Boys Birthday Pics!

So we got the boys pictures done last week and by some grace of god we were able to find a couple that we liked even though it was a shit show during the session.  We have always gone to Target to get pics done since Luke was 3 months old and have always been pleased with the results even though we have had a different person each time. Its cheap which I like, the send me coupons for 50% off my purchase which will keep me coming back for more, especially in this day in age when everyone and their mom is a photographer, charging crazy amounts for pictures for every occasion under the sun! Now this is just my opinion and if you don’t like stop reading my blog hahahaha but what the Hell are you going to do with ALL those pictures! Ok mini rant over ;) So as you can imagine trying to get a 3 year old and a 1 year old to sit still and pose while smiling is enough to make me want to jump from a moving vehicle (not that I have ever done this haha) and then add doing it in front of a stranger that you don’t want to call CPS on you! So about 25 mins in I was ready to throw in the towel, and told the poor guy that we were done and as long as we get 1 good one that I can replace in the big picture frame in our living room it would be a successful session, you got to take what you can get people! So you can see why I was impressed that he was able to get some really good shots even though Luke is, well he’s 3, and he’s Luke and hates to smile on command and don’t get me started on Ryde who can’t sit still for more than 8 seconds and was literally ALL over the place. So those excruciating 25 mins were well worth the end result ;) Here are the ones we liked

I have to!!

Hahahahaha so I'm cracking up while Im folding laundry tonight!! So if you know me or have been at my house outside from a party you may have heard or even witness laundry couch! So once Big Luke moved in I had to give up laundry bed which was awesome because I could just close the guest bedroom and act like there weren't 8 loads of laundry in there waiting to be folded ;) so now I have those loads on the couch downstairs which unfortunately is located in the play room. So you can imagine that the clothes may be strewn about on a daily basis thanks to mini Luke! He throws them on the floor and jumps in them as if they were a foam pit. Josh understandably gets annoyed with ole laundry couch and every once in awhile just carries it all upstairs and puts it on our bed forcing me to fold them haha so today is one of those days! So I'm almost done and have about 10 different piles on the bed when Luke busts in and jumps up on the bed. He starts to get ready to jump on my brand new piles when I stop him with my arm and say "what do you think you're doing?!?!?" and he simply replies "I'm going to jump on those clothes" and I of course say "don't even think about it, I'm almost done!" and with out hesitation he says in a low desperate voice "I have to!" as if he didn't jump on them he may just spontaneously combust or something haha well in that case jump away haha man this kid is HA Larious!!!

Knows he's being naughty ;)

My Mini Soul Mate is 3!

The last 3 years have gone incredibly fast, like a blur. Before my Lukey arrived 3 years seemed like an eternity filled with late nights and later morning’s haha sleeping till noon and doing whatever my lil heart desired on my own time. Sounds amazing doesn’t it?!?!?!   I definitely thought so, and in those 25 years I was a free bird and enjoyed every minute of it and thought there was no end in sight, well until I turned 30, that’s when I was going to turn it all around and get serious about being an adult.  But as always God had a different plan for me and jump started my adult career with blessing me with my lil soul mate. Now as cliché at it is I wouldn’t trade any of it for anything. Although being a parent is the most frustrating, draining, and thankless job I have ever had there’s not a day that goes by that at the end of the day I’m not incredibly happy to go to bed in a messy ass house, with lil feet kicking me in the side.  It’s been 3 years and I still cry weekly because I am overwhelmed with the love I feel for him and can’t explain with words what an affect he has had on my soul, and the amazing way he makes me feel complete. He’s just such an absolute joy and I would recommend having one of your own if you haven’t already ;) because that unconditional love is like nothing else in the world and its unique to me and my Luke, after all he knows what my heart sounds like from the inside.  So Happy Birthday to the most amazing, smart, handsome, hilarious, kind, salty, and wild (borderline insane) 3 year old a mother could ask for! I truly am lucky you are mine bubbs! Love your bad ass Mom J