valentines day

As usual, I'm a bit late on my post, but happy (belated) valentines day to everyone. hope everyone felt all the love in the air! I don't normally dress baby girl in pink.. probably because my favorite color is purple and I secretly want her to loove purple too. guess it's not much of a secret anymore. oops. BUT for valentines day/week I made much of an exception. finally being able to fit into many of her too cute for words outfits came at a wonderful time. 

it would be terribly rude of me not to share, so here is our valentines week in pictures!

yes, those are tights.

much love to laud for this lovely number

there's no way we were getting through vday w/o a tutu!!

I know I'm in trouble considering every time I pull the camera or iPhone out to take a picture I get an automatic pose or smile. so fun, so precious.  

xo

family photos

As I mentioned in a previous post... my family (parents, bro n sis) and our little family took some family pictures over our Christmas break in Denver! My aunt Jan did such a wonderful job and we are so so happy with the outcome :) 

here's a little peak:

(all photos belong to Jan Silva from d-n-jphotography)

thanks again auntie and can't wait to do some more when we're back this summer? sounds good to me ;)

xo

six months young

little girl finally got over her ear infections-- thank God they were only "mild"-- so we were definitely on for our Denver trip. traveling without Ryan, or anyone else for that matter, caused me very much anxiety. anxiety that, in the end, was definitely not needed. I ended up sitting next to a very nice woman named Diane, whose daughters live in Denver. Diane shared with me that she had her kids when it didn't matter where you nursed. She said she was very much a rebel in the sense that she didn't care who saw what and if they didn't want to see anything they could help themselves and turn away. I wonder how women like that do it.  Public nursing is sooo not my strong point... And I doubt I will ever actually feel comfortable doing it outside of my home. I envy those women who don't care. I know I care too much. I wish I didn't, but I don't ever see myself being less anxious. Calm and collected will never be an adjective used to describe me. 

 We're glad we made it to Denver and back home safely. The houses we looked at with my parents were wonderful and it's good to know that they'll have a place to call home come March! 

I'm so glad were able to go visit family out of state like we have been these past few months. And thanks to Ry for being a trooper while we were gone for a week... I don't know how he managed without us ;) 

Francesca's six months. No words. It's all so surreal. Thinking back, or even looking back through all of her pictures... I know I say this a lot, but seriously- six months already?!

a few days young

six months young

Franc's six month appointment was yesterday and she is developing wonderfully! She now weighs a whopping 14.5lbs. No wonder my arms feel more toned... and why I almost break my back every time I lift her car seat from the car! Her head is definitely a Kerr head- big just like her daddy. And she is average in length! We need to get working on the whole sitting-on-her-own thing. THAT is this months goal!

cheers to staying young and relaxing.

xo