My assistant

On my honor, I did not encourage Miss A to do anything or did I put Mickey in any of the pictures - she did. This is all from her crazy little mind! I can't get away with taking pictures of the baby without being forced by her to snap some of ole Mickey the Mouse.


Let me introduce you to my new photography assistant. She takes very high quality photographs with her professional little mermaid camera. The camera even says "You look pretty as a princess!" every time she takes a picture. Does your expensive DSLR do that? Doubtful :) And she's very cheap! I don't have to pay her a cent, I just have to feed her, cloth her, provide her lodging, and change her diapers!

She comes up with brilliant ideas for poses that she clearly demonstrates for me with her Mickey mouse.

And she's always sure to get out of the way when it comes time for me to take the pictures.

She makes sure the props are nice and warm before I put them on the baby.

And she even tests the props out for safety before the real subject is put on!

She also insists that I take picture after picture after picture of her Mickey Mouse with all the same props I get out for the baby. Just so I can get a practice run in before the real deal.

I can't imagine not having my assistant around when I take pictures (I CAN imagine and it would be wonderful)! I would surely be a lot less (ahem MORE) efficient if she wasn't right by my side (ahem under my feet and in my way)! And who doesn't love trying to keep a nice steady hand for a clear picture while a two year old is trying to get a piggy back ride on your back? But all kidding aside, I'm glad I took the time to get these pictures of Baby T in her first 2 weeks, even though Miss A made it frustrating at times. Because now I can hardly get this baby to stay asleep all snugged up in PJs and swaddled in a comfy crib, much less on a wood floor with an itchy tutu on!

happy love day!

Happy Valentine's Day to my little babies....

And to my husband.... nuff said:)
photo from dandee designs, card sold here

One Month Down

Both kids are napping, my house is clean, I've worked out, showered, and gotten dressed, FINALLY, I can do a blog post and not feel guilty that I'm not doing something more productive.

I cannot believe my little itty bitty newborn is almost a month old! I've done little this past month except keep my two kids alive, clean, healthy, and fed, but hey, that's nothing to sneeze at!

The first couple weeks after T was born, I admit, I was feeling pretty proud of myself. My house was fairly clean (due in large part to the in depth cleaning my mom and sister had done before they left), my family had good meals (due in large part again to my mom and to wonderful friends from church), and I was doing "good" mom things, baking cookies with Miss A, doing crafts and puzzles with her, making her fresh pancakes in the morning, so on and so forth. I thought to myself several times, "I'm ROCKIN' this two kids thing" or "I'm a STELLER mom". And then....little baby T woke up! And it all went downhill from there....

On the plus side, we finally get to enjoy her gorgeous little eyes (that are often crossed, hope that wears off soon....). On the downside, my house has been a mess, like an un-live-able mess, I've been less then steller and rockin' to poor A. Poor girl, the other night I heard her dragging a chair all around the kitchen. A few minutes later, she brought a cheese stick, yogurt, granola bar, and bag of chips to me and asked me to open them for her. I hadn't thought to feed her any sort of dinner (and it was pretty late) so she got her own. Baby T is still an amazingly good baby, but she eats constantly and only catnaps and needs to be held all the time. Which I'm trying to remind myself to enjoy. This is what I wanted, a cuddly baby since my first was not so much that way. My mom had a framed needlepoint in our house growing up that said...

Cleaning and scrubbing can wait til tomorrow

For children grow up, we've learned to our sorrow,

so quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep,

I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep!

So I'm trying to keep that in mind and enjoy these moments!

Here are some photos of my little family that I love so much....I was experimenting with more dramatic light. My girls are so beautiful!!!!! I can't be humble when it comes to them!