Weekly Catch Up with Storyboards

I think it is my scrapbooking background but I like to make collages out of pictures. I always use my scrapbooking program to do so. In the essence of becoming better at editing I have been working to learn in photoshop. So I decided to make several storyboards. It was a good experience. Some are templates of others and a couple I made myself.

This week has put us in a haze of clouds. We have had some pretty good storms. Everything is wet and muggy and at one point it was almost 90 degrees. Anthony has been working at a huge job at UofM. This job is big. Originally he was going to stay out of town due to the fact he has a long commute and they are working 12-13 hour days from this past Tuesday until next Friday. Needless to say he has decided to come home every night. I am not complaining. It has helped. Him being gone so much has put a little extra work on me. I let the kids stay up later so they can see him. On top of it all it seems the storms need to happen at night. Eli does not like the thunder and wakes up in a bloody scream at night from it. I don't blame him. I don't like it either. So I am a little tired!

Thursday night Anthony's Aunt took the kids so I could go grocery shopping. This was the scene when I left.

Excuse the smudge on my camera. It was humidity. I followed this storm home. I got into the driveway and as I was opening the trunk the skys opened and I got drenched. I am sure it was a site with a huge pregnant woman carrying everything she could trying to get inside. As soon as I got in the door the sirens went off. My heart stopped because I could only think tornado!!!!!! Thankfully it was only a short siren but I still panicked. I bruised the banannas in the process. It was was a good storm that is for sure! I know the Flint area had some flooding.''

Play-Doh has kept the kids very busy this week. I finally let Lilliana play with it too becaue I felt she would not eat it. She did pretty good. Eli loves the play-doh and one day that is all he did. He would not do anything else.

We have played outside some days. Unfortunately it has been wet and yucky. I also have not had the energy to do a whole lot. The heat was killing me. Thankfully it is cooling down a bit so hopefully we can make it to the park in the next couple days.

Allergies have been pretty bad for Lilliana this week. She has not felt well. She likes to sit in the chair with her blanket and baby and rock. The blanket was actually mine as a baby. She has attached herself to it and drags it everywhere if we let her.

She has also decided untensils are not needed anymore. Just sticking your face in the bowl works so much better.

The other thing about the storms is it has made her curls stand out more. She is also a bookworm. She loves to read and all books!

I have had fruit and yogurt cravings again so I have been making smoothies. Eli hates fruit and veggies for that matter. He always has. He is my picky eater. He loves smoothies though so I have been making them for him also. We shared one yesterday. He loved helping me make it. He was very helpful and knew exactly what to do. He loved turning on the blender. He also was very specific about what I needed to take pictures of including making silly faces at each other. This is our Embrace the Camera photos this week. I love this little boy and his spunk. He is growing too fast. He is also become a big help and so responsible. He is rarely in trouble these days and very willing to help with whatever I need. I think the biggest problem we have is dealing with his constant repeating. Thankfully he is getting better and understanding to only say it once. He is a quick learner and such a joy. I could not think of a better person to share a smoothie with!

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Who says a one year old can't curl up like a newborn to sleep. Poor girl was coughing so much. I went in to check on her and found her curled up like I pose my newborns coughing and sleeping. I tried to give her a drink and she put a blanket over her head.

All in all it has been a great week. I am tired. I am sad Anthony is gone so much. I can't complain because it is an answer to prayer and hopefully with all these hours we will be able to buy a mini van without taking a payment something that has been our prayer. We do not want to take on a loan as we have purposed to try to live debt free. It has taken us this long to get a vehicle because we have been saving. While it has been hard at times I am so glad we do not have a car payment. It makes it worth it. God is anwering our prayer and I am confident by the time Ari arrives we will have a vehicle.  As long as the weather holds I have another photo session tonight. We are hoping Anthony has tomorrow off and if not the kids and I will enjoy church together and have another fun day.

Have a wonderful weekend.