A boy after my own heart...

***These cans aren't open!!

Seperation Anxiety

We have been sailing the seperation anxiety waters lately. So bittersweet. I LOVE that Simon knows that he is safe and secure with me, but at the same time, it is a litte fustrating. I can't leave the room without him starting to whimper. Oh the life. I know that this too shall pass, so instead of wishing for this phase to hurry up, I have been trying to sail with the ups and downs.
Today I tried to get him in for his 9 month photos...no such luck. The minute I put him down, he flipped out. So, we shalll see if tomorrow is any better. If not, I tried to take some of him myself, and these will have to suffice the grandparents.
If only he wasn't holding the brush...

And here are a few more of my favorites...
I LOVE taking pictures, it is something that I've always liked to do, someday, if I ever learn how photography works, I would love to do it professionally...in the meantime, my wishlist grows....
...camera lenses
...tripod
...a flash
...I can go on...




Love the outside pics. Yes, the grass is a bit long. He'll mow it tomorrow when he gets home. Maybe then I can get some more shots of the kiddos outside.

And so, with this seperation anxiety, I am anticipating a major meltdown tomorrow at church. Praying it doesn't happen, but will be expecting one.

**ETA, I have no idea how the pic of Olivia showed up, I must have put the wrong pic in, and am not an HTML genius, so I don't know how to delete, so just ignore!

This and that...

I love, love, love this time of year! I literally get giddy when it comes to garage sales. (Yes, I am a nerd.) There is something about finding that one thing I needed among all of the other stuff people want to get rid of. I have found several games that my PAT educator had talked about getting Olivia, educational books, some toys, and most of all: clothes. I love being able to see how far $20 goes. This weekend was our city wide garage sale, and although we didn't sell much this time, I am so thankful I found some good sales.
Not all of the clothes that I had found this "season" and not all of the clothes I had picked up on Saturday, (some are still in the wash), but this is a big chunk of what I had gotten for the kids for fall. There are a few summer pieces in there as well. I just can't resist. I can't stand the thought of paying full price for clothes that they don't wear for very long, will stain eventually, or just to play outside in. I figured that inbetween birthdays and all major holidays, these kids are covered in brand new clothes. So, I just "fill in".


Another thing on the agenda? We are finally getting around to painting the house! It needs it terribly. I am just so bad at making decisions though. I second guess myself all the time. I just can't decide on what color to paint the house! Although I am leaning more towards the last one. I'm wanting a beige-y tone, but a little darker because I want a strong contrast with white trim and black shutters. So, hmmm...what to do...
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Of course it seems to look different now, but we both really like the last one, just afraid if it is too dark...being such a large space. I guess I will have to stare at it tomorrow for about 5 hours.

And last but not least, my litte tiger now has 2 little teeth!!
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What a day...

Whew! Today is one of those days that I'm glad is over! Mondays always seem a little harder for me. Especially if the weekend was busy. Kind of like, "Hello, I'm Monday...and here is the rest of the week." Olivia had a bit of a hard time this morning. When she has days like today, it gets hard, but today I was vigilant in making sure I had patience with her. And although she did spend some time in her room for "a little bit of thinking time"-aka time out, we made it through a turbulent patch today. Now on to tomorrow...

And today, I checked in on Simon to see how he was doing during his morning nap, and I found this:

Mind you, he doesn't move around when he sleeps. He is always in the same position in the mornings, so imagine my surprise when I found him like this! To funny! I always lay him on his back up by the mobile, so how he managed to get on the opposite side of the bed is beyond me! Needless to say, he wasn't too happy when he woke up! I have a feeling that crawling is around the corner...he is really good about scooting backwards, and does a full circle, it is going forward that is his big obstacle right now. I have been seeing him get a little more mobile lately, so I think it will be time to lower the crib down soon!