Wonderful Day (day 56)

Today I had a great photoshoot!  Unfortunately, it was quite cool, but the cloud coverage made for great photos.  I had three shoots, and they all turned out so so great!  The first shoot was a beautiful seven month old.  She was adorable, adn so happy!

This was my second photoshoot, aren't they just the sweetest brother and sister ever!?!? Love it!

These are my good friend's babies.  They are so awesome and adorable!  She makes the best tutus, shirts, bows, and all kinds of things.  Anyways, I had a great time chasing them around the park snapping pictures!

Excited (Day 55)

Tomorrow I am having a photo shoot with a good friend of mine at a park.  I am really excited about it.  Today, my mom and I went to scope out the location (I have never been there, but my friend has) and see where we could take some great photos. 

Well when we got to the park and we are extremely, pleasantly surprised!  This park is amazing, which in turn will make the shoot amazing.  I also scored some great props at a local thrift store for next to nothing.  I can't wait to see how the photos turn out! 

Surgery (day 54)

Today was my husband's surgery.  All went wonderfully well, but it definitely was a long day.  He was scheduled to go in at 1:30, but the surgery didn't start until after 3:30, yech.  It wouldn't have been so bad, except I had the girls with me.  So I had to find ways go entertain them until he was done with surgery.

We hit up the mall, and left without buying anything (lots of will power), then went to Toys R Us, just for fun to see if I could scope out what the girls wanted, go figure, they wanted EVERYTHING!!  Also left there with my money still intact, go me!  Then actually did buy something for my husband at Best Buy, a video game since he has to be propped up for the next couple of weeks and hasn't played video games since July, soooooo, I got one for him.  I'll probably be kicking myself in the next couple of weeks, hopefully I won't have to pry it from his fingers.

But all in all, not such a horrible day, hopefully, my husband heals fast and does well in the next few weeks.

Cuties (day 53)

Whew, what a day!  A very good day.  The kids had a great day, I was able to get some work done around the house and I have new pictures!

Shaving Cream (day 52)

Have you ever noticed that kids will play with anything?  Boxes, paper towel rolls, pots, pans, tupperware, spoons, anything.  You know what else they like?  Shaving cream, that's right, plain old, run of the mill shaving cream. 

The kids had a blast today.  I put them at the table, rolled up their sleaves, put a paper towel over their shirt, squirted shaving cream in front of them and let them have at it.  And boy did they have a blast.  At first some of the little ones were reluctant to touch the white foam, so I put their fingers in it and dragged them around.  When they saw that it was ok to touch they started to go crazy.  The baby tried to put it in her mouth, one small taste was enough to know that it was not edible. 

We played in that Barbasol for awhile, the kids pushed it around the table, slapped at it, blew on it, had a great time squealing and enjoying the texture.  By the time we were supposed to clean up the kids were exhausted, I was exhausted, and the dining room was a mess!    So, if you are ever looking for a cheap but outrageously fun activity (even if it is a little/lot messy), get out the shaving cream and watch the kids have the time of their life!

Can't Win for Losing (day 51)

Monday, I have have to say, I don't really like you.  The kids were great, they had a fun day.  We played hard, baked cookies, colored, read books, you know, the usual.  What was not so much fun was the news that my husband is going to have to have major foot surgery sometime this week.

I know, more medical bills.  Things were just getting back on track, stuff was getting paid, then bam, more bills.  I thought that we were done with all our out of pocket payments, but our oop was a lot more than I thought.  Soooo, more bills.  I am grateful that my husband has a job were they can put him on light duty and what not, it is just really hard though.  I am trying to find the silver lining, and I know it will appear, just have to keep looking for it. 

On a lighter note, I am getting ready to do some photo shoots this weekend.  I love doing these shoots, they are fun, and I get to meet a lot of really cool people.  They are great to help releave stress, and just enjoy my day without having to worry about the day to day stuff.  This one is a Christmas Shoot in the park.  Can't wait!

Tired (day 50)

Wow, this weekend was LONG, but a lot of fun!  Yesterday, we went to my nephews' first and second birthday party, then went to a good friend's daughter's first birthday party!  Needless to say, the girls were worn out, as were my husband and I. 

We started the day with a small trip to Target and JCPenney to get a few items.  We knew the parties were next and luckily the baby slept all the way back to the house and about thirty minutes in the car in the driveway (don't worry, we stayed outside with her!)  Once she woke up we made the one mile trek to the first party. 
The girls had a blast, they had a bouncy house and a barrel train that was ridden several times.  We played, ate, played some more for several hours.  The girls did not want to leave, they didn't know they were going to another party later that afternoon.  So we packed them up, got them into the truck and set off for the next birthday.

The girls took a great nap on the way to the next party and actually slept for another hour in the truck before getting out (again they were supervised, no worries).  The baby woke up in a pretty good mood, she immediately went to everyone and had a great old time, my older girl was not such an easy wake up.  She had to get adjusted to the idea of waking up and being around a totally new crowd of people.  When she finally came out of her shell she ended up having a blast.  We actually did not get home until after 11pm, of course the baby went to sleep well before then, but my older girl did not.  This was definitely a special treat since she goes to sleep around 7pm normally.  Like I said, it was a crazy busy day, but we had a blast!