9/52

"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

penny: you were pretty sick this past week. between your cold, and your molars popping through, you were fairly grumpy much of the week. our big outing ended up being a trip to the post office where you fully enjoyed peeling shipping labels, and hearing your voice echo in the hallway as you sang. a nice reminder to your mama that not all of our adventures need to be expertly planned for you to have a good time!

and now, as suggested by jodi, i'd love start sharing my favorite photo from another bloggers 52 project each week. this week it's THIS adorable picture of little lamb. not only is it the picture that gets me, but also what is written along with it. i think it's so hard for children to imagine that their parents were once young too. i think it'll be so interesting when i eventually have these conversations with penny. if you haven't seen any of Lamb loves Fox's 365 project yet i definitely recommend checking it out. adorable daily posts, you can't go wrong!

golden sun and muddy toes

this past sunday was chock full of the good things in life, and i was happily left thankful by the end of it. thankful for marrying into a big family, with so many aunts, uncles, and cousins that love our girl. thankful for sunshine, and that first taste of spring that leaves you wishing desperately for more. thankful for muddy kids, and glasses of wine in the afternoon. yup, last sunday was a keeper for sure!

now if only every day could be a sunday...

biker baby shower

a couple weekends ago evan and i threw together a little baby shower/hang out day for our best buds, adam and steph. they have 2 somewhat more traditional baby showers coming up, so we just wanted to give them a day to kick back at the ol' motorcycle clubhouse, and spend some time with friends. and as anyone with a new baby can tell you, kicking back with friends is a luxury sometimes not found.

so here's an over share of pictures from the day, because the contrast of hairy bikers and baby goods is something i can't resist!

we love these two crazy kids, and can not wait to see them in their new rolls as mama & papa!

8/52

"a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2013."

 

penny: this past week has been the week of impromptu bath parties for you. we both have a bit of a cold, and with the weather being so chilly we have to get creative with ways to pass our afternoons. luckily you're down for a bath any time of day, and this gives you a good solid hour of pure joy when you're feeling kinda crumby.

first snow...

all last week my trusty weather app was saying there was a good chance of snow all day saturday. saturday morning came, no snow. lunch time saturday came, no snow. somewhere around 3pm saturday i started cursing said trusty weather app for getting my hopes up, and then 4pm rolled around.

we were driving home from running a bunch of errands, and as we were just a minute away from our house, the sky down the road looked noticeably grey and cloudy. we decided to drive past our normal turn to see what the devil was going on. it was the long awaited snow, and boy did it ever not disappoint! we decided to head on home, and by the time we got to our driveway it was a full on snow storm. we quickly bundled penn up and took her out to see her first snow...

^^she didn't think the snowballs thrown at her were nearly as hilarious as i did^^

i think she would have stayed outside until her fingers fell off, but seeing as we're southerners without proper snow attire, our little frolic outside lasted about 5 minutes. i'm pretty sure it was one of the most glorious 5 minutes of her 13 months so far.