Well it has come to that time, to finish off this blog and pursue my new adventure in photography and focus on that website. I often wonder if I am taking on too much. I remind myself one step at a time and to remember my priorities. From the famous words of Mark Twain,
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did so."
You can view my website at www.divineimagesphotography.com
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
PART I OF PART II, THE FINAL CHAPTER
School has started and with the three oldest in sports, our evenings are non-stop. As a mother I think you always feel guilty that you can not do enough or be there enough for your children. With the weather changing it is difficult to take Tessa out at nine weeks of age to the football games Savanah cheers at or the baseball games Preston has but I think I can watch Grace's soccer games from the car, maybe?? I think that by next year when she is over a year old it will be easier to bundle her up to take outside. Hopefully we will get a few more nice days!
On another note I have been diving right into photography, I just can't get enough of it! I am taking a mini class on capturing photos of yourself (the mom), as we all know, we are usually the ones behind the camera. I invited Each Day Is A Gift to join me. I haven't started my first assignment yet but am anxious to do so and share a photo with you.
On another note I have been diving right into photography, I just can't get enough of it! I am taking a mini class on capturing photos of yourself (the mom), as we all know, we are usually the ones behind the camera. I invited Each Day Is A Gift to join me. I haven't started my first assignment yet but am anxious to do so and share a photo with you.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU HAVE TWO UNDER 2...
SCENARIO #1
You are sitting in church, trying to pay attention, when your six year old brings to your attention that your almost two year is getting undressed..to say the least. You look down at her and she already took off her pants and her diaper. You frantically try to grab the diaper - while holding the one month old because your husband is sitting three children down and put the diaper back on. This results in screaming from the almost two year old because she wants to do it herself. Which ends with your husband picking up the child and the pants to get dressed in a more appropriate location.
SCENARIO #2
Your almost two year old takes on the new skill of painting her toenails...by herself. Without getting nail polish on the floor...unless you just haven't discovered the spot where she painted them.
You are sitting in church, trying to pay attention, when your six year old brings to your attention that your almost two year is getting undressed..to say the least. You look down at her and she already took off her pants and her diaper. You frantically try to grab the diaper - while holding the one month old because your husband is sitting three children down and put the diaper back on. This results in screaming from the almost two year old because she wants to do it herself. Which ends with your husband picking up the child and the pants to get dressed in a more appropriate location.
SCENARIO #2
Your almost two year old takes on the new skill of painting her toenails...by herself. Without getting nail polish on the floor...unless you just haven't discovered the spot where she painted them.
Friday, August 6, 2010
ONE MONTH OLD
Tomorrow Tessa will be one month old, I just can't believe how fast time goes by. She goes through a fussy time in the evening but once she settles down she will sleep good, waking up once through the night. There have been some exceptions, but overall I'm not complaining! Life is busy and looks like it's going to get even busier...just trying to keep a perspective on life passing by too fast!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
SHE'S HERE!
Tessa Lee arrived on July 7, at 1:53pm. she weighed 8lbs, 13oz and was 21 inches long. I look at her now and honestly do not know how she fit in my uterus. Jason said that would explain the sharp pains I felt during the last week when she was moving around. She was not the largest, Preston weighed 9lbs, 11oz. Everything went well and I feel so lucky to have five healthy children.
As much as I could not wait to see Tessa, I forgot the range of emotions I would experience afterwards. The lack of sleep was huge for the first week, in addition to our house being very busy with everyone home for the summer and Jason experiencing his busiest time of year as well as my mom being out of town for a wedding. I didn't realize how much I relied on my mom...but if you're reading this mom, don't feel bad, I am glad you had the experience of going and spending time with family:)
I also forgot how I would feel guilty that I would not have as much time for each of my kids with a newborn to take care of. I had to miss Preston's all-star baseball games :( But I keep reminding myself that they have gained a precious little sister and I hope that her and Stella especially have a close bond. Then there is always (for me always), the feelings of, "Is this really the last one? The last time I will have this experience?" I know it is crazy but I have always enjoyed pregnancy, minus the morning sickness.
Postpartum feelings aside, as tomorrow marks the two-week point, I am starting to feel we are getting back to "normal" and I look forward to finishing my recovery from the c-section and returning to my regular workload. Most of all, I look forward to our future with five kiddos and the relationships they will experience with each other.
As much as I could not wait to see Tessa, I forgot the range of emotions I would experience afterwards. The lack of sleep was huge for the first week, in addition to our house being very busy with everyone home for the summer and Jason experiencing his busiest time of year as well as my mom being out of town for a wedding. I didn't realize how much I relied on my mom...but if you're reading this mom, don't feel bad, I am glad you had the experience of going and spending time with family:)
I also forgot how I would feel guilty that I would not have as much time for each of my kids with a newborn to take care of. I had to miss Preston's all-star baseball games :( But I keep reminding myself that they have gained a precious little sister and I hope that her and Stella especially have a close bond. Then there is always (for me always), the feelings of, "Is this really the last one? The last time I will have this experience?" I know it is crazy but I have always enjoyed pregnancy, minus the morning sickness.
Postpartum feelings aside, as tomorrow marks the two-week point, I am starting to feel we are getting back to "normal" and I look forward to finishing my recovery from the c-section and returning to my regular workload. Most of all, I look forward to our future with five kiddos and the relationships they will experience with each other.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
ONE WEEK AND ONE DAY
TO GO! I have feeling it is going to go by very fast. We've already had a false alarm...so got that out of the way. I have some things I would like to get done before baby "T" arrive but if not, I've learned that it's not the end of the world.
Little baseball players turn into big baseball players....someday. Preston just finished his baseball season with a weekend tournament and hit his first home run. They played three games on Saturday and for two innings he got all three outs, it was exciting! They lost the third game and were out of the tournament but Preston stayed at the field to watch the next game. When he came home he cried because he didn't want it to be the end of baseball. I'm telling you, the kid could literally play all day. Then on Sunday, Jason got the call that Preston made the all-star team. Whoo-hoo, another month of baseball! The only negative side is that both tournaments are the first two weekends after the baby is born...so unless I am feeling like supermom (ha!) I will probably not be there, physically, at least.
Little baseball players turn into big baseball players....someday. Preston just finished his baseball season with a weekend tournament and hit his first home run. They played three games on Saturday and for two innings he got all three outs, it was exciting! They lost the third game and were out of the tournament but Preston stayed at the field to watch the next game. When he came home he cried because he didn't want it to be the end of baseball. I'm telling you, the kid could literally play all day. Then on Sunday, Jason got the call that Preston made the all-star team. Whoo-hoo, another month of baseball! The only negative side is that both tournaments are the first two weekends after the baby is born...so unless I am feeling like supermom (ha!) I will probably not be there, physically, at least.
Monday, June 7, 2010
THE LATEST NEWS
*School is out, a c-section is planned for one month from today, July 7th. Will I make it? Not many think so but I have never been early before. Honestly, I do not know how I could possibly get any bigger. I have had weekly non-stress tests at the hospital for over a month now and will continue each week for the next month (due to ultrasound findings in 2nd trimester). So far so good. I also had an ultrasound the end of May at 33 weeks. Baby "T" was already 6 lbs and measuring 36 weeks! Grace especially loves to feel her move. Stella says "baby" and will kiss my belly. I wonder how much she really understands of this :)
*I didn't want to even think about potty training Stella until the baby was a few months old and Stella was at least two, but she is going to start on her own. Every time I turn around, the child is naked. When her diaper is wet, she takes it off and says, "pee pee". This was not in the plan, Stella!
*Grace got her ears pierced, and I do not have a picture because she was squeezing my arm so tightly I couldn't move.
*Savanah finished eighth grade, which means on to high school next year, hard to believe. She tried out for cheerleading and made the JV team and we were all very excited for her. Below is a picture I took of her before the big Step Up Dance the last week of school. She is looking so grown up!!
Preston had the opportunity to be the "bat boy" for the local baseball team. He was so excited and we had a lot of family there to see him as well. He got a t-shirt and baseball which the players signed. He wore a helmet and sat by the dugout. When the team was up to bat, he would jump over the fence and pick up the bat after the player hit. He was featured on the big screen at the field. As soon as we left, he said he wanted to do it again.
*I had a personal goal of learning to shoot in manual mode with my camera and if I did, I wanted to try to go to the Amy Wenzel Workshop I mentioned before. So I reached my goal and went to the workshop the end of May. If you are not familiar with Amy or her photography, go here to read her blog. She speaks so freely about her faith and how it brought her to photography. To say the least, it was an inspiring two days for me, not to mention all the tricks and tools of photography I learned, meeting some great people and lots of yummy food. I know I need to work on my editing techniques, which I find a little intimidating right now. The pictures I posted above are SOOC, straight out of camera. At the workshop we had four models to photograph and as soon as I practice more with editing I will share some of the pictures I took.
*I didn't want to even think about potty training Stella until the baby was a few months old and Stella was at least two, but she is going to start on her own. Every time I turn around, the child is naked. When her diaper is wet, she takes it off and says, "pee pee". This was not in the plan, Stella!
*Grace got her ears pierced, and I do not have a picture because she was squeezing my arm so tightly I couldn't move.
*Savanah finished eighth grade, which means on to high school next year, hard to believe. She tried out for cheerleading and made the JV team and we were all very excited for her. Below is a picture I took of her before the big Step Up Dance the last week of school. She is looking so grown up!!
Preston had the opportunity to be the "bat boy" for the local baseball team. He was so excited and we had a lot of family there to see him as well. He got a t-shirt and baseball which the players signed. He wore a helmet and sat by the dugout. When the team was up to bat, he would jump over the fence and pick up the bat after the player hit. He was featured on the big screen at the field. As soon as we left, he said he wanted to do it again.
*I had a personal goal of learning to shoot in manual mode with my camera and if I did, I wanted to try to go to the Amy Wenzel Workshop I mentioned before. So I reached my goal and went to the workshop the end of May. If you are not familiar with Amy or her photography, go here to read her blog. She speaks so freely about her faith and how it brought her to photography. To say the least, it was an inspiring two days for me, not to mention all the tricks and tools of photography I learned, meeting some great people and lots of yummy food. I know I need to work on my editing techniques, which I find a little intimidating right now. The pictures I posted above are SOOC, straight out of camera. At the workshop we had four models to photograph and as soon as I practice more with editing I will share some of the pictures I took.
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