{Sweet}ness

I have no words that adequately describe the love I have for these sweet babes of mine. I am so blessed Heavenly Father blessed me with these two. And my heart fills with more love everyday as I see how much {A} loves his sweet Baby {E}. 

I love seeing her fun personality grow each day. I love watching her watching {A}. She loves him so much.

The {Reality} of DIY Photoshoots

I have a goal to get really good at using the tripod so we have more family shots. This week was our first trial run... it was ahem, a good practice. I don't think any of these are Christmas Card worthy, but they make me happy. I forgot my remote so these are with the self timer. Next time I will be sure to remember the remote!

Test picture... 

 Hubby thinks he's tipping over... we'll work on posture for next time!

Not bad.

Seriously family. I was the one who had to run to get in the photo. This is actually my favorite though. It just might make it on the card!

 And seriously Baby {E}. Silly girl! {this one happened by accident. I forgot to put the self timer back on}

I hope someone gets a good laugh out of these; I sure did! I'll be sure to post the cute ones later. I didn't get a really good family one, but I took some cute ones of the kids. 

{Cuteness} Overload

I don't even think I need to say anything about these images. Her joyful cuteness says it all.

My Baby {E} at 5 months

I'll add a few facts for anyone actually reading and not stuck staring into those gorgeous eyes:

• Her favorite person is {A}, she thinks he's hilarious
• She loves jumping in the Jumparoo
• She sits up well on her own
• She loves to eat. Basically everything. Except applesauce. She thinks applesauce is the worst
• She smiles with her whole face; mouth wide open. Most of the time. Sometimes she has a goofy closed mouth smirk. 
• She will suck/chew on just about anything so keep on eye on your fingers and hair if you are near.
• {A} and Baby {E} get in hilarious raspberry {spitting} contests. Baby {E} wins the award of the most drool at the end
• She is looking more and more like Dad and {A}
• Her feet. She's obsessed. They are constantly in her hands/mouth if she can see them.
• She is pretty much the best baby ever. Except at night when she's up 10 times. Then I'm back to baby hating...

{O}rchids

If you ever find yourself in Corpus Christi, TX with nothing to do, go to the Botanical Gardens. Please. It is so amazing. We could have spent all day, but the beach was calling... {More on the beach later}.

Here is just a glimpse of the amazingness: The {Orchid} House

There were so many different kinds and colors of orchids; big and small. It was amazing. I would have spend longer taking pictures of every single one, but my group was getting antsy.

We went on a not busy day so we were able to: hold a snake and a turtle in the reptile house, feed lots of birds and parrots, talk to all the parrots, walk through the amazing gardens, stroll through the orchid and butterfly houses, take a walk along the boardwalk to Alligator Lake, smell the beautiful roses, and of course {A} played at the fun playground while Baby {E} napped. 

Next up: Our Beach trip 2015

{Pumpkin} Patch

Pumpkin patches are the best. We showed up tonight at the perfect time. The lighting was great and it wasn't crowded, yet.



{A} is turning into a silly smiler... Bummer! And Baby {E} just loves having her mouth wide open. But they sure are cute no matter what.

 See, wide open. But those blue eyes...

 {A} refused to let me take off the sticker from his shirt. He says he needs it on so everyone will know that his shirt will glow in the dark.

This was about 1 second before {A} started climbing through the hole to look at Baby {E}

At least one of them is looking... at the camera.

And because I didn't get one good one of her smiling, here is a phone picture. She's the best!

Oh How I Love {Arizona}

Last week Drhubby had a couple interviews for an Endocrinology fellowship. One was in Phoenix. I love Phoenix. Call me crazy, but it's my favorite. It is so so hot, but I still love it. I can't even describe or put into words why. Anyway I told hubby if he ever had an interview I was flying out too and visiting my friends. And that is exactly what I did. I flew solo with both kiddos and met him there. It was the best. I didn't want to leave. We didn't want to leave. Our hearts belong in Arizona.

 She's a blue eyed pacifier loving babe just like big brother.

These two cuties are just a few weeks apart.

Silly boys

{A} was so sad and teary saying goodbye. He has such a tender little heart.

The Phoenix Temple. We moved before it was finished. I can't wait to go back and go inside.

One more interview here in San Antonio and then we have a huge decision to make. Stay here or move back. My heart is torn. I have made some of the very best friends here in San Antonio, but my heart aches to be back in Arizona. Where do you vote we go?

{My} Crazy Life

So things have been a little {or a lot} crazy over here the last month or so. Drhubby has been working nights, Sweet Baby {E} has been not so sweet and up all night and all day, it's so so so hot outside so Little {A} has been a little stir crazy, and I'm majorly sleep deprived. So no time for regular life let alone photographing it. But I have a goal: take more pictures; for my family as well as for others. So my friends chase me down or I'll chase you and lets get some beautiful family pictures! I'm serious.

But since I haven't had any sessions lately I'll share the few pictures I haven't shared and just barely got around to editing:




Little {A} was so so excited to find this toad. They had a great time swimming in the pool.

Chunky Babe. She inherited those thunder thighs from me.

Ah! Remember when Little {A} really was little?! I can't believe only a year passed between these two pictures. He is growing up so fast.

Well friends, I hope you enjoyed the tiny glimpse into my life. Hopefully I'll be updating more often with some family sessions!