Most Fabulous Session EVER

Really... it wasn't a session.. it was more like an all day EVENT with two of my BFFs... nonetheless... BEST.... EVER....

So, if you want to see lots of this.....

Evil, Possessed Preggo Girl

and

Sex Kitten Preggo Girl

You should definitely go here and leave lots of sweet, fun, happy comments to make these gorgeous girls feel good about their very last pregnancies!!!! :):)

Just stuff

I am very much engrossed in "The Time Traveller's Wife" right now. It's amazing. The book can get a little confusing, though, because the story jumps around a lot... I guess that's what happens when the main character is constantly time travelling. I think it's so funny, though, because, as someone who loves to write and has tried twice to write a novel (yes, I have two unfinished manuscripts... blah, blah.... I got stuck.. so, anyway..) I am constantly wondering how in the CRAP this author is keeping up with what she is writing! I mean, seriously. Both times I've attempted writing a novel, I think part of what causes me to quit is that I just burn myself completely out. I end up with 90 pages of manuscript and about 200 pages of notes... yikes! So, I would love to have the opportunity to meet this author one day so I could ask her these burning questions about HOW she wrote this incredible story!

Okay, on other topics.. my little boy is proving to be quite the genius baby. Last night he did something I thought was SO SMART. And my mom was right there, so I have a witness. We came home from my granny's house and I put Noah down in the living room. We were talking, the kids were playing and I started talking about the things I needed to get done. I looked at Noah and I said, "Noah, do you want a bath?". Of course, I was really just saying this out loud, trying to decide if he needed a bath last night or if I was going to wait until this morning to give him his bath. Well, when I asked him that question, he threw down his toy, turned around and walked as fast as he could... straight to the bathroom! I was in complete amazement! I jumped up and my mom and I exchanged a very bewildered look and I followed him. When I got to the bathroom, he was standing by the tub, pulling back the shower curtain! I still can't believe he did that! I had no idea that he actually knew what I was saying. I think I have a very smart little cookie on my hands.

I am actively selling lots of our goods on ebay at the moment. My seller id is emmasmom1006, so check out my lovely items for sale on there. :) Oh, and during the pillaging of my house, looking for things to sell, I decided I was ready for Noah's room to have a new look. He's getting to be a big boy now, so I wanted him to have bigger boy bedding and decor in his room. So, I'm selling his sweet little baby stuff and I'm redoing his room in the Pottery Barn Kids Dr. Seuss stuff. Have you seen it???? Oh my... I LOVE it... and it's Organic AND it's on clearance right now!!! Woo Hoo!!! I'm so excited!! :) Oh, and Noah is still in his crib, of course, but his furniture is white, so I think it's going to look so cute! I'm so excited for my big boy. :)

And Emma is just super excited because her school starts back on Monday. I'm not so excited about this. Not because I don't want to give her up during the days. That was my gripe last year. But last year she was THREE and she was still my sweet baby. This year she's four, almost five, and I KNOW she needs to be in school. She really does. She's so smart and she actually craves school. It's so weird to me. She cries if she can't go to school. Gosh, my mom used to have to threaten my life every morning to get me up out of my bed to make me go to school. So, I don't really understand this part of Emma at all. But anyway.. I am not looking forward to this because... HOLY CRAP... we're going to have to be up at... EARLY.. REALLY, REALLY EARLY. We are not early people around here. Those of you who know me well know that you really shouldn't call our house before 10 or even.... 11... because we may or we may not be awake. I love to sleep the mornings away and my kids definitely inherited this same love. They will sleep til noon sometimes if I stay really quiet and don't wake them up. So, yeah... an 8am school time is quite ominous to me. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do it all five days. I'm really hoping that we'll be successful in getting there on time at least 3 out of the 5 days. Yikes... next year attendance is mandatory... what the heck am I going to do then???? And for those of you who are wondering if I sleep like 15 hours a night or something... NO! I'm such a night owl. I have to make myself quit doing chores and reading and watching tv at night. I would be the perfect person to hold a night job, because I really love being up at night time.

Okay, I'll quit rambling...

Really??

Usually, we're pretty healthy people around here, but you wouldn't think so from the last month. Noah has been throwing up all day long. And it's so strange, because he's not running a fever, when he's not throwing up, he's acting like he feels fine, walking around... playing, but when the throwing up starts, it's BAD! And it's the saddest thing, because it scares him to death. He has no idea what's going on, his eyes bulge out of his head, he holds his breath, gets all choked on vomit when he does try to breathe and just heaves and heaves. It's been horrible. Anyway, he's in bed now and hopefully he'll sleep okay. He's barely had anything to drink at all tonight, which is what his pediatrician told me to do when I called her today, so hopefully that means he won't have anything to throw up tonight. We'll see....



And this evening, when things finally calmed down a little, I had Emma lay on my pretty, sassy metallic fabric for me ~ that Jackie got me for my birthday.. thanks friend!! ~ to practice my lighting. I have a boudoir shoot tomorrow and since everything I've done lately has been outside with natural lighting, I haven't even used my studio light in probably two months! Isn't she a little sleeping beauty? :)




I also worked on putting together my wedding packages tonight!! Aren't they so pretty?? Hopefully soon, I'll have a wedding inquiry so I can give one of these pretties away. :):)

On Being Thankful

Despite the events of my life recently, I am a very thankful person and I'd like to outline a little of what I'm thankful for. I think it will improve my mood a little...

1. I am very thankful that that precious little morsel up there is walking like a champ now. Only choosing to crawl when he's either really mad and on the verge of throwing it all down in the middle of the floor ~ this happens between 3 and 5 times a day.. minimum... he has his mama's attitude ~ or when he's in a really big hurry to get somewhere. I'm so proud of him. He's even more edible than he was before now. And is it horrible that I think it's the cutest thing in the world to strip him down and send him on his way? I swear, baby boy parts have got to be the cutest things in creation.

2. I am immensely thankful for my friends, both near and far, who have shown me so much support. It will never be forgotten!

3. I'm thankful for my discovery of Alli, it strips the fat out of my food, which is sometimes gross... let's face it really gross, but it is freakin awesome!!! All that fat is now going into my septic system, not onto my thighs.... YES!

4. I am very thankful that I chose to go to college and get that degree that I always have to fall back on in times of less fortune.

5. I am most thankful for having two very healthy children. I know that's not a given and I'm just so thankful that I was blessed with their perfect health.

6. I am thankful for Emma's sweet, kindhearted nature. She teaches me how to be a better person every day.

7. I am thankful for this amazing house I'm raising my children in. I know it may not be ours forever, but I will forever treasure every second we have living here in this haven.

8. I am thankful for reruns of Friends, Seinfeld and The Golden Girls, as they have been what has made me smile this past month.

9. I'm thankful to Hostess for making Mini Muffins. You have made my boy very happy.... almost to the point of needing therapy to be weaned off them each morning.

10. I'm going to end here.... I'm thankful for my life. Sometimes it's not the best. I'm definitely skilled in making bad decisions, which is quite often pointed out to me... sometimes kindly, sometimes, not so much... but this life is mine and I'm very aware that I am fortunate in many ways. There's always someone else who has it way, way worse... why is it that that is actually a source of comfort? Anyway... So, for my life... I'm very, very thankful.

My Absence

I have been unable to blog for a few weeks now due to all the stuff that's going on with my personal life. Unfortunately I can't blog about these things because most of it I don't want out in the world yet. I am okay, though.


I so miss being involved with my friends on here and I do hope to be able to return soon. There are big changes coming in my life and I'm quite scared of them to be totally honest. I can't continue my life on the path that it's been on, though, it's just not who I'm meant to be in this life. So, I have to take charge... be brave... and march on... right?


I hope so.... yikes!