Them

A total snapshot, but I just love it. A glimpse of our afternoon. Pretty much everyday when Emery wakes up from her nap Teagun asks me if he can go in and play with her. I can hear them laughing and giggling in there and then Teagun comes out and asks if he can get in bed with Emery. Emery stands there hanging on the edge jumping up and down while Teagun jumps from one side of the crib to the other. Just love how I captured her actually holding still looking at me and caught Teagun in the middle of a jump.

15 Years

Today is mine and Trevor's 15 year "dating" anniversary. I was thinking about it the other day and we have been together for half of my life...crazy! I did talk him into an anniversary trip (I had asked for recommendations a while ago), but we won't be going until December. We are going to go on a week cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Puerta Vallarta, and Mazatlan. I'm really excited! I tried to scan a picture of us on our first date back when we were sophomores in high school - a homecoming picture, but I couldn't remember how to work the scanner, so I found this picture from prom our senior year that was already on the computer (we are on the left if you can't tell!) :)

Another Conversation with Teagun

from this morning.

Him: Mom, you're a cute girl. You are going to raise into a nice gentleman.

a gentleman, huh? lol...

10 on Tuesday

Well, today it is really just going to be 10 snapshots on Tuesday. I carry my little point & shoot camera with me all the time and I downloaded the pictures last night, so thought I would share some of what has been going on/what we have been up to lately.

1. Teagun got stung for the first time a couple weeks ago. He did really well when it happened, we put some ice on it and he fell asleep. When he woke up, though, it could have possibly been the end of the world! :)


2. Remember my "Moody" post last week. Well, this was taken the very next school day. Woke up silly as could be. He just likes to keep me on my toes apparently. But his hair was cracking me up. We finally went and got it cut this weekend.


3. Ahhh...to be a little boy!


4. We went boating with our friends, Holli and Jason, last weekend. Teagun LOVES to tube. We really need to buy a boat...


5. We went to the fair this weekend. Teagun is now to the age where he notices the rides first thing and that is all he talks about the whole time ("When are we going to the rides?").


6. Who needs dolls?!?!


7. We walked to the park this weekend and let Teagun drive his Power Wheels there. On the way home, Trevor put Emery in with him. It was so dang cute. Teagun kept looking at her and laughing and she just kept her arm propped up on the window sill acting like it was no big deal. She also liked playing with the radio buttons. I'm sure this is just a glimpse of what it will look like in 13 years!


8. I got a new "toy". I am so excited! I used it at a session this weekend and just love it! I have a new lens on the way too - can't wait!


*the next two pictures were taken with my new camera

9. My busy body (you can't see it, but I have my foot on her to stop her from rolling over and crawling away...probably why she is giving me her scruntched-up nose look). We are in teething hell right now. I don't remember Teagun being really affected by teething. Emery on the other hand...


10. And a picture of our "first baby".

Another Conversation

I always promised myself I am going to document funny things my kids say and by the time I get around to doing it, I have forgotten...so I'm trying to be better about it!

We were on our way to the pet store to get a new pump for our fish tank. Trevor ran in while I waited in the car with the kids. Teagun asked what he was doing as he was getting out and Trevor said, "I'm getting a pump for the fish."

Teagun: Mom, is dad going to get the fish a salad too?

Me: A salad? What are you talking about?

Teagun: Dad said he was getting the fish a pop - is he getting them a salad too?

bwwaaahhhhaaaa!! Kids are so funny!

Conversation

A conversation with Teagun.

Him: "Dad is my favorite."

Me: "Well, what am I then?"

Him: "You are my cute little girl!"

I guess I'll take that! lol...

Catching up

with a whole lotta snapshots (all taken with my point-n-shoot camera)

So as I mentioned, my sister and nephews came to visit a couple weeks ago. The boys did a lot of swimming and Teagun saw how much fun his cousins were having jumping off the diving board and finally did it himself.


and then my sister and I joined in on the fun.


Emery learned to bear crawl.



And ate watermelon for the first time and couldn't get enough.


We went to the Deer Park Settler's Day parade where my parents were the Grand Marshalls.


And my nephews got to ride in the parade with my grandpa who was "Mr. Eagle"...ok, I can't remember exactly why he was in the parade, but it was something like that! :) He is now in the hospital recovering from surgery and we are wishing him a quick a full recovery!



We also got to go to Silverwood and had a great time despite the crummy weather.









Then this weekend, I flew to Las Vegas to meet-up with some friends. It was too short, but we had a great time!






Ok, that's what we have been up to the past couple of weeks! :)

Family Pictures

As I mentioned below, a fellow photographer friend, Keri Doolittle, of Keri Doolittle Photography was in town visiting family and was nice enough to take some time to take family pictures of us. (if you are in Arizona and need a great photographer - contact her!!!). She just used my camera and I did the editing on them - so if that sucks, it is totally my fault! :)

10 Things I Love About Teagun

- His sense of humor. He is so funny.

- That he loves to have "dance party" with me in the evenings.

- That he told me I was his best friend the other night. Normally daddy is. I am going to win him over one of these days!

- How he whines and whines about not wanting/needing a nap and then proceeds to sleep for about 3 hours everyday still.

- How when he is helping daddy, and Trevor says something to me, Teagun will repeat the exact same thing to me right on the tail of Trevor. He is Trevor's little "mini-me".

- How he squeals back at Emery when she starts squealing and laughs and laughs about it.

- How he differentiates his grandmas by calling one grandma "Grandma Crazy-Hair" (yes, she knows this!) :)

- That he still has to have his milk first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening and it still has to be warmed up.

- How he calls the bank the "penny" bank. "Are we going to the penny bank today, mom?"

- That he still asks to sit and snuggle a lot of evenings before bed still. I'm sure that isn't going to last much longer!

And a picture of him not looking at the camera, of course! This picture was taken by a fellow photographer friend, Keri Doolittle. She took some family pictures of us the other night, which I will be sharing soon!

10 Things I Love About Emery

- Her big, beautiful blue eyes.

- How she S Q U E A L S at the top of her lungs...and such a girlie squeal too!

- That she is a momma's girl.

- That she is a zerbert blowing fool (except when she blows her food all over my clean shirt!)

- That she loves to eat everything and sweet things too - taking after her mommy!

- How she thinks Teagun is just the funniest thing alive.

- How she will sit there and twirl both of her feet in circles. She has done this pretty much since day one and I just love it! And it is so cute how they start going even faster when she gets excited.

- That she is sleeping about 8 hours at night now (thank goodness!).

- That she keeps me on my toes and can't leave her for a second because she will be into something she isn't supposed to be - like taking a big fistful of dirt and trying to eat it (ok, this probably is more annoying than anything, but it does keep me going nonetheless!)

- Her easy-going nature...she always have this serious look on her face like she is just taking everything in.

{Sidenote: she just pulled herself up to standing today. Yikes - I have a feeling she is going to be walking (running) around way sooner than Teagun did!)}

Emery is 8 months old already (well tomorrow!). My 8-month old beauty!



I'm on a color-kick lately so thought I would throw a black and white one out there for the fun of it!

Teagun Update

Teagun's turn! Probably won't be as long as Emery's since he isn't doing so many new things in short amounts of time now, but still wanted to do a post dedicated to him.

- Teagun is going through a "I hate the camera" phase...again. It is an on-and-off again love for him. Ok, it rarely is ever "on", but he definitely cooperates sometimes for me. He will not have any of that lately.

- He will probably kill me for posting this in public later on in life, but it cracked me up, so thought I would share. He "nursed" his Boo Bear last week. I was feeding Emery and he came up next to us, lift his shirt, and proceeded to feed his bear.

- His new phrase is "Oh my gosh!" and says it with such enthusiasm no matter what it is. "OH MY GOSH, Mom, look at that mixer!"

- He remembers everything now. Definitely have to really think about what I am "promising" him now in our discussions!

- He LOVES to spend the night at his grandparents. He just stayed the weekend with my parents and cried and cried when they brought him back home. Made me sad!

- His imagination has just exploded! He is always telling us these funny and crazy stories. Just amazes me sometimes.

- Anytime he sees a bunch of trees, he says it is the "wilderness" (no matter if it is in the city of not) and there might be tigers in there. We must be careful! :)

Ok, I realized I need to do these more often with him because he says funny things or does something funny all the time, but I have the memory, so need to write about it write away or I forget about it.

Anyway, this is what I get when I try to take a picture of him lately. Absolutely NO eye contact and then runs away. ALL. THE. TIME. Booooo!!!

Exciting

I subscribe to Parents Magazine and a couple months ago I noticed they were having a "cover model" contest. I put the magazine aside, got busy, and forgot about it. Then my friend, Monica, emailed me urging me to enter. So I upload some pictures of Emery that I had recently taken. Done. Forgot about it. Then this past Wednesday night I receive a call, "May I speak to Emery's mother please?" Ok, weird! Is my daughter in trouble already?? :) It was Parents Magazine telling us that she was a semi-finalist! They narrowed it down to 20 semi-finalist (and there were over a million pictures entered!). They told me they would be emailing me that evening and I would need to answer a couple questions and submit five more pictures by July 15th. They will then narrow it down to 5 finalist who will get to fly to New York City for a photoshoot and a chance to be on the cover of the magazine! I have no idea if we have a chance or not, but I am just so thrilled she is a semi-finalist! I think she is pretty darn cute, but I am a biased mother and all! :) Even if we don't win a trip to New York we will have a chance to win an ipod nano (woo-hoo!). They will be putting all semi-finalists pictures on their website and everyone will be able to vote for their favorite. So when the voting starts for that I will let you all know! But now the pressure of actually getting five pictures to submit that I just love is turning out to be a lot harder than I thought! I just like to take pictures of her for fun and now I feel like there is pressure! Oh well...I just need to relax and let her be herself. The pictures taken for the first round were not specifically taken for a contest afterall. Anyway, I thought I would share the five pictures I submitted. I have no idea if one was the "winner" or if they take them all into consideration, but here they are. And if we hear any additional news, I will be sure to let you know!

Emery's 6 month stats

Emery had her 6-month check-up yesterday. She weighs 16 lbs 1.5 oz (Teagun was the exact same weight at his 6 month check-up...kind of weird!) and 27.5 inches long (Teagun was 28.5 for comparison). That makes her in the 42% for weight and 92% for height.
When she got her shots and started crying, Teagun got the saddest look on his face and just burst into tears - he felt so bad for her. It was pretty cute. He is a good big brother.
Here are a couple more shots from the park taken a couple weeks ago. I was playing with some differnt processing techniques just for fun!





I still think I am more of a "color-pop" girl though!

Teagun's 3 year check-up

We had Teagun's 3 year check-up last week. He is doing great and growing like a weed still! He now weighs 35 lbs (he went from the 30% to the 80% in weight! Surprised the heck out of me since he still looks really skinny to me. Guess getting those tonsils out really did help his appetite!) and is 39.5 inches tall. Time to start shopping for yet another carseat since he is a half inch away from being too tall for his current one.

His favorite phrase right now is, "Don't you know?" He starts EVERY sentence with that. Super cute the first couple times and now I am hoping it passes quickly! :) There was another thing I was thinking I needed to add to the post about him so I wouldn't forget...and I've forgotten already! Sleep Deprivation does that to you!

A couple pictures of my silly guy!

"I'm getting handsome, Mama...

and lookin' good!"

Yes, you are...and getting much too big!!!





Teagun spotted this shaving kit at TJ Maxx last week and had to have it so he could be like daddy. He was so dang cute (and so serious) sitting there "shaving".

Randomness

Is that a real word? Anyway - where did this week go? Flew by, that's all I know! My baby turned 5 months old yesterday. Seriously - 5 months old already?!?! Makes me really sad when I sit and think about it, but her little personality is really starting to show and I can't wait to see it even more as she grows. She still has only rolled one way (back to front) and that is far and few between. She absolutley hates tummy time and I'm a bad mommy and don't force her to do it, I'm not too worried about it though because Teagun was the same way and he learned how to crawl just fine. Her neck is plenty strong even without doing a lot of tummy time! She loves to eat her toes and listen to her own voice. She has a smile that will melt your heart (even when you are awake with her for the third time in the middle of the night!). She just adores Teagun. It is just so amazing and fills my heart with such pride when you see how she looks at him. And he is way better at getting her to laugh than anyone else!







Oh, and since I mentioned being up in the middle of the night...guess where I am tonight? At the beautiful, historic, Davenport Hotel. After a few long sleepless nights, my WONDERFUL husband called me from work at the beginning of the week telling me not to make plans for Friday night because he had reserved me (yes, just ME!) a room at the Davenport so I could just relax, have some "me" time, and best of all - get a FULL night of sleep. I'm so excited. So I sit here on a very comfy king size bed typing this. He did meet me and we went out for a nice dinner together and then he headed home to stay with the kids. I'm looking forward to a full night of uninterrupted sleep, but will miss my babies!

(Teagun took this himself with the remote - he loves that thing!)



Have you heard that age 3 is harder than age 2? I had heard a rumor that if you didn't think age 2 was very hard, wait for age 3. This is proving to be very true for us. I swear, the day Teagun turned 3, he is the whiniest kid I have ever met. And he started talking back. What the heck is that about??? I am really hoping this is just a very short phase and is not something we will have to deal with for a whole year!



We are in the middle of remodeling our kitchen. Well, is it still technically a "remodel" when you don't change the structure of it? I guess it is more of an update. No more 70's brown appliances! We had been without a sink, dishwasher, and water in the kitchen since Sunday since our countertops were being installed. Those were finished Wednesday evening, so Trevor was able to install the sink last night. It is really hard not having a working kitchen! Now Trevor will be putting tile on the floor and backsplash and it should be done...hopefully that doesn't take too long! I will try to remember to post some pictures once it is all done.

The weather ::rolling eyes:: Seriously, it is Apr. 25th - quit snowing (even if it is only a little!) and warm up!!! I swear, this is the winter that will never end! Anyone other locals tired of this weather? I guess this weekend is supposed to be nice, so that is something to look forward too!



Well, I'm off to bed. I'm sure I will be a whole new person tomorrow having gotten a full night's sleep! :)