Nothing Much going on

playing in the front yard
Crazy face with momma

Our latest OBSESSION

Well this week is gonna be a lazy week! I only had one photoshoot this week and it was today so now this week will just be cleaning and playing with my little man. He has been doing tons better lately with his attitude etc. Today after the photoshoot we came home and played outside . And of course while we were playing I just had to take some pics hehe. Will was running around everywhere and then when I tried to get him to take some pics with me he made his crazy faces lol. And then of course the last pic is what tells our everyday story these days. We are in LOVE with some Thomas the Train these days. Everything and I mean Everything is a Choo Choo these days it is hilarious. I love how fast his vocabulary is expanding these days ( you know for a 18 month old and all) Who knows what next weeks favorite thing will be. I am totally loving this age right now. Oh and alert the media my child ate GREEN BEANS tonight what the heck! I am so excited maybe this is beginning of a beautiful relationship with veggies! Other than that there isnt much going on so until next time...

I NEED some Mommy Advice!!!!

So last night was unlike any night we have had with Will and I have no idea what was wrong or how to fix it. You have all heard about the terrible twos that are welcoming themselves into our home but he has made some good progress since the beginning of the week. he has wanted to be rocked to sleep every night (which is fine with me). So last night he didnt go to bed until around 10 ( he normally goes down around 8) I rocked him then put him in the crib. Well around 3:30 Joey an I woke up to blood curdling (sp) screaming. We went in there to check on him and he was thrashing about in his crib throwing his head back and kicking his legs all while his eyes were closed. We got him out of the crib and it almost took both of us to just carry him into our room he was sooooo strong!!! Once we got him on the bed he was doing the same thing and we couldnt get him to open his eyes?? We turned the light off an on and turned on nick jr. He finally opened his eyes but it was like he was in outer space. Me and Joey were really freaked out but didnt want to rush to the dr or anything I mean he was breathing (never stopped) and he was technically fine ( im the freaker outer though so in my head i was thinking all kinds of crazy stuff!) Well we finally got him clamed down and tried to put him in his crib again I even got in there with him he finally dozed off and I got out. Well 15 minutes later he was screaming again so webrought him in our room again. At this point is after 5. We finally got him to sleep and left him in there with us. He slept till Joey got up to go to work (started screaming again). So i decided to take him in to the peds sik clinic to check his ears (the only other time he remotely screamed like this). Well we had to see one of the drs i dont care for but ne ways ears were clear and she told me it was his molars....wth? if she looked close enough in his mouth she would see that he has all his molars already?! so it was a wasted trip . Anyways i just wanted to ask all you mommas out there if you have experienced this before??? And if so what did you do. I was wondering if it was a bad dream or if it could be his eye teeth (never acted this way teething) I am clueless and just hopinh tonight is better. O course hes been an angel all day?? All suggestions Welcome as well as prayers that he may want to nap soon so I can catch a few zzzz's before work!

Update

So today was a better day....until tonight. Which has me thinking this is a sleep related thing as well. Last week was a late week and so far this week he has been asleep before 8:45 ( which is the norm but last week was BUSY). Totall crazy but i got an email from babycenter.com today talking about tantrums and how to deal with them so we will see if any of those tips help. Here is a link for all you moms out there who may be having issues like mine.
http://www.babycenter.com/0_tantrums_11569.bc

What do you do when you hit rock bottom

So when did my little SWEET.....

ADORABLE little man.....

turn into such a......

Stink Pot.......

who has officially hit terrible 2's (at 17 months)

I dont even know how to begin to explain the feelings I have had today or the express the concern, stress I have to fix this "problem" that has become apparent overnight!

Okay so let me back track, when i picked Will up from school today istead of the usual "he did great see ya wed" that we normally get I got the report that Will all of a sudden doesnt want to share, SCREAMS and tries to HIT the other children! WHAT!? seriouly am I hearing these words. My precious happy go lucky son is now the class bully. Needless to say this was ALOT to take in and on no sleep (quite a long weekend between work and events). I mean where did he even get this? Now dont get me wrong my child is NOT perfect he is a boy who likes to get dirty, who likes to test mommies limits and who definitely doesnt always want to share/play/give love etc but all that was being described to me was MUCH more and as much as i hate to admit it Joey and I witnessed it just this morning prior to MDO. I had gotten home from work and gave Will his breakfast and I grabbed a pop tart. Well he must have wanted my pop tart bc instead of signing more please (like usual) he begins stomping pointing a squeeling. We quickly reprimanded him but he was still firm in his conviction that it was gonna be his way or no way. Joey said this screaming took place all weekend.

I guess in saying this my next question is what do you do. I know that children will have their moments and i dont believe that Will is going to be any different but this new found tude is so well extreme. Im use to his usual personality. I know hes teething and I know he didnt get much sleep this weekend so i wonder if these can be factors that could take some of the blame ( not all I know)

As far as discipline i think time out is going to work better for him. We were popping his hand/bottom (never really hard just doing so with a firm NO) well that just turned into him laughing thinking it wasa game and whenever we would say No he would smack his own hand. I decided REAL FAST that i didnt want to continue this methid. A few times since then i have sat him beside me and told him he was in time out for 1 minute and that has seemed to work. And if he starts getting fiesty and we are in a "safe" place i walk away and that really works but who can walk away at target... I mean come on! So I am ALL ears for suggestions on how to nip this in the bud!

Ok so I feel better getting all this off my chest! Now its time to sleep!

New Photography Email

hey everybody for all of you interested in photo sessions or know someone who is Boussonphotography has a new email address and its super easy to remember just contact me at

Boussonphotography@yahoo.com

Wills First Hair Cut

There are still a few curls

The front is so Big Boy

He enjoyed the big boy chair

And his fruit loops

Big Smiles

The finished product

The Beginning product as is from craigslist

The Finished Product (well one of them they wouldnt both fit in pic they look the same though)A little detail

More detail got to get hardware today

so that about sums up the end tables. overall I am pretty happy with thte outcome. They are a little peely (probably bc of my sanding) so i am going to put a couple coats of poly over them. I think I will also be hitting up home depot today to find some cute vintage knobs. As far as furnture goes I believe that is it. Now it is time to get to the walls painted and the bedding squared away and then we will be good to go :) Once I get everything together i will take pics and post them :)

Finally a picture post.....along with a big announcment!

For anyone that knows my boy you KNOW this face and the sounds that occupany it

He didnt like me playing/photographing his toys

Check out the big boy kicks

Meet Chuck the Truck and his Crew

(i love the actions shot and the protecting lens cover that was pelted by two of these bad boys)

I am pretty sure the green blur to the top right by Will was one of the assailants (sp?) Anyways this is what our home looks like most days now, cars, cars and more cars. I think I could get rid of every other toy and this little guy would still be content! He is also getting into books more and more these days and his vocabulary is expanding by the second. He is in to repeating everything so its not like he is using all these "new" words all the time but just hearing him say them is hilarious. For instance at Target today I game him a book the kind where you can puch the button and it says the work on the page well i turn it to the page with a ball and the opposite page has a cat, well he points and says cat clear as day. And they must teach him to count at school or he really is listening when I give him to the count of three (hehe) bc when i was trying to teach him how old he is I said 1 and he said 2 right after. And just so i dont forget this in the future this is my FAVORITE thing he is doing right now-animal sounds. he can do lion, monkey and cow. It is seriously too cute for words.

We are having our fair share of teething around here but its not to bad with the exception that everything goes in his mouth (yuk) so mommy is always on duty. He also started going to MDO twice and week and he loves it. He is even sleeping on his napmat :)

Geez other than Will what else is there to talk about. Well i think i vented in a previous post about work scheduling and needing off a day that i was unable to get....well i got off work this saturday so me and Joey will be attending one of my old sorority sisters wedding and i could not be happier to partake in the fun. I also have a senior photo session first thing in the am followed by a first birthday to photograph followed then by a first birthday to attend then the wedding and hopefully a bachlorette party to end the night.....ALL on no sleep bc since i am not working saturday night I am no working friday night :( But i have managed onno sleep before and I am praying for just a small amount of nap time!

I also went shopping today and got me two new pairs of jeans. I havent bought anything for me in forever and it feels so nice to have something nice and new! Earlier in the week i bought two dresses and a pair of shoes and while leaving the mal tonight i spotted one more dress that i might be purchasing by the end of the week hehe. After that i will have to go back to my no spending money rule.

Operation Master Bedroom Redo is still in affect we have made some progress. The endtables are now done and awaiting a coat of poly. The headboard is done just needing some tlc from the hubby (by the way i have decided he needs a name all the cute blogs are doing it lol) I also moved the dresser and started painting the trim. So i would say we are a good bit into the project and maybe it will be done by the end of the year :/

I think thats about it...... Oh yeah the big announcment.........................................

Will is getting his first big boy hair cut tomm. I hope all the curls dont disappear but his hair is just a HOT MESS these days and even my pricey antifrizz serum cant cure that so off we go to get it whacked! I am gonna get my hair done too who knows what I will come out with hmmmmmm!

Yeah I know I am always asking you to vote for something...

Ok so like the title says yeah I know I am horrible but yet again I am asking all of you to vote for my little stinker! I had entered him in the parents.com kid of the week contest and he was oput in the running. WELL apparently i dont read my email enough bc they sent me an email on the 13th saying that he was chosen and voting would take place until the 19th. Well now i feel super bad bc it is almost closing time ont he votes so please go to

http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/488245

an vote for my cutie patootie! In just one night of voting he has gone from 396 to 99! Woo hoo so maybe with everyones help we can make this happen:)

Moving Slow and adding projects

Me Likey!

my next project....

Goal: to make these two nightstands look like the above photo....hmmmm wonder if I can do it??? I actually have left over green paint from the bathroom remodel and i still have the black fox paint from the head board so I am thinking of using those two colors to distress and then using a glaze over the final thng???? Wish me luck. When I started this remodel i wanted to be done in a week BUT that is obviously not going to happen ( i picked a very busy week hehe) but then i realized there shouldnt be a rush i want this done right so I am going to take my time finding peices. And have i mentioned that I am loving craigslist?!?! My total "furniture" bill for this remodel will only be 75.00. I plan on getting these end tables today but i probably wont start on them until next week. Tonights goal is to putty the few nail holes in the wall and PICK a wall paint color ( this is very hard for me bc I am sooooo indecisive)

In other news I am completely stressed out at having to make my schedule for work out a month in advance ugh sometimes it just really sucks bc after I got this months schedule i found out about 3 different functions going on on a day that I HAVE to work :( And bc the economy sucks and everyone is on a budget I cant switch shifts with anyone who has offered to switch with me (weekeday people) so looks like I will be missing a first birthday, a college friend-sorority sisters wedding and a bachloretter party. Woo Hoo for me how did i get so lucky! There is one person that might be able to switch with me I am waiting to hear back so i will be crossing my fingers and praying that it all works out bc i really want to go to all these fuctions. Two are for family and one is for my college family so HOPEFULLY.......

Well I guess we will just have to wait and see what happens!

A Little Progress

The Beginning of the Project

The Mirror as I bought it ( on craigslist for 25.00 can you believe it)

add a little black fox and....

The Finished product

You know me and pics so i had to do some details shots

I am so pleased with how it turned out

Now I am wondering if i should even bother "distressing" it bc i love it the way itis and I dont want to screw it up haha. I thought the paint color was black but after painting it it turned out this beautiful gray color. The only dilemma now is that i was going to paint room a browny color but now im thinking a warm beigy color nless anyone has any recommendations on another color that would look good. The walls need to be somple bc the bedding is loud ( crud still need to post a pic of it) Anyways i need to be getting ready for a shoot just wanted to post my fun day of craft work yesterday!

Master Bedroom Rehab

Love this simple cottage look

My ABSOLUTE fave

(but seeing how these mantles are 900.00 on craigslist may have to stay a dream for a while)

And lastly the one with the most potential...

Ok so every few months i go this stressed out phase where I hate my house, I need a bigger nicer one yada yada yada. Well this is when I usually get a hair to do something crazy and since i have been "talking" about redo-ing the Master bedroom for months bc it is soooo BLAH i decided that this week it must be done!!!! We dont have a headboard and that drives me crazy! i have been researching forever and never find anything I am just crazy about until now. While I LOVE LOVE LOVE the middle headboard (fireplace mantel turned headboard) i just dont think it goes with the feel of our home right now, not to mention i looked for mantles like it on craigslist and they are a fortune!!!!! SOOOOO onto my other options and I am totally feeling that picture number 3 is meant to be bc there i have found this same mirror and I hope to pick it up tommorow! So everyone say a prayer that it isnt sold!!!! I know I want a light chocolate brown (coffee with creamer kinda color if you get my drift) but have not found any samples i love so if any of you have a suggestion I am ALL ears! I also want to find bedding I had picked up some cute bedding from tj's a while back ( very loud bright paisley quilt and shams) it was very cute but since purchasing i have changed my direction-so if anyone wants to see it let me know and i can send you details! Well until I make headway in the bedroom rehab and post pics i guess i will wrap it up with a stay tuned.......

Busy Week

So this week has been crazy busy! I dont think we could have jam packed anything else in it if we tried. Monday was a Holiday so we had people over. Our evening was full of corn hole cooking out and conversating with friends. Tuesday I was suppose to have a newborn photo session but Will woke up with a awful spider bite on his hand that was severely infected (yes i know this is bite number two eek so they will be coming to spray stat!) we headed to the dr after a phone in and the dr said it was good that we came in bc he needed an oral antibiotic. After a few days of the antibiotic his hand is looking so much better! I too had a Dr appt on tuesday (insert female stuff here so skip down if you dont care) So as I have said in the past Wills "entance" into this world was quite eventful and to be honest we arent really sure what happened bc my dr office has very poor records to say the least. Well since it was that time of year again and me and Joey are discussing the idea of trying for baby number two I decided to change offices. I saw Dr. Martin at Mcdonald Murrman and I could not be more pleased. Everything was beyond great the office the time i waited the Dr herself. The only downside would be the fact that I explained to the dr what took place during my delivery and the dr does believe that I had an abruption (frowny face). BUT she thinks it was more due to timing ( i was almost 41 weeks) and his sz (9.5 lbs) and the fact that i went in in full blown labor combined with pitocin equals not a good outcome. It feels good to have an idea of what went wrong but knowing it was my body is not exactly that great. I asked if this would be a concern the next time go round and she doesnt think so. she said obviously I would be monitered closely but since all this took place late in the pregnancy and not a say 24 weeks that the likelyhood of it occuring again wasnt as strong so lets all say a prayer that that is true!!!!! So like a said overall the visit went good and who knows maybe sometime in the beginning of the new year we will be expecting Baby Bousson number two (not anytime in the immediate future). So that sums up tuesday.
Wednesday we had Moms group Kickoff at Hope and it was great. I am still concerned with childcare issues. they seemed to be the same (if not worse) that I have expressed in past posts. Will of course does great its not that i am just concerned with the "attitudes" of those in the rooms. And then worst of all I went to pick up Will after the kick off and nobody was paying attention to anything. I couldve walked in and taken any child and no one wouldve ever known. It was kind of scary. I had to go over to one of the workers and tell her that i was taking Will with me. I am just going to keep praying for a resolution to my stress with this matter. I a, not going to stop meeting with the women who played such an important rol in my first year of motherhood just bc of this I just hope that things make a turn for the better so I can feel better about my decision.
Enough about that onto thursday which was Little Gym trial day. Let me just say this is soooo up Wills alley. He could run around and play and not worry about hurting himself on anything. I loved it. There were only one only person other than Will in the class so they said we could come try it out this weekend and try out a bigger class. The only thing that kills me is the price! Has anyone else looked into little gym it is down right pricey. I believe it would be worth it but still OUCH! . I think thats about it for the week. Like I said too much excitement for one week. Now I get to work the weekend away. Yup thats right all three in a row bc i only worked once last weekend. So next week I think we will take it easy to say the least :) I have so many pictures to post i need to get them up here hopefull that will happen next week too. Until then :)

Parents.com

Hey guys well yall know me and my love for photography. Well I found the best way to icorporate that with my LOVE of my family. I entered my Florida Vacay pictures in the Parents.com Family Vacation Contest. So if you feel like it check em out and vote for us. Maybe we can win that trip to Atlantis hehe. I tried to link us to the title but if that doesnt work here is the link

http://www.parents.com/photos/photo-contests-1/family-vacation-2010/2224400011/?photoId=2220000019

I need your help!

so I am dying to get a big canvas print of Will and I think that this pic is what I have been waiting for but I have edited it 3 ways ( you know me haha) so I am needing help as to which one to print?!?!?!

Photoshoot Sidekick

Having bunches of fun

Running Around Everywhere

Wiping the dirt off

Striking a pose

So ever since Will has become mobile I have stopped taking him to shoots mainly bc it is just to hard trying to take pictures and keep up with him. On the rare occassion though i still have to load him up in the stroller to tag along (mostly when everyone is working). Not the ideal situation of course but as you can see from above it definitely has its advantages sometimes. I LOVE the shots I got of him. I am planning on making a photobook soon so I am trying to capture a little bit of everything. I will be sure to post my progress.

Oh and also being my assistant sure did wear him out he slept for hours afterwards!