Flashing lights...

...for our little supermodel. Yep, that was her nickname today. After two hours of photos, in the comfort and convenience of our own home, all courtesy of my Aunt Debra's portable photo studio. [And while her photography has been admired by all of us for years, I believe that D. Webb Gable Photography is now officially "open for baby business."] What a beautiful day. And what an incredible point in our lives - celebrating 8 months of our baby girl - forever captured on film.

You see, we haven't had any professional photos take of Kinsley since March 25th...her last day in NICU...when the Northside Hospital portrait service came by our little room on the 7th floor to take her newborn photos just before we were discharged. It was incredible...our first photos of her, looking how a baby "should"...no breathing tubes or IV's or monitors...just Kinsley.

And now, just look at her...sitting up and laughing and smiling. I feel like time is going by so quickly these days. I love this particular phase of her life, but I know that I will also love the next, and the next, and the next.

In the meantime, here are just a handful of the 300+ photos taken today...8 months and 1 day from the day Kinsley was born 5 weeks early. Now, a healthy & happy baby girl!

Do babies "whistle"?

Well, it would appear that our baby...does.

Every day, we seem to discover a new aspect of Kinsley's adorable little personality coming out. And luckily, on this particular day, I was able to catch her latest "talent" on film.

Note: you may need to scroll down the left side of my blog page to turn off my blogsite background music in the pink box...and then, enjoy!

This time last year...

I was watching Kinsley sleep last night on the video monitor, and the black & white image reminded me so much of her old ultrasound photo. It got me thinking...about her, about our journey so far, and about this time last year...how last November, we were well on our way to the halfway-point in our pregnancy and only a few weeks away from finding out if our little bundle of joy would be a boy or a girl. It's amazing to see how much she looked liked the Kinsley we know today, even back then, in my belly. So neat to compare sweet sleeping images of her...then and now.

Kinsley's 1st Halloween!

It was an absolutely beautiful Fall weekend for our little lady bug's first Halloween! And, by the way, our "little" lady bug is now a whopping 17lbs, 4.4oz! She had so much fun! Er, should I say, the lady bug's mom and dad had so much fun. I am not sure that babies actually have "fun" on Halloween until they are 1 or 2 yrs old. I mean, up until that time, it's just crazy mommy dressing up baby in a silly - yet adorable - costume over and over again and snapping lots and lots of photos. And the babies aren't even being rewarded with candy yet...just rice cereal, a bottle, or puree'd veggies or fruit. But none of that seemed to bother our baby girl...just another "first" to check off on her list...I mean, mommy's list.

So, happy 1st Halloween Kinsley! There will surely be many more candy-filled Halloween's to come, complete with lots of Kit-Kat's, Twix bars, BabyRuth's, and Reece's Pieces to share with your mom and dad. :)

Until then, a few photos from the weekend...

Starting off the weekend on Friday: Kinsley got to come to work with me for Newell's "family day"...all of the fun was too much for her as she took a nap beside my desk.

Friday night dinner and playdate over at Heather and Jason's so the girls could play!

Kinsley and Leighton all dressed-up in their costumes!

Kinsley and her best bud, Hunter...ready for all of the trick-or-treaters!

Her look is priceless!

Lovin' the cool Fall grass.

Side profile shot.

Our happy baby girl!

All smiles!

Philip carving his first pumpkin!

And I ended up making my first batch of oven-roasted pumpkin seeds. Umm, new favorite snack? Yes, please.

Daddy and Kinsley showing off their work!

Happy Halloween!

October Days

As our busy - but blessed - life with our beautiful 7 1/2 month old girl continues to fly by, I decided to start carrying my digital camera in my diaper bag at all times - just trying to make sure I capture as many of these fleeting "everyday" moments on camera as possible..........

Out furniture shopping at an antique store on Saturday...how awesome is this chair??? My big girl looks so tiny...and sitting up all by herself!

But even daddy's feet wouldn't hit the ground. I don't know where we would put something like this, but I loved it!

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Kinsley got to meet some of the TX family this past weekend when they were here for their annual trip to Atlanta for my dad's birthday! I think that she was passed around the dinner table from loving-arms to loving-arms at least twice!

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Kinsley's first time swinging by herself! Pure joy. We have officially added "swing set" to our must-have list.

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We are trying to get the hang of this sippy-cup stuff. It is proving to be difficult transition for a baby girl who absolutely, positively LOVES her bottle.

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A little pre-Halloween dress-up in Kinsley's costume at the pumpkin lot at church...my little lady bug.

Her laugh always makes us smile!

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But, come to think of it, every single thing about her makes us smile these days...