This month snuck up on me! I realized last night that I hadn’t blogged since last Wednesday, so instead of doing another Wordless Wednesday yesterday, I wanted to go ahead and post a bunch of recent photos with some commentary on our June thus far.
First up, I finally got around to grabbing some photos of Alana on her big ladybug pillow. This pillow was given to me by my mom years ago when I was in the midst of a ladybug obsession phase. It’s a little embarrassing to admit, but it may have even been in high school…I can’t remember! Regardless, I loved ladybugs and had them all over my room. Ladybug pillows, beanbags, keychains, oh, I don’t even know what else. Paraphernalia. But, please, having learned this information, do not go buy anything ladybug oriented for me – I no longer collect them.
I do, however, accept Starbucks, Target, Baby Gap, and Fossil gift cards.
I think my parents stored this pillow in their garage while I was away at college and then gave it back to me when I got married. It’s been in a bag in my garage for years and I recently realized that Alana might actually get some fun use out of it! As soon as I unwrapped it Alana was a fan. She loves it! It’s become her “baby book nook” as I like to call it, and I finally got around to documenting it!
I’m partial, but that is a CUTE baby girl perched atop her ladybug pillow!
Having fun with my 16-35mm wide angle lens in the living room…while Alana plays on the fireplace…where she is not supposed to be…
Moving on to photos of mohawk bath timeI thought it would be funny…and it was. So I grabbed my camera and took pictures. Poor little thing didn’t know why I was laughing
Then we had a fun treat on Friday! Our friend Sarah Holland came in town and we had lunch with her!
It was very hard to believe that it had been over a year since we’d met Sarah and her hubby Blake, and looking back on the photos from that day, I cracked up at how tiny (and bald!) Alana was!
Then, shortly after we met them in April of last year, Rich had the opportunity to photograph them, which you can see here on his blog! I adore their photos, and Sarah is one of those people who a photographer just LOVES, because not only does she love and appreciate her images from the session, but she has them printed and all over her house! It’s like a Rich Smith Photography studio there! Sweet!!!
We had a great time meeting up for lunch with Rich at Panera and then Sarah and I headed back to our house to chat and catch up! It was great to see her and here’s our little self-portrait! Alana opted out of the photo by looking down.
Then this week Alana and I enjoyed our first couple of pool trips of the summer! Aunt Pixie and Uncle Nick moved in to a new apartment on our side of town, and…they have a pool! We are SO excited! We will be able to enjoy her pool all summer and I’m hoping that Alana gets over her fear and maybe she’ll even be having a blast at the pool by summer’s end.
I had my camera when we went to the pool with Aunt Pixie but I didn’t like the photos, so the ones below are from our second pool adventure this week! My friends Becca and Diana invited us over for a wonderful relaxing day at Becca’s house to lounge (well, as much as you can when there are kids involved!) by her pool! Here is Alana having a little poolside fun. Next time I’ll try to get some photos of her IN the pool. Once she learns she can let go of her death grip on me long enough for me to grab my camera and snap a few photos of her in her super cute floaty thing.
(Thank you for letting us borrow Kate’s hat, Becca!)
Do you notice the big red welt on alana’s neck and right arm? I’ve been to the Dr. twice now for these, and we think Alana is allergic to mosquito bites. The area swells up, gets bright red, feverish, and (eww) even a little yellowish and hard and bumpy. My sister said it looked just like poison ivy, but Alana has not seemed itchy at all. We had just finished a round of topical antibiotics for a bite earlier this week when she got three more bites. Poor thing. I think I need to do some research and find some insect repellant that is safe for super sensitive skin like Alana’s. She breaks out if I use something harsh on her skin. Any advice, friends?
Self-portrait! Me and my sweet pea.
Thanks for coming along on our June so far!
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