A couple of weekends ago, we had our first official Kaplan family photo shoot. The weather was not cooperating (very cold), Reli was being her almost 2-year old self, and Vivianna was ready to take a nap when we got started. Those of you familiar with Shana Berenzweig's (www.shanaberenzweig.com) work will already expect great things from this post. For those of you who are unfamiliar, well get a load of what Shana can do under some pretty extreme circumstances to turn our family photo shoot into a phenomenal success.
Don't worry, I have already uploaded these images to Walgreens so that you can order prints of your favorite Kaplan pics. We got 7 high resolution images that can be printed to 5x7 or 8x10. We bought the entire gallery at low resolution images which can be printed to 4x6 or smaller. I created two separate albums on the Walgreens site for each of the different resolutions.
For 5x7s or 8x10s click here(or paste the link into your browser): http://photo1.walgreens.com/walgreens/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=8986161004/a=27058939_27058939/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=walgreens/
For 4x6s click here(or paste the link into your browser): http://photo1.walgreens.com/walgreens/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=8986163004/a=27058939_27058939/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=walgreens/
I realize that I will not be winning any "mother of the year" awards based on the length of time between blog posts about these amazing little girls. I hope that this post will catch you all up on what we have been up to these past few weeks.
In the time that has elapsed, Aurelia has potty trained. It was an adventure to say the least. She has come a long way and now she comes home from school most days in the clothes (and panties) she was wearing when she left the house.
Feast your eyes and ears on the photos and videos below.
Vivianna had her 2 month checkup today. She is perfectly healthy and weighed in at 10 lbs, 15 ounces.
Vivianna's play mat is one of the girls' favorite spots to hang out together.
They are so sweet together. It is obvious that they already love each other.
Aurelia is busy these days. I take her on mother-daughter dates whenever I can. We went to the children's museum the other day and she had a ball.
Another day we went to the pet store and she got to spend a lot of time looking at the fish - her favorite part.
Thanksgiving Day was a wonderful event at our house. One of my favorite activities is cooking with Aurelia and Koruna. We made banana bread together. It was a well-managed process with a lot of adult participation. What fun!
More Thanksgiving family fun:
Jonathan participated in "Movember" last month to raise money for prostate cancer awareness. Once it was over, he shaved his beard but left this amazing mustache for a few days. I love it!
Mornings are sometimes a very hectic time around here. But we usually spend at least an hour as a family before the madness really gets going.
