Deep Breaths

I’ve been thinking about this sweet little blog lately. The place that holds memories for me in a nice sweet little place, better than my head can. Just in the last couple days I feel like my kids have grown, got wiser, smarter, taller, the whole bit. I have been so busy with photography. This is great. Really it is. I love it, I am so lucky to have this great job. It’s all my own. During wedding season I start to feel like I am somehow neglecting my kids. I know I am not, I am here with them pretty much Mon-Fri. I think it’s all the stuff my head is trying to hold, email those people, edit this, reply to that, mail out those. Deep breath. I am just in the process of finding something that works. I don’t want to not feel present with my kids, I want quite the opposite. I want to enjoy, observe, teach, and be fully aware. I know it will take some time, but I will get there. I was going through my pics to post on here (obviously I found some lol) and most of these are from at least a month ago. So much is going on. They ARE getting bigger, taller, smarter, sassier. Yesterday was James’ last day of Preschool. EVER. Deep breath. Summer is officially upon us! I love summer and can’t wait to dive in to it! No pun intended.  Today was actually his last day of T-ball too. It was a 5 week course. He absolutely loved it. It’s actually quite amazing how much they learn and improve in that time frame. We had a little circus come to our neighboring little town too. It was fun for not having to drive far and something to do for sure! Kids liked it.

A few weeks back we got to dip our toes in the water for the first time this year. It felt really good. The kids ended up soaking wet, but hey that's why I pack extra clothes right?

That same day we got to visit one of my best friends April in the hospital. She gave birth to the sweetest little guy Cooper. My kids LOVE babies.

Here are some pics from the circus. Is that the norm, to have the lady dangling from the elephant's mouth? It kinda made my jaw drop.

T_BALL!!! These pics were taken on his 1st day. Today I took some video, so I will get that up soon, or sometime. ;)

My cousin and her cutie Gus came over for a  visit one day.

Below is a picture of James I took yesterday on his last day of school. He is holding a picture of himself from the 1st day of school! Crazy difference! Someone on Facebook said his baby face is gone. I was trying to deny that. Ugh. Deep breath.

And then we come to these. Bribed with ice cream I accomplised a photo session of my own 2!

GinormaFORT

With the weather being so nice lately I have jumped into photo season a little early this year. It takes a little while to get back into the groove of things after not doing much during the cold months. Last week I found myself needing to do some work during the day. I normally do all my work after the kids are in bed, or during nap time. I have a tendency of feeling super bad being on the computer while the kids are up and active. :) This is totally my problem, but whatever.
I decided to compensate by making them a big a$$ fort. I turned our whole dinning room into a fort. They actually thought it was hysterical. They had tons of fun for the whole 30 min they played in it. I thought it was going to be hours and hours of fun. :) It took me way longer to make it. I guess that's what I get for being on the computer. ;)

sweet sibs

James came out of his room today with a plastic bag full of homemade flash cards. Just a bunch of cut out squares with different, pictures, shapes, colors, etc. He brought them over to me and told me he really wanted to teach Ada. They sat down on the couch for a long time and went through the cards. This sweet boy melts my heart. These two together are sometimes more than my heart can handle. You know the feeling I am talking about. They have got to the point where they play super good together. It does come with a lot of  fighting these days. James is super sensitive and pretty much his mission for the day is to make sure Ada still loves him. He is such a good big brother. He tells her he loves her repeatedly throughout the day. Lots of hugs and kisses in our house. James will often start to freak out a tad if he thinks Ada is mad at him or doesn't want to play with him. Ada is super smart and a little sneaky. I think she is figuring out fast how to push James' buttons. ...she definitely knows how to push mine ;).

Oh the faces you will see

One might think that having a photographer as a mother, wife, or being one yourself, would be the greatest thing. You would have all these marvelous pictures of your kids, family, etc. Even if these pictures are just of the kids playing around, or if they were set up as a little mini photo shoot. Maybe for some photogs and their family this might be the case, and good for them. This maybe shocking, but when I say "SMILE" that is the last thing I get. Here are a series of photos taken in probably 20 min...

And maybe you were thinking, well they are kids. Is that the problem?