We are putting everything in a box today. Packing it all up and dragging it to the garage to be moved into the truck bright and early tomorrow morning. I can't even tell you how much there IS to be done...Omigoodness it's overwhelming. But I guess it's a good thing I'm busy cause if I had a few minutes to really stop and think I would probably be sad and emotional and cry. I'm happy we are moving, I really am. I am not looking forward to not being settled and having us all share one tiny little bathroom until we refinish the tub in the other and build a whole new one for us. I am not looking forward to all the work my husband has planned for us during the whole Christmas holiday season. But I am excited to be somewhere we can stay forever. Cause if this process taught me anything...it's that I myself don't really enjoy change either. I guess Emmy gets that honest from me. I didn't have this reaction when we moved from Tolono. I was also pregnant and we had way outgrown that house and moving here was exciting because we never dreamed we would be able to have a house like this...let alone a BRAND NEW house. The kids were so little and I wonder if their age now is playing a part in my "sadness" because I know they are a little sad to leave the only house they've ever known.
So my mom and Russ are here and I need to give direction...actually....I need someone to give me direction:) My brain is fried and I just want to take a nap! I am hoping to not forget to get a picture of us all on the front porch before the night is over......
Monday, December 12, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Sibling Rivalry
You can tell we are all on edge....here was the conversation that came from my girls bathroom this evening:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Week of Lasts
I can't believe it's already been almost a week since my last post...man time is flying! Tonight....even though there is only like 20 minutes left in the day, starts the week of lasts in this house. Even typing that I got a little teary eyed. It's not that I'm not happy and thankful for all that has happened in the last couple months, and it's not that I am not excited, but this is the only home my kids have really known. Faith was 2 1/2 when we moved here, and Emmy was 2 weeks old. We had the house built. We've been THE only people who have lived here. Faith is handling it well....just a little sadness for the loss of nostalgia, but Emmy...well...she doesn't enjoy change. If you ask her if she's excited about moving, she will look at you with her "face" (those of you that KNOW Emmyrson KNOW the face:) and will point blank tell you no. She's excited for the things to come, but she doesn't weather change well. She will probably be the one that stays with us and takes care of us when we are old and gray. I am pretty sure the family buying our house isn't in need of an 8-year-old girl, and given the fact that we would probably start missing her after a week or so, I guess were going to have to figure it out.
I thought it would be fun to throw out some of my favorite memories (since this is basically my journal to my kids when they are older) of our times here. All our pictures are packed, and everything else is backed up on a hard drive, so words will have to do.
Meet Moses....but SSHSHHHHHHH! He's a secret. He's part of the kids Christmas present. We will pick him up the weekend after we move. He's a mastiff....and he will be HUGE. What's a puppy on top of moving? Eh...we got it;) We made two promises when we told them we were moving. #1 was a puppy (we knew we needed a larger dog being out in the country than a 7-pound Chihuahua) and #2 is a kitten. The kitten may wait til Spring.
So....off to bed. I pray sleep will come to me easily.
I thought it would be fun to throw out some of my favorite memories (since this is basically my journal to my kids when they are older) of our times here. All our pictures are packed, and everything else is backed up on a hard drive, so words will have to do.
- Shortly after moving, going "puddle jumping" with Faith when the streets flooded due to backed up storm drains (we suspect all the construction material from the houses being built). The water was up to Faith's waste and my thighs.
- Sitting in a chair in the middle of the kitchen and barking orders to everyone as to where I wanted things when we moved in. I had just had a baby and was bed ridden for two weeks after, so I could do nothing. But bark orders.
- Researching, hunting, and shopping to find THE perfect red color for the kitchen and dining room. We found it...and it only took 6 coats of paint to get it perfect.
- Camping in the backyard with the kids.
- Hunter....sigh....Awe HUNTER (I totally cried re-reading that post)
- Decorating this house for all the various seasons.
- All the various LOST PARTIES. Yes I know we are freaks. No I don't care;) (click on both links for double the party fun)
- Making my kids all kinds of fun cakes for their birthdays. Of course I don't do that anymore...I don't have time and Walmart has become my bakery of choice. But I used to have time. And SKILLS.
- Many many MANY many days like THIS
- Many day's like THIS too:)
- Bringing my last little monkey home from the hospital. I was much more relaxed with her than the other two.
- Sitting in my jacuzzi tub. Really gonna miss that. Didn't realize how much til the other night when I was sitting in my jacuzzi tub.
- Watching Esther jump off the back deck like a flying squirrel. I will have to tape this before we leave.
Meet Moses....but SSHSHHHHHHH! He's a secret. He's part of the kids Christmas present. We will pick him up the weekend after we move. He's a mastiff....and he will be HUGE. What's a puppy on top of moving? Eh...we got it;) We made two promises when we told them we were moving. #1 was a puppy (we knew we needed a larger dog being out in the country than a 7-pound Chihuahua) and #2 is a kitten. The kitten may wait til Spring.
So....off to bed. I pray sleep will come to me easily.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
........What?.........
Pretty much. That's life these days. Always changing, always surprising....it's utter chaos.
Biggest news? Were moving. Yep.....when was my last blog entry? Sigh....Yeah. It's crazy. At this point I am not even sure I can muster up the energy to BE excited, but I should be. Because the only reason it all even came about is God, and it's really a pretty cool story. On a random comment by my husband like "hey...this houses price dropped, lets go check it out" on October 6 to signing final offer acceptances on November 4, we were bought and sold in 4 weeks. Our house sold in 3. Three week. Three. We were on the market for almost a year last year, with not even a hint of an offer, and in the end, we ended up having two offers (one was ridiculous, but still) on the house. When it's God, it's God. Were moving to the country people! If you want to see some pictures I posted on Facebook, check the out HERE. That should be a public link for you to see them and sort of see what I commented in order to know how it's all gonna be laid out. Is it my dream house? Definitely not right now. It is a well-built, super solid, upgraded house on a GORGEOUS 3.5 acres with a BARN...yep...a barn:) We can live there the rest of our days on Earth comfortably, and that was the most important thing to me. We can decorate and change things up course, and I will add some fabulousness to it:) There's room in the basement for an eventual indoor studio....theres a TON of room for some amazing outdoor photography, my husband's gonna grow me some wheat and wildflowers for more outdoor photog stuff, and I have about a billion apple, cherry, and pear trees for me to make some great home-ade goodness. It's gonna be awesome....sigh.....
So...off to get some sleep. I'm tired. It's well past midnight, and I only have a billion things to do in the next 13 days. Yeah...13 days. well...now it's technically 12. Oh my.....
Biggest news? Were moving. Yep.....when was my last blog entry? Sigh....Yeah. It's crazy. At this point I am not even sure I can muster up the energy to BE excited, but I should be. Because the only reason it all even came about is God, and it's really a pretty cool story. On a random comment by my husband like "hey...this houses price dropped, lets go check it out" on October 6 to signing final offer acceptances on November 4, we were bought and sold in 4 weeks. Our house sold in 3. Three week. Three. We were on the market for almost a year last year, with not even a hint of an offer, and in the end, we ended up having two offers (one was ridiculous, but still) on the house. When it's God, it's God. Were moving to the country people! If you want to see some pictures I posted on Facebook, check the out HERE. That should be a public link for you to see them and sort of see what I commented in order to know how it's all gonna be laid out. Is it my dream house? Definitely not right now. It is a well-built, super solid, upgraded house on a GORGEOUS 3.5 acres with a BARN...yep...a barn:) We can live there the rest of our days on Earth comfortably, and that was the most important thing to me. We can decorate and change things up course, and I will add some fabulousness to it:) There's room in the basement for an eventual indoor studio....theres a TON of room for some amazing outdoor photography, my husband's gonna grow me some wheat and wildflowers for more outdoor photog stuff, and I have about a billion apple, cherry, and pear trees for me to make some great home-ade goodness. It's gonna be awesome....sigh.....
So...off to get some sleep. I'm tired. It's well past midnight, and I only have a billion things to do in the next 13 days. Yeah...13 days. well...now it's technically 12. Oh my.....
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Mae's Random Prayer
ug...I'm behind again. What's new. So much has happened too that I need to document and blog about but who the heck has the time? The house is back on the market. We made an offer on another. Haven't heard back on our offer as of yet...but we're being patient. Well....Russ is being patient...I am trying to not explode out of my skin. Speaking of exploding, I've been editing so much that I literally feel like the back of my brain is going to explode from shooting pains due to staring at my computer screen every spare minute of the day. I need a break soooooooooo bad! I simply cannot wait til December! Can't get here soon enough for me!
Anyway, back to the title of this little post. Maebree is THE most random prayer on the whole Earth. I have tried taping her, but she just looks at the camera and then acts all silly and doesn't do the norm. Tonight, I decided to memorize her prayer, and it was perfectly random. Went a little something like this:
"Dear Jesus,
Dank you for dis day. Dank you for yetting us have Faifies best macaroni for dinner and for all the popcorn. Danks for yetting mom tell her dat she is not my mudder and dat she doesn't get to boss me all da time. Danks dat tomorrow is just gonna be mom and me all the day and maybe dad can come too. Danks dat we are going to the hotel tomorrow too and dat we will move into the new house and dat we will get a new cat dat doesn't eat all the carpet and a new dog that is yike a horse so I can ride on him. Oh! And dank-you dat we will only have good dreams ever day and not bad dreams cause dey are scarwy and so mom won't have to get woke up from us being scared and won't be grouchy all day. *peeks at me with one eye and witnesses me stifling laughter* Um....Help mom to remember dat we are suppose to CYOSE our eyes when we pray so Jesus doesn't get mad! Help dad have a good night at work and me to not pee da bed so Emmy won't get mad and grouchy at me tomorrow. In Jesus name, Amen."
I have no idea why she thinks were going to a hotel tomorrow. We are not. And if you haven't figured it out, she substitutes y's for l's and d's for th's and I'm totally fine with that. Someday someone's gonna teach her the right way to speak, but it sure as heck ain't gonna be me right now.
Anyway, back to the title of this little post. Maebree is THE most random prayer on the whole Earth. I have tried taping her, but she just looks at the camera and then acts all silly and doesn't do the norm. Tonight, I decided to memorize her prayer, and it was perfectly random. Went a little something like this:
"Dear Jesus,
Dank you for dis day. Dank you for yetting us have Faifies best macaroni for dinner and for all the popcorn. Danks for yetting mom tell her dat she is not my mudder and dat she doesn't get to boss me all da time. Danks dat tomorrow is just gonna be mom and me all the day and maybe dad can come too. Danks dat we are going to the hotel tomorrow too and dat we will move into the new house and dat we will get a new cat dat doesn't eat all the carpet and a new dog that is yike a horse so I can ride on him. Oh! And dank-you dat we will only have good dreams ever day and not bad dreams cause dey are scarwy and so mom won't have to get woke up from us being scared and won't be grouchy all day. *peeks at me with one eye and witnesses me stifling laughter* Um....Help mom to remember dat we are suppose to CYOSE our eyes when we pray so Jesus doesn't get mad! Help dad have a good night at work and me to not pee da bed so Emmy won't get mad and grouchy at me tomorrow. In Jesus name, Amen."
I have no idea why she thinks were going to a hotel tomorrow. We are not. And if you haven't figured it out, she substitutes y's for l's and d's for th's and I'm totally fine with that. Someday someone's gonna teach her the right way to speak, but it sure as heck ain't gonna be me right now.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Happy Half Birthday to Mater!
Since I'm too busy taking pictures of everyone else's kids, I haven't had a chance to take my own kids annual pictures. They have reminded me of this fact every time I go out for a shoot. Why is that?
I needed to get a Christmas promotion out and needed a model, I took the opportunity to use my own kid;) What was meant to be a couple cute shots turned into her bossing me telling me how and where she wanted her picture done;) I haven't really had a chance to work on them (as I am currently working on 6 shoots that need edited!) but I wanted to at least get the post up for her half birthday...which was two days ago...again, parent of the year award right here. Better late then never right?
See the rest as I get a chance HERE.
I needed to get a Christmas promotion out and needed a model, I took the opportunity to use my own kid;) What was meant to be a couple cute shots turned into her bossing me telling me how and where she wanted her picture done;) I haven't really had a chance to work on them (as I am currently working on 6 shoots that need edited!) but I wanted to at least get the post up for her half birthday...which was two days ago...again, parent of the year award right here. Better late then never right?
See the rest as I get a chance HERE.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Christmas Promo
It seems early, but I'm totally booked through the end of the year for a regular session! Crazy huh? So I opened two dates to do some mini sessions in hopes to get as many people in without driving me crazy!
I needed a model for my card promo. Who better than my own kid who is here...all alone...aching for her own little "session". Problem is...I wanted a couple cute, Gap/Old Navy/Children's Place shots where she just looks cute and trendy and natural, and she is pulling a Tyra on me. As in Tyra Banks...America's Next Top Model? You get the point. I did manage to get a few and the end results were pretty good.
Anyway...if you're interested...email me soon cause space will fill FAST! If not...just enjoy looking at my super cute kid.
I needed a model for my card promo. Who better than my own kid who is here...all alone...aching for her own little "session". Problem is...I wanted a couple cute, Gap/Old Navy/Children's Place shots where she just looks cute and trendy and natural, and she is pulling a Tyra on me. As in Tyra Banks...America's Next Top Model? You get the point. I did manage to get a few and the end results were pretty good.
Anyway...if you're interested...email me soon cause space will fill FAST! If not...just enjoy looking at my super cute kid.
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