casey coombs

(baby babble) birth days, bad hair days and bad (as in rad) babies

I realize many of you are burned out on the Babble takeover of the entire Internet but if only read one post, please, let it be this one…because no one partied harder than Vivi’s hair on New Year’s. Not even a Don King Beiber baby has chops on my baby. Here’s a bunch of viralContinue reading “(baby babble) birth days, bad hair days and bad (as in rad) babies”

(big babble) old wives, young friends and new projects.

I asked Cody what lies his mom used to tell him to keep him from doing stuff, he got a forlorn look on his face and said “But everything my mom told me was true.” Me too, buddy. We choose to perpetuate old wives’ tales and here’s 15 of them and why. With the grandestContinue reading “(big babble) old wives, young friends and new projects.”

belly in a barn, a maternity photo shoot.

Every Sunday we drive down a country road to church and pass by the most amazing abandoned barn. It’s three stories tall, made from big grey bricks and topped with a faded red metal roof. I’ve dreamed of taking pictures of, in, around, by and in front of this barn from the moment I sawContinue reading “belly in a barn, a maternity photo shoot.”

(big babble) dancing, dating, dining and a year in review.

She became a big sister, a first grader, a toothless wonder and a seven year old…here’s Addie’s 2011 in review. All this end of year nostalgia has me weeping over videos of a little dancing Addie. Playdates…they’re always harder on a kid’s home turf, right? Addie has tried 20 of the 100 foods listed onContinue reading “(big babble) dancing, dating, dining and a year in review.”

(baby babble) newborns, ear infections and a year in review.

Now that my newborn is almost 8 months old, I’m ready to get my paws on a fresh one. Vivi got her first ear infection thanks to her first tooth. Thanks for nothing I say. Vivi had a pretty big 2011, what with being born and all…here’s her 2011, month by month, in 12 photos.

how to: make a pregnancy silhouette portrait

Below is my most favorite maternity photo of myself. I’m 39 weeks pregnant and I felt lovely and round and wonderful. I told my mom what I had in mind and she made it happen. We took them against my big West facing windows at sunset. There’s something about the shape of a pregnant womanContinue reading “how to: make a pregnancy silhouette portrait”

(big babble) underpants, presents, explanations and a haul.

Addie drew Cody in her Hello Kitty underpants. Then she drew herself sad because Cody stretched out her Hello Kitty underpants. (See also: me surfing on a hot dog.) Need to keep a seven year old busy on Christmas morning? Put her in charge of opening ALL! THE! THINGS! Addie’s explanation of why a neighborhoodContinue reading “(big babble) underpants, presents, explanations and a haul.”

(baby babble) pink parts, sympathy and chompy things.

“You just have to keep at it until those suckers turn into pencil erasers!” and all my sympathy to your pink parts. It doesn’t matter what he was eating, a mother lost her baby. Now that Vivi has a tooth she has new things she likes to chew on. Including me.

i love right now (and lights.)

You can make your own bokeh kit, or you can buy one like I did.

happy merry everything.

I cannot, for the life of me, put this baby down when she falls asleep in my arms. I sleep with her in the same chair I begged for Addie to snuggle with me in. I waited way too long to hold a sleeping baby to go dropping her off in her crib as soonContinue reading “happy merry everything.”