Friday Quick Takes (30)

 

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We had fun attenting our city's Labor Day parade.  Anna enjoyed the sucker.  Both kids LOVED the marching bands.

 

 

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Seriously, I could melt.  She now kisses and hugs all Mary statues that she sees.  It's adorable.  This one is in my in-laws backyard.  Shortly after this picture was taken, Anna tackled her on accident.  Whoops.  No injuries occurred luckily!

 

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I start watching the new baby in a week and a half.  Which means next week I crammed all of my kids' specialist appointments in so that I don't have to take 3 kids.  We've got a pediatric dermatologist (eczema), an opthimologist (strabismus), and a podiatrist (one severely bowed leg and toeing in and walking on the side of her foot now).  Seriously kiddos, stop having strange medical issues please or make sure there's a specialist in town if you're going to come up with something strange!

 

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Anna turned 18 months last week.  I'm still working on an 18 month post :-).  She went from my baby to a little girl overnight.

 

 

And Anthony turned 5 months old this week!  Slow down!  I love my little giggly 5 month old!  I'll post a 5 month update for him too when I get a chance!

 

 

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I am having so much fun learning to do Anna's hair.  I've gotten pretty good at twists and flat rope twists.  This week I tried some corn rows and puffs.  The corn rows were hard to get the hang of because I know how to french braid.  It's like french braiding but underhand.  I had to retrain myself to braid.  I'm sure some people pick it up quickly, but it took me quite a few tries to get the hang of braiding backwards!  Anyway, they look cute.  Her twists last week were probably my favorite but I try to switch it up every week to give her parts a break.  

 

I never realized that putting it in styles helps protect her hair from breakage, promote growth and seal in moisture.  I always liked her fro and didn't understand why people went to such lengths to do their kids hair.  Now I know :-).  Her hair was starting to loose moisture fast and I was finding curls all over my house.  Now her hair's protected and I can definitely tell a difference in growth.  It's getting really long!  And she loves having it styled, as long as she can still wear her headband.  She's such a girl!

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They love being siblings :-)  And they're just so stinkin cute!

 

Here's Anna trying to change up the bunnie ears photo bomb.  We'll just put a giraffe on his head instead.  She thought she was hilarious. 

 

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I have the best job in the world.

 

 

 

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