For Tuesday.

My Mom. She witnessed my nervous breakdown over the phone last week and thought she better come help me out. The truth is, things are going much smoother than we anticipated, and I feel guilty for asking her to come. 

Except, it will be nice to get some work done while she is here to help.

(So, blog post tonight because tomorrow will be busy with Mom and work stuff.)

Got on a kick with the chalkboard. Forgive me?

Caeden hates the camera, so these days it's just Claire. I love when she plays with my hair...

This is the picture I posted on Facebook, so some of you have already seen it. But it is my hands down favorite. Snuggling is my absolute favorite thing to do. Love this so much.

Someone asked me the other day what I did with all these photos. Well, besides blogging (which I print into books), I print a ton (but not as much as I should) and I also make albums. My favorite company is Dream Album. They make exquisite albums and also the very best proofing boxes that hold mounted 5x7 portraits (so you can rotate your 'works of art.')
Click here to see what I do with all these pictures I take ... and of course, I make it available to you when you book a session with me.

I am in the process of putting together my {In the Moment} giveaway, and will announce it next week.

In Wayne news, he is doing great. Tired but completely functional. Looking forward to knocking this week out and having a week break...

Waited.

I waited a really long time to be a Mom.

I traveled everywhere, got an amazing education, spent my time how I pleased.

I look back on my time before my children, and I think, perhaps I just wasn't ready. It took me longer.

And while I loved my life before them, knowing what I know now, it makes me sad.

Because life with them is the way I have truly learned what love is.

The kind of love that makes me happiest, craziest, the most content; it's all encompassing and real.

Becoming a Mother is the best thing I have ever done.

And I wish I wouldn't have waited so long to find all of that out.

But, I believe things are meant to be, and I do believe...

They were worth the wait.

The pictures I will be sharing over the next couple of days were rocked by my sister. We went to Sloan's Lake yesterday (5280 Magazine said it was up and coming ... sort of still waiting for that part). We dodged baseballs, goose droppings (an unnatural amount, really), and the guys (Jordan & Wayne) to get these shots.

They make me crazy happy!

But then again, it's my kids we're talking about.