Photos for Vanessa

My sister and I took the boys to the park while visiting family in New York. While we were there I took a few pictures of Brendyn & Vanessa. Hope you love them Vanessa!

Let the wild rumpus start!

For Halloween I decided to dress Emma up as a skunk. It seemed to fit her perfectly too, as she can be a very stnky little lady!

With Jacob I decided to get a little more creative. Can you guess what he is?

He's Max. The king of all wild things! From the children's novel Where The Wild Things Are. Jacob adores the book, and withe the movie coming out it got my creative wheels moving!





Let me begin by telling you just how last minute this costume was put together. We bought the supplies for it about a month ago: fleece, felt, and a zipper. I then ordered a faux children's tail off of Etsy. However, I have been so busy with making hats (100 sales in a month and a half!) that I kept putting it off. I finally came to the conclusion the night before that it just wasn't going to happen and that Jacob would go as a ninja since we had the costume as a hand me down from my little brother Will.

Well, I decided to change my mind at 10:30am Halloween day! I started cutting the pieces and sewing them together when all of a sudden: I RAN OUT OF THREAD!! Figures, right? A quick run up to the store solved that. By 4:30pm Jakey's costume was ready. I tried it on him and held my breath! Praise the Lord, it fit!! It was a little snug around the ankles, but nonetheless it fit!

I'm so happy with how well it turned out. People also recognized who he was which was fun. And a few older kids bowed to him calling him the king of all wild things! Too cute!

Miss Emma got a ton of oohs and aahs too!

The day after Halloween we had some family potraits taken by Laci with Barefeet Photography. Here are a few shots from our session.

I'm so happy with how they turned out!

There are still a few more shots from this session that she still has to send me. I'll be sure to post them once I get them!

Until next time,

Valerie, Mike, Jakey & Emma

Tutu cute ;)

Remind me to never make a well baby visit for both the little ones at the same time! Thankfully Mike was there (Thank you Christopher Columbus!!)-- I have no idea how I would have managed alone.


All craziness aside, here are their stats:

Jacob
2 years
Height: 33 1/4"; 20%
Weight: 24 lbs; 7%
Head: 46 cm; 3%


Emma
4 months
Height: 24"; 40%
Weight: 13 lb 11.2 oz; 55%
Head: 39 1/4 cm; 10%

Just for fun, here is a comparison of Jacob at his four month check-up...

Height: 25.5"; 70%

Weight: 14 lb; 50%

Head: 40 cm; 7%

Jacob weighed more than Emma, but Emma definately has more chunk rolls! I guess she puts on weight differently, haha :)

We could officially start solids with Emma. For example, rice cereal. But I have decided to delay solids until at least 6 months. The doctor said that it was a good decision, especially since she is breast fed. Which really suprised me since she is usually so mainstream. I know I'll hear all about it again when I delay Emma's shots like I did with Jacob though.

So I couldn't resist and ordered a tutu for Emma on Etsy. And of course I had to take some pictures of her wearing it once it came.

And here are a couple shots we took at the park the other day.

Until next time!

xoxo; Val, Mike, Jakey & Emma