there was this one time...

nothing much

going on here. lots of scrapping. nice weather. school is good. okay fine, here's elsie from today. this weekend she turns SEVEN months!
the only thing that would make her sit still was this darn buzz lightyear phone!

ok, i'll take this one. :)

how could she look completely different in a matter of seconds?! i swear, she gives me the greatest looks! and she is wearing one of kira's dresses from forever ago! crazy huh?!

and update on skipping boy: he is skipping with full force now. :) very happy! :) :) :)

check out the garden  tomorrow night! it's such a great theme. :) i LOVED it!

have a good weekend!

we skipped the skipping :(

little dude came home today very sad. today in PE they asked them to skip and he could not. i didn't realize that my boy does not know how to skip. i don't remember ever teaching the others how to skip. i don't know why caleb has never skipped a day in his life. maybe he has much more important things to do....than skip. :) (older pic with older lens of happy boy-- this is not how he looked today...lol)
in other parenting news... this one is teething. see how she sorta has that bottom lip in?

she's quite the resourceful little gal.. she sucks on it to soothe her gums. at least, i think that's what she's doing. she hasn't been too fussy.. a bit when it's time to sleep but overall not as hellish as i remember teething to be. :) like the sheet wrinkle marks on her face? she just had a good sleep. yay!

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here's a few quick shots with the new lens. it's a 50 mm 1.4 .. haven't had good lighting in the house lately (some are noisy and my wb is totally off on some- i need to break out my yummy speedlite again) so hope i get some good ones at the wedding today! :) i mean, i better. :)

have a good weekend. :)

holy cow

....it's not a picture of elsie! (she got shots today at the docs and weighs 15 lbs 9 oz)
.....i am posting twice in the same week!
.......i got a new lens! (ok, it was only my 3rd pic with it. i only got it 5 min ago. i need to play with it more.) :)

and of course!!!!!!! it's GREY'S ANATOMY TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:) I LOVE THURSDAYS!!!!!

hi flo!

you know, like in finding nemo?! :) elsie gets a kick out of seeing herself in the mirror. everytime. big smiles. here she looks like such a KID to me! i mean... where is my 6 month old?!

not much to say. saturdays filled with soccer. getting into our school routine. it's really sinking in with caleb that he has to go to school 5 days a week and actually has homework. lol. i have been procrastinating. blah, blah, blah. i did try and get a nice new lens today and our camera store was sold out. total buzz kill. :)

quick!

post before the internet goes out!

my internet connection has been wonky lately. hate that! so a quick post before i'm not able to get on again.

kira picked this cute turtle for her sister. how could i resist? every girl should have a pink turtle for the bath! she really loves this thing. :)

soccer season has started. kira is in a new division which means a HUGE field to run around on. cam kicked butt at his first game. BOTH kids scored goals- we were so excited! i wonder how the kids feel to see their big waters clan on the sidelines cheering for them. we get rather giddy out there! :)

in other news.. caleb already has his halloween costume all planned out. he wants to be aang from avatar - he wants chris to be appa, his flying bison, and elsie to be momo, his pet lemur.  i think she has the lemur's eyes! :) yes, we are all about the avatar in this house! :)

tgif!

that's what the school crossing guard said to me this morning. ha! who says that still?! lol

well we made it. our first week back at school. and yes i totally consider myself back to school since i have the craziest pick up/drop off schedule... with a baby in tow. i miss school buses! kira loves middle school. i love driving by it at random times of the day and trying to see her. cam has his best friend in his class. caleb is quite the stickler to rules in kindergarten and i am so proud of him! :)

and me and my girl.

a very rare treat for me. not her being in my arms.. but being in my arms while asleep! after SO many years of putting my other kids to sleep like this.. it is so weird not to do that with els. she doesn't like to be rocked to sleep. she wants to be put in bed and will do it herself. but this morning, i got a treat. she wanted me and i soaked it all up. mmmmmmmmm... sweet smelling baby head all in my neck. :) :) :)

happy friday.

s i x months!!!!!!!!

when you tell people your baby is six months.. it's like a whole other age group- she's not with the itty bitty newborns anymore. she is at that next stage. the stage that is hardest for me. hardest to keep up with but at the same time, hardest to say goodbye to once she reaches her next stage.

so here she is--- all giggly and gorgeous.

sitting up well...loving her solids...especially bananas...mommy is loving making elsie's food at home...just started doing the blinky-pretty-eyes/scrunchy nose thing when she is flirting...wakes up at 445 every morning to chat to herself and falls back asleep (thank goodness!!!!)...then wakes up at 700-730 for the day....naps 3-4 times (which i am sure will totally fall apart once school starts tomorrow)...doesn't care about her toys.. but loves everything she can't have- Ziploc bags, Grocery bags, plastic packaging... she loves ribbons and straps to her carseat/stroller...sucks her thumb with her fingers out like she is playing the trumpet...not one bit interested in crawling.. is perfectly happy being carried around on my hip all day (eeeeek my back!)

sweet, sweet, sweet. :)

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