FLASHBACK FRIDAY - THE KIDS' BIRTHDAY PARTY

This post takes me all the way back to two weeks ago. :P

I have been a very bad blogger lately and have fallen behind on my events.

My kids birthdays are nine days apart so we always have a party for both of them together then they each get to chose something special to do on their actual birthday. In years past they have been very spoiled. They have gotten a GIANT friend party where they could each invite as many people as they want, then a family and friends BBQ at our house, then a special choice on their birthday day. This year we decided to cut out their friend party because it was just too much. We decided to have a BBQ instead, but put it together last minute. So I am pretty sure that I was a lame ass and forgot to invite someone. If it's you. I am so sorry. Please forgive this flaky mom. :)

Here are the rugrats getting ready to open presents.

(By the way... these are probably way out of order, but at least I'm posting today.) Daisy and her BFF/Cousin Addi.

Gabe and Briston and Batman. :)

Daisy and Connor. She just loves this little guy!

Daisy and her Krissel. :)

Of course someone I know just had to give the kiddos silly string!

Yeah, you know who you are.... :)

But they got Rob with it so it was all good!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIDDOS!! MAMA LOVES YOU!!

LADY BUG'S NEW HOBBY

Here are some pictures that Daisy took on her day out with one of my best friends and professional photographer, Denise.

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I love this one she took of her shadow!

She claims that it makes her look fat! She is such a girl!!

The following are some of the sun flare shots that she took.

I am no professional but I think they look really good!
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This one is my fav!

Now for some "not duck" pictures she took before we get to the ducks that she was so obsessed with at the park!

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That tree looks so cool!

Love this one of the stairs!

I think I might frame it and hang it up in our

living room.

One of the cool statues at the park.

I love that you can see the mountains in the distance.

It makes me think of what a beautiful place we live

because we have this scenery just about everywhere

you go in the valley!

Now for the ducks!!!

She got them doing nearly everything!

OK... that was the last one.

She just loved the ducks! Denise said that every time they went on to

something else she always came back to the ducks!
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The theme for the project she is doing for school is WOW!

Stay tuned and I will let you know which pictures we picked and how it turned out!

DAISY'S PHOTOGRAPHY LESSON

At Daisy's school they are having an art festival.

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Daisy wanted to enter a project and she got to choose from 5 categories:

Music

Dance

Photography

Literature

Visual Arts

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When she chose photography I decided that it might be fun for her to not only take pictures, but learn how to take pictures.

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So I called up my sweet, dear friend Denise and asked for her help.

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No surprise, she said YES! She absolutely adores children and loves every opportunity she gets to spend with them. So on Saturday she picked up my baby girl and they were off for a girl day of photo taking and lunch!

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Now Denise is a professional photographer, so of course she has one of those fancy schmancy huge cameras that she packs around.

No surprise it was a bit big for my Lady Bug!

So they used my new point and shoot that I got right before Christmas.

Here is my girl, absorbed in her new hobby.

Lunch after at The Olive Garden.

One of my favs, so I was a bit jealous I missed out on this part.

But my thighs are happy that I didn't indulge in breadsticks with a couple orders of Alfredo sauce like I usually do.

Thanks Denise! You are such a sweetheart!
Daisy had an awesome time and she got a new hobby in the process!
Looks like someone will be getting a camera for her birthday!
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Stay tuned for my next post!
It will be full of pictures that Daisy took on her photo trip with Denise.
Click here to read Denise's post about their girls day! :)

FIRST BORN

TAGGED ON FACEBOOK

I am always tagged on Facebook with notes. My sweet friend Denise blogged hers and I thought it was an excellent idea! Because she is absolutely right, in the amount of time it takes to do it, I could have finished another blog post.

So here we go.

This note is titled "First Born"

Here you go mommies! Let's see how much you remember about your first born!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? No

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? No

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Very surprised!

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Never even considered it!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 21

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT? Went to the doc to get birth control…… a bit late. :)

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My husband but then he was just my boyfriend

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Of course

9. DUE DATE? Sometime in May

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Nope. It was a way easy pregnancy

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Perfume and other smells.

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Girl

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Just wanted a healthy baby. Rob wanted a boy first until he found he was getting a “Daddy’s little Princess” instead. :)

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? About 40

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes. A bunch of our friends threw us one.

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? A surprise. Rob knew, but he just said we were going to a bbq.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Nope

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? At a hospital. :P

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? Forever!!

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My hubby after stopping for coffee on the way.

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My hubby and my sister-in-law Wendy

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Vaginal. To me natural means no drugs and there was no way I was doin that!

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? You bet your cute butt I did! I am not that tough!!

24. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Cold Cereal & Mac ‘N’ Cheese

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6lbs 13 oz… just a tiny thing

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? May 19, 2000 11:02 a.m.

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Daisy Brooke

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 8 years 8 months