My BIG girl...

Enjoying the "snow" at La Encantada

Following Bradeigh around with the camera this morning...

Peek a Boo

She loves to look at books.

Learning to strike a pose...

Potty! Potty! Potty!

I really have to go....

She never actually goes...just likes to sit, wipe, flush and wash her hands-which can be maddening sometimes. She has been waking up dry... Do I dare get her big girl panties?...We have never used pull ups...but I sure hate cleaning up pee pee all day...

She's 21 months old... Which means she is almost two, and I won't be using months anymore to describe her age...She has decided she wants to use the potty now. I am not quite ready for that. She has been my little baby for so long, and all of a sudden she seems so big. It seems like yesterday Hannah and Noah were this age which means she will be as old as them in no time at all, which I try not to think about. She is so funny and full of emotion. She is quite bossy and was giving orders in her sleep last night. Bailey our dog even obeys her now :). She sat on the floor and patted her lap, and he came...(she has been trying this for weeks)but once he sat on her she decided that wasn't as fun as she thought it would be. :) She gives him kisses, shares her popcorn, and chases him around the house with her stroller and reprimands him if he tries to eat out of her hand. Her favorite toys are my phone, the computer, the printer, the i-pad, the i-pod, and kitchen knives... I never bothered "baby proofing" the house with Hannah and Noah-but now that Bradeigh is tall enough to open up drawers(and get the kitchen knives) Jared and I think we may need to. Hannah and Noah think she is a "mastermind" of sorts-and get hysterical watching her lower her eyes and pout when she doesn't get her way, and are amazed that she can match letters to spell words (i-pad game). She loves to cuddle and her thumb sucking helps me pretend she is still my little baby. I'm grateful she has stayed so little for so long and I am grateful she finally grew so I could stop worrying...

A Month In Pictures

This was my favorite photoshoot this month. Not only did I have the privilege of taking this amazing families picture-BUT-we also got interrupted by the owner of the field who was very nice and whose family, (the Barnette's) have been out their for generations. He asked me to take some shots of the field and I asked him to get in a few of the shots too. He was a character, and it was fun meeting him and taking his picture. When I find what did with those images of him...I will post them. :)

EL Tour! Jared rode all 109 miles and raised $650.00 for Tu Nudito. He is incredible.

This my favorite shot from El Tour. I was experimenting with panning. I panned too fast and shuttered to slow and the result was this image, and I really like it.

Rappelling with the kids and the Webers on Mt. Lemon the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Emily-First time rappelling!!

Noah basking in the sun

Bradeigh and Gabrielle trying to convince the other that it's their turn for the washcloth.

Finally! Putting up the Christmas tree :)

Boston Baby!

I love flying...

*Note to self...invest in a wide angle lens...

Really?....That's it? That's the site of the Boston Massacre? That little circle of stones in the middle of the intersection? Huh...

Benjamin Franklins parents were buried here.

Yep, this is where Mother Goose was buried.

Jared: So, a rep from Questcor left me a message today to see if I would be interested in going to Boston for a day to be on an advisory board. LOL Want to go to Boston?...

Me: Seriously Jared?... Don't play with me....

Jared: I can call her back and get the details if you want.

Me: Uh, Yeah!!!!

For the rest of the afternoon I sang, I danced, and I dreamt Bostonian dreams... I had never been to New England and the prospect of a little adventure was almost to much to bear. So when Jared came home and told me they were even going to pay him an honorarium that would more than pay for my flight I did a little happy dance and finished zipping up my already packed overnight bag.

Jared and I flew to Boston Friday morning got there late in the afternoon and left the next afternoon. It was a quick trip-but very fun. Though Jared was in his meeting from 7:00am-3:00 (our plane left at 4:30) I got to explore Boston for the day.

I ate expensive toast, rode trolleys, got cold, got warmed by a cup of clam chowder at a oyster bar that also happened to be the oldest restaurant in the US, got lost, found my way, discovered amazing old cemeteries, strolled a beautiful park, and just enjoyed being in a great historical American city. The architecture is awe inspiring, the history alive and the shopping looked very fun, but I was to preoccupied with the outside to go inside. :)