Week in Pictures {May 27-30, 2014}

A few iphone photos from our week!  Getting closer and closer to our move away from Austin!

My grocery shopping buddy!  I have already become a pro at getting groceries with 2 kids.  I actually love having Lane and Ellis as company at the store!  (Most of the time...)

Love that dimple!

Lane begged for a piece of pizza from HEB.  It was huge!!

Big pout from Miss Ellis

Ellis' version of tummy time.  From early on, she always pushed with her legs.  Pretty strong for not even a 2 month old!  Good thing I was watching her closely, or she may have ended up with a carpet burn on her forehead.  :)

A mirror pic with Mom before bath time

 

Clean baby girl!

Sweet little smile

Gotta love those squishy lips!  I love when she sleeps on my shoulder.

Breastfeeding pictures usually make me crazy, but I snapped this to remember my view this night.  Lane fell asleep in our bed while Kyle was gone to a late work event, and I loved having both of my babies snuggling up!

Lane has enjoyed his new guitar and still LOVES to dress up in costume.  This is by far one of my favorite dress up outfits!  He has developed a new obsession with the song "Rodeo" by Garth Brooks, and asks Kyle to play it on his iphone over and over.  With Lane's outstanding memory, he was quickly able to memorize the words and loves pretending to be Garth!

 

A little taste of his showmanship...

"And they call the thing-a rodeoooo."

Big stretches after a long week!  You can see a little bit of gray-ness on Ellis' belly button.  She had to go to the doc this week for an umbilical granuloma.  Basically that means that a little bit of her umbilical stump didn't dry up completely after her cord fell off.  The doc applied some silver nitrate to dry it up.  Worked like a charm!

Sweet Six Weeks

I bought Ellis a keepsake outfit from Tiny Sprouts just like the one I bought Lane when he was born.  I was excited to order a pink one this time!  I remember Lane was 9 weeks old when he barely started to fit into his outfit and Ellis had almost outgrown hers when I put it on her at 6 weeks!  

Ellis Paige - 6 Weeks Old

 

Here is Lane's picture for comparison.  I think the sleeping pictures of them really resemble each other!  The most noticeable difference to me is Lane's eyelashes compared to Ellis'!  He had the darkest, longest lashes from early on and Ellis' are really light and not near as long.  We can't all be so lucky, I guess!  Long eyelashes or not, she's still a beauty!

Lane Austen - 9 Weeks Old

Remembering Papa John

May 27th is always tough.  Thinking back to the day that my dad passed away from ALS 8 years ago is still as sad as it has always been.  I know I have talked about the disease on the blog before, so I'll just let the pictures do the talking on this post!  

Mom had a onesie made for Lane using one of Dad's old ties and brought it to me in the hospital when he was born.  I knew I wanted him to wear it on the anniversary of Dad's death!  I took some special pictures of Lane wearing the tie onesie that I will always treasure!

Now that Ellis is here, I wanted to do something similar!  I got creative and made a hair bow with one of Dad's ties that I had kept.  We had a photo shoot and she was so happy and content!  I like to think it is because she knew she was honoring her Papa John, who would have loved her so much!

I used the remainder of the tie to put on Lane.  Papa John would have gotten such a kick out of this kid!  I know they would have been best buddies and enjoyed lots of things together.  Building things, working in the yard, breakfast dates to IHOP, and playing ball outside.  It makes my heart hurt just thinking about how much I wish he could have met his grandkids!

Special kids wearing a special man's tie.  Priceless!

Memorial Day Weekend 2014

Memorial Day weekend was sort of our last, full weekend in Austin before our move.  The next weekend we were in DFW for Ellis' Sip & See and a birthday party, and the next weekend was spent frantically packing before the move-out.  We planned a big garage sale for that Saturday to purge some of the things we just didn't need anymore.  It is amazing how much can be accumulated in just 2 years!  Prepping for the garage sale was torturous, but we got everything outside and ready bright and early that morning.  Before Kyle even finished putting the signs out, we had about 5 cars unloading and playing let's make a deal.  

Luckily, Ellis and Lane slept late, and when E woke up, I quickly fed her inside and headed back out to help Kyle.  She slept the whole rest of the time in my arms.  Lane had fun playing with the neighbor kids outside while we worked.

How many people do you think asked "How much for the baby?"  Answer:  Almost all of them.

We finished up pretty early and headed inside.  Lane's friend Breck from next door came over for a while to play.  Lane LOVES Breck.  He is a couple years older than Lane, so Lane thinks he is pretty cool.  They enjoyed some mac n' cheese for lunch and headed back upstairs to play in the playroom for the rest of the afternoon.

 

We stayed home and took it easy Saturday night, and Sunday we went out for a family dinner at a restaurant we had been wanting to try before we moved.  Since it was Memorial Day Weekend, I dressed the kids in red/white/blue.  I just love a kiddo dressed in patriotic colors!

Daddy didn't get the patriotic memo, so he snapped a picture of his 3 loves who were sporting red, white, and blue!  I love how Lane is holding Ellis' foot!

 

Lane agreed to the picture, but only with his microphone and microscope in his pocket.

 

Some snapshots of the little lady in her patriotic attire.

 

We went to dinner at Salty Sow, and we both loved it!  I have really branched out on my food preferences and will try new things way more than I ever used to.  We got some special deviled eggs and duck fat fries with an egg on top.  These were the 2 recommended appetizers that the restaurant was well known for.  If you would have asked me to try this 10 years ago I would probably have gagged just thinking about it.  I have to say, both were really, really good!  Our meals were really good too, and the presentation was unique.  I got braised short ribs with potatoes and carrots that came in a little skillet.  I didn't take a picture, but ate every bite!

Salty Sow gets 2 thumbs up!  (Even though Lane took his own little dinner in his lunchbox.)

Monday was Memorial Day, and also my Mom's birthday!  We hated to miss it, but planned to celebrate it the next weekend when we would be in town.  I apologize for the alarming number of pictures of Ellis following this paragraph.  We got dressed in our red, white and blue again and headed to Kyle's boss, Dave's house for a going away dinner.  Ellis' outfit was so simple, but paired with her tiny flag bow, I thought she looked adorable!  She was so alert and happy, so I just kept snapping pictures like crazy!  I still think these are some of the cutest pictures she has ever taken, and most of them are from my iphone!

My favorite...

  

The first of many "twin" outfits for Mommy and Ellis!  Navy tops with red skinnies for the win!

 

We had a great time at Dave and his wife Allie's house.  Dave did the same exact MBA program at Kellogg as Kyle did, so Allie had lots of tips and recommendations for me!

Cuddling a bit in Lane's bed before calling it a night.

 

And I will leave you with a  little entertainment.  Since we couldn't be with Mums on her birthday, Lane serenaded her on his new guitar.  My very own little Blake and Miranda!   :)