iHeartFaces: Week 21 -- Happy Birthday!

What perfect timing for this category! My daughter Lucy celebrated her second birthday yesterday. We recently moved several hours away from any extended family, so sadly we weren't able to celebrate with them. But we had a nice little party at home with Daddy, Mommy, and Baby Sister. I got lots of fun pictures of her playing with her new toys, but none of them were an obvious birthday theme. So in the end, I went with this one of her opening one of her presents.



(Economical side note: 2-year-olds don't care what the present is wrapped in, just so long as it is a present, and it's wrapped. Hence the newspaper as wrapping paper. Also a great way to recycle!) ;-)

Anyway, I know this entry isn't going to win or anything, but I loved it because of her face in this picture -- she is in the middle of saying, "Ooooooo!" as she opens her present. Classic Lucy expression. :-D

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iHeartFaces: Week 19 -- My Gerber Baby

My 6-month-old daughter is a little chunker. I'd say her cheeks are at least Gerber baby worthy, if she doesn't beat him out, lol! (Here's a picture for comparison.) This photo that I got yesterday shows off the comparison pretty well, except instead of that innocent little "ooo" look, she gave me this somewhat saucy little grin, with her jaw slightly askew. So I'd call this one, "Gerber Baby with Attitude." ;-)



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iHeartFaces: Week 18 -- Laughin' and Swingin'

This is my almost-2-year-old, swinging in the "big girl" swing by herself for the first time. She LOVED it! She was cracking up the whole time. :-)



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iHeartFaces: Week 17 -- Sun Hat

My younger daughter enjoying the sunshine, complete with sun hat and drooly chin. :-)



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iHeartFaces: Week 15 -- We've Got Our Eyes on You

The challenge this week was to take a picture of yourself with your kids. This is not easy when you have two under 2, ages 5 months and nearly 23 months. Nevertheless, I managed to come up with a few that I liked. One of my favorites was this one of our eyes. I'm not too enamored of my own, but I love both my girls' beautiful eyes. (I think they must get them from their daddy.)



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iHeartFaces: Week 14 -- Discovering Dandelions

For the kids' category:



Unfortunately, I was out of town and couldn't find my camera among my luggage on Easter, so I'm settling for a spring photo. This is one of my favorites from a while back: my older daughter last spring, examining her first dandelion. It obviously required a lot of concentration. ;-)

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iHeartFaces: Week 13 -- Sisters Make the Best Friends

For the kids' category:



My two little girls, ages 22 months and 4 months. They are not quite the age to have many friends yet, but they sure enjoy each other! It's a miracle that I got them both to stay still, look at me, AND smile a little at the same time! :-)

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