Micaela and Kate had an impromptu baby bump photo shoot at a wedding on Saturday, and since the results are so gorgeous I just had to share it with you.
Doesn’t she look amazing? She’s halfway along now, so not much more to go!
The dress was not even a maternity dress, but thanks to the ‘panel’ of fabric along the front of it, Mic was able to sneakily hide her belly. Here she is with our parents, see? no baby bump!
She found the dress at our favourite consignment store in Toronto, Repeat Boutique.
The house is slowly coming together, emphasis on the slow.
We have one room finished so far, and lots more to go. My father-in-law nicely painted Hailey’s nursery for us when we moved in. Hailey never even used the nursery at our old house and I loved the design, so we kept it the same. Same paint, same furnishings, same baby. Only now she actually uses it! And as of yesterday she is now UNSWADDLED! I am so happy about that. Now it’s even cuter to see her sleeping, arms flung out both ways and legs just totally relaxed.
{Before}
{View from door}
{crib and bookcases}
{dresser and chair where I take her monthly photos}
{closet and door – I should have taken a photo of inside her closet, she has more clothes then I do}
So there’s one room for you. I really hope to paint more rooms soon and get the house infused with more ‘Katelyn’ style. I bought fabric for Hailey’s little chair and I’ll finish it this week and post photos. It’s going to be adorable!
Not so nice? The price tag of $650. According to my sources (ahem, Cupcakes and Cashmere), sequins mixed with rugged clothing, heavy boots, and knits is ‘in’ for this upcoming Fall season. More specifically, sequin pants, shorts & skirts. I’m not sure I am brave enough to boast a pair of sequin pants on my chicken legs, but I have a serious affinity towards sequins and I am hoping that a sequin skirt will make its way into my closet this Fall.
What’s your opinion – are those sequin pants awesome or do they belong only in the circus? Will you be pasting sequins all over your body this Autumn?
August 23, 2010 = Hailey is 7 months old (30 weeks)!
I love the age that Hailey is at. She is capable of so much, yet still does not move, so I don’t have to run around after her. Instead of obsessing over the fact that Hailey hardly ever rolls over and is not crawling yet, I will count my blessings that I have a healthy baby who enjoys sitting and playing in one spot. In due time it will come. I mean look how strong she is getting, pushing up on her hands.
Hailey is getting solids twice day right now. If I had written this last week I would have said that she does not like solids. However something changed and now she loves eating solids. I would almost equate the difficulty of trying to get Hailey to eat solids with learning how to breastfeed. But we got it all figured out and now Hailey loves everything she eats. She’s had rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots, peaches, peas, squash, pears, plums and probably things I am forgetting.
She still needs lots of naps throughout the day, but some of her naps are getting shorter and she is getting better at being up for longer stretches of time (about 2 hours). She is still swaddled for bedtime and naps.
{“mom why am I in a laundry basket?”}
The silly faces that she is making now are so cute. She does this thing where she purses her lips pulls them up to her nose, kind of like a bunny and breathes in and out really hard. Scott and I call it her fighting face because it looks like she is really mad at someone and wants to fight (she does it in the video above). She also keeps her hands in fists at her chest a lot, so she looks like she is ready to punch us. Another of my favourite poses of hers is to put both hands on the handle of the carrier, holding on for dear life! Lau and I yell “HOLD ON” whenever she does it.
{Blurry, but cute. HOLD ON!!}
Hailey is a very interested baby. She looks at everything and watches like a hawk for new things. She loves to watch the cats in the house and will see them walk behind me and will look around my other side to see them continue walking. Such a smart girl. She notices now when you take something for her, especially when is is something you don’t want her to have. We are also venturing into attachment right now, if I or Scott leave the room at home she will start crying/whining. That’s not so fun.
{Pretty sure she looks like a toddler in this photo! Hailey you are only 7 months old, slow down!}
Hailey is starting to be really vocal, we have yet to hear the babbling (bababa dadad mamama) but she certainly likes to talk. In church she enjoys yelling when everyone is silent, making my whole family laugh, which we obviously will have to put a stop to later on, but now she’s too young to realize that she shouldn’t be doing it.
As for length and weight, I measured her this morning and I *think* she is about 27 inches (she looks like she has grown a lot) and I’m guessing is 18.5lbs, because she normally gains a pound a month. I’m so excited to see what the next month will bring!
**Edit: Gosh Im good. Got her weighed, she is 18.6 lbs and they measured 26in, but you know how I feel about length measurements…**
