My sister in law and I decided to take pictures for each other when they were visiting. So she took ours and I took theirs. She did such a great job! I love them. Thanks Cami!
Just before these pictures on the wall Jacob had tripped and fallen into a cactus, poor kid had barbs in his knees and legs. He was a pretty good sport.
We had some REALLY cute visitors come for the weekend. Can you believe how sweet Emma is? Oh I just love her to pieces, seriously adorable.
And Lily, she so much fun and full of personality! Here she’s taking pictures with this (retired) cell phone, what a doll!
They brought us a present too, their cardboard coloring play house! It was crowding their apartment and my girls were all too happy to let it stay at our house.
Speaking of pictures, my girls have taken to using my camera (with permission). Sure, it’s risky letting them hold something so heavy and expensive that I can’t afford to replace… man it makes it seem worse when I type it out, but I also love them to try new things! And let’s be honest, am I going to have any pictures of me during this phase of life any other way? :) Here’s some of their photography from May… I’ll leave out the photos of dressers and such.
Anyway, back to our visitors… we always have a great time when they come!
I love having a guest room/bathroom so people can come stay! It’s awesome.
Thanks for coming to visit Matt and Cami!
I pain-stakingly choose a paint color for our entry. It took me months to choose and then I waited for the paint to go on sale, got a pint sample and painted swatches on every wall, including a large 3 foot by 5 foot section on a wall before buying the 2 gallons of paint we needed. I choose Sherwin Williams (now you know why I waited for it go go on sale) Crushed Ice. It’s a light gray… or so I thought…
NOPE!!!! It turned out blue in my entry way. WEIRD that the swatches I painted looked gray, but after we painted all of those 20 foot walls, we stepped back and said… “aaaaaa, it’s blue.” It looked, without question, to be a true gray everywhere else except on our walls! We didn’t like it and the tape and drop cloths were not removed, we had to fix it. I was so sad! And scared to pick another paint color, I felt like I had done everything right!! I seriously have paint selection anxiety. Does anyone have a secret to picking good paint colors? I’d love to hear.
Sophie helped me document the painting process though. These pictures make me kind of angry like the one of Dan installing the dishwasher (that flooded), if only we knew what was going to happen… Anyway I think the bum shot is especially good at showing a child’s perspective. :)
And here’s some pictures of my girls playing Just Dance Kids! on the Wii. They’re really cute if I do say so myself!
They’re not only cute, they’re totally normal!! well, sort of. Sophie’s picture is from “crazy day” she wore mismatched and backwards clothes, and crazy hair, obviously. She was the most crazily dressed kid in her class that I saw, I love that she’s so confident. You rock Sophie! Don’t ever change.
Making silly faces at dinner… or was it breakfast??? They are wearing pajamas… weird. Anyway, so Sophie has a pillow behind her back and an ace bandage around her torso because she was lying on the couch complaining her back hurt too much to eat, so I wrapped her up and carried her to the table. Apparently it didn’t hurt too much to put a cheerleader dress up on, just sayin’. Tessa is really good at silly faces, she makes us all laugh, hard.
Yep, they’re normal! You’re just going to have to trust me on this. ;) Sure do love them, I am totally livin’ the life! Aren’t I? Just so lucky to get to hang out with these characters everyday.
We started this photo shoot idea when Sophie was a few weeks old and ever since my mom has demanded asked that all of her kids take a picture of her grandkids on their fathers’ hand to be framed for her home. It’s a fun tradition. I have to say that newborns are hard to photograph!
I must admit: I am a lazy photographer, I don’t take much time to set things up, it’s definitely my weakness in photography. I hate posing people or thinking about the details of how everything should look. I just like to shoot pictures of the kids as they play or couples as they interact, I can make pictures work in most situations but creating the situation is quite different.
Newborns take a ton of posing, planning, and patience. You know all those cute posed pictures you see of newborns sleeping in different places/poses… they look so care free but they’re not! Those photographers have to heat the surfaces so the kids will sleep there, moms have to time feedings and naps so they baby will be ready… ugh, not my cup of tea!
So here are the photos we took on the spur of the moment, without planning, heating or lighting equipment, not as good as the others, but good enough for us! :)
He’s such a handsome boy! He reminds us of both of our girls, but he seems to have a different nose, it’s more manly.
Here’s our attempt at doing a boy-ish prop, with the girls I used bows, pearls, and a feather boa… but this is all I could come up with for a boy, a star blanket and a toy basketball. It works I think. Oh, I just want to go kiss him looking at these pictures!!
Just for fun, here’s a side by side (by side) comparison of our 3 kiddos, I’ve been thinking he looks EXACTLY like Tessa lately, but now that I have put their pictures next to each other, I think Jacob looks a bit like both of his older sisters!
What do you think? Does he look like me or Dan? I think he looks a ton like his dad’s baby photo! But everyone says he looks a lot like me, maybe it’s the eyes? It doesn’t matter, of course. But it’s always fun to see the similarities!
We love you Jacob!!
