Month: May 2010

Because I have these three.  I am one lucky mama.

I feel like a lot has happened since my last blog!  The biggest thing (well, to me) was the arrival of my new camera (a Nikon D300)!  I’m so excited about my upgrade, and I’ve been having tons of fun practicing and playing with my new toy.  You’ll find me out in my backyard just about every night snapping a million pictures of my kids.  And my tomatoes.  And my cat.  Nothing is safe from my picture taking!

I wanted to get out there and practice on a family asap, and luckily my friend Angela happily agreed to mini session.  She was one of my first practice clients back in December, and we did a mini session in the bluebonnets.  Luckily her kids don’t mind being in front of the camera!  She really wanted to get a good one of all 4 of them (we tried with the bluebonnet mini sessions, but it just didn’t work out.)  I think there are several good ones this time!  They are such a beautiful family, and I am lucky to call them friends.

I love how Brock and Bailey are holding hands in this next one.  So sweet!

In just about 2 months, my baby girl will be 2.

Two years old…seriously, where has the time gone?  Suddenly she seems so big.  She repeats  everything we say (well, tries to repeat it at least!)  She throws all out temper tantrums and has become acquainted with our time out spot.  She’s opinionated as all get out.

I did a little shopping today and bought her size 3/3T clothes for her.  The one shirt I got in a 2T I am exchanging for a bigger size because it’s not going to fit through the summer.  (Little confession that only another gymbo loving mom would understand…hello kid girl clothes!  And still baby girl!  I feel like I am probably getting into my Gymboree prime.! 🙂

Our neighborhood pool opened last weekend.  Summer is officially around the corner!  I took the kids swimming after school today for the first time of the season.  The water is a little cold for Camryn and I.  We were perfectly content to sit in a chair or just dangle our feet in the water.

(like her goggles?  She did that all by herself.  And she made sure to pick the pink ones from the 5 pairs in the swim bag.  that’s my girl!)

The boys only swam for about 45 minutes and then they wanted to go play on the playground.  As if buying my baby 3T clothes and getting her a real haircut (bangs or no bangs?! It’s my biggest dilemma lately. Her hair grows straight down into her eyes. I had some bangs trimmed today. Luckily hair grows and I still don’t know if it was the right choice!) Anyway, as if that wasn’t enough proof that she is getting so big, check out this video of her playing on the big kid slide!

In other news, I registered my middle monkey for kindergarten today.  That’s another “hard to believe my kid is growing up” moment!  He’s going to do great and is so ready to be a big kid like Connor.  But I sure am going to miss him being home with me most of the time.  He’s a total mama’s boy, and I don’t mean in a sissy boy kind of way.  He just loves his mama!  And his mama loves him.

My new baby camera arrived today!  So exciting.  I’ve been saving just about every penny from all my photo shoots, the spring consignment sale, and my garage sale.  I can’t even tell you how good it felt to finally submit that order!  There is something really fun about saving up for something big the old fashioned way (and by old fashioned, I mean actual dollar bills in an envelope).  I know I could have used a bank account, but it was way too fun to count the money.  I’m such a dork!

So of course, as soon as the battery was charged, I headed out to the backyard to snap a few pictures.  This camera has very different controls from my old camera. It’s a little intimidating!  There is definitely going to be a learning curve.  But, man, it is FAST!  And heavy.  And the lcd screen is awesome!  And my files are gigantic!  I can’t wait to get out and play with it some more.

Camryn could feel the excitement and was so happy for me.  Or, maybe she was just happy to be eating some candy.

She was also happy to give Logan bug some kisses.  Man, she loves these boys!

And then she was a little less happy. I think she was thinking something like “man, I wish my mom would just stop with this picture taking thing and change my diaper already.”  Sorry, girl.  Thanks for being such a good sport.