My family

I was thinking...wouldn't it be cool to have your own

personal photographer to just follow you and your

family around and capture those elusive moments that

always seem to go away as soon as the camera comes out?

Whew...that was a mouthful! Anyway, we had our

portraits done last week and that's mostly what I wanted.

Semi posed and lots of personality!

I think I love them!

It's 5:45 in the morning and my baby has

been asleep since 7......he's still sleeping.....

and I'm sort of dying!

don't ask me why I'm awake.

I really don't like forwards that are

like, "if you don't send this to 10

friends your car will blow up, and your

cat will die, and you will be miserable

for the rest of your life!" Maybe it's

a hormone thing but this one kinda made

me misty....so.....here you go

Before I was a Mom,

I never tripped over toys

or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not

my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind

and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom,

I never held down a screaming child

so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night

watching a baby sleep..

Before I was a Mom,

I never held a sleeping baby just because

I didn't want to put her down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces

when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small

could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom,

I didn't know the feeling of

having my heart outside my body..

I didn't know how special it could feel

to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond

between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small

could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom,

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night

every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth,

the joy,

the love,

the heartache,

the wonderment

or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much,

before I was a Mom

a photo shoot with Spencer.

We went to Evelyn's soccer game last night. It's
the first time I remembered to bring the camera.
Ask me how many pictures of Evelyn I took...ya,
pretty much none. I was, however, privileged to sit
by this weird little kid. This is how he posed for the
camera.




For some reason I'm reminded of Calvin.

mom, I'm an astronaut

Need I say more?

It's another Pendley birthday

Miss Madelin is officially a two year old. (Never
mind that she's been acting like a two year old for a
year now!) Friday was the official day but I put off

blogging due to the plague. Pardon the cliche but,

these past two years have seriously blown by too fast!

The nice thing is that she's still extremely short so in

turn seems....a little younger? Honestly though, I still

am amazed at how much I love this little girl. I'm so

glad that she decided to grace us with her presence

2 years ago.

And just for fun here is a list of likes and dislikes.

(sorry Calley for stealing your brilliant idea)

Likes:

* Wyatt (a little too much perhaps)

* lotion, sanitizer, shampoo, or anything that

smears well

* Tinker Bell

* Tic-tacs

* Changing her clothes 20 times a day!

Dis-likes

* Sitting in her seat at the table (she'd rather

sit ON the table)

* Tamiflu (makes her puke)

* Wearing the same clothes for longer than

10 minutes

* The word "no"

* When daddy leaves

Here's to you Madelin! Love you baby girl.

Some eye candy

I'm lame and didn't take any pictures of Wyatt on
Sunday (aka: his blessing day). I know I'm a dork,
so sue me! I can't get over how much I love this little guy!
He was/is so handsome in his little git up. It's a good thing
we had him blessed on Sunday because that outfit is not
going to fit him very much longer. I give him a week!


I couldn't help posting this potbellied picture
of him. He's so chunky....in a good way of course!