^^ I pulled over on the side of the road the other day to take this photo. How could I not? Sometimes Colorado just really amazes me …
Is it just me or do the weeks fly by now? Not that I’m complaining, because weekends are seriously great, but I sometimes have to stop and marvel over how quickly the past 4.5 months of Lotte’s life have gone.
Life, man … am I right?
Anyway, enough of that. As my child is an angel, she is still sleeping at 8:45 a.m., which has given me some time to go through a couple old photos on my phone. As fast as time has flown lately, we’ve certainly managed to make the most of it.
Here’s to the end of 2016. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m about ready for a fresh start with a new year. Let’s do this.
^^ Measuring Lotte’s growth with one of the cutest personalized gifts she received. My little monkey is getting so big so fast! (Actually that’s not quite true. At her 4-month check-up we found out she’s only in the 9th percentile for height … she’s still a little munchkin!)
^^ It’s a darn good thing my husband likes to cook, because otherwise I might starve 😉 How good does this ramen dish look … and he basically just made it up? In awe of his cooking skills, since mine are limited to toast and boiling water, pretty much.
^^ We’ve been trying out Blue Apron lately (my sister and her husband finally convinced us), and it’s pretty fun to get fancy in the kitchen every now and then.
^^ Chris switched out the fairy lights in our backyard so they glow with red, green and white now. It’s a Christmas wonderland back there, I tell ya.
^^ ^^ Clearly still working on perfecting our family selfies.
^^ And so begins a series of photos that my sister calls Pinterest fails. “You basically stuck a pair of lights on your kid and called it a day!” she responded when I text her some of these pics. What can I say … girl has a point.
^^ Still cute, though! (Especially with my fuzzy sock in the picture, too :/ Anne Geddes I am not.)
^^ Finally got our fireplace checked out so we can actually use it! It’s now one of my favorite spots in the house.
^^ It’s hard to tell from this blurry photo taken through my dirty window, but that’s our neighbor across the way, hanging Christmas lights in his front tree with a cherry picker! How can we compete with such professionalism?
^^ And by comparison, our own little slice of outdoor holiday happiness. Chris routinely laughs at the solar lights he strung up when he gets home from work. Sure they aren’t as bright and bold as our neighbors’ lights, but hey, they’re resourceful!
^^ Our backyard is equally as festive, especially in the snow.
^^ At one point Saturday’s temp dipped all the way down to a high of 3. Yuck. Luckily it’s slowly been creeping back up. We’ll just have to wait and see, I guess! Pajamas, eggnog, fire and Christmas movies, anyone?
^^ I took this photo to send to Chris because holy cow-and-a-half was it a nightmare getting Lotte into the Ergo with all of our winter layers on. But WE MADE IT! Motherhood … am I right?
^^ And it was certainly worth the effort, because girlfriend needs some fresh air every now and then, if you know what I mean.
^^ This. Little. Girl. Sigh.
^^ Lots and lots and lots of tummy time happening over here!
^^ I mean a lot of tummy time 😉
^^ How cute is the outfit Lotte wore to meet Santa for the first time? Thanks Auntie M!
^^ Dad on a mission. Here’s Chris taking Lotte out and about to do some errands with him last weekend. Gotta love the look of determination 😉 And to note – it all went very swimmingly!
^^ For some reason my Aussie husband keeps expecting the act of shoveling snow to get fun at some point. Sorry to tell you, dear … but it doesn’t.
^^ Torturing the cat with some holiday cheer.
^^ I swear we feed Penny, but more often than not you’ll find her in front of the pantry door, just waiting for it to open to reveal her next meal or treat.
^^ A reminder via my Timehop app of our little Christmas tree in our tiny NYC apartment from four years ago. Oh NYC and our tiny little apartment … sometimes I really miss those days.
^^ Always smiling, even when Dad dressed her for the day and it’s a bit … eclectic 😉
^^ Not much better when Mom dresses her, I guess.
^^ Throwing some serious shade on our walk yesterday.
And our onslaught of holiday guests starts to arrive next Tuesday … I cannot wait.
Happy holidays, friends!
Bis bald.