4x4 tag

Ok, so I was tagged by my dear friend Jayme to post my 4th picture from my 4th folder. Since mine are filed alphabetically Amber Crawford came up 4th. This is from a shoot we did last spring, I think, for her prayer cards. (Not my favorite one of her.)

Magnuson

These photos are from Magnuson's urban shoot we did the first week of Feb. I just never loaded them up. He was such a ham. All he really wanted to do was look at the doggies in the shop window near where we were shooting. It's tough being a model.

My baby

This Thursday my baby will no longer be the baby, Magnuson is turning 2! Watch out world!

He is such a fun little guy. His vocabulary and conversational skills are incredible. He is a big goof and laughs all the time. I love his little feet and baggie jeans; I love his giggle; I love the mole on his belly; I love how he says, "yes mommy".

He's been singing "Happy birthday to me, chacha" all day today cause we were out shopping for his party. It's a dog theme cause he LOVES dogs!

I will sure miss the little boy stage. But hopefully, he'll always be my cuddly Boo.

Grown up Furniture

For the first time in all our married years we finally have some grown-up furniture!

John bought me (us) a new couch for Valentine's Day!

Our former couches, while extremely comfortable, were completely falling apart. The kids loved them because we let them jump, climb, roll, etc.. all over them. They also used all the pillows to make forts. One of my neighbors said, "You're living room looks like a model home." How sweet!

This gorgeous armoire is something I had ALWAYS wanted to have but never was able to. My dear friend Emily gave it to us about a year ago. It's my favorite piece of furniture.

These incredibly soft chairs were from my friends Gina and Becca. Everytime I see them I think of those gals. We tried to get a couch that would match the wood on these chairs.

I LOVED the detailed scroll work on our couch. The kids actually cried when we cut up and threw away our old couches and cushions. BROTHER!!!!

The matching tables were from my friend Marybeth. It's so special to me to have beautiful things from so many of my friends. It makes my house feel warm and full of love. Everytime I see these pieces I remember my friends.

365 project

At the beginning of 2009 I was pumped, anticipating doing this scrapbooking/photojournaling idea called 365 Project: you take a picture every day to help you remember what you did each month and all the little details about your daily life, and to help improve photography skills. I did great in January (hitting and missing once in a while, but then I'd make up for it by taking 8-10 photos in one day). Now it's already the second week of Feb and I think I've maybe taken 3 pictures. All that excitement just went FLOP! Honestly though, I run out of interesting things to document. My life feels so mundane and rote sometimes. I love it; it's mine; but maybe not interesting enough to take 29-31 pictures every month.

Railroad Hat

I found this great "railroad" hat at Target and it worked out perfectly for Morgan's Urban shoot. We went to the railroad station and an abandoned building. I'm so taken by how handsome he is- the twinkle in his eye and his reckless smile.

LOVE the tongue sticking out - so HIM

Gourmet Food

So tonight we had gourmet rice (anything different than plain white rice) and this is how the dinner conversation went:
kids: "What are we eating? EW, what's this? This looks yucky!"
dad: "it's bettle butts and magget heads, eat it."
kids: "Yuck, we can't eat that."
dad: " look, here's some caterpillar eyebrows, yum"
Magnuson: "can't eat it, yuck"
Girls: "dad what is it really?"
Mom: "it's rice and legumes, it's fine"
Morgan: "goons!!!, what's goons, I can't eat goons dad"
Yah, so much for a gourmet, interesting conversation filled, NICE dinner!