lucky aunt

How lucky am I? I got a new niece and a new nephew this summer. I also got to take their pictures!!





This is my brother's first baby. It's been so fun watching them become parents! I'm in love with Paxton's hair! They both are such beautiful babies...gives me some serious baby hunger! But, until Mason can sleep through the night that ain't happening! lol

18 months!!

18 things we love about Mason at 18 months:
1- His infatuation with water!
2- How much he loves his brother who he refers to as Alli
3- The cute nicknames for his cousins Tyler (Taw-taw) and Camden (nack nack)
4- That he is a total momma’s boy.
5- How excited he gets when dadda gets home.
6- How much he loves books (esp. Brown Bear) but sometimes gets too rough with them
7- How he says a lot of words but my favorites are: ball, dino, juce, flowee
8- His obsession with animals especially the cow across the road and the neighbor’s horsies.
9- How he growls at things especially if it’s a pic of an animal
10- His cute 12 teeth
11- His temper, it’s not all that cute sometimes but it reminds me of my dad.
12- His white blonde hair and big blue eyes!
13- How he says spiderman with a growl!
14- That he loves playing ball.
15- How he gobbles up fruit.
16- That he pretends to call his dadda and jabbers in the phone.
17- How excited he gets to see his grandma’s and grandpa.
18- His infatuation with pictures. He could stare at pics all day!!
We love you Maser Roo!!

dyeing eggs

Egg hunts

We went to the Easter egg hunt at the Dinosaur museum this year. The kids loved looking for the eggs, it was a really fun hunt.

Then we went to the egg hunt at the city park. I was really disapointed because none of the kids got any eggs, why do parents think they have to find eggs for their kids? It takes all the fun out of it!! But the boys had a blast playing at the park with their cousins, plus the weather was absolutely beautiful!!

Mason just enjoyed tasting everyone's treats.

newer pics

Well my old camera I'd had for at least 8 years had finally seen it's better days. The lighting was weird with it and I couldn't do anything to fix it. I want to have good pictures of my boys to remember forever so I talked Will into getting me a new camera (since it was on sale and I got a sweet discount) for my birthday and I'm sure the rest of the holidays this year. :) I took a photography class from an amazing photographer. She taught us how to take it out of the automatic settings. I learned so much, but I still need a lot of practice!! She lined us up a model to practice on and it was so fun to practice with her guidance! I thougth I'd share a few of my "practice" pictures hehe!


(the model)


I love the green in this pic (hello spring!)

She looks like she's on top of the world



I tried having a mini photo shoot with my boys but Eli just wouldn't cooperate. This is what he does in pictures now..ugh!
Mason didn't love it but at least I got some cute ones.
isn't my "baby" getting so big??

St. Paddy's Day Fun

All of them ate green eggs and ham! Eli asks
every morningif we can have green eggs again! hehe!

A small way to help

I follow this blog called I am Momma, hear me roar. She is doing a really cool pattern giveaway to people who donate to humanitarian aid for Japan. I thought I'd share this because it's a great way to help and the pattern is super CUTE!!

http://iammommahearmeroar.blogspot.com/2011/03/wake-up-wednesday_16.html