With New Toys come New Pictures

Yesterday the man in brown dropped a box at my door. My sweet hubby surprised me with a new battery grip, two new batteries, and a wireless remote. Well of course today I had to play. Samuel and I took pictures for about 40 minutes this afternoon. This was the first time ever this child posed for me. I was so proud of him. He would love on the cat, love on me, then would stick his tongue out at me. He has figured out that I will let him see himself in the camera. That trick ...I hope will work for awhile. Well I finally did it. I always dread it..but I did it. I took pictures of me. A remote made it a bit easier. I think they look like mug shots ....especially the black and white. Maybe next time I will put on some make-up. You would think I would learn my lesson...being in my 30's requires more spackle and paint. I'm just not into it that much. I guess I had better get into it before I scare off everyone who keeps up with my blog. Please put on your sunglasses before clicking this button!! I will have to put that on my signature for 2 peas. You poor things that check blogs at two in the morning. I will scare ya to death!!!! Ha! Ha! I had my ISO turned up to 800 because of my room being to dark..so I got more noise that I wanted..plus focus was a bit off...due to trying to set up the shot then setting in front of the camera...not used to that or the remote just yet. But I will get there and will love it. Thanks for looking and everyone have a great day...or night.

Our new scrapping buddy

Introducing Baby J. This is the little baby boy I posted on yesterday. He is our new scrapbook night buddy. Me and Noni took turns loving him up. I mean other than my own child this one has found his way into my heart. I usually don't get ga-ga over other peoples babies ...but this one is special. When I took pictures of him Friday, I picked him up to calm him down a bit. He just did not like the whole taking pictures process..so anyway I was loving on him and I get this overwhelming feeling...brought back memories of when Samuel was this small, and I started to cry. I mean this came out of no where and hit me like a truck. Now this is the first baby I have held since I had my hysterectomy and did not expect to have those feelings again. So that was harder that I thought it would be. But the good thing is that his momma and I are great friends and I can love on him anytime I want...so that does help. This fall I will have my other bestest friends baby to hold. She is due in October and I kinda have a feeling that this one is going to be a girl. I could very well be wrong.....but she thinks the same thing. But anyway we had a great night and it was good for Mary to get out of the house for awhile and get to scrapbook. I did not get much of that done for loving on this little man. He will be a month old on the 18th but he was not to be born until the 23rd of this month. So its like holding a little peanut. Who wouldn't love this little guy? Noni and I took turns taking pics of each other with Handsome here!!!

My first Newborn Session

This little man and I mean little..is one of my bestest friends new baby boy. He was born premature by over a month....so technically he should not even be born yet. This little guy only weighs about 5 pounds My friend lives in a small place and all I had was light from the front door and my speedlight. Which I have not mastered at all yet. Well I am going to pat myself on the back for once in my life..I think I did a good job. I have only heard positive so far. Positioning a preemie is alot more difficult than I thought and we did not have a lot of room to work with. He already has a mind of his own. If I moved him a certain way he would cry and snuggle himself the opposite way. I am not done with all my proofing and there are still things I want to do with the shots...not to happy with my black and white just yet...but I thought I would share. Kinda excited!!! Well all my 2 peas please let me know what you think. Thanks for looking. It really means alot to me!!

One crazy CAT

This cat is truly nutty. I'm pretty sure he is Siamese and has an attitude to go with it. He is the most talkative cat I have ever seen. He meows at me when he wants food, attention or ( get this )..when he wants to go to bed. I know this sounds crazy, but when he was smaller I would make him sleep in the bathroom downstairs because I did not trust him at night. He still has his man parts and his front claws and I don't want my furniture and carpet torn to shreds by a nutty cat. So anyway I would take an old towel and cover him up like a baby and get him all snug as a bug in a rug. Ohh and he has a nite lite in the bathroom also. Well a few weeks ago I thought he was ready to be out of the bathroom at night...so I let him stay out. I got into bed and it began. He started crying at my door. The furball would stand in the doorway and just meow this agitating meow. So I would yell at him and he would run down the steps and sit at the landing by the door and cry even louder. I thought he would get over it...but no such luck. I had to get out of bed after 20 min of non-stop meowing and crying from this nut. HE WANTED BACK INTO THE BATHROOM!!!! He wanted to go to sleep in his towel. Once I wrapped him up then I never heard another peep from him. He is the funniest thing..when he is ready to go to bed he will meow at me when I am working on my pictures. I will be sitting on the couch and he will not shut-up and I have to yell at him before he wake up the boys. The interesting thing is that my husband hates cats. I mean with a passion. He would only tolerate the cat because our son loves him so much and I am very fond of the hairball too! So when we eat supper, the cat will sit under the table. He is kinda like a dog that way. So Laz started a bad habit of giving the cat food from his plate. So now Bandit will sit at Laz's feet or will come over to the couch if he is eating. Well the bond has grown from sharing food to now..maybe I will let you pet me or hold me..just when I am ready for you to do so! I still can't believe Laz likes this cat. That is a small miracle if I have ever seen one.

My long lost Thena ( Kathina )

This chicky and I have been the best of friends since the 3rd grade. She has always been there for me. She was in my wedding and always in my heart...I can't ever remember her saying anything bad to me or stabbing me in the back...and when you have know each other as long as we have...girls will be mean girls..but she was always so kind to me. She is one of those friends who you don't get to see to often because she lives in Evanville and works all the time. I had not seen her for a few years but she called me Saturday morning and wanted to come and visit either Saturday afternoon or Sunday after church. Well needless to say my whole family overslept and did not make it to church. So we had some coffee and it was time for showers. As soon as I got in the shower the phone rings and its Kathina and she is in my driveway. I could not get ready fast enough. I was so excited to see her. Man I ran down the hall and almost killed myself getting to her. We just hugged and hugged. Our families sat around talking and she and I were kinda in our own world just talking and catching up on life. Later we all went out to eat Mexican food and had a great time. We usually email each other and stuff but now she has my blog addy and she can keep up with what is going on with me. It was so wonderful to see her. You can tell when you have a friend for life because you can not see each other for years and just pick up where you left off like you never missed a beat. I am so blessed to have atleast three friends like that. Kim, Kathina, and Becky...whom we just found each other again 3 wks ago. Now we are having coffee together atleast once a week and talk almost everyday.

PS. I did not take the picture....and WE had no makeup on...sorry.

Our Sunday...good weather

Well we actually had nice weather Sunday. After my son woke me up..around 2pm..I work the night shift... We went outside and watched Samuel jump on the trampoline and the dog run around. Laz was putting a roof on the dog run so Roshza would not get wet during the upcoming hurricane. So I thought it would be a good time to get out the camera and shoot a little. You get out of practise if you don't keep your camera warm. Well I got to enjoy my son and dog fighting over the wagon....Yes...I wish I would have had my camera then. The dog has a problem with wheels. Samuel was pulling around his wagon and the dog went nuts and started biting the wheels and pulling the wagon down the hill. I laughed so hard..Samuel was screaming and having a fit. So then Samuel got his play-lawn mower and the dog went crazy again and pulled it away from him...Needless to say I had to put her back into the run. Its funny after I put Roshza in her run he could have cared less about the wagon or the lawn mower..just like two kids fighting over the same toys. I don't really want it but I don't want you to have it.

I just love this picture of my husband hammering. It kinda got me all emotional and stuff when I was doing my editing. I'm a lush I tell Ya!

Moving on....

When you become friends with people you usually try to think positive and hope for the best. Things go great for a long while and you become really close and go through a lot of good and bad times together and are usually there for each other...but then all of a sudden you are thrown out of the loop.. off the ride..or what ever you want to call it. We all have difficult times in our lives but isn't that when you a hold on to your close friends? Well I guess we all move on...and past people. I know how bad that sounds..but isn't that how it is? I have never been the move past my friend kinda person...i just don't think its right. But I just can't stand the *waking on ice* kinda relationships. One minute I like you...but maybe tomorrow I won't. You know the kind. I am just getting to the place in my life where you either take me as I am and love me for me or just go away. I have spent to many years trying to fit it or be someone else so someone will love me. I have figured out I am just ME! Like it or not..I will no longer be someone else. I will no longer be the pleaser!! This sounds very much like I am ranting and raving and maybe I am...but it had to come out somewhere. This is better than me exploding. Blogging has helped me alot. Sorry peas that you have to read my ranting..but you never know...maybe someone else is feeling the same way today. I just want to spend the rest of my time on this earth loving my family and my true friends and being as happy as I can be.

Ohh by the way..I took this pic going 60 miles an hour going home from working all night. This was right before all the ice melted. I ran a black and white action on the pic...I just like the way it looks.