mar 22


1. gramma peggy made elizabeth a dress with BLOOMERS! adorable. thanks pegs! (i'll email you some more pics tomorrow)

2. do NOT let your children play with Q-tips!

3. if your children DO outsmart you and end up playing with Q-tips, cross your fingers that they won't imitate what YOU do with the Q-tips...that you are expressly told NEVER to do with Q-tips. um, she's not sticking it IN her ear, right? right.

mar 21


crazy eyes!

she kept shutting me into the pantry and acting surprised when she opened the door and i was still in there. sigh.... toddlers...

we helped uncle warren put up wainscoting (is that what it's called??) in gramma's house today. dad used his manliness to pull up all the old baseboards and stuff, mom pulled out all the nails, uncle warren did all the measuring, sawing and nailing, aunt cathy did....well....she did everything AND oversaw us day-laborers, gramma made sure we were fed and happy, and elizabeth ran around yelling unintelligible orders at all of us. oh and we all did some serious wallpaper scraping. it was good times.

mar 18


at gramma's house. bets kept conning her cousins into refilling that bowl with marshmallows.

mar 17


at the park. dad just finished yogging. it's a new thing. yeah apparently you just run for extended periods of time. elizabeth isn't very happy to be leaving.

mar 16


the first sunburn. i'm sure it won't be the last. i felt terrible. it'e even EXTRA red where she rubbed off the sunscreen....above the eyebrows. oops.

mar 13


she isn't picking her nose. she discovered there's a hole there a couple days ago, so she just tests it out every now and again. her finger's a perfect little fit. and if you try to remove it, she makes a little game of finding it again. best to just leave her be.

march 10


she loves to play around with the sheets when i'm changing the bedding. it adds an element of challenge to the task.

in other news, we find out the gender of the next family addition in exactly one week. woo!

march 9



sometimes i cheat. i took this one yesterday.

march 8


the child is far too young to be constructing at this level. clearly a genius.

mar 6


why do i love this pic so much? i think it really simply depicts your little personality. you are busy! and you aren't concerned with what anyone thinks about it! when we walk, you are the leader, and when we're in a group you're seldom shy. i'll be in the kitchen and i'll look out into the backyard...and you'll look like a little speck way out there, just talking to the trees and picking flowers and rearranging dirt and whatnot. it's so fun to watch your personality reveal itself.

march 5


cousin nathan was baptized today. elizabeth loved running around with and apparently receiving secrets from her cousins at the afterparty.

march 4


the bubble machine was a total hit for about 30 seconds. elizabeth was captivated....with the machine more than the bubbles. we'll put it up a lot higher next time:)

mar 3


adorable? or obscene. i think i need to consult dad on this one.

mar 2













have you even seen a dirtier face? i think there's even food in her teeth.

feb 28


dog grooming day again. at first elizabeth was a little hesitant with a puppy jumping all over her, but at about 15 minutes in, that dog was taking cover from her. elizabeth loved chasing ginger around, trying to feed her inedible items, and sticking her hands in the dog's mouth.

feb 26















you made a cowgirl friend at charlie's birthday party today.  you also learned about the existence of balloons and super-balls.  you're a fan of both....and cowgirls.

feb 25


i feel like you two are really starting to get along. at least i'm pretty sure the cat loves to hate you....

feb 24








mom has several pregnancy cravings (per minute), but this one has carried over from when you were still in there kicking me in the ribs. apples. i eat at least one, if not two apples each day. usually i bite off chunks to share with you, but today you would have nothing less than the entire apple to gnaw on. so i humored you. i thought you'd get bored and give it back, but no, you kept it for what seemed like an eternity! and pregnant momma needs her apples!

feb 23


we woke up early, went for a run and then straight to the zoo today. i think you're channeling one of the orangutans in this one.

feb 22


don't ask. i guess there IS a difference between regular flour and cake flour. and don't think for one minute that some weird pregnant lady didn't sit and watch the banana bread bubble over and bake on the bottom of the oven....then proceed to get a spatula, scoop up the baked overflow and eat it. there is no pride left. and i enjoyed it.

feb 21


this isn't really feb 21st but who's counting. aunt cathy, cousin quincy, and cousin max...watching river dance i think? you looked so cozy i had to capture it.

feb 20


bath day for the luckoz. we've decided all dog-related chores are man-chores in this house, and greg does a fab job with them. elizabeth and mom stood by for support.

feb 19


we met the fam at a favorite mexican cafe today. baskin robins was next door. cousin presley was more than willing to share her sherbet with elizabeth....and elizabeth was more than a willing recipient.

feb 18
















that face....the diaper....the belly? please. and the husband's looking pretty cute too i suppose.

feb 16


self portrait. me n lexi. bff's? or mortal enemies. you be the judge.

feb 14


this is a photograph of desperation. i've lost my picture-a-day mojo! i'm feeling bored, and like i've run out of things to photograph.

concrete detail: this picture of my new running shoes. yeah. i run in them. averaging 15 miles per week. desperate measures must be taken when you find you've eaten a full bowl of spaghetti carbonara (with peas) and a root beer float before 5pm on a tuesday night. and you can't remember a night when you DIDN'T have a root beer float! i mean, i AM currently growing our family a new member. my husband can make a pretty good grilled cheese sandwich, but i'm making a good BABY here. still, the food intake may be a little excessive. and so. i run.

feb 15







here's what you're doing. you do this kind of stuff all the time:

you've found yourself a little challenge. it may not look like much, but to YOU, that little step between the grass and cement is a treacherous ravine. you walk to the edge, look hard and deep into the cavernous clutches of all things skinned, scraped and scab inflicted, look at mom for a thumbs up, do a couple nervous foot repositionings, and then take the big leap.

then.

you turn around and do it all again.

ps- this is the one picture i've taken in the past two days, and when the light and exposure's whack and nothing's in focus, you gotta get creative.  and still, it hurts my eyes.  oh well.

feb 13


elizabeth's the best helper. laundry, cooking...even dog doo in the yard. you name it, she's following you around mimicking your work. and don't even worry about the sneakers with the jammies. baby got style.

feb 12


she's knows exactly what she's NOT supposed to be doing.  no messing with pop pop's grape vines!