Progress

So after a long week of back aches, tonsilitis, a cold sore, all due to stress I am finally feeling better this week. I had been under a very big due date at work for several projects. Seems like my V.P. is grooming me to help me further my career which is great! I love the challenge but it certainly is trying at times.

Photography is going well, have my first pregnancy photo shoot coming up and a possible wedding coming up as well. I have ordered by first studio lighting set and background so should be pretty interesting! It's exciting and scary because I have never ever used this kind of equipment before!

Still in limbo with buying a house, the tax credit would work for us accept that we still need a down payment so as we slowly watch our minimal savings grow we're just kind of sitting here twiddling our thumbs until we get enough for a down. If we knew someone that would lend us money we could just pay them back once we get the credit but we don't know anyone that has that amount of money they can lend us so... Until we get enough money limbo it is for us!

Hezekiah is learning new words all the time. His favorite is holding his hands out and saying "What?" we are reading the book by James Dobson "The new strong willed child" because he sure is strong willed!!! I need help in this area because no amount of maternal instinct prepares you for an independent- strong willed child who doesn't want to listen. He is still a great child who make s me laugh and smile everyday, I love that he plays on his own a lot and pretends he is reading or that he is making sense with his jibber jabber.

And that's about all for now!

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Maternity session

I had my very first pregnancy/ maternity photo session scheduled for next weekend. I am very excited, the client is helping me pay for the equipment needed like studio lighting and a backdrop setup. This will be the first "studio" type photos I will be doing so I am nervous, as soon as the eqipment comes in I am going to have to practice, practice because I have never worked with this kind of lighting before... Yikes! If you have any suggestions for some pregnancy photos let me know as I am gathering ideas from other photographers as well for posing. As soon as the session is done, and I have done some editing I will post some of the pictures up.

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Valentine's Day...

Schmalentine's Day! Ha Ha, I say this because I really do think Valentine's Day is a little cliche. Andrew and I are always on the same page on this subject, that once in a while we celebrate Valentine's Day but this just was not one of those years. I am all for being romantic and being ooshy gooshy, but I hate the fact that Valentine's Day has become soooooo commercial. I think that some people feel like they "need" a day like this to be extra romantic. Andrew and I are just not that couple, I made him some heart shaped chocolate chip cookies annnnddd... that was about it for gifts.

Last time I blogged about Andrew's car it would not pass smog unless we did a whole engine swap or pay someone illegally to pass smog. We did not feel right paying someone illegally to pass it so we decided that Andrew's "mid-life" crisis HAD to go. It overall had cost us way to much money, and so we are putting it up for sale. Instead, we purchased last night a 2006 Dodge Ram (Hemi). Yes, we went back to having a truck. 1) We needed something a little more usable for having kids and for trips like Catalina. 2) We didn't want to buy anything new because it would have set us too far back from buying a house 3) Andrew REALLY missed having a truck.

We got an awesome deal on it, which will still allow us buffer room to save for a house. So we are really happy with the purchase. This is basically what it looks like, but in white... which is the same color we had before as well.

No Fun

Having a sick baby, once again! He's having bad congestion, cough, and running nose. However, he had these same symptoms when he was teething. I am going to wait it out and see if he acutally is sick, either way, I hate being woken up several times a night and Andrew is sleeping next to me and it doesn't even make him flinch. Men! 

Hard to believe

That this girl:


Is the same as this girl:



Wow from 2001 to 2008, she turned from a Pastor's child and Christian singer to a lesbian pop singer. Yikes!

Under Construction

You'll have to excuse the construction, my blog template needed to be updated and it was long over due. It's hard trying to put together images while you have a toddler that wants all your attention. Anyway, I should have it up and ready in just a few days!

Chickpeas

Also known as Garbanzo beans! A recipe for chocolate chip cookies called for these and I was actually surprised because I have NEVER used them for anything because the utter look of them disgusted me really. I have to say I am surprised at how healthy they actually are for you, they are an excellent source of fiber. They actually help to lower cholesterol and they actually prevent your blood sugar from rising which is great if you're Diabetic or like me Hypoglycemic. Not to mention that is is a great source of Iron, which I often have a problem with since I rarely eat red meat. Anyway just a tidbit of information, since this month is Go Red for Women, I thought I would mention a little something extra to encourage healthy eating habits.