I am, well I guess I should say-we are...beach bound! Tomorrow we leave to head to RC where we will load up Saturday morning and head out. Sounds like a lot of driving to me, but definatley worth it. I have a photography session tomorrow evening which I am excited about as well- I love keeping my practice up, meeting new people and simply capturing. I am overly excited (about the beach) and can hardly stand it as the minutes count down. I guess what I am mostly thrilled about is the fact that my kid is going to LOVE the huge sand box and the of course the big water. I have been asking him for the past couple days if he is ready to go to the beach, in which he answers with an excited shrill- which in turn makes me laugh and of course being a sappy Momma-warms my heart. My head is going over and over all the portraits that I want to take,
that's just the way my brain works, y'all. We got a house with everything- seriously, it's big and nice- comes with a golf cart (which
lil' man will LOVE) and the
Internet, which isn
t a bad thing. When we moved we decided that we would just use the
Internet at work- which has been really nice because being completely honest we were a bit consumed with it at home. It has been so nice not to have a distraction and just spend great quality time together. It feels really really good. If you would have asked me just a little while ago if I thought that I could go without the
Internet at home- I probably would have answered no, but I have proven myself wrong and it has been one of the best things we have done. We have it at work- and that is plenty. That way when we go home, we play outside, read books, enjoy each others company- and then when Logan goes down at night B and I have good quality time watching t.v., talking and simply enjoying each other without having to look over a screen or not be focused 100% on each other. Enough with that
gibberish.
I know every parent thinks they have the smartest most beautiful child EVER- well, guess what...I do! L is smartest
lil' fella. I recently bought him some flash cards to start learning his alphabet, numbers, shapes and colors. I
don't want to overwhelm him- but I am anxious to start them all. I think the best and most productive way for him to learn them is to start with one maybe two things at a time, do them slow- over and over until he learns them and then move on from there. I am really excited about teaching him and watching him learn and of course get smarter and smarter. I hope that we have most of it, if not all mastered by the one/six of the eleventh month. I love being a Mom, I love being a wife, teacher, photographer. I love being amazed by the simplest of things. I am a really excited person- and life is so promising and bright...just like my baby.
I have to start this blog by saying, "Congratulations!" Yesterday my brother graduated from college. He actually completed his college career last summer and received his degree- however, they only do the actual ceremony once a year and he had to take a summer class, putting the "walk" almost a year away. It was a very exciting time for everyone and we are SO very proud of him. To be nineteen years old, at the time- have graduated from high school and be a college graduate as well- and all of that with highest honors is well...beyond terrific and not just because I am GOING to be biased. Tyler, is of course, a Tennessee resident and owner of his own business at twenty years old- how many twenty year olds can say that- I know I can't. Above all- he lives a life of honor and is a man of integrity. The future is in the here and now and held by all of his tomorrows- what a gift- How exciting! “Life is now your college. May you graduate well, and earn some honors!”
