Look at that cute little monkey boy

Ok so a few posts ago i mentioned that Wills pic would maybe be up in the new Pretty Please store, well I still havent made it up there to have a peek ( I am afraid I would do to much damage $ wise) but Kim did tag me in a photo on facebook and this is the ad that will be running in the March issue of Memphis Parent. Will is the very top right. Isnt he the cutest little monkey man ever?!?!?! Ok well I just had to share bc I am one proud mama! Thats all :)

A Fun Filled Weekend

So this weekend hasnt even officially started and it is already jam packed! I am already making mental lists of all the things to be done! I am at work tonight so I will have to go home and sleep. then I have a photo shoot planned mid afternoon hopefully the weather with cooperate. After the shoot I need to go home and help the hubby with the demo. As you can imagine my plans for having a "finished bathroom by sunday" were just that a plan that did not go exactly hoe I had hoped. Sooooo the next plan is to atleast have demo done by the end of the weekend maybe some dry wall up but who knows????I know it will all be worth it in the end but geez I wish i could just wiggle my nose and it be done! I dont even want to think about the other bathroom (which actually needs remodeling worse than this one did but it has our only shower so that will literally have to be a weekend job!)Other big things this week were Will finally saying MaMa. Ok so he still doesnt say it as much as he says dada but he is sharing the love a little more. I also attempted to use my sewing machine it was actually quite funny but he you gotta start somewhere right? I bought a book today called simple sewing for babies. My first offical product is a cute little diaper cover for Wills one year pics We will see how it turns out???? the book did say simple????? I also made a birth announcment for a friend but I promised not to post it till she mails them out so I guess you will have to wait for that one but it turned out great! well duty calls......

I got a new toy today!

If anyone remembers or cares for that matter I mentioned a few posts ago that I was going to be purchasing a sewing machine...well I did today I got this brother machine-

I liked it because it is computerized (not manual) and does button holes. The reviews were all good so I am hoping I can figure it out without to much stress. I also bought a fun book at barnes and noble it is 101 things you can make with 1 yard of fabric. Should be interesting???? I also got a little ambitious and bought a couple of patterns one for a fun tunic shirt and for a simple summer dress. They both say EASY so hopefully that means it will be?? I also got one that is AWESOME but definitely didnt say easy on it. It is more of the kind of dresses I wear all year round so maybe if I get good at this I can make me a million in all different fabric hehe. Of course this is all wishful thinking assuming I can even get it out of the box. Good thing though I bought it at Walmart so I can return it if I dont use it. But hopefully I will use it. Now I know I have some friends out there who sew and make fun JonJons (Jess) and I was wondering where yall got your pattern I couldnt find one today?

I think I forgot...

SOOOOO I dont think i ever posted a picture of my lovely flowers Joey brought home to me the other day "just cuz"

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What A Day...Lord Give me STRENGTH!

Ok so I apologize for this post ahead of time and pardon the language I try not to cuss on here but the blog post is a bitch session. It is very negative so if you are not up for that PLEASE disregard. OK so with that disclaimer let me begin. The day started out at 0430 when Will decided it was time to get in our bed (that is not part of the gripe part) So anyways I dont really sleep good that often now when he is in our bed so I decided I would get up and look for my Ashley furniture warranty packet. See my in laws bought us some beautiful furniture in Ocotber 08 and they also bought us the extended warranty bc the sales lady said it covered EVERYTHING but jaw and claw-meaning animals. Well let me take a step back the furniture has not held up that well (which was fine in and of itself I mean it is a year and a half old) BUT the other day Will almost ate a TACK yes A TACK that came off the bottom of the ottoman. After this I had decide I would call them bc per the warranty we are suppose to be able to have our problems fixed and if not fixed then replaced. Ok so I searched all over and finally found the packet in a box in the attic (at 0500 in the am I know I am crazy i get OCD when I misplace things). then the next great part it says call our 24 hour customer service line so I did at 0530 and guess what they DONT open till 0800 (Something should have told me at this point that it wasnt going to be wasy this task) So I wait till 1030 and call. Well GUESS WHAT the only damn thing the ext warranty covers is "accidental stains" sooooo almost killing my child (I know dramatic but you get the point- a much bigger deal than a stain in my eyes) makes me SOL! So I decide to call the store we bought the furntiure from and they told me to call corporate. SOOOO I call corporate and have the pleasure (insert extreme disgust here) of speaking with Lajoyce (aka the devil). So I start my conversation with the devil I mean Lajoyce very politely to which she responds to me very rudely explaining I am 2 years out of my warranty. So I explain to her I havent had the furniture two year ( I guess Ashley furniture does not require math skill see buying furniture in 10/08 and calling with a problem in 2/10 may APPEAR to be two years to a dummy but if you know how to count it is actually less than a year and a half). She then explains i am out of the one year warranty (this I understand) so they cannot help me. I then again explain how serious I feel this problem is I mean a child almost eating a tack from THEIR furniture and she proceeds to LAUGH at me and again say there is nothing she can do. So I ask to file a complaint and she asks me what I think I am doing (she said this is what I was doing at that moment) So she never let me speak to upper mgmt.and was by far the rudest (insert expletive here)<---like the Pierre reference lol Ok so anyways my question is what do we do now...Hope my child doesnt find anymore crap that may fall off the furniture?
And on top of that to start the morning out we missed moms group bc i literally could not get out of bed bc my cramps were so bad. I havent had to deal with them for so long but I am afraid they have returned. Luckily I found my naproxen and they are a little more managable at the moment.
Again SORRY for the Debbie Downer post I was just literally so upset I was in tears and needed to vent! So Lesson learned- NEVER shop at Ashley furniture EVER again. Until then I am wondering if I can remove all the tacks so they cannot remove themselves!

An Impromptu Demolition

So this is our gosh awful ugly spare bathroom. The gross orange and green tile were creatively toned down with a cutesy dragonfly motif.


Original thought- Oh what cute dragonflys (previous owners were successful in their diversion techniques) Todays Thought-Vomit I am soooo over this nasty bathroom and something must be done! sooooooo began the impromptu demo by yours truly. Nothing but a hammer and a flathead screw driver (bc those are soooo the tools for the job)



After a peice of the tile cut my face i figured this was not so safe without more supplies sooooo I banged a little more but once I put a hole in the wall I wasnt so sure i was doing things correctly


After Joey got home our friends Sandra and Cliff came over to see our shutters (just realized I havent posted abouted those oooohhhhh!) After looking at the shutters the boys decided to have their turn at the bathroom and lets just say they made more progress than me but not without a few battle wounds of there own


And lastly if you notice all the mess on the floor yeah that is my job tomm oh boy. But hey atleast I know we have started which means we have to finish. Goal to finish by the end of this weekend. Not sure if that is realistic but its a very small bathroom and doesnt even have a shower so we just have to demo, put up all new sheetrock, paint and trim and then put in a new vanity, mirror, light and toilet. Easy enough right???? I will definitely be keeping everyone posted! First big Demo project of the house YEAH!

OMG!!!!!

Ok so I might have taken this pics off another blog (hehehe) but I just couldnt resist. Although I do not have them yet ( I will be getting them tomm at camera class hopefull)My new friend from class Stephanie made me these kick butt camera straps for my cameras. I mean every photographer needs and sassy strap right lol! My friend Emily and actually noticed her fun strap at the first photography class and we had to have one and it just so happened that after class we all ended up chatting (how fun right I mean isnt it crazy how woman can make friends ANYWHERE! Love it!) So anyways last week i brought some fabric to class and I was just catching up on my blogs and saw her post which included pics of my straps and as my title says I was like OMG! Haha So anyways in true fashion I so had to give her a fun "shout out" on my blog :) Her blog is entitled One Crafy Hunter and it is super cute so go check it out (and if yall hadnt noticed by now i dont know how to link so just go over to the blogs im following and get there from there-simple right?)
SO AGAIN HERE IS A SUPER HUGE THANK YOU STEPHANIE

Dressed like a Big Boy

Did I really wake up to this????

Ok so I know I am classified in the category of "freak out mom" and I can accept this. Being a nurse either makes you always jump the gun or always wait to late. Well I am the nurse who always jumps the gun. Ok so in saying that here is my dilemma. I went in to get Will out of his crib when he stirred at 530 this am to find his left eye almost swollen shut but there are no crustys??? One night last week I noticed awful eye boogers which turned into some small drainage and I just knew his eye would be crusted shut by the am. But sure enough in the am he was fine and has been ever since but then he wakes up like this? I sure hope my litlle man doesnt have some sort of allergy we were at the zoo yesterday, I am sure it is just coincedence but I would rather it be something fixed by a med than something he would have to deal with forever. He was suppose to make up a MDO day today (and I was gonna get some sleep for work) but now I am not so sure that will be the plan I think I may call the md?? anybody ever seen this is their kids??? As far as I know he hasnt gotten a hold of anything he shouldnt have. I try to keep the dogs out of his face. I just dont know what it could be?

Oh and I forgot to mention

In my blog rant the other night i mentioned the fru fru clothes I will be placing Will in this summer well here is a picture:


and speaking of pictures my wedding photographer (and Wills photographer) facebooked me today to let me know that she has done some canvas work for Pretty Please the new kids shop on sanderlin and that I should go by there because I may see a familiar face up on the wall-meaning Will. I was like OMG thats awesome. Now I cant wait to go tomm and see if his pic really is up! She also said she is using him in one of her ads that is hitting the Memphis Parent mag in the march issue. Again Yeah, it feels good to think someone else thinks my little man is as photogenic as I think he is. Ok enough going on and on Im just the proud momma of my little man!

Zoo Day!

Ok so we had such a beautiful day in Memphis today that we just had to make the best of it sooo that meant taking a trip to the zoo. I went with my sis in law and her girls and my friend Ashley and her son Tyler. It was pretty warm for the most part but it did get a bit chilly towards the end. Overall it was a successful trip I got tons of pics of the animals and some great shots of the kids. I shot in RAW today vs JPEG and the difference is amazing. I cant even begin to get technical here bc I barely know what I am talking about but RAW gives you more control editing but the files are MUCH larger so it looks like a bigger memory card is in my future!
Anyways here are the animals....

And here are the kids...


I cant wait for more trips as the weather gets better and I am sure there will be more pics to post...you know me!

Photo Frame Phase 1

ok so the frame was a cintage white to begin with. I wanted to do a verse from the Bible and the one that kept popping up for children was 1 Samuel 1:27 not to mention a few friends have used it as well soooo I started with black paint and the white frame and this is what i ended up with.

Phase 1:


I dont know now if I should have painted the frame prior to doing the words. i thought it looked ok but now its just kinda plain??? I think I may go get blue and green paint and do stripes behind the writing and polk dots hmmmmm i guess if i ruin it its only like a 5 buck loss?? I decide to not use the frog bc I realized i already had a frame in Wills room with a frog on it. Oh well I will post Phase 2 once I get that far hehe. Oh and excuse the poor quality of pictures they were taken with my iphone I am actually in bed hehe! Adn if anyone has suggestions of what to add or do please tell :) This is my first stab at anything artistic besides photos sooo?

Wild and Crazy Wednesday

Ok so maybe the title is a little misleading but my goodness today felt soooo long. Maybe because i didnt get much sleep last night( I have really got to figure this thing out) so anyways we got up bright and early for moms group today. I had to get there on time bc I had the goodies for all us moms (AND I didnt burn them lol) As usual we had a great few hours except poor Will was probably ready to chunk me across the room but i held hime most of the time. He has started this habit of chunking things and I do mean chinking and with so many little babies I really didnt want him hurting anyone. I swear sometimes I am so "that" mom or as my Monday night bible study put it I consider myself a "helicopter" meaning I hover haha! Seriously though I try not to be that way but I just really didnt want him hurting anyone on accident at home he has free reign (sp?) of anything and everything. So back to the crazy day after that we came home and got a quick nap in and then I did some cleaning and then it was off to meet daddy for our weekly sushi dinner. We went to Sekisui Bartlett instead of the usual SPR this week and OMG the service was pretty bad and the sushi did not even compare sooo I think next time we will not stray. We only went to the bartlett location anyways because after dinner we headed over to my sister in laws to check out some SUPER CUTE clothes for Will from his MiMi. I am soo calling myself a hypocrit at this point bc I do believe my words this time last year was that my son would not wear fru fru clothes. Ok so then last summer he totally wore bubble suits ( I gave in and he was soooo cute) but then i said he would soooo not wear that stuff after his first birthday. Well ladies I am once again eating my words bc the clothes we got tonight are smocked and are jons jons and are FABULOUS. I am not saying he will wear these everyday (am i going to eat these words we shall see) but for special occasions and outings I will definitely be putting him in them. We got dump trucks, palm trees, frogs, cars, a fourth of july outfit and some more sutano which is the best baby lounge wear ever! I am pretty excited for summer now bc I can wait to show him off. I am still not sure about the fru fru white shirts that go under the jon jons poor kids who do have to wear them. I am leaning more toward just a plain white tshirt but I think for xtra special occasions we may wear them? who knows, it seems like I am always going back i what i say I will NEVER do haha.
On another note would you like to know an AWFUL fact i found out today. First off let me start by saying I had already decided my kid would not be a Happy Meal Kid. Of course times will arise where he may get one but it is not gonna be a go to meal by any means. Well this fact has got me even rethinking my occassional Happy Meal Days. Did you know that Happy Meals ( I am guessing Mcdonalds in general but the example used is a Happy Meal so I am sticking with that) has soooooo many preservatives that it wont mold. A friend from Moms group has a business dealing with health juices (not sure exactly but not the point of this blog) anyways she has a 3 year old happy meal for her business presentation next week that is NOT molded. YUK! just the thought makes me vomit in my mouth! Soooooo although I know I am far from a health nut that will make you think twice before heading to the drive thru. It does make me wonder if Taco Bell does the same thing lol I could never part with that random run for the border here and again :)
Ok so lastly when I was at Joanns yeasterday getting fabric for a little project my new friend is doing for me (pics to come soon) I did my usual go down every row of a new store and I found a super fun project. Not sure I can make it look good but you know all the super fun phot frames out there well I am going to attempt to make one and I am gonna post the before pic now and well you get the idea. I bouthg two to make so I am hoping atleat one turns out. But until then everyone is asleep so I am gonna close my eyes now and hope to be asleep within a few hours :( Boo Insomnia!

Before:

Where did the time go?

Well I would like to say that I havent been posting because I have just been so busy cleaning house or something productive but the truth is I have just been exhausted...(and NO I am not preggers Jess lol) I picked up and extra shift at work last thursday then worked fri and my usual sunday and even added a "crazy night" out into the mix on saturday night so my usual slumber patterns were very interuppted and well as much as I hate to admit it I am just now getting back in the land of the living right now today at 12 yes I slept till 12 (not straight sleep of course i do have a 10 month old. I didnt go to sleep until after 3 bc i just couldnt sleep sucks right?!?! I love working the night shift but the aftermath is a little much sometimes. So anyways enough about my sleep patterns I know it is just soooo exciting. But what is exciting is that I am thinking of getting a sewing machine? Just a little one not the monogram stuff I will still be enlisting friends for those projects I watched a friend making something one night and decided very quickly i did not have the patience for anything liek that so im not sure i will even have the patience for a simple machine but i figure its a cheaper option to go with. I want to make little shorts to go with all the shirts i will be having made for will and maybe other simle things . Who knows i am always changing my mind but right now I am thinking it sounds fun???? Anyways i think that is about it around the Bousson household- it did snow again yesterday and they were HUGE flakes so i bundled Will up and jumped out there to see if I could get pics of him and the snowflakes but my camera would either focus on one or the other (probably operator error) so they are cute pics but not what i was going for? Guess I can leave you with those!

I DID IT-boussonphotography.blogspot.com

ok so alert the media I finally did what I have been saying I was gonna do for months and have chickened out everytime! and let me start off by saying that it is not the most beautiful thing either if I had waited till then I would have never done it but here goes nothing......
I introduce to you MY SECOND BLOG PAGE!!!!!!
Now that I have gotten better at updating this one and I feel that I am progressing in my photgraphy ( I assume this by the number of "will you take pics for me" that i get now-by the way THANKS they are greatly appreciated!)
you can get to this page by going to boussonphotography.blogspot.com! I have racked my brain over a name rather than the generic lastnamephotography but my friends i am just uncreative in that department because I got nothing! So if any of you out there come up with anything crafty and I use it I will present you with a FREE photosession. I plan to go all the way with this ventureso I really want something fun and catchy that reprsents me and helps me get my name out there. Maybe that is enough motivation out there for all you gals to help a sister out! And if anyone wants to help my blog look pretty that would be a huge help too hahaha! anyways thats all. I have been fixing odds and ends on it all night so i think I am gonna go to sleep now but please follow my other blog if you follow this one and tell your friends I know word of mout and testimony are the ways to get out there!

Valentines Party at FTM

Ok so I just always have a blast at my weekly moms group meeting but today was just tons of fun! We celebrated Valentines Days so everyone was passing out Valentines and it was just too cute. Will even made Valentines and cookies (ok so you caught me I made the valentines and cookies lol) and passed them out to all his friends. We even made Valentine cards for the dads since they dont get to have as much fun as we do every week. We gave it to daddy when he got home from work tonight and he loved it and put it on the fridge! I tried to get some pics of everyone but i obviously had my settings off bc everyone looks a nice shade of yellow (thank you crappy lighting) we touched on this last night in my photgraphy class so i have been playing around with the settings (obviously didnt get them right today) but as always indoor photos dont really do it for me I like the good ole outdoors and natural lighting! speaking of which I have a little something up my sleeve that I will be revealing soon (maybe tonight, maybe this week) so stayed tuned for the BIG SURPRISE! Other than that I cant say that too much has been exciting to blog about around here so i must go work on operation:talent (hint hint) Cant wait to share with everyone!

This is Wills Valentines Card that he sent to everyone!

playing in photoshop

I know I know ive already posted these pics but its my blog and i can do what i want right? HaHa no really i was just wanting to test out this new template not sure I am that crazy about it i wanted to change the white to a scrapbook pattern but it wouldnt work guess I have to keep researching???

A Birthday Collage

Ok so as promised here are the pics from Wills FTM buddy Callums first birthday party. Will had bunches of fun with all his friends even if ms Helen Grace gave him a wedgie (thanks Mary) bahahahaha! Good Times!

Nurses dont get snow days and neither do mommys

Ok so the title sounds bad but it was awful. Technically I didnt even know we were in for snow until 0400 this am at work when someone walked in the unit and said have yall seen the snow outside? I was like huh? and sure enough there was already a blanket of snow covering the ground! Luckily I had no gas in my car so i had taken Joeys truck (with 4 wheel drive) to work but even with his truck I have never driven in this mess! And to make matter worse I sooooo didnt nap yesterday so I was up for 24 plus hours. Once I got home I of course went and played photographer in the yard while Joey got ready for work (no snow day for him) After that I proceeded to hit the hay until Will had other plans. You see have you ever seen "those kids in the stores that you swear your kid will NEVER be like" yeah Will was "that kid" this am in the pack and play. He was SQUEALING HYSETERICALLY but i was so delirious that i knew it wasnt safe to put him in the bed with me and even when I gave up and tried he still sreamed and slapped me (i dont think it was intentional but who knows hehe) so anyways i called my mom and said HELP! Luckily the roads were ok enough for her to get her. She snatched him up nd away the went into the living room then i got a much needed nap. So I slept from 11-2 but then it started sleeting and she said she better get home so we have been up every since but hey I am very grateful for the nap! So we have been cooped up all day but I will leave you with some fun snow day pics!