Sweet Little Thing

Yesterday one of my best friends welcomed a new little bundle of cuteness into the world. I had completely forgotten how tiny new babies are and oh my goodness, she is SO tiny! And precious- and perfect- and I just love her...

Party in J's Tummy! | Photography Update

This was such a fun shoot. This little cutie just turned 1 and he was definitely happy about exploring... dirt, bugs, leaves and CAKE!

Such a sweet little family... and growing! Congratulations! Can't wait to meet the little miss;) 

A Great Day

Yesterday was a great day. Woke up and took J to his Mamma's to play. I had a meeting at a bistro downtown to discuss hanging some photography in it. The meeting went awesome and I'm totally pumped about it. After I picked J up I decided that we were going to spend the day doing fun stuff while daddyman worked. He fell asleep as soon as we got in the car so I drove down to the river and worked on some things until he woke up. Then we walked down and watched the ducks. He LOVES ducks. Then we went and played on 2 playgrounds, went for a walk, went to the library, went on another walk, picked daddy up and went out to dinner. It was definitely the best day I've had in a long time.

I even got a latte and my favorite cookie (ever had a Toffee cookie from Panera? OMG) before we went home. (I know.. coffee before bed=dumb idea... but it was perfect and I drink so much caffeine that it doesn't phase me. haha should I admit that?)

Today... less great. Jules had his 15 month check up. He's perfect, but had to get 3 shots:( breaks my heart every time...

Mom stuff...

Julien is kind of a ridiculous kid. He's done everything super early. When he was really little and doing things really early it made me a little sad because I felt like I was missing out on having a little blob of baby that was really just a little blob of baby and perfectly content to just 'be'. Julien has never been like that.... and I've found that other people don't really understand it. Maybe it's just because they aren't around him 24/7 like I am but in his short little life I've put up with a lot of "just let him be a baby" and "he can't do that yet" type of comments. Well, yes, he can do that and I am not forcing him to do anything. I have always just gone off of his cues of when he was ready to do something. Some people act like I'm a bad mom because of the things Julien has done early, but what I can't understand is why anyone would think it would be good to keep their kids from doing things (like walking or using the potty) just because they're doing it earlier than average... I don't ever want to hold my kids back from accomplishing anything that they think they can do. And I hope that no matter what it is (as long as it's not dangerous or whatever... obviously...) I hope that I am open minded enough to help and support them.

All that ramble ranting aside, Jules (who is not bow-legged from walking at 9 months) discovered his boy parts a few weeks ago. Shortly after that he started doing the whole "hide when I poop in my diaper" thing so we got him a little potty. He's doing awesome! We don't pressure him to use it and he we are no where near potty trained... but if we think he needs to go and put him on the potty most of the time he goes in it. Then of course we sing silly potty songs and give him stickers and shower him with positive reinforcement. We're just hoping that by the time he really understands he'll want to use the potty and the actual potty training will be really easy. For the last week he's peed in the potty at least once a day (sometimes more) and I think he's awesome. :)

A couple things I don't want to forget... He's decided that it's hilarious to put his pacifier in your mouth if you're singing to him. And a few days ago he informed me "cow say's moooo" and it was the cutest thing ever...

Thrifty Upcycling

Lately I've been working on stuff for an upcoming craft show. A couple days ago I found these cute vintage change purses at a thrift store and thought I might embroider something on them but decided to sew some little flowers on them instead. Hoping they'll be super cute when they're done.

Photography Update | Holly Hamrick of Amy Gentry Photography

I got to spend some time this weekend with one of my very best friends, who happens to have one of the most adorable little girls and another one any time now! Her family has a beautiful bit of land out in the country and they gave us free rein over the fields and a little pond.. we ran out of time to go to the barns and a few other places, but I got some beautiful shots and I am so excited for more shoots when #2 arrives! 

Zooombies

I try to never wish time away but there are a few things that I am so excited for... I'm excited for Jules to want to pretend and play specific things. He likes to play trains and some other things... I'm excited for when he appreciates how silly his parents are. (but not so much for when he's embarrassed by us. Maybe that wont happen...)

I think we're prematurely excited about Halloween... He didn't really care at all that he was a zombie, but he was the cutest little zombie I've ever seen!