Art Beast

So there is this art studio for children here in town...and in an attempt to be a more outgoing and activity centered mom...I convinced Adrian to go and we took the kids.

Painting! What could be funner than mommy letting you make a mess.

they have a fun outdoor area where the kids can ply in water and sand

and chalk

Lily climbing through a tunnel

The make-believe area

always a princess

Ryan on the drums

Hawaii

We returned a few weeks ago and as I haven't posted any pictures on my blog a will share a few.

My brother William. He likes to think of himself as an acrobat.

At the Luau

View from my mom's time share

Parasailing! It was so much fun!

At the aquarium (since three out of four of our little family do not swim yet.)

Now for some of the flora and fauna of the island

Bird of Paradise

Luau performer

                                                     A Hermit crab we found on the beach

It was a fun trip and I have more pictures posted on facebook.

Happy 1st Birthday!

Here You are on your birthday, waiting to enter into the world.

Then you arrived, and it was love at first sight.

You were so small! Monny and Daddy had forgotten what it was like to hold someone so small.

Mommy rubbed off all your hair in an attempt to get rid of cradle cap. You like like a little old man here. But still cute!

Then you started to get bigger...

and Bigger...(you crawled too early for mommy!

Christmas came

and went...January six months

THen you were standing

and crusiong around holding on to everything

discovered candy on Easter

then Disneyland

and walking at 10 months!

Suddenly you weren't my baby anymore

You say its my birthday?

No wait.. its not my birthday...it's Adrian's. His birthday is on Saturday mine is not for another month. So in honor of his big day he got ME a present. OK OK its an early birthday present. I got a new lens for my camera. A macro lens! here are the few odds and ends from playing with it today.

A cute picture of my girl! Those eyes just kill me!

 

The Flowers growing on my back step

Lily picked some...i swear I washed her dirty little hands after we were done playing outside.

Flowers from my front yard

and...

this speck was hanging on my screen door. I guess it wasn't really a speck.

So these are the puppies!

We have seriously been considering getting a puppy. I have been swearing to anyone who has asked me in the last couple months that we ARE NOT getting a dog. And if we were it WOULD NOT be a PUPPY.I have said that we cannot posibly have the time for a puppy, they are TOO much work, more work than an infant even.

   That being said, my mom has a litter or Border Collie Puppies. They are cute and cuddly, look like little panda bears, and in general are pretty smart and easy to train. Adrian saw them when were over at my parnets and suggested that we could get one. So I have been weighing the pros and the cons and even with all the cons I think We are REALLY going to get one.

I love my kids

They make me smile and laugh so much. We did a suprise photo shoot for Fathers day so I could give Adrian new pictures of the kids and me to take to work. Here are a few of my favorites.

Why I Love Summer

Climbing Trees

Running through the grass and warm sun

Posing for mommy"s camera

Walking in your bare feet

Sidewalk Chalk

Pictures Anyone?

So my Sister-in-law Nicole, and my niece Addie, came over to play with us last week. I got out my camera to capture a few images of the afternoon. I tried a couple of group shots...

And then decided that individuals might come out better.

My Lily

"Diddle"

And Addeline. So I think I might have a future in Soccer portraits...

P.S. If you want me to practice taking pictures of your kids. I would love too. I'm trying to learn how to use my camera and am looking for test subjects.