A wonderfully busy week, filled with lots of preparation for family photos on Sunday. I literally bought ten cream shirts from Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, J. Crew, J. Crew Factory, and Anthropologie to wear in the pictures, then decided (very last minute) on a pink sweater that I already owned! How fickle. And of course, lots and lots of returns to make this week.
We took our photos with Paige of Awake Photography – you can see a sneak peek of the pictures on her Instagram here. I cannot wait to share the photos with you, along with other Christmasy ones, next week.
Other highlights of our week included:
- Calming Isla down by telling her “No more fussing!” while shaking your finger – she thinks it’s the funniest thing ever (see video here)
- Swimming with Isla at Life Time Fitness – she is a big, big splasher
- Painting (i.e. mushed berries) in her BABYBJORN highchair
- Getting a blow out at The Dry Bar (I am obsessed)
- Meeting Sasha’s cousin’s wonderful fiancé for the first time (and getting to walk the 3-mi loop while getting to know each other!)
- Isla’s first halloween – we didn’t make it trick or treating (this girl takes bed time seriously), but got some cute strawberry pics
- Having a trick-or-treater tell me they love my succulents (really??)
- Helping my friend Amanda (her engagement photos here) get ready to be the world’s most convincing Elsa (see photos below)
- Eating out twice at Ruggles Green (sorry Houston ex-pats!) – once with Brooke, one of my most favorite people on the planet
- Taking Isla to Biscuit Home for the first time – although she slept the entire time
- Trying a new food truck (Simply Greek) that is a mile from our house
- Having Sasha’s classmate’s family over for dinner yesterday evening – such cute kiddos
What were the highlights of your week?
Finger painting was a fun, but very messy, activity