Some People I Miss... and Sam's Adventures

First... some people that I miss dearly right now. Allie, Laura, and Britlyn and the wonderful Dawsons. Sam especially misses Millie. :)






Sam's been busy with his favorite things... reading books, playing with his cars and trucks and train (basically lining them up and then moving them somewhere else and lining them up again), "helping" with dishes on his new stepstool, playing in the laundry basket, and playing with my sunglasses. Matt thinks they look hilarious on Sam (and on me, but I ignore that...).








Lastly... Matt decided to create his own "FLOWBEE". Yep.. here he has attached our Wahl buzzer to the vacuum... His verdict? It worked fine, but not great. Maybe the real flowbee is better...



"STOP TAKING PICTURES OF ME MOM AND GET ME OUT OF THIS CRIB!!!"

I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee...

OUCH!!!! IT STUNG ME!!!



So - here's my story. Normal morning, normal breakfast, normal goodbye to hubby as he leaves for work, normal clean up Sam, normal get Sam out of high chair, normal start to clear the table.

Here's where the normalcy ends.

I'm clearing the breakfast dishes and suddenly feel like I stepped on something sharp between my big toe and my 2nd toe. But... it's getting worse, hurting more, like glass or something? I'm confused. I look down...

THERE'S A BUMBLEBEE BETWEEN MY TOES THAT IS STINGING ME!!!

I throw the dishes in the sink, start screaming and turning in circles, hopping on one foot with the bumblebee foot swinging in the air. (Aside - Sam thinks this is funny and starts copying me...). The bee finally decides it has better things to do and buzzes off.

I grab Sam, run into the office, and slam the door.

...where I promptly look up treatment for a beesting. And THEY HURT. Worse than I remember.

Then I plant Sam in front of Sesame Street, grab a magazine and wind it up as my weapon of choice, muster all my courage and go on the attack.

"I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee...." I came off victorious.

Mad Face Contest

My Two Boys and their Graham Crackers

You might recall from before that Matt and Sam love graham crackers and milk. When we got home from running an errand recently, it was time for their traditional snack... and Sam being silly.

My New Love

What does it mean when you stay up until 1:30am working on a "project"? It means that you are either working against a tight deadline, insane, or found something you love. With me - it's the latter.

Turns out, I love photography. Lesley was nice enough to let me come snap some candids at her wedding on Saturday. Most of all, I loved taking the cute Bjorkman girls photos. I want to be a children's photographer - in the photojournalist style.

I've thought lots of starting a business over the last 7 years.

Making cards?

Takes too much time... and I'm not patient enough to make multiple of one design unless I have to.

Craftiness?

Matt DID buy me a Cricut for Christmas last year. I totally love it, but not sure I want to do something down this vein. (Lisa made these tags. I can't take credit... but she made them with my cricut and paper!)

I even thought about doing a sewing tote bags business after Lisa/Dottie taught me how...

But, I don't have the patience to sew bag upon bag upon bag... and when they turn out oh-so-cute, I think I need one too. (Which I don't.)

But Children's PHOTOGRAPHY. I think I've hit upon something here. I love working with kids and catching their personality "on film" (though mostly digitally these days). I'm ever inspired by Rebecca Mudrick's blog (Jared and Mary's friend).

Here are some of my favorites from our photo shoot. First of the twins Abby and Savy:









I love this sepia set with Jocelyn:







Lastly... I can't leave without a few pics from the wedding!







On that vein... I'm investigating this little love of mine further. I'm especially interested in shooting pics of newborns and other young'uns. If you live in or around me and would let me practice by having a little photo shoot of your kids, please let me know!

Sam's Antics

Sam's inquisitive nature has shown recently. Since I've been a poor blogger recently, here's an onslaught of pictures.

This is how we found Sam when we accidentally left the lock undone on our TV console.



Sam systematically took everything off the 2nd shelf of his changing table and then put each of his snuggle things on it. Then, he climbed on in and had a snuggly good time.



Sam likes to "help". This is how he helps me clean up:


Sam also has a thing about lining thing up while he's playing with them. This was one of the latest.


After Sophie left last month, Sam decided that the booster seat was THE COOLEST toy ever. He loves to sit in it and do up the buckles, play with his toys or stuffed animals, etc.



Pics from our trip to the Children's Museum. They had dollar nights on Fridays! I LOVE it! Such a fun place to go - especially when I know Matt will be working late that night...





Sam loves reading books - or siting in the rocker and throwing them on the floor. This was not staged!


trying on Dad's shoes...


..playing under the dining room table...


... and throwing all the silverware onto the floor. Lovely, ehhh?