Forget to add the latest pics

Showing off his standing skills

Big Smiles

Dont think this trucks for riding

Last Day of Moms group belated birthday bash

Ok so no post is complete without a few pictures so here is lil man these days

Why am I awake at this hour????

I have been sleeping SO well lately so I dont know what to attribute this bit of insomnia to but oh well I thought I would take the tim eto upload pics and blog since i have been slacking at the whole blogging thing here lately. I actually did write a post early Monday morning but chose not to post it as it was kinda harsh and didnt want to be such a Debbie Downer, I also realized blogging when your are living on less than 10hrs a sleep (for the WHOLE weekend) and your feelings are hurt AND you have had an AWFUL weekend at work THAT my friends is not the best time to blog lol. So I wil take the oppurtunity to now. This weekend was Mothers Day and I have to say for the second year in a row it has just been missing something for me. My Family doesnt get together on holidays like we use to for a number of reasons all of which are a little sad but its always been ok until I had Will and now it just makes me sad and I want so bad to change this but underlying circumstances make it alnost impossible. Last year I was still such a new mommy that i think my hormones were still a little out of whack and then this year seemed to be about "everything" else besides the true meaning of the day. Next year I think I wanna spice it up and maybe take a weekend trip between Mothers Day and Fathers Day (LORD knows the drama going on the actual days would cause lol) to really enjoy our journey through parenthood that we began a little over a year ago.
Ok so now that this weekend is over back to reality i am swamped with editing shoots, this is a good thing but if you know me I like to edit right after I take pics and since Wills birthday I have found myself behind so I got to CATCH up. I have been editing at night but that makes for one sleepy momma come morning time which is officially Wills favortie time of the day :) I really wish I wouldve written it down or copy and pasted it but of course I didnt and now for the life of me I cant remember where I read it but it really hit home at 4am this mornign when I woke up and have been up ever since.
Basically it was a quote or status post or little snippet from somewhere that explained as parents that we try to capture every first in our childs life, celebrate every milestone but what we often fail to recall is the last time our child does something and thats a tear jerker bc so quickly they arent our little babies anymore they blossom into toddlers, teens, adeults, etc. and this am really slapped me in the face with this one. Wills sleep patterns have never been bad. When he forst came home he wanted to eat...every hr. That was a little hard but he would sleep on my chest for hours on end. When we transitioned him from our room to his he did great, then we had the "Target" incident where he bumped his head and overprotected mommt started the sleeping in the bed with us, again he would sleep all night in our bed not so much when we tried the crib again. Nut slowly he has gotten better, for the longest time he would stay in his crib till 2 or so and then get in bed with us. over the last few months the 2 changed to 4 and 5 am and it just hit me lying here (prior to blogging) that my little man now prefers to sleep in his crib ALL night. Dont get me wrong this is a great thing and I am so thrilled but use to on the nights I couldnt sleep I atleast had a sleeping angel to watch, now i just have the snoring hubby LOL who sat straight up in bed a few moments ago completely rearranged the comforter laying over us spoke the one word toilet and drifted back to sleep...I dont know WHAT that was about but it did keep me entertained. Its bittersweet i guess, and to make it worse I use to atleast get naps during the day with my munchkin but now when i lay himdown with me he just tosses and turns until i go put him in his crib and then he is out like a light. I know this will help with keeping the house clean but that was just our unwritten quiet time....tear. he is just showing me everyday how he is now a toddler and no longer my baby. Another thing that may have made me crabby this weekend was that he took his first three steps and neither me nor his daddy were around to see it. He did end up showing daddy that he could take one step but he doesnt wanna show me yet ( I guess he knows that will be just another was to show his big boyness to me) He has however just today started standing at all times pretty much. He has breen cruising for some time and even going from sitting to standing for short bits but today all he wanted to do was stand up all by himself nothing to hold onto or help him up so I know that means walking is right around the corner...Lord help us when that day finally comes hes gonna be you know what on wheels hehe! There is no doubt that he is ALL boy! So i think this concludes my early morning rambling session now time to get all my stuff in order for the day i am driving to byahlia MS to meet up with my cousin in law to take some pics of her daughter (Wills cousin) and we are gonna find some fields with the wildflowers I cannot wait!

Siren Overkill

Ok so seriously did I miss something or am I just uber aware now that I have a child???? But WHEN did the sirens start going off when there was no confirmed tornado. Dont get me wrong I am all about early detection I HATE storms and the more aware I am of them the better but since 4 oclock this am i have totally felt like the sirens were going off for a tornado watch bc there was not one confirmed tornado anywhere near us?!?!?! the news people want you to take things seriously but it seems to me they are totally building up a "boy who cried wolf scenarion" after today i would doubt anybody gets into a closet/safe place when they hear the sirens I know i didnt this afternoon, at 4 am yes i was in the hall with pillows everywhere but i soon realized they were blowing smoke. Ok so im off my soapbox it just seems so silly. I am probably more disturbed to bc last night was the first night we ever left Will! He stayed with my mom since it was the hubbys bday. It was very spontaneous that I even decided for him to have a slumber party (reason for not checking the weather) I did not realize that i didnt have to work since i had taken off for his bday so i planned a big night of fun! But in true old people fashion (that we now are) we ate sushi had a few drinks rented a movie and went to bed lol exciting i know, but I guess its a good thing we didnt go "party the night away" bc we wouldve totally slept through it all! But anyways back to leaving Will you can only imaging my fear at 4 when I wake up (without child no less) You see we have satellite which goes out always so I have weather alerts text to my phone so at 4 i get a text and my phone is so loud that it woke me up I read tornado warning so I immediately turned on the news and wondered why the sirens werent going off and where the tornado was (only to find out there was NO tornado...EVER) . I was immediately sick to my stomach I wanted to drive to cordova and get my child, i called my mom and woke her up and we stayed on the phone a while she said he had been so good and had been asleep since 7! Apparently he takes after his dad bc Joey went back to sleep and was not up for driving to cordova. I knew Will was fine and that we were safer at the house but still I just wanted Will to be with us. since the sirens proceeded to go off I woke Joey up again and informed him that he had a wife to care for lol so he made me a huge pillow pallet in the hall and there we slept for the rest of the night with our three dogs. At 7 i woke up and headed to get my little man and we ended up staying at my moms all day. We got some sleep but not enough so now I am at work hoping the storms will behave while I am away from my family. And to everyone else stay safe :)

My Baby is Back

so today was a GREAT day! We only had three fits (which in the past week is a REAL accomplishment) we still dont like the carseat but I have put the dvd players back in the car so we will see how that goes tomm? I have noticed that the tooth i was suspecting has broken the skin so I am hoping that this was the solution? I think the BEST part of my day was this evening during bath time though. Joey normally does the goodnight routine sort of his bonding time since he workd during the day. Well he called me back there and the two boys were gigling away and then it happened, what Joey has been telling me about for some time. Will put his face in the water! At first i freaked but then he pulled it out and started giggling. So apparently he likes it I am hoping this is a good thing come poolside this summer. But anyhow Will is asleep and it is time to cathc up on some editing, be checking the photography blog for my latest shoots!

Temper Tantrums

Help! What do you do when your child attempts a death drop (or so I have named it in this household, it would be when he is sitting straight up gets upset and throws himself backwards-which in our case is either on hardwood and/or tile) I seriously dont see how we dont have a skull fracture yet. This began about a week ago and it is just killing me. The worst part is I just dont know what to do I mean he is playing and then he is just over it like if the toy gets out of his reach or if i take something away bc its something he cant have. What happened to mr happy go lucky? I get little snippets of him and then poof pouty boy is back. I am not so stressed about the puting I can handle that but I dont want to just let my child thrust himself backwards head first with every fit. I try positive reinforcement, diversion and nothing is doing the trick. I feel like such a bad mom so in serious desperation I am asking, I mean BEGGING for any suggestions that any mommys out there have as to how I can nip this in the bud. I mean if this is the case at one what am I gonna be dealing with at 2....EEK! But as always hes as cute as cute can be and does give me that sweet little grin here and there so that means theres hope right lol!

he loved all his presents

He was so excited!

Not so excited about his hat

The awesome birthday banner (made by Natalie Stickles) and

the picture banner made by yours trully

Wills amazing cake and tissue paper puffs

anxiously awaiting his cake

he didnt get messy though

Family Pic

Wow where to begin this weekend was a whirlwind! Well actually the whole week was I mean i didnt stop from Monday on. Everything seemed to be as if it were going wrong. I stressed myself out so bad that I got a huge fever blister on my face (right in the middle of my top lip ugh!), I scheduled myself to work fri night (what was I thinking???) but thanks to low i got cancelled, it was suppose to rain...which the monsoon did come but it amazingly stopped thirty minutes prior to the party and then it was as sunny as it could be and the party went off without a hitch! Nothing can be said but God is soo Good! I kept telling everyone that his plan was obviously different than mine but that it would work out and it did! My mother in law even thought I had taken something the day of his party bc i was so "whatever" about everything. I promise I was not on anything i just knew nothing could be done and I just needed to get over it and not be my usual stressed out self! Will did really good at his party the whole week prior he ran a pretty high fever on and off. He didnt seem sick and I could see a tooth working its way through the gums so i chalked it up to that, I am afraid that my little man is gonna be one of those boys whose temp goes through the roof with every little thing :( He had such a good tme though he played and enjoyed his cake, he wasnt to sure about everyone singing to him but he only cried when I attempted to put the birthday hat on him, last week at the girls party he loved it this week not so much! bless his heart!Overall it was a huge success and I could not be happier with the way that things turned out and I am glad that we have a year to recooperate before the next party!

One Year Ago Today

9lbs 5oz. and a head full of hair (and yes I had awful reflux)

Look at that beautiful BIG boy!

The nurse bringing Will to me for the first time

(everyone else had seen Will I had to recover from the general anesthesia)

First Family Photo

(dont mind my 300lb appearance....LOTS of fluids & wild delivery)

The Proudest Daddy on the Planet

He actually looks tiny here

Heading home from the hospital

One of my favortie pics

I found this poem and of course it tugged at the heartstrings and since my baby boy is one today I thought I would share

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE

by Dawn Mitchell

I still remember the day that you were born
I cried when the doctor placed you in my waiting arms

So precious and small, a sight to behold
In the blink of an eye, my baby boy has turned 1 years old

I still remember protecting your head and neck with my hands
In the blink of an eye, you're crawling and rolling around on
the floor like a little man

I still remember looking in your mouth and seeing only gums
In the blink of an eye, tiny teeth are popping up one by one

I still remember when you would only smile in your sleep
In the blink of an eye, you are laughing and giggling
The sound is so sweet

I still remember holding a bottle to your lips
In the blink of an eye, from a cup you now take sips

I still remember when girgling was all that you could do
In the blink of an eye, you're yelling Ma Ma and Da Da too!

I love you so much and I'll continue to cherish all that you do
Because I know that
In the blink of an eye, my one-year-old will be two

It is so crazy how fast a year goes by. This time last year we were anxiously waiting our sons arrival and then in a flash he was here (he decided a regular long labor was not for him he couldnt wait to see everyone so an emergency c-section is what he had planned) My heart almost burst the first time I laid eyes on our precious gift from God. We are the luckiest parents in the world to be chosen to look after one of his sweetest little angels! We have watched Will grow from a small (ok not so much) newborn into the wild little toddler he is today. Everyday he shows us just how special he is. I have so many special moments i share with Will but I think my favorite is when I check on him in his crib at night. He is so cute sound asleep cuddling next to his boppy. My heart is filled with such love for this little boy and although it happens way to fast I cant wait to watch him grow more and more with every passing day! I am also looking forward to his birthday party this saturday and hoping it doesnt rain although I know it is suppose to but hey Im sure god has a plan and it will all work out! But for now I gotta go get little man ready for his one year dr appointment. Stats to come!

Sleepless Weekend (But sooo worth it)

so this weekend I finally got back to my friday sunday schedule which is much better than fri sat! So friday I went to work and then I came home sat am and slept for about two hrs then I headed to botanic gardens for a photo shoot for my dear friends Chasity and her family. I cnat wait to get to editing and posting the pics her twins are just too cute!!!! But editing will have to wait atleast for the week . But anyways after the shoot we headed to my sis in laws house for her twins (Wills cousins) 3rd birthday party! It was so much fun it was a princess theme so I put will in his orange gingham shorts with his prince charming smocked tshirt. He was a DOLL as always ( I may be partial but I would think most would agree lol) Well Will played his little heart out ALL afternoon in the backyard. They got a cottage for their bday and Will was cruising all over it. He even tried to climb up the slide (big kid slide) and made about half way up! He just loves the outdoors soooo much! Maybe that means I will get a tan this year :) AFter playing we headed inside for presents and cake both of which did not dissapoint. Will and his cousins on my moms side got the girls a set of disney princess barbie dolls Im thinking they liked them their reactions were priceless! And then the cake was soooo yummy Jenn made it with nannies recipe. After the party we went to the Bagwells and had dinner and then headed on home. Sunday was the usual we went to church at 930 and Will played in the nursery with all his friends. We skipped lunch this week and headed to Walmart so that I could get some birthdya party must haves out of the way. Then it was time to head home for a nap before work which ended up being only an hour but hey I still had a good night! I was worried an hour wouldnt cut it bc after I left work this am I went straight to the hair salon to get back blonde! and then I had a newborn photo shoot for my friend Laura. And Finally after all that excitment I picked Will up from MDO a litlle early and we came home and SLEPT all afternoon. So I am feeling refreshed and now it is time to CLEAN bc tomm my little boy will be ONE can you believe it! But that is a whole other blog in and of itself. But I better go bc the cleaning wont do itself and I have a lot to do before the party on saturday. And to all my blog friends out there please say a prayer the rain stays away bc my house is to tiny to hold everyone and our backyard is to pretty to not have the party outside. Thanks. Now I will leave you with a few party pics! Actually they will probably be above bc i am feeling to lazy to put them from top to bottom lol forgive me this once!

The New Bathroom

finishing touches and paint color

Light Fixtures

Vanity Detail and the faucet swivels (and yes it is suppose to lol)

Shower Floor -still hazy and needs to be wiped down

The ceiling of our new shower (still needs to be wiped down a few times from the grout the WORKERS failed to do that)

The Shower Details that shouldve have been "extra" apparently???

The entrance to the shower

The Vanity and toilet and basket (the basket is not my fave but will do for now and there is junk everywhere bc that is how they left their FINISHED job

Without a mirror but I found one at tj max for 16.99 pics to come

So the pics are a little outof order but I am in a super hurry so they will have to do! Casically this is a rouh draft of the new bathroom. Now that they are finished(haha not really but i guess what they have done will have to do) I can start cleaning away I hope to have it all squared away byWills party so everyone can see it...Wish me luck!

In the words of Yo Gabba Gabba-think Happy Thoughts Happy Thoughts

Ok so I needed to take my mind off the stress that is the bathroom situation and think Happy thoughts which immediately made me think of Yo Gabba Gabba. With that being said my Happy Thoughts always take me to my little man and here are a few pics playing out back the other day. I dont have the one where he is standing on his own uploaded yet but these will have to do they worked for my purposes anyways :) enjoy




Drinking his real milk!

Taking a break

Waiving and saying BYE BYE to the trees

Getting off his ride

OMG! The ABC's of our Bathroom Remodel

WOW I am at a loss for words I am so angry! You would think with our bathroom being completed...finally (and technically not really bc they have to come back to put down the threshold) that I would be jumping for joy INSTEAD i am fuming mad! So a brief run down on our renovation is this a- we demo ourselves b-we realize we get in over our head and decide to wait to start on the remodel until after Wills birthday c-our friends bring over their remodel guy and he quotes us an amazing price to remodel the bathroom which includes all labor we just hae to buy materials d- we say HECK YEAH e-they start work and are almost done exactly a week after starting f-I pay them on their supposed "last day" g-it ends up not being their last day, they cash the check and disappear!!!! h-after calling and calling and excuse afer excuse we get them to come back i-they start to install all of our purchases and go figure i buy all the WRONG stuff so we reschedule them to come another day...j-the please come and finish our bathroom game begins again k-they finally say they are coming to finish at 1 and dont show up till 6! l- I pay extra for trim and apparently that doesnt include the ceiling so i ask if i buy it can they put it up...since they have to come back anyways since they are still not finished? And they say yes (not that will cost you....) m-they finally come to finish tonight and go figure they forget the threshold to transition into bathroom from bedroom. n- i go in the bathroom after they are done and guess what the SINK is LEAKING 0- I am completely over this but i was going to tell them about the leak in the am when they come with the threshold. p-thats when the text comes (not even a phone call like a real man would do) saying we really should pay them 350 more dollars but its up to us if we agree with that...are you kidding me?!?! q-Joey texts him back saying basically we paid you what you asked whats up with this r-they text back that normally that job would have cost triple what we paid s-lesson learned we will not try to get good deals on the next remodel we will just do it ourselves or pay a real company to do it!!!! Ok so I only made it to r and that might have been the stupidest way i have ever describied something but you will have to excuse me bc like i said before I am fuming. I understand we made out with a great deal BUT that is the price that was quoted to us if you wnated more money you shouldve asked for it up front. Apparently they think they tile we picked should be worth more money bc they were 2x2 tiles. Well yes i would aggree EXCEPT they were 12x12 sheets so its the same size as all the other tile UGH ok so i just need to stop typing now bc instead of making me feel better I am only gettingmore mad...so I am gonna go take a shower in my new bathroom and enjoy it HAHA! Goonight bloggers I promise to be refresehed in the am and to post pics of the newest moneypit :)

Such a Beauty lol!

I Love how this image shows the speed at which he goes these days :)

He mastered the Red Rocket!!

So for Christmas Joeys parents got Will a RadioFlyer Red Rocket. At the time he loved being pushed around on it but he was still a little wobbly and no where near playing with it by himself. This remained true until Friday. The above pics are of him playing with his most favorite toy! He got on it all by himself and pushed himself all across the living room. I was laughing hysterically bc it was the cutest thing i have ever seen. I hate that he is growing so fast but I love watching all the different things he is learning literally on the daily basis. He has started standing from a sitting position still not walking but I think we are getting close. He has learned what bye bye means and how to say it and wave its so funny! He is talking up a storm too bad we have no idea what he is saying except when he says Dada MaMa Dog Bye bYe and i think from time to time he says MiMi and GiGi. I am still in shock that a week from today my litle baby will be ONE! I cannot wait to celebrate his birthday I am starting to get in the zone and no worried I will post LOTS of pics after the party is over :) Until then I am off to bed, gonna try to kick this insomnia UGH! Had a photoshoot today and I have another one tomm cant wait :)

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Logo

Sooooo what do you guys think? I was playing around on the computer and I dont know what it is but this logo i made really stood out to me. I tried different pics like a baby carriage which I still may use for newborn photos but this was by far my fave. I made it the header on my photo website but I wanted to hear from all my friends and see what you guys thought. I am tossing around the idea of making business cards (dont know that I really need them yet but???)
Other than photo business theres not to much to talk about on the homefront. I painted the bathroom and I am STILL WAITING for the crew to come back and finish the trim...UGH!!! Will has finally started playing with his radioflyer red rocket toy. he even knows how to sit on it and push it forward. I took pics yesterday so I will be sure to post them by the end of the weekend. The Sod still looks great and I am staying on top of poop patrol and watering! Birthdya plans are coming along looks like I will be taking cupcakes to FTM's next wednesday bc the actual wed the week of birthday I have a work class so we wont be there :( More to comelater but for now night night (for you guys anyways I am working so I will hit the hay around 8 am)