a picture perfect weekend ahead!

can i just tell you how excited i am about this saturday?!?! you know how much i love taking pictures of my kids, right? but hey, we all know that brian and i are nowhere near the skill level of professionals (though brian is much closer than i am!)... because we both love taking so many pictures of our kids, we have not made the habit of getting professional pictures taken (and because we are not made of money!). ethan has been the subject of one photo shoot, which was great, but on the very very low end of professional quality... and sweet caroline has yet to look into the lens of a REAL CAMERA... well, sweetheart, that is about to change! my sweet friend hope has truly been blessed with the gift of capturing the moment. you know, those moments that you witness as a mom that melt your heart and you wish you had a camera built into your forehead?!? (like a macbook!)

well, hope is in town for a little while, and we are planning to spend saturday morning at a beautiful park. i absolutely can't wait. i have way too many outfits picked out to take for caroline to wear, and then it hit me yesterday that i need to think of what ethan should wear... haha! i need to get busy gathering fun things for the pictures... i've got everything ready for a tea party for caroline and karina, and a picture of ethan these days would not be complete without a CAR or thirty!

i am also excited to spend time with hope while she's in town. we went to high school together but didn't really know each other that well until we both started blogging and met up through our mutual friend, amy. we have sent many a baby-advice-email across the ocean, and thanks to blogger, we keep up with each others' families pretty well. it's been a couple of years since we've seen each other, so caroline and nora have been added to our families since our last visit. this one should be a fun one!! hopefully we can get together to let our kids play at least once this month. ethan and the three girls...hmm...maybe we can do a rock star/groupie photo... haha! (as long as ethan and alanna get to keep their shoes on!)

so stay tuned for fun fun, beautiful pictures!!!