Henry’s 4 month pictures were taken at a park located on Lake Michigan. We had an absurdly windy day, but sunny and lovely. Poor Henry had a solid blowout poop/pee mid-photoshoot, that wasn’t noticed until we were just about done… so, if he looks pissed, he is! haha Literally.
I loved how these photos turned out. They definitely reminded me of our engagement photos, which are my favorites.
See… aren’t these amazing:
But I digress… (sorry for attempting to steal the show, Henry)!
Within a week of little Henry’s arrival, we took Henry’s newborn photos. I don’t remember all the details, as I was in a blurry state of exhaustion, but I do remember that it did not go amazingly. My GIANT baby refused to sleep like a newborn. He cried and cried for the first 3/4 of the session and then slept super lightly for the last quarter.
We had planned to schedule another mini session to get a few more photos, but I got lazy and didn’t want to endure the torture. Regardless, his pictures are cute! Not my favorite photo session, but definitely some very sweet shots. As you’ll see, my little ham also tried to steal the show with some 2-year-old shots.
I noticed yesterday that I have yet to post any of Henry’s professional photos. For Henry, we did photos in the hospital when Charlie was there visiting. This is the “Fresh 48” and I am SO happy that we did them. They’re amazing and special and give me all the feels.
We had a really nice Valentine’s Day! My amazingly sweet husband snuck out of the house early to surprise me with flowers at my office.
But before I saw my flowers, Marky took charge with both kiddos so I could get into work early…
At lunch, hubby came by to spend time with Henry and I.
And then we put the kiddies to bed early (after an adorable evening with them), ordered Thai food (Marky was even home from work early), and had an at-home date night ❤
My sweet hubs surprised me with a massage gift certificate and the kids and I made him this beautiful little piece of art…
I’ve been so terrible at posting lately ( groundbreaking news: parenting two tiny people and working full time is time consuming).
The babes are great and just so sweet with one another. They really are such buddies. Here’s a funny video from dinner the other night and a couple cute pictures.
We are on day 4 or 5 of Operation Potty Training, which in our home, means that Charlie has been running around in the nude for 4 or 5 days. It’s funny how a little tiny tush can bring a laugh to most situations.
Honestly, the whole thing has been going wonderfully. As of Day 2, we put training during sleep times on hiatus. AKA: C wears a diaper for naps and bedtime. HOWEVER, all other times, it’s potty. And guess what? NO ACCIDENTS!
Besides the pre-hiatus sleep time accidents, C has only had one pee pee accident on the first day. We stupidly put her in undies and pants and she wet herself. That was 4 or more days ago and she’s literally done all other potties in the toilet since.
She’s quite proud and has hopped around the house saying, “I’m cited” (aka I’m excited) on more than one occasion.
She also loves singing the Daniel Tiger song. This morning she added a line to the end of the song…
If you have to go potty, STOP and go right away. Flush and wash and be on your way… and get a treat!
Here’s another little Charlotte original. I call it, “Makin’ PooPoo.” It should be mentioned that no poopoo’s were made during or surrounding the creation of this number.
And for those of you who have 7 minutes to spend watching my hilarious child delay bedtime and be a goof, here’s a silly video…
(Please note my face at exactly 6 minutes in when I realize that I’ve just been played by a 2.5 year old. Please also excuse my attire… I must have forgotten to wear my fancy PJ’s that day.)
Yesterday was my three year blog-a-vers ary! All the way back in the day, when I was 25 (6 years ago), I wrote a bucket list. One of my bucket list items was to write down my stories.
While I haven’t gone back to rewrite the stories of my many shenanigans, I’m happy to have done a decent job keeping up with the present.
It’s so fun to have an outlet to share and preserve this beautiful, hilarious and sometimes downright ridiculous time in our lives.
Playing House 