Wednesday, August 31, 2011

*Wordless Wednesday - {Have a Nice Hair Day!}






*If you know Emily at all...then you definitely know that she is sassy, independent, and flaunts her own style!
So...with that said...I love any opportunity I ever get to fix her hair!  I may not be a hair stylist {obviously!} ...but I think it's almost every mom's dream to fix her little girl's hair and dress it up with ribbons and bows!  Thank you Emily for this day!  I love you no matter how you look...but I do love your braids!


*{Wordless?  c'mon...if you know me at all...you know that almost never happens!  ha!}

*{ps...it was an extra-special nice day...because Emily lost tooth #6 at school too and got a visit from the Tooth Fairy...love that smile!}

Monday, August 29, 2011

Dressed to the {nine months}

Elizabeth is nine months old today! 

{you've now brought even more joy these last nine months on the outside...as you did all those months from the inside!}


Wasn't it just yesterday that I took her eight-month pictures?  I think it was...but maybe the last month has flashed by me...yet again! 

I love...absolutely love baby chub...but this time I couldn't help but dress it up just a little bit...


...I got these super cute legwarmers when she was born...and I couldn't resist this month's photo shoot with them!

{...plus...there's still some good chub showing there!}


I also wanted to get some pictures of Ellie in her room...so we can remember just how it was when she was little. 
It has great sunlight during the day...and these were taken just after her nap {when she finally decided to take one!} ...so I grabbed my camera and captured her in the moment! 




She has a pretty small room...but it seems to be the place to hang out when she's in there!  Alex and Emily end up here when I'm changing her, and Emily loves to sit and read to her on the floor sometimes!






I will never get over how quickly this time passes... but I'm so thankful that I can at least capture these fast-moving moments...





...and freeze them...


...before they're gone...


...because it won't be long before her crib is replaced with a big-girl bed...
...and she will start putting her own unique design touches around her room...



{no...you may not finger paint your room!}


...and start dressing in her own unique style...


{no...you cannot leave the house wearing that!}



{ ...sigh...}

We love you more and more as each month passes...




...I just wished that maybe they might pass a little less often!




...because I truly love this sweet innocent stage where everything seems so amazing and that big beautiful gummy grin at something as simple as the grass between her toes! 







{...until next month... sniff, sniff ...}


{...so happy and yet a little sad all at the same time!}

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Hit the {Books}

Now that school is in session...Alex and Emily aren't the only ones who need to hit the books...


Although I've been very fortunate to have the blessed opportunity to stay at home with all three of our kids...working part-time with Alex and a little less with Emily {to not at all}...I am still keeping any chances I might ever have at working in my field again...


That means in order to keep my x-ray license...I am required to maintain so many continuing eduacation credits every two years.  Sounds pretty easy...and ample time to maintain this requirement...right?


It does...but somehow...every... single... time... it's time to renew my license again...I have a {cursed} two-year stack of tests that need to be taken and passed in a matter of a few weeks!  {yikes!}

So if you don't see me...hear from me...and wonder if everything's okay...
I'll be here...


...not at all taking any breaks to read my Nook or glance at my The Land of Nod catalogue... ahem...
However...I did just finish reading The Help first so I wouldn't get too distracted... and it was a wonderful book!  I might just read it again...after my homework, that is...

...and if this little angel ever decides to give up the fight of her life over taking a nap...

...so I might get a little study time in.  
{I think she fought this battle more than the actual nap...maybe 40 minutes of fighting to about 40 minutes of napping...okay we'll call it even this time!  whew!}

Whiskers...can I get some help here?

No?  You don't have any trouble taking naps whatsoever!

I'll be back...hopefully as a {re}newly-licensed radiologic technologist...