Random Weekend Thoughts

*Warning* This weekends random thoughts are especially random! My thoughts are all over the place! So here we go!

1. Even almost a week later, I still can't wrap my head around all the has happened in Haiti! My family has a special tie to Haiti, my mom is the Executive Director of Haitian Ministries and she travels there numerous times a year. In fact she was scheduled to be there this past week with a group of UCONN students and the trip was cancelled because my dad needed foot surgery. Thank goodness for the angel that was watching out for my mom (and the group!) The mission house in Port-au-Prince was destroyed in the earthquake and they had three staff members trapped in the rubble and their daytime guard is still missing! The three staff members were rescued after 3 other staff members dug through the rubble by hand!

2. Did you know:

*For any child in Haiti older than 18 months of age, this is the 5th natural disaster that they have survived!

*38% of the population in Haiti is under 18 old!

*10% of children in Haiti are restaveks (slaves!)

*Before the earthquake there were an estimated 400,000 orphan's in Haiti; a nation of orphans!

*Operation Pedro Pan is a possible operation to bring Haitian orphans out of Haiti to the United States to be adopted. It is formatted and named after the same mission performed in Cuba.

*May GOD bless the littlest victims of this tragedy!

3. Okay, I told you I was all over the place, so switch gears! I am sitting on the couch relaxing trying to relax and looking through the recent Pottery Barn getting a major case of Spring Fever! I am NOT a fan of winter and I especially don't like the wintry mix that we have been getting this winter!

4.Yesterday I finally took down all of Christmas, except for the Tree! Tomorrow I will tackle the tree and have Matt take it down when he gets home next weekend.  I have had fun rearranging and sprucing up the house! I am also trying to be a little more minimalist in what I put out. I am liking it, a lot *grin*!

5. This week I launched my new Sialia Photography website I am so excited about it! Don't get me wrong, I loved my old website, but it was time to update. Check it out, I would love to know what you think!

6.Time to switch those gears again! Have you ever thought of adoption? We have been, don't think I am crazy and this isn't something that we are rushing out the door to go do, but it is something that we are giving a lot of thought to. We are especially thinking of Haiti, this has been the country that we have thought of for a while (because of my moms involvement.) We'll have to see how things go.  There are some things that we would like to have in place before we do more.

7. We are thinking of moving back out towards where our families live.  Right now, we are an hour and a half from family! It is too far! Matt has been researching homes in the area where our family lives and I can't believe how much the cost of housing has come down in that area! I just hope that our house hasn't taken too much of a hit!

8. I don't have a green thumb! Just ask my mom, she'll tell you! But this winter I am trying my had a forcing some bulbs. Mainly sparked by a parent at school who gave me one already started.  Tomorrow I am starting some paperwhites and hyacinths.  I just wish that there was a way to keep them from bending towards the light!

9. A couple of months ago, we switched Jack to a Toddler bed and it has been going great! Until this last week and he has been waking up a couple of times a night and coming into our room and getting into bed! Ugh!!! So, the other night I set up the pack-n-play and he has been sleeping in there.  I hope that this is just a phase and that I will be able to transition him back into the big boy bed sooner than later, but I just can't take getting up during the middle of the night!

10. Okay, now that I have given you all whiplash, I am done! I hope that you all have a wonderful week!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Matt's in GA again this week, so I am flying solo this week with the kids! Here's to praying that the week goes by quickly!

2. I am photographing my second birth of '09 and she is due next Sunday. With Matt being gone this week I am REALLY hoping that she doesn't go early! I know that is not very nice because every pregnant woman wants to go a little early, but it will just make things really complicated with the kids! So here's to hoping that she makes it to next Sunday!

3. I am planning on taking out a box of Christmas a night this week and try and get some decorating done before the weekend.

4. We have a dilemma, fake or real? Trees that is, in the past Matt and I have always put up an artificial Christmas tree, although last year, I was feeling like our kids were missing the experience of going and getting a real tree. So we had decided that this year we would leave the decision to the kids. So what do you think they chose? A real tree of course! The only problem is that we don't have lights, because our tree is a pre-lite tree. So now we need to get a tree and lights $$$.

5. We are trying to decide when to move Jack out of this crib and into a bed? We are also trying to decide whether or not to do a toddler bed? Decisions, decisions...

6. The kids and I are at my parents house today. Boy oh boy do I wish that we lived closer. We are about an hour and a half away! I don't feel like we need to live in the same town but even 45 minutes would be better! I am SO not looking forward to driving back an hour and a half tonight *sigh*!

7. I found the neatest wall decal calendar at TJ Maxx today with my mom. When I get it hung up I will share a picture! It is really neat!

8. We finally had Jack evaluated by an ENT doctor and have made the decission t have his tongue clipped, because he is tongue tied. We will hopefully have it done over Christmas break, if I can ever talk with the scheduler, we have been playing phone tag!

9. I braved the Black Friday crowds on Friday morning and hit the mall, bright and early (5:30 am) and managed to get some great deals! actually have Jacks shopping done and only need to put in an order to American Girl for Allie and then I will be done with both kids!!! I have also finished Matt and I am just about done with my parents *BIG* surprise for them!!!

10. Have a great week!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. WOW!!! It has been way too long since I have posted something, anything. Sorry, things have been SO busy!!!

2. My photography has taken off lately. I have had at least one shoot a weekend and more often there have been two! Not complaining, at ALL, I LOVE it!!! If you are interested in what I have been doing head over here and check out some of my latest shoots.

3. I have also been busy making holiday cards both for clients and anyone who might be interested in them. I have gotten my first order in and they look GORGEOUS!!! I am so happy and proud to be offering these. If you are interested go here and check them out. If you're interested in them contact me at jessica@sialiaphotography.com If you aren't local and can't set up a shoot but are interested in the cards, email me and you can email me your .jpeg and I will load them in and you can order them too *grin*!

4. Like so many other people I have been waiting on pins and needles waiting for the premier of The Twilight Saga: New Moon *grin*! I was so excited I even contemplated going to the midnight premier on Thursday night at midnight, but I decided that wouldn't be so good since I had to work on Friday. However, Friday night I went with my friend Megan and we had such a good time! I just love me a sparkling vampire... be could totally bite me, LOL!!! It was great, I really like that they stayed truer to the book, there were somethings that didn't make the movie, but that's to be expected since most movies aren't 5 hours long! Although it was 2+ hours of a great movie. I have to say that I will probably go back and see it again this week with some friends from work. Now only 219 days to go till Eclipse!!! LOL!

5. I need to order my own Christmas cards!

6.I have been staying up WAY too late lately! I find that the evening is the only time that I have to get things done and it has become way too common for me to be up until midnight (and I have to be up no later than 5:30 am!)

7. Last weekend we took Allie and Jack to go see Thomas the Train! What a great day! They had so much fun and so did we! We even go to go on a Thomas train ride, which they BOTH thought was pretty cool!

8. Speaking of going to bed, it is 11:25 and I need to head to bed!

9. If you are reading this and haven't given up on reading, thanks for stopping by!!!

10. Have a great week!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I have been MIA lately; things have been SO busy!

2. Matt got a new job in Marietta, Georgia!!! As of yet we aren't moving, we are sticking it out in CT and he will be working from home and traveling to GA monthly.

3. Right now he is traveling there more than just monthly. This past week he was there for almost the whole week and then home for this long weekend. Then, back next week Tuesday through Friday and home for the weekend. Then, back Monday through Friday and then hopefully he won't be going back down for a while! I am definitely not cut out for this single mom thing! This last week was a LONG week and I am so glad to have him home for the long weekend!!!

4. I am already thinking about Christmas cards and I really want to get mine done before the beginning of November! I am usually the slacker who is rushing around in December trying to get mine together and then they go out late! Well, not this year, I am determined to have them done early and send them out right after Thanksgiving!!!

5. We have a busy weekend ahead of us! Tomorrow morning I have a shoot with a handsome little 9 month old and his great parents! Then, we are going with my parents to the Bethlehem Garlic Festival, which should be a lot of fun! Then, on Monday we are going to the Wee Faerie Village to see the Faerie houses! I have to say I think that I am just as excited about this as Allie is, LOL!

6. I heart Target! Seriously, can you really love a store? Well, I think you can! I don't think it is possible for me to get out of there spending less than $100. Last night I popped in with the kids to just get a throw blanket for an upcoming infant shoot and I ended up getting a throw, two shirts for me, a picture frame, 2 skull hats for Jack (they were only a buck each!), a bag of candy corn, and leg warmers for Allie for dance. So much for just getting that throw!

7. I am getting excited for Halloween; Allie is going to be Wedding Cinderella and Jack is going to be Thomas the Train. I am making Jack's costume this year and I am excited about it! I am going to be painting a box to look like Thomas and then Jack is going to wear the box and I am trying to find a conductors hat for him to wear. This will be the first costume that I have attempted to make for either of the kids, so cross your fingers for me!

8. Last weekend my friend Cheryl gave Jack her sons train table that he had outgrown and there are just two words for how Jack feels about it "Loves it!"

9. Seriously, he absolutely loves it! He wakes up in the morning and says my trains, he plays wit them before we leave for school and says good bye to them when we leave!

10. What are your kids being for Halloween?

Have a great weekend!!!

Random Weekend Thoughts~Second Try

I don't know what happened to my post earlier, I posted it from my iPhone and it looks like it took the one post and broke it up into 12! Ugh... so lets try that again.

1. Now that I am back at work my weekends are even more precious to me and the weather this weekend has been beautiful! Feels like fall out and it has been nice and sunny.

2. Last week i had the honor of photographing my first birth and it was AMAZING!!! You can see the pix by clicking on the Sialia Photography Fan page link on the sidebar!

3. I have had two children of my own, but it was amazing to partake in it from the other side! I have to admit it even made me tear up.

4. I can't believe that it is already the end if September! I love the Fall it is my second favorite next to Summer, I just don't want to see it go by too fast!

5. We are going to the Guilford Fair today. Slight change in plans, we had planned on going to a Bluefish baseball game today, until Allie saw a commercial for the fair. Should be lots of fun!

6. Yesterday I was fortunate enough to take 4 day old pictures of little Shea! I absolutely love taking newborn pictures!!! I know that the first few days home with a newborn are busy and crazy, but it is hands down the best time for pictures, they sleep and are able to curl all up, they are just overall delicious!!! Again you can check out these pictures in the Sialia Photography Fan Page on facebook. Feel free to leave some comment love and even sign up to be a fan *grin*!

7. Potty Training is going so SLOW! He goes on the potty every hour or so, yet he still only actually "goes" every once in awhile! Frustrating for me, but hopefully we will get there soon!

8. Starting this coming weekend through the month of October I have at least one photo shoot booked each weekend! Some weekends I even have two!

9. Allie's class has been exposed to lice and all I can say about that is eeeeewwww!

10. Have a great weekend!!! Hopefully you are having some beautiful weather where you are!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I SO LOVE the weekend!!!

2. Allie had her first dance class today and she loved it! She started asking us last winter to take dance classes and we had to hold her off till now, when they started back up again. Well, the wait was worth it, because she loved it!

3. After dance we went up to northwestern, Connecticut and went to two of our favorite places, Kent Falls and Housatonic Meadows. We brought sandwiches and had lunch there and then enjoyed the falls for a few minutes, until it started to poor!

4. Tomorrow we have a busy day. We are going to the Candlewood Farm Airport Air Show in the morning and then apple picking in the afternoon with a bunch of friends! I can't wait! They should both be lots of fun!

5. My good friend Melissa is due on Monday to have her third child, a little girl Shea. I am supposed to photograph the birth and I am really hoping that she has the baby tonight or tomorrow (even though that would mess up my plans that I just told you about *grin*!)

6. I am trying to decide what to do about my Sialia Photography Blog. Now that am back to work full time teaching, I just don't really have the time to keep up with updating it. I have to be honest, loading pictures to Facebook is SO much easier and takes just a couple of minutes. I feel that in order to not feel stressed I need to simplify things and I think that the easiest way to do that right now is to pull the blog and just go with the Sialia Photography Fan Page on Facebook. What do you think?

7. Things are changing around here, can't say much right now, but things are a changing *grin*!

8. I just saw a new trailer for New Moon, it looks great! I seriously can't wait for this movie to open! I already have a bunch of friends to go with and I am SO looking forward to it!

9. The hubby and I were hoping to take the kids to Keene this October for the Pumpkin Fest, but they are holding it a week earlier this year so we can't make it and it sounds like it might be the last one *boo*!

10. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. First week back to school, went well. My class this year seems great! Thank goodness, cause last year's made me want to run!

2. I can't believe how fast summer went by this year! Must mean it was a good one!

3. I am still trying to figure out how to balance being a working mom and not letting my house fall completely apart during the week. I sure would love a cleaning lady!

4. Friday night I went out with some friends from work and we went to the NEW Pandora store at the mall. I never knew there was sucha thing. It was great and I got two new beads for my bracelet *grin*! So that means that the first two sections are now full and one to go. If you are wondering what I got, I got the owl and the love knot.

5. Poor Jack woke up this morning with what I think is croup. We, well I should say I, have already been on the phone with his doctor and he had me take him in a hot steamy shower and for a cold car ride with the windows down to try and clear his airways. The hot shower didn't seem to do much, but the car ride cleared him up and then he has slowly started to sound crumby again, so we are going in to have him seen.

6. It figures that the weekend one of the kids is sick is the weekend that Matt is gone on business! Ugh!!!

7. Turns out poor Jack does have croup, my poor baby.

8. It definitely pays to have a brother who was/is a mechanic... he was able to put the new flasher fuse in the truck. Which is really nice because manually blinking the blinkers was getting really old *grin*! He is also going to fix the "noise" that the truck is making. Thanks little brother!

9. I am in the progress of planning some fall shoots, which I am really looking forward to! I can't wait to share some pix from last weekends shoot and some great upcoming shoots!

10. I just love a three day weekend! Ahhh!!!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. What a crazy week, that summer cold I got kicked my butt!

2. I had such a great time last Saturday at little Miss Addy's birthday! It is really different to be at a birthday party as a photographer, but defenintly fun! I met a bunch of great new people and Allie and Jack had fun (I don't usually take them with me!)

3. I can't believe that it is August 1st! Summer is going by SO fast!

4. On Tuesday my mom and I took Allie in to the city which was so much fun! I am working on a post with some pictures!

5. We're having Jack's birthday party tomorrow, on his birthday! It's going to be low key, just family.

6. I am getting some momma time for the second Saturday in a row! Getting my hair colored and highlighted. I just love having someone play with my hair, so relaxing!

7. I am thinking about driving 2+ hours to take the kids to the sunflowers like we did last year!

8. Indigo Girls is playing on the radio at the hair salon, what a blast from the past! I used to listen to them ALL the time. Think I might add them to my iPod *grin*!

9. I am wondering do you read my tweets, or am I talking to myself *grin*?

10. Have a great weekend!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Mama time is super important. I am taking some right now, getting a pedicure and a chair message! Ahh...

2. I hate waking up with a head cold, especially in the summer!

3. I love summer and being a SAHM! I really hope that we can make this work on a permanent basis!

4. We finally got our camper registered and up to the house, so tomorrow it is cleaning time. I am hoping we can take our maiden voyage in the next couple of weeks.

5. I am shooting (which is an awful term) a 1 yr olds birthday party this afternoon! Should be lots of fun!

6. Fake lotion tans don't hold up too well when you get a pedicure! LOL, oh well!

7. My mom and I are taking the kids into New York City this week, to take Allie to the American Girls Store! Should be lots of fun! Just trying to decide if we should take Jack or not.

8. I really need to make more time to go to the beach, we have been so busy doing other stuff that we haven't gone that much.

9. I can't believe that Jack will be two a week from tomorrow! Where does the time go?!

10. I need to go and enjoy the rest of this pedicure. Have a great weekend!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Picnics and fireworks... the kids and I headed out to my folks house on Friday and had a great time. We went to a picnic on Friday night and the kids had so much fun! Then we headed down to the beach to watch the fireworks!

2. Then on Saturday we headed to the parade in my hometown, Allie and I have gone every year since she was one! The parade was great as usual and the kids had such a great time, both watching the parade and playing with the "big" kids!

3. I love LONG weekends! Today was a little more relaxed, we stayed home for the morning and then headed out to see Matt's mom. Allie and Matt ended up visiting with Nana, while Jack napped in the car with me.

4. After our visit with Nana we headed to get lunch at Down the Hatch (a restaurant on the lake) and it was PACKED, so we didn't stay for lunch, there weren't any tables where we could have a highchair for Jack. So we headed to Stew Leonard's for ice cream.

5. After ice cream we went to their little petting zoo, which Allie and Jack love! I don't think that we can go to Stew's with out stopping by the petting zoo!

6. After ice cream and the petting zoo we decided to try and go back to the hatch, but no luck, still just as packed!

7. So back to Stew's for lobsta dinna for $12.99! Complete with a drink, corn on the cob and fries! You can't beat that and it was de lish!

8. We still don't know what we are going to do for a vacation, I am hoping to get our camper registered this week (I am pretty sure I finally have ALL the paperwork that we need) and get it out here and cleaned up and up to the campground so that we can at least get some time away there *grin*!

9. We finally got a cork board hung up in Jack's room to put all his artwork on! It looks so cute and hopefully that will help keep it a bit more organized! Now all I need to do is figure out what to do with all the kids artwork on a permanent basis!

10. I am LOVING my new camera and I PROMISE that I am going to get some pix up soon!

Have a great week!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Things have been so busy lately, that my Random Weekend Thoughts posts are the only post that I get done.

2. Only 5 1/2 days of school left! YIPPEE!!!

3. I have FINALLY decided to buckle down and start exercising. Last night Matt took out our stationary bike and I rode for a half an hour. I am going to work my way up to an hour a day! I just know that this will help me jump start losing weight! I would be psyched if I could loose 10 lbs before we leave for Maine in a month... we'll see.

4. The weather around her has been more like the Olympic Peninsula, than New England. It has rained SO much and when it isn't raining it is gray and misty. I need to see the sun and how about so warmer weather.

5. I locked myself out of the house today with both kids AND I didn't have my car keys either!

6. Luckily, I called my hubby and he after a few tries remembered the code for our garage door keypad!

7. After I got my keys the kids and I went to a secret location to work on our Daddy's Day gift, unfortunately I can't tell you what it is because he actually reads this sometimes, Hi Honey! But if you are really interested leave me a comment and I will email you and let you know what super cool things we did! And no Matt you can't email me!

8. I have two photo shoots tomorrow and I am so pumped! I have a morning one with twin boys who are 19 months old and then in the afternoon I have a shoot with a friends 17 and 18 year old! Talk about switching gears! I can't wait, say a prayer that the weather is good!

9. Matt is watching Rob's Fantasy Factory on MTV and they are doing bat spins and then trying to ride their skateboards... too funny. I remember bat spins from college, but they didn't involve skateboards *he he he*!

10. Did I mention, I only have 5 1/2 days of school left!!!

Have a great weekend!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. The weather this past week was rainy and gloomy, but todays weather MORE than made up for it. It was BEAUTIFUL! Matt, the kids and I went to the New Milford Teddy Bear Festival and roamed around and soaked up some vitamin D. We couldn't have asked for better weather!

2 Last weekend I took Allie and Jack to the "Castle Playground" and we had a great time! It's amazing how different a (almost) 4 year old is from a 3 year old, when we were at the park yesterday Allie made friends with this other little girl all on her own. No prompting from me to get it started. They played together for almost 2 hrs.

3. Speaking of the almost 4 year old Allie, we bought her a BOOSTER seat today!!! I can't believe it! She was so excited, she gets her maiden voyage in it tomorrow when they go Grammy's.

4. I finally bought a new lens... I decided on the 50mm f/1.8D My friend Melissa has one and I borrow it more often than I should, so I decided to get it!

5. I have also decided to start saving for a Nikon D300 camera body! I would love to buy now and pay later, but I am going to be responsible and save up for it. Matt and I talked and I am hoping that I will have enough money for it before our trip to Maine this summer... we'll see.

6. There are only 10 and a half more days of school left! Whoot, Whoot!!!

7. I have SO much to do, to be ready for the end of the school year! Sometimes it gives me ajida(sp?)

8. Only 5 weeks until we leave for Maine for a week!!! I am so excited! We used to go here every summer growing up and I haven't been since I was 17! It is gonna be so cool to take the kids!

9. This is a picture I took tonight of Jack, with my new lens and it is SOOC (straight out of camera)

10. Have a great weekend!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I LOVE long weekends!

2. Today was so nice, we didn't do much. Well, we had planned on taking the kids to the Peabody Museum to see the dinosaurs and play in the Discovery Room. Unfortunately Matt and I didn't check the hours and when we were about 20 minutes away I was checking the website for the address and realized that they close at 5pm on Saturdays! Boo! We would only have an hour there. So we decided to go tomorrow instead! Oh well!

3. I want a maid, nothing crazy just twice a month. Someone who can do the cleaning that I don't have time for and don't like to do, like washing the floors and cleaning the baseboards!

4. Tuesday will be Matt's and my 8th anniversary!

5. I have a baby girl shoot next Sunday that I am so EXCITED about! She is 3 months old and the daughter of one of my sorority sisters from college! She is so adorable and I can't wait to spend the day with them next Sunday and see another sister of mine after the shoot. It is going to be such a fun day, I can't wait! Say a prayer for some beautiful weather next Sunday *grin*!

6. I am dying to hear about the I ♥ Faces contest, I would just love to be part of their blurb book. If you click here you can see Una's sweet face, look in the second collage top row far right *grin*!

7. I am addicted to my new iPhone! Never thought I would say that, but I am. I am going to try starting a new photo challenge, where I take one photo a day with my iPhone and edit it with iPhone apps and then post it. We'll see how it goes...

8. 20 DAYS LEFT OF SCHOOL!!!

9. This weekend has been one of death and carnage her at out house, both of Allie's fish died and out of the 5 butterflies that hatched we only had one survive to release this morning. All five hatched, but the weather has been so wet and cold, we haven't been able to release them and when I went to go get them this morning for release there was only one still alive and it was just barely hanging in there. So we quickly released it on our deck into the potted flowers!

10. I can't believe that Allie will be 4 in 6 1/2 weeks! Where does the time go?

Have a great long weekend!

Oh, does anyone know how to do a strike though on blogger?

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Getting up early and then waiting around all morning for the Dish TV guy to get here, just to find out that we don't have a clear line of sight is super annoying! Now we are stuck with the way over priced cable company!

2. This afternoon we took the kids to one of Matt's RC races. I don't usually have the patience or interest to go (sorry Hun) but the kids had a great time! I thought Jack was gonna jump out of his carseat (we watched in the car, because the weather was threatening) and run on to the track.

3. Why, oh why do my kids wake up SO early on the weekends? Allie was up this morning at 6ish. Thank goodness Jack slept till after 7:30!

4. I am counting down the days left in the school year, I can't wait for summer days, shorts and flip flops, going to the beach and spending the days with MY kids!

5. I have been trying to figure out what we are going to do for Allie's birthday this year, I really want the party to be somewhere other than our house. I know that sounds awful, but we are leaving for vacation shorty after her birthday and I just want to have the party be a little easier for me. We have it narrowed down to a party at a bead store, where the kids make their own bracelets, Build a Bear, or at Stew Leonard's Princess Party. Stew's is a big dairy store in CT/NY and they have a party room where they hold children's parties. The only thing holding me back about the bead party is that I don't think the boys will be that into it... so we will see.

6. Matt and I are getting ready to watch the NASCAR All Star Race and I am wishing that we were there! We went the spring before I was pregnant with Allie and we had SO much FUN!!! I would love for us to go to a race this year.

7. Jack's speech is making so much progress! He is saying more and more and most importantly trying to say more and more. I am so PROUD of him!

8. I guess you know you like a song when you Shazam tag it TWICE! I ♥ Muse, Starlight!

9. I had so much fun earlier this week photographing Una and her brother Sammy, the daughter of our friends Pat and Joan. I can't wait see what these pictures look like printed, they are gonna be amazing, even if I do say so myself.

10. I am still trying to decide which lens to buy. As Matt would say, I can't make decisions. I am still wavering between a $500 lens and a $200 dollar one! I know you would think that would be the decision right there, but I want to be sure that I am getting the lens that I am going to LOVE!

I hope you all have a great weekend, what's left of it!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Why do weekends go by SO fast?!
2. When you don't do laundry ALL week long it makes for a LOT of laundry to do on the weekend!
3. By a lot of laundry I mean, 10 loads and 2 more loads of diapers!!!
4. The nice weather today was great! It felt so good to be outside and soak up the sunshine!
5. Mother's Day was great! Jack slept past 6 am! YAY! The kids gave me their gifts that they made me at school, so cute and Matt got me a book on Rob Pattinson... still not sure what I think of that. Don't get me wrong, very sweet of him; it's just that it kindof makes me feel like I am in high school *grin*! Then Matt and Allie went to visit his mom and Jack napped here, which meant some quiet time for me. Then the family came and Matt cooked dinner. Thanks hon!
6. There are 29 more days left of school, not that I am counting or anything!
7. I am so excited about an infant shoot that I have coming up!
8. I dyed my hair red this past week and I LOVE it!

My friend Melissa took this picture of me this week, when we went to a photography gathering. Thanks Melis

9. I wish that money grew on trees like I thought it did when I was a kid.

10. Allie went home with my parents to spend the night with them, so I need to get off the computer and spend some time with my hubby.

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I was so glad that the weather today turned out to be nice, we took the kids to the park and had such a great time!

2. Allie saw a friend a the park and it was so cute when they realized the other was there *grin*! They gave each other big hugs and were so excited!

3. I am hoping to get a new cell phone tomorrow. I really want an iphone, but I just don't see it in my future right now, they are just too expensive.

4. There are just 35 days left of school!!! YAY, then it is a different life for 2.5 months! Can you tell I am excited? I can't wait for summer vacation to get here!

5. I can't believe that Allie will be 4 years old in just a little more than 2 months! Were has all the time gone, it seriously seems like just yesterday that I was pregnant with her!

6. I can't wait for summer, it means... sleeping in, playing outside with the kids, days at the beach, bike riding, trips to the water park, sleepovers, vacation to Maine, eating outside, fireflies and so much more!

7. Jack is talking so much more and just trying so much more than he had before. Even his speech teacher said she was really pleased with how he is doing!

8. The weekends are too short, where do they go? I can't believe that it is already half over.

9. My photography business is really starting to pick up, thanks to the nice weather! Go here to check out what I have been up to lately *grin*!

10. I hope that everyone has a great weekend and has a chance to get outside and enjoy some nice spring weather!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. Can't believe it is Sunday already... why do the weekends go so fast?

2. We made annual trek to Daffodil Hill yesterday with the kiddos and got lots of great pictures and then my memory card started glitching and it appears that I have lost more than half of my pictures!

3. Luckily we can go back next weekend and it didn't happen today at my maternity shoot!

4.This weather that we are having is CRAZY! Yesterday it was 92 degrees and today it is supposed to be the same!

5. Luckily for the woman who's maternity pictures I am doing she lives down by the shore and it isn't supposed to get quite as warm and I am meeting her early.

6. I LOVE sleeping with the windows open!

8. I can't believe that it is only 7:30 in the morning and the current temp is already 60 and that is what our temps usually are mid day this time of year.

9. I will be posting some of our pictures from Daffodil Hill later today when I get home.

10. Off to shoot baby bumps and little girls, what a great day!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I miss Matt when he travels! He has been in CA since Thursday and won't be home till early tomorrow, but I don't get to see him until I get home from work.

2. I just finished Breaking Dawn the last book in the Twilight Saga! I LOVED it and all the other books too. I have never read any book so feverishly before and then when it came to Breaking Dawn I let it take me longer to read just so that it wouldn't have to end!

3. Now I am looking for a new book to read, any suggestions? I need something as wonderful to keep my attention, so I am in search of a new book or series of books to read.

4. I am so not ready to go back to work tomorrow, 9 more weeks of school until summer vacation, that seems so long to me. I wish that I hadn't just figured that out on the computer calendar...

5. I broke my glasses yesterday and I procrastinated so long today that I won't be able to try and get them fixed until tomorrow after work. Cross your fingers that they can fix them and that I won't have to buy a new pair!

6. I think there may come a time when I will actually re-read the Twilight Saga, I have never thought that about a book before but these were so good that I am tempted *grin*!

7. We had such nice weather here this weekend, the kids and I played outside a lot the last few days, no I didn't ignore my children to read *grin*!

8. I have a newborn baby shoot coming up in the next few days/week, she hasn't even been born yet and I am so excited to take her picture! She is the daughter of close high school friends of both Matt and I and I am so flattered that they asked me to take her pictures!

9. I am quickly realizing the difference between little boys and little girls; Jackson does absolutely everything that Allie has never thought to do! They are so different it amazes me!

10. I need to get going to get the kids dinner, finish the laundry, get ready for work/school tomorrow and pick up the house a little, oh and edit some pictures! If you are interested in seeing some new pictures go here, I haven't had a chance to post them here as well, but it is on my list *grin*!

Random Weekend Thoughts

1. I am feeling much better this weekend! Thank goodness, right!

2. I had a root canal on Monday and boy oh boy do I feel better! And let me tell you, they aren't as bad as people make them out to be. I won't lie to you they are no picnic, you have more hardware in your mouth than a mom and pop hardware store but other than that and having someone poking around in your mouth it really wasn't so bad. They give you enough medicine to numb you up and then other than that not so bad. The only bad part is that I have to go back on Wednesday so that they can finish it up, it's not done in one day.

3. We finally decided what to do about my laptop. After talking to lots of different people and getting their opinions we decided that it would be best to replace it, because no one could guarantee us that they could fix it, plus it is an expensive fix! So after lots of driving around and shopping around we finally bought a refurbished DELL this morning! And the best part is that I didn't have to use all the money that I had been saving for my new lens!

4. Business is picking up since I launched my new site. I have 4 new bookings!

5. Today we had a great day with our friends the Heenan's! It was so nice to see everyone and spend time together and catch up. Plus what great weather we had! Good Friends + Good Weather= A Great Day!

6. We spent a good part of our visit at the beach! You heard me right at the beach, it was so nice to feel the sand between my toes and the sun on my face! I can't wait till we have more of these days!

7. Jack rode on a bike/tricycle for the first time; he was so cute he just straddled the bike and walked along. Good thing for his helmet too, because he fell over the handlebars and if he hadn't had a helmet he would have probably gotten really hurt.

8. We bought both Allie and Jack new helmets for riding their bikes.

9 & 10. Sorry, I've got nothin' for ya! I just can't think of two more random thoughts!

Hope you have a great week!

Random Weekend Thoughts

WARNING!!! There is a lot of whining in this post, read on at your own risk!

1. My weekend has gone down the drain... I went to the dentist this morning for a tooth that I have had sensitivity in for a while now and at my last cleaning I mentioned it again to the dentist and she had me start using a prescription tooth paste and said to give it a couple weeks. So, I did and it is more sensitive than ever and over the past week it has been hurting when I don't expose it to triggers. So long story short, I went in and she tested it and she thinks at the least that I need to have the old filling removed and a new one put in. However, more likely, she thinks that I may need a root canal! OUCH!!! Double ouch it is going to cost a LOT!

2. There goes the money that I have been saving to by my new lens for my camera and get my computer fixed!

3. I am so frustrated at the lack of interest in my photography! It really makes me sad, I have posted fliers in a few places as well as putting some stuff up on Facebook. I don't get it! It is so frustrating, I really want to be doing more, scratch that, some photography.

4. My new dentist appointment isn't till Monday, because they couldn't do a possible root canal on a Saturday! This is gonna be a long, hurting weekend!

5. That means I need to make sub plans, JOY!

6. On a lighter note, the weather here was GORGEOUS this weekend, I mean really, it was 65! and we are supposed to have more of the same tomorrow!

7. I'm not looking forward to the time change, both how it will affect me and how Allie and Jack will sleep!

8. Jack starts his speech therapy on Wednesday! I am so excited! I can't wait for him to start to be more verbal! Even if it is just making more sounds, which is what they are going to start working on first.

9. I can't wait for spring to be here for good! I just heard that we are getting snow in the next few days! Yuck!

10. My tooth and jaw hurt hurt!