There’s a first time for everything.

So, with all the excitement (excitement?) of the grandparents being here and our schedule being off and me being sick and the kids being sick and my new phone’s issues with syncing calendars…I realized today that I missed my first ever month birthday picture. I was in line at Marshall’s when I heard someone ask what the date was and someone responded the 11th and my heart sunk—Katie’s 15m photo op should have been yesterday. DAMMIT.

Yes, I realize in the grand scheme of things it’s not a big deal…but I’ve been doing Owen for 4.5 years and Katie for almost 1.5 years without a fail. UNTIL NOW.

So when I got home, I immediately snapped a few pictures…

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And then as I was looking at the pictures I was thinking something didn’t look right. Anyone want to take a guess? Anyone? Any ideas? Yep…she’s not wearing her sticker. I snapped a pic like I do Owen’s pics…so I took a deep breath and did her photo like I would do Owen’s (adding text in Photoshop) except adding “1 day” to it. 🙂

And tomorrow I’ll get the real photo. If I can remember. 🙂

Owen is four years eight months old today!

I like his age now…I say “Owen, go sit on the couch so I can take a picture” and he says “Okay mama!” Getting him to smile nicely, however, is more of a chore as I get crazy smirks and head tilts and grins. But, I eventually get a good one!

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And then AMAZINGLY I put Katie up there and I snapped about 30 pictures—and the very first one was the keeper!

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