What a gorgeous 28 month old!

Wow, two hours later, this is what I came home with, Amen for small miracles. Christmas time is the crappiest time to go get pictures done. They were running 40 minutes behind. Then it took them forever afterwards. But I still would recommend Kiddie Kandids. I like their backgrounds, I am impressed with the photographer. I like that they print it right there. They were able to capture a truly beautiful smile. Is this child really mine, hahaha! So for all the craziness I went through this evening, it was all worth it.

I think I am going to start calling her no nap Jessica. Two days in a row now she refused to take a nap. And today above all days, I was worried, but she did well all things considered. The kids fell asleep fast. I'm sure it will make for another early morning.

Getting two kids to smile and look at you is not an easy task!!!!

I was able to get this:

But I had to go through this:

And this to get it!!!!

Oh well, that's how my day was. Noboby likes to cooperate with me. Nobody wanted to nap today, it was just one of those days!

I actually got on that treadmill two days in a row, oh my god. But the evil pop I said I wouldn't touch again, I did... and not just a little... 24 oz. of it. Oh well, try and try again.

Tried a new recipe for Mac 'n cheese. I've never made homemade mac, and I probably would again, although I'd adjust some of the recipe. But I do prefer Kraft Creamy Mac better.

Placed my shutterfly order, $58 later..... Oh well, I haven't ordered pics in a month a half... And I ordered a bunch of pics for Christmas. So there's my justification, right???!!! Hahaha!

I really really hope Jess smiles nice tomorrow night, I'm worried. But I have to order whatever, or bring her back and try again, because I can't give Jon's pics as presents with no Jess pics. I hope next year they'll cooperate more and I can just order one pic of the two of them together.

I need another external hard drive, mine are full of pictures, music, and all of Jeff's roms. I'd like more memory for my computer. My need (want) list is out the door. Maybe instead of leaves falling, dollar bills should drop. I'd be more prone to rake them up then!!!!

My handsome 5 month old!!!!

I had a good experience at Kiddie Kandids today. It was too good of an experience and therefore I spent a lot of money, but they are christmas gifts, right. My experience was so good I'm bringing Jess there on Wednesday. I liked the photographer, so that's when she works next. Jon has the sweetest smile, it is very easy to make him laugh. I hope Jessica will have a comparative experience, hahaha. My only issue was that they didn't take me on time, but 'tis the season, everyone and their mother is getting christmas pictures.

One day we'll get the both of them together, we'll see. We tried that back in July and it was an ugly experience, and we got nothing. But that's because Sear's stupid photographer wasn't snap happy, who cares if you don't get the perfect shot, I would have bought any shot of them together. But by the time she was ready to snap it, Jess threw a fit and the session was over.

Jon's Doctor's appointment and visiting and love letters, OH MY!

Another day on blogspot, am 100% converted, not yet!

Today was Jon's 4 month appointment. He now weighs 15 pds 8 oz. and is 26 1/2 inches tall. 75% and 95% percentile. Jess got her flu shot, and Jon got 4 shots, ouch!!!! So they are all set for two more months. And low and behold my big boy rolled over today for the first time. When will it happen again, who knows, he did it twice. Both times from back to tummy, just like I thought he would, just sooner than I thought. I was of course too busy on the computer and missed it, but Jeff got to see it. I grabbed the camera at the tail end. OH well. Yeah Jonathan!

I visited with Ann & Logan today. He sure is growing up fast, I haven't seen them in a few months. He uses full sentences now, it's so cute! The kids play so well together, I wish we would get together more often. We've been trying for 3 weeks now, but Logan's been sick, poor little guy.

On Oprah today it was all about "The Greatest Love Story's We've Ever Told." It was pretty interesting. This is a synopsis from the website about one couple I thought was neat:

For 28 years, Patricia and Alton have given each other a romantic gift every night…a love letter! Open lines of communication in your marriage by journaling with your spouse. Start with these three steps.

1. Write about your day or where you are right now. (i.e. "Today was exhausting between all my meetings. I couldn't wait to get home to rest my feet.")
2. Focus on your spouse, starting with "I love you because…" (i.e. "I love you because…you wake up early every day to make me coffee before I get out of bed.")
3. Ask a question of your spouse. Take turns each day for who comes up with the question. It can be as simple as, "What's your favorite dessert?" to more probing like, "Tell me something about yourself that would surprise me." This should be used as the area that can get you talking to your spouse.

Take time after you've each finished your three-part journal entry to read your partner's thoughts and discuss. Remember to do this every night!

I think it is a pretty neat idea. I'd probably type it up or something, who needs millions of sheets of paper. Of course Jeff thinks it's stupid, he doesn't like to write, so of course that would be his reaction. It's not like we have a communication problem, we talk too much as it is. But I think a question/answer thing might be interesting, and be interesting to look back on.

Well, I have tons to do on the computer, like go through my pics and upload them.

More projects, Fall, my 28 month old, and Jon

Add blogging to my list of projects. I could dream up 500 different things to do on the computer and internet. I was on a fellow bloggers site and I saw a site meter and live traffic report. I was amazed, it logged where I was from, how long I was on there, etc. I thought that might be pretty cool. Live journal doesn't support that. I tried to figure it out in Word Press, that's another popular site I have buddy bloggers at, but couldn't so here I am on blogspot. There is so many different sites out there, this blogging is really a popular thing.

It was a beautiful day today, I took some fall pics of the kids outside. I wish we had more of this "fall weather" instead of the cold stuff we've had all month and what they are forecasting in the next few days, brrr. I even had Jon in the swing today, he liked it.

I can't believe my "baby girl" is 28 months today. Yes, I still refer to her in months, just on this special day (the 13th). And I make sure I take her picture every month on this day, and make a collage every 6 months. I know, I am photo crazy. I can't help it, both of them are so cute. What would my life be without them?


And that little boy of mine. I can't believe how well he is doing rolling to his side, it won't be long. I still can't believe the amount of drool he produces. In Jessica's words "Ewww, YUCK". He goes for his 4 months old appointment tomorrow. I'm sure he's close to 16 pds and I'm sure he's at least 26 inches. He sure is tall. I put a cute truck onesie on him that was in his closet, and I couldn't even button it. They sure do grow out of their clothes quickly at this age. We never even put this one on yet. He has so many clothes that most have only been warn once or twice. I go clothes crazy, it's a disease.



I really should go back to organizing itunes. I just got bored with it, and then got caught up with this blogging crap. Hopefully I like this site, we shall see.