Project 52 {My Three}

My Three |  Week 1.

I'm excited to be starting a new project! A bit of a Project 52. For those of you who don't know what  a Project 52  is, click HERE.

I aim to capture all the boys together, every week, for Beckett's first year of life. I have a couple weeks to catch up in the posting department but I'm sure you all understand. If not, let me just say this: newborn + 1.75 yr old + 3.75 yr old = lots of fun and very little mommy blogging time. But alas, I will catch up soon and keep this project as up to date as humanly possible.

Let me also clear the air that this project will not be perfectly set up photo shoots and matching outfits. While I might throw one of those in there from time to time, I am going for the real deal, the nitty gritty of life with these three little charmers.

So, I will quit boring you all now and just get to the super sweet pictures of Week 1. Enjoy.

Happy 1st Birthday to my little Boo.

It's so hard to believe that ONE year ago today, we were doing THIS!!!!!

You were the result of 9 months of hoping and praying and wishing and eating and praying and wondering and dreaming. All that was worth it for all of this.











It's hard to believe how much you have changed and how fast you have grown up my little man. You have grown into this guy.Where obviously, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree when it comes to frosting.





Chase, you have gone from squishy, wishy little bundle of blue to a to a true-blue bonafide little boy. A little boy running around my house at warp speed mind you. You have been meeting many milestones lately, too many to list really. Some of them include: immitating, high fives, cutting the pickle, drinking out of maverick's water dish, toddling around trying to play daddy's little Nintendo DS, fighting with Leighton over the Nintendo DS, pretending to bite (no,no), eating an entire cupcake (as seen above), going into the lazy susan, pulling out the bread bag and brining it to us saying "mom,mom,mom" because you want some bread-duh, freaking out in excitement when your dad comes home, acting like your mother is minced meat when your dad comes home, laying in your big brothers big boy bed before bed-and rolling all over him which usually results in your big brother kicking you out of his big boy bed....well, the list goes on.

Main thing is, I love you more than I thought I could. You make me happy. You make me good.

In closing, I must say....

It's a sure sign that you are ONE when your big brother takes your book. Yesterday that would have been OK. But not today. Today you are ONE. So, natrually, you stand up, toddle over to him and smack him on top of the head with your open hand.

I'm sure there will be lots of more those fights to come. And I can't wait to add the title of referee to my mommy resume. : )

Frosting for Educational Purposes Only

A few weeks ago, I decided that craft time and frosting really do mix.

Leighton and I had fun mixing and licking the cake batter.

Maverick had fun dreaming about licking the cake batter.

And as you can see below, Leighton just wasn't a big fan of frosting.

WonderBoyz

Oh boy, oh boy have I got lots to share! I had an absolutely wonderful weekend attending a local photography workshop put on by Mosiac Photography. What a talented woman I got to learn from! I can't wait to get some photos up of our day!

After mommy got home from a busy day of learning and clicking, Leighton wanted to take Grandma and Grandpa to the park. So we headed over to a fun park after supper. And I just kept right on clicking. Here's an intersting inquisitive look from my 32 inch wonderboy.



I have sooo many pictures to share with you from the workshop and from the park. I'm especially excited about some great shots of my 67 inch wonderboy. That would be my husband. For those of you who are throughly confused. So, stay tuned here and over at my MiraBella Blog for more fun photos on the way.

Once Upon a Time

I got to go to my very FIRST "Princess Party" last weekend! Wahooo. It really was a grand time. My niece Lydia turned 5 years old and her mom and dad threw her the coolest party I have yet seen. I was lucky enough to be a quiet observer and captured some of the event from behind the lens of my trusty little Nikon. Here's what I saw:

Once upon a time...this little girl had a Princess Party.

And her mom stayed up till 1 in the morning making her this awesome cake.

OK, we must do a close-up, cuz I mean, this was an AWESOME cake!

And they played all the coolest Princess/Knight party games. They made bravery necklaces, pinned the heart on the princess, to name a few.

Below we see the brave princesses and knights fighting the ferocious fire bubble blowing dragon.

And then....the Princesses and Knights got to learn about a true story of a little girl living in a orphanage in Africa with some of her friends.

And...

Instead of giving presents to the totally adorable Princess birthday girl, they brought their gift in the form of a donation for the little kids living in the orphanage.

Sidenote: I HAD to take this picture. This little up-and-coming princess was attending the party with her mom and brother and...yeah....what else could I do but take her adorable picture.

Our Princess Lydia sure was tired by the end of the party.

But she managed blow out her candles and enjoyed the rest of the party with her sweet little friends....

...... knowing she had made someone else's life a little bit sweeter too.

And that, my friends, is one cool way to celebrate a girl's Princess's birthday.

Happy Birthday, LydieBug! Auntie loves you very much!