The Loftis Family

I took a few photos of Amelia in the grass a few minutes ago. This is the first time she’s sat by herself in the grass.  Don’t worry, this is the neighbor’s yard. Dustin gave our yard a good scalping on Sunday before he left town for two weeks (love you honey!).

I only got a few photos before she unleashed the screaming demon on me. She wasn’t too fond of being put down today, teething stinks!

Yes, in case you’re wondering Amelia still has a comb over.  Her new hair is coming in light blond so she looks a bit ‘Trumpish’ up top.

Here are a few during play time.

She wears her food well, don’t you think?

This weekend we’re celebrating two big milestones; Amelia will be 5 months old (5/18) and we’re celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary (5/17). It’s hard to believe that our baby girl is 5 months already and it’s impossible to believe that we’ve been married for 5 years.

It makes me think about all of the people that were there with us celebrating our wedding day five years ago. Most are still married, some are not. Some have kids now (maybe even a few) and some do not. Most are still with us, but I’m sad to say that some are not.

We’ve experienced so much together in the last five years; many, many happy times and a few sad ones too. We’ve both grown in our careers and taken big leaps together. We’ve had great adventures traveling to England, Italy and Egypt and little ones traveling closer to home. We’re working together to establish our business and define ourselves as artists. We’ve taken on the greatest and most rewarding challenge of our lives, being parents.

The constant in everything we do is the passion we have for each other. Dustin makes me laugh like no other. He gives me chills when he touches me. I get butterflies when I see him and I fall deeper in love with him every day. I admire him, I respect him and love him with everything I have.

Growing up I thought I’d move to NYC, Paris or some other city of intrigue and throw myself into my work, marrying in my thirties. I didn’t know that there were greater plans for me, that I’d find my soul mate at 16, that I’d marry at 23 and become a mother at 28. Never could I have imagined the beautiful life that would be laid out for me.

I would like to thank all of you, our family and friends for your endless love and support. Our lives are more fun and our hearts are more full because of all of you.

Here’s to another 5 years!

With love,

Kelley

So, we’ve started ’solids’ I use that term loosely because I think they’re all just squishy foods. Amelia LOVES her rice cereal; she kicks her legs, waves her arms and grabs at the spoon because she’s so excited to eat it. She actually chews her food so I know she’ll be ready for more solid things as soon as her little teeth start to appear.

Since we’ve been doing rice cereal for a few days I thought it was time to step things up a notch or two and introduce a new solid. And what better solid to introduce than something her mommy and daddy loathe…squash. Yes, I do taste test what I feel my kiddo and it’s pretty much icky, worse than the real thing (I’m a texture person).

The following pictures follow the sequence from “I’m excited because food is coming,” to “what the heck is this mommy,” to “BLECH!” to “ok, it’s not so bad if mommy makes funny faces at me and I spit most of it out.”

We’re sticking with squash for a few days for two reasons; I hope she’ll learn to love it and because I bought 4 jars and I’m the mommy and I said that she has to eat her vegetables.

Nope, Amelia is not crawling, but she’s rolling to get where she wants to go.  Amelia has discovered that if she just rolls over eventually she’ll get somewhere. It’s quite cute…except when she gets stuck under the armoire and screams bloody murder. Read the rest of this entry »

Dustin’s best friend since he was a kid (since Cub Scouts) was married this weekend to his perfect match.  Aaron and Colleen were married in a traditional Catholic ceremony in St. Louis, Missouri.

Dustin was the Best Man and I was there to enjoy the festivities so we were in no way there as their photographers…but of course I had my camera.  There was a bit of time before the reception when Aaron and Colleen were waiting to be introduced so I went out to take a few photos.  It was a much needed creative escape for me and they both enjoyed their quiet time together.  It’s so much fun being able to capture people so much in love.

Congrats Aaron & Colleen!

Below are a few photos and you’ll find a few more here.

We had our monthly family meal today with the Holley clan. I was sitting on the floor with my dad and the girls and as soon as Keira saw the camera she started cheesing it up for me. She’s such a ham!

Amelia (4.5 months) is certainly catching up to Keira (10.5 months)!