my little snaggle tooth......

well....isn't this a sight! it's hard to believe olivia is old enough to be losing teeth!!!! this tooth, however, didn't just "fall out". the other day i got an email from her teacher.....IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY..... and it was titled "Recess". i thought to myself, oh boy.....my kid has finally made it to the principal's office. GREAT! but, luckily, it was just a note to inform me that olivia and a friend had ran into eachother on the playground during recess, therefore, resulting in the loss of a tooth! it was already lose, so no big deal. but, the other tooth still in there was actually waaaaaay more lose! i was shocked when i found out which tooth was knocked out! so........now look at the beautiful smile!!!! :) poor girl appears to have her mommy's teeth :( oh well........nothing braces can't fix!

Day 2......

well.....we got another day of pics. still not sure we got all we needed, BUT i tried. i don't know why it's so hard to incorporate more than 1 person into a picture, but it's extremely difficult for me. posing, angle, lighting, settings, all of it has to be just right! and boy is it hard!!!! i guess that's why it's practice practice practice!

A hunting we will go.....

MUSHROOMS!!! yes...hunting mushrooms is on 'ol favorite of mine. i have so many wonderful memories going mushroom hunting with family and friends, in many different places!!! (can't tell ya where...hee hee) but i don't know WHY i have "good" memories....cause i NEVER could find the stupid things; DAD always did! however, there sure is something exciting about finding them!!! and now my kids are enjoying it too! may sound boring and silly to some.....but as we left our secret place, all three kids said, "mommy....THAT WAS FUN!"

leave it to sophia to be the first child to find one first! that sure didn't make big sister very happy.......BUT, low and behold by the time we were done EVERYONE had found a mushroom!!!! we only found about 22 or so.....but we sure are proud of those!

i talked to a lady friend the other day, and she said she went to a flea market one time, and saw people BUYING THESE THINGS FOR $47/LB!!!!!!!!!!!!!! man.....why can't i find a few pounds!

this is just a picture of leaf that was "glowing" in the shade. it was just growing straight up out of the gournd and it appeared to glowing! it was really cool! i thought it was pretty......nothing breath-taking but thought i would try to capture it the best i know how!

Ellie Kate.....

well....i can actually say i am for once pretty pleased w/ these pictures! while it took me several hours to get these, i'm embarrassed to say that i'm NOT DONE! all that time and we didn't get any good ones of MOMMA AND BABY! but.....that's why i'm not a "professional"! ha! however, thank goodness this is my family, and i can trot right back down there and try again. you know the saying, when all else fails, try try again! hope ryan & jenni enjoy the ones we have so far! btw - for those of you who don't know these people, this is my cousin ryan johnson and his wife jenni! baby ellie was born.......ummmmm....i believe last thursday?! (sorry guys....fried brain) she was 8 lbs 14 oz!

Bologna.....

what little kid doesn't love biting a hole in a piece of bologna and peeping through it! my kids loooove doing this! especially my boy!

okay....1 more.....

right before i took this picture.....abby & i were just discussing, how emotional it is sometimes, to just sit and stare at this teeny tiny baby, and understand how it WAS JUST INSIDE???? isn't it truly a miracle???!!! and to think what it started from??? our God is definitely an awesome God to be able to create such an event!

not sure if abby even likes this picture or not....cause i'm not sure she's even seen it yet! ha! but i love it and wanted to share it!

Here she is!!!!!

well.....here she is.....AUDREY REESE WAITS. she was born on monday, february 26th, weighing 6 lbs 12 oz. and my my my is she a spitting image of her big sister Claire!!!! everyone seems to be doing very well!!!! so far she seems to be a very good baby! i posted both a color & b&W just because i like to see both! still working on the rest of the pics but thought i'd share my favorite so far! may God continue to Bless and protect this family!