beautiful b&w

Here is my beautiful Rowan in black and white.  She is scandalously spoiled, very loving, a huge daddy's girl, and sweet as pie- when she wants to be.  She's a beauty on the outside (in my very biased opinion) but it is her kisses, her deep belly laughs, her little sing-song voice, and her pure joy for life is what makes her really beautiful.  Rowan can be a handful for sure, but we like our hands full around here.

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heart

Here are the men in my life.  My own two funny Valentines.  How much do they love me?  Enough to put on matching outfits and lie on cold concrete!  That's true love if you didn't know.

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oh so silly

Here is Brian and Rowan being oh so silly.  Don't worry, she's not really smoking a pipe.  She's more of a Marlboro girl. 

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by the book

Sometimes this boy lives his life by this book, but mostly he's sweet as pie.  Mostly.

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ihf- family fun

We tried.  We really tried to get a picture of us all smiling at the camera for our Christmas card.  But this is what we got instead.  And guess what?  I love it even more.  And I DID use it on our Christmas card anyway.  Because it shows what life is really like at our house, wriggly, giggly littles and all. 

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best of 2011

Best of 2011.  This was so hard to narrow down, but I do love this shot.  It's definitely one of my favorites of the year, and my definite favorite of Fletcher.  My littles are the blessings in my life, and the best reason for me to pick up a camera! 

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ihf- bust a gut

I didn't have a picture in mind until I snapped this shot tonight while Brian and Rowan were playing.  She loves the horsing around with her Papa.  I love watching them!

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autumn splendor

Autumn splendor is the theme this week for i heart faces.  We took a long walk in the woods yesterday, and I had a hard time picking out my favorite.  This one is probably in my top 5 of the day.

You can't see it, but Brian is holding Rowan up high over his head.  And I love how it looks like she's trying to taste the leaves.  Our crazy little girl.

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black

This week's i heart faces theme is "black."  So here is Fletcher borrowing one of Brian's vintage black hats.

  I do love it when the men in my life wear hats. 

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let them be little

I haven't participated in a photo challenge in so long, but this is such a great theme, I couldn't wait to jump back in. 

I can't help but let these littles be little.  If they both want a cuddle in this mama's lap, then I am all for it.  They get so busy being toddlers, that it can be hard to get them to cuddle.  Thanks to Brian for actually taking this picture.  I DID do all the editing, though. 

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i heart faces: touch of sun

Touch of sun with Thomas.  And our Fletcher was the happiest boy in the world this day!  Check out more touch of sun photos as i heart faces.

i heart faces: beautiful eyes

It was hard to pick just one photo of Rowan's beautiful eyes, but I think this one captures them perfectly.  What is so great about her baby blues are the golden flecks in them.  So pretty and unusual!  And so fun to photograph.   For more beautiful eyes, go to i heart faces.



i heart faces: friendship

Here's our Rowan with her little friend, Dorothy.  They are waiting for the next adult to take them for a spin!  For more friendship, go to i heart faces.

i heart faces: props

Our bathroom's prop: the clawfoot tub.  Rowan enjoys her baths!  She's a waterbaby.  Go see more cool prop photos at i heart faces!

i heart faces: red, white & blue

My red, white & blue includes my Brian and my Rowan.  She's a daddy's girl through and through.  Just wait until she realizes he's not only her hero, but all of our's, too.

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Independence Day!  We'll be with family and friends, eating, drinking, and being merry.  I wish the same for all of you.

i heart faces: a touch of whimsy

Here's our very own touch of whimsy- Rowan, our chubby ballerina! 

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i heart faces: let's hear it for the boys

Again, you're welcome for that awesome earworm.  I took this picture over the past weekend at the Highland Games Festival near us.  Fletcher was way more into the kiddie area than all the bagpipers, dogs, and games.  I loved that this older man driving the kiddie train was so into it, all dressed up and greeting each child, and was so child-like himself.  Like a forever boy, still in love with trains.  The look on Fletcher's face says it all.

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i heart faces: bright and vivid

Well, I'm pretty late with the photo entry this week.  But we were pretty busy with realtors telling us that our house is worth roughly $75,000 less than what we paid for it.  And we'd like to stay, we really would, but you know that army.  Always moving us around like we're... uh... soldiers.  Such is the military life!  We'll figure something out, though.  We're good little soldiers like that.  So back to i heart faces.  Bright and vivid this week!  Here's what I got- Rowan and the car.  Pretty bright and vivid for sure.

i heart faces: from a distance

I know.  I have that stupid song in my head now, too.  Sorry 'bout that.  Here's Rowan, from a distance.  Shooting through our deck posts provided me with a lot of shots of Rowan out of focus and lots of really sharp in focus deck posts.  What can I say?  I'm awesome.

i heart faces: picture of the month

*UPDATE: nevermind on the voting, they did it differently this time and chose 100 to vote for- not mine!

This week's i heart faces is People's Choice. Which means YOU can go vote for it.  Just to clarify, it is NOT a cutest kids contest or something like that.  I think some of you thought that was the case the last time I did this. It was really hard to go through my gabillion pictures and pick just one, but I of course picked one of my own kids.  Of course.  Here's Fletcher, laughing at the big fountain faces in Millenium Park in Chicago.  If you're liking my photo and want to vote for it, or just want to see some really awesome pictures, then click on the link above.

Summer weather, splashing in the fountain, hanging out dowtown all equals pure joy for our family.  And the joy is written all over Fletcher's face here.  That's why I picked this one.