Still trying to find the meaning in that word.............

...............................................................BALANCE!!!!



I still am working on trying to find this. I think we are once again in that change in our life that it is going to be a bit before we find it. I am frustrated some days. Personal pictures and editing have taken a way back burner lately. I blame it on pregnancy. I am tired. Taking pictures requires that I will have to sit at the computer and edit and my legs will swell. I also have had one session every week the past month. I am loving that my business is growing!!! I do love that! I need to find the balance that my husband, kids, and life does not get shoved out by other customer's needs. I struggle in trying to just get galleries done and out quickly when I need to take my full 2 weeks and work slowly. I am working on it! Hopefully soon I will have it perfected. To add all this mix I start working at the local cloth diaper store in June. It will be very part time, but it will be happening. I am excited about that. Then of course we will be adding another baby which means more laundry, sitting time for nursing, and of course sleepless nights. It also brings joy, snuggles, and more love. I think that is a good trade off. Hopefully in all that I am able to find better BALANCE!!!!



So in the essence of not having my own personal pictures downloaded and edited I will say the majority of these are from last Friday!! It has stayed continually cloudy and rainy until yesterday. The kids and I had enough of being couped up so we ventured outside on Friday afternoon to play in the wet grass.

Eli enjoyed blowing the dandelions and making more in our yard.............

Oh the many faces he made was just wonderful. Some were not ready to be blown but he tried.



Lilliana enjoyed the chalk and following her brother around.

Humidity may be uncomfortable for me but it brings out the best in her curls! I just adore this girl's hair. Anthony and I marvel the way God answered our request in this. We have ALWAYS said we would love a little girl with blue eyes and curly hair. So far we have gotten that. I am not sure if she will keep her blue eyes as Eli's changed at about two to a green hazel color. Either way I don't care. She is who she is. I just love that God gave us the desires of our heart with her curls!!!

Eli has this new game he loves to play. He watches for cars coming down the road and then hurries and hides. It is hilarious! Such a boy.

I had a session on Saturday and it went great. The kids were able to spend the evening with Grandma as Anthony was working. They love going to Grandma's. They just love going anywhere I think. I took these photos right before I left. Eli wanted to see my camera buddy and make faces at it. So I took their pictures. It makes them look at the camera so that is good.

Don't mind the snotty nose. I promise I just wiped it! It is a never ending battle it seems.

Sunday we spent the day with Daddy!!! Anthony was able to make it home and we had the entire day with him. It was absolutely wonderful. We got a lot of stuff caught up. I also had a huge surge of crazy pregnancy hormones and tore the house apart cleaning and organizing. Anthony said I was a crazy pregnant lady. We have had this discussion for a month as there are several guys he works with that their wives are expecting their first babies. He has warned them the hormones are crazy and makes them just go nuts about everything being clean. They didn't believe him. Finally he can tell them it happened this time with us. I seriously was crazy. Anthony was trying to get me to calm down and rest and I was freaking out about everything needing to be done. He even jokingly suggested I start wiping walls. Little did he know I had already done that in three rooms. LOL Needless to say it hit me and I got a lot done. I also have grown a lot in a week. Anthony really noticed too. I will post a picture tomorrow. I will say I feel huge. I have always been able to wear Anthony's  shirts towards the end as I don't ever feel liking buying more clothes. This week they don't fit:( I think it is the way Ari is sitting and and I have just gotten huge. Anthony is convinved he is coming sooner than anybody realizes just from my attitude, how big I am, and my mannerisms. He says I only get like this towards the very end. I am not convinced!! Only time will tell.

The kids have undone my clean and made messes. This being the favorite mess to make! Whoe knew two kids can put an entire wardrobe on the floor in 2 minutes flat! This happened while I was doing a load of laundry yesterday. They love to play in the pile of clothes!!!!!!!!!!

Finally the sun came out yesterday and it was so needed!!!!!!! We spent all morning enjoying it.

Farmer One

Farmer Two

As I was playing with the kids a bird pooped on my chair!!!! LOL I was so glad I was not sitting in it. Eli laughed so hard about it. He thought it was so funny.

Lilliana also joined the toe sucking group yesterday. She started doing this after I change her diaper. Silly girl

Needless to say they have been entertaining as of late.

They both have said and done some funny things.

~ Eli got up from his nap one day, and we are sitting on the couch together. Ari is kicking my ribs so I push my stomach in a little. Eli tells me, "Don't push Ari and touch him. You will hurt him and make him cry!" LOL I just about died laughing. Silly kid is so concerned about me hurting him.

~He told me the other day, "Mom your GORGEOUSSS!!" He loves his mama.

~Lilliana is my kid that LOVES to eat!! She will eat anything and everything and non stop. She was standing at the baby gate and clear as ever yelled while pointing to the pantry, "I want to eat!!" Now she just stands there and yells, "EAT, EAT, EAT!!!" LOL I call her Miss Piggy! She can smell food a mile away and just comes running.

~She also is fascinated with my belly. She will rub it and kiss it and then rub hers. My belly button does not look normal at all and she purposely will pull my shirt up to poke it. Then she just laughs hysterically. She will then look at hers and back at mine. It is adorable.

I was looking back through old posts. I have not been great about keeping up with the kids scrapbooks as of late due to sitting at the computer creates swelling for me. I am so glad I blog though! I may never get all their books done but the kids will always have this or I hope they will. I can't believe how much even in a couple months they have changed. It is wonderful! Now I am off to take a quick nap as Lilliana just crashed and Eli decided to go to Aunt Toni's. The carnival is in town this weekend so more on that later as Eli has been anxiously awaiting this day for months!

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She loves to dress up lately. I will be looking for dress up clothes fo her.

Cuddles with Daddy