Pictures from the zoo

Horrible horrible blogger!

That would be me. I have a lot to catch you up on, but I hate doing long posts with no pictures, so I will number the updates and make them short.

1. We moved out of our house and in with my parents. Jumping into a house too soon = too much debt.

2. We are not pregnant and don't know when we will try to be. Maybe after all our debt is paid off.

3. Photography is doing...ok. Not fantastic, need more clients. The more the marrier :)

4. Lawncare is doing good. We have exactly the same amount of clients as we did last year. Again..the more the marrier so send them our way :)

5. Jarren is using more words, more often. Still not really forming sentences, but we are getting there. He whines if he knows someone will give him stuff without making him use words, WE make him use them so sometimes he gets frustrated.

6. Jake is ALWAYS tired.

7. My allergies have gone HAYWIRE. They have put fluid in my ears, created cold like symptoms and are completely draining me. I have no energy at all.

8. My baby is going to be turning 2 in one month. ONE MONTH! I remember being pregnant and thinking it would never end...and now he's going to be 2. Oh...my...gosh!

9. Addictions are BAD. My new addictions: LOST

10. Jarren calls everyone on my phone list. Brittney being the number one request since she moved to texas in May and Kacy being the number two request because he likes dancing to her ring tone.

The end for now. Any questions? I'll post pictures tonight.

New Photos

New Photos on Photo blog!

Update on Kiddie Kandids

So my friend came with us to Jake's baseball game tonight and reminded me that I hadn't mentioned what happened with kiddie kandids. Well, they finally tracked down one of my knowledge reviews and I am officially certified! They back dated it to April 13th since that is when I originally took the test. Yay, I did it.

Other news...we moved out of our house. Too expensive for us apparently. So we are living with my parents, saving money. Hopefully that will help us be able to save enough money for a down payment on a real house of our own one day. Until then, my parents are nice enough to let us and our crazy {almost} 2 year old move in with them. :)

Jake got a new position at the factory. He now gets to work in the actual warehouse, where he has a set schedule and a pay raise :) that is always nice. The only hard part will be his schedule is 9:25pm til 8am, thursday, friday, sunday and monday nights. At least I'll get him for church and a few days during the week, we will eventually figure out a sleeping schedule. That all takes place May 11th. I'm so excited for him, it's a change he is looking forward to.

Other than that I'm just doing my own photography and being a mom!

70 and Sunny...

...at least you would think that's what it should be in the middle of April, and it was about 3 days ago.

Instead I woke up to this beautiful scene.
It would have been more beautiful if it were Christmas morning though. I wish summer were here.

Mooo-la

So at Kiddie Kandids you get a raise one of two ways. 1st, getting completely certified in 7 different categories. This can be difficult depending on the manager because you have to get most of the poses EXACTLY right. Feet crossed, eye direction, hands, head tilt, everything. You also have to have 6 different poses.
The 2nd way is for your annual review. I've been there for 6 months now soooo I'm not quite to that one.

I have, however, officially passed all 7 categories for certification...somehow I'm still not certified though. You do have to also take this knowledge review and pass that. Well...I've taken it twice now and they can't find EITHER of them in their system...ANYWHERE!! I know I passed both of them because I used notes and co-workers. Plus it was multiple choice and very easy. Yet...They can't find them. So yes, I am officially certified and no I do not have a raise. Lame.

Sleep Talking

I have to write this down before I forget haha!

Jake went to bed earlier than me tonight since he has to wake up early. I walked into our room and he sat straight up and was about to get out of bed and I asked:
"Where are you going?"

To which he responds

"Just seeing which part of the red one it was"

"What is the red one?"

"It's part of the final destination exam."


hahahahaha He layed back down and so I went and layed beside him and kept trying to ask him about it but he told me to stop picking on him...so I never found out what exactly the destination exam was for. I wonder what that dream was about. I'll have to ask him tomorrow.

My Cousin's baby

I did some pictures of my cousin's baby on Saturday. She was adorable, I loved it. There seems to be controversy over naked baby pictures. Check out my photo blog and let me know what you think. I also did my friends 8 month old baby the same day and will be posting pictures of that soon. Here's a preview of my cousin's little girl.

Pictures as promised

I love these pajama's, they look like he's a little candy cane. He will stick out his stomach sometimes and it makes it look even bigger. It's so funny.

He loves to stand at our window in the front room and point at grandma's house. Then he will look at me and say "gama, papa?" Like he wants to go visit them. Sometimes I have to say no and he throws the BIGGEST fit! He loves going to visit Grama and Papa.

It's been long enough..

Wow, I used to be good at this thing. Then life catches up with you. I don't really have any pictures for you right now. Sorry, I know, what is a blog post without any pictures?! ...well it's just me rambling.

Jarren is getting so big, I can't believe it at all. The other night he woke up around..5ish I believe? And Jake went to go climb in bed with him so that I could sleep longer since I had to get up for work around 8. Well...I was awake before my alarm went off, just laying in bed and next thing I know, my door is opening up and Jarren is standing there. He just says "Hi" and has this huge grin on his face. I asked where daddy was and he pointed to his room. So I said go lay down with daddy and he shook his head no and said "nu-uh" and I told him to lay down with him again and he gave me the same respone. Finally he just closed my door and I hear him go and close his door...then he goes and knocks on Brittney's door...He's 1 1/2 and has morning rounds!! haha.

He's learning new things everyday, but I think for the most part what amazes me is how tall he's getting. He's so big. I'll have to take a picture soon and post it.

Anyway, summer time is coming...slowly. Hopefully this means, lots of lawn care clients and lots of photography clients. Both good things for us. If you know anyone that wants or needs our services send them our way!

Yo Gaba Gaba

I hate this show.
Unfortunately, Jarren loves it.
He points at the TV and says "guuuba" when he wants to watch it.
Fortunately, that helps me get stuff done around the house.

Baby Love

Happy Valentines Day Everyone!