Wow...it's been a while

I just saw that I haven't blogged since November!! Yikes. I guess I've been busy. Doing photo shoots and school, raising a couple kids and a husband....life all around me. So Quinn has 6 teeth--4 on top and 2 on bottom. He loves food and anything else he can put in his mouth when I am not looking. I've found things from dog food to tape in his mouth. I have to watch him like a hawk. It's great really. He is very close to full crawling..he gets himself around by scooting himself or crawling backwards, lol. He's also trying to pull himself up to a stand and very close to doing it. He wears 12 month and can even fit some 18 month stuff. He is going through that attachment thing..if I leave the room he freaks. Or if he sees me walk by, he wants me immediately. It's hard to get anything done..so I just bring him with me wherever I need to do work. If I'm sitting, he will play as long as he can see me and I pick him up and cuddle every once in a while. I think Grandma is his choice for being put down for a nap and I think she likes it too, lol. He loves banging things on things. So no more cell phone holding for him. I need to get him a play wooden drum or something, he would love it. He is going to be 1 in 3 months!!

And for Rayne...she will be 6 in a couple of months and I think she thinks she is a grown up already who should get to stay up as late, etc. Still battling with her eczema now and then but it doesn't seem to be giving her too much grief. Quinn had a reaction to egg yolk...so no more egg for him. Makes me wonder if Rayne has food allergies too. I hate allergies. Rayne is still doing homeschool and I think she likes it. She's getting better at writing her letters and is writing sight words which will help her start to sound words out. She is really good at math and I think she likes it. Weird. I never did. Math annoyed me for the most part, lol.

I've had some photo shoots which have been fun for the most part. I now know that I do not want to do big families or weddings for now. I just like photographing babies and kids and maternity. When Quinn is older I will take on birthing photo sessions too. I may do one in June for someone I know who is due then. I got to do twins which was fun. I'm excited to upgrade my gear with tax return. Thinking of getting a full frame! THAT would be cool. If I did that, I'd be set for a long time. Then I would just increase my lenses.

I guess that's it for now..Quinn is fussing at me. Ta ta for now

Yep...still teething

And I can see one of the top teeth just below the skin. It should pop through any time now. I'm wondering how the next few days/nights are going to go. Hopefully not too bad. Both kids are doing pretty good. Rayne is coughing more again. Not sure why..I guess still from a cold she fought off last week. She was coughing a lot again last night. A really wet cough too. Ugh. I'm so tired of hearing her cough..I wish she could just get a break from it already. It's been 6 months since whooping cough now. I don't have too much to report these days. We are leaving to Florence, Oregon (well..me and the kids are) next Sunday and will be gone a week. I have more photo shoots lined up which I am really excited about. Well, that's it for now. Ta ta.

Quinn is teething again

Good luck getting a blog from me right now. (please save me)

So it's all about the pull tabs.

First, about the title. So I had to get groceries today..my favorite chore in the wide world (not). I went to 3 different stores and the last one was WalMart..my least favorite of the 3. We are in the checkout and I had Esme with us...the girls were really good all day and they were bugging me for a new play cell phone because they had tinkerbell. They just saw the new tinkerbell movie so they are all about tinkerbell right now. ANYWAY, so I cave and say okay and they hand the lady their phone. Well the nice lady in the line told them they should make sure the phones have the battery tab in them so they know they are fresh batteries and will last longer. Thanks nice lady! So then they had to search all over the checkout lines on either side of us in search of 2 tinkerbell phones with the tab. At first they found one. That will not do. There HAD to be 2 of them. Thanks again lady, really. So they FINALLY found another one with a tab. WHEW. I wanted to give one of those big fake thank you smiles to the lady. But I didn't. I know it was true, they would be guaranteed to be fresh, but COME ON. They are toys and I needed to get home, it was getting late and there were TWO of them! That could have been very ugly. Thankfully it was not. Not TOO much so. On another note..I think Quinn is trying to get his top teeth now. He's been more cranky and drooly. He was up a lot in the wee hours of the morning just thrashing and fussing and not needing anything in particular but a pat and shush. I was really tired this morning so I came out..plopped him on the floor (gently of course) put his basket of toys next to him, told Dave why and said a goodnight to all of them for an hour. So besides that and groceries and making dinner...that was all that was accomplished today. I can't get used to these shorter days and especially on Friday which is a prep day for me for the Sabbath. It comes way too soon...I don't have enough time to get ready. OH well. Life goes on. I guess that's all for now..Quinn is fussing again. Later!

Ahhhhhhhh

Rayne is spending the night at Grandma and Grandpa's. Quinn is asleep. Need I say more? It's quiet in here. Dave is on his way home and apparently we are going to watch a movie online tonight. I haven't seen a movie in months, at least. I'm surprised I still know how to spell it. Quinn now has 2 teeth and when he gets mad, he spits. Isn't that lovely? Seriously, he starts going thbthbhththbhthbhthbth and the spit just pours out of his mouth and his face gets all red. He will soak the top of his shirt if I can't get to him right away. He's 7 months old. Not 1, not 2, 7 MONTHS. Help me now. His little personality is just blooming. He cracks us up a lot. He started making this little fish face too. No reason, just to do it. No crawling yet. I think I'm okay with that. I had a vision. Quinn crawling. To me. Wanting up. And nothing else. He is so much a mama's boy...if he sees me, he reaches out for me immediately. It's cute and I love it, but sometimes, I just want a break from holding him so much. My tendinitis is acting up. Ever had someone stab a needle filled with burning hot liquid into your arm? Me neither, but that's what it feels like when I get the pain in my arm. As of right now I am getting an A in my first real Master's class. Hopefully it remains after our final paper is graded. Oy, I'm tired so signing off. Kids are great, we are hangin in, goodnight.

Did I already say Argh?

Well I really mean it. Argh. Another one of those days. Nothing too major, but enough small things to add up and make me exhausted. I guess I should expect that from a Friday. They are always crazy and whirlwindish. Is that a word? Apparently not since it is underlined in red right now. Well, I think it should be a word. Anyway...Quinn started saying Ga Ga. Seriously, ga ga..just as babies should be saying right...ga ga goo goo? It's funny and he thinks so too. He says it and then smiles really big like he would say.."did you hear that? aren't I cool?". It cracked me up. I think Rayne has been feeling the effects of Dave working overtime. She had a bit of a rough week with her behavior and just not being real settled or happy. She misses her Daddy. They are like peas in a pod those two. I did manage to do more school with her this week. I have to call about getting a Math assessment set up for her. Oh the joy. She's 5 and they want to assess her math skills. Whatever. I don't like assessments, can you tell? I got to do another fun photo shoot with a friend's kids in the fall leaves...actually, several friends' kids. They are of course on my flickr account. I like how they turned out. I cannot wait to upgrade my gear. Should be in about 3 months or so. I am hoping the biz takes off soon. We could really use the added income. I need to advertise more. I have a good friend building a website for me (thanks Emeth!) and I think she said she's going to do the biz cards too. I'm excited about it. I will be a .com :) The site is www.shilowe.com How cool is that? I had no idea photography would become such a passion for me, but it is and I absolutely LOVE LOVE it. I would take pics all day if I could. Some day I want to travel and just take pics of my travels. It would be a blast. I think the kids would like it too. We could go around and just do educational stuff and they could see their country. I hope to make that dream come true someday. They will probably be my little protege's with their own DSLR. Or at least a really good point and shoot. Well, I know I haven't done biography in a while, but I've just been too tired and then I won't remember the details. I'll have to try and do it again soon, after Quinn is sleeping better again. He's been doing the whole nursing every hour thing again. It's really tiring. So that's it for tonight. Bye all!

Argh

Rayne today....argh. She has been testing me again. TO THE MAX. I am feeling very burnt right now. It's just not stop arguing or flat out disobeying again. It wears me out after awhile. I was in with Quinn trying to put him to sleep tonight and I told Rayne she could play on the computer for a little bit while I put him down, then it's time for her to go to bed. So I'm in there with Quinn and I hear her start banging on my computer. So I go out there quickly, which of course disrupted Quinn in his almost sleeping stupor, and shut the computer and told her she was now done because she knows better than to do that. I also told her to get to bed. She says, NOOOOO. And my teeth get ground down a bit more...and tell her to go to bed NOW. She continues to whine and argue and start throwing a fit..so I tell her however many times I have to tell her to get to bed, that's how many things she loses. So she finally went to bed (not without whining about being "hungry" of course). She is always magically starving when it's bed time...or thirsty or both. Now most of you know how slim Rayne is and I really hate denying her food when she is really hungry, so I offer her a couple of choices and of course it's never what she wants..that's how I know she's not REALLY hungry, she is just munchy because she doesn't want to go to bed. (side note here...I HATE that commercial for Clorox wipes that has the little boy plopping the meatball into the sauce from up high, which of course splatters the sauce everywhere, and says it's okay to make messes because their wipes are so strong..blah blah blah. HATE it. It was just on.) So she decides she doesn't want to lose anything and lays in bed and asleep within 10 minutes. Imagine that. I went back in with a hysterical Quinn once she was in her room and he too was asleep about 10 minutes later. FINALLY. I was then able to get online and do some schoolwork (oh so fun) and do some updating here and there on certain sites. I opened an Etsy shop. Selling photographs. It's a site that sells anything handmade. Pretty cool site, everyone should check it out. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6378613 I need a massage. That is all.