My Babies

Sooo...in my last post 2 (!) months ago I said I'd be posting some "official" 3 year photos of Lia. I just didn't make any promises as to when that would be. ;) And at the time I really had no intention of it taking this long to get done. However, I've felt a bit "computered out" lately and just didn't have the heart for updating. And for those of you whose blogs I used to comment on regularly. So sorry I haven't been around. I promise to get back in the swing of things. ;) I get kind of bogged down sometimes looking at everyone else's posts. Many of you write much better than I do. You have such interesting things to say and a beautiful way of saying them. And I feel like I say "here are pictures of my kids", "here are more pictures of my kids", "and in case you were wondering, here are more pictures of my kids". But then I snap back to reality - I started this blog as a way for our family and friends in FL to keep up with us and watch the kids grow. So, I guess I'm being true to what I really want out of this. In the mean time I've been fortunate enough to "meet" new people, make new friends, and learn a lot from you. And I LOVE to look back through old posts and see how my kids have grown and remember when they were much more babies than they are now. This is my little on-line journal of our family, it's ups and down, it's twists and turns. And I'm glad that there are still a few of you who are kind enough to comment, pat me on the back, and encourage me. Thank you! ;)

Without further ado....here are more pictures of my kids. ;)

Lia's official 3 year portrait.
I will be hanging a large canvas of this somewhere in my house - probably in our bedroom.

There's something that just speaks to my soul when I look at this. I see pure beauty.  It takes my breath away that I get to call this little lady my daughter.

But just so you know...not ALL of the photos did she cooperate so well!  She's at an age where she prefers to NOT have her picture taken thankyouverymuch.  Unless, of course, she can ham it up.  And I don't mind.  I get some pretty cute shots that way.  But sometimes I want to pull my hair out because could we PLEASE cooperate for 10 seconds.  The answer is usually no.

You didn't think I'd do a shoot with just Lia did you?  No.  I had to get my sweet little Mr. Jacob in there too.  He's old enough now he usually cooperates for a little while.  He's my Mr. GQ.  I could be just a wee bit biased since I'm his Mom and all...but I do think he's one of the most handsome little boys I've ever seen.

And now for the two of them together - this is what I get mostly.  They make me laugh. 

But then somewhere in my pile of photos I can find some gems.  And it makes all the hoopla worth while.  I will be having these three portraits printed large and hung in my home also.

And this just makes me melt.