spray park

with the help of my little brother, i took the kids to the spray park today. aislyn had so much fun, grayson slept. :) it took her about twenty minutes to let uncle "t" put her down, but once she got used to it, she LOVED running through the sprinklers. whoever thought of this place was brilliant. we had a blast.

smiles

just a quick smiley one...

introducing mali jean byrd

mali jean was born july 27th, 5:40 a.m. weighing in at a teensy 6 lbs 7 oz. (well...teensy to me). she is cutey cutey pie. aunt amy got to go to the hospital about 4 hours after she came to get some shots of her very awakeness. big sister braidyn is MORE than excited that she has finally arrived! courtney is doing very well and they are home and happy! congratulations courtney and chris! aislyn and grayson are thrilled that we've added yet another cousin!

cutest flower girl ever

...and youngest ring bearer ever. kenny's sister charlotte was married to arnaud this past weekend in a beautiful french/english ceremony. all of us were in the wedding, quite a feat. it turned out amazing and we welcome arnaud (kenny calls him "frenchie") into the family with open arms! congratulations balats!

poser

i'm not sure where she picked up this pose or why she decided it was the one to do, but hey, whatever works.

just a couple new ones

these are straight off the camera, unedited, i just wanted to post something new!

grayson is 5 weeks in these...

our little composer

our little musician thought miss gwen's piano was pretty fun today. thanks gwen for letting her make a beautiful noise all up in your house. :)

windows

that's all.

baby boy

my friend ellen was over tonight and she helped me play around to try to capture some cute little faces!

the pool

we left the house and went swimming today (i feel so brave)... aislyn had a blast with her new friend emma. aislyn is fearless and will jump off of any edge of any pool. gotta watch that girl...

grayson's first bath

his cord fell off, YEA, so we got to give him a much needed bath today. not sure how he felt about it... but he sure smells better.

my little bro

aislyn still can't keep her hands or lips off this little guy. she likes to help whenever she can. WHENEVER she can...

big sister woes

any of you who know me, know that i am careful with how i dress my child. generally, she always matches, always looks cute, i try to do her hair most of the time, etc. however, kenny and i looked at her the other day, when he was on his way out the door to run an errand with her, and we started laughing so hard because she looked like a little homeless urchin, and we still let her go out in public. i mean, WHAT is she wearing. i don't even know where half of those clothes came from. i guess that's what happens when you have two.

grayson klein

introducing grayson klein.... after 28.5 hours of super fun labor, grayson entered the world on saturday morning, june 2nd at 12:30 a.m., weighing in at 7 lbs 14 oz. and 20 inches long. aislyn loves her little brother, a little too much, constantly smothering him with kisses galore. i thought i'd post a couple pics to introduce him. oh, side note, my amazing friend elaine took the top two shots the morning he was born, the others are mine. (gotta give credit where its due, she's fabulous).

the rose...

this is just a shot of my baby girl sniffing a rose for the first time. she shoved it in my face for me to smell a couple times too. i love their curiosity and wonder when they discover new things like flowers that smell good. :)

apples and cousins

There is nothing better to these girls than sharing a mid afternoon apple in the backyard...

random...

This first shot is how we found baby girl in the backyard, just covered in dirt. I was horrified, until I remembered that i liked dirt better than dolls too. The second was taken when a friend of mine came over to do maternity shots of me, and Aislyn looked so cute I had to grab my camera and shoot a couple for myself :).

helpin' my daddy

As Daddy has been faithfully putting together the baby's room, Aislyn has decided that she wants to help every chance she gets. She stands there and holds the chair rail so daddy can nail it in the wall. Its quite precious.

pre easter

lyss and i tried desperately to take pics of the kiddos in easterish outfits. mostly it was baby girl looking down and baby boy running away... oh well, in the spirit of hopping bunnies... oh, and i still can't figure out how to turn a picture from landscape to portrait within the blog site. so, turn your head instead.

big eyes

even though her hair is messy and dirty and there is snot on her face, i couldn't help but love this shot. it happens only once every few months that she actually looks right into the camera when i'm ready for it. :)