It's getting closer

But not quite close enough. I have been having some pretty good contractions, but nothing serious. So, I decided to give a little update into what has been going on in our household. I'm sitting here practically immobile so I figured now is as good of time as ever.

It's a beautiful night. The weather was my ideal type of weather today. Partly sunny with a cool breeze. Temp in the 70's. It's finally cool enough to open the windows and doors and let some fresh air in. I love to here the crickets and other sounds of the night. Scott doesn't appreciate it too much because fall is the worst time for his allergies. He'd rather keep the air on right up until we have to switch it over to heat for the winter.

Everyone is gone to a softball tournament, except for Noah and I. We decided it would be more fun to take a nap and watch a movie for a Friday night. Happy Feet. I'm not quite sure, but I believe Noah is going to be a winter lover. He is obsessed with cold weather movies. All summer it has been requests for one of the following- The Grinch, Elf, Polar Express, Alvin and the Chipmunks, or Happy Feet. I believe we will need to purchase a new Grinch movie because the one we have is so over watched, it skips and messes up all the time. I wonder if he will want to watch summer time movies when the snow starts to fall.

I'm finishing up with some wedding photos from a wedding I did in July. They turned out great, but I will put those in my next post. I haven't done too much as far as photography and it has been nice having some time off. I'll definitely be ready to have some photo shoots of the new arrival, once he's here.

I had an OB appointment yesterday. They have officially declared me as having diabetes now. All along in this pregnancy I have been riding the fence, borderline diabetic. They believe that is why I have such big babies. Yesterday my urine had +5 sugars in it and so they tested me. I was higher than I should have been having eaten 2 hours earlier. They were going to give me insulin to take, but instead I have to take a pill, Micronase, every morning. It seems to be helping. I'm supposed to be watching my carb intake also, but so far haven't been too good at that.

I also have a cold right now that I got from my son, Cole. I had been doing some painting and my throat started hurting. I thought it was just irritated from breathing in the paint fumes, but I think it was more than that. At least I'm nearly done with the painting. We almost have out little school/toy room finished. Well....at least the painting. I'd like to finish this weekend so we can start with school on Monday. But I'm not sure if that is going to happen. Especially with Scott playing in a softball tournament.

There isn't too much else going on here. My brother has been living in our basement all summer. I think he's had enough of living with the constant strain of kids (and with one more coming soon) so he is looking at apartments. He's looking around here, so it will be fun to still have him close. But his own space would probably be a good thing. He is ready to spread his wings :)

Well, I will be posting again soon...with pictures to show.
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Catchin' up

So, it has been a little while since posting an update. I haven't been very busy with photography. As you can see from my picture, I've gotten pretty big and it gets a little harder to get things accomplished. This isn't good considering I still have a long 'to do' list and not much time left. Well, 2 months seems like a long time to me right now....but in the span of the whole pregnancy, it really isn't. And just a little side note- Thank you to all of you who constantly remind me just how huge I really am. Because I might have forgot otherwise :)
These pictures were taken a few weeks ago. The grandparents wanted some pictures of all their grandkids. It was a beautiful day at the beach and great picture-taking weather...a little overcast. I always forget how hard it is to get lots of good pictures when dealing with a handful of kids. Enjoy.
I just did a wedding and will be posting those pictures upon completion. I know, I know....you will all be waiting with eager anticipation. Adios amigos

Lovin' the heat

That was a sarcastic title in case anybody was wondering. This summer is going to be brutal, with this humidity and being pregnant. I didn't plan too well for this one. On the upside, everbody is already telling me how huge I am.(Sarcasm again). I've already been asked when I'm going to pop. I love to hear those things when I have FOUR months left to go. (Last time, I promise).

We had our ultrasound, and we are confirmed to have another boy. I couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but am still very excited. I'm not sure I would know how to handle a little girl. Plus I would feel obligated to try for another girl so she could have a sister. And I already have everything that I need for a boy. We may be done after this one, but still not positive. My husband may not be able to deal with a crazy, grumpy pregnant woman again.

I posted a previous high school senior whose pictures I had done, here is a few more that we did for her. She ended up very happy with them and they turned out great. Thanks for looking.

I love tulip time!

It's a very busy week but lots of fun activities and festivities downtown. I love when all those junk food vendors come to town and park themselves right on 8th street. We have found many excuses to go down there already and grab an elephant ear or Carmel apple- or pickles. I found a vendor that has yummy, huge dill pickles for only $1. Needless to say, I will be visiting them again.

The big parade is planned for Saturday along with a birthday party/cookout at my brother-in-law's(Brian & Kristen's) house afterwards. The weather looks promising- no rain! The boys are pretty excited and it should be a fun-filed weekend.

Happy Mother's day to all of you mothers out there.

My dog is now a mother. It was quite the surprise because we didn't expect the puppies until the beginning of June. But I awoke Saturday morning to some squeaking and found that Macy had already had two puppies and cleaned them both off. One was already dead, which was very sad. I tried rubbing it in a washcloth (like in 101 Dalmatians) but it did not produce any results. I woke the boys up (way too early for a Saturday morning) and they got to witness the birth of the 3rd puppy. So, she had two healthy puppies and they are doing great. We are anxiously awaiting the opening of their eyes. Macy is a surprisingly protective and attentive mother. A pleasant surprise :) I believe they are both spoken for already!

One more full week of school for the boys- they are ecstatic! After this week- two more weeks of coaching softball- I am ecstatic!

Here are some senior pictures of a friend from church. She is a beautiful girl. She needed some pictures right away to put into the graduation slide show and send out in her announcements. We will do more when we both have time. Thanks for checkin' in!

Well, I finally found some time to post a blog. I've been keeping pretty busy and it's only going to get busier. I'm coaching JV softball with my father-in-law and that has kept me pretty busy. Plus keeping up with the boys' schedules. Trying to finish up the homeschool year and Ethan has already started Little League. We've also had a string of some illness running through our home. Noah had a high temperature for about 3 days and now Ethan has it.

I've got lots of pictures coming up so hopefully I'll have lots to post about. We took a family vacation to Daytona Beach at the beginning of April. Another family that was going asked me to take pictures for them. These are their proofs. Hopefully I will posting again soon.

As a side note- I am feeling much better. No more nausea and I have a lot more energy. Our ultrasound is scheduled for May 27- CAN'T WAIT!!!

I am so very

lazy. That is the only excuse I can give to my lack of posts. February is almost done and I haven't posted once.

Well....that and half of my day is spent feeling very sick. Let me just say that evenings are not my friend. Mornings are great. Afternoons are okay except I start feeling a little tired. Evenings I do not feel well at all. So, most of my consuming of food is done prior to 5pm. Plus I feel totally exhausted. Almost like I have run a marathon. Although I have never run a marathon so I'm not sure how that feels, I guess.

One more month of this and hopefully it will get better. I don't remember being this affected by my previous pregnancies, but I'm not good at remembering those kinds of things anyways. You try to forget those things. Otherwise, every woman would have only one child and stop there.

Names. That's going to be tough. We have been through all the possible boys names. If it was a girl, it would be a little easier. But I'm sure it's a boy. At least that is what I'm telling myself so there is no disappointment. Not that I would be if it's a boy, but there is always that little bit of hope. We'll find out in May sometime......that is so long away!

So my eldest, Ethan, is doing great in school. Homeschooling, that is. He colored a picture out of a coloring book today. It had some words typed along the bottom. Words that we haven't even gone over at all. Just to give you an idea where we are at, we just introduced the long vowel A today. So far they've only learned short vowel sounds. So I asked Ethan to read what was written on the bottom of his paper. I gave him one help when he first started and then he proceeded to read the entire thing. Now, I know I'm pregnant and very hormonal, but I couldn't help but tear up and cry just a little. Ethan, of course, looked at me like 'Why in the world are you crying?'. But I didn't care. That is definitely one of the best feelings EVER! To teach them day in and day out and wonder how you are doing and then to see them apply it on their own. Wow.

We have Ethan and Noah's birthday parties this weekend. And I still have a lot of work to do on the house. Cleaning. I love having everyone over, though, because it actually forces me to do my house work :)

A 7 and 2 year old. Next year in 2009, we will have Cole and the next one's birthday together. They will be 6 and 1 years old. Time goes by in a flash, doesn't it?

No pictures as of yet. Although I am working on a session from a couple of weeks ago.
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Blurb

Well, hellooooooo! Sorry I haven't updated in quite some time. I know I have kept you hundreds of desperate readers hanging in the lurch.(ha ha) It was pretty busy with Christmas and being around family. I should post some of those pictures, but I don't even have them on my computer yet (shocking confession #1). But at least I got last year's Christmas pictures on my computer. I just haven't done anything with them yet (shocking confession #2). I'm much better with other peoples' pictures than my own.
I want to give a plug to a great website I found. If you are looking to make a book- photo, poem, or cookbook, blurb.com is the place to go. They have great prices and better choice of layouts and options. Just a little FYI.
These are pictures of a senior I did a while back but never posted. He has quite the personality and was a little difficult to shoot, but very fun. Thanks for checkin' in.