day 29: Today my mom watched the babies for a bit while I was in the home office working on taxes (fun stuff). Paul was asleep but Amelia woke up so she was playing with her and I could hear them in the other room. It’s incredible to me that they are getting so big and so much more interactive. They learn something new every day. Now when you hold things up for them they reach for them and grab them and look at them. I love watching my mom play with them… it makes me realize how amazing they are.

day 28: Today I went for a long walk with the babies in the evening. I love looking up through the trees in our neighborhood and seeing how the late afternoon sun lights up the leaves and makes them glow. I wish I’d stop and notice things like that more often.

day 27: dear new sample album; How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… I just got my new sample album from Forbeyon (the new company I’m using this year) and it’s my new bff, I love it to death! Here’s the sweet cover:

I can’t wait to make these for clients, they’re gonna die when they see how awesome they are!

day 26: The wedding theme continues with Nick and Emma’s engagement photos… I can’t believe I’m about to do this (it’s quite embarassing) but take a look at this post from a few years ago of the two lovebirds 🙂 They were some of my very first couples portrait subjects and now that they’re getting married how could I not say yes to being their wedding photographer?! I like the new portraits just a hair better than the old ones and can’t wait for the wedding 🙂

day 25: holy cow, I can’t believe that in a few short months Allison’s going to get married! How ridiculously exciting is that?! Today was her super fabulous bridal shower at Bonnie’s house. I was glad to have an afternoon out of the house and Ben did an A+ job of watching the babies so that I could have a worry-free outing. Everything was beautifully decorated and super delicious and it couldn’t have been any better! Here is the guest of honor and the super talented hostess 🙂

day 24: Today was not a great day. In fact it was a pretty terrible day. Paul started off the day by crying for the first 30 minutes of his morning nap. Then we went to lunch at Ben’s office. That part went ok. On the way home Paul fell asleep and I decided that instead of driving around for his nap I’d take him into the house and put him in the crib. BAD IDEA. Not only did he not go back to sleep when I took him out, he screamed at me for an hour. So did Amelia. Then they fussed at me for another hour. It was not pretty. I decided to salvage what was left of the afternoon by taking a very long walk after they ate their 3 o’clock bottles. I walked from 4 until almost 6 o’clock and felt much better afterward. I took this on the way.

day 23: Today’s outing was to one of my very favorite (and very overpriced) stores to pick up a dress for my sister’s wedding shower this weekend. Since having the babies I no longer fit into 90% of my old clothing, and especially don’t fit into any dresses. I haven’t thrown them out yet in the hopes that someday they *might* zip again but I’m starting to doubt it. Anyhow here’s my cute new red dress.

day 21: sorry for another late night in the house blog post. I meant to bring my camera when the babies and I headed to the beach this afternoon but I forgot. We didn’t see much anyways, it was windy and they were tired. After dinner Ben and I watched a movie. We’ve taken to watching them in a pile of blankets on the floor in the library since it’s further from the nursery and we don’t want to wake them with the sound of the TV. Herbie likes to get in the pile. I think he likes it because he’s not allowed in our bed and this makes him feel like he’s part of the family 🙂

day 20: sorry this post wasn’t put up last night. I was very very tired. We switched up the babies’ schedule (which made for a long day in itself) and then I wanted to run some errands after dinner and ran into the longest EVER grocery store line. I also picked up a jumperoo for the babies. Yes. A jumperoo. They jump in it I guess 🙂 Isn’t this photo from the instruction manual a little creepy? That’s not my hand camera shake, that’s in the picture. I guess it’s supposed to show jumping?

day 20: how do I love the peanuts? Let me count the ways… they are so darn cute I just can’t stand it. I love their little outfits and little shoes… I just want to eat them up!