-three affair, and choosing that moment to dig for gold with his finger in his little nose. THANK HEAVEN FOR LITTLE BOYS. ;)

 

Hair S.O.S.

On May 20, 2011 · 9 Comments · In weddings

Just about 36 hours from now, I will be getting my hair done as a bridesmaid in my brother’s wedding. And, well, I don’t have a plan. I have very little idea of what I’m going to ask the stylist to do.

So, I figured I would go out on a limb here and see if any of you are bored enough to help me. :) Maybe you’re slow at work on a Friday morning and this is your kind of thing. Who knows?

I’m pretty sure I’d like to have it all up in some way. And I did love my wedding day hair, which you can see pretty well in this photo:
And I could request something similar to that, but I already did that for my other brother’s wedding in October, so… it would be nice to do something a little different.

Ideas? Suggestions? Thoughts? Links to inspiration photos would be most appreciated.

*MWAH*