Some new posts~

I've been busy on my photo blog. Hopefully soon I will catch up with some personal posts on this blog :)

These are a few of his favorite things...

I had to get my camera out one morning for Coy. I had to capture the essence of Coy that day. Some of his favorite things right now are his fedora, nemo cup with a green straw, pulling pouty faces (he is the king), and using a dishtowel for a placemat (don't even get me started on the fights my kids have over which dishtowel they get to use for their placemat...)
    The pouty face:

Fun with a Laundry Basket

Coy always has a thing for the laundry basket, but this particular week it was his new best friend, his hangout, his play place, his snack place, etc. He also kept wanting rides in it. That was tiresome.

    And what's even better? A friend to share it with! Pushing both of them together was even more tiresome...I wimped out after a few pushes around the kitchen and living room.   How much can you fit in your laundry basket?

One night~

This does not happen very often



Mylie was all ready for bed and fell asleep waiting for everyone else. Whenever one of my kids just falls asleep somewhere other than their bed, it is a rare occasion...I usually have to take a picture. So darn sweet.

This on the other hand is what Coy was doing that night. Having one of many terrible two tantrums.

Sr. Pics

I enjoyed taking some Senior pics for Catie the other night. See them here.

Mylie~Five Years Old!

I am really needing to get caught up on here! Mylie turned five almost a month and a half ago on Valentine's Day! It was such a fun and girly day. We had a cute "Princess Valentine's Party" with some little friends, then had family over at night! Mylie was a beautiful Princess Belle for her party.

At five years old, Mylie continues to be our singing, dancing, imaginitive, and happy little princess! She is loving preschool and cannot wait until Kindergarten starts!  She is learning to read very well, and is working on passing off her first grade reading level in preschool. She can play and imagine for hours, and spends most of her time singing songs...whether they are princess songs, barbie movie songs, or just made-up songs. She loves taking dance, is getting very flexible, and is catching on to it really well. She loves wearing tights and wants to pretty much wear a dress or skirt every day.

At her 5-year old/Kindergarten check up, she was so brave for her shots, and didn't cry or even act scared. (Thank you Daniel Tiger; she remembered to "close her eyes, and think of something happy.") And I wasn't surprised at all to find out that she is in the "underweight" category of children her same age and height. She was an average height and a whopping 29 pounds at her checkup, having a BMI of barely 12. (Beside's her birth weight, she has never even been on the charts for her weight.) And since we are now seeing a new pediatrician who is not familiar with Mylie's history, she was a little unhappy with her stats...We are now trying to "power pack" and since then she has gained about 1.5 pounds, give or take and depending on the day. Problem is, the girl never holds still so I think she burns off every little extra calorie I get in her! And she doesn't really like the whole milk (yuck, who can blame her?)

Mylie chose an Aurora cake this year, now her favorite princess over Snow White from last year. (Snow White is still a close second).

Next, here are some pictures from her cute little princess party. She really has such darling little friends. I didn't get a picture, but she did make me dress up like a princess too. I was stunning in my junior prom dress. (Yea! At least it still fits...although I couldn't breath as well as well as before, I'm pretty sure having three kids has expanded my rib cage.)
  Coy was so cute trying to keep up with the princesses. My neighbor was so nice and let me borrow her real little tea sets. The girls had fun filling and refilling their little cups with pink crystal light. One of the games we played at the party was Pin the Kiss on the Frog.

Then Mylie got all ready for her party at night with her family to enjoy more little sandwiches and finger foods! We also got to cut into her cake and enjoy it in all its pink goodness.
She got this darling little rocking chair from Russell's parents and the Happy Birthday crown from preschool the previous day. She got a lot of wear out of that crown!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MYLIE PRINCESS!

My Session Today

Had a cute little baptism session today.

My Kids' Valentines Pics

I took pictures of each of the kids to make some Valentines this year again, plus I was getting some of Mylie for her Five Year Old birthday pictures. Here are their Valentines for this year and their pictures.