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The day can’t get any better when your hubby tells you that he will take ALL the kids so I could go shopping for a new pair of shoes….. Yeah he totally deserved a brownie AND a sticker that day!!

Instead of shopping – I honestly couldn’t decide what to go shopping for- I decided to grab my oldest son and hit the streets of Sandpoint for a little photo fun. It felt great to get back to my camera- I wasn’t worried about making anything “perfect” or even keeping time… we just had some fun. It was short lived; after 3 times of getting out of the car, I was so tired and my body was so sore… but we both had a good time!

Ohhh this color on this one looks funky on this blog… eeeks… thankfully in my program it does NOT look alienish!

In between playing, I had to stop and take a few photos of some of my fave flowers. These remind me of an innocent childhood. I remember I would lay in the grass and try to blow these little pillowy petals (if that is what you call them) and make little childhood dreams.. Ahhh.. the fun of being a kid!

And these…. I wish I had a yard FULL of them.. They make me feel so pretty and so happy inside!

It’s been so long since I have posted… I almost forgot MY name! I am still trying to get my new blog switched over but I am having the heck of the time getting wordpress to do what I ask!!! Grrrrr

Things have been pretty hairy medical wise during this looooonnnng pregnancy. I know this break  is the best choice for me and this little baby, but to be honest… I so miss it all.  I miss my clients… the new clients.. watching babies grow and seeing the older kids just be kids.

At this rate, September seems like a million years away. My little shutter finger is itching for a wedding, some newborns and some good outdoor kid fun… but my belly screams NOOOOOOOOoooooo. But I think I am going to have to push myself just a wee bit just so I can get my little fix.

 

Today, my hubby was so sweet as he looked at me and told me he loved me and then told me that he would take the kids for me if I wanted …… and to go get another pair of shoes.

*GASP* I think at that moment I saw stars around his head!! Well due to my speed of waddeling… I didn’t make it to do shoe shopping, but instead I grabbed my older son and we  hit the streets of Sandpoint for some photo fun. It was wonderful to get behind the camera again and even better to do so looking at my son! But after the 3rd stop, my body was begging me to not move an inch.

 

I am going to have to take what I can get I know soon I will be holding my new little one and going full swing again in the photo world. But till then I am hoping to start doing all those changes I have been wanting to do and getting the studio a fresh new look for the new year.

In fact… I think this fall we should all celebrate with a little party or something. It will be so wonderful to see you all again!!!

 

Oh!! I do have to say, if you are expecting a little one anytime, please still contact me.. Depending on what is going on, I would still love to capture your little one

 

CRAZY: intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with;

That is I think the best description I can come up with how things are.

In the beginning of January, we found out that we are expecting another baby. A TON of emotions came up when that little pink plus sign came up… It wasn’t until a good few weeks later that the reality hit me that I was going to have five kids.. FIVE.. F I V E. But this is what we wanted and waited for. I think I was more scared than anything because I knew what to expect… terrible morning sickness, hospitals, medications, and 4 other kids and a hubby to take care of. I was already feeling defeated.

I immeditaly got on my meds in hopes that I could slow down my morning sickness routine…. and I have to say- in that departement, as bad as it has been, this has been the easiest … now that didnt make things peachy for me by any means.

I have had fluids and ended up in the hospital for a few days with the flu- even with the flu shot I was given.. it still hit me hard. I was NOT having a good time at all so far. I was ordered to stay away from everyone for a full month to make sure all symptoms were gone. Yeah- that was not going to be easy with a house full of kids- But thankfully my hubby was doing all that he could. Soon after the flu I got a wonderful and very painful ear infection. It took all my strength not to get on the floor and scream and cry like a baby and BEG for pain pills. And not those measly Tylenol kind.. OH NO- this momma wanted something strong!! Finally the day the pain was bareable, but now my hearing in that ear is less than perfect LOL

….And soon after that (yes things just keep getting better) my son comes home from preschool with lice. Let me tell you how FREAKED out and Paranoid this lady was. All I kept thinking was that we were this disgusting dirty family. Thank GOD for my sister in law who stepped in and took care of the kids while I loaded every piece of fabric item into my car and trucked it to the laundry mat. I was determined to fix this RIGHT NOW! I kept PRAYING that I would be saved from those icky nasty little bugs. Thank God I was. I was in total panic. I even called my hair dresser to see if she would hack off my hair RIGHT THEN. After I calmed down, I never did go see her, but its starting to sound like a good idea again I did have my mommy break down that day- a few times. My SIL told me that the best thing to do was to cut the boys hair. I was ok with my older ones but not my baby!!! Oh those sweet little curls.. there was no way I was ready to say good bye to those. Cutting those seemed to me that I was saying goodbye to the “baby”. That is when I had my melt down. And I mean COMPLETE melt down. I tried calling hubby but lucky for him- he didnt answer. When we did chat he gave me this speech that things were going to be ok… what I wanted to hear was him getting out of his seat to give me a hug and understand my psycho momma of the moment. After the 5 min of me crying, he understood that giving me a pep talk wasnt going to calm me down. I think for 5 days I had nightmares of bugs attacking me. It was just terrible.

Thursday, as I picked up my son from preschool, once again there was a letter in his box that stated that someone has chicken pox in class… out again came the psycho and paranoid mom. OMG- please dont let some freak medical reason let me get chicken pox again. I really do not want to be sick or land back in the hospital again. Thankfully I had a doc appt that same day and after talking with 2 docs, they reassured me that I was be immune to it. I am still on the cautionary side- you never know. I could just be a freak!

But this pregnancy is far from “easy”… and I have to say to those moms that are having an “easy” pregnancy right now…. in my sweetest and most innocent way- pppphhhhhhllllltttt :p

I have been getting braxton hicks contractions more than I care to get. I really can not do any activity without getting them. Dishes, grocery shopping or even light cleaning…. there you will find me, in bed with a disgruntled look on my face. My hips are already starting to hurt and just the other day I noticed that I already have pressure..down there… when I walk. Good Gravy! Now, I know after having 4 kids, I can not expect to have this 20 yr old something body, but c’mon!! I feel like I am totally falling apart! And sleep- PHHHLease!!! I get maybe 4 hours then its 30 min trips to the bathroom and trying to get comfy again in my sea of pillows.

Due to all these lovely things, my doc has advised me to take things very lightly and very slowly. After many nights of prayers and talking with hubby, I made the hard decision to take some time off from work The hard part is not seeing all those beautiful faces and creating memories. This was such a hard decision for me. I had many sleepless nights wondering if people would remember me, if I would be welcomed back, how hard we would suffer financially, but I think what scared me the most was if I was going to be able to be welcome back- seriously. As much as I wanted to say I could do it all, my body was fighting back with me saying I couldnt. This baby is so much more important and if it ever came to be that I wasnt “welcomed” anymore in the photo world, Well, God gave me an AMAZING run and I have met some WONDERFUL people and I honestly couldn’t have asked for anything better. I really do hope he opens that door back open for me when the time is right because I really LOVE it!!

Because I will not be taking any work, I don’t know if I will be blogging much on here.. I feel like this is more a “business blog” and I wouldnt want to booooooorrrrreeee anyone with my mothering adventures of 4 kids and a pregnancy.. although…. you never know.. it could get pretty entertaining I guess I will have to see how things go. But please feel free to look me up and add me on facebook. I am always on that thing yapping it up.

In the meantime.. I really appreciate your support and understanding You make my world a happier place!

What a crazy and long day! Enjoyable but Loooooooooonnnngggg.

Started out with a meeting for little charlie joe and getting him set up on speech. That little monkey still has no words yet. Its funny how we parents cant wait for the little ones to talk and then we spend the rest of our lives wishing they would just be quiet… for five minutes.. PLEASE. – Well I hope I am not the only one

After that- I got all dolled up for my radio interview. As I was leaving my husbands says ” you know its radio- they cant see you, right”? Well I know but I wanted to feel a little bit …special… important.. professional- at least until I open my mouth to talk LOL

I tell you …that is the MOST nerve racking thing. There – on the table- was that microphone STARING at you. And then for some odd reason I got STUPID embarrssed by talking into it. I dont know what I really sounded like but in my head I am hearing a 12 year old goofy kid rambeling on and on and not really making any sense. That is the excited little girl inside of me- jumping around and hyped up on sugar! Ahhh oh well.. I am sure I busted that whole interview- ok it actually makes me laugh. I am such a dork!

After I left there and stood in the parking lot to air out my sweaty arm pits… I did some not -so- fun errands… then I did one of those round trip drives- which are NOT fun I tell you.. to pick up all the kiddos and head out to oreintation for preschool.. ok SUPEr excited about that. I know he is too. Long day, but enjoyable

So I guess you are waiting to hear about the top 12 angels this week…… here are your top Angels…….

These Two Cuties… are tied

oops! These two are tied too! Its a close race kiddos!!

And here we have a THREE way tie…Hmm. how do you choose??? I think they are ALL adorable!!

OK I tried to get these all lined up pretty, but it is just not working for me tonight.. i am tired and HUNGRY.. and I just noticed that while I am typing this.. I am saying this all in my head with a southern accent.

weird.

Well I guess its nitey nite for me- MAYBE I will be able to sleep in tomorrow! Wouldn’t that be exciting?? It looks like a long day of laundry- ugh. Maybe…. I will be blessed by one of those fairy tale creators that will come in in the middle of the night and do ALL my laundry- including putting it away.. ahhhh… a girl can dream, right?

~loves

Its Sunday morning… and in my opinion… I was  up way too early. I had to have a serious talk with my little guy today that just because the sun is up, that doesnt mean that WE have to be up. I also mentioned to him that if I dont come to his beck-and-call-cries….. I wanna sleep some more – so he better find something to occupy himself in bed with…. I dont think he really took it to heart since he thought it was much more fun to bang on my head and drool on me.. hmmm one day I will be able to sleep in again!

One of my favorite things to read is “What The Duck” this little photog duck just has the WORST luck- makes me crack up laughing.. I hope that you too are able to find some laughter today on this rainy Sunday!

This weekend for a lot of you may be all about BBQ’s and one more day off of work. For the few of us, this is a time to remember our loved ones that are and that have served our Country.  I want to thank ALL of our soldiers, past and present, for serving our Country – fighting for our rights.

My brother who is currently stationed in Germany, is getting ready to be deployed again to Iraq. He will be leaving behind a wife and his beautiful little girl that just wont understand why her daddy is gone. Every day I pray for his safety when he leaves. I want him to come back home…. I want his daughter to be able to run up to him and give him the biggest hug EVER… I want to be able to have my brother back!!!

So many lives have been lost for us Americans. So please take the time this weekend and honor those soldiers who have not only fought for us and came back, but for those that fought and did not get to come back to their families. And the next time you see one of our military men or women, stop them and sincerely THANK them for their service. It will mean a lot to them!!

Here is a video to honor those.

I received this email funny from a friend today and had to share… makes me giggle!

The first day, God created the dog and said:

‘Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.’
The dog said: ‘That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?’

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

‘Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty -year life span.’

The monkey said: ‘Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the Dog did?’

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

‘You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.’

The cow said: ‘That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?’

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said:

‘Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life . For this, I’ll give you twenty years.’

But man said: ‘Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?’

‘Okay,’ said God, ‘You asked for it.’

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Today was such a beautiful day and I hear tomorrow is going to be even better!!!!

For the past few days I have been in this HEAVY funk, but last night I took myself to bed at 8:30. Oh my- that was so nice! I guess I really needed that rest. This morning I woke up so much more happier and much more pleasant to be around – just ask the family!

After getting some office work done I decided to scarp the whole housewife duties and take my boys out to play at the park today- and I am SO glad I did. It was such a beautiful day out!!! I packed up some snacks, got the little ones dressed and then took my oldest son out of school as a surprise. He was so shocked when he learned that he was not going to the doctor but instead going to play at the park with ME

I too needed a break from the daily routine! I am excited to see what tomorrow brings!

…OH!! I know a part of tomorrow… a sneak peek into the Beach Babies Sessions that are to come!!

Happy Mothers Day to all those mommies out there!

I am reminded each day that my kids dont care what size clothes I wear, if I have no makeup on, or if I am 5 (or 10) pounds heavier than I should. My kids love ME just the way I am. Silly and All

*** To all my wonderful kiddos, and hubby, thank you for making my life as a mom so joyful. You are each a special blessing and you make my heart smile!! To MY mom – thank you for being my mom! I dont know how you raised us kids like you did- each day I am reminded how great you are and were a mom to us “kids”. Love you all!!***

Its Late afternoon on saturday…. and everyone but me and my babe are out enjoying the mud bogs this mothers day weekend. At first I was excited to have the house semi to myself, but now with this headache, I find myself being a little lonely.

I just realized that I am typing this and saying this all in my head with a southern accent LOL. I am so weird!

My parent surprised me today with a bday/ Mothers Day gift… I was SO super excited when I got it You wanna see it? Of course you do

My new camera bag!!!

It is really relaxing having a semi quiet house and I think tonight I will treat myself to MY fave pizza, MY fave glass of wine and a peaceful hot bath ALL to myself Hopefully this handsome little baby of mine will turn in at a decent time tonight!!

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