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Today was a fun day! We made a video for Rory's aunt who is away at College. I know how much the buddies miss each other so here is the video :) The quality isnt that great because it is online lol



Also Rory decided that beds were over rated. This is how I found her during "nap" time! She did all of that herself lol


Spaghetti night and the kids loved it


Logan remains cleaner because mommy fed him. . . apparently mommy didnt do that great of a job lol

20/365 Terrible Twos?? What's that???

Oh I can tell you what the terrible twos are! It is when your sweet little baby becomes a monster who likes to throw things at people, hit people (especially the baby brother), not listen to a D*mn word Mommy and Daddy say, and overall be completely and utterly defiant. Some people may wonder why parents don't just ship those little bratts - I mean toddlers- off to boarding school right then and there. Well I will tell you that God was a smart man, I mean they don't call him GOD for nothing, you see he gives you a child when they are sweet and innocent and all you can do is love them. Then when they hit those "bad" years you're already quite smitten with them. Then God proves to be even smarter, you see when these horrible little beings start being so bad they are also learning to talk. So you can have a HORRIBLE day and your sweet little child will look up at you and say Love you mommy! No matter how completely and utterly mad you are your heart completely melts right then and there and once again you are wrapped around that itty bitty little finger. Now I am just waiting for the day when she realizes saying "i love you" melts my heart and starts to use it to her advantage... because oh yes my friend that is how manipulative the human race is, and it starts at childhood.

As for today, Rory is officially in a "big girl" bed! She kept getting out of bed "yeah that was fun", so when she finally DID fall asleep I cranked up my ISO so I wouldnt have to use a flash and risk waking that sweet little monster.


Then there is Logan! I had NO intention of taking a picture with Rebel in it. However, Rebel had other plans. I truly think she likes being in the pictures, as she manages to try to get in about half of them lol. She jumped up, Logan pulled her tail, yanked her collar, and still Rebel stayed! I had to move that stupid cat! But first I had to snap a pic!

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Aurora Hijacked Logan's B-day present


This little wand is Rory's favorite toy. It came with an Aurora Doll, and I think Disney is a messed up company! Any company that will make a HARD plastic wand make a cool noise when you strike things with it is NOT a good company!


Logan was rocking out today!! he learned how to use the Mic and was having a blast.. Next Steve Tayler???

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Well I am SO not ready for my little girl to grow up and yet she seems to be growing every day right in front of my eyes! Every day she is learning new words and doing new things. She has been learning the sounds that animals make and I love how animated she gets when she tells you that a tiger or a lion goes rawwwrrrrr and moves her hands around like she is scratching the air. Or when she says quack quack how she flaps her lil arms like the chicken dance. She is finally starting to put words together, this has taken a LOT of work to get her to do. Instead of saying Juice or Please she is just starting to say "juice please", I have to help remind her to say them together and she gets a little tongue tied but she is trying so hard.

Unfortunately with all of this new found intelligence comes a sense of "freedom" and "self". She doesn't want to listen to Mommy or Daddy anymore. She is only 2 1/2 and already thinks that she knows better, and I am NOT looking forward to those teen years. She is an independent little booger but I love her very much.

Rory's best friend is our cat Rebel. Rory torchers poor Rebel and Rebel insists on being with Rory ALL day. Here is a picture of the best friends together


Unfortunately Rory also has a love for our cat Canon too, however, Canon has quite a disdain for poor Rory. You can see it in her face in this picture.


Then there is my sweet little Logan. He is probably the most mild mannered and sweetest little guy. He is a HUGE love bug and loves spending his days hanging out with Mommy. Every day he is learning to walk a bit more. Today I think he took a total of 12 steps all in a row! It was so sweet! He also has this funky hair, I really want to get it cut but both Will and my mom have told me that I'm not allowed! I really love his curls but I don't know what to do with it and his "bangs" are killing me. Today I couldn't help but give him a Donald Trump hair do

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Today started off great and ended hard. We woke up and I gave the kids breakfast. We had waffles, mixed fruit and bananas. Logan loved all of it, but I had to trick Aurora into eating the fruit, and she does NOT like bananas. Then we played for a bit. Afterwards I made meatloaf (thanks Jenn for the recipe ;), rice, mashed potatoes, peas & carrots, and corn. Rory loves mashed potatoes, Logan... not so much lol. So we all ate and then it was time for Rory's nap. She refused to take a nap, which means she was in a bad mood the rest of the day. Logan however, took a nice long nap and was a happy camper. Unfortunately for Logan, when Rory is in a bad mood my poor lil guy gets picked on. So we ended the day with tons of teary rubbing eyes time outs.



Will is going in early to work which means he actually gets to see the kids before bed. Logan was loving Daddy giving him loving.

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My sweet lil man had to get shots today! NO FUN!!! He was a trooper though! Will said he cried for all of a minute and then he was pretty good still the rest of the day!



Stopped by my mom's house, when we left it was getting dark

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Went on a play date with the beautiful and awesome Desiree, Allison and Kim

This was the end result

14/365 Poor Little Logan

My poor baby kept getting picked on ALL day!


And My sweet little man is JUST learning to walk :)

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I took these yesterday at nap time and then totally forgot to post them here :P

Here is the only way I am getting ANY peace and quiet lately


and my Goofy Grin Baby

Thought I'd share a couple more . .

Here are a couple more from yesterday morning. I processed them a bit different :)



What do you think? Do you like the subtle colors or should I stick with my usual color pop form of editing???

12/365 Went to the park!

We went to the park this morning. It was SOOO stinking hot. We went around 9am and it was already 6 billion degrees out! The kids had fun so it was worth it! Rory ran around like the lunatic she is, while Logan discovered grass for the first time. It is so funny how Rory and Logan are so complete and utter opposites. Rory freaked out the first time she touched grass so we brought a blanket for Logan just in case. Well he was pretty good about staying on his blanket, at first lol. Then he touched the grass and decided it wasn't so bad and he was off to go explore! He was crawling around everywhere, blanket shmanket! We were then going to go on the slide but it plastic was hot to the touch. Rory had already climbed all the way to the top when I realized how hot the plastic was. So I told Rory it was hot and she had to come back down. I was waiting for the break down and tears to start, but she just looked at me and said "hot" and came back down with me, with NO fit! Well no fit until she realized we were going home, then the fit started lol. But overall it was a good morning :)

Discovering Grass




Fwower momma!




I just love this picture! We have been doing a lot of reading lately, and I mean A LOT, and in the past month or so she learned what a Tree was. Only thing is she learned it in a book so any little plant was a tree :p Well today she realized that these HUGE gigantic things were TWEES!!!! She was SO excited, I just thought it was sooo sweet.

11/365 Piggies and Milk

This is what happens to pigtails when they've been in her hair for ANY period of time!


Little Man discovered he does NOT like cold milk. I guess that is what he gets for stealing big sisters sippy

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We started the potty training battle today. She tinkled (i say tinkle because it wasn't a full on pee) in the potty twice! The first time I bribed her with stickers lol. The second time she told me she had to go but didnt full on make it. But I was so happy she told me I rewarded her with popcorn!



mmm mommy graham crackers are GOOOOD


Ok I know this picture is technically all wrong. BUT LOOK AT THAT FACE!!!!

9/365 It has been one of those days...

Non stop crying!

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Twirl Baby


Clap Baby

Rory and Logan

I decided to dedicate my 365 project to it's own blog so it wont take up my entire photography blog! This blog will maintain only posts of my family with an emphasize on my two beautiful children Aurora aka Rory and Logan.

If you haven't been keeping up with my photography blog, here is what you've missed

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Rory just LOVES Rebel or "Bubble" as she calls her


LOOK mommy! I found my belly button!



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Logan riding his plane :)


Showing me his TEETH (just for Jenn) ;)


What a GOON


I told her there was a bug in my lens! She kept saying BUG!! and pointing! It was really quite cute how excited she got :)



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Because Dipping Sauce is just THAT good!


Who doesn't sleep like this?!?!



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Don't bother me I'm eating!



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Kitty Kisses