Jericho's First Vlog

I don't usually do video posts, maybe because I am very bad at reading/watching video posts myself, but I decided this was an irresistibly cute way to kick off the weekend. J-Hawk has started jabbering more and more, including jabbering sessions at 4 am. I don't usually video those, since 1) it's an unapproved time for jabbering, and 2) it's too dark and I'm barely conscious.

I'm not entirely sure, but I think this translated to: "I love my mommy; she is the most awesome." That's what I thought he said anyway. (I could be wrong, but I'm the mom and I'm rarely wrong. One of the perks of being a mom.) Hope everyone has a happy Friday!

Happy

Happy first day of Spring! We thoroughly enjoyed the first day of Spring over here. Billy was off from work and it was warm and sunny, so we went to a local park and walked around looking at flowers, and periodically me and the kids ran around scared of bees. I have no idea where they get their fear of bugs from.

The kiddos think all "parks" have playgrounds (and while there is a playground at this park, we went to a different section of it) so when we just wandered around and played in the grass and looked at the gardens I think they decided they'd been gypped. They kept saying, "where is the park?" I felt kind of bad for them, but then I felt kind of bad for myself because they started fighting. ;)

They did end up having fun, minus a major spider incident and several hundred Tizzy tripping over her own feet incidents. She is not exactly the most graceful girl I've ever met, but she is a tough cookie. I also have no idea where she gets this from, either. We finished it all off with Sonic, which we totally justified since we walked/pushed/pulled/dragged 3 kiddos all over the park. I'm thinking running from bees alone burned off those tots. ;)

Check out more shots at Wild Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday, This or That, and Show Off.

Time Flies

Seems like just yesterday I was in high school, hanging out with one of my best pals, graduating and going off to college. So it seems completely unbelievable that I just did a senior session for that same best pal's little sister. Ya know, one of the ones who was about a foot tall when I was in high school.

She's still not but so tall (even in those killer heels)...but she's definitely all grown up and going off to college this fall. I was so thrilled that she asked me to do her seniors, and also thrilled with the fact that she's so stinkin' adorable that she didn't take a bad shot the entire session. Makes culling the shots kind of difficult, cuz they were all good, but that's a good problems to have.

I hope that she loves college, and loves figuring out her niche in the world. She is such a spunky personality with so much to offer; I am excited to be able to keep watching her grow up.

Check out more shots at Monday Rewind, and And Then She Snapped 

This kind of day...

There isn't a lot of down time around here...with three kiddos, photography clients, church, family stuff, and Billy working a lot to help make ends meet. It's not too often we get a lot of time to hang out, just the 5 of us, without somewhere we need to be or something we need to do. Wednesday was that kind of day. It was pretty great.

We went to the playground, we went out to eat, and then we just hung out in the backyard which is thankfully still mosquito-free. That'll come soon I'm sure. The weather was awesome, literally not a cloud in the sky all day and 80 degrees. I felt so blessed to have that time with each of them. (And am trying to remember that feeling as we are back to the grind today and the house sounds something like Ringling Brothers.) ;)

Check out more shots at Oh Snap, Photo Friday, Fabulous Friday.

The last shot is for Give Me Your Best Shot.

Tooth and Nail

Recently I made the somewhat misguided decision that I should take the kids (all three kids) to the dentist. By myself. This was not my best decision. When I originally scheduled it I thought Billy was off and could go with me. He wasn't. And I said "hey, I gave birth to these people, surely I can take them to the dentist". (I wish I had gotten better shots, but all I had was my iPhone obviously and every time I tried to take one someone started acting up.)

It started off good. As in, while we were in the waiting room it was good. (This was their first time going. I know I know...I probably should have taken them earlier.) Once Merrick got into the chair for x-rays it started to go downhill. Let's just say limbs were flying and people were crying (not me, but I thought about it) and I think I'll just learn to clean his teeth myself. Poor guy. I've never minded the dentist but know plenty of people who hate it.

Tizzy really didn't seem to mind. The kiddos are so completely different. She barely even flinched and was joking with the dentist. However she puked in the car on the way home to make up for it. Puke is never fun, but puke in the car after you've just had to pry a 4 year old off your body in the dentist office is even better. She seemed fine after, so i think she was just feeling left out of all the excitement. ;)

Check out more shots at Wild Wonderful Wednesday, Wordless Wednesday, This or That, and Show Off.