ABC poster - Cincinnati Family Photographer

Jake's teachers birthday was coming up and I was trying to think of something fun, creative and educational.

This is what I came up with.

A ABC poster with all of the kids from her class.

I think it turned out great. I was so excited to give it to her... I was counting the days and even hanging it in my own living room. haha I am such a nerd sometimes.

She was very touched, calling it a once in a career gift.

Let me know if you are interested in a class picture like this of your child's class!

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sick again!

he is running a fever, has a cough and a headache. I think this is the 5th week in a row that he is sick at some point.

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Finn "ate" his lasagna today for lunch. Most of it he was wearing. After lunch I stripped him naked, turned around to throw the clothes in the washer and came back to this!

Actually a few seconds earlier he was doing the nakey dance on the table! Well and a few seconds after this picture he peed all over the table...

Never a boring minute with our Finn!

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our wall word. full of sight words Jakeys needs to know. Every week we add another one or two. He is doing pretty well with them. Sometimes I still catch him guessing... but he is more and more remembering them.

I think his favorite word is "little", followed by "yellow"

Again, we are so proud of him on how much he has accomplished over the past few months.

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Jakey came come today from school with these glasses. Not sure yet how get got them or why, but "Mrs. Meister gave them to me" END OF THE STORY

He looks pretty cool with them!

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I bought myself a membership to the Newport Aquarium today.

I needed something I can take Finn on a regular basis... get some energy out of him on these cold and snowy days.

It worked!

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He loves sushi. Makes me very happy and soooo much better than a Happy Meal ;)

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I asked him to pose for me... this is what I got!

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THIS is how our living room really looks like.

Lots of toys on the floor, mixed with crackers, cloth diapers spread around... it was just one of those days.

I watched my niece and nephew all day and we didn't get much done!

Funny, Finn is a month younger than his cousin but thought that he was his baby. He would always hug and kiss him, trying to rock him, put his pacy in his mouth and even wiped of his tears with a wipe... awwww

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Cabin Fever! Bad!

snow storm after snow storm... sick kids... lots of work... we needed to get out and play!

Coco Keys it was! Jake had a blast. He must have broken records on how many times he went down that slide. Finn was amazingly calm... just taking it all in.

I forgot my camera and at the end of the day almost forgot to take a daily picture and Jake said "take a picture of our bracelets" and here it is...

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I watched my friends children today. We did a lot of fun crafts, including these cute Valentines Day hearts & home made crayons.

If you are interested I will post tutorials later.

But now I am off to bed... 4 kids can wear you out!

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Scot's job has some major perks.

One is coming home with some awesome treasures.

The other day he brought Jake this awesome vintage cash register from Fisher Price.

Jake has not stopped playing with it.

We play bank all day long. I go to the bank, ask to withdraw or deposit money.

But Jake made three rules (and he repeats these rules about 100 times during the day)

1. You can ask for money BUT
2. Never ever keep the money it is his and it needs to stay in the bank
3. No sale! (whatever that means)

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It has been snowing all day. Jake's school cancelled before even snow was on the ground.

I think we are up to about 6" right now.

I am really hoping for another Snow Day tomorrow because I really want to built a snow man with Jake. I know... selfish reason!

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I love bath time. I love the few minutes I get to just sit on the bathroom floor and take a deep breath.
We have had days in the past where we have two baths a day... just for fun.
Both boys love playing in the tub.

Tonight Finn NEEDED a bath. Most of the cheese sauce from dinner was in his hair and even in his ears.

Looking at him tonight in the tub I couldn't believe how big he is getting. I actually even called Scot up to look at how big he is.

Oh and as soon I drained the water and had him all wrapped up in a blanket he threw up all over himself again. Two baths in 30 minutes... that's even a record for us!

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This is what I do when I have some free time. I help Scot with his eBay work.
Sometimes I prefer this then chasing little kids with the camera. But these vases are so delicate that I am afraid of handling them.
Sadly I only took pictures today of vases and steins.

Also on another sad note... we decided to walk away from the house. Things in the inspection came up that we are just not ready to deal with.

We are heart broken, but better finding these things out now and not later. I also know that the perfect house for us is out there and we will find it!

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Time for his first hair cut.

I will miss those curls but we could tell his long mane was bothering him.

I never cut hair before. I have buzzed Jakes head a few times and trimmed around the ears but that's it.

With Finn though I was nervous to take him to a hair cutting place, because he does NOT sit still, even for a second.

I sat him in his high chair and placed a portable DVD player with some Baby Einstein infront of him and wow... he sat long enough for me to give him some sort of a hair cut.



HAPPY 15 MONTH BIRTHDAY LITTLE MONSTER!

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Our newphew Ryan.

One month and two days older than Finn.
Finn thinks he is the older one...

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My Life!

So far I have not found a lock that will keep this little monster out of the dishwasher. Actually I stopped using it for the longest time, but had a lazy moment yesterday and loaded it...

Two seconds after this picture, he turned around with a glass bowl in his hands, looked at me, smiled and threw the bowl across the room.

Next time I will think twice about using the dishwasher...



And here a picture of my Jakey with his new smile! Love it. He is changing so much these days it is crazy. Next month he will be 6!

pssst baby is sleeping - Cincinnati Newborn Photography

Three month old little baby boy. Gosh do I miss that baby smell.





But pretty happy with what I got and where I am. I will have a 15 month & 6 year old soon!

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What's this?

A whole lot of work!

Today we had an inspection on a house that Scot and I fell in love with. I took lots of pictures of it but this one is the one I chose to post tonight. It shows the outdated intercom system in the house, which is in a 5 year old mind about the coolest thing on earth. He loves that thing... it doesn't matter that it doesn't work! Jake already choose his room because it also has an intercom speaker.

And then there is this wall paper. Hideous, outdated, ugly and all I can think about is the hours and hours I am going to be spending on getting rid of it. With every tear I pull off the wall I am making this house ours! I can't wait!

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Jake's room is decorated with maps. He owns a small collection of globes and can tell you where China or Australia are. He knows where Mommy is from, and where Oma lives. He knows that to get to Canada we need to go over the big bridge over the river. He knows that we need to drive through the mountains that smoke (Smokey Mountains) to get to our friends house in SC.

I love how interested he is in maps.

Just the other day he told me that one day he wants to go to the biggest wall in the world in China. I hope so!

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Jakey is approaching his 100th day in Kindergarten. Due to Snow Days we don't know yet the exact date but it should be sometime the first week in February.
There will be a big celebration for the kiddos and his teacher asked all the kids to make a "100 Poster". They could pick anything they wanted as long it fit on a poster board. We decided on baseball cards.

We glued them on with a hot glue gun and I let Jake hold the glue gun.
After a few minutes he said to me "this is the bestes day ever because i finally get to use a gun!"

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Even with all our efforts last night, we did get snow but Jake's school was one of the only few to decide against a Snow Day. He was pretty bummed.

He went off to school while Finn and I enjoyed a very lazy day.

Pictures are tonight from dinner. I don't think I need to say what we had... Finn is wearing most of his on his onsie. He loved it!

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Jakey is hoping for a snow day tomorrow (I don't).

He is not just hoping... he is doing his part in the snow day ritual.

If you look closer he has his PJ's inside out and obviously he is about to flush lots of ice cubes down the toilet while chanting "SNOW DAY SNOW DAY SNOW DAY"

He is so excited to wake up to a Winter Wonderland tomorrow... and there is a pretty good chance it will happen!

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Teething... is there anything else to say?

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Bailey

She is about eight or nine years old.
The best dog we could possibly ask for (minus the shedding).
Finn's rodeo horse and Jake's running mate.
The Beagle in her loves to run away but she will always, ALWAYS comes back.
She eats E V E R Y T H I N G except for cucumbers, but loves French Cut Beans.
She needs to loose about 10 pounds... but don't we all?
She cries if she can't sleep in the same room as us... she SNORES!

We love our Bailey!

And one day you will catch the squirrel ;)

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New Year's Eve was our 4th wedding anniversary.

The day before we had reservations to a great restaurant and a babysitter set up and then Jakey got sick a few hours before we were suppose to leave.

Fast forward a week later. Reservations are made again and a great friend agreed to watch the boys.

3:45pm left to pick up Finn from daycare with Jake in tow

4:15pm got late to pick up Finn because I was stuck behind every single school bus

4:45pm arrived at my friends house to drop of the boys

4:55pm left my friends house to go home, shower and leave for our reservations at 6:30pm - it starts to snow

5:45pm arrived at home (what should have been a 25 min drive turned into an hour drive because of the snow)

5:55pm skipped the shower, but changed cloths and left to drive to the restaurant

7:30pm finally arrived at the restaurant. Again what should have been 30 minutes of a drives was 90 minutes

We had a wonderful meal, with great music, a glass of wine, a nice fire roaring next to us... it was perfect.

9:00pm left to pick up the boys. (more snow)

10:00pm got the boys and on our way home

11:00pm HOME

Basically I was in the car from 3:45pm to 11pm to enjoy dinner with my husband! Now if that is not love (and a little desperation to be alone with him) I don't know what is...

Happy Anniversary Scot!

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Finn's Entourage at night

Bear, Finn (the Steiff), 2 Pacies, pillow he swiped from Jake, his bottle, Stinky Horse, and his Baby

Finn goes down amazingly well. The problem is keeping him asleep.

Good Night Monkey!

!!! btw Jakey lost his wiggly tooth today !!!

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We are getting ready for Jakeys wiggly tooth. It is almost out. It is just hanging on for a little while longer.

I still have the other tooth that he lost so many years ago. Back then we didn't put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy to come, because Jake was still so little and had no idea what was going on.

But since now that tooth is pushing through I think we might put it under his pillow tonight and see what happens (wink wink)

I made this little bag today. I saw the tutorial a while ago and bookmarked it. Never thought I would actually ever do it. You know how intentions go... But this was even easy enough for me.

Here you can find the tutorial.

By the way.. anyone know the standard rate for the tooth fairy?

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I turn around and within a second Finn pushed a chair back on the dinning table, climbs up and grabs whatever he can. This morning my orange juice. Lucky me, only a sip was left. Some days I am not that lucky.

We play this game at least 20 times a day.

The other day I found our fresh fruit had bite marks all over. One day he plugged every little leaf on my plant that used to be on the dinning table. Noticed I said "used". Another day he tried that trick with the table cloth. You know the one where you pull the table cloth so fast that everything else remains on the table. Let's say Finn needs a little more practise with that one ;)

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Jakey lost his bottom front tooth when he was about 18 months old. He fell down a flight of stairs and knocked it. Luckily nothing else happened and it was "just" his tooth.
It has been his trademark ever since. I have no idea what he is going to look like with all of his teeth.

A few weeks ago he came running to me "Look Mommy! I am getting a new tooth" Yes there it was a tiny little white spot. After almost 5 years of waiting here it is!

I am looking forward seeing his new smile... but not for long because the one next to it is wiggly :)

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Day Two and my first photo session of the year.

Remember this little guy. Many more of him to come this year.

I don't think I have ever seen a baby with a more perfect rounded head. What do you think?

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Taken with a self timer. We were suppose to make silly faces. Looks like I am the only one who did that.
Wonderful night spent with great friends. Thanks!
What a great way to start the New Year!