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.

Wow and Double WOW

We had an awesome time at the Feast. Seaside had some really nice weather which was such a blessing for that time of year. We had sunsets on the beach too! I was so excited. And the evening we decided to do Canon Beach it was clear and a GORGEOUS sunset. You can see all the pics at flickr. I'll also post some on here gradually. Rayne had a lot of fun. AND......drum roll.......Quinn go this first tooth at the Feast! It finally broke through and we were all so excited. He slept really well there too. The bed we had in the house we rented was SO comfortable. I wish we had that bed. So the little man is growing up. Now he has a tooth. Soon there will be two and then he will be crawling and on and on..sigh. We went to the Maritime Museum in Astoria and Rayne got to go down inside a very large retired boat. She watched a movie about rescue boats and loved it and told me all about it very adamantly. We also went to the aquarium in Newport and she loved that too. Got to "pet" a starfish. She wants a pet turtle too. She also got to ride the carousel at the Carousel Mall near where we had Church and she LOVED LOVED that. She loves those things. She also got lots of presents and had fun playing with her new friends. Oh and she sang in the Children's choir and had fun doing that. As you can tell, we were very busy and had a lot of fun. We also went to the Cheese factory and sampled Tillamook cheese and got an ice cream. The Seaside, Oregon boardwalk had swings right on the beach so her and Quinn got to swing on the beach facing the Ocean which was neat. Seaside, Oregon is actually a really fun place to go. I would love to go back someday. There are tons of little shops and a boardwalk and "things" to do to keep busy. Canon beach was my favorite, I've wanted to get sunset pictures there FOREVER. Now I finally have some and I love how they came out. Kipper (our dog) went to my brother in law's and had a lot of fun with his roommates dog and cat. So all around it was a good time for everyone. Now we are home and getting back to the grind as they say. More to report later, too tired now.

One Week and counting...

One more week until we go to the Feast in Seaside, Oregon. I really really hope we have some nice weather and that no one gets sick or hurt. I am PRAYING that this is the case. Rayne had another treatment, for vitamin B. Her next one is this Friday and it's for Grain Mix which could be a big culprit of the eczema. That would be nice to nip that in the buuuud. I want to do the same treatment as soon as we can afford it. Who knows what I have sensitivities to. I think Dave should do it too. Eventually I will get Quinn done too. He is liking his food. He LOVES peas. And he seemed to like apples more today. He didn't care for banana when I tried it the other day. Go figure. I have had a headache all day today that just keeps holding on. I hate that. It's hormonal. I hate that too. Rayne spent all day at her cousins house today and it was weird not having her here. There was a void. I think Quinn missed her too because he was a bit cranky today. But I did get some video of him laughing really hard. It's a must see. Here's the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9c36m5yhwc
BE WARNED..your tummy will probably hurt from laughing when you watch this! I think I'll end on that note. Night!

It's OCTOBER!!

I can't believe how fast the months go by and here it is October. We leave soon on our trip to Seaside, Oregon for the Feast of Tabernacles. I hope the weather is decent while we are there. Rayne can straighten her arm all the way and now just has to work on being able to bend it closed all the way. It's MUCH better. She's still dealing with really dry skin where the Splint was, but hopefully that will go away soon too. Rayne also started NAET treatments. It's a holistic treatment of her allergies. It's at a Bio Energetics place and so far we found out that she is sensitive to Vitamin C, B Complex, Mineral Mix, Grain Mix, Food coloring and additives. She was treated for Vitamin C at her first appt. and now will be treated for B Complex tomorrow. That's all we can do until after the Feast. The woman who is treating her has seen many children be treated for serious allergies like peanuts. They went from being deathly allergic to being able to have them. She witnessed it in her office. So we have a lot of hope for this place and pray that it will take care of Rayne's allergies. Quinlan is officially sitting up. I still put a pillow behind him, even though when he does fall over he manages to fall to one side or the other instead of straight back. He loves sitting and playing for a little while. It's very cute. We went to a pumpkin patch and they had a scale so I put him on it and he weighs 19 lbs according to the scale. Little chunk. We had a very busy week. Sunday was Heritage days at a park, Tuesday was a Holy Day and Wednesday was the Pumpkin patch. Today I had a photo shoot with a 3 week old little girl. She was really cute and a little trooper through all of the outfit changes. And now it's almost Friday and the week is over. WHEW! Oh and we squeezed in homeschooling and my school and the household chores in there somewhere. Now that I read that, I'm exhausted!! Goodnight!

The picture is from the photo shoot tonight...Sophie.