Rich, Heather and Alana’s Blog

Well, this first photo (from last week) goes out to my sister, Alana’s “Aunt Pixie.” It was given so that Alana could proudly sport Black Hills State University, where Amber just graduated.

Thank you again for the onesie, Amber! Doesn’t she look cute in it? Little collegiate babe

And the photo below just happens to be another onesie that deserves special mention. My mom’s dear friend Sheri got this for Alana, and it finally fits her! Thank you so much for the onesie, Sheri! We love it, and Alana is getting tons of use (and laughs) out of it!

Sheri is part of my mom’s serious group of girlfriends. When I look on at the love and support that they give each other, I know that I want that exact same thing for my life. These ladies epitomize friendship by doing all of the things that make girlfriends so great. They laugh and cry together, they spoil each other on birthdays, they help each other plan their sons and daughters weddings, they work and play together, and even get away in October for a girls retreat. Now that is an enviable thing in life.

Although I must say, it is no surprise that my mom maintains such great friendships. She is a people magnet, and I know exactly why. It is because she is shockingly approachable and others-centered. In a world where self-absorption abounds, my mom knows how to be a genuine friend to someone.

Anyway, thank you for allowing the rabbit trail, and thank you again to Sheri for the onesie!

Smiles for daddy…

Last week was Kellie’s birthday, and Alana and I had the honor of spending the afternoon with her! We had a blast, as always. We love you, Kellie! We’re just gonna keep celebrating and say Happy birth-month!

I could not possibly state how much I appreciate Kellie. She is amazing. And I love her.

This little series of pictures cracked me up. Alana has started bouncing when she gets excited, and I mistakenly thought I’d try to capture a photo of the activity. Typically I wouldn’t post bad, blurry photos, but somehow it feels perfectly appropriate to post baby bouncing blurriness since the pictures convey the pure glee felt here by Alana:

And the new sleep position of choice. She rolled onto her stomach to nap a couple of weeks ago and hasn’t looked back. But the stomach-sleeping has morphed into this: now she tucks her little legs up underneath and stays this way the whole time the sleeps. Soincrediblycute. ah.

Here we are at Panera a few days ago getting to meet one of Rich’s clients, Kristen. Somehow we totally forgot to take a self-portrait with her, but you can check our their engagement session here if you’d like! Kristen, it was wonderful to meet you, and I am so excited about your upcoming wedding! Congratulations!!!

I did snap a few photos of Alana perched in her high chair and tasting the table…

Why play with toys when you can eat table tops?

And on Saturday night we enjoyed a housewarming party for Mikie and Naomi. Rich and I considered it a mini-date since a friend of ours, Beth, played with Alana in another room for the majority of our visit!

Me and my prince..

On a side note, anyone who knows our good friend Shanika (who was a bridesmaid in our wedding!), be sure to go to Rich’s blog and check out the engagement photos that were just posted!!! And be sure to leave some “blog love” while you there, telling Rich what an amazing job he did! We are so excited about Ben and Shanika’s upcoming wedding!

And that is a little glimpse of our week

Stay tuned for some fun pictures soon, since my MOM is coming to town next week! She’ll be here for a week, and it will inevitably fly by. We will be sure to post lots of pictures from her visit and cannot WAIT to see her!!! Hurry up, mom!!!