Ivy~ 20 months old

Ivy is growing up so fast. I almost teared up a few days ago. I was waking Ivy up and Lena was sitting next to me. Ivy peeked her eyes open and then stretched. Lena said "mommy, give her just another minute, she is growing". Aww! That is something I had told Lena when Ivy was only a few days old and I cannot believe she remembered. Newborns stretch a lot and Lena asked what she was doing. I told her she was stretching so she can grow big like her. I guess she thinks that every time Ivy stretches she is growing :)

I took her out tonight for some pictures and tried to find some fall color. This was tbe best I could find. I wish we had those beautiful firey red, orange, and yellow leaves like they do up north!

this one is my fav :)



her new thing is yelling lol




the "am I in trouble" look :)






silly girl

Dad

Five years ago my dad left this world. I miss him every single day. I know he is up in heaven watching my babies grow up, I just wish he could hug them every once in a while.

Just a few pictures that I like of my dad :)

mountain man! He loved to go camping, hiking, canoeing and all of that outdoorsy stuff




love the 70s mustache lol


my birthday :)


my wedding




his first grandson Kai :)











He only met Lena a few times. He passed away when she was barely 6 weeks old. I love this picture. He was so proud of her.




I love you dad.

Lena wants to be a photographer!

She was playing with my little camera a few weeks ago. This is what she got lol

New pictures!

I am a little behind on my blogging again. Darn Facebook! I will try to remember to post here also.


Here is miss Lena's 5th birthday portraits. She is growing up so fast. She swears that she is going to stay a little girl forever and refuses to grow up. She also says she is never getting married or having babies lol.








and this was after her first trip to Sweet and Sassy :) She LOVED it there!!



Ivy is 18 months old now. She is growing up to fast just like her sister. I complain daily about having to change diapers and wash diapers (we use cloth diapers) but to be completely honest I really think I will miss it. Ivy is our last baby and I am starting to feel pretty sad that I will never have another baby.




I thought we should have some fun out in the rain. I showed these to Matt after he came home from work. He says "what?!? you let her play in the street!". Ya Matt, I just let her run around and play all day in the street lol. I was right there with her and there were no cars around. Plus we were out there for all of 5 minutes :)



This was our last trip to the pool for 2010. Another summer is gone, but I love these images. Some of these were taken my me and some by my friend Susie :) Thanks Susie!


she really did not like going under water lol


Kai of course loves going under!

it has been a while!!

So since I found facebook I have been neglecting my blog. My last post Ivy was only 1 year old, now she is 17 months old!!

I went through a funk where I stopped taking pictures of my wonderful kids. Why? Well because I was working so much and when I was around my own kids I just wanted to play with them. I started feeling guilty that I would have no pictures from the summer so I grabbed the camera and told Matt to get in the car. We drove around for a while so I could find the perfect field. It did not take long! I found this sunflower field behind a store in north Irving. Matt complained at first because he did not want to stop on the side of a road or hike through high grass. We got lucky and found the perfect spot. It is right next to the back of a parking lot, so there was parking spaces PLUS it was only a few feet off of the concrete. woohoo! score!

Ivy is Turning ONE!

I cannot believe this year has gone by so fast. Ivy is getting so big and independent lately. She just started to walk too. Well she can walk about 4-5 feet. She likes to feed herself and she does not like the child gate :)

I did some pictures for her birthday invitations. She loved her cake!!

car crash

Last night my mom was driving the kids and had an accident. Kai is fine but Lena hit the tv that was on the headrest. She has a scrape and a bruise. It could have been so much worse :( Here is what the van looks like now.