Dancing with Sesame Street

For a girl who used to be terrified of Elmo. she sure loves her some Sesame Street now! She was dancing along with it this morning, doing everything they were doing. Check out that last action shot :)

Playing with Heidi

Emma was playing with Heidi today...which eventually turned in to tormenting, but we got some cute pics before it got to that point :) The last pic was when Emma was trying to chase her and wiped out. She was cracking up!

Is there anything better?

Thank a chocolate oreo on a rainy day? She doesn't think so! Check out that oreo grin!

Heidi

Why are you taking my picture? 'Nuff said!

My Goal for this Month...

...or what's left of it. To take more pictures of my family!

I have noticed since I started my business, that I don't take hardly any pictures of my family any more. I haven't taken any pictures in March that haven't been shoots for the business. That makes me so sad. My love for photography started by taking pictures of Emma. Now, my business has overshadowed that.

So, I have decided to start taking more pictures of Emma, Jacen, and even Heidi. I love to catalog their lives in pictures. To do that...I actually have to take the pictures!

Valentine's Day Party (I'm super late)

Here are a few pics from Emma's valentine's day party at school. I am so behind at downloading pics from the point and shoot camera. I had pics on there from November! I am so spoiled by my DLSR that I don't like taking any pics with the point and shoot. Oh well, I was still able to capture some pics from her party. I couldn't post many on here...because I didn't want to post any pics that showed other kids faces. She had lots of fun making crafts and passing out valentines. :)

The Stomach Flu Sucks

Emma has had a stomach virus for the past 3 days (vomiting/severe diarrhea). She was looking pretty horrible last PM and very dehydrated. So, we called the pedi and they sent us to the ER.
Got to the ER and they took us back quickly. Gave her some Zofran to stop the vomiting and gave her IV fluids. She was such a trooper with the IV. I was so proud of her.
The IV fluids perked her up a bit, but she's still having the massive diarrhea. Just got off the phone with the pedi, because she still hasn't had any urine output, even after the IV fluids.
Anyway, just wanted to give you all an update. I know some of you have been following my updates on facebook. Thanks for the prayers.

Organizing, Organizing, Organizing

I have gotten on an organizing kick the past few days. I have been slacking in this department since Emma was born, almost 5 years ago! I am normally a fairly organized person, and our house has been driving me crazy! So, the other day, I just decided that I was taking our house back!

So far, I have completely redone the downstairs bathroom. I'll post a pic later :) Shawn hates it...says it's too 70's...but I freaking love it!

I organized the living room, buying two canvas baskets for underneath our tables. Organized the pantry...it looks great! And, organized our coat closet, making room for some of my photography stuff, which seems to be taking over our house currently.

I made 3 trips to Target in 2 days buying stuff, but it was so worth it.

I ordered some more stuff from the Container Store. So, when that stuff gets here, the Master Bedroom Closet is next.

I am feeling so much better about our house now. My next major project, after the closet, is Emma's playroom. We need to do a major purge!

Pics to come in the next few weeks!

Mommy's Little Photographer

After our last photo session, Emma wanted to take a turn behind the camera. It was so cute watching her try to handle my bohemeth of a camera! She did great though. This is a pic of me that she captured. All I did was a quick crop. She was adorable, "lay like this mommy, smile mommy," hehe. She said she wanted to be a photographer like Mommy when she grew up! I would be okay with that! Creativity is a gift, and I hope she can get the same enjoyment that I do out of sharing her creativity as she grows older.

Why is she always lying down? :)

I was going back through a session that I shot with Emma in February, finally having time to edit the pics, and found these gems. She was such a cooperative little model that day. However, over half the shots are with her lying down :) For some reason, when I take her pics, she always wants to lie down. They are still super cute pics! I just love this girl!