getting better at the photog

i am slowly getting better at taking photos and my kids are getting tired of me taking their photos. I have aquired a new camera a canon rebel k2 (film slr/eos). the new camera has a 28-90mm lens. i am just loving it and have started to save up for a rebel xs.

Huston, we have ......

TROUBLE..... one word ------ Tanner

He can pull up in his crib none the less so that make naps and bedtime interesting with him.
In the first year of his life he has grown so much. He went from my 6 lbs 4 oz 18 in long baby boy to a mobile (quick at that) 20 lbs 27 in long freight train of destruction. He is indeed sick again with RSV.
I have more done on my mother's day project. We every year have started a landscaping project on mother's day or the weekend. This year's project is a patio to replace the dirt path and gravel and grass(it's missing) area we have currently. Well we are about 1/3 of the way done with the project and I will be sure to share pics of the after (forgot befores) once it is all done.

A major vent

I can't seem to get things right when shooting photos and people want me to take photos of their kids. I just don't feel like I can do that unless I can get it right on my own kids. The exposure to me looks ok. It is the focus that usually gets all wonky. I just wish I could get it right.
I am just down on myself and so want to get this right or my mom will make me take my kids to the photo studio to get thier pics taken.

i'm a lil behind

I have not been blogging every day like I wanted to. I have noticed that the younger part of our generation needs to have some respect for others. My OWN little sister called me a nerd due to the fact that my facebook status has on it about the election race here for a high power spot (state school superintendent). The ones that want the job have different views on the virtual schools and he wants to do like they have tired to do and that is make so many laws that they have not choice but to close them and the other one is for them even has her own children in one. It just is horrible that money means so much to the unions in this state.

the sad thing is that the teachers unions have so much at stake here they will do what the can to keep their help in the office.

Then in the last week i have looked at my children many times and they are growing so fast and it saddens me to think that i am done having kids unless by some miracle I get to have another. I look at Tanner and think that this is the last time i will have an 8 month old baby or even see one of my children army crawl to my feet and giggle or this is the last time i will have a party for a 3yo lil girl or the last first birthday party i will get to have.

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things are strange and good

a few strange things have been happening here lately..... my eyes have been acting strange i get up and i can't see very well with my glasses on. Tanner will not wheeze all day then after his after noon nap he will start to wheeze again. I will keep doing his breathing treatments till he stops wheezing at all.
I will finish the last 2 refresher classes tonight and tomorrow.
All is well in the south they both (Grandpa and Lily) are doing great. Grandpa is out of icu and Lily does not have a pick line any more and is relying solely on her mom for her food. Grandpa is able to eat solid foods. The prayers are working.
March is also going out like a lion with all this rain and wind. i hope the rest of spring is nice and not as rainy or windy. It is hard to keep a 9 mo old baby's head covered to keep him out of the wind.

many things in one post....

Come on it is the end of march and we are to get up to 6-7 inches.
And a update on Tanner and the RSV .... we are now on a nebulizer as well as other meds. I really worry that he has lost 2lbs in just over 1 wk. Lets hope he gains it back and soon. Since the completely runny poops are gone we are back to the cloth tomorrow. I was not liking the liquid poo in the cloth i had to change him asap or it would run over there was not enough absorption in it. oh well i had a few sposies on hand and used them. so far *knock on wood* we have not gotten a yeast infection yet with the anti-biotic. i guess i could thanks some online sisters for the idea to give him that to begin with even before he got sick.

grandpa seems to be doing OK according to my mom who is in Kentucky. I hope and pray that he gets the tube out of the throat and he will be able to talk to us.
Baby Lily is slowly gaining weight and and getting bigger. (My cousin born 14 wks early)

RAIN RAIN go away

It has been doing that for 36-48 hrs off and on we have had about 30 mins at a time break between showers. And yet the weather people are calling for more rain. i really think this yr will be similar to last year at least in this area of the country. The flooding is starting already i just hope it does not get as bad as last year. DH's work was short on the corn the could plant and had to plant more else were and the beans were hard to get in with the wet ground.

The wind the last 2 days has been nasty too and very gusty.
Please say a prayer for my grandfather who under goes surgery tomorrow to fix a aneurysm near his kidneys.
Tanner is getting better slowly. I however have gotten a cold that has me all stuffed up. DH did have the same thing and was so nice to give it to me after he gave it to Tanner and the girls.

To answer those that wonder how I keep up with this and care for my 4 children...... I write when the kids are being good or are down for the night.