friday favorites

It’s Friday again? This week seems to have flown by!

Here are some of my favorite recent moments:

We’ve been going on a lot of walks. The weather has cooled off, so much so that it nearly feels like fall here. Hopefully the winter won’t be unbearably freezing since it’s already this chilly outside.Processed with VSCOcam with se2 preset

We’ve spent a lot of time playing with this little princess, who suddenly seems so much more aware and alert.
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Could we have adopted a sweeter dog? Jax loves to kiss the baby (although I kind of think he just likes how she tastes…), but I’m not sure Kaelyn enjoys it very much.
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I made these lemon cupcakes this week (with this lemon buttercream) and they were amazing! There’s a bakery in Charlottesville, Virginia that sells a lemon drop cupcake that’s rumored to put women into labor. My friend Brittany was overdue with her baby girl, so I figured that was a good enough reason to bake! For the first time ever, I zested and juiced the lemons myself, and I think it really made a difference in how fresh they tasted (compared to when I’ve used lemon extract in the past). They didn’t put Brittany into labor, but they were still a wonderful treat.
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Kaelyn was a bit cranky while I was baking, so she had her first ride in the Ergo! After she settled in, she went right to sleep.Processed with VSCOcam with se2 preset

Kaya [sometimes] loves to have her picture taken now. She’ll even hold a pose…
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If you can’t tell, she really really really loves muffins.07292014collage1

She also loves having Kitty do everything Kaelyn does. She was super excited when we swaddled him!07242014collage1

Happy weekend!
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