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Sunday fun + Haircuts

My favortie picture from the day.

Baby C's stats

Baby C had her 9 month well visit yesterday
She is 24 lbs + 31 1/2 inches
She is huge...95th percentile for weight + completely off the charts for height
She is so tall the Dr. asked the nurse to remeasure... twice! (yeah, we are thinking basketball scholarship :)
She is thinking about walking, but still very timid. Plus she scoots super fast.
She is quite a chatter box...mama, dada, baba, uh-oh, Hi!, Boo!, + GG (which sounds more like DeeDee)
Baby C is such a combo of her two big sisters + has her own little spark too.

A Little Visitor

Saturday night BP came running out of the playroom all in a dither because "something was in the tree house." (The tree house was BB's birthday gift from us this year + the girls love it.) We snuck into the playroom and perched in the fake branches of the tree was a little bird. A real bird! It was doing its best to remain still despite the 5 of us staring at it + the girls getting all excited by its presence. Barefoot Dad grabbed some gloves, scooped it up, + released it outside. We figured it must have flown inside earlier in the day when the girls were playing outside + had left the door open. We all laughed so hard that it had been hanging out in the tree all afternoon.

Home of the Week

This Boerum Hill beauty was featured in the NYT real estate section yesterday. I just happened to be reading that section on the way to Brooklyn yesterday + we just happened to be in the same neighborhood to get the girls haircuts, so we strolled over for the open house. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, lots of sun-filled living space, garden views out the windows, great neighborhood, and totally affordable. It is nice to see a different kind of home with a different design style.

smitten

I am totally smitten with the idea of a claw foot shower! Genius... Plus I love the happy colors of this bathroom.

BB turns 3!!!

Our little spitfire turned 3 on Wednesday! She celebrated with her friends + teachers at school. Then the 5 of us had her favorite dinner (chicken w/ veggies) + cake together that night.

Halloween 2010

Snow White, Pochahontas, and Baby Giraffe

It was really cold here on Halloween. We saw rain and then snowflakes, but we tried to make the best of it. The girls made it about an hour before they got too cold and then ask to "trick or treat from the car." So we drove to Grace + Anna's Grandma and Grandpa's house and hung out there.

Mother's Day 2010 Picture taken by Cynthia

Grandma Ruth or "Lady Ruth" would be a better name. You will be missed by many!

I am praying I can do as good of a job being a mom to our three daughter as Ruth did with her three daughters.

I hope she gives us guidance + strength from above...especially during the teenage years :)

Prayers Please...

Found this picture this morning while straightening up our house. (1979 Barefoot Dad + Grandma Ruth)

We visited Grandma Ruth just last night. She is not feeling well + needs prayers.

Stone Cottage

Ok, so this one was not in a magazine this month, but it totally could be. (I took these pictures this morning with Baby c on my hip.) This little stone cottage is a few miles away + is one of our new property management houses. It is design perfection in my book. I loved it the second I stepped foot in the door. So cozy + warm. A perfect place to escape the city for a weekend. Curl up by the fire with a book. Enjoy a yummy pot roast dinner. Collect leaves on a fall hike. You get the picture. Enjoy the pics...Happy Friday!

Musical Giraffe

Baby C / Baby Giraffe at her Music Together class this week. She loves, loves, loves this class! She picked up a shaker on day 1 + started kicking her legs to the beat. From that moment on she was totally into Music Together.

Checking in with BP + BB

BP...looking all sweet with her ringlets. Looks can be deceiving. Haha.. She has finally adjusted to Kindergarten + going to school 5 full days. She is reading like crazy + asking us questions that we are not sure of the answers. Echolocation anyone? She is also pulling the teenage attitude every now + then. Fun..fun!

BB... She just looks like trouble right?

BB is loving school. She brings home a new song or story every m-w-f. She also has brought home a few new words i.e. Poopyhead. Lovely, and I guess I cannot blame school entirely. She could have come up with that on her own. Anyway...she is so animated, outgoing, + full of energy.

She will be three in one week. She wants a Spiderman + and cannonball for her birthday. I kid you not.

9 Months

Yeah...We are in shock too. Before you know it she will be blowing out her first candle.

Granny Chair

BP in the "granny chair" the day we brought it home. We found it at a local antique store for $15. Total steal! It is in great shape, has great lines, + is the perfect size to put in our kitchen. They don't make furniture like they used to + I plan to reupholster it in a flax colored linen. Now if I could just found another similar size one to put on the other side of the little table.

Basement Project

Been busy with little design / construction project in our basement the last couple of weeks. Barefoot Dad is finally going to get a home office. He really needs it! He gave up his when Baby C was born + truth be told he deserves a man place. A place to escape from the sorority house feeling he sometimes gets living with 4 girls!

The two contractors are finishing up today then we have the floor guy coming + we are going to tackle the painting ourselves. It turned out to be a pretty cool space. I will show more pics when it is finished, but here is a sneak peak of one of the sliding barn doors. My vision for the space was rustic with an urban / modern edge. Think Soho loft meets country barn. Rod + Pete, the contractors totally got my scratch pad drawings, internet print-outs + verbal descriptions. They were amazing at putting the vision to life. So now Barefoot Dad will have a place to call his own, a place to organize his office on wheels, and a place to escape the girly madness upstairs :)

'Sconset

Some random pics from the little village we stayed in a month ago on Nantucket Island.

New Art

"Hay Bales" created by Mary Ann Wentworth (my aunt). Sent to me via Aunt Ya-Ya (my other aunt)...Thanks for thinking of me! I love, love, love them. So does the rest of the fam.

Whaling Museum

On day 6 of our trip there was a threat of rain so we hit the Whaling Museum. Aunt Kim + Uncle Finn had just arrived on the island so they joined the fun. It was such a cool museum. BP, Daddy + Uncle Finn listened to a 40 minute presentation on whales + the whaling era while Aunt Kim, Baby C, BB + I explored the museum. We found the coolest children's room where we spent most of our time chatting + playing. BP, who is studying habitats in school this year, the first being the ocean, was mesmerized by the experience. When I was a kid visiting Nantucket the Whaling Museum was a tiny little brick building. They have made so much improvement to it in recent years. I definitely recommend it to anyone visiting the island or even the Cape.