the zoo in review

Last week we had an uberplay date and headed to the zoo with 3 other baby friends! (and various members of their families :)  it was super fun and cecelia enjoyed the animals more than i expected her too.

the birds seemed to be her favorite, but they were the noisiest, so that makes sense. we're checking out some parrots here.

Jack helps Heather take a picture of a leopard.

checking out chickens with Kieran.

the boys

lunch break!

and my new favorite picture!

almost famous

so we went to the zoo last friday (which i'm still meaning to post about) but,  check out her first supermodel gig: as robeez profile pic on facebook:

showing off her cuteness AND her sweet monkey shoes! 

anyway, just a silly contest, with no real prize to speak of- but it made my day, so i'd call it a win. thanks robeez!

purple...

It's nice having discovered I <3 Faces- it motivates me to post here at least once a week :)




this weeks theme is purple. i have a confession to make: i really dislike purple. i thought about skipping, i thought about collecting all of cece's purple stuff  and taking a picture of her with it. then i remembered this picture- i love this picture- it was taken in maine on andrew & my first wedding anniversary. we were pretty broke but figured that wasn't going to change anytime soon & with kids on the horizon taking a weekend away would just get more & more complicated.  so we stayed in a bed & breakfast in kittery & hung around in Portsmouth, NH. it was a wonderful weekend with my wonderful hubby.

Over cece's head

the theme over at I <3 faces this week is "over my head." i know my heels are over my head in love with this kid, but i don't have a photo of that ;) so here's my newest favorite, cece wondering what crazy thing we have her in this time, trying on her nana alicia's hat.

check out more faces here;

busy beach bums

the good news is we've gotten to the beach THREE times this week. the "bad" news is lots of pictures + too tired to update.


since i'm not sure anyone reads this that doesn't get to see the pictures elsewhere, i'm not sure that's a terrible thing- but i'll try to get some more up soon. until then:

happy 40 years!

this weekend the Farrer kids (as in andrew & his siblings) threw a surprise party for their parents. they've been married 40 years- and both have summer birthdays. so it was a 3-fer. sort of a 4-fer, as the party was held on one of their aunt & uncles 46th wedding anniversary!

the happy couple playing "the newlywed game" they both actually did pretty well!

happy 46 years marsha & richie!!

can't wait for 46 more years with these guys ;)


we're on a quest to get a cousin photo, which is easier said than done.

i think we got a keeper with that last one though.

happy 11 months & 4th of july!

what a mug. :D i love this kid.

at 11 months she's walking pretty well, although still prefers crawling when she's in a hurry to get somewhere.  she's started pointing at things with both pointer fingers, a bit like Shooter McGavin, which makes me laugh every time. still babbling- although seems to say 'da' for dad and duck, and something like ktsetse for kitty. although, baxter & stuffed things are also kitties.

for the 4th we had a lot of friends over and had a good time playing in the pool. no fireworks for us though. maybe next year!