What was I thinking?!

The other day, Lani mentioned that her favorite shots she captured of our family were of Tim playing the astute role model parent that he is....

How could I have forgotten to share these? I sure do love my husband, and I pray to God that Kairis has his sense of humor. When I'm not looking, that is...

A few firsts...

Tim worked half a day last Friday, so we took advantage of the beautiful weather in the Gorge and took a hike up to Multnomah Falls for the first time with Kairis. It was beautiful, misty and windy! Perfect weather for a hike!






These are some funny expressions from none other than...





Another first....me spending $17 on this tiny little knit hat from "Oh Baby, Oh Baby!" in Multnomah Village today. We received a generous gift from Tim's boss and family for Kairis and I ended up exchanging it for some in-store credit to buy some other things I'd prefer over a fancy blanket. So, I had a hay-day looking at all of these couture baby items for my little girl. This hat was one of the things I picked out today along with a few other items. And to think...I still have $43.47 left to spend! ;) Here are some cute pics I was trying to capture of her in her new hat. Oh, and have I mentioned how much fun it is to shop with Kairis?! I love spending time with my little girl.

Celebrating New Life...

Lani took some prego pictures of me, and titled them "waiting for new life...", now we have "celebrating new life" pictures with our new family. Lani Roberts, a talented photographer and wonderful friend of ours took some more pictures of our family a couple weekends ago. We spent a leisurely weekend with them, and found a beautiful location at Oxbow Park right before sunset. Lani recently started her own photography business, officially, however has been taking professional quality pictures for the past year now. I think we're her favorite models. ;) Though, I'm sure her husband, Joel comes in a close second!
If you're interested in learning more about Lani, and her photography check out her new website, Ciel Blue: http://cielbluphoto.com/

Halloween!

We had a fun time celebrating Kairis' first Halloween. Well, in all honesty, she fell asleep before we even got our first set of trick-or-treaters, and she spent about a grand total of 3.5 minutes in her costume....but it was still a memory!


Other news...I started class again, and Kairis rolled over for the first time on Halloween morning. She's also growing this strong attachment to me and is giving Tim a rough time in the evenings. Hope that comes to pass soon, as it's wearing on us this week, and doesn't really make quality time with Tim very fun! (nor is it good for our dinner...I burned everything tonight as I was trying to console a fussy girl who didn't want her daddy)


We are really looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas, and just spending these holidays with our new little girl. We're excited about all of the "firsts" with her...like cutting our own tree, christmas decorating, thanksgiving turkey, our traditional blessing box reveal, listening to christmas music (all day long, when Tim's at work! :) ) wearing christmas pajamas....well, I should clarify; having Kairis wear christmas pajamas. Okay, I'm just rambling now...more later!