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| Emily in her flower-girl dress for Dan's sister's wedding. Isn't she just adorable? (Erin was asleep by this point - I promise to add a picture of her from the wedding when I get one!) |
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| Our adorable jack-o-lanterns, complete with tutus, rainboots, and cute pink hats. You'll notice they're not standing next to each other - apparently they were so excited every time they saw each other they shrieked and ran around. |
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| We have Dan's grandma's rocker in the girls' room now. Erin has claimed it as her own. |
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| Me in my bridesmaids' dress for Dan's sister's wedding - lovely wedding for a lovely couple! |
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| Emily and Erin sharing lunch one afternoon. The eating of apple slices is a big deal 'round these parts. |
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| That day that we smelled burning insulation around the dryer, and when I went to unplug it, something was wrong...scary stuff! Thank the Lord for guardian angels who are on the job! |
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| What? You don't get exhausted while you're eating your lunch? |
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| Boots are a big hit with this one. Also Mommy's headbands (see Erin's "necklace"). |
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| One evening where I had the energy to clean before Dan got home from work. A rarity, I can assure you. |
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| Miss Emily, all dressed up after Mass a few weeks ago. |
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| My dad picked out these adorable overalls. He has fantastic taste in clothes, don't you think?! |
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| This is Elmo-the-jack-o-lantern. Emily and Erin were beyond thrilled when he lit up. |
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| Erin is actually just obsessed with shoes at the moment, particularly mine. She struggles a bit with the Birks though. |
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| One night, Emily went to bed at 5 and Erin fell asleep at 6:20. I suddenly had no excuse to put off painting our new bathroom cabinet any longer. |
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| ...lesson learned from above painting project? Paint will always drip beyond the best-laid newspapers. |
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| I succumbed to the boots and tall socks trend for Saturday night Mass last week. Love. |
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| I chased Erin around long enough to get her hair into pigtails. She was greatly distressed, so we haven't tried it again despite - despite - all that cuteness. |
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| One day, I wanted granola with yogurt and we were all out of granola. So I made my own. I am officially a "crunchy" mama now, I suppose. Coconut oil makes excellent vanilla granola, just in case you were wondering. |
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| Emily's favorite new game is to put toys up on the windowsill and play with them. It's quite adorable. (Her second favorite is to walk around the house with a toy in each hand, waving them and singing. I don't have a good picture of this, for somewhat obvious reasons, but I'm working on it.) |
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| This guy whisked me off to the coast for our first date since July - he arranged for the girls to stay with his parents and everything! He's pretty awesome. And, like all awesome husbands (right, Grace?) he likes to read plaques. |
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| I probably shouldn't be bragging about the fact that it's taken me a solid 2 months to get this completed, but all (all!) of our clothes are put away. (Did I mention that we share a 2' deep, 4' wide closet? Vertical space usage was a necessity. There's a step-stool hidden at the bottom.) |
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| This is the one where I attempted to get their attention. I cannot compete with Elmo board books or IKEA cars. It's just not possible. They're just a day shy of 17 months, though, so this could be one of those cute milestone photos - except I don't have a "17" sticker for their fronts. You can imagine it, right? Right. |
