I've Been Naughty...

I am going to stop being naughty. I am going to blog more, I promise! We went to Australia and saw my family. It was great, but went too fast. The plane ride was awful and I now hate QANTAS. NEVER FLY QANTAS. My little brother Jared married a lovely girl named Bec. We all still can't believe he got that lucky. Bec rocks our socks off. I photographed their wedding, Bill was a groomsman, Liam was a ring bearer, and little Sydney was pulled up the isle in wagon. It was a fun wedding and I think I got some decent shots. While in Australia Bill and I also renewed our vows with my family there, and then went on a little honeymoon to Ballina, NSW, Australia. It was great to get away alone but so strange to be away from our kiddos. We also went to Sea World, the beach a few times, Movie World, and to Lone Pine Sanctuary to feed kangaroos. It was marvelous getting to spend time with my family. I love that Liam is going to have memories of going to my parents house. I also got to see my siblings who I am always missing and meet my neice Savannah for the first time...she is 3, so it was about time!
Time has been flying as per usual, and my kids are getting huge. The little lady in my life is starting to babble, pull up, and is crawling all over the place. Sydney will be 9 months on the 1st of this month. Liam is thrilled to have somewhat of a playmate.
I will be blogging a lot more in the coming months so for now I just need to catch up on some pictures.

















































I have to cut it off there. I have a million more photos that I want to share but my scrapbooks are calling my name. I must say though, wasn't Bec a beautiful bride?! Didn't my brother look dashing?! Aren't Bill and Liam so handsome?! Is my sister Davia not stunning in that red dress coming down the isle?! How hot is Phylene with her hair all pretty?! Is Sydney not ridiculously cute?! Is my mother not so fabulously naughty feeding my children ice cream...in bed...to my 8 month old?! How sweet is that photo of my Dad fishing with his son/my brother Jack, with Bill fishing with our son Liam in the background?! Are my niece and nephew not precious? And finaly, how precious is that photo of my cousin Roxann and her boyfriend?! Do I not over use the non question?!

I need to slow down.

I had a fleeting thought this morning that lead me to more thoughts, that lead me to this blog. I was getting ready to go out when I noticed that my nail polish needed to be redone. I started thinking about trying to fit a little home mani/pedi into my schedule which lead me to consider painting Sydney's toenails. Thought. Thought pasted, and getting ready for the day continued. I spent today running around with girlfriends with Sydney in tow. When we got home I finally booked Liam's party at Chuck E. Cheeses. (Liam has insisted that this should be the location.)Liam is about to be four. Four years old. I cannot believe it. My baby boy is no longer a baby boy, but a boy. He is such a little person with such a personality and a huge vocabulary. I cannot believe that we are here already. I feel like I might as well start looking at colleges for him. So, here is my point....why am I in a hurry to paint her nails? Why have I asked Bill what he thinks about piercing her ears? Why do I catch myself daydreaming about shopping and sipping lattes with her? Sydney is a baby. In fact, Sydney is a tiny baby. Sydney weights approximately 13 pounds. Admittedly, Sydney is a lot of work right now, but my oh my, Sydney is a precious pleasure in my world. One day soon I will wake up and think "Man, I can't believe my baby girl is about to be four years old." I am going to miss that tiny baby girl when she is gone and I am left with a girl. Let me tell you, I miss that baby boy. I guess it is healthy to be excited about what the future will bring. I have thought often about how proud I will be on the day that I realise I have raised a good man. That day will come all too soon though. So right now, I am going to make a conscious effort to enjoy my baby and my four year old. This is a precious time. Everyday is a precious day. Life goes too fast and I need to slow done and ejoy this day.





Just because I can't say it enough...Aren't they gorgeous?!

5 months

Well, it has taken me about 5 months, but I feel like life is back to normal. Sydney is on a schedule and sleeping predictably. Life doesn't seem all that different anymore. (In fact, I don't know how we ever lived without Sydney.)Hopefully I can get back into the swing of blogging again. So here goes...
It has been crazy weather. We were stuck in the house for 5 days. Today I could take it no longer! I got real crazy and went to the grocery store. I know, I know, I am out of control. When I got home I made good on a very important promise to one very important little man. Liam and I hit the slopes. Well, as far as he was concerned it was the slopes, in reality it was our backyard on the golf course. Liam took to it straight away. I was actually the one who was scared. Something about throwing my 3 year old son down an icy slope, hurdling at unnatural speeds, on a trash can lid, totally put me on edge. Liam was totally fearless. He decided that I was not capable of giving him the push off he was looking for and made a bee line for the nearest dad who had no problem pushing children on trash can lids down icy slopes with reckless abandon. Liam had a blast! I actually had a great time too. I love seeing my baby boy enjoying life.
Sydney spent her Friday at home hanging out with her main man, her dad. Poor Sydie Boo missed out on the snow fun but she is coming into a fun world of her own. She has been waking up every morning as of lately, wide eyed and bushy tailed. She coos and smiles like she is seeing you for the first time. When she finally gets me out of bed we go to the kitchen and I usually put her in her new, beloved exersaucer while I make my coffee. (I am hanging on by a thread in the morning, coffee is my lifeline these days.) When this ritual first started she mostly would just hang out there randomly batting at its toys, now she is playing deliberately. She is still a tiny, little thing but I can already tell she is fiery...and I love it.
Like I said, it has been 5 months since we became whole as a family of 4 so I took some pictures to commemorate the occasion.













Aren't they beautiful?! I am so blessed. Goodnight!

Happy New Year

Everything has changed. We have a new family dynamic, a new baby girl and a new big brother. So, it is only fitting that I made this new blog. 2010 was a great year but I am confident that 2011 will be a marvelous year full of adventures. I am looking forward to seeing Liam become a little boy from the toddler that he is almost grown out of. I cannot believe how fast Sydney is changing and really becoming a little person with a personality. I have learned that the one thing you can always count on is change...and death...and taxes...but this is a happy blog so we wont talk about those. :) Here is to hoping that 2011 will rock our socks off! Bring on the new year!

Thankful and Goodbye

Our lives have changed so much since my last post. Liam is a big brother to a beautiful little girl. I am a mother of two. Goodbye old life. Hello new blessings and crazy life with two kids. I had 3.5 great years where Liam had my undivided attention. It was awesome. I will always look back and cherish those 3.5 precious years. Let me be clear though, life has only gotten sweeter. My heart cleared a space and Sydney moved right into it. Who knew I could love another child equally to Liam. Who knew that I could love Liam even more for loving his sister so innocently like he does. Just when I think I couldn't possibly love more, my heart surprises me. "A child feels a place in your heart that you never knew was empty." And while I am at it, who knew I could love Bill even more. Seeing Bill carry our two kids around, one in each arm, is just precious to me.
So goodbye family of 3. Hello family of 4. I am so thankful for the past and so thankful for the furture. My life, love and Liam are all changing. So, in honor of that I will be making some changes. I am going to print this out for Liam. I am going to keep at printed memory of that time. Then, I am going to start documenting my new life, love, Liam...and Sydney.