lucy, one month

i love this girl. i tried to do some curled up little newborn shots, even though she was a month old! thankfully she cooperated for a few. it seemed like these first few weeks FLEW by. i had so many ideas i wanted to do with pictures right at the beginning, but i just never seemed to have the time and energy. gee. wonder why? haha! even though lucy is such a good baby and she was sleeping a good 4 hours at a time or more at this age, we were still busy resting, recovering, and snuggling. =)

oh, and a big thank you to nicole from shabby rose for the darling headband. check out her etsy shop HERE! i just couldn't resist using it for a few newborn shots of my lulu.

sneaking into the frame.

HE

doesn't like to pose for a photo...

unless of course,

it's HER turn!

so typical. i died laughing over this series!

the sweetest.

or at least that's what you would think

until i told you that right after this last shot,

he stuck her very tiny finger

up her very tiny nostril.

lucy, welcome to having an older brother. =)

but still, their relationship really is so precious. these images are probably my favorites of the two of them together!

two sleeping.

oh, there is nothing nicer. =)

miss L, kickin' back!

his feet looked just like this (or worse!) all summer! i love having a boy. =)

my babies.

for whatever reason, i took a LOT of pictures this day (august 16th).

Lucy, 19 days. Max, 3 and a half.

someday, i will get a good picture of the two of them together...

right?

this first one is my very favorite.

for the record, i'm OBSESSED with this little dress she got from her auntie (and future mother in law) celeste! she wears it all the time, usually with this little felt flower i made.

lucy and the kettles

lucy, two weeks old partying with the kettles at uncle david and aunt kathy's 50th anniversary party! she had so much fun snuggling with her grandma and grandpa, aunts and cousins. =)

lucy with grandma and grandpa k

the guest family was in town from denver! yay!

of course, these three hooligans were living it up. what IS the face max is making?! you've got to be kidding me.

with aunt leslie! this little lady is going to have to be a tough chica so she can hang with her brother, cody and tyty up in lyman. these boys don't mess around when they're together! =)

oh man! here we are, a family of four. crazy, right?

greater love hath no boy than this...

that he share his grasshoppers with his sister.

no, seriously.

that's love.

it all started when two of our neighbors came over to play and they each brought pet hoppers, and oh, was he jealous! he kept asking to borrow them! you could tell he was just dying to have his own.

max, with grasshopper envy. i happen to think it's the most adorable thing ever.

early the next morning, max woke up and just had to have a grasshopper of his very own. so he and danny went for a little bike ride to a field near our house and caught TWO grasshoppers! oh, you should have seen the pride. he came running in my room, woke me up and put the jar of hoppers about six inches from my face. he could barely contain himself! he then promptly turned to lucy's moses basket and showed them to her. then set them in her moses basket with her so she could marvel at them appropriately. we about died!

later that afternoon, max took a trip up to idaho to spend the long weekend with grandma kettle while we were at the lake house for labor day. don't you worry, his pets came along. he held them the whole way there, and only shook them sometimes.

he came home with an empty jar. we were informed,

"my dasshoppers are at dwama's tabin. betuz dey are dead."

nice.

no worries, we have a new one, rescued from a life of boredom on the back porch. his name is GEORGE.

GEORGE JUMPY.

the end.

schooled.

can you even believe it? my boy is a PRESCHOOLER! we were BOTH so excited for his first big day, maybe i was a leeeetle more excited. =) i can't even explain how rediculously proud i was seeing him in his classroom, watching him interact with the other students and the teacher... oh, it melted me. he was just SO. CUTE.

the first day i picked him up, lucy and i went in to get him and max was super excited to show his baby sister to the teacher! he went up and got her attention and then just BEAMED while he smiled and pointed his little finger at his sister.

"can you tell your teacher your baby sister's name?"

turns out she had already been informed.

"lucy right? he has been drawing pictures of her and talking about her ALL DAY!"

baaaah! totally one of those well up with pride/love/adoration for your kids mommy moments.

here's our big boy, ready to hit the road on the first day. growing up, we always had pictures on the front porch on the first day of school. did you?

"lucy, max and mommy!" by jon maxwell kettle. looks just like us, no?

sweet lucille

while we were in sandpoint, i finally had a couple minutes to take some real newborn shots of lucy. i tell ya, im just no pro at newborn shots! it's hard. i wish i would have just hired someone. but i am happy with how these turned out!

Lucy, 12 days old

Lucy, 14 days old

Lucy, 15 days old

i made kenzie be my assistant and i caught this while she helped calm lucy down.

how sweet are they?

the big brother

i love this series because it's just so sweet how enamored he is with her. he loves her little toes and fingers, he loves holding her, he LOVES to be a part of what we're doing. the way he interacts with her is absolutely adorable, it honestly just melts me. he would have sat in this chair forever if we let him, he just did not want to give her up, even when she was cranky.

max, 3 and a half. lucy, 14 days.

my boy. i'm so proud of him. he made me a mother, and there is just something so special about your first baby. i still can't believe he isn't THE baby anymore, but he will always be MY baby. =) Im just as in awe of him as I was when he was an infant; his sweet face, every little eyelash, dirty fingernails and feet, his perfect little lips. oh max, i love you. don't forget that, even though we are busy with baby sister. ok? the night before lucy was born, i came in while you were sleeping and snuggled up in bed with you and cried, and cried and cried. i was so excited to meet her, but i couldn't believe that days of just you and me were coming to an end. i dreamed my whole life of you, and you're our whole world. you're my little dude. i wanted to soak up every second of being just YOUR MOM. i can't exactly express what that time meant to me, but it was so special, almost sacred to me. as much as i'm absolutely loving this next phase of life, i will always savor our one on one time together and be so proud of my little man. i can't wait to continue to watch you grow into the big brother and amazing man you're already becoming.