A Rare Beautiful Fall Day...

Snow in September!!!

O.k., so, its not unusual to have snow in September, but, it is unusual to get this much and for it to stick for two full days!!  Owen went to bed telling me he was hoping there'd be snow in the morning when he woke up.  I told him I'd wish for that too, but, that we had no control and I didn't think there was a very good chance it would happen.  But, we woke-up on the 23rd to snow on the ground and it continued to snow ALL DAY LONG.  In fact, it was a blizzard as we walked to the bus stop that morning and although it was above freezing, we ended up with a total accumulation of almost 4 inches that lasted until late the next day.

We weren't very prepared.  I have snow clothes for Liv that I bought at the end of the season last year.  Unfortunately, I overshot her size by A LOT! ;O)  Expect to see this coat next winter...

Max was probably more excited than any of us to have snow.  He gets cold pretty fast, but, loves running and jumping through the snow piles.  In fact, I wanted the kids to stand by him for a picture, but, every time they got close he'd pounce the ground and take off.  He's such a funny little dog. 

All I want for Christmas...

Owen lost his third and fourth teeth last month.  I wanted to get shots of him with his missing teeth before the new ones come back in and figured that since we were already on a roll, we might as well do it today!!  He starts hockey 

Second Round...

 O.k., my editing is super inconsistent and my clouds need work.  But, thought I'd post the second try at it anyway! ;O)

Happy Easter!!!

It's not Easter you say?  It is when you are this far behind!!!  I HAD to do this bunny rabbit pose with Liv and I still want to do the kids together.  So, here's round 1...there will be more! ;O)  I didn't spend much time editing these.  I want to take the creases out of the backgrounds and add some clouds.  But, that will have to be done later.

Here's my first stab at clouds...I think I kind of love them if I could get the kinks worked out!

Do all "Fashion" models have to put up with this kind of super model fans!!! ;O)  My furry kids love to be in the middle of the pics, drives me nuts!!

Here's a shot of my crew...what would I do without him! ;O)

This is by FAR my favorite shot! ;O)

Uh-oh....

Little Monkey...

Just a couple snapshots today.  My Mom, Will, and Shawn upgraded me to CS6 for my birthday...woohoo...now, I just have to relearn EVERYTHING! ;O)  That's why my pictures are so blurry.  Photoshop eliminated the need to manually reduce the images for blogging, so, when I do, it pixilates the snot out of them!  Anyway, I think I've got it figured and they should improve from here on out.  These are still a little off though I see.  Sorry!!

Unlike the rest of the normal world, we are encouraging our 1 year old to take a pacifier still these days.  She sucks her fingers constantly lately.  The molar that was pushing up before seems to have subsided, but, she still seems to be in pain.  Anyway, this was an especially bad day, but, thought she was too cute not to take some photos.

Evolution of Man...

Alright, so, maybe this isn't quite the picture printed in textbooks, but, it's the way Olivia does things!!  I've been meaning to post how her crawling/walking has progressed and just now found the time.  She had the funniest crawl, people always commented on it, it was kind of embarassing!!  Unlike every other baby I've ever seen, she didn't see any reason to be on her hands and knees.  Let me tell you, one pant leg was always filthy from her dragging it along the floor and it didn't do her shoes any good either, they were always all scuffed up.  But, unlike the rest of those babies that follow the rules...she had one hand free to carry around whatever she so desired!!  Not too stupid if you think about it! :O)

February 11, Day 1, FINALLY Crawling!!!

Day 2 and until she decided to walk

May 8 Walking!!!

June 6th...although she figured how to walk on May 8th, it wasn't until Memorial Day weekend she finally decided to actually walk as a mode of transportation and only after I put her in the squeaky shoes her Aunt Shawn bought her!

Now of course, she's quite the expert.  But, had to show you all the stages it took to actually get there.  We thought she might never walk!!!