This past week saw Emma’s 11-month birthday (::gasp::::sob::), and a trip out to the EcoFarm for a Farm Fest. The weather was beautiful, the food was excellent, the freshly-pressed cider was amazing, and the pumpkins were plentiful. As always, here are a few and here are the rest.
Emma’s 11-Month Shoot (there were a few good ones to choose from):
But the winner, and an ode to Spinal Tap:
Ok, so I’ve been dealing with some nasty illness again this week, hence the lateness of this post. So sorry.
However, this past weekend I got to go meet up with my brother and his family at Young’s Dairy. Keith and Em were out of town, so I got to spend some quality time with all three of my gorgeous nieces. Here are a few, and here are the rest.
We had a CRAZY week in the Klein house last week. Not only did we have some time off, not only was my mom in the hospital with meningitis all week, but we managed to get to the park, to Newport Aquarium, and up to Columbus to visit family, as well. Here’s a selection of the ones I was happiest with – but there are a TON more of them here.
Bomberger Park:
Cityscapes:
Newport Aquarium:
Columbus:
Sorry this is late – but better a few days late than never, right? This past week we went to Urban Nights downtown, took the dogs to the dogpark, and celebrated Emma’s 10-month birthday. Here are a few, but here are the rest.
Urban Nights:
Dogpark:
10 Months:
Monday of this past week, we got to go visit our friends up in Columbus. Emma (the red) had a playdate with her friend, Emma (no legs). There would be more photos, but let’s be honest – it’s HARD to get anything good of two 10-month olds who have little to no interest in doing anything but cruising and crawling all over the place.
Above and beyond that, though, is the awesomeness who is my new niece, Peyton. She was born 9/6 and we got to go meet her for the first time on Friday. She is a little dollface and I already love her to pieces.
Anyhow, here are a few that I love and the rest are here.
Playdate:
Baby Peyton:
There are some weeks where it’s a struggle to get a single shot worth sharing. This was one of those weeks. So here it is – the single shot worth sharing. Emma was eating, and Josie joined her. And it was adorable.
Babies = cute.
Dogs = cute.
But dogs + babies = unbelievably, heart-wrenchingly, sugar-rush directly to the soul sweet.
Is it a technically perfect shot? Nope. But it’s a perfect shot of our life, which isn’t technically perfect either. 🙂
ETA: it occurred to me this morning that I never actually hit “publish” on this post Wednesday. Derp.
Apologies. I spent my weekend visiting some friends in Texas and didn’t get back till late-ish Monday night. However, I do finally have some photos to show for it. It was a wonderful visit, and I was sad to leave – but I’m so happy to be home with my family again. Here are a few I like, and the rest are here.
I missed my little family.
But I got to the airport and it was very peaceful and quiet. Especially when I got onto the plane and immediately ordered a drink.
Big Man Jude was there to greet me at the airport.
We finger-painted and made a prayer flag for his little sister, Jocelyn. We made our own for her, as well.
We went to a local place and got a couple beer-garitas. And then we decided it was a good plan to go (notsober) Targeting.
I met Xena, warrior Cat.
Ruby was not impressed with the amount of shennanigans while I was there.
There was popcorn (and more drinking) after (notsober) Targeting while we played some games.
Olive mostly just wanted me to sit still so she could lick me or scratch her butt.
After allowing the prayer flags to dry for a couple of days, here’s what we have to show for a weekend. Shortly, they’ll be shipping to Australia for this amazing project. Not a bad weekend, I think.
P.S. Not my finest batch of photos, but it’s hard to shoot when you’re drinking all weekend. That’s all I’ll say.
It was a pretty quiet week around the Klein house. Emma was sick for most of it, and not really up for doing much. By Saturday afternoon, we were all going stir-crazy and decided to take a quick trip to Cox Arboretum for some fresh air. We knew Em wouldn’t last long, but we made the best of the time we had and hit the butterfly house as well as the new Tree Tower (which, sadly, wasn’t open yet). Here are a few shots from the day, but as always, the rest are here.
This past week, a few cool things took place. Emma was lucky enough to get to hang with Grandma, Uncle Mike, and Cousin Paige again, this time at our house. Also, she got to see her first roller derby bout, courtesy of the Gem City Roller Girls having a bout against Toledo this weekend. Emma also got to go to her first German Festival for lunch Sunday (she LOVED the sauerkraut and German potato salad). Finally, Em turned NINE MONTHS. Where has the time gone?
As always, here are some of the favorites – but the rest can be seen here.
The Visit:
At first, Em was a little taken aback by the clear enthusiasm Paige was showing.
That is until Uncle Mike taught her how to tickle.
She quickly became a tickling expert with her scratchy, pinchy little fingers.
But then Paige decided it was time to show off the skills she learned at dinosaur week at her daycare. The roaring was terrifying.
So, understandably, Emma needed some Grandma snuggles.
And Paigey needed some Daddy snuggles – I presume she even terrified herself with the roaring.
After the snuggles, everyone was friends again. No dinosaurs were harmed in the making of these photos.
The Bout:
Em didn’t quite understand what was happening, but she did really like the disco balls once the lights went down.
The Gem City Roller Girls were rough and ready.
The skating was fast…
The skirts were short and the shorts were tight (which made Keith happy).
There was quite a fan following.
A few elbows were thrown.
Emma spent some time practicing her mobility – I assume she is hoping to be a GCRG one day.
In the end, after all the hard work, GCRG came out on top.
German Festival:
The only decent shot I got from the day – Emma is starting early. She was chewing on the empty bottle neck like it was her job. I’m sure we weren’t being judged at ALL. 🙂
And finally, Emma turns nine months:
Thanks to Keith’s parents for coming up with a clever nine-month theme!
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