Friday, October 23, 2009

Baby Jonas




Isn't he adorable. This is my newest nephew Jonas, so of course I am not bias at all! I especially love being an aunt, I get to do all of the fun stuff (like take pictures) and then give them back when they cry! :)
Jonas was good the entire shoot but at the point when we got him naked things really got exciting. He was so smiley with no clothes on! Thank you Anna for being such a good prop.

Friday, October 16, 2009

My Girly Girl!

OK, I know I give her a hard time; do you think it is a little much that her nick name is Chaos?
Seriously though, what other 20 month old would let me do this!? I am having too much fun with her, it makes up for everything else.

My husband kept asking things like: Doesn't she already have curly hair? or How long do you leave those things in for?. But, Rachel had no problems with it at all, and Mom was having a blast. All you have to do is say the words "Oh, Pretty" and Rachel will probably be game for whatever. She loves to get her fingers and toes painted, and she sits perfectly still through the whole process!
I could raise 100 hundred boys (Spencer is so easy!) but they don't get near as excited at the thought of high heels!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Spencer, A Handsome Stud!


Spencer just loves the camera!
I am so lucky to have Spencer. He is a great balance to Rachel and he is at such a fun age. I love to see the wheels turn in his head as he starts to comprehend bigger concepts. He can't get enough of reading and has been memorizing many of the books we read.
It always surpises me what their little minds pick up on. Sometimes he says things that I have no idea where they come from. For instance, this past week we were expecting Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Kathryn to join us for dinner, but to a 4 year old they were taking forever to get here. After complaining that they were never going to make it, he sat looking out the window. When I asked him a question he said: "I am just watching the world go by."
I love being a MOM!
With Spencer there are things you hear you never expected to hear and there are things you say that you never, in you wildest dreams of parenting, expected to say. Spencer enjoys a consistant routine which consists of waking up at seven zero zero. Which I have to admit is not my favorite part ofthe routine, I do much better after 7:30am. Well, much to my surprise yesterday he slept in until 8:15! My first thought was, YEAH, but that was short lived. For the next hour or more he had a tantrum concerning the fact that we wouldn't turn the clock to 7:00am. He needed to wake up at 7, and that was that! Although we were tempted at times throughout this tantrum to change just one clock to settle him down, it would have made the many morning to follow such a nightmare it woldn't have been worth the moments we saved that morning. So we went on to explain that if we changed the clocks we would be late to do things like play with friends. And even if you change one clock you can't change all of the clocks. Some clocks even get time through a satelite in space and we can't change them. Nothing seemed to help, he just wanted it to be 7:00 when he wakes up. I never thought I would have to say: "No, we can not change the clock back to seven zero zero, and I am not changing my mind!"

Rachel


Isn't she cute! It has been months since she has let me put a headband in her hair and I just love it, especially with the huge flower! I just couldn't resist taking her picture. Luckily my children are really great when Mom has the urge to pull out the camera, again. Not to mention having a girl gives me an opportunity to play with my swirls in photoshop, I just love that look.
Rachel has had a big week. She has no fear and by doing some risky trick horse moves, this past week, she managed to give herself a concussion! It was the worst thing as a parent to have your child pass out in your arms. I am so grateful Derek was home so that I had someone to lean on, I Love You. She is fine, and bounced back quickly. But she sure had one headache!