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!

Word of mouth

If anyone knows people who are getting married or need family pics done, please pass my info along. This is an extremely slow season at kiddie kandids so I'm not getting the hours I need. Plus I've found new editing programs and I'm excited to try them out, they make pictures look beautiful!

So if you know anyone please have them email jao.photography08@gmail.com

Thanks :)

My big little man

Jarren is getting so big. There are so many things he loves doing now, I can't believe how big he is getting.

Things he loves to do:

• Put his dishes in the sink when he is done with them.
• tell us when he has pee'd or pooped so that we can change him.
• Open and close the garage door when we leave or come home (If he doesn't get to do this he freaks out).
• Nod his head yes when he really wants something.
• Say hi to EVERYONE
• point to Grandma's house and nod his head when he wants to go to Grandma's.
• Play the drums and guitar for the wii.
• Pucker his lips like a fish when giving kisses. He also loves making the smacking noise when giving a kiss.
• Give a high five and then "stones"
• And many many more. He's getting big so fast I can't believe it.
  

December recap

So, since I'm so far behind on blog posts I'll do some recaps. Brittney's bridal shower was held at my house in the middle of December. There was a huge storm outside so we weren't expecting many people, but we still had about 25 people show up. It was a lot of fun, we played a game where I asked Jason questions before the party and Brittney had to answer them with the same answers he did, if she got it wrong she had to stick another piece of bubble gum in her mouth. She had a lot of gum.


Then LJ's birthday was on the 21st. So we had a family party for him, I believe he had a friend party also.

Then came Christmas. Jarren was spoiled :) Santa visited him at 2 houses this year, Grandma and Grandpa Hunt's home and our home. He got a lot of fun toys, here is him on the tricycle from Santa at our home.