Family Photos

November 5, 2014January 29, 2015 / LeopardandGrace

I am super excited that this weekend we are having our fall/Christmas card/Gracie’s six-month photos done! I have been planning outfits and ideas in my head for weeks now and randomly texting them to my photographer …. (I’m sure she’s thrilled!)

I tend to gravitate toward traditional (leaves, outdoors, slightly bundled up photos) with a little bit of a twist … mixing patterns and textures and maybe even wearing white ..or (faux) fur! Here are a couple of photo ideas I’m loving:

Link via Pinterest

And a couple things that would look cute all put together without being “matchy-matchy”. I want our outfits to coordinate while still being different.

Gracie is most likely wearing the plaid dress with striped tights. I’ll be wearing the plaid jewel shirt with white jeans, tall tan boots and a furry vest. Or maybe herringbone. Still deciding And Keith is the easiest to dress – jeans, a simple sweater and nice sneakers or tan shoes.

Easy peasy! I can’t wait to share our photos with you next week!

Stuck in a Rut

October 22, 2014January 29, 2015 / LeopardandGrace

…hair rut that is. Recently I was going through my photos on phone, and I noticed a trend.

Do you see it too??

For the last 12+ months, I have worn my hair in some sort of a chin-ish length bob, with the front pieces pulled back in a “bump” — almost every single day.

And while, for the most part, I like this style – part of me also misses this:

I especially miss my ombre!!

I spent two years growing my hair LONG for my wedding, and then as soon as I got pregnant, I chopped it all off.

So now I’m torn — do I keep it short or grow it long? Or maybe do something in between? Thoughts/opinions?!

Weekending

October 20, 2014January 29, 2015 / LeopardandGrace

We had such an awesome weekend, and at 9pm on Sunday night, this mama is tired.

Saturday morning we were up bright and early, and on the road by 9:30am! We were driving almost three hours to Santa’s Village in Jefferson NH. Two Saturdays in the month of October, the park is transformed for Halloween. All the kids can go trick or treating, go on rides, and the most fun of all – dress in costume! Even though she won’t remember it, Gracie had a blast! We call her “nosy britches” because she is so curious. She just stared and laughed at everyone. Seeing the world through her eyes is amazing.

Have you ever seen a cuter strawberry?

Gracie, her Daddy and some reindeer

Me and my Nugget

Her Daddy being silly — I love her face!

Oh the irony – meeting Santa while wearing a Halloween costume!

We found her name on Santa’s “nice” list – yay!

Riding the carousel

Sleepy girl on the way home!

Sunday was another busy day! Keith was golfing, so it was me and my Nugget. I went to the grocery store before Keith left and then did all our lunch/dinner meal prep, went to lunch with our neighbor and her little baby, took a couple long naps, went on a walk with the two G’s and checked out the new Target. Phew.

Oh and I broke into my own house. Yep, locked my keys and phone in the house on my way to lunch! Thankfully, I was still with my neighbor and her husband was with Keith. Julie and I pulled a ladder up to the back of the house and we had to rip the screen of the back bedroom window, and then she climbed in. She’s littler than I am

Both our babies slept through the whole adventure. And tomorrow, I will be going to Home Depot and making an extra set (or two) to give to my neighbor and my mom!