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I haven't felt much like writing lately. I have been tired and lazy and busy with a bunch of other projects. I finished the quilt top for JAckson's room and I am 3/4 way through his curtains. I had such a bad experience painting his room that I have avoided finishing it for the last six months. Now it is time. I guess I feel that before I get started on Christmas projects, I have to finish all of the other projects that I have half way done. I have also been busy with photography stuff and that has consumed my evenings.

I have had allergies and I wonder is that contributes to my tiredness a little. I am taking allergy pills everyday and sneezing a lot. YUCK. I woke up this morning at 6am sneezing, itchy throat etc. I came down stairs and watched some Arrested Development until the allergy pill kicked in and I was able to go back to sleep. We slept until 9am. As nice as that was, it sort of threw a wrench in my daily plans. I like to be home from the gym by then. I guess I will just go walking this afternoon or biking. We will see. I am still tired so I don't feel like doing much.

Jackson is whiney this morning. I am trying to wean him from his second nap and it is painful. He is tired by 10 am, but I have to keep him up until 12pm at least so that he will take an afternoon nap and not be crabby all afternoon. He now wakes up with very specific breakfast requests "affles" and "cheese". Yep, he wants waffles and cheese for breakfast. I told some friends about this and they were amazed that I would make waffles everyday--thanks to mrs. eggo. I love to feed him waffles because he can totally feed himself. I gave him oatmeal today and he did great with his spoon for a while and then decided it was just easier to shove it in with his hand.

I have so much I need to do around the house. Douglas took Jackson to the cabin this weekend and I was able to stay home, eat cafe rio, finish painting the kitchen and work on project after project. It was great (I stayed up too late though and I am still paying for it.)

Well, off to through some laundry in. Jackson has been out of pjs for days and has been rewearing his nemo pjs (which he is obsessed with) every night. He is happy, but it is pretty gross.

I have a pork roast in the crockpot and I will make rolls and masked potatas for dinner. yum. A friend wants me to go and scrapbook with her. We will see how that pans out. IT would be fun, but may not fit in.

Hope you all have a fabuloso week.

a few from a recent shoot.

 
 
 
  

a little too much nemo??

Well, I went straight from Burley to California to visit my parents. Fun times, although the home body in me wishes I had a little time to recoop in between. None the less, we have had fun here. Just a quick anecdote (did I spell that right--blogger needs spell checker!) from yesterday...

We took J to the beack to swing and play. We walked to the water which he has been deathly afraid of in the past (odd--I think that is the ONLY thing my child is afraid of). There were a lot of birds walking around so we asked him what they were. He replies "bidos" (he gets his letters mixed up a bit when he talks). Then we ask him, what does the bird say?? He replies, "Mine, mine."

Back from Burley

 
  

off to burley...

we are off to burley idaho to visit douglas' grandparents this weekend. Should be a fun trip minus the eight hours in the car with the munchkin. Now off to get packed. I told douglas I would be ready to go when he gets home at 3 and I am yet to start packing. typical.

my cousin's kids

dang, something must have been sooooo funny. These girls are all darling.

 
  

oh what a cutie...

we cut jackson's hair yesterday and he was covered so we went to hose him off. I think this picture is hilarious with his little clenched butt cheeks. I the other you can see that he got a green marker when I was working on the computer. I caught him before he colored my silk lampshade, but not before he had colored himself, shirt and the couch. What a stinker. A shout wipe took it right out of the couch and I let him sport his new look the rest of the day. He loves to wear this green necklacw and always has to hold the keys when we go to his Grams.


 
  

my little brother Andrew GQing it.

  

JAckson with his grams.

he absolutely adores her and she him. it is really sweet to watch them interact.


  

some more i took of sarah.

Obviously I like to take the pics more than edit them, seeing that it takes me forever to go through them... here are a few more we did of sarah.


 
  

my cheer squad.

Doesn't Jackson look like a little cheerleader?

  

another of the fam.

  

sand anyone??

I don't think he will ever grow out of the eating EVERYTHING stage...

  

it stinks being a grown up.

so douglas and I have decided that it is time to make the plundge and get a new car. My accord has been such a great pal, but she has a lot of miles 163,000 and all the minor things have already gone wrong. All that is left are major things and we figure we should get rid of it before that happens. We have been researching and can't believe what a new car costs. It makes us sick to think about throwing away that kind of money, yet it is a necessary evil I guess.Plus, with the price of gas, nothing gets good enough gas mileage. What to do.

I have so many pictures to proof right now, plus my website to work on and a book for my gma. I don't enjoy the post processing of pics. I love to take them and then they often times just sit on the computer until something motivates me to play with them. My website is going to make me do that and so I am putting it off.

Jackson has hit the whiney stage of life and boy is it trying. I try to ignore it and hope it will end soon. Also, he is so funny--still obsessed with nemo and now when he watches it (which I do try to limit) he will start chanting or screaming or saying "mine, mine, mine" about a minute before those parts happen. It is so funny. And boy, can he scream like a girl. It is loud and high pitched. Funny kid.

my little bro.

Well, Greg has officially hit his one year mark. Can't believe it. It sure goes by fast when it isn't you :). He just sent this picture today and I thought I would share it with the world. We miss him. Too bad I can smoke him at cards.


  

p.s.

she's single.

Sarah

Here is one of Sarah. Isn't she beautiful? And her hair is great :). (I colored it for her!)

  

family pics

We had Sarah (my cousin) take some family photos for us while we were at the cabin. Now I know why I have put it off for so long---Jackson is the biggest stinker. The good light comes out after his bedtime and he HATES to look at the camera. All the pictures she took and there are only a few that we all look decent in. I know I am picky, but really one of us looked crummy in each of them pretty much and Jackson rarely even glanced in the direction of the camera. I guess I will try again when the days shorten and JAckson is a little older. Who knows if that will even help.

What do you think? B&W or color?


 
  

A Day in the Life...

So, we are back to semi normal life. We met some friends for lunch at Cracker Barrel today and of course I left feeling sick because I ate too much. Actually, my big problem is that I drink too much before my meal comes out. After that event we ran by a tile store to look for tile for my backsplash. Jackson was grouchier than he hasever been at the store. He is always a little stinker, but this time it was bad. I put his little doggie backpack on that has a leash for a tail and we were just fine until he decided that he didn't want me to impede him from doing what he wanted. At that point he just flopped on the floor and threw an all out fit. It was kind of embarrassing, but try reasoning with an 18 month old. I have been reading this book lately that basically says that at that age all you can do is leave. I am too selfish for that though. I was all the way across town and I was going to get my tile. So, he just threw a fit for a while. I know it was my fault because I woke him from his morning nap to go to lunch. That is never a good idea.

Well, my kitchen is getting there. I paint one wall a night more or less. I have given up on painters tape and so I have to just have a steady hand and be patient. I am really happy with the brown I chose. It really warms up the room. After this room, however, I will need to take a break from painting. I am a little burnt out.

Not much more to report on our end.

some i took for a friend.