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today, on a super saturated rain soaked deluge of a day, Cutie Face asked to join the Cakes in her crib--she spent nearly 30 minutes in there while I caught up with friends on the phone...(hence the reason this picture is blurred and edited--shooting one handed while refereeing and chatting on the phone is not always the best way to get a decent picture of the day)

I think that Cutie Face will be a great mom. When she isn't in a toddler funk, she's one step ahead of me, fetching passers (read: pacifiers), burp cloths, nursing covers, and rattles for Cutie Cakes. She's attentive, sweet, and loving (if not smothering). And Cutie Cakes certainly lights up when she's around...

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Well, believe it or not, I failed to take even one picture today. Whoa. Unprecedented. Not even one on my iPhone. Seriously--how did that happen?

Despite my failings in the still camera department, i found a great replacement for today's post (at least for this doting parent ;-o)...a video. It appears that Cutie Cakes' favorite song is currently, "Head & Shoulders, Knees & Toes"--sure to elicit a squeal and big smiles, especially if done with enough gusto. I'd been performing for her for quite a while by the time i busted out the Flip...meaning she was a bit  over it by the time we finished singing. 

Regardless, i know i'll enjoy looking back and seeing how much she's grown and how cute she was!

oh!

a fancy thing about the Flip--you can take a still shot!:

PS: excuse the girls' {lack of} attire--
it's 80℉ in our house but we, for some unknown reason, refuse to turn on our AC unit.

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Cutie Cakes meets my cousin (in-law)!

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A lot happened today. 

A lot didn't happen today (read: laundry, cleaning, & blogging). 

But still, we were outside, we had fun, and we made memories--things laundry & cleaning can't accomplish...until we have no clean clothes and are in our eyeballs up to filth. Yup. that could create some very...errr...interesting memories.

Today Cutie Face had a Green Smoothie for lunch at Atlanta's Urban Picnic. It was fun, not messy (yay for bendy straws!) and there were, again, lots AND lots AND lots of pictures to choose from...and one day...one day i'll edit them. 

But for now, here you go...

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chilling in the swing...first time ever! 

it was a lot easier putting both of them in swings than holding one and pushing the other...

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don't worry, it's not blood...

it's homemade finger paint

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it was a {plant} nursery day!

J's new passion is our budding veggie garden
so we spent the afternoon whiling away our time at two fun nurseries.
Despite buying veggie plants, I couldn't resist a snap of the flowers!

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Happy birthday, J/Daddy!

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again...SOOOO many pictures that represent our day well 

BUT

the little girls aren't seen enough on this blog  

so here they are in all their playtime glory

i ❤ faces: Smiles!

Smiles...

they're a dime a dozen when I'm around my Cuties

SOOO many to choose from

and yet I chose a photo from this weekend:

technically, that's the easy-way-out because then I don't have to look through and agonize over the perfect smile photo out of thousands.

why not visit i ❤ faces this week and smile back at all the great photos!

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despite our very busy day, this is the only picture i took

it was RAIN rain RAIN so i was a bit afraid to take the camera outside of the house

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Cutie Cakes was treated to a day as an only child when my parents took cutie face for the night. 

I think she missed her sister! 

it sure was quiet without her...

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SOO many fun photos to choose from our trip to the zoo with the cousins!

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Cutie Face really "gets into" her presents. 

Thanks to KK and Shawna for the great gift!

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Sweet Cutie Cakes!

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puzzlin' it out while Mom and Dad watched THE marathon 

(aka, the Boston Marathon)

i ❤ faces: Collage

as anyone who frequents this blog knows, Cutie Face L-O-V-E loves swinging & her blanket

as this collage for this week's i ❤ faces challenge attests

Head on over to i ❤ faces for more collage fun!

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What a day for a daydream... 

OR 

Sunday newspaper reading

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Cutie Cakes is surely getting the short end of the stick because i keep posting pictures of her sister. 

BUT 

Cutie Face is at the age and stage where her pictures are so full of personality i just have to keep posting pics of her.

Like tonight, at a festival (more on that soon on my other blog), Cutie Face was bound and determined to run up a VERY steep hill. 

She conquered the hill with a toddler's aplomb...and then nearly fell over she was so excited to get to the top!

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...Cool...