Two Recent Pics

Here are two of our favorite recent pictures of Katie taken by two wonderfully talented people. The first was taken by Malcolm Hughes, a painter and a dear friend. You can see some of his work here. The second was taken just this weekend by one of my best friends, Kristin Moore. She just started a photography business in Charlottesville and is so good! Here is her website. We are blessed to know such gifted people...and, of course, to have such a cute toddler :)

Spring Break, Part 2

Since it was also Penn State's Spring Break, my sister, Leanne, came to spend a few days with us after we returned from Charleston. It was so wonderful to have her here! It was rainy and cold for most of the time so we had to find fun things to do inside. We had a lot of quality time with Katie...she even helped us bake a gluten free cake! I am now about 7 months pregnant so it was so nice to have Leanne around to help out. Thanks again, Leanne, for driving to see us. We love you!

Spring Break!

One of the many perks of marrying a professor is getting to enjoy Spring Break every year! Last Friday we made the 8-hour trip to Charleston, South Carolina to visit our dear friends, Matt and Megan Huffman. Megan and Matt became some of our closest friends in Charlottesville and, since they are in S.C. for a few years for Matt's cardiology fellowship at MUSC, we knew we had to make the trip down to see them. We had a fantastic time! They live right in downtown Charleston in an adorable apartment and were such gracious hosts. We took a boat ride to Fort Sumter, did a 4-mile walk around the downtown, visited an old rice plantation, ate a lot of delicious Southern food and had a great time catching up. One of the best parts of the trip was watching them love Katie. Thanks, Megan and Matt, for hosting us so well and for sharing your awesome city with us!

Cover Girls

Here's another one! The photographer sent this to me today. If anyone speaks Italian, we'd love a translation and if anyone is going to be in Italy anytime soon, we'd love a copy of this magazine! How fun! I can just hear Katie now telling her friends that she was on the cover of an Italian parenting magazine when she was a baby :)

The Cute Baby on BabyCenter

Since Katie and I did a stock photography shoot with Jamie Grill in May, I have been waiting to see where the photos ended up. I knew they were out there. Then, finally, the other night I found one on BabyCenter!! If you go to the site, click on the baby tab, then the photo tab, and you will see an article on baby names (I'll post a shot of the screens below if you can't get there). It's not one where you can see her whole adorable face but it's still fun to see our Katie on a popular national website! Please let me know if you spot any of our other pics out there!

The original

Opening screen

The article

Off To the Races!

One Giant Leap