Strawberry Lovin'

My sweet girl eating her first strawberry.As you'll see, she loved it and didn't want me to take it away at all.She kept grabbing my hand and pulling it towards her.Oh, and she kicks my phone out of my hand part-ways through. Oops. Like my blog? If so, please vote for me! It only takes two little clicks.

Snapshot Sunday

This sweet girl with that sweet face has my heart.

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Fear

I have a confession to make. And it's a pretty highly embarrassing one at that. Are you ready? ....I have Coccinellidaephobia. What, never heard of it? I'm shocked. Not really though, because it's the fear of ladybugs. Yes, you read that right.  I'm afraid of ladybugs. 

I have absolutely no idea where this came from, but it's true. And now that it's Summertime I'm condemned to being freaked out by the little creepers every time I take Kaetana to the park, or downtown, or anywhere outdoors for that matter. And I'm not even really sure what it is about them that scares me. Most people seem to think they're "cute" and wonderful, and they do seem to adorn a majority of little girl's items everywhere. But I persevere because little girls love ladybugs. Which means Kaetana will most likely love them too, so I'm really trying to get over my impulse to scream and run away whenever they're in my general vacinity. (Which reminds me of a funny time a couple years ago when an old friend and I were drinking - well, actually I was drinking and she was pregnant - inside. We were sitting at the dining room table and I look down to find a ladybug chilling happily on my arm. I basically sprinted to the living room waving my arms screaming "WHAT ARE THE ODDS?!" and having a mini drunken panic attack. Ha.)  

 Anyways there you have it. My biggest fear is ladybugs. 

Followed closely by driving off a cliff to my death and elevators. Ack.

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the week according to my cell phone

I'm spending tomorrow at my Aunt's house having a family yard sale (and hopefully selling all of Kaetana's old stuff!) so I won't be around. I thought I'd go ahead and post some photos off my cell phone from this past week, seeing as I always take a ton. I might even try to do this at the end of every week. :)

sittin' pretty ; new glasses ; attacking the phone!

spending the morning with grandma ; my view from the front seat ; brunch

first sippy cup experience ; nap time with daddy ; helping with laundry

fajitas for dinner ; playing at the park ; first time in a high chair

 These aren't really in any particular order. Maybe next time I'll do it that way, though!Everyone have a fun, and safe, Memorial Day Weekend.♥Like my blog? If so, please vote for me! It only takes two little clicks.

sears portrait studio

As everyone is aware by now, I take about a million photos of Kaetana a day. I love that I can go back and see how much she's already changed (as though it's not obvious!) and that I've kept such great documentation of her life thus far. That being said, despite the many photos I do take of Kaetana on my own, I still head over to Sears once a month to get a "professional" portrait done of her. I bought a year's membership for $10 which gets me a free 8x10 with each visit, no sitting fee, and buy-one-get-one on any other sheets I decide to get. This, my friends, is an awesome deal! And our Sears is actually really great which is lucky because I know some of their studios have the worst photographers. Anyways, I thought I'd go ahead and show you her 4 month photos we just picked up yesterday.

I got that top photo (3 panel collage - 8x10), middle (8x10) and bottom (5x7 plus 4 wallets - 2 sets) for $20 total. So really I'd totally suggest any Mom to go check out their local department store studio (not walmart) and see what kind of work they do. It's affordable if you know what you're doing, and the results can be really great. Plus, who doesn't want cheesy studio portraits of their kids?


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