Thousand Words Thursday

Here We Go Again...

Rich is deploying for 6 months starting in June. I try not to be too sad about it because I knew what I was in store for when we got married. I am sad for the kids though. What will Jacob do without his daddy for six whole months?! You have never met a bigger daddy's boy, that's for sure. He will miss Josslyn's first birthday, but he will be home for Christmas. At least Justyn and Rich will still be able to keep their Tuesday & Thursday reading nights via web cam. I love technology. I am definitely not looking forward to being a single mom, again. Blah!

I've been getting better with the Photoshop stuff. It's hard self teaching, LOL. Thank the Lord for Youtube!

Here are some recent pics.

Check out her little ruffle bum! I love girlie girl outfits. I'll be stocking up on outfits that this, that's for sure!

The spouse and me. The only time he smiles big is when he's on his bike. HATER! Pay no attention to me. I'm beefy.

Full Circle

Sunday night we worked on Justyn's family project for school. I just had to take a step back and watch as daddy helped his son with his homework. Has it really been 22 years since I sat at the table with my parents working on homework? It feels like not that long ago I was doing projects for school. Now I'm teaching my son to read and write. It really makes me feel like life really is that short.

I'm The Baby! I'm The Baby!

...And I'm having a helluva time letting go of the fact that my baby girl is growing up. She has already started to nurse less and less. I am hoping she will at least keep going 4 more months. She is up to 20lbs and probably should be out of the swing but I just can't help myself. She loves it, and I love her in it. We only use it for when we need her to just take a quick cat nap. We know the boys will never let her sleep for very long, LOL.


Baby steps. Baby steps. It's hard to believe she is my last little bundle of joy. Oh how I miss the newborn snuggle stage. The immobile stage. Soon giving kisses will be embarrassing and I will only be needed for clean laundry and something to eat. ::sniff sniff:: I can't wait for grandkids. Well, I can.

Flickr Friday - The Mister & His Mistress

I've decided that every Friday I'm going to post a picture from my Flickr. Just thought it would be a fun way to share some pictures. Like you all don't see enough, lol. I was using Photobucket but that site distorts my pictures for some reason. Super annoying. Anyway...onto Flickr Friday. Feel free to join in. I love seeing people's pictures.

Wordless Wednesday

Jossy poo

My baby Jacob

Pinky Dinky Who?

My kids love watching Pinky Dinky Do and I have to tell ya...that is one entertaining cartoon, LOL. Here I sit on the sofa trying to catch up on my bloggy good reads when I catch myself watching Pinky's great big idea. Makes me feel like a kid again. Oh how I'd love to be a kid again.

I've been in such a blog funk lately. I feel like I can't get anything done anymore. Josslyn is crawling and getting into everything. Jacob is killing me with his two year old attitude which is only made worse by Justyn's crappy tude.

I did a photo session last weekend. I was super nervous and I did a horrible job. My timing was totally off. I wanted to start when the sun was going down but ended up starting an hour too early. Totally my fault. I should have stayed longer and got the shots I needed to get but Rich, not realizing I had planned to do the session that weekend, had surprised me with tickets to see Dane Cook so I had to get going in order to make it there in time. Makes me feel like maybe being a photographer isn't my fortay. I'm so critical of myself but even Rich said I should redo the pictures. Isn't he sweet?!

My ILs were just in town. We had a blast with them here, even though it was just a short visit. This coming weekend we have friends coming in town. I'm excited. I love good times with good people.

Anyway, that was my update for ya. I know you have all been dying for one! ;-P

Here are some pictures of my lil baby girl. My she has grown. I'm ever so sad about it.

Wordless Wednesday - Flashless

So my new camera I just bought is a flashless one. Which means it's Au natural light for me. So since my camera is coming on Thursday I thought I should practice more manual, no flash, pictures. I took these yesterday evening at dusk.

I took this inside with my bounce flash.

Could It Be A Come Back?

Today everyone seems to be doing pretty well. I think I might be getting a cold but the littles are doing much better, and Justyn is in school. Could it be that we are finally all going to be healthy at the same time? I missed reading up on all my favorite blogs. I might spend tonight doing that. Last night I had all kids in bed by 8:15 and I was in bed by 10 which is unheard of for me. I guess the last month or so has really wore me out. I'm going to spend today disinfecting my house. Windows open and Lysol out. All sheets in the washer!!! I never want to be sick like this again. Well, I can see my blogging time is being cut short again. Josslyn is yelling at me and Jacob wants breakfast. Oh the joys of motherhood!

Here are some cute pics of Jac & Josslyn. Justyn is never around me long enough to get his picture taken, LOL. He's too busy for mom.

Foto-tastic Friday

I know you have all been yurning for some photo goodness. Admit it. You can't get enough of seeing my kids. Okay, Okay, so that may be a huge exaggeration. I know I personally can't get enough of them. That might be a huge exaggeration as well.

Anyway, we have recently started Josslyn on some big girl treats. Some Gerber Graduate snacks. She loves her some yogart melts and rice puffs. Of course you know I took some pictures!!!

Summer Christmas Time & The Livin' is Easy Hot.

So for the first time ever in my life I went to the beach the day after Christmas. It was a beautiful 80 degrees. We decided to head down to St. Pete and spend some time relaxing on the white sands. Water was chilly but people were still getting in. Crazy! We had a fabulous Christmas this year. Everyone was spoiled blessed and dinner was decent. It was my first time cooking a holiday meal and I did it all by myself. Well I'd love to add more to this post but Josslyn just woke up from her nap and is calling my name. Well not really but...

Here are some pics of our day at the beach. I will post Christmas pics at her next nap, LOL.

Wordless Wednesday & Other Nonsense

It's been awhile since I've blogged, but with good reason. My bestie is in town with her daughter and we've been hangin' out, keepin' it fresh. Then yesterday I got the stomach flu. Booo. So much for keepin' it fresh. Thankfully today I feel tons better.

I've decided to start doing photo sessions for people other than my children, LOL. So to practice I took Jess and Berlyn to St. Pete where we did a little session on the beach. Here are a couple pics, they will also serve as my WW.










I'll be back to my regular blogging on Friday. Hope everyone is having a good week. :-D