7/16/12

Back to reality today. Ugh. Oh how I wish we were still sitting by the beach…

It hit me this morning that I really need to start planning the girls’ pictures. I knew it was “coming up”, but holy crap Amelia is going to be 2 in 10 DAYS! And, Olivia is already over 3.5. Clocks ticking. We can’t afford to spend the money on professional pictures right now, so I was just going to take some myself. So, I posted on facebook for some location ideas (and, yay, got a couple). Right after I posted, I got a message from my friend Dawn, from Indiana, who’s family is coming to stay with us in a couple of weeks...who is a photographer. It never really dawned on me to ask her...not because she’s not talented (I LOVE her pictures), I just would never want to ask her and make her feel obligated to do it. But, in her message to me, she offered to take them, almost like it was a given that would be doing them. I’m SO excited. Works out perfectly…I bet the girls will cooperative for her really good, and this way we can actually get some family shots too. Perfect! Now, I just need to get outfits situated, and a location…more planning!

After work, I did a little picking up around the house and relaxed for a while. The girls always end up taking a late nap at his parents’ house on Monday’s, so they ended up eating dinner there and coming home late.

When the family arrived home, it was time for baths and bed. Olivia kept asking about vacation tonight, she misses the beach. As they were getting ready for bed, I was watching America’s Got Talent. There was a contestant named Spencer…which is the name of my friend Dawn’s 6 year old (the one we went to the Dell’s with). Olivia LOVES him, and got so excited when she heard his name. She looks at me and says “Mom, Spencer?!? I know Spencer! Spencer is my boyfriend” and she had the biggest, girly, lovestruck smile on her face. It was so cute. I can’t wait to see her reaction when they come for their visit in a few weeks! PS – I don’t know WHERE she learned about boyfriends…

I got my workout in after the girls went down. I started Level 2 today and OUCH. It’s SO hard, I can’t imagine making it to Level 3! But, I will…I WILL get there.

Apparently the animals missed me while we were away, because they all swarm me when I go to bed. I have a little body pillow of cats and dogs when I sleep now...awesome.